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    At this point in the war, basically everyone already knows China¡¯s ambition: to take over Southeast Asia!  At least we must capture Indochina!  And this scenario is what Britain, the United States, and Japan least want to see.  Because if China acquires Southeast Asia, even just the Indochina Peninsula, it will mark the complete failure of Japan¡¯s southward strategy.  And if it gets resources from Southeast Asia, China will inevitably launch a counterattack against Japan quickly Judging from various signs, although Japan is not weak now, China can always find their weaknesses and attack them, causing serious harm to them.  China can withstand such damage many times, so can the United Kingdom, and so can the United States, and of course the Soviet Union.  But Japan must not always lose wars.  Because if it suffers several more major defeats at the hands of the Chinese, Japan's strength will shrink significantly and Japan will be closer and closer to defeat.  And once Japan is defeated, China, the oldest empire, will inevitably dominate East Asia!  Although it is still very poor and its industrial base is very weak, as long as it does not make big mistakes, then when the war in Europe ends, China will very likely become the only big country in East Asia and the strongest.  one country.  The war in Europe will inevitably cause heavy losses to European countries.  If you think about the situation after World War I, you will know that even after the war, the European powers will no longer be able to implement containment policies against China. It will be too late for them to save themselves.  Of course, there is the United States.  But if it really waits for the end of World War II, the United States will definitely pay more attention to the development of its own strength in Europe. As for Asia it is obviously not a wise move to offend a huge country across thousands of miles of ocean.  Especially after American power had been driven out of Southeast Asia by the Japanese.  Also, after the world war.  Who can say clearly how much strength the United States itself has left?  It is by no means an easy task to then ask China for its interests in East Asia.  And if it cannot return its interests in Southeast Asia as soon as possible, then in a few years, China will completely consolidate its position and sphere of influence in East Asia.  Until then.  Whether it is the United States or European countries, if they want to go back, they will have to pay a huge price, and this may not be successful.  Therefore, for its own interests in Southeast Asia.  For their own international status, for the future Britain, the United States and Japan have the will to unify.  From the perspective of Britain and the United States, what China should do is just to help them keep the Japanese out of the Indian Ocean, persist until they win on the European battlefield, and then fight back.  Until then.  Asia will also belong to Western countries.  Japan hopes to defeat the Chinese Expeditionary Force. In that case, whether it directly pursues the British-Burmese Army into India or attacks China's southwest, it will not be a problem. They will also completely lay the foundation for future victory.  Because as long as China is captured, Southeast Asia, which is rich in resources, will be captured.  Japan is already in an invincible position. Even if the Germans lose the war in Europe, Britain and the United States will not be able to pose much of a threat to them.  And the key to all this lies in Myanmar!  They are all in Ren'anqiang!  ¡­ ¡°What the Chinese need most now, and what they cannot produce or extract on their own, is oil! The Ren¡¯anqiang Oilfield produces one million tons of crude oil per year, and there are refineries and a large number of oil storage tanks¡­ Once the Chinese  By occupying this place, they can use their air superiority to burn all enemies to ashes with napalm bombs. At that time, they will have no opponents in Asia and they can successfully drive us out of Burma and Malay.  Ya. Easily cut off the traffic routes between the east and the west, and then use air superiority to recapture Taiwan and cut off the empire's external maritime traffic. Therefore, no matter what, Ren'an Qiang cannot be lost!  , Don¡¯t throw it away!¡± Terauchi Touichi called all the major Japanese generals in Burma together and said to them almost roaringly.  Then, he withdrew the troops originally chasing the British and Burmese troops from the northwest of Myanmar, and concentrated them on the Yan'anqiang front line In order to deal with the thousands of Chinese armored tanks, he overran the entire southern army.  Two hundred tanks and more than a hundred tanks and armored vehicles from the captured British 7th Armored Brigade were also concentrated.  At this point, more than half of the entire Burmese front army has gathered near Ren'an Qiang.  In front of them were only the three divisions of Du Yuming's 5th Army that had just entered Burma, and the 100,000 Yunnan troops behind the 5th Army.  And because Du Yuming's army had a thousand tractor-type armored vehicles that had just been taken over from Yang Jie, and it was also a mechanized force with some light tanks and chariots, so Juichi Terauchi also concentrated his heavy weapons on it.  Opposite Du Yuming, in addition, there are four divisions led by Shojiro Iida as the former enemy commander!  In addition, because China has air superiority, Terauchi JuichiThey used a lot of tactical camouflage and took advantage of Myanmar's natural environment to hide their heavy weapons.  