"General Slim, you must hold on, you must ensure the safety of the British expatriates, and you must not surrender to the Japanese, otherwise the tragedy of the Bataan Death March will happen again!"

On the morning of the 16th, Commander-in-Chief Alexander of the British-Burmese Army personally spoke with General Slim of the 1st Division of the British-Burmese Army.

"General, the Japanese have cut off the railways and roads. We are trapped in a narrow area less than 10 kilometers from north to south. The soldiers are very frightened and have no intention of breaking out. We are in urgent need of support!"

Having only been surrounded by the Japanese for a day, Slim's voice already sounded very vicissitudes of life.

Hearing the word support, Alexander suddenly felt angry and wanted to scold the Chinese. However, he was worried that it would affect Slim's confidence in resisting. He swallowed the words and patiently comforted:

"I have ordered the 63rd Brigade of the British-Australian Army and the 7th Armored Brigade to attack the Japanese. Your troops can take the opportunity to break out. The Japanese have insufficient troops and the possibility of a successful breakout is very high!"

Slim sighed,

"General, my troops must protect the overseas Chinese, and they have no strength to break out of the encirclement on their own initiative. Have you requested support from the Chinese?"

"The Chinese army is also surrounded by the Japanese, and there are currently no extra troops to rescue you." Alexander said truthfully:

"You must hold on and never surrender. I will rescue you."

"Okay General, I will try my best!"

After hanging up the phone, Alexander turned around anxiously, scratching his scalp and pulling his hair with his big hands.

"When will China's follow-up troops enter Myanmar?" he asked the adjutant beside him.

The arrogant look on the adjutant's face was gone, and he replied after thinking for a moment:

"There should be two days left.

General, China's follow-up troops will definitely be busy rescuing their own besieged troops, and I'm afraid they won't be able to take care of General Slim."

Alexander waved his hand and said:

"It is not the Chinese generals on the front lines who have the final say whether to rescue or not, their government will definitely give in.

How many more planes do we have?”

The adjutant asked the people next to him for a few questions, and then replied:

"There are also 20 transport aircraft and more than 10 fighter jets."

"Let these planes take off immediately and airdrop supplies to the troops in the encirclement, otherwise General Slim will not be able to hold on for long."

"Yes, General!"

The other side!

Slim looked depressed as he put down the phone. He did not expect that the situation would develop so quickly.

I just received an order from Alexander a few days ago, requiring the troops to burn the supplies that cannot be taken away and never leave them to the Chinese and Japanese.

No one expected that 100,000 people would be surrounded one day later.

If the supplies had not been burned, the troops might have been able to hold on for more than half a month, but now it was too late.

Slim described the situation on the phone as extremely bad, as if the Japanese were already under his nose.

The actual situation is that the Japanese only control the main communication lines for the British retreat, and the encirclement has not been completely closed.

The British retreated by car, while the Japanese relied entirely on their legs to march on bicycles.

It took a lot of effort for the Japanese to get in front of the British. Their soldiers were extremely tired and had no strength to launch an attack.

Slim's army just poked their heads around, and after discovering the traces of the Japanese, they all retreated, knowing nothing about the Japanese strength and preparations.

Two huge encirclement circles appeared on the west bank of the Irrawaddy River, which immediately attracted the attention of anti-fascist countries around the world.

After the U.S.-Philippine coalition forces on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered to the Japanese, less than half of the Westerners made it to the prisoner-of-war camps alive!

The Bataan Death March frightened the people of Britain and the United States. For the first time, they truly felt the brutality of the Japanese.

Alexander received many telegrams, some from England and some from across the ocean in the United States.

There is only one theme in the battle report, and that is that the British in the encirclement must not surrender.

Of course, it is also possible to surrender at the last resort.

Both the Prime Minister and the President asked Alexander to rescue the 100,000 people trapped in the siege.

Faced with tremendous pressure, Alexander had to lower his head to Jiangdong and pitifully asked for support.

Lashio.

After reading the telegram, Stilwell said to Jiangdong, somewhat dumbfounded:

"Admiral, Alexander once again requests your support!

He said in the telegram that if you are willing to send troops, he will give up the responsibility for the bloodshed. He will also replenish a large amount of supplies to the Chinese Expeditionary Force, strengthen cooperation between the Allied forces, and jointly attack the Japanese!"

