Meijiro Umezu said again: "Kimura, please explain to me in detail, the comparison of the troops and the number of technical equipment in the three battlefields on the left, center and right."

"Hai." Kimura Hitotaro paused, picked up the wooden pole and pointed at the sand table to explain.

"The left-wing battlefield is in the direction of Ren'anqiang. The imperial army has four divisions of one army, with about 100,000 people. In addition to the four 75mm-caliber field artillery regiments, there is also an independent field heavy artillery regiment with a caliber of 150mm, and in addition to two independent chariot regiments."

Umezu Mijiro nodded and asked, "Where is the Chinese army?"

Kimura Hitaro replied: "According to the information currently available, the Chinese army in the direction of Ren'anqiang is about 10 divisions and 120,000 troops."

"Yo Xi." Umezu Mijiro said happily, "and then he said."

Kimura Hitaro said again: "The right-wing battlefield, that is, in the direction of Shan State, the Imperial Army has a force of about 100,000 troops in four divisions of the army, and its technical equipment is similar to the left-wing battlefield."

"The Chinese army on the right wing battlefield has about 120,000 troops."

"In the middle road, the Imperial Army's troops are 300,000 troops from 12 divisions of three armies, and its technical equipment includes 12 75mm caliber field artillery regiments and a 150mm caliber independent field heavy artillery regiment. In addition, there are two independent combat chariot corpses, one of which is the Type 97 medium tank corps."

"The Chinese army has about 250,000 troops on the middle battlefield."

"Only on the middle battlefield, the Imperial Army actually has the advantage of military strength."

"This is also the first time such a situation has occurred since the outbreak of the Japanese-Chinese War."

"The only thing that is worrying is that the technical equipment of the Chinese army in the middle is greater than that of the Imperial Army."

"Comprehensive information from all aspects, the Chinese army concentrated more than 40 artillery regiments in the middle battlefield, most of which were 105mm or even 75mm caliber howitzers or artillery, but it must be noted that four of the artillery regiments were equipped with 155mm caliber howitzers."

"This 155mm caliber howitzer equipped by the Chinese Army not only has a longer range and higher accuracy than the 150mm caliber heavy artillery equipped by the Imperial Army, but more importantly, the rate of fire is also faster because the lethality is much greater."

"Then the Chinese army concentrated at least four armored regiments in the middle battlefield. One of the armored regiments was equipped with an infantry tank code-named Churchill from India! It is said that this infantry tank has very thick armor and strong firepower, which poses a great threat to the Imperial Army. The Imperial Army must pay enough attention to it."

"Kimura, you're over-concerned." Meijiro Umezu waved his hand and said, "As long as the Air Force firmly grasps the air supremacy of the entire Myanmar battlefield, the artillery and tanks equipped by the Chinese army are all targets, and they will die as much as they come! Apart from increasing the burden on the US government, there will be no other gains."

"The problem is that the Air Force can no longer control the air supremacy of the Myanmar battlefield." Kimura Hitaro said worriedly. "According to the Air Force's report, the second batch of 500 fighter jets supported by the U.S. government has flew to Myitkyina, including 200 of the most difficult P-38 blitz fighters."

"The number of fighter jets in the Chinese Air Force on the Myanmar battlefield has increased to more than 700!"

"In addition, the Chinese army is fighting in defensive operations, and can get timely and accurate warnings from the ground radar station, so it is already extremely difficult for the Imperial Air Force to fight with it."

"Kimura, what you are talking about is only temporary." Meijiro Umezu waved his hand and said, "As soon as the 8th Aviation Division arrived, the Imperial Air Force would still have an overwhelming advantage of 2 to 1 on the Myanmar battlefield. At that time, it would still be easy to seize air supremacy on the Myanmar battlefield. At that time, the artillery and tanks of the Chinese army will still be targets."

Kimura Hitaro wanted to say that this was just an ideal result.

But when the words came to his mouth, Kimura Hitotaro still swallowed them back.

Because Kimura Hitotaro knew very well that Mijiro Umezu had just arrived in Myanmar and was ready to show his skills. It was inappropriate to say these words at this time. Not only would it not be effective in persuasion, but it would make Mijiro Umezu resent him and doubt his abilities. In this way, his work would be impossible to carry out in the future.

Meijiro Umezu said: "In short, in this Battle of Mandalay, the Myanmar condemnation army has an absolute advantage. As long as we do not make low-level mistakes in command, it will be very difficult to lose even if we want to lose."

"Hayi, Your Excellency General."

...

The Second Battle of Myanmar attracted a lot of attention from the Allies.

Far from the White House in Washington, USA, Roosevelt handled a day's official duties and invited Marshall to his Oval Office to consult about the prospects of this battle.

But Marshall dared not assert.

Marshall shrugged and said, "Since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, one of the most common phenomena on the Chinese battlefield is that the Chinese army's strength is often five times or even ten times that of the Japanese army in each battle, but the Japanese army's technical equipment is five times or even ten times that of the Chinese army."

"For example, the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Xuzhou, and the Battle of Wuhan."

"But this time at Mandalay, things have changed completely new."

"The first change is that the Chinese army no longer has the advantage in terms of numbers."

"In this Battle of Mandalay, the number of Japanese troops participating in the war was about 500,000, and the number of Chinese troops was only slightly more than 500,000. The forces on both sides were basically equal."

Roosevelt frowned and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean is that the Chinese army will lose?"

"His Excellency President, listen to me." Marshall waved his hand and continued, "This time, although the Chinese army no longer has the advantage in terms of the number of troops, it has an unprecedented advantage in terms of technical equipment, especially in the middle battlefield. The Chinese army has a clear advantage in terms of the number of artillery, caliber and tanks."

"These are two new situations, and they have never happened on the battlefield in China."

"So it's really hard to estimate which situation has a more obvious effect, and it's really hard to estimate who can win."

"Of course, from a personal perspective, I definitely hope that the Chinese army can win. After all, China and the United States are allies now, while Japan is the enemy of the American people!"

Although Marshall's words were very obscure, Roosevelt still heard the clues.

Roosevelt's face became more and more serious, and he murmured: "If the Chinese Expeditionary Force loses the Second Battle of Mandalay and Myanmar eventually falls, the Yunnan-Burma Highway will be completely cut off and the blood transfusion of the Yunnan-Burma Highway will be lost. The Chinese government may not be able to hold on for even a year. If this is the case, it will be troublesome."

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