On January 15, our Expeditionary Force and the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions of the US Army fired the guns of the attack. As early as a month ago, the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army attacked Myanmar from the Impal line. The 1st Division entered Myanmar and successively captured Dangdu, Xidang and Maogong. By the end of the year, it captured Palan, the largest city in western Myanmar.

The 2nd Cavalry Division of the US Army, which landed in Chittagong, Bangladesh, entered Myanmar from Bangladesh and formed a horn with the 1st Division. The US ground forces participated in the war for the first time, and frankly said that the fight was very difficult. The Japanese army had only one revolt in the eastern Palan, and tens of thousands of troops of the US First Cavalry Division took a month to advance to Palan with the cooperation of the powerful air force.

Although the US army is known as the First Cavalry Division, it is not a cavalry unit, but a mechanized unit. Since the 1st Cavalry Division made great achievements in the American Civil War, its number is still used today. In the first battle against Japan, the Americans experienced the power of the Japanese army. The Americans paid a price of 1,500 people in one month of battle, while the Japanese army only paid about 1,000 people. I believe that in terms of combat experience, the Americans were far inferior to the Japanese army that had been on the battlefield for a long time.

On January 15, the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command ordered the Du Luming unit of the 2nd Army located in the northwest of Mandalay, located in the northwest of Mandalay, Tan Zhen's unit of the 1st Army located in the northeast of Mandalay, to first launch an attack on Mandalay. The Japanese army entrenched on the front line of Mandalay is the 33rd Division of the Japanese army, most of the Japanese 211th Division and the 155th Division, and the total Japanese army has 100,000 troops.

At present, the front line of the Salwin River was controlled by Sun Liren's 3rd Army, Dai Anlan's unit of the 4th Division of the 2nd Army, and Chen Yi's unit of the 3rd Division of the 1st Army. The newly formed 4th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force entered Lashio and took over the defense of the Jingdong front line. The newly formed 5th Army of the Expeditionary Force was used as a battle reserve. On the same day, the Chinese and US Air Force first launched an air strike on Mandalay. The Japanese Fifth Air Force had been crippled. At present, Japanese planes could not gain a foothold in Myanmar at all, and Myanmar became the world of the Chinese and US Air Force.

Toshiba, the 1st Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the telegrams were heard endlessly, and finally the curtain of a large counterattack was opened. All the officers and soldiers were screaming and were finally able to release them. It has been more than a year since they entered Myanmar. The officers and soldiers were eager to launch an attack on the Japanese army, but because the logistics supply problems could not be met, the officers and soldiers of the Expeditionary Force could only wait.

Therefore, the counterattack plan formulated by the Expeditionary Force last year has not been implemented. It is obvious that the iron law of logistics has been fully proved. Since the Germans launched a sewer hunting operation in the Atlantic Ocean, it restricted the United States from effectively transporting combat materials to India. In addition, the Americans were fully satisfied with the Northeast Lightning Plan, the expeditionary force had to delay the battle backwards. With the successful hunting of German submarines by the US Navy, with the smooth implementation of the lightning plan, the Americans naturally had to devote their main energy to the war in the South China Ocean. In addition, the US Navy also formulated a plan to counterattack in the Indian Ocean, so launching a Myanmar counterattack was natural.

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"Tell each division that must show the prestige of Chinese soldiers! I want to let the Americans see how Chinese soldiers fight. They usually ask for counterattacks every day. Now let's show your skills!" Commander Tan Zhen said with great enthusiasm. Chief of Staff Su Yu said: "Military! The 2nd Army has also started, and we should keep in touch. Now we are relying on us on the main attack on Mandalay. Although the Americans entered two divisions on the Palan line, there was no sign of attacking."

Tan Zhen said contemptuously: "The Americans were afraid of fighting with the Japanese army, but the Americans were much better than the British. I heard that the commander refused to enter Myanmar, and the British seemed to have no objection." "Of course, the British were unwilling to face the fierce Japanese army. The British soldiers were very afraid of fighting with the Japanese army, so they had to go with the flow. However, the British must enjoy the benefits. I guess after capturing Mandalay, the British would definitely send troops to Myanmar! Myanmar is a British colony, and the British would never give up!"

Tan Zhen said contemptuously: "The British are delusional. Deputy Commander Mu will never let the British come in. Now I can tell you that not long ago, Deputy Commander Mu sent me a secret message. After occupying Mandalay, I asked me to send troops to station in Maogong to block the British army into Myanmar, and authorize me to block the British army by force!"

Su Yu smiled and said, "Deputy Commander Mu wants to completely eliminate the British's power in Myanmar. It's good that the opportunity is great now, but if the British force enters forcibly, there will be a conflict?" "Damn it! The British are going to be tough, so I will have a fight with him. I have long wanted to exude the anger in my heart!" Tan Zhen was full of confidence.

Su Yu understood in his heart that Deputy Commander Mu did not inform the Expeditionary Force Command at all, and he gave Tan Zhen a face-to-face message. Su Yu's psychology rose with a sense of pride. The determination from the commander was no more exciting than this trust for the frontline soldiers. There is no doubt that the gushing tide of the rise of the Chinese nation in the war was unstoppable!

Invisibly, Mu Yaping's dominant thought has deeply influenced these passionate soldiers. They consciously or unconsciously began to think from the standpoint of the country and the nation, and then evolved into conscious actions. Not to mention the right and wrong, a consensus broke through the cage of thought, took the country and the nation as their own mission, and formed a powerful force. In particular, the battle against Japan has continuously achieved brilliant achievements, the rise of national pride, and its ideological system is even more in full swing.

Commander Wei Lihuang of the Lashio Expeditionary Force Headquarters, said dissatisfied: "General Stilwell, according to the battle plan, why did the 1st and 2nd Division of your cavalry show no signs of attack? At least it must maintain an offensive posture against the Japanese army. At present, our two armies have launched an offensive, and the US military needs to cooperate in the west!"

Stilwell said: "The 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions are under the command of the US Army Command in India. I don't know the specific situation," he shrugged. In fact, Stilwell knew in his heart that the 1st Cavalry Division lost more than 1,500 people in a gang of Japanese troops. The US soldiers were afraid of launching a tough battle. After all, the soldiers had just joined the war. In this case, the US commander must consider this situation.

He could not say these words to Wei Lihuang, after all, this is a problem of face. Wei Lihuang understood Stilwell's idea and said: "The US military faced the Japanese war for the first time. Various situations that occurred are understandable, but after the battle plan is formulated, it must be implemented, otherwise it will affect the emotions of our officers and soldiers. Isn't the example of the British army very telling the problem?"

Stilwell said: "Frankly speaking, when Mandalay fights, our hopes are placed on the 1st Army!"
Chapter completed!