The Thai army fled to the Salwen River Ferry, but was attacked by the troops led by Zhang Bingshun. The pursuers behind also arrived quickly. The desperate Thai soldiers raised their hands to surrender. * The gunshots on the banks of the Salwen River finally stopped. Zhang Bingyao's Shan State Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force was trained in this war, and the troops accumulated experience in big battles. Situ Fei quickly reported the situation of the Kaoyishan Guard Battle.

In particular, he praised the Shan State Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force. In the report, Situ Fei pointed out that the soldiers of the Shan State Anti-Japanese Self-Defense Force have simple and generally good physical fitness and strong personal combat capabilities. After training and training in this war, the troops have a certain degree of harassing and blocking combat capabilities.

The outstanding performance of the Shan State Self-Defense Force was both beyond Yue Hanping's expectations and as expected. It was not until this time that Yue Hanping breathed a deep breath of relief. Shan State had firmly controlled the Chinese Expeditionary Force and established a consolidated Myanmar Anti-Japanese War Base for the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Even if the British no longer helped the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the supply problem of the Expeditionary Force had been basically solved.

The remaining soldiers of the 56th Division of the Japanese Army, led by Colonel Ugaki, traveled through the tropical jungle. The 3,000 soldiers paid the price of half of their troops and finally walked out of the primitive jungle. When Japanese soldiers in ragged clothes walked out of the jungle with 38 rifles, hungry, they looked no different from savages. When they were soldiers from the Japanese garrison patrol team, they could not imagine that this was the elite 56th Division of the Imperial Army.

The Japanese army on the eastern front suffered a defeat, but the 33rd Division on the western front played a thrill of triumph, pursuing the British army all the way and driving the British army out of Myitkyina. When the remaining troops of the 56th Division entered Legucheng, Myitkyina, a major city in northwest Myanmar, fell. At this point, almost all the British army withdrew from Myitkyina, except for the guard forces of a company beside Lieutenant General Mandalay, Mandalay, Wavere.

Under the persistence of the 200th Division, Mandalay with one division's strength resisted the attack of the elite 18th Division of the Japanese army, and held back the Japanese army for a full 9 days. When the 56th Division on the Eastern Front was besieged, the 18th Division had to end its attack on Mandalay, attempting to advance eastward to rescue the 56th Division. However, it was blocked by the newly formed 28th Division shortly after entering Myanmar. Iida Xiangjiro was afraid that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would return to the division and encircle and annihilate the 18th Division, so he ordered the 18th Division to withdraw Ren'anqiang.

At this point, the Chinese Expeditionary Force voluntarily gave up Tonggu and reduced its forces to Mandalay, Taung Chi and Jingdong, defending northern Myanmar and northeastern Myanmar. The Japanese army also stabilized the front line in the existing occupied areas. China and Japan took the Irrawaddy River and Yangman Highway as the boundary, west of the Irrawaddy River, east of the Yangman Highway, north of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the rest were occupied areas.

The situation in Myanmar was formed. The Japanese base camp was very dissatisfied with it and was about to decide to increase its troops to Myanmar again, preparing to take down Myanmar in one fell swoop and expel the Chinese expeditionary force from Myanmar. God was angry, and heavy rain fell in Myanmar. At the end of May, the rainy season in Myanmar came early.

During the rainy season in Myanmar, heavy rain continued, roads were muddy, rivers surged, and marched at all. The Japanese base camp helped to order the 15th Myanmar Army to suspend military offensives and consolidate the existing occupied areas.

When the Battle of Mandalay ended, the report of the Chinese Expeditionary Force reached Chongqing. Chiang Kai-shek was shocked, followed by a burst of ecstasy. Although the thin chairman was still cold on his face, his trembling hands betrayed his mood.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force successfully completed the established strategic goal at the beginning of its trip, preserved important Myanmar towns such as Mandalay, Taung Chi, Jingdong, and Lashio, and partially controlled the Yangman Highway, an important transportation road in Myanmar. In particular, China's foreign aid material transfusion vessels - the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which was still under the control of the China-** team, keeping the Yunnan-Burma Highway. However, the British army abandoned their colonies that they had operated for hundreds of years, and all the British forces retreated to India.

For this purpose, President Roosevelt sent a telegram to celebrate the victory of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Prime Minister Churchill had no face to send a congratulatory message, so he had to speak in the London Post, "Congratulations to the British and Burmese army on their successful retreat to India. This is not the failure of the British Empire, but rather the starting point for the British Empire to achieve victory."

In the eyes of Americans and British, China's value has been greatly improved. When the British could not control Myanmar at all, they adopted a tacit attitude towards the actual control of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in northern and northeastern Myanmar.

The pointer of history pointed to June 22, 1941. On this day, the Germans suddenly launched an attack on the Soviet Union on the eastern front, and the Soviet-German War broke out. Italy also increased its offensive in Africa and cooperated with Germany to launch a powerful offensive in North Africa. The African regiment of Germany's Marshal Rommel swept the British army. Although the main force of the British and Burmese army retreated to India and met with the British and Indian army, it enhanced the British army's ability to defend India.

