As soon as Li Zongren finished speaking, Wei Yunsong followed and said: "That's true. Opium poisoned China for more than a hundred years, causing the great China to suffer a hundred years of humiliation, and it still causes great disasters!

Under the control of the British, Myanmar has become one of the main production areas of opium. Every year, a large amount of opium flows into our country, causing great harm to our Chinese people.

So, I think we must take advantage of this opportunity to let opium continue to spread in Myanmar, and we must not allow our soldiers to get infected with this thing!"

Du Yuming nodded and said, "It's reasonable that opium is a great disaster to China. If the root cause can be eradicated, it will indeed be a great thing that benefits the country and the people!"

Sun Zhen continued: "Yes, opium is a big disaster. The Qing government was called the sick man of East Asia by foreigners, which was caused by worshipping opium. We must prohibit it and will never allow the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary army to suck it. Once discovered, we must be severely punished and not lend it to each other!"

Huang Hong said, "I recently found that many domestic businessmen came to Myanmar to buy large quantities of opium, and some officials even smuggled back to China from the Yunnan-Burma Highway in the name of transporting anti-Japanese war materials. This situation is a hundred times more serious than smoking opium in Myanmar. It is completely poisoning one's own people. This evil deed must be eliminated as soon as possible!"

The huge harm to opium has long been known to everyone, especially the Chinese people who have suffered greatly.

Therefore, banning opium is a consensus among all Chinese people, and the National Government also has clear and severe legal provisions on banning opium.

But in fact, opium is currently flooding in the Kuomintang-controlled areas, and opium is completely a hard currency equivalent to silver dollars, which is many times stronger than the legal currency.

Therefore, whether it is local officials or the army, many officials are running opium businesses openly and secretly, and even the National Government turns a blind eye to sell opium for personal gain and raise funds.

"Very good, there is still a lot of consensus on this point!"

Yang Fan nodded gently: "Opium, a devastating thing, must be strictly prohibited from cracking down on it. We were busy with defense before and had not had time to pay attention to this thing. Now it is time to spend a lot of effort to rectify it!

We not only have to close all tobacco shops that have been opened, but we must forcibly quit opium addiction, but also take heavy measures to eliminate all opium grown in Myanmar!"

At this time, Gan Lichu said, "Commander Yang, this decisive and comprehensive ban on opium is naturally a great thing that benefits the country and the people.

But will the British agree? The opium trade is one of their most profitable industries!"

Yang Fan did not answer Gan Lichu's question, but looked at Stilwell and said, "General Stilwell, what do you think?"

Stilwell said with a solemn expression: "The opium trade is extremely inhumane and immoral. The British Empire had completely banned the opium trade as early as 1914.

Therefore, the opium cultivation and trade that continues in Myanmar is just manipulating it by some illegal merchants. There is no need for us to worry about the attitude of the British Empire!

If there are any problems during the ban on opium, I can communicate and explain to the British government!”

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Yang Fan smiled and patted Stilwell for a few enthusiastic words, then said in a sharp tone:

"As General Stilwell said, the opium trade is an immoral and inhuman crime against humanity, which has long been ordered to be banned around the world, so we do not need to have any scruples!"

After a pause, Yang Fan then said: "The second thing is, in order to purify and regulate the discipline of the troops, I plan to establish a military police brigade to maintain military discipline, ensure the implementation of military orders, and handle various criminal incidents in the army!"

After listening to Yang Fan's explanation, Du Yuming frowned and said, "Commander Yang, is this a bit of a big deal? We come to Myanmar to fight against Japanese invasion. This is just a temporary strategic task, not a long-term station in Myanmar.

What's more, each of our troops has a political department responsible for the discipline of picking troops, so there is no need to establish a gendarmerie brigade for comprehensive management, right?"

Gan Lichu nodded and said, "Yes, I don't think it's necessary!"

They belong to the orthodox central army of the State Government. How could they allow Yang Fan to interfere in the internal military discipline of the army and have the right to judge subordinates? Wouldn't they hired a Supreme Emperor for themselves?

Especially Du Yuming, before coming, Principal Jiang listened to him and warned him that he must firmly control the military power and take good care of the 5th Army, the most elite of the Party and the country.

Although Chairman Jiang did not make the words clear, Du Yuming knew what this meant. He was warning him that if the orders issued by Stilwell and Yang Fan violated the fundamental interests of the Fifth Army, he could adapt to the situation.

“…”

Li Zongren and Wei Yunsong exchanged glances, and then continued to remain silent.

They were also a little worried about this, because Yang Fan had always had the "notorious reputation" and habit of poaching. If Yang Fan intervened in too much internal military affairs, the troops might change their colors one day.

Sun Zhen said very welcomely: "No rules can be achieved without circumference. Our 22nd Group Army is willing to accept supervision and inspection by the Gendarmerie Brigade!"

Yang Fan smiled and said, "Don't over-interpret my intentions. I don't want to interfere in the internal affairs of various troops. I have no interest in asking about how you manage it internally.

I just want to say that outside the military camp, all expeditionary troops must abide by military discipline and government regulations, and they are absolutely not allowed to scatter the troops and violate the laws and regulations. As long as they make trouble in the local area, no matter which unit, no matter who it is, I must bring it to justice!

If that happens, do you have any other opinions?”

Du Yuming pondered for a while and nodded, "This is not a problem!"

"Yes, yes!"

“No problem at all!”

"This is what it should be!"

"If such a scum appears in our 22nd Army, Commander Yang, you can be arrested and killed directly!"

Li Zongren, Wei Yunsong, Gan Lichu and others nodded.

"It's so good! Before the Gendarmerie brigade officially starts its work, we will conduct a week-long policy publicity. I hope you can cooperate more at that time!"

Yang Fan nodded, and then said in a deep voice: "In a word, if you want to persist in the War of Resistance in Myanmar for a long time and build Myanmar into a frontier anti-fascist position, you must have a safe, stable and progressive internal environment.

Things such as smoking big cigarettes, cheating and stealing, bullying men and women, killing people and setting fires, etc., are absolutely not allowed to happen!

As for the appropriate entertainment and entertainment of the troops, I will not ask too much about it, but there must be a premise that you are willing to do so, and you must not force your business, and you are not allowed to wear military uniforms when entering and leaving those romantic places!"
Chapter completed!