This was the first time in the history of the Japanese army against the Chinese army, and it also showed the guilty conscience of Juichi Terauchi, and of course Seishiro Sakagaki, the chief of staff of the Southern Army As for the commander of the Burmese Front they appointed, Shozo Kawabe, now  He could only lead three divisions miserably to continue to confront Patton and Zhang Lingfu in Lei Liem.  Many believe the battle will last at least several months.  The British, who have always wanted to take the opportunity to return to Myanmar, think so too.  Therefore, "General Long-Legs" Alexander paid close attention to the movements on the battlefield in Myanmar, and at the same time reorganized his troops with the help of Wavell, planning to find an opportunity to "kill" back to Myanmar after a while.  But this time his mission will no longer be to fight the Japanese, but to take Myanmar back from the Chinese Of course, this requires the Chinese to defeat the Japanese again.  Alexander and Wavell believed through deduction that even if the Chinese army could win this Burma battle, it would still have to pay a heavy price.  Therefore, the UK still has great opportunities.  It¡¯s indeed ¡°big¡±!  Du Yuming led his troops into the Ren'anqiang battlefield. After only one day's rest, a war suddenly broke out in the direction of Lei Liem.  Patton and Zhang Lingfu joined forces. Under the cover of the Chinese Air Force and Chennault Flying Tigers, they launched a fierce attack on the defense line deployed by Hebian Zhengsan in the west. Soon they broke through the encirclement and rushed towards Ren'an Qiang.  Terauchi Shouichi was surprised by this. He didn't understand why the other party would do this.  Because no matter how good the "remnants" of Patton and Zhang Lingfu were at fighting, they would never be able to break through his heavily defended position.  But if you don¡¯t understand, you still don¡¯t understand. Things that need to be done still need to be done.  Therefore, he quickly ordered his troops to block this "remnant soldier" to prevent the other party from rushing into the defense line he had arranged and disrupting the arrangement.  But at this moment, Du Yuming took action.  It was late at night.  Thirty-seven rocket launchers unleashed their power. Within one minute, 740 shells hit the Japanese position like a giant meteor shower falling from the sky. And this was just the beginning This salvo was full of excitement.  It lasted for an hour. In this short period of time, the rocket launcher fired more than 20,000 shells.  Under such an almost carpet bombing, the heavy artillery, tanks, armored vehicles and forward positions of Juichi Terauchi were almost completely destroyed in the first place.  Before they could react, the tractor-type armored cluster of the Yunnan Production and Construction Corps rushed over in a "sudden" manner.  After that, there was no suspense in the battle.  Du Yuming used three divisions to pursue and kill the 100,000-strong army in the temple.  After Lu Han's Yunnan army, Patton, Zhang Lingfu and others also came to kill him, Juichi Templeuchi had no power to fight back. The Japanese army, which was always known for its obedience and strong will to fight, was beaten and fled in panic.  Even surpassed the original Alexander.  However, Juichi Templeuchi was not as lucky as Alexander. Alexander had a back-up, because he brought Patton, and Patton brought Zhang Lingfu. These two troops attracted a large number of enemies for the British and Burmese troops, allowing Alexander to finally lead more than  10% of the troops fled back to India.  But there was no one in the temple who could help Shoichi.  There are still three divisions on the side of Hebian Zhengsan. They could have chased Patton and Zhang Lingfu to help him temporarily resist Du Yuming and others, giving him time to reorganize his troops. But the problem is that Hebian Zhengsan was held back by the Chinese Air Force.  There is no way to catch up with their speed.  In addition, the Siamese army ran into Vietnam along the Mekong River in the name of chasing the Chinese army, leaving the country empty. Therefore, the main force of Sun Liren's New 1st Army had all rushed to Chiang Mai and assumed a posture of heading south.  The Siamese government was frightened and hurriedly asked the Japanese government for help.  Japan must not lose Siam, because Siam is their frontline for entering Indonesia, Myanmar, and Malaya. Once it is lost, the entire Southern Army will be locked up by China, and there will be a risk of annihilation.  This is something they absolutely cannot stand.  Therefore, the Tokyo base camp urgently ordered Kawabe Shozo to lead his troops back to Siam to resist the New 1st Army Terauchi Juichi lost a major support.  Apart from these, what was chasing and killing him was the Chinese army, which was famous for its foot power Back in the Chinese battlefield, the Japanese could not catch up with these people in cars or on horses. At this time, they were driving tractors.  , but most of them were barefoot, so where could they escape?  Therefore, in desperation, on the way to escape, Juichi Terauchi issued an order that he was absolutely unwilling to issue - let the Japanese troops staying in Yangon go north!  ¡­ ¡°That would be equivalent to handing Yangon directly into the hands of the Chinese airborne troops, and it would also be equivalent to handing over the entire Burma to the Chinese!¡± The British couldn¡¯t sit still.  Alexander hurriedly borrowed several Indian divisions from Wavell, and took with him the British-Burmese army that had fled to India with him.The troops quickly marched towards Myanmar along the unfinished India-Myanmar Highway
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