Lieutenant General Watanabe nodded slowly, "Tanaka, thank you for your concern, please be sure to hold the Chinese army in Mandalay. My division and I will do our best for the rest." After saying that, Lieutenant General Watanabe clenched his fists with a low and firm determination, "For His Majesty the Emperor and the great cause of the empire, let's work together."

While receiving Chiang Kai-shek's commendation telegram, Yue Hanping received an order from Lieutenant General Chen Mingren to serve as the commander of the 6th Army of the Expeditionary Force and was about to enter Burma to fight. He was overjoyed and immediately conveyed the good news to the officers above the Expeditionary Force's regiment commander.

After the end of the War with Gu, Du Yuming's understanding of Yue Hanping further improved. This young general was bold, firm, calm and witty, flexible in tactics, and had a very good grasp of the situation. What is rare is that he could always flexibly and flexibly executive chairman's combat plan, and sometimes even modify chairman's combat plan without any trace, but he could always achieve surprising results.

Yue Hanping had a heartfelt hatred towards the Japanese, which can be seen from his troops' treatment of the Japanese wounded soldiers. He was also a general who crawled out of the dead in Nanjing, and Nanjing was also a permanent pain in General Du. Therefore, he turned a blind eye to the practice of not leaving Japanese prisoners of war or wounded soldiers in the young army.

In the next combat training order, Chiang Kai-shek emphasized that the Chinese team should effectively protect the left wing from Taungzhi to Jingdong and prevent the Japanese army from detouring from the flanks to cut off the Chinese Expeditionary Force's retreat. According to Chiang Kai-shek's idea, the Chinese Expeditionary Force will fight decisively in Pingmanna and the Japanese army in the next step. Therefore, the Chinese Expeditionary Force Command held a military meeting on the next step of combat.

Attend the meeting were officers above the expeditionary army commander and Situ Fei, the head of the "Dragon Ya" special forces, specially rushed from the Shanshan Mountains to Mei Miao's Chinese Expeditionary Army Headquarters. In the simple command, Yue Hanping still took out local fruits and a lot of captured Japanese canned food to entertain the generals. Each general's face was filled with the joy of victory, and he chewed fruits and ate canned food in big mouths.

The generals' food was not much more elegant than the soldiers. They swallowed the cans and fruits on the table in the wind and swept the cans and fruits on the table. Chief of Staff Zhao Zili gracefully held the baton, and a one-fifty-thousand-thousand-Myanmar military map hung on the wall behind him. The baton in the Major General's hand gently tapped Yangon, and the direction of Bogu, clearly and calmly said, "The Japanese army lost a whole division in the battle with Gu, which caused the Japanese army to dare not move rashly. Commander Iida Xiangjiro's army gathered the two divisions in his hand, namely the 18th Division and the 56th Division."

The next direction of the Japanese attack, the Military Staff of the Ministry of National Defense believes that it will attack Pingmanna and Mandalay on the front line. I personally believe that the Japanese army will definitely change the offensive plan. Mandalay is an important center in Myanmar, and its strategic position is very important. The Japanese army will definitely attack Mandalay. However, there are two routes to attack Mandalay. Please see."

Zhao Zili's baton followed Tonggu, Xitang River heading north, pausing in Tamchi City. "This is an offensive route, attacking from Tonggu along the Xitang River to Tamchi, capturing Tamchi, and turning to Mandalay."

After pausing for a moment, Zhao Zili's baton struck along the Irrawaddy River, "This is the second route. The Japanese army can follow behind the 33rd Division and attack Magui together. After capturing Magui, they can divide a force and attack head-on along the direction of Pingmanna and Mandalay; then divide a force to take Taungchi directly. After occupying Toshiba, they can detour Mandalay and annihilate the main force of our Chinese Expeditionary Force in Mandalay."

Zhao Zili continued his views and told me personally that the Japanese army would not use the first offensive route. The Japanese army suffered a great defeat at Tonggucheng, and Tonggushang was in the hands of the Zhongzhang. It was easy to fight a stalemate with the Zhongzhang team. The second route could cause a sense of Chinese expedition. The Japanese army did not fight head-on with the Zhongzhang team, and first concentrated the main force to annihilate the British and Burmese army, and then made an attack choice based on the development of the battle situation. If our army was a little careless, it would be easy to take advantage of the loopholes by the Japanese army. The main force of our Zhongzhang team on the front line of Mandalay is likely to be attacked by two Japanese divisions."

Zhao Zili's staff officer was very professional, his mind was clear, and his analysis was very convincing. Du Yuming was calm and sat quietly next to Yue Hanping, just looking at Yue Hanping. Yue Hanping was also turning to look at him. When the two of them touched their eyes, they smiled knowingly, and instantly understood the deep meaning in each other's eyes.

Du Yuming said softly, "Please tell me Deputy Commander Yue."

Several division commanders of the 5th Army stared at Yue Hanping's face without showing any expression. Yue Hanping thought to himself, these people are all famous generals with great military achievements in **, who has the same vision? Oh, I'm trying to test me.

Okay, let you see, and then slowly stand up, "Everyone, I only agree with half of the opinions of Chief Zhao. What are our expeditionary forces most worried about since entering Myanmar?"

Taking advantage of the gap between the thinking of several division commanders, Yue Hanping walked to the map, took the baton, and drew in the direction of Jingdong, "It's here, the left flank of the Expeditionary Force. There are only two divisions of the 20th Army here to defend, and they were originally prepared to send troops from the Myanmar-Thailand border to cut off the rear route of the Zhongzhang team. Fortunately, in the battle of Tonggu, the Chinese Expeditionary Force concentrated its main force on Tonggu, and the Japanese army did not send troops from the Thai border. This made us calmly concentrate the main force and eat the 55th Division in one bite.

