At the same time, the Japanese Burmese army in Yangon sent a condemnation headquarters.

Half a month ago, the Myanmar Front Army was officially upgraded to the same level as the Kwantung Army, the Chinese condemnation army, the Southern Army and the local general army.

Umezu Mijiro also officially took office as the commander of the Myanmar condemnation army.

At the same time, 20 divisions organized into the Myanmar condemnation army also arrived in Myanmar one after another.

At this moment, the Japanese troops gathered in Myanmar have exceeded 500,000!

This does not include the Navy Special Condemnation Fleet that operates in concert and the two air divisions of the Air Force.

Yes, the Japanese Air Force once again added troops to the Myanmar battlefield. In addition to the previous 7th Aviation Division, the 8th Aviation Division was also transferred.

In the conference room, the Myanmar Sect Chief of Staff of the Condemnation Army, Hitaro Kimura, Deputy Chief of Staff, Ritsuya Kishiki, Commander of the 25th Army, Commander of the 27th Army Anda 23rd, Commander of the 28th Army, Commander of the 29th Army, Masaharu Honma, Commander of the 30th Army, Commander of the 5th Army, Commander of the 5th Army, Commander of the Air Tadaji, Commander of the 5th Army, and Commander of the Air Tadaji, have all arrived.

"Here is the Commander-in-Chief!" A sudden roar from the guards sounded in the conference room, and senior generals such as Kimura Hitaro in the conference room stood up in one go.

Amid the footsteps, Mijiro Umezu, wearing a gift from the general, walked in with a stern face.

Before leaving the Kanto Army, Mijiro Umezu was just a lieutenant general, but now he is already at the rank of general, only half away from the rank of marshal, the highest honor of the army.

Umezu Mijiro had reason to believe that when the Myanmar War ended, he could be promoted to Field Marshal.

He strode to the main seat of the conference table, then swept around everyone's faces with Leng Jun's eyes, then pressed his hands for a moment and said, "Everyone, please sit down."

A group of senior generals sat down in one go.

Umezu Mijiro said to Kimura Hitotaro again: "Kimura, then let's start."

"Hai!" Kimura Hitaro, who was sitting in the first place in the left, stood up and paused suddenly at Mejiro Umezu, then strode to the huge map posted on the north wall, picked up the wooden pole and pointed at the map and said, "At present, the five armies and 20 divisions of the Myanmar-sponsored army have all entered the designated position."

"This offense will be divided into three battle clusters, Andajun?"

Anda Twenty-san, whose name was pointed, immediately stood up and paused: "Hayi!"

Kimura Hitaro took the wooden pole and clicked the map, and said in a deep voice: "You lead the four main divisions of the 27th Army, and still go north along the Irrawaddy River. First occupy Magui and Ren'anqiang, and then detour from the flanks, and cooperate with the middle group to capture the defense support of the Chinese army in Myanmar, Mandalay!"

"Hayi!" Anda 23 paused his head and sat down again.

Kimura Hitaro's eyes fell on Sasaki again and said in a deep voice: "Sasaki-kun?"

Sasaki immediately stood up and paused: "Hayi."

Kimura Hitaro clicked the map with a wooden pole and said, "You lead the 30th Army to the north along the Salwin River, first occupy the Shan Gang Plateau, and then attack Lashio from the Shan Gang Plateau to cut off traffic on the Yunnan-Burma Highway!"

"Hayi!" Sasaki paused his head and sat back on his seat.

Kimura Hitaro's eyes passed by Mudaguchi Ryoya, Honma Masaharu and Okabe Naosaburo, and said, "The other three armies formed a central cluster and headed north along the Central Railway, heading straight to Mandalay!"

"Hayi!" Mutaguchi Ryoya and the other two stood up suddenly and gave a heavy bow to respond.

Umetsu Mijiro signaled to Mudaguchi Ryoya and the other two to sit down, and turned his eyes to Sasaki to Ichi, saying, "Sasaki, the three major battle clusters in this battle, your right-wing cluster has the heaviest tasks and the conditions are the most difficult, because the transportation in the Shan State Plateau is inconvenient and there is no road for the Imperial Army to move. I hope you can fully carry forward the Bushido spirit of the Empire, overcome all difficulties, and be sure to cut off the road traffic between Myanmar and China."

"Hayi!" Sasaki paused heavily and said, "Please rest assured, the commander-in-chief, and he will never be humbled!"

"Yo Xi." Umezu Mijiro nodded happily, turned his gaze to the rest of the people, then stood up and bowed deeply to the congregation, and said in a sincere tone, "Please, please!"

"Hayi!" A group of senior generals bowed with the whip.

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After the meeting, Sasaki Yaiyi politely rejected the invitation of the Air Force Commander Kazuki to attend the birthday party, but instead took a naval transport ship and rushed back to Maolami overnight.

Because the fourth division of the 30th Army was stationed in Maulhammén.

All four divisions of the 30th Army were transferred from the Kwantung Army, and their numbers were within 20.

These four divisions are the 8th Division, the 9th Division, the 10th Division, and the 11th Division.

From the composition of these four divisions, we can see that Umezu Mijiro and Kimura Hitaro had high expectations for Sasaki's right-wing cluster.

This is actually a double insurance plan proposed by Hitaro Kimura.

The core idea is to ensure that the Shan Gang Plateau in eastern Myanmar cannot be annihilated and completely occupied Myanmar is to ensure that it can be occupied, and then cut off the entire Yunnan-Burma border from a high point! Force the Chinese government to rebuild a road crossing Gaoligong Mountain to connect with the outside world.

This means that even if the Japanese army cannot win the war in Myanmar, it is necessary to ensure that China's access to aid from the outside is cut off. Only in this way can it be forced to surrender to end the Chinese incident as soon as possible.

As long as the Chinese incident is ended, the Japanese government can mobilize a large amount of manpower, material resources and financial resources to be used for wars in Myanmar, Australia and even North America.

It must be admitted that Mijiro Umezu and Hitaro Kimura had a good plan.

Sasaki was also very clear about the tactical concepts of Umezu Mijiro and Kimura Hitaro, so he turned down the invitation to a birthday party for Kataji and hurried back to Maudamian's residence.

Because for the 20th Army, every day is precious.

The next morning, Sasaki returned to Maudan's headquarters.

Before he could even wash his face, Sasaki asked Chief of Staff Shiba Inu Kogoro to issue a combat order, using the 8th Division as the vanguard of the large force to advance north along the west bank of the Salwin River.

The 8th Division's mission is to clear out the possible Chinese troops along the way and at the same time pave the way for the army.

After receiving the order from the headquarters, Masato Motota, the commander of the 8th Division, immediately ordered the 5th Infantry Regiment to take the lead in the north as the vanguard of the entire division.

As a result, the Second Battle of Mandalay, or the Battle of Myanmar, finally officially kicked off.
Chapter completed!