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Chiang Kai-shek thought so much in just a moment. He looked at President Roosevelt calmly and tried to answer Roosevelt in a calm tone. "Mr. President, I am very happy that China can participate in the disposal of Japan together with the United States. We in China are willing to administer the Ryukyu Islands and station troops in Japan after the war. I believe that China and the United States will definitely become the closest friends!"
President Roosevelt looked at Chiang Kai-shek excitedly, and he also noticed the ambition shining in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes. President Roosevelt looked at Chiang Kai-shek meaningfully, with a hint of amusement in his deep and wise eyes, "I believe that China will always be a friend of the United States!"
In the subsequent meeting, President Roosevelt also invited the Chinese Expeditionary Force to continue marching into Southeast Asia to cooperate with the US military's offensive in the South Pacific battlefield. British Prime Minister Churchill was not interested in this proposal, and the British army would not launch attacks on other Southeast Asian countries except Myanmar.
Chiang Kai-shek immediately stated that the mission of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was not over. It would cooperate with the US military to attack Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and other countries, all the way to Taiwan and Ryukyu, and finally capture the main island of Japan.
President Roosevelt was very grateful for Chiang Kai-shek's statement and stated that all war materials for the Chinese Expeditionary Force would be provided by the United States. The Chinese Expeditionary Force and the British 14th Army would be commanded by General Stilwell to attack Thailand and other places. The U.S. Tenth and Fourteenth Air Forces continue to cooperate with the Chinese Expeditionary Force and the British 14th Group Army in combat, and are responsible for the task of competing for air supremacy in the theater.
In order to increase China¡¯s counterattack on the battlefield, President Roosevelt promised to equip China with a total of 120 divisions of American weapons and 600 American fighters before December 1944. The weapons will be transported directly to Yangon, then transported by rail to Lashio, and then transported domestically by China via the Burma Highway.
Chiang Kai-shek was much smarter this time. He first thanked President Roosevelt for his support, and at the same time asked the United States to assist China with a batch of military industrial machinery and raw materials to enhance China's military production capacity. And implored President Roosevelt to send military personnel to help train China's domestic army.
President Roosevelt thought for a moment and readily agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's request and agreed to send a military advisory group to China to help train the Japanese army.
Chiang Kai-shek planned to establish revolutionary training camps in Guilin, Kunming, and Guizhou to train revolutionary officers and soldiers, receive American weapons, and prepare to face the anti-Japanese counterattack with a new attitude.
On November 26, the leaders of China, the United States and Britain signed the Cairo Declaration, clearly announcing to the world that China, the United States and Britain would fight Japan to the end. The declaration set the basic framework of the post-war world order. For the first time, China participated in the reconstruction of the post-war order as a major power.
On November 27, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Cairo, praising the expeditionary force for promoting the prestige of China in foreign lands, and ordering the Chinese Expeditionary Force to be prepared to continue fighting. The telegram ordered Yue Hanping to command the Chinese Expeditionary Force. The army cooperated with the US military's counteroffensive in Southeast Asia. The offensive route of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Ryukyu Islands, and Japan.
Yangon, the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force (has moved from Mandalay), Chiang Kai-shek¡¯s telegrams were circulated one by one by the Chinese generals. Holding the telegram, the Chinese generals were in high spirits and extremely excited, not only because of the release of the Cairo Declaration, but also because the achievements of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were recognized by the heads of the Allies. The Chinese Expeditionary Force will serve as a strategic maneuver of the Allied Forces. troops to launch larger-scale military operations.
According to Chiang Kai-shek¡¯s orders, Yue Hanping prepared to launch the Thailand Campaign in early 1944 to drive the Japanese army out of Thailand and force Thailand to become a member of the anti-Japanese alliance. In order to ensure that the U.S. aid supplies to China reached Lashio smoothly, after consultation between Chiang Kai-shek and Churchill, the 8th Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was stationed in Lashio to protect the Burma Highway.
The troops used by the Chinese Expeditionary Force for offensive operations include the New 1st Army, the 66th Army, the 6th Army, the New 6th Army, the 71st Army, the Youth Army, the 20th Army, and the Armored Corps, a total of eight corps.
General Aung San is indeed one of the most thoughtful politicians in Myanmar¡¯s history. He took the initiative to hold an anti-Japanese uprising in Yangon and stood on the side of the Allied Forces. With the efforts of General Aung San, the United Kingdom was forced to agree to General Aung San's formation of a new government in Myanmar. As a member of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the reorganized Myanmar Self-Defense Forces became a branch of the Allied Forces.
General Aung San is deeply grateful to Yue Hanping. If it were not for Yue Hanping, General Aung San and his self-defense forces would not be where they are today. At the initiative of General Aung San, the Burmese people showed their greatest enthusiasm for the Chinese Expeditionary Force and helped the Chinese Expeditionary Force transport wounded soldiers, food, and ammunition. The Chinese Expeditionary Force gained a status in Myanmar that even surpassed that of the British.
All this frightened Churchill. He was afraid that the Chinese would not leave Burma and compete with the British for control of Burma. Therefore, Prime Minister Churchill repeatedly urged Chiang Kai-shek to ask the Chinese Expeditionary Force to fulfill the decision of the Cairo Conference as soon as possible and send troops to Thailand. The British army, on the pretext of needingIt needs to be repaired and troops will be sent out later.
Chiang Kai-shek understood Churchill¡¯s intentions very well. Being able to leave an army squadron in Myanmar to protect the Burma Highway and monitor the British army not to withhold aid materials from China was already a huge concession for Churchill. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the Chinese Expeditionary Force to prepare for a separate attack on Thailand.