The 200th Division and the 22nd Division were surrounded by the Japanese in Madea and other places. Jiangdong looked at the battlefield pattern of the Eastern Front marked on the map and frowned slightly.

Seeing Jiangdong's lack of response, General Stilwell continued:

"General, Alexander's attitude is very good this time. He just apologized to you directly. I also received a telegram from the White House not long ago. The eyes of anti-fascist countries around the world are looking at this."

Jiang Dong finally raised his head from the map.

"General Stilwell, you must have seen that the current war situation on the Eastern Front and the Western Front is equally tense! I only have 4 divisions to mobilize, and my troops are limited. I must choose a focus from the East and the West!"

Stilwell wanted to say something else, but Jiang Dong raised his hand to stop him.

"The follow-up troops will soon fall asleep, allowing the British to hold on for at least half a month. After half a month, I will see whether to take rescue operations depending on the situation.

There is really nothing you can do now, so don’t dwell on this issue!”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the British made use of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in this Burma Campaign and let this simple army stop the Japanese for them, so that they could retreat to India calmly and leisurely.

The British had no intention of holding on to Burma from beginning to end.

But Alexander never imagined that in the eyes of Iida Shojiro, the British life was more precious.

After surrounding the British, it can not only attract the attention of the world, but also contain the actions of the expeditionary force.

The soldiers of the 55th Division worked day and night and finally captured the British man who was enjoying himself leisurely.

Stilwell stood there holding the telegram, not knowing what to do.

Tang Yun came to Jiangdong and whispered in Jiangdong's ear:

"Commander-in-Chief, Deputy Director Lu is here!"

Jiang Dong dropped the red pencil, glanced at Stilwell, and followed Tang Yun out of the war room.

"Commander-in-Chief, Lu Jiu reports to you!"

Lu Jiu, the deputy director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, stood at attention and saluted Jiang Dong. His face looked a little tired, but his eyes were still shining with gloom.

Jiang Dong and Lu Jiu sat down at the wooden table in the yard.

"I heard from Tang Yun that the Military Intelligence Bureau has also placed some people in Myanmar. What are the specific circumstances?" Jiang Dong asked.

Lu Jiu wanted to stand up and report again, but Jiang Dong pressed his hand.

"The expansion of the Military Intelligence Bureau abroad is in sync with the business of trading companies. Myanmar is a major channel for the import and export of Chinese and foreign materials. Director Song began to deploy manpower here a year ago.

Our people are mainly located near transportation lines, mainly employees of overseas companies.

After Japan invaded Myanmar, almost all of these companies began to flee, and some of the people we placed in the companies also left.

However, there are still some people who took the initiative to stay and still maintain contact with the Military Intelligence Agency."

Jiang Dong trusted Lu Jiu's ability. He pondered for a while and then said:

"Britain has recognized Greater China's suzerainty.

In other words, after driving away the Japanese, we can form the Burmese government legitimately, reasonably and legally!

Japan used Burmese traitors to resist us, causing a lot of trouble to all the troops!

The reason why you are here this time is to solve the two problems of Burma traitors and form a government!"

To be honest, the local government formed by the Military Intelligence Bureau will also be a puppet government.

As vassal states, these places not only have no diplomatic rights, they do not even have so-called sovereignty.

Everything will be based on the interests of the suzerain country!

Lu Jiu understood what Jiang Dong meant and began to think deeply.

Jiangdong continued:

"Siam's servant army has entered Burma. In addition, the Japanese are wooing guerrillas from all over Burma and will form these people into a regular army.

The weapons and equipment that arm these people are all from the British!

It is estimated that the weapons and equipment left by the British in Yangon and other places can arm at least 20,000 to 30,000 people!

Our army has lost the opportunity to publicize public opinion and propaganda, and we can no longer let the Japanese take their own initiative and follow the army calmly!"

Lu Jiu stood up,

"Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief, the Military Intelligence Bureau will definitely try every means to seize the opportunity! We will never let the little devils run amuck in Myanmar!"

"Well, very good, you can start working immediately. If you are short of manpower, you can transfer it from China, from any system!"
Chapter completed!