At 10:30 that night, night had already enveloped the entire Baoshan.
In the expeditionary army headquarters, the 200th division's major general Dai Anlan's car drove into the compound.
In the deputy commander-in-chief's office, Du Yuming put a telegram on the table and sneered,""Hmph, this is already the second mobilization order I've received.”
"You have to be prepared. If we don't finish the Spring Festival, we'll be marching into Myanmar.”
"It seems that the fall of Moulmein has really made the British army nervous.”
Dai Anlan said with a serious expression.
"Haha."
Du Yuming sneered, as if he was very disdainful of the British army. He took a sip of tea, looked at Dai Anlan, and carefully said,""An Lan."
"You must be careful when you go abroad to fight this time.”
"The 200 divisions are the most elite troops of our army, and they are also the division that I have poured my blood and sweat into.”
"An Lan understands. Don't worry, sir.”
Dai Anlan replied solemnly. Then, he said,""Sir, I have someone I want you to meet.”
"This is related to the victory or defeat of our army in the upcoming battle in Myanmar.”
"Han Shaogong, come in."
"Yes."
Under Du Yuming's confused eyes, a colonel of the national army walked in. It was Han Shaogong.
Han Shaogong immediately saluted Du Yuming.
"This is that…"
Hearing the vaguely familiar name, Du Yuming pointed at Han Shaogong with some certainty.
"Yes, sir. He is the leader of the military investigation team. Let him talk about what happened in Myanmar.”
At this moment, Dai Anlan nodded at Han Shaogong.
Han Shaogong understood and immediately said,""General."
"When the Japanese army entered Myanmar from Siam, the vanguard only had two regiments. The British troops stationed in Moulmein and Dawa had already evacuated most of them a few days ago.”
"Before I returned, the Japanese vanguard had already crossed the west bank of the Salween River and was approaching Bago.”
"I think we should have taken Bago by now.”
Boom!
His words stirred up a thousand waves.
Du Yuming suddenly stood up and asked in disbelief,""Is what you said true?"
If they only lost Moulmein and had the Salween River as their back, the British army could still defend the river, or even move the front line back to the Sitang River.
However, if they lost Bago, the fall of Yangon was already a certainty.
Once Yangon fell, how could the British army hold back the Japanese army in southern Myanmar? In a few days, the entire South Myanmar would fall to the Japanese army.
At that time, the expeditionary force would no longer be there to resist the Japanese army, but to fight for the lost South Myanmar from the Japanese army. The gap between them would be like a natural moat.
"I dare not lie to you, sir."
"The British army doesn't intend to defend Myanmar. They only want to defend India.”
"It's not that the British troops stationed in Moulmein and Dawa were unable to defeat them, but they had already withdrawn when the Japanese army arrived.”
"The only thing the Sun Never Sets didn't expect was that the Japanese would attack so quickly. They didn't even have time to react before they took down Bago.”
"The reason why they haven't attacked Yangon yet is because they are waiting for Lion City and Xiangjiang City to be taken down.”
Han Shaogong raised his head and said loudly,"What we need to worry about now is whether the British army will retreat like Dunkirk and abandon the expeditionary force.”
"If that happens, the 100,000-strong expeditionary army will become the scapegoat for the British army.”
"Hiss!"
Du Yuming gasped.
If that was the truth, then the biggest reason why the Sun Never Sets invited the expeditionary force into Myanmar was to let him retreat safely. This was equivalent to treating the national team and the American army as fools. This was too cruel.
"General, Commander, I have a suggestion that can increase our combat strength in Myanmar.”
Han Shaogong added.
"Oh?"
Du Yuming and Dai Anlan glanced at him.
"We should send people to the Yunnan advance party to learn," Han Shaogong explained.”
"The advance party of the Dian Army is far superior to our army in terms of equipment and tactics.”
"Moreover, their experience in dealing with the Japanese in Myanmar can be replicated.”
“？？？”
When Du Yuming heard this, he couldn't help but give Dai Anlan a look.""Is this your subordinate?"
Learning from the Dian Army was like giving Baldy a bad taste of his own medicine. Even if he wanted to die, this wasn't the way to look for it.
"Shao Gong."
Before Dai Anlan could stop Han Shaogong, an even more shocking piece of news came out of Han Shaogong's mouth."General, Commander."
"This time, the advance party of the Yunnan army sent a guard company to set up an ambush on the banks of the Salween River.”
"The 600-man guard company took less than five minutes to wipe out two Japanese squadrons, and they lost less than 50 people.”
"Based on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, we determined that their unit number was the 56th Division.”
What was that?
Du Yuming and Dai Anlan both widened their eyes.
In less than five minutes, a 600-man guard had wiped out 400 Japanese soldiers, and that was the elite Dragon Division of the Japanese army.
How was this possible?
Immediately after.
Han Shaogong raised another question that made the two senior officers of the expeditionary army fall into deep thought.
"On the way back, we encountered many Japanese troops.”
"These Japanese are very cunning. They hide in the trees and bushes and dress like locals.”
"But the advance party usually takes a few minutes to deal with the Japanese troops.”
"Think about it, if the Japanese use this method to deal with our expeditionary army, what should we do?"
That's right.
The entire country of Myanmar was filled with forests and miasma.
Once the Japanese were hiding inside, the expeditionary army would be unable to guard against them and would suffer heavy losses.
"An Lan."
"Han Shaogong has disobeyed orders on the battlefield and must be punished.”
"Take away the position of regiment commander and demote him to the rank of colonel and company commander.”
In an instant.
Du Yuming looked at Dai Anlan and said meaningfully.
"Yes, sir, I understand."
How could Dai Anlan not know Du Yuming's plan?
Han Shaogong, who was the most familiar with the Yunnan advance party, would be demoted to the position of company commander. Then, he would use Han Shaogong's company as the company commander to exchange and learn combat strategies with the advance party. This would spread throughout the entire expeditionary force and increase the overall combat strength of the expeditionary force.
With this permission, Dai Anlan immediately brought Han Shaogong back to the 200th division.
"Shao Gong."
"I'm sure you understand the general's meaning.”
"The 9th Company of the 597th Regiment suffered heavy losses in the Kunlun Pass battle. Even the platoon leader and the basic soldiers were replenished after the battle.”
"They lack a good company commander."
Dai Anlan looked at Han Shaogong and instructed him in an unusually serious tone.
"Yes, teacher, I will definitely not disappoint you.”
Han Shaogong knew that the key to improving the expeditionary force was whether the 9th Company could learn anything from the Yunnan advance party.
A company formed by veterans had already formed an inherent combat style, which was not conducive to learning, but a company formed by recruits was extremely malleable.
The next day, Han Shaogong left the company and trained the 9th Company.
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