Chapter 721 The Mandalay Project
Hu Bin asked Li Nian to start repairing the airport because the air force in Yan'an is still training, and it is estimated that it will be almost done by October. It is September. If Hu Bin wants to fight Mandalay at that time, he will definitely mobilize the air force to help. Without the air force, hundreds of thousands of troops will fight with the Japanese like this. I don't know how big the casualties are. Okamura Nishi will definitely gather a large number of bombers to bomb his own troops. Therefore, Hu Bin needs to prepare in advance now.
"You practice first, and other engineers will come by then!" Hu Bin said to Li Nian.
"We have purchased a plane from the United States?" Li Nian asked looking at Hu Bin.
"Don't ask this, I won't say it even if I ask it. Made, now we are in a difficult situation. It may be a mistake to put the Japanese prints, but we can't say a mistake!" Hu Bin said with a wry smile.
"Wrong, didn't you say you wanted the Japanese to lengthen the front line? This way we'll be easier to fight!" Li Nian felt a little nervous when he heard Hu Bin say this, and looked at Hu Bin and asked.
"Yes, I hope the Japanese will lengthen the front line so that we can fight, but I didn't expect that the Japanese could get so much equipment and technology from Germany, nor did I expect that the Japanese changed their consistent rule over the colonies, and they began to adopt a policy of gentleness, which was going to be deadly.
India has a population of hundreds of millions, plus the population of Southeast Asia, the problems of Japan's military source and workers will be solved immediately. If Japan is given one or two years, we may not be able to fight by then. The most urgent task now is to kill the devils in Mandalay first, defend Mandalay, and then solve the devils in China, including the devils in Northeast China. Only in this way can we ensure that our China is undefeated.
And when we fight like this now, neither the United States nor the United Kingdom will agree. They hope that we can solve the devils in Southeast Asia first and get him to the Mad eggs. The devils in our country have not solved it, so we will help them solve it!" Hu Bin sat there and cursed helplessly.
"The Kanto Army has more than 1 million troops. That is Japan's troops to defend the Soviet Union. Do we have the strength to fight them?" Li Nian heard it, sat there and turned his head to look at Hu Bin and asked.
"Yes, there must be some, and you must take it back to the Northeast. There are rich resources there and close to Japan. Now Japan has landed in the Americas, and Australia has been defeated by Japan. Japan's situation has improved a lot.
Now they need time. If they really give them so much time, I guess we can't play Japan by then. Even if we add the United States, we may not be able to play. The entire country of Japan is just a war machine!" Hu Bin nodded and said.
"Then what you mean is that Mandalay is going to fight. And it's going to be faster?" Li Nian looked at Hu Bin and continued to ask.
"Next month!" Hu Bin said and stood up.
"Did you decide?" Li Nian asked.
"I decided, I have to fight. I can't drag it down." Hu Bin nodded, and then walked towards the command center with Li Nian.
After arriving at the command center, Hu Bin immediately sent a telegram to Fang Lei, asking him to investigate the situation of the entire radius of 300 miles of Mandalay. After the order was issued, Hu Bin began to look at the situation of the Mandalay defenders.
Now the Japanese have released an army group in Mandalay. It is the 15th Army, which was originally expanded by Yoshiro Iida's 15th Army. It has more than 300,000 troops, and plus the troops mobilized from other places before, which adds up. There are 400,000 troops in Mandalay, and in Yangon, there are more than 300,000 new troops in training.
In Bangkok, there are still 500,000 new recruits training, and in Phnom Penh, there are also 1 million new recruits training, all of which have just been recruited. Japan's second wave of recruitment in Southeast Asia has raised another 3 million, and is now training.
"Look, in order to defend Mandalay, the Japanese deployed three divisions in the Malay area, namely the expanded 202, 208 and 209 divisions, and in Ruibao, there are also three divisions, namely the 55th Division, the 211th Division and the 214th Division. In Meiliu, there are 204th Division and the 33rd Division, there are 218th Division in Madeya, and around Mandalay, there are 10 divisions! Including the newly transferred 16th Division and the 210th Division.
In other words, in order to prevent us, the Japanese have completely set up their defense lines. In addition, at the airport behind, we will face a comprehensive attack from the Japanese as long as we attack. Although there are many new recruits, first, the Japanese have air troops, and second, they have already dug up fortifications on the defense line.
When we attack, we will die. I don’t recommend hitting Mandalay. If we hit Mandalay, we will be looking for death.” When Li Dalong heard Hu Bin say he wanted to hit Mandalay, he pulled Hu Bin to the front of the map, pointed to the map and said to Hu Bin.
