Mandalay, the head of the Myanmar War Zone.

Wang Geng is reporting to Zhong Yi the latest progress in the reorganization of the troops.

Half a month ago, as veterans injured in the Battle of Mandalay gradually recovered from injury, the reorganization of 40 infantry divisions of the four armies belonging to the Myanmar War Zone began one after another.

This was also what Zhong Yi planned from the beginning.

The second batch of more than 400,000 strong men who traveled to Myanmar from Kunming recruit training camp will be organized into 40 infantry divisions of four armies, each with an additional 10,000 people.

Then the veterans who returned to the team recovered from injury were also distributed to each division evenly.

All the original system was disrupted, except for the division commander, all officers below the regiment were re-allocated.

Zhong Yi was breaking the original army as much as possible, climbing the boundaries between the original divisions, and combining the entire Chinese expeditionary army into an indivisible whole as much as possible.

Without the political commissar’s responsibility system, doing so is the only way to delay the formation of mountain doctrine.

But this is just a continuation. It is impossible to fundamentally eliminate shantoism and prevent new warlords from arising from the emergence of internal warlords! This is determined by the nature of the armed forces!

Zhong Yi's actions are actually dangerous because it will weaken the combat effectiveness of the troops.

However, in order not to form mountains of all sizes within the expeditionary force, and in order not to have a situation where each division commander is too big to lose his head in the future, he can only choose the least.

Fortunately, after a long period of training, the second batch of recruits who were supplemented with the military qualities were already very strong. Not only were their military skills no less than the Japanese army, but their bodies had become stronger than the Japanese. At least both sides would no longer be at a disadvantage when they fought bayonets on the battlefield.

However, it takes time to reorganize so many troops.

After all, it takes time to register personnel, distribute weapons, familiarity between each other, etc.

Wang Geng opened the folder and said, "As of today, 10 divisions have been reorganized, namely 10 divisions including the 122nd Division and the 123rd Division."

"The progress is slow." Zhong Yi said, "It needs to be accelerated, and the Japanese may launch an attack at any time..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Stilwell walked in quickly and said in a deep voice: "Zhong, the Special War Brigade had just sent back a secret telegram. Their scouts discovered that Bo Sheng and Maulan's Japanese troops had advanced north at the same time!"

"Has it started?" Zhong Yi's heart sank when he heard this, three days earlier than he expected.

Stilwell said with great admiration: "Zhong, the Japanese army's combat plan is almost exactly the same as you expected, and it is really divided into three routes to advance north."

"This is an expected result." Zhong Yi said, "because the width of the middle road battlefield is limited, it cannot accommodate such a huge heavy army group. If the 20 Japanese divisions are all crowded in the Central Railway in the middle road, they can only adopt the stupidest tactics of adding fuel. I think as long as Umezu Mijiro is not a pig, he should not do this."

Stilwell said again: "But the Japanese army divided into three groups, so we have to follow the troops and divide into three groups, right?"

"That's right, we must divide the troops into three groups." Zhong Yi nodded and said, "No matter whether it is Ren'anqiang on the left or Shan Gang Plateau on the right, it is not to be lost. Not to mention Mandalay in the middle, if Mandalay is lost, I, the commander-in-chief, will die, and the entire Chinese expeditionary army will be destroyed."

"Zhong, you are so humorous." Stilwell shook his head and said, "So what should we do now?"

Zhong Yi smiled faintly and said, "As the saying goes, soldiers come to block the generals, and water comes to flood the soil. Since the Japanese army has chosen to divide the troops into three groups, we can only divide the troops into three groups, and order!"

Wang Geng quickly took out his pen and notebook and prepared to make records.

Zhong Yi also said: "Han Lin, the commander of the 122nd Division, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army, and led 10 divisions of the 22nd Army that had been reorganized, and immediately took the train to Ren'anqiang."

"The 10 divisions of the 27th Army, which were reorganized in Lashio, will be completed within three days. Then, then go south to the Shan State Plateau to build a defense line in Menglan and Wansen in the middle of the Shan State Plateau."

"The remaining two army groups have 20 divisions, and we will strive to complete the reorganization within five days."

Wang Geng took the action one by one and asked in a low voice: "General, after the second Japanese army's troops increased, their troops had increased to more than 500,000 in 20 divisions. Our expeditionary force no longer has the advantage of military strength compared to it. Considering the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides, should we mobilize 500,000 strong men in China to come?"

Zhong Yi said: "I'm afraid that Principal Chang will not agree."

Wang Geng glanced at Stilwell and continued: "We can first ask General Stilwell to send a telegram to US Ambassador to China, and then ask Ambassador Jensen to come forward to do the work of President Chang."

"Okay." Zhong Yi nodded and said to Stilwell again, "General Stilwell, then you will be in trouble."

"Zhong, you are so polite." Stilwell waved his hand and said, "It's just a small task. Besides, I am still the deputy commander-in-chief of the Myanmar War Zone after all, and this is my duty, isn't it?"

Stilwell immediately went to the communications office to send a telegram to Jansen.

...

Chongqing, Yunxiu Tower.

Principal Chang stared at the Japanese army number marked on the Myanmar map by the staff of the Second Office, and sighed: "The Japanese army is coming in a fierce manner this time. It has suddenly increased 12 divisions to the Myanmar battlefield, making Myanmar's total strength reach 20 divisions and more than 500,000!"

"This is nothing," Chen Shi said immediately, "The key is that these 12 divisions were all drawn from the Kwantung Army, and the old divisions with numbers under 20!"

"Yes!" Principal Chang said with a complicated expression, "Now the pressure on the Myanmar war zone is getting great."

When saying this, President Chang couldn't explain clearly what he was feeling and was worried? One thing is, after all, if Myanmar falls, it will be a disaster for China.

But it seems that it is hard to say how worried you are.

Glimpse? More or less, there is still a little bit.

Who made Zhong Yi’s performance so eye-catching? He couldn’t do it without being jealous.

Bai Chongbei happened to come back to Chongqing this time and also participated in today's meeting. He immediately proposed: "Principal, Myanmar's gains and losses are related to the overall situation and there is absolutely no loss. So do you think you will send a group of reinforcements to Myanmar again?"

"Send reinforcements?" President Chang frowned and said, "Jiansheng, tell me, where are there any reinforcements?"

Bai Chong said sadly: "Didn't the Sichuan Army just formed the 28th, 29th and 36th third army?"

Principal Chang's heart moved. The Sichuan Army has always been a thorn in his heart. He had long thought of pulling out this thorn, but the Sichuan Army is quite tenacious. Until now, the strength of the Sichuan Army has not only not weakened, but has grown stronger. Therefore, it would undoubtedly be a good thing to consume the Sichuan Army by using the Myanmar battlefield.
Chapter completed!