In early December 1943, the Chinese Expeditionary Force Headquarters sent reconnaissance personnel to penetrate into Thailand in batches to collect intelligence on the Japanese army¡¯s defense. At this time, the Japanese army suffered successive defeats in the Pacific battlefield and the Southeast Asian battlefield, and its troops were seriously insufficient. The Japanese base camp once again formulated a military expansion plan and expanded the troops to 120 by the end of 1944.
The Japanese garrison in Thailand was reorganized into the 39th Army. The commander of the army was Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura. It was under the jurisdiction of the 4th Division, the 22nd Division, the 78th Division, and the 29th Brigade. All three divisions are organized into three regiments, with a total strength of 53,000.
After careful reconnaissance, Yue Hanping learned that the Japanese troops in Thailand were mainly concentrated in Bangkok, Ayutthaya, Beibi and other places. **The five ** infantry brigades of the 29th Brigade are stationed in Chiang Mai, Lampang, Phrae, Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan and other northern Thailand areas. The 78th Division is stationed in the north wall, the 4th Division is stationed in Bangkok, and the 78th Infantry Division is stationed in Bangkok. The 22nd Division was stationed in Ayutthaya to defend Bangkok.
The Thai National Defense Forces are mainly concentrated on the east side of the Myanmar-Thailand border. Yue Hanping decided to adopt the tactic of claiming the north and attacking the south, massing a large number of troops on the front line of fortifications in Myanmar, and making a gesture of attacking Chiang Mai.
In order to confuse the Japanese army, the Chinese Expeditionary Force mobilized its troops with great fanfare during the day and quickly mobilized its troops southward at night. On the northern front, the 8th Army and the Burmese Shan Self-Defense Force pretended to be the main force, marking barracks everywhere, making it look like there were several armies of the expeditionary force on the northern front, openly preparing to attack Thailand.
On the southern route, Yue Hanping assembled the main force and quietly moved to Tanintharyi, preparing to launch a shocking attack on Thailand. The strategic deception of the Chinese expedition really fooled the Japanese army. The Japanese defenders in Chiang Mai on the northern front quickly strengthened their fortifications and prepared for a decisive battle with the Chinese army. The Japanese 22nd Division in Ayutthaya also received orders to reinforce the northern front at any time.
In January 1944, the 260,000-strong Chinese Expeditionary Force secretly gathered in Tanintharyi and turned this southeastern Burmese city into a military city. General Aung San specially dispatched some Myanmar Self-Defense Forces to assist the Chinese Expeditionary Force in coordinating relations with the local people and blocking information.
Tanintharyi City is full of search troops from the Chinese Expeditionary Force. Radio search vehicles are constantly cruising the streets of the city, searching for underground radio stations where Japanese intelligence personnel are lurking. The city of Tanintharyi was strictly controlled by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and residents were not allowed to enter or leave.
The Chinese Expeditionary Force took down the radio stations of several underground Japanese intelligence personnel one after another, cutting off the Japanese intelligence network. In the early morning of January 26, Yue Hanping issued an order, and eight armies of the Chinese Expeditionary Force suddenly launched an attack on the Mor Pass in the Bilao Mountains.
The Maor Pass has a dangerous terrain and a narrow mountain shape. However, after careful calculations by the Chinese Expeditionary Force, this pass can pass a single moving tank. As a result, the tanks of the Armored Corps took the lead in the front.
A brigade of Thai troops was stationed at the mountain pass. They built a blockade and densely packed bunkers at the Thai exit of the mountain pass. More than 70 tanks from the leading tank regiment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force crossed the mountain pass in a column and suddenly appeared in front of the Thai army.
The thundering roar of tanks stunned the Thai army. Although the Thai army built strong fortifications, it lacked heavy artillery and anti-tank fire. Facing the overwhelming gray steel fortress, the Thai army's weak nerves were broken.
The Sherman tank aimed at the Thai army's defense line without any scruples. The 30-ton tank directly hit the Thai army's bunker. The Thai army's bunker kept swaying, and the frightened Thai soldiers in the bunker held their hands high. Get your hands out.
In less than 30 minutes, the Thai army's mountain pass defense line collapsed completely. More than 4,000 Thai troops in one brigade were captured. The remaining few remaining soldiers escaped the encirclement and annihilation of the Chinese army by relying on their familiarity with the terrain.
Coming out of the Demol Mountain Pass, the plains of Thailand are at the foot of the mountain. The armored army went straight to the Eighth Department of the important town under the mountain pass. The Thai Army defenders of the Eighth Department had long heard that a large number of Chinese tanks were coming. Before they saw the Chinese tanks, the defenders had already disappeared.
The leading tank regiment of the Armored Corps rushed into Ba Shu City. Not a single Thai soldier was found in the city. Chinese soldiers quickly occupied the warehouses and supplies abandoned by the Thai army. The armored army's mechanized infantry quickly took control of the train station. Several locomotives and dozens of wagons that were too late to drive were all captured by Chinese soldiers.
The main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force crossed the mountain pass. Yue Hanping immediately ordered the armored army to advance along the peninsula's highway towards Bangkok. The New 1st Army and the 66th Army were transported by cars to attack the north wall and pin down the Japanese 78th Division.
The 6th Army, the New 6th Army, and the 71st Army attacked Thonburi and Monkali on the outskirts of Bangkok in three directions, and surrounded the 4th Division in Bangkok. The three divisions of the 20th Army and the Youth Army crossed the Apiya River in the north of Bangkok and surrounded the Japanese 22nd Division in Ayutthaya.
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