Mandalay, the head of the Myanmar War Zone.

Wang Geng walked in with a telegram and said to Zhong Yi and Stilwell with a smile: "Chief, General Stilwell, and President Chang finally realized the situation and compromised."

Zhong Yi smiled and said, "I'm just saying that our President Chang is still knowledgeable and can see the crisis facing our Myanmar war zone, so he will definitely be willing to lend a helping hand."

Wang Geng couldn't help laughing. How could he say good words from the headmaster? Isn't it an internal taste?

Stilwell was touched by Zhong Yi's second half of the sentence and said worriedly: "Although Zhong, Chang Kaishen and the National Government agreed to send 500,000 reinforcements to the Myanmar War Zone, these reinforcements will not arrive so quickly, and even if they arrive, they will probably not be transferred to the battlefield immediately. Instead, they must go through a period of training."

"That's for sure." Wang Geng nodded, "The training of the Sichuan Army is very poor. Compared with those strong men who have no military experience, it is not much better. After arriving in Myanmar, it will definitely take at least three months of training. Just like the 500,000 strong men before, it can also take advantage of this time to restore the physical condition of these Sichuan Army."

Stilwell said again: "So, the current battle still depends on the existing army."

After pausing, Stilwell said again: "Can we withstand the Japanese attack with our current forces?"

Hearing Stilwell's words, Wang Geng was also silent, and the eyes of more than a dozen staff officers in the war room also fell on Zhong Yi.

In recent days, all combat staff have deliberately avoided this issue.

Only the American, Stilwell, would raise it in front of Zhong Yi.

To be honest, almost all the staff members of the Myanmar War Zone Chief's Office, including Wang Geng, were pessimistic about the Second Battle of Mandalay or the Battle of Myanmar, and felt that their chances of winning in this battle were slim.

It is actually very normal for Wang Geng and the combat staff of the chief officer to think this way.

Because the combat power comparison between the Japanese and the national army is usually one to three or even one to five.

Even the three battles in Zhejiang and Fujian commanded by Zhong Yi were only one to two.

The first Battle of Mandalay that had just ended not long ago, the Japanese army had two armies and eight divisions in name, but in fact only two divisions participated in the Battle of Mandalay, so the strength comparison between the two sides was still one to two. That is to say, so far, the performance of the national army has not exceeded the one to two line.

In other words, the national army must be more than twice the strength of the Japanese army to have a chance to win.

But now, the Japanese army's strength is the same as the expeditionary force, all with 500,000 people!

In this case, Wang Geng and the combat staff of the chief officer had reason to believe that it was difficult for the expeditionary army to win, because the war still had to rely on strength.

The use of tactics can only make up for the gap in strength to a certain extent, but it cannot be fundamentally reversed.

Therefore, although Zhong Yi has a high command attainment and seems to be good at commanding large corps operations, this is still not enough to reverse the comparison between the two sides in terms of military strength.

Therefore, in the Second Battle of Mandalay or the Battle of Myanmar, the Expeditionary Force has a slim chance of winning.

Therefore, including Wang Geng, everyone present wanted to hear what Zhong Yi would say.

After hearing Stilwell's question, Zhong Yi smiled and said, "General Stilwell, you have been tolerant for a day more than I expected. I thought you should have asked this question yesterday, haha."

Stilwell shrugged when he heard this, saying, "How can you do this?"

Zhong Yi looked around everyone and asked, "Do you really want to ask the same question?"

No one nodded, no one said anything. As time passed, with Zhong Yi's performance increased and his position promoted, no one dared to be arrogant in front of him anymore.

Now even Wang Geng, the chief of staff of the war zone, needs to think about his words when facing Zhong Yi.

Zhong Yi said again: "You must be thinking that the combat power of the national army and the Japanese army is only one to two at most. Now we and the Japanese army have 500,000 troops, and the Japanese army still have an overwhelming advantage in the weapons level. So in this battle, our expeditionary army has a slim chance of winning, right?"

Still no one dared to say anything.

Only Wang Geng whispered: "Master, we are just worried..."

"Brother Shouqing, you don't have to worry about my face at all. I'm not that vulnerable." Zhong Yi said, "If I don't even have the elegance to listen to my subordinates' opinions, what kind of war zone commander would I be?"

After pausing, Zhong Yi continued: "But about this second Mandalay Battle, I think it is necessary to tell you seriously that we not only have a chance to win in this battle, but also have a very big chance! It's not a joke, I think our winning chance in this battle is at least 70%!"

Hearing this, all the staff present looked at each other.

After hearing this, Stilwell was excited and asked anxiously: "Zhong, tell me your basis."

"My basis is actually very simple." Zhong Yi said calmly, "The Japanese army is just a show. Although they deployed 500,000 people to the Myanmar battlefield, the combat effectiveness they can truly exert is only three to five divisions!"

"The Japanese army can only exert the combat power of three to five divisions?" Stilwell asked in surprise, "Zhong, why did you come to such a conclusion? This is incredible!"

Wang Geng and a dozen staff officers also looked at each other.

Zhong Yi's words were completely beyond their imagination.

Zhong Yi actually felt that the 20 Japanese divisions were just decorations and could only exert the combat power of three to five divisions.

Zhong Yi said: "I will come to this conclusion. It is actually very simple, because the senior Japanese generals lack the experience of commanding the large corps. Although Ishihara Kanir is arrogant, he actually has systematically learned about the large corps combat. However, Meizu Mijiro, who replaced Ishihara Kanir, knows nothing about the large corps combat!"

Stilwell said: "Mijiro Umezu knows nothing about the battle of the large corps? How can he see it?"

Zhong Yi said: "This can be confirmed by the Battle of Nomenkan. If Mejiro Umezu had a little research on the battle of the large corps, the Kwantung Army had already won the Battle of Nomenkan."

"Is that?" Stilwell said, "As far as I know, in the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet army's number of troops, aircraft, artillery, tanks and other weapons was far superior to that of the Japanese army. Therefore, the failure of the Japanese army should have nothing to do with Mijiro Umezu, right?"

"No, General Stilwell, you are completely wrong. This is the fault of Mejiro Uezu and his predecessor Kenji Ueda!" Zhong Yi said in a deep voice, "If they hadn't known anything about the battle of the large corps, the Kanto Army would have won the Battle of Nomenkan without any suspense, because the Japanese army's combat qualities were far better than the Soviet army, and people were the decisive factors that really decided the outcome!"
Chapter completed!