Kimura Hitaro said: "Great General, if you really want to build the Oriental Maginot Line you mentioned, you will inevitably recruit a large number of Siamese workers."

"And without the support of the Siam government and military, it would be unimaginable to complete such a large project."

"But now Bapeng hides from us again and always uses various excuses to not contact us. What should we do?"

"Do you want the people from the Special High School directly to find a way to kill Ba Peng, and then an obedient general will serve as the commander-in-chief of the Siam National Army?"

Okamura Yasuji waved his hand and said, "This is not a good idea."

"Calling Ba Peng to another person will make sure he listens to us?"

"Or it is, even if this person is willing to listen to us when he first came on stage, who can guarantee that he will always obey our words? People will change."

Kimura Hitaro frowned and said, "What should I do?"

Okamura Yasuji said, "If you want to ensure that the Siam government, the military and even the royal family are always obedient, there is only one way, that is, the deep binding of interests between the two sides."

"Only when the interests of the Siam government or military are consistent with the Imperial Army and the Empire, they will be obedient and will continue to be obedient."

Kimura Hitaro frowned and said, "What is the meaning of General? Is it to give them the profit?"

"No, no, that's not what I mean." Okamura Niji waved his hand and said, "The empire's finances are almost exhausted. How could it be that Gengbu's interests would be given to Siam?"

Kimura Hitaro said, "What does that mean by Your Excellency General?"

Okamura Yasuji said: "What I mean is to sacrifice the interests of Siam, give Du to Bapong or the Siam royal family, and then restrain the government through Bapong and Siam royal family."

"In this way, Siam will always be in a state of internal friction and will never be able to form a unified government form. The imperial army or the empire can seek benefits in the middle with the attitude of mediating people."

"Sodesna." Kimura Hitotaro nodded suddenly and said, "So what should I do now?"

Okamura Yasuji said: "As far as I know, the Siam National Army is now very dissatisfied with the Siam government, so the Imperial Army can completely lead the needle and help the Siam National Army launch a coup, oust the current government, and then establish a transitional military government with Babong as the prime minister."

...

Myitkyina, northern Myanmar.

One million strong men collected from China had arrived in Myitkyina half a month ago.

After half a month of physical testing, Zhong Yi decisively eliminated 500,000 of the strong men and gave these strong men two choices, or stay in Myanmar, and the work will be arranged by the head of the Myanmar War Zone.

Or when you return to the country, the Myanmar War Zone will pay a 20-yuan trip fee.

In the end, less than 50,000 people chose to return home, and most of them chose to stay in Myanmar.

The more than 400,000 strong men were then allocated to various factories by the logistics part of the Myanmar War Theater.

After obtaining this 500,000 manpower, the labor gap in the Myanmar War Zone increased greatly.

Although these strong men cannot be transformed into skilled workers in one go, Chinese are an absolutely excellent race compared to other ethnic groups in the world and have strong learning abilities.

Zhong Yi believes that after a period of study, these strong men will soon become skilled workers in various factories.

As for the remaining 500,000 strong men, they were included in the battle sequence of the Chinese Expeditionary Force belonging to the Myanmar War Theater.

After the reorganization, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had six armies under its jurisdiction, and this time, Zhong Yi directly abandoned the original number of the National Army.

The numbers are directly named as the 1st Army to the 6th Army.

Among them, each army has 4 infantry divisions, 2 artillery divisions, and 2 armored divisions.

Each infantry division has 3 infantry regiments, 1 artillery regiment, 1 armor regiment, 1 baggage regiment, plus 1 engineer regiment, and the entire division has 18,000 troops.

The Artillery Division has three heavy howitzer artillery regiments, one infantry regiment, one automobile regiment, and one anti-aircraft artillery battalion. The division is mainly equipped with 108 155mm howitzers and 36 90mm caliber anti-aircraft artillery pieces, and the entire division is about 12,000 people.

The Armored Division has 3 tank regiments, 1 armored vehicle regiment, 1 anti-tank gun battalion, and 1 mechanical maintenance battalion.

The entire division is equipped with 270 tanks of various models, 90 armored vehicles of various models, 36 89mm caliber self-propelled anti-tank guns (vehicles), and the entire division is about 10,000 people.

Such an army composition is very similar to that of the mechanized army in later generations.

The most disadvantageous ones are probably the only ones in the Army Aviation Force and the Long-range Rocket Array Force.

After the reorganization, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had a total of 6 army-group and 48 divisions, plus the troops directly under the commander's headquarters and 10 divisions of the Air Force, with a total force of more than 800,000 people!

Of course, such equipment level is only theoretical for the time being.

Neither the personnel nor the equipment, nor even the officers' team were ready.

However, Zhong Yi was not anxious at all, because he was very convinced that with the Japanese government declaring war on the Soviet Union, more war resources had been tilted towards the Far East battlefield, so it was impossible to invest too much resources in the Southeast Asian battlefield.

Under such circumstances, it is no longer possible for the Japanese Burmese condemnation army to organize an offensive.

This means that the Myanmar War Zone can now seek development with peace of mind without worrying about the Japanese army attacking, at least this possibility will not be possible in a short period of time.

Therefore, a vigorous military training movement was officially staged in Myanmar.

At the same time, factories in northern Myanmar have also begun to produce various weapons and equipment in a intensive manner.

The US government assists projects covering almost all industrial categories, so the industrial area of ​​northern Myanmar can produce almost all equipment from fighter jets to tanks, cars to cannons.

Zhong Yi even established a helicopter research institute.

Zhu Jiaren, the former principal of Kunming Aviation School, served as the chief designer of helicopters.

Zhong Yi even established the Rockets Institute, with Qian Xueshen, who was only 30 years old and just returned from his studies, and allocated 5 million US dollars in one lump sum.

However, research on rockets or missiles cannot be done in a hurry.

This requires a process, and Zhong Yi is more preparing for the future and preparing for the future.

However, the helicopter project hosted by Zhu Jiaren is progressing smoothly. The first prototype has been assembled and can be tested at any time.

On this day, Zhong Yi had just returned to Mandalay after inspection from Ren'anqiang Oilfield, and received a call from the Helicopter Research Institute, inviting him to go to Myitkyina to participate in the first test flight of the "Zi Ren" helicopter.

After receiving the call, Zhong Yi immediately took Wang Geng and Stilwell on the army and hurried to the Helicopter Research Institute in Myitkyina.

At this time, Zhu Jiaren had already brought the engineers from the institute to wait at the gate.
Chapter completed!