"Thank you for your accomplishment! Our 22nd Army will never let the Japanese walk out of our position alone."

Sun Zhen saluted with great excitement. A real man is not afraid of life and death, but only seeks death without regrets!

"General, where is our 31st Army? It's been more than two months' rest, so it's time to pull it out and practice!"

Seeing that the brothers were assigned combat missions, and it seemed that they had nothing to do next, Wei Yunsong, the commander of the 31st Army, finally couldn't sit still.

Two months ago, the 31st Army and the 33rd Japanese Division fought an unprecedented life-and-death battle on the defense line along the Pa'an River. The 31st Army suffered more than half of the heavy casualties and had to be replaced by the 22nd Army.

Later, Li Zongren recruited tens of thousands of strong men from Guangxi to Myanmar to join the army in the War of Resistance. After high-intensity training, the 31st Army not only completely restored its organization, but also reorganized two divisions of supplementary reserves.

Yang Fan smiled and said, "Captain Wei, don't worry. As the general reserve team of the entire army, your 31st Army is responsible for guarding the Xidang River and Bogu River at the East Gate of Yangon, and together with the warning headquarters, the coastal defense lines of Bogu, Yangon and Bosheng."

"ah?"

Wei Yunsong squirted and said with some dissatisfaction: "General, our 31st Army now has 70,000 or 80,000 people. Although half of them are new recruits, we are still an iron army that can win tough battles.

The brothers were all assigned to the front-line defensive tasks, but our 31st Army became the chief reserve team. How can I explain to my brothers after I go back!"

Yang Fan said with a smile: "I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. This time the Japanese have a total of 500,000 elite troops. Are you still afraid that you won't be able to eat meat then?"

Besides, the Japanese have a very powerful special mixed fleet to help. Maybe the Japanese will land directly from the Yangon port when their brains are hot? At that time, the pressure you will be under will not be less than the frontline defense line at all!"

"Yes! Follow the general's arrangements, our 31st Army will definitely complete the combat mission resolutely and thoroughly!"

Wei Yunsong saluted solemnly. He just said that to express the 31st Army's willingness to not open the back door to receive special care, not because he really wanted to change Yang Fan's decision.

"good!"

Yang Fan nodded with a smile, then looked at Chen Ergou and said, "Your Special Forces Division should continue to strengthen the training of brother troops in jungle combat, and at the same time be prepared to fight the Japanese army for a long time!"

...

Thailand's Dafu. Japan's Myanmar General Army Command.

Although the Japanese troops are still concentrating, it does not prevent the masses from arriving in advance.

The Southern Army General Command is located in Bangkok, Thailand. Meijiro Umezu will naturally not set up the Myanmar General Command in Myanmar, so he chose to be in a large town closest to the Thai-Myanmar border: Tatsufu.

The Japanese devils requisitioned tens of thousands of people and after several months of full construction, a highway through Dafu to Myanmar has been opened.

With this highway, the Japanese army no longer had to detour through hundreds of kilometers of mountain jungle, and could easily transport heavy equipment such as tanks, heavy artillery and other heavy equipment to the Myanmar border.

Therefore, the Japanese reinforcements that were transported were basically sent to the south coast of Thailand by transport fleets to land on the south coast of Thailand, and then transported to the reply via railway, and then entered Myanmar through this highway.

Therefore, the geographical location of Tatsuya Prefecture became very important. Umezu Mijiro set up the General Army Command here and ordered the 9th Division of the Direct Division of the General Army to be responsible for protecting the security of Tatsuya Prefecture.

The Japanese Myanmar General Army currently has 15th Army, 18th Army, 19th Army and 20th Army, with a total of 16 divisions. After all the personnel of each division arrive, the total force will reach 520,000.

Therefore, the Japanese Myanmar General Army became the second largest army group after the Kanto Army in one fell swoop. Meijiro Umezu successfully reached the top again, and he wiped out the depression of being squeezed out of the throne of the Kanto Army Commander by Ishihara Kanr.

Today, Mejiro Umezu convened commanders of various army at the headquarters, and the Chief of Staff held a military meeting at the headquarters, focusing on the discussion of offensive tactics.

At this time, in the combat room of the Tatsuya General Headquarters, General Mijiro Umezu, Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Kimura Hoitarou, Commander-in-Chief of the General Staff, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army was Lieutenant General Anda 23rd Lieutenant General Anda, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Guan Guiji, Commander-in-Chief of the 19th Army, and other old Japanese soldiers were gathering in front of a large sand table and discussing something fiercely.

Kimura Hitaro pointed to the sand table in front and said to Umezu Mijiro:

"His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, combined with the recent information provided by the aviation scouts and the Myanmar National Army, can basically conclude that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has concentrated the main elite troops in the Salwen River defense line, the Maudanian defense line, and Bogu, Yangon and other areas.

It seems that Yang Fan still wants to use the Salwin River natural barrier to fight the Imperial Army according to the previous strategic deployment with the 15th Army."

Kimura Hitaro and Umezu Mijiro were old partners for many years. When Umezu Mijiro was the commander-in-chief of the Kanto Army, Kimura Hitaro took office as the chief of staff of the Kanto Army.

This time, Mijiro Umezu became the commander of the Myanmar General Army, so he naturally had to bring his old partners to form a group to achieve merits!

"Silly guy!"

Meijiro Umezu snorted coldly with disdain and said murderously: "The imperial army was short of military strength before, so they almost defended the Salwin River defense line. Now, facing the crushing strength of the Japanese Imperial Army, they still want to defend in the same way, and they are simply trying to kill themselves by hitting the stone with eggs."

Kimura Hitotaro nodded and replied: "Yes, I have always been worried that Yang Fan would order the Chinese Expeditionary Force to focus on defense in primitive jungles to fight guerrilla warfare.

If this is the case, it would not be easy for the Great Japanese Imperial Army to pull them out of the primitive jungle and eliminate them. Now he is overestimating his ability to fight the Imperial Army in such an open and flat plain!

Not to mention anything else, the navy and air force of the Great Japanese Empire alone are enough to cause heavy damage to the entire defense line. The Great Japanese Imperial Army only needs one or two on-board charges to easily tear the defense line along the river!"

Meijiro Umezu nodded and smiled: "That's right, this time we not only have to use thunder to hit the Chinese Expeditionary Force head-on, but also to bloom from the center and carry out a large-scale roundabout encirclement.

While defeating the main elites of the Chinese Expeditionary Force head-on, they cut off their retreat and completely ate the 500,000 Chinese Expeditionary Force in one fell swoop!

This abominable Chinese commander who caused the Japanese Empire to suffer many losses will definitely be easily crushed to death like an ant this time!"

It’s not that Mijiro Umezu has never heard of the names and achievements of Yang Fan and the Chinese Tiger Army, but that Mijiro Umezu has too many aces to play!
Chapter completed!