That night, Yue Weihan held a banquet at the Yangon Hotel to greet Mr. Li Siguang, teachers and students, and his nine people.
In addition to Yue Weihan, Stilwell, Wei Lihuang, Huang Jie and other senior generals of the expeditionary force, Song Xilian, Huo Kuizhang, Liu Yi and other commanders-in-chief of the six group armies and their respective chiefs of staff were also present. In addition, leaders of overseas Chinese in Nanyang
Mr. Tan Kah Kee, Mr. Zhuang Xiyan, Mr. Li Qingquan and others were also invited to attend.
This made Mr. Li Siguang's nine teachers and students very surprised.
However, Mr. Li Siguang also saw that Yue Weihan's enthusiasm was definitely from the bottom of his heart.
At the banquet, Mr. Li Siguang also listened to some of Yue Weihan's opinions and thoughts. When he learned that Yue Weihan was stepping up preparations to build Nanyang United University, Mr. Li Siguang couldn't help but have mixed feelings. He really didn't expect that a famous anti-war general like Yue Weihan, who had made great achievements in the war, would care so much.
The motherland’s scientific undertakings also attach great importance to the motherland’s educational undertakings.
Mr. Li Siguang immediately volunteered to teach at Nanyang United University. Yue Weihan was naturally overjoyed and immediately appointed Mr. Li Siguang as Vice President of Nanyang United University and Dean of the School of Geology. Seeing that Mr. Li Siguang accepted the appointment happily, Yue Weihan felt regretful.
It would be perfect if Mr. Qian Xuesen was there too.
It's a pity that the U.S. Navy refused to release him, and Mr. Qian Xuesen will not be able to come back for the time being. The Aerodynamics Research Institute secretly planned by Yue Weihan (mainly studying the two major topics of jet aircraft and missiles) has naturally been stranded. Even Mr. Qian Xuesen, who is only an academic
The head sheep has not yet arrived, let alone the others.
The guests and hosts enjoyed themselves and had nothing to say all night.
Early the next morning, Mr. Li Siguang's nine teachers and students threw themselves into the work enthusiastically.
In order to cooperate with Mr. Li Siguang in carrying out his work, Yue Weihan also made careful arrangements. Yue Weihan not only selected more than 20 smart and capable young students to serve as assistants to Mr. Li Siguang, but also specially assigned Ma Fugui's special operations brigade to protect the safety of the scientific expedition team.
In addition, the scientific expedition team was equipped with two jeeps and ten trucks.
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Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it is the end of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942).
After more than half a year of intense construction, Myanmar's industrial base has basically taken shape. In particular, basic industries such as metallurgy, coal, petroleum, electricity, chemistry, and machinery have all been built and have a certain production capacity. This is absolutely a miracle, and it can only be achieved during the war.
It is possible to create such a speed only in the 1980s, and it is absolutely unimaginable in peaceful times.
With a complete basic industry, there is a foundation for the development of manufacturing industry and light industry.
Beginning in October of the 1930s, Yangon Industrial City officially began to provide a steady stream of American weapons, equipment, and ammunition to the Chinese Expeditionary Force. It was also from this month that the U.S. government officially cut off all ties with the National Government and the Chinese Expeditionary Force.
form of assistance, and began to go all out to intervene in the Mediterranean battlefield.
At this time, the Mediterranean battlefield had already become the focus of the entire World War II.
Six months ago, a total of 125 divisions of nearly 2 million Allied troops, led by MacArthur, crossed the Pacific, passed through the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, and finally landed in Turkey. Turkey immediately announced that it would join the anti-fascist alliance. The Allied strategic intentions
It was to occupy Romania, cut off Germany's crude oil supply and support Stalin's Soviet Union.
However, the Allies had just advanced into Bulgaria when Stalin's Soviet Union was destroyed.
Under attack from three sides by 5 million German troops, 6 million rebels, and 1.5 million Japanese troops, Stalin's Soviet Union barely persisted for four months, and eventually perished inevitably. Most of the 5 million Red Army troops loyal to Stalin were wiped out, leaving only less than
100,000 people broke out of the encirclement and rushed into Central Asia under the leadership of Zhukov, insisting on fighting guerrillas.
After dealing with Stalin, Mustache immediately gathered 185 German divisions, 125 Russian divisions, and 85 Romanian, Bulgarian and other servant divisions. With 395 divisions and nearly 7 million troops, he headed towards the Balkan Peninsula in a mighty manner, preparing to use thunder
The force defeated the Allied forces on the peninsula.
In addition, Mustache ordered Rundstedt to lead 40 German divisions and 20 servant divisions from France to forcefully enter Spain in preparation for entering the Strait of Gibraltar. At the same time, he also ordered 20 German divisions to enter Libya through Italy.
