Tanabe Moribu said with a dark face: "Yes, Commander, the Battle of Myanmar has completely failed! Only less than 100,000 Burmese dispatched troops were left, and more than 50,000 of them were trapped in the primeval forests of the Bennong Mountains!"

"This is impossible!"

Okamura Yanji stood up and shouted in dismay, "How is this possible? A few days ago, weren't you still saying that the Myanmar Expeditionary Force is sure to win, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force is about to collapse? Why did this happen suddenly?"

"Your Excellency Commander, this is true!"

Tanabe Masabu confirmed again with a gloomy expression: "It is said that the Army Department had thought about blocking the news before, but how could such an explosion be blocked? Now the country is in chaos, and His Majesty the Emperor has also held a special meeting for the imperial court."

"Baga!"

Knowing that this matter is a foregone conclusion, Okamura Yanji still couldn't accept it and said in a daze: "But, why did the Myanmar Expeditionary Army, which had a total of more than 400,000 yuan, suddenly say it's gone?"

Tanabe Moribu explained: "The main reason for the failure of the Southern Expeditionary Force this time was that he was hit by Yang Fan's tactical deception. He did not expect that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would quietly deploy a large number of technical equipment including heavy artillery, armored tanks, self-propelled artillery and combat aircraft under extremely passive consumption.

The result is that the Chinese army invested an extremely large armored cluster in the chariots in northern Myanmar at one time.

At the same time, the Chinese Air Force also sent a powerful combat aircraft group to coordinate operations. The Chinese armored cluster directly penetrated the defense line of the 18th Army in just 6 hours, and drove straight into 180 kilometers and directly surrounded the rear route of the 18th Army..."

"Baga! The Chinese army actually built so much technical equipment under the eyes of the Myanmar Expeditionary Army? What does the intelligence departments of the Myanmar Expeditionary Army do? There was no clue in such a major intelligence in advance?"

Okamura Yanji frowned. With Tanabe Moetake's further explanation, he finally clarified the whole story of the incident. He couldn't help but be surprised and said, "In 6 hours, it's more than 180 kilometers? Isn't this a blitzkrieg?"

Tanabe Moriwu nodded, "That is, from the whole process, the Chinese Tiger Army did fight a typical blitzkrieg in northern Myanmar, and its penetration ability and propulsion speed are no less than that of German allies."

Hearing this, Pinglin Shengren frowned and sighed regretfully: "It's really unexpected that the Burmese condemnation army would suddenly be destroyed in this way! The imperial imperial army suffered a great blow!"

"That's natural. This time, more than 400,000 imperial warriors were broken, and the Myanmar dispatched troops were almost all old troops of the imperial elite."

Okamura Yanji nodded, "The three Burmese condemnation armies are collectively broken, and they may have a significant impact on the battlefields of the entire Asia."

Okamura Yasuji felt sad. The destruction of the Myanmar dispatched troops was only a major impact.

Is this the decisive impact?

The Battle of Myanmar was completely defeated, and the Burmese condemnation army was almost destroyed. The Great Japanese Empire was likely to decline from prosperity, and the southern battlefield then entered a strategic contraction stage.

If China Cointreau and the British and American allies seized this opportunity and used Myanmar as the strategic fulcrum to establish a forward base, Southeast Asia occupied by Japan might not be able to be preserved, and the largest oil field base and abundant mineral resources would be lost.

Tanabe Morito nodded and agreed, "Yes, this abominable Chinese commander is really a big concern of the Japanese Empire. Since the original Battle of Peace and Tianjin, more than 700,000 imperial warriors and more than ten empire generals have been trapped in his hands.

Now he has firmly controlled the Myanmar war zone. I am afraid that the empire will have to pay a more painful price to conquer Myanmar."

Tianbian Shengwu and Yang Fan are also old rivals. From the time when the Jinshanwei landed war, he deeply engraved the words Yang Fan in his bones, dreaming that he wanted to kill this hateful Chinese commander with his own hands.

But as time went by, Moribata Tanabe suddenly discovered that the small Chinese warlord who once seemed to exist like an ant had grown into a super powerful enemy that the entire Japanese empire had to fight with!

Looking back on the past, Tanabe Moribu was really full of infinite emotion at this moment. All of this was like a dream and full of unreality, but it was a terrifying and cold fact.

At this time, the man from Pinglin Sheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "But fortunately, we don't have to worry about this. The only thing we need to do now is to eliminate the Eighth Route Army guerrillas in the five northern provinces as soon as possible."

"Soga! That's right!"

Okamura Yasuki nodded in thought: "Our top priority is to completely reverse the security situation in North China, build a solid strategic rear for the Great Japanese Empire, and allow this land to continuously provide war resources for the Great Japanese Empire!"

As soon as Okamura Yanji finished speaking, Tanabe Moritake looked at Okamura Yanji with a bitter face and said, "Your Excellency Commander, I'm afraid things are not that simple."

Hearing Tanabe Moribu's words, Okamura Yasuji raised his eyebrows and asked in a deep voice: "Tanbe, do you have any other insider information?"

"I heard from others, too."

Tanabe Moritake nodded and said, "I heard from my colleagues in Tokyo talk about this. Prime Minister Tojo did not mean to give up Myanmar. At the imperial meeting, he strongly suggested that His Majesty the Emperor form a larger Myanmar Expeditionary Force as soon as possible, and take advantage of the opportunity of the Chinese Expeditionary Force being severely damaged and take over Myanmar in one go!"

"Nani? Really?"

Okamura Yanji frowned and said: "But the 400,000-strong imperial elites were destroyed. Where can I recruit more powerful Myanmar Expeditionary Forces in a hurry? How can the newly formed Myanmar Expeditionary Forces be able to fight the well-equipped and powerful Hu Ben Expeditionary Forces?"

"Yes, I have been worried about this too! If the Imperial Army cannot complete its transformation as soon as possible and equipped with more advanced and powerful weapons and equipment, it will be difficult to compete with the Tiger Army head-on!

Especially when the Imperial Air Force cannot guarantee air supremacy, actively attacking the Hu Ben Army Defense Zone will probably only cost you a heavy price again and again."

Tanabe Moritake nodded, then frowned and said, "But based on speculation, His Majesty the Emperor seems to agree with Prime Minister Tojo's suggestion. Maybe it will soon start to form at least 50 divisions of Myanmar Expeditionary Forces!"

After pausing, Tanabe Moritake continued: "Mijiro Umezu has suffered such a shameful defeat. He will definitely not be able to continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Expeditionary Army. Then the base camp will definitely select a more effective command-in-chief.

So the question is, Okamura, who do you think is the most suitable position as commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Expeditionary Army among the current Imperial Army generals?”
Chapter completed!