Iida Yoshiro was not so easy to fail. I think he was very likely to take advantage of the fact that the 6th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force had not yet entered Myanmar and ventured to concentrate the two divisions in his hands to launch an offensive battle against the Chinese team. This is very consistent with the Japanese army's usual combat style. Mandalay must be fighting, but it is not the main target of the Japanese army. I think the Japanese army's goal is very likely..."

Yue Hanping's hand was heavily pointed at a place name, Lashio.

Zhao Zili took a peek at the expressions of the division commanders. Dai Anlan, Sun Liren, Liao Yaoxiang and others clearly showed praise in their eyes. It seemed that these commanders of the 5th Army had this concern in their hearts, but they just didn't say it out, and wanted to look at Yue Hanping's eyes coldly.

Yue Hanping then put the baton at Tamchi, "I agree with Chief of Staff Zhao Zili's opinion on the early attack trend of the Japanese army. However, if the Japanese army divided troops and suddenly captured Tamchi, and then went directly to Lashio, it would be a big trouble. To the north of Manka, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had almost no main force stationed. From Jingdong to Manka, we have a big gap for the Japanese army to intersperse. The Lashio Army had only one division of the 20th Army, and its strength was small.

If the Japanese army uses his allies, the Thai army, to attack Jingdong this time, it will make the Chinese Expeditionary Force unable to take into account both the front and tail and easily fall into chaos. So my idea is to look for fighter jets on the Taungchi line and strive to annihilate a part of the Japanese army again."

Weng Zhaoyuan, Luo Zekai and other division commanders of the young army kept nodding. They were too confident about the commander.

Du Yuming frowned slightly and slowly expressed his concerns, "Deputy Commander Yue, I agree with your analysis. But Mandalay is a major city after all, and if there are fewer troops, I am afraid it will not be able to defend it."

Yue Hanping nodded slightly, "Brother Guangting, I am about to discuss this matter with you. I want to place your 200th Division in Mandalay. With the combat effectiveness of the 200th Division, relying on the strong city defense to restrain a Japanese division, it should not be a big problem." The new 22nd Division can also be arranged outside the city to support the 200th Division at any time.

Du Yuming did not give a clear answer to Yue Hanping, he just told you about your plan lightly."

Yue Hanping said calmly and clearly, "I want to place the 200th Division in Mandalay to take on the city defense mission. The newly formed 22nd Division is located on the Yaban south of Mandalay, which can cover our flanks and reinforce Mandalay at any time. The newly formed 38th Division is located on Rui Niang, who is located on the west side of Tamchi to take on the task of cutting off the Japanese retreat. The 203rd Division of the Youth Army is located on the defense of Tamchi, the 204th Division is located south of Tamchi, and the 201st Division and the 202nd Division are located in Lailin.

If the Japanese attack on Tamzhi is not going well, then the six divisions of troops will be concentrated to encircle and annihilate a part of the Japanese army. If the Japanese attack on Tamzhi will be smooth, then the 203rd Division and the New 38th Division will follow and pursue the Japanese army. The 201st Division and the 202nd Division will block the Japanese army in Lailin, and the 204th Division will head north and encircle and annihilate a part of the Japanese army.

The 96th Division's garrison was the same as the ancient times, and the original defense areas of the 20th Army's divisions remained unchanged. Situ Fei should use the self-defense forces of the Shan State in Jingdong. These self-defense forces launched guerrilla warfare on the Jingdong front line, breaking the attack war, destroying the Japanese and Thai troops and strongholds, and try to delay the Japanese and Thai troops or the Myanmar ** Army."

After hearing this, Du Yuming nodded slowly and answered firmly, asking Deputy Commander Yue to rest assured, and the 5th Army resolutely implement the order."

Sun Liren and others were moved. Du Yuming made it clear that it was the greatest support for Yue Hanping. In the eyes of Liao Yaoxiang, Sun Liren and others, this plan was indeed very flexible. Even if the Japanese army did not attack from the Irrawaddy River, but attacked along the line of Tonggu, the 96th Division could resist one after another, retreat to Pingmanna, and then push it to Mitela again. The Chinese Expeditionary Force could still look for fighter jets in Taungchi.

Yue Hanping's eyes slowly slid over the teachers, "Do you have any opinions?"

"No, resolutely implement the orders of the deputy commander." Eleven commanders answered loudly in unison.

"Okay, please prepare, all the division commanders. Zhao Zili quickly formulated a detailed combat plan and reported it to Chairman Jiang." Yue Hanping said decisively.

Commander Dai Anlan walked out of the conference room and saw the commander standing next to the car, as if waiting for someone. He vaguely guessed that the commander was probably waiting for him, so he stepped forward and asked the commander, are you waiting for me?" He didn't jump.

Du Yuming smiled slightly, "Okay, do you have confidence when single master guards Mandalay?"

Dai Anlan smiled softly, "Military, our 200th Division is the unit you brought out by one. The combat effectiveness commander should know better than me. I have the confidence to guard for 10 days, and if I have a longer period of time, I will not be sure."

Du Yuming nodded, "It's not enough to stand for 10 days in the face of an attack from a Japanese division. Don't worry, Yue Hanping is cruel and will never ask you to fight for 10 days."

Dai Anlan looked at the commander in surprise, "Standard, are you so confident?"

Du Yuming sighed, "We are all Huangpu graduates, who have we ever been subdued? Looking at the entire ** army, we are all generals and soldiers in the army.

Yue Hanping used troops to gain the essence of military tactics and was not limited in his style. He basically fought against the Japanese army. Looking at his achievements, no matter how big or small the Japanese troops he was staring at, no one could escape. I have to accept it."
Chapter completed!