Support Rommel in storming Suez to completely cut off the logistics supply lines of the 2 million Allied troops in the Balkans.
The Strait of Gibraltar and the Suez Canal are the east-west gates of the Mediterranean. Once these two gates are closed by the German army, the entire Mediterranean will become a lake for the German army. By then, the Allies will not be able to counterattack Europe, let alone Africa.
For this reason, the United States and Britain basically can only stare at the Germans across the English Channel.
Of course the Allies would not accept such a result, especially since there were still 2 million Allied troops on the Balkan Peninsula. Now they could not withdraw even if they wanted to. The Allied headquarters immediately ordered Patton to seize the opportunity in the Gulf of Cadiz before the Germans entered Spain.
After landing on the beach, Franco immediately declared Spain a neutral country and permanently withdrew from the war.
By this point, the war in Europe had spread to the entire Mediterranean coast.
In order to withstand the powerful German offensive, the U.S. government once again launched war mobilization, urgently mobilizing 180 infantry divisions and forming 20 armored divisions, which were deployed in Spain, North Africa and the Balkans. However, compared with the German-centered war,
Axis *** forces and the Allies are still at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength.
The only good thing is that Germany's navy is too weak.
The only thing the German Navy can do is the submarine force. Mustache ignores international conventions and brazenly launches unrestricted submarine warfare. However, this still cannot fundamentally weaken the powerful maritime transportation capabilities of the Allies, because submarines have fewer advantages than surface ships.
A fatal inherent disadvantage. In naval battles, once a submarine is discovered by a surface ship, it will be destroyed.
With their powerful navy and air force, the Allies could still barely hold on in the Mediterranean battlefield, and the outcome was unpredictable in a short period of time.
However, in the long run, the victory in the land contest will definitely belong to the Axis forces, because after Germany has integrated the entire Europe, its war potential and industrial strength are already comparable to those of the United States, but compared with the Allies
The army's long sea transportation line, but the Axis Army is fighting at home, the logistics supply line is shorter and safer, and the troop dispatch is faster and more agile.
Roosevelt had clearly seen this, but when the war reached this point, the U.S. government had no way out.
Now, the only thing the U.S. government and Roosevelt can do is to once again cut aid to the Allies in order to mobilize more U.S. troops to join the Mediterranean battlefield and continue this damn war.
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The European battlefield is in a stalemate, but the situation in the Asian battlefield is gradually becoming clearer.
The Asian battlefield mainly consists of the Southeast Asian battlefield, the Chinese battlefield and the Far Eastern battlefield.
After the Kwantung Army occupied the Far East and the entire territory of Outer Mongolia, the war in the Far East has basically ended.
At this point, the Japanese government not only got rid of the bottleneck of resource shortage, but its industrial strength has also reached a higher level. However, population has become a noose around Japan's neck. Before the war, China had a population of 450 million and an almost permanent population.
The supply of reserve troops is exhausted, but Japan only has a population of 70 million.
Since the war began, Japan has mobilized a total of more than 5 million army troops and 2 million navy troops.
The vast majority of the two million navy personnel have been buried at the bottom of the Pacific forever with the demise of the United Fleet. Among the five million army personnel, 1.5 million are stationed in the Far East and the Puppet Manchukuo, 700,000 are stationed in North China, 500,000 are stationed in central China, and 80
Ten thousand are stationed in Southeast Asia, and another 700,000 are stationed in Taiwan, North Korea and the mainland.
As for the remaining 800,000, it is the number of casualties in the five years since the beginning of the war between China and Japan.
Now, Japan's military resources have been completely exhausted, and it is impossible to launch new war mobilization.
Therefore, although the Japanese Kwantung Army captured the Far East and the Japanese government's industrial strength has reached a higher level, Japan's war potential has not been strengthened in any way because Japan has no one left. If war mobilization is carried out again, ten people will have to be mobilized for war.
Children under six years old and old men over sixty years old were sent to the battlefield.
Also, the relationship between Russia and Japan is not harmonious.
After the demise of Stalin's military group, Molotov Russia quickly sent a diplomatic note to the Japanese government, demanding the unconditional recovery of the Far East. Naturally, this request was rejected by the Japanese government. Molotov was extremely annoyed and threatened to
Molotov's statement that he wanted to send troops to regain the Far East made the Japanese government extremely nervous.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the 1.5 million Kwantung Army would never dare to defect to the Chinese battlefield or the Southeast Asian battlefield.