"I know!" Hu Bin nodded.
"Do you know if you still fight? Okamura Niji knew that he had to fight us in a decisive battle. They were all recruits and didn't dare to fight, but he was not afraid of us going to fight them. He had enough troops to deal with us. The current deadlock is that we can't fight them, and they can't fight us.
Look, the Japanese were all cut down from the trees within 50 kilometers around the position. What was the purpose? They were to prevent our troops from hiding. Once they discovered our troops, they would immediately bomb the air force. When we arrived in front of the position, do you think our troops could still fight? They couldn't fight at all.
Xiaobin, we cannot fight this battle. If it is fought, the casualties will be huge. It is better to take the troops back and fight the Japanese in China first!" Li Dalong said to Hu Bin.
"I know what you said. Now we must fight. If we don't fight, we will immediately press against our China when the recruits are trained. At that time, we will not be able to stop us. Kill the Mandalay devils first, and then we will return to the court!" Hu Bin said firmly at the map.
"Xiaobin, it's really not possible. Such casualties are not something we can bear. How do you fight, how do you pull the troops over and fight at night? We are not facing a division now, with hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops. You want to end the battle in one night. It's impossible! Okamura Nishi knows that we are here, and will definitely send troops to drag us down. He will definitely drag them until dawn to fight!" Li Dalong looked at Hu Bin again and said anxiously.
When Hu Bin heard this, he didn't say anything, just stared at the map.
"Also, we don't know whether Wei Lihuang fights or not. I think Chongqing may not agree to Wei Lihuang fight. Such casualties are too great. Wei Lihuang's troops are all elite troops from Chongqing. If they are ruined here, tell me, will they agree? The best result is that Wei Lihuang's troops are guarding there and will never attack!" Li Dalong analyzed to Hu Bin.
"If you can fight, you must solve the Japanese here. If you fight well, our troops will directly attack Yangon, which will cut off the Japanese's land supply line. Although many troops in India will not starve to death, they will get supplies from the sea, but if you want to continue the attack, we will find a way to kill some Japanese, so that we can return to the country, and it will be safe here!" Hu Bin said looking at the map.
"Ha, it's impossible. What do you use to fight to Yangon? Now we have more than 150,000 troops in our hands, and even Mandalay can't fight!" Li Dalong heard this, looked at Hu Bin and said with a smile.
"I will only know after I fight!" Hu Bin still insisted on fighting. Hu Bin also wanted to go back to China to fight, but if he didn't fight here, it would have a greater impact on China in the future.
Hu Bin never thought that the Japanese would use Huairou to fool the people of the entire Southeast Asian countries and let the people of those countries work for their lives. In fact, Japan is lucky. Most countries in Southeast Asia were colonies of European and American countries before. Now, seeing the Japanese coming, they are not only not disgusted, but also welcome them.
In addition, some of Japan's current policies have changed, and the Japanese pretended to be very good, so the people supported it even more. This was something Hu Bin did not expect in advance.
Hu Bin still obtained news from the United States that the soldiers in Southeast Asia were on the battlefield, and they worked very hard. So at this time, Hu Bin realized that his previous strategy was wrong and he could not continue to let Japan rule the entire Southeast Asia. Otherwise, Japan would have obtained such resources and would develop in the future. No one could have thought that Hu Bin had to take action in advance.
"We in Yan'an will not agree to you to fight. This is a death sentence, not a war!" Li Dalong said to Hu Bin.
"You know a lot of things, you don't know yet. OK, let this happen first, let our reconnaissance force investigate first!" Hu Bin said.
In Chongqing, they received a telegram from the United States and Britain, and they once again asked China to send troops to directly attack Mandalay, kill Mandalay's defenders, and cut off the supply line of the Japanese on land!
After seeing these two telegrams, Commander Jiang went to the staff room and looked at the combat map of Southeast Asia.
"Xipi, the Japanese have developed so many troops there?" Jiang Chengshuai cursed as soon as he saw the Japanese defense forces marked on the map.
"I don't recommend fighting. We can't win at all. We have to defend ourselves, but attack, not!" Li Zongren said.
"If you have to fight, if you don't fight, you will definitely attack China again after the new Japanese soldiers are trained. Guangxi and Yunnan cannot defend themselves at all!" Chen Cheng said.
"Me!" Li Zongren was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what to say. Because Guangxi and Yunnan were his troops.
Chapter completed!