On February 20, 1941, the newly formed 27th Army of the Japanese Southern Army successfully seized the beach on the west bank of the Irrawaddy River and immediately attacked the Yangon City to the east.

However, by this time, Yangon had already become an empty city.

Zhong Yi not only emptied the institutions and materials in Yangon City, but did not even leave one of the personnel for the Japanese army, but moved all to Mandalay forcibly.

In war years, population is actually the most valuable resource.

Because population not only means a continuous source of troops, but also a continuous source of tax and materials.

This has been fully proved by the development of Yinjiang. The more than one million people were refugees when they were in Shanghai, but when they arrived in Yinjiang, they immediately became a huge human resource, directly promoting the industrial development of Yinjiang.

Otherwise, the Japanese army knew that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army would grow and grow behind enemy lines, so why did they not kill all the Chinese in the occupied areas?

If all the people in the occupied area were killed, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army would lose their living soil and the public security in the occupied area would be fundamentally solved.

But why didn't the Japanese do this?

The reason is very simple, because the Japanese government needs the vast population resources of the occupied areas!

Because Japan's population is very limited, if the occupied area is killed into an unmanned area, there will be no such many immigrants in Japan to fill such a vast newly occupied territory!

If this is true, the Japanese army spent a huge price to occupy a vast Chinese territory and would not be rewarded!

Therefore, the Japanese army knew that the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army would become larger and stronger in the Japanese-occupied area, but they were unwilling to kill all the Chinese people in the occupied areas, and only implemented the three-light policy in the base areas.

Back to the topic, after the Japanese 27th Army occupied Yangon, it found that it was an empty city, so it continued to advance eastward.

At this time, the 26th Japanese Army finally occupied the city of Xidang, which had also become an empty city, and then crossed the Xidang River to the west.

In the end, the two Japanese troops met in Bogu.

Logically speaking, it is a happy thing for two armies to join forces.

However, Kanir Ishihara, the commander of the Japanese Burmese Front and the commander of the 26th Army, and Kanir Ishihara, and Anda No. 23, the commander of the 27th Army, were not happy at all.

At this moment, two old Japanese were standing on the platform of the empty Bogu Railway Station, staring blankly.

Bogu Railway Station has also been completely emptied, leaving nothing except a few empty houses.

As for the railway, not only the rails were removed, but even the sleepers were taken out and loaded with a truck, leaving only a messy gravel roadbed.

There is no doubt that the Japanese army's increase in troops was very failed.

Compared with the last increase in the battle of Songhu, it is particularly failure!

The last increase in the Battle of Shanghai directly led to the defeat of the Chinese army. In the end, the Japanese army even captured the capital of China, Nanjing, in one go.

But now, the Japanese army has not made any profits.

Thinking of this, Anda 23, who had just arrived in Myanmar, was inevitably a little frustrated.

Anda Twenty-three frowned and said, "Ishihara, don't you notice it at all?"

Ishihara Kan's eyes immediately swept over coldly, and asked with a dark face, "What do you mean?"

Anda Twenty-three snorted: "I mean, Zhong Yi has emptied the population of Yangon, Bogu and even the entire Irrawaddy Peninsula, and even the railway tracks and sleepers on the railway were not left for us. Such a huge project cannot be completed overnight, nor can it be accomplished by tens of thousands of people!"

"So what if you know?" Ishihara said, "The 26th Army has already exhausted the veterans. The Chinese Army has built solid fortifications in Shidang City and the west bank of Shidang River. What can we do? We are also helpless!"

Anda Twenty-three frowned and said, "Even if you can't cross the Xidang River, you can at least advance north and take a roundabout way. Even if you delay the Chinese army, you won't fall into this situation."

"What's wrong now?" Ishihara said with a snorkeling, "I think it's good now. Although it was unable to eliminate the Chinese army in Yangon and Bogu, and it was not able to stop the Chinese army from moving the personnel and supplies of the Irrawaddy Peninsula to Myanmar Central, at least, we have successfully occupied Yangon, the capital of Myanmar!"

"Okay." Anda Twenty-three said helplessly, "What should we do next?"

Ishihara Kaner turned around and said, "Kun Tani, come with the map!"

Gu Dina Huaxiong immediately brought a few combat staff members to unfold a map.

Ishihara Kanr pointed to the map and said: "According to the reconnaissance of the aviation scouts over the past few days, it is basically confirmed that the Chinese army has built a second line of defense from Ren'anyang to Mandalay to Tamjee, and the entire line of defense is in an inverted V shape. The Chinese army in Ren'anyang and Tamjee are in a convex position, and the Chinese army in Mandalay is relatively backward."

Anda 23 snorted coldly and said, "Does the Chinese army want to fight the Imperial Army in Myanmar?"

"Jong Yi probably thought so." Ishihara smiled, "He is waiting for change."

"Waiting to wait for change?" Anda said twenty-three times, "Waiting for the replenishment troops in China to arrive in Myanmar? Or wait for the Indian-Myanmar Highway to open to traffic, and then receive American weapons and equipment through the Indian-Myanmar Highway?"

"There are both." Ishihara said, "but it's mainly waiting for domestic supplementary soldiers."

"Zhong Yi is probably going to be disappointed." Anda said twenty-three times, "We won't give him this opportunity."

"That's of course." Ishihara nodded, "If we wait until the domestic supplementary troops in China arrive and then send the weapons, equipment, and even tanks of the United States to Myanmar, we will inevitably fall into a tough battle, so we must defeat the Chinese army before all this happens!"

Anda 23 nodded and said, "Ishihara, I suggest that the troops be divided into three groups. You lead the 26th Army along the railway northward and attack the important city of Mandalay where the Chinese army is heavily deployed. My 27th Army is divided into two left and right routes, attacking towards Ren'anqiang and Taungzhi. After first solving Ren'anqiang and Taungzhi's Chinese army, you will then meet with your 26th Army near Mandalay, and finally work together to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force near Mandalay!"

"No, your plan is too risky." Ishihara Kanji directly rejected.

"Adventure?" Anda Twenty-three said with a frown, "Where did I take the risk of this plan?"
Chapter completed!