When Anda 23 took Hattori and a guard squadron to exit No. 1 of the cave where they were hiding, they found that most of the hole had been watered.

The methods used by the Chinese military are very insidious.

They did not choose to blow up the cave entrance directly, because previous experience has told them that blowing the cave entrance directly will only make the cave entrance bigger and bigger.

Therefore, this time the Chinese army chose to blow up the mountain above the hole.

And this also has another advantage, which can avoid obstruction by the Japanese army.

The Chinese army first made several large holes in the mountain on the top of the cave entrance, and then buried a large amount of high-explosive explosives.

With just one blast, a small half of the mountain on the top of the cave was blown down, and millions of cubic meters of soil and stones suddenly collapsed down, blocking most of the entire cave entrance.

However, if it is just earth and stone, the Japanese army can still clear it.

So, then pour the concrete!

Due to the obstruction of earth and stone, the Japanese army's flat-fire firepower in the cave became a decoration, let alone the curved firepower.

So the only thing Anda Twenty-Three could do was to inflict infantry charge outside the cave, trying to seize control of the cave entrance, thereby preventing the Chinese from continuing to pour concrete into the cave entrance.

However, reality is extremely cruel.

The Chinese army has been prepared for a long time and has deployed a large number of machine guns at the entrance of the cave.

As a result, the Japanese army that was fighting back had just rushed out of the cave and were frantically fired by dense machine gun fire. Under the coverage of the brutal fire, the Japanese army that fought back quickly died and injured.

Then, these Japanese soldiers who died in battle were directly poured into the concrete.

In just one day, all six exits of the large cave where Anda Twenty-three was hidden were blocked by the Chinese army with concrete.

When the last hole was blocked, the cave became completely dark. Although there were also diesel generators and candles in the cave, Anda Twenty-san and the hundreds of Japanese behind him had fallen into eternal darkness.

...

In a blink of an eye, half a month has passed.

The word "Han Lin, the acting commander-in-chief of the 22nd Army, was finally removed and became the real commander-in-chief, but the rank of military is still only a major general.

It is no different from the other nine division commanders under him.

This is also a distinctive feature of the Myanmar War Theater or the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

Although the war has not ended yet, Zhong Yi has begun to try to separate his ranks.

To put it bluntly, the commander-in-chief of the Army is only a position and will only be temporarily established when there are combat tasks. In normal times, there is no such position.

Normally, the division is directly under the command of the war zone.

In other words, the Chief Office directly governs 40 infantry divisions, 10 artillery brigades, 10 armored brigades, and one aviation division.

But soon, 40 infantry divisions will become 80 infantry divisions.

Because the 1 million strong men collected from China have arrived in Myanmar.

The 1 million strong men will undergo three months of high-intensity training, and then eliminate 500,000 of them. Those who have eliminated the 500,000 will be given ten yuan in the Great Ocean Road Fee if they want to return to China. Those who are willing to stay will be assigned to overseas Chinese farms or enter factories in northern Myanmar industrial zones to work.

The remaining 500,000 strong men will be mixed with the existing more than 400,000 veterans.

After the mixed arrangement, the Chinese Expeditionary Force will have 80 infantry divisions, 20 artillery brigades, 20 armored brigades, plus 20 aviation brigades.

Of course, the Artillery Brigade, the Armored Brigade and the Aviation Brigade cannot be fully organized all at once.

This also requires the production of the northern Myanmar industrial zone as soon as possible and the continuous supply of weapons and equipment to the expeditionary force.

As for the US government, it has now stopped providing weapons to the Asian battlefield and turned its focus to the African battlefield and the European battlefield.

But it's a bit early to say this.

At present, the Chinese Expeditionary Force has just wiped out the 27th Army of the Japanese Army.

And strictly speaking, it has not been truly wiped out yet, and there are still some caves that have hidden unknown holes, or the Japanese army in the caves have found an exit, so from time to time, Japanese troops will emerge and launch attacks on the expeditionary forces stationed in the Rakkai Mountains.

Of course, such an attack is no longer about the overall situation.

In general, the Second Battle of Mandalay or the Battle of Myanmar has come to an end in a true sense.

This battle was extremely tragic. In the Chinese Expeditionary Force, more than 500,000 troops participated in the war were killed in battle and injured more than 200,000!

The proportion of staff reduction has actually reached 50%!

However, the Japanese army was even more miserable.

The five Japanese army troops and 20 divisions and 500,000 troops participated in the war. In the end, only the right-wing 30th Army had less than 5,000 people crossed the Thai-Myanmar border and fled into Thailand.

The other 495,000 people were all buried in Myanmar.

A large group of senior generals with rich command and combat experience, including Anda Noriki, Sasaki, Mudaguchi, Masaharu Honma, Naosaburo Okabe, etc., were also buried in Myanmar.

This battle is no exaggeration to say that the Japanese army was really hurt.

...

The Battle of Myanmar has come to an end, but fierce battles are in full swing on the African battlefield and the European battlefield.

Especially on the African battlefield, with 1 million German troops and a large number of tanks and heavy artillery arriving in Africa, Rommel finally had the powerful armament he had always dreamed of.

Rommel, holding heavy troops, immediately launched a fierce attack on the US-British Allied Forces.

Therefore, the reason why the US government canceled aid to Asia was actually due to helplessness.

Because the German army put too much pressure on the Allies on the African battlefield, and the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front of Europe was also in danger, the US government had to increase its investment in these two directions.

However, even with the full support of the US government, the US and British Allied Forces were still overwhelmed by the German and Italian Allied Forces on the African battlefield.

Up to now, the US and British Allied Forces have been suppressed by the German army in the Alamein region and are ineffective.

Fortunately, the US government invested no cost and invested domestically produced fighter jets, cannons and tanks into Africa, making the firepower density in the Alamein region reach an extremely terrifying level.

Because of this, the German army is now very uncomfortable. In the end, the remaining Alaman area is a copper bean that cannot be steamed, cooked, smashed, and hammered!

In short, the African battlefield was in a terrible balance.

Whether the Wheel is an Allied Force or an Axial Allied Force, a huge amount of manpower and material resources are invested in every day, and in a short period of time, it is impossible to see which direction the balance of victory or defeat will tilt.

The only variable is the battlefield on the Eastern Front of Europe.

As the German army invested more than 200 infantry divisions to the eastern front battlefield, the Soviet Red Army finally showed a dissatisfaction.

As the pressure on the European battlefield continued to increase, the Soviet Command was forced to continuously draw troops from the Far East to Europe.
Chapter completed!