But no one dared to guarantee that India would not become the second Myanmar. Britain's defeat in Europe and Africa forced Britain to use most of its resources here, while India far away in the East did not provide much material to reinforce. It was forced to increase its efforts to purchase arms from the United States. After the outbreak of the Soviet-German War, although the Japanese army in Southeast Asia did not take the initiative to take the US military from the Philippines, it increased its inspection of US aid materials.

On the seas in Southeast Asia, American merchant ships were often blocked by patrolling Japanese troops, and the Japanese troops even began to confiscate some important strategic materials. The radio waves of the US troops stationed in the Philippines crossed the ocean one by one, asking for instructions on the next action.

In July, the Japanese army began to block the ports in Southeast Asia, prohibiting American merchant ships from entering the port. The storm was about to come and the wind filled the building. The actions of the Japanese army attracted the attention of the US troops stationed in the Philippines. Where will the 30,000 US troops stationed in the Philippines go, General MacArthur is waiting.

President Roosevelt, Washington, the White House, stared at General Marshall on the opposite side in his wheelchair, "My general, all aspects of intelligence show that the Philippines is not safe, what are we doing there?"

General Marshall held his hands together, placed his thighs, and crossed his thumbs of his hands and drew circles. "President, I think it would be detrimental to the image of the United States if you don't resist. It is recommended to resist the Japanese army symbolically, and then all the US troops withdraw from Manila. The US troops stationed in the Philippines can retreat to Australia. In the Pacific battlefield, Australia's status cannot be ignored. As long as we firmly defend Australia, we can counterattack Southeast Asia and control the Southwest Pacific at any time. We can attack the Marshall Islands line to the east, and then approach the Japanese mainland step by step."

President Roosevelt looked at the southwest Pacific with wise eyes, and did not look at Marshall. He said in a low voice that General, our United States is not prepared, or that it is not mentally prepared for war. Although symbolic resistance is good, I am worried that the Philippines is now surrounded by Japanese troops. Once the war begins, it will be difficult for the US military to withdraw. General MacArthur also sent a secret message, the Philippine government secretly reciprocates with Yamashita Fengwen, and the Philippine people are very resistant to the United States. The Philippines is like a big trap, and I suggest retreating early."

President Roosevelt finally convinced General Marshall that the US troops stationed in the Philippines finally received an order from Washington, "General MacArthur led 25,000 people to Australia before July 20 to establish a Southwest Pacific base in Australia. Major General Smith led 5,000 people to retreat to Mandalay, Myanmar."

The wise President Roosevelt did not ignore Myanmar and the Indian War Zone when he was staring at the Southwest Pacific. The Chinese Expeditionary Force here was very brave. As long as they gain a foothold in Myanmar, they could cooperate with the US military to launch a counterattack in Southeast Asia in the future. It is absolutely impossible to attack from Jawa Island to Taiwan Island and Japan's mainland in one breath.

The retreat of the US Philippine troops far exceeded the Japanese army's surprise. General Tobuki Yamashita originally formulated a combat plan for a surprise attack on Manila, but now this plan is not needed. In addition to Germany's stimulation, General Yamamoto, commander of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet, immediately suggested to the base camp that war should be started with the United States and seize islands in the Pacific.

The Japanese Emperor attached great importance to this proposal and specially convened an imperial meeting to discuss the next battle of the Imperial Army. The army was unable to resolve the war on the Chinese battlefield, resulting in the army losing its voice. The Navy's southward advance plan had a remarkable result and brought countless strategic materials such as rubber and oil to the Great Japanese Empire. The Navy's actions became an important basis for controlling the Japanese military strategy.

The emperor calmly looked at the enthusiastic naval generals. He knew the strength of the Japanese navy best. He had no confidence in whether the joint fleet could control the sea control in the Pacific. So the emperor asked Yamamoto, to be honest, does the imperial joint fleet have the ability to destroy the main force of the US Pacific navy?"

Yamamoto Go** will specially rush back to Tokyo from the front line. The general's face was calm and his legs were together. "Your Majesty, the number of aircraft carriers of the Empire's Joint Fleet far exceeds that of the United States. We have the ability to fully control the sea and air supremacy in the Pacific. As long as your Majesty gives orders, I am willing to lead the joint fleet to annihilate the US Pacific Fleet, completely seize the sea and air supremacy in the Pacific, and insert the empire's sun flag on the west coast of the United States."

Yamamoto Iroru's series of commands in Southeast Asia fully demonstrated his superb command art, especially the use of aircraft carriers, which completely subverted the concept of warships and ships to create seas. The attack weapon of carrier-based aircraft demonstrated the importance of air supremacy, and there would be no sea supremacy without air supremacy.

The emperor trusted Yamamoto Izuru, and the confidence of the general strengthened the emperor's determination. The Imperial Conference unanimously approved the declaration of war on the United States. The war began on September 18, 1941, which was the luckiest date in Japan. The emperor's intention was beyond words. He hoped that the navy could also bring glory to the great Japanese Empire like the Kanto Army.
Chapter completed!