In addition, due to Japan's national strength and limited military strength, while the Kwantung Army was fully attacking the Far East, Japan's Southern Army, North China Front Army and Central China Front Army were forced to switch to defense. The Chinese Expeditionary Force in the Southeast Asian battlefield was not in a hurry to attack.
The Eighth Route Army unexpectedly launched a massive strategic counterattack.
By the middle of the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), the Eighth Route Army in North China had rapidly expanded to more than 1.5 million people. In addition, there were nearly 2.5 million militiamen. Due to the existence of the Taihang Mountain Arsenal, the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army had also been greatly improved.
With improved equipment and sufficient logistical support, the Eighth Route Army even dared to fight in the field against the Japanese army!
Beginning in June of the 1931 Republic of China, the Eighth Route Army began local counterattacks. By the end of the year, the Eighth Route Army had liberated most of the villages and towns in North China. The four major base areas were completely connected. More than 700,000 Japanese troops in North China spent the whole day
They have been hunkered down in strongholds along major cities and transportation lines all day long, and they don't even dare to go out for raids.
In addition to the Eighth Route Army in North China, the New Fourth Army in central China has also expanded to more than 500,000 people.
Due to the emergence of the little butterfly Yue Weihan, the historical Wannan Incident did not happen again. Moreover, due to the failure of the Soviet Union, Xiang Ying also lost the big backing of the Communist International, and General Ye Ting was able to truly take over the leadership of the New Fourth Army, which greatly strengthened the
Improved the cohesion and combat effectiveness of the New Fourth Army.
However, due to the existence of the old Japanese soldier Okamura Neiji, the New Fourth Army's life in central China was not easy.
However, Central China is China's territory after all. Behind the New Fourth Army is the secret support of countless compatriots. Coupled with General Ye Ting's outstanding prestige and extraordinary tactical command ability, even in the face of an old devil like Okamura Neiji, the New Fourth Army cannot
Still persisted tenaciously and achieved great development.
At this point, the three major strategic groups of the CCP have clearly taken shape.
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Compared with the prosperity of the CCP, the situation of the National Government is in decline.
After the U.S. government cut its aid to China, the financial situation of the Nationalist government began to completely collapse. In less than ten months, more than 2,000 senior party and state officials fled Nanjing and defected to Wang's puppet government.
A large number of people defected due to the lack of food and wages. By the end of the 1930s of the Republic of China, there were only less than 2 million of the 4 million Communists left.
Most of the 2 million communists who defected went to Burma and became a reserve source of troops for the expeditionary force.
Chairman Chiang saw this and was anxious in his heart, but he could not find a way to deal with it.
Because the National Government at this time was already in deep trouble, and corruption among officials at all levels was rampant. The taxes paid by several provinces in the southwest were already pitifully small, but most of them became the private property of senior officials. What was left was
Most of the money and food were embezzled by generals at all levels, and could not be distributed to ordinary soldiers at all.
It is really difficult for soldiers to be soldiers. They can fight with bayonets without bullets, but what can they do without food?
Chairman Chiang also thought about rectifying military discipline and officialdom, but in the end he just symbolically shot a few small officials and unnamed Communist generals to get rid of the problem. It can be said that he was raised high and fell gently.
Although the Chairman is the supreme leader of the National Government, he cannot touch the comprador plutocrats headed by Kong and Song.
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In addition, we must mention the Puppet Manchukuo and the Wang Puppet Government in Nanjing.
As the sources of troops in the mainland, North Korea and Taiwan have been exhausted, the Japanese army's front line continues to lengthen. The Japanese government has to start arming a large number of Manchukuo and Wang puppet troops. In addition to the 1.5 million Japanese troops in the Far East battlefield, there are also
There are nearly 500,000 puppet Manchurian troops. In central China, in addition to the 500,000 Japanese troops of Okamura Neji, there are also 700,000 "security troops" of the Wang puppet government.
However, in North China, Qi Xieyuan's puppet North China Autonomous Army and other puppet armies have almost disappeared.
The reason is very simple. The Eighth Route Army has begun a strategic counterattack, and the people in North China have already seen the dawn of victory. Under such circumstances, who else is willing to be a traitor and work for the Japanese? The original puppet army was not a thief.
Fleeing home means switching to the Eighth Route Army. Qi Xieyuan, a remnant of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, has only a few days to live.
However, the Japanese obviously still distrust the Manchurian and Wang puppets.
Therefore, although the Puppet Manchurian Army and the Wang Puppet Army have nearly 1 million troops, their equipment is extremely poor. Compared with the New Fourth Army, they have no advantage at all, and their combat effectiveness is even worse. On the frontal battlefield
In fact, the role these puppet troops can play is quite limited. Their only role is to manage public security in the occupied areas.