The military training was already on the right track. Zhou Heng selected hundreds of sergeants with strong technical and tactical skills to train the recruits. He did not just put the recruits into the combat troops. He wanted to regularize the army. First, he had to separate the training from the combat.
Only after training would the recruits be added to the combat troops. During the training period, the recruits would be instilled with basic military rules and beliefs to prevent them from being fooled into rebelling with ambitious generals in the future.
Zhou Heng didn't have to worry too much about training. As for future battle planning, Zhou Heng handed it over to the advisors he had his eyes on, Meng Fan, and Long Wenzhang. Now, he focused on choosing his territory.
The first piece of land naturally couldn't be too far away from China because he needed to migrate. The distance was too far. Now that the Japanese had taken over all the shipping, he could only rely on planes. But how many people could planes transport? It wasn't too awesome.
Myanmar was the best choice. However, it was not easy to occupy this place. The reason was simple. They had too few people and there were too many people in Myanmar. It was useless for tens of thousands of people to go over. Therefore, they had to choose a small piece of land at the beginning, and there could not be too many people there.
Northern Myanmar became the best choice. There were not many Burmese there, but there were high mountains and rainforests everywhere in northern Myanmar. No one was willing to go there, let alone migrate.
However, it was not that there were no good places in the mountains. For example, Myitkyina, an important town in northern Myanmar, was located in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River that ran through Myanmar. Two upstream tributaries converged here, forming a large impact plain. Zhou Heng took a look and saw that it was about 10,000 square kilometers.
It was about 1,000 meters above sea level, and there was plenty of rain. The upstream water flow had a large drop. In the future, when China was engaged in industrial output, they wanted to build a large scale hydraulic power station there, the Myisong Water Power Station. In the end, it was ruined by Milijian and the local Kachin people.
There was a huge limonite mine in Hpakant to the west, with a reserve of about 200 million tons. Although this amount was not much in the future, it was enough now. Iron and electricity were available. The plains could provide a large area of industrial land and land for grain cultivation. There were three mountains on three sides and a river in the middle. This was simply the best place for development.
There were 200,000 people in Myitkyina in the later generation. Zhou Heng did not know how many people there were in this era and what the situation was. He could only find someone to ask. Who knew the most about Myitkyina was the local Chinese.
This time, they had protected many overseas Chinese who had retreated from Myanmar. It was not difficult to find someone to understand the situation. However, Zhou Heng did not expect the person to be Shangguan Jieci, a woman he had not seen since he had retreated from North Myanmar.
Zhou Heng felt a little awkward when he saw her again. After all, this woman seemed to have feelings for him, but he didn't dare to accept it. The main reason was that the situation at that time didn't allow it. Not to mention, she had a child. Zhou Heng didn't like to be a stepfather.
Shangguan Jieci, on the other hand, looked calm when she saw Zhou Heng again. She walked to the map on the table and looked down.
She had a good figure and wore long pants. When she lowered her head, the back of her head was raised, giving off a very special feeling. Zhou Heng could only try his best not to look at her. After all, he was also a hot-blooded man.
"I heard that you want to find someone to understand the situation in Myitkyina. I grew up in Myitkyina. If you want to know anything, you can ask me. If you want to fight in Myitkyina in the future, can you help me?”Shangguan Jieci said while looking at the map.
"What favor?" Zhou Heng asked curiously.
"Kill all the Kachin people in Myitkyina. My family was killed by the Japanese, and my husband's family was burned to death by them. These bastards, when the English were alive, they were the dogs of the English. They believed in religion and bullied us Chinese. When the Japanese came, they were the dogs of the Japanese, helping the Japanese rob and kill.”
Speaking of this, the calm Shangguan Jieci's face became a bit ferocious. In a short period of time, his family and relatives were all dead. One could imagine the hatred.
Zhou Heng did not know how to comfort her. He could only go forward and gently pat the strong woman's shoulder. At least she had survived and even brought the child back alive. She had saved the only bloodline of her deceased husband.
"You're not a good person either. You clearly like me, but you're afraid to help me raise my child, so you're deliberately avoiding me. I'm deliberately trying to be nice to you, not because I like you, but because in this day and age, I need to find someone to protect me when I'm raising a child alone, and you're a good choice.”Shangguan Jieci turned around and said with a hint of bitterness.
She kept staring at Zhou Heng, which made him unable to resist. He could only pretend to cough at her words because Shangguan Jieci had hit the nail on the head. He had indeed taken a fancy to her, but he did not want to be a stepfather.
"Alright, let's not talk about this for now. Let's talk about the situation in Myitkyina. After the rainy season is over and the training of the troops is over, I will start ordering the troops to attack. There are only a few months left.”Zhou Heng said vaguely.
With this promise, Shangguan Jieci was relieved. Now she only wanted to raise her child and find someone to rely on. As for love, it was too extravagant in this chaotic era.
Shangguan Jieci began to introduce the situation in Myitkyina. As an important town in northern Myanmar, the population was not large, only 30,000 to 40,000 people. The Urban area was also very small, with only 2,000 to 3,000 overseas Chinese.
The people living in the city were mainly the Kachin people who had defected to the British army. There were also a small number of Burmese, Shan, and overseas Chinese. As an important town in northern Myanmar, the British army naturally had troops stationed there. The Kachin people relied on the British army to oppress other ethnic groups. They claimed that their god was a white man from the West and believed in God. It could be said that they had brought out their ability to suck up to the dogs to the extreme.
The city of Myitkyina was very small, but it had an airport and roads as a strategic point. The Irrawaddy River crossed Myitkyina, and there was only an iron bridge built by the British on the river. The traffic was very poor, and trucks could not even pull more things up.
There was some farmland, but the yield was not high. The Kachin people did not know how to farm at all. They had all come down from the mountains. Hunting and fishing were not bad. The fields were mainly occupied by the Chinese and Shan people. There were still a large number of plains and forests that had not been reclaimed. The Chinese could not open them up even if they wanted to. They had to obtain the permission of the English people.
Therefore, the Chinese mainly engaged in business. Their smart minds made it easy for them to accumulate wealth. This was also one of the reasons why they were viewed with hostility by the Kachin people. Another reason was that the Chinese were too hardworking. The English liked to work for the Chinese. This was the second reason why the Kachin people were viewed with hostility.
After all, they were the only ones who could suck up to the English masters.
Hearing Shangguan Jieci's introduction, Zhou Heng frowned. These Kachin people were indeed more abominable than the Burmese. It seemed that if he wanted to control Myitkyina, he had to clean up these Kachin people. However, many of them were on the mountain. This was not easy!
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