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Chapter 1808 The odds of winning are slim

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    Mandalay, Burma War Zone Commander¡¯s Department.

    Wang Geng walked in with a telegram, smiled and said to Zhong Yi and Stilwell: "General, General Stilwell, Principal Chang finally recognized the situation and compromised."

    Zhong Yi smiled and said: "Let me just say, our Principal Chang is still knowledgeable and can see the crisis facing our Myanmar theater, so he will definitely be willing to lend a helping hand."

    Wang Geng couldn't help but laugh. How come the good words coming from the mouth of the chief executive are not internal?

    However, Stilwell was touched by the second half of Zhong Yi's words and said worriedly: "Zhong, although Chang Kaishen and the National Government agreed to send another 500,000 reinforcements to the Burmese war zone, these reinforcements will not arrive so soon.  , and even if it arrives, I¡¯m afraid it won¡¯t be able to be transferred to the battlefield immediately, but it will have to go through a period of training.¡±

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

    Stilwell added: "So, for this current battle, we still have to rely on the existing army."

    After a pause, Stilwell said again: "With our current military strength, can we withstand the Japanese attack?"

    Hearing Stilwell¡¯s words, Wang Geng fell 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 been deliberately avoiding this issue.

    Only Stilwell, a Yankee, would bring it up in front of Zhong Yi.

    To be honest, regarding the Second Battle of Mandalay, or the Battle of Burma, almost all staff officers of the Burmese Theater Commander's Department, including Wang Geng, held a pessimistic attitude and felt that their chances of winning this battle were slim.

    It is actually very normal for Wang Geng and the combat staff of the Chief's Department to think so.

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

    Even the three battles between Zhejiang and Fujian commanded by Zhong Yi only resulted in a score of one to two.

    In the first Battle of Mandalay that just ended, the Japanese army nominally had two armies and eight divisions, 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.  In other words, so far, the national army's performance has not exceeded the one-to-two line.

    To put it another way, the strength of the national army must be more than twice that of the Japanese army to have a chance of winning.

    But now, the strength of the Japanese army is the same as that of their expeditionary force, both of which are 500,000!

    In this case, Wang Geng and the operational staff of the Chief Department have reason to believe that it will be difficult for the expeditionary force to win, because in the final analysis, war still depends on strength.

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

    Therefore, although Zhong Yi has high commanding attainments and seems to be very good at commanding large corps in combat, this is still not enough to reverse the contrast in military strength between the two sides.

    Therefore, in the Second Battle of Mandalay or the Battle of Burma, the expeditionary force had little chance of winning.

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

    After listening to Stilwell's question, Zhong Yi smiled slightly and said: "General Stilwell, you endured it for one day longer than I expected. I thought you should have asked this question yesterday, ha."

    When Stilwell heard this, he shrugged and said, "How could you do this?"

    Zhong Yi looked around at the crowd and asked, "Do you also want to ask the same question?"

    No one nodded, and no one said a word. As time passed, and as Zhong Yi's achievements increased and his position was promoted, no one dared to be presumptuous in front of him anymore.

    Now even Wang Geng, the chief of staff of the war zone, has to think carefully when facing Zhong Yi.

    Zhong Yi added: "You must be thinking that the combat power comparison between the Chinese army and the Japanese army is only one to two at most. Now we and the Japanese army both have 500,000 troops, and the Japanese army still has an overwhelming advantage in terms of weapons.  , so our expeditionary force¡¯s chances of winning this battle are slim, right?¡±

    Still no one dared to say a word.

    Only Wang Geng whispered: "Chief, we are just worried"

    "Brother Shouqing, you don't have to worry about my face at all. I'm not that fragile." Zhong Yi said, "If I don't even have the magnanimity to listen to the opinions of my subordinates, why should I be a war zone commander?"

      After a pause, Zhong Yi continued: "But regarding this second Battle of Mandalay, I think it is necessary for me to tell you seriously. In this battle, we not only have a chance to win, but also a chance to win.  It¡¯s very big! I¡¯m not bragging, I think our chances of winning this battle are at least 70%!¡±

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

    After hearing this, Stilwell perked up and asked eagerly: "Zhong, tell me your basis."

    "My basis is actually very simple." Zhong Yi said calmly, "The Japanese army only showed their appearance. Although they sent 500,000 people to the battlefield in Myanmar, the real combat effectiveness they could exert was only three to five divisions.  group!"

    "The Japanese army can only exert the combat effectiveness of three to five divisions?" Stilwell asked in astonishment, "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 would come to this conclusion. It is actually very simple, because the senior generals of Japan lack the experience of commanding large corps operations. Although Ishihara Wanji is arrogant, he has actually systematically learned large corps operations.  But Umezu Yoshijiro, who replaced Kanji Ishihara, knows nothing about large-scale combat!"

    Stilwell said: "Umezu Yoshijiro knows nothing about large corps operations? How can you tell?"

    Zhong Yi said: "This can be confirmed from the Battle of Nomenkan. If Umezu Yoshijiro had even the slightest research on large army operations, the Kwantung Army would have already won the Battle of Nomonkan."

    "Really?" Stilwell said, "But as far as I know, in the Battle of Nomenkan, the Soviet army far exceeded the Japanese army in terms of military strength and the number of aircraft, artillery, tanks and other weapons. Therefore, the defeat of the Japanese army was  It probably doesn¡¯t have much to do with Umezu Yoshijiro¡¯s command, does it?¡±

    "No, General Stilwell, you are completely wrong. This is the fault of Umezu Mijiro and his predecessor Ueda Kenkichi!" Zhong Yi said solemnly, "If they didn't know nothing about large-scale combat, the Kwantung Army  We will win the Battle of Nomonkan without any suspense, because the Japanese army¡¯s combat quality is far better than that of the Soviet army, and people are the decisive factor that truly determines victory or defeat!¡± (Remember this site¡¯s website address: www.hlnovel.com
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