Chapter 145 Not many, just over 10,000 people! (First update!)  “What should we do?” Meng Fanglia looked at Cun Yunsheng in confusion.  “Do you carry out the order?” "Oh? Do you have other ideas?" Cun Yunsheng said nothing, but looked at the other party with a smile. Hearing this, Meng Fan was stunned for a moment and said speechlessly. “Tuanzuo, I am just a small battalion commander, how can I have any ideas?” "Really? I think you are full of bad ideas." Cun Yunsheng joked. "Since the British army doesn't care about Imphal, why should we go south to Mandalay? Let the British and Japanese troops slowly consume it and see who can consume more than the other?" “Is this really your idea?” Meng Fangliao asked again to confirm. "What if we go south to Mandalay, embarrass Stilwell, and make the British go crazy? In the end, our supplies are cut off, and now there are many people who want to see us in trouble." Cun Yunsheng sneered.

Hearing this, Meng Fanglia looked unbelieving. Based on his understanding of Cun Yunsheng, this was definitely not his true thought. Can't stand a bit of grievances, can you bear it so much?  At this time, Xue Tian ran over to report. “Tuanzuo, Long Wenwen is back.” Huh! Hearing that Long Wenwen was back, Cun Yunsheng was startled, and then said with a smile.  “This guy is willing to come back. I thought he was just wandering off to some mountainous area and becoming the king of the mountain.”  “Let him come to me.” "yes."  Not long after, Long Wenwen came to Cun Yunsheng, stood at attention and saluted. "Oh, you still know how to come back? I thought I was going to be the king of the mountain." Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but joked. Who knows, Long Wenwen said bitterly. “Tuanzuo, please stop talking about it. Mountain kings are simply not the work of human beings. Those natives can’t read a single word. During training, they can’t tell the difference between left and right.” "How can I be comfortable in the Sichuan Army? Those days are simply not good for people."  “Why don’t you let Fanla give it a try next time?”  Meng Fan, who was eating melon and watching a show, was stunned for a moment. Why does this involve me?  I’m not going. 　　Standing by Tuan Zuo’s side, he is a popular drinker. Who wants to squat in the jungle?

“Yeah, you’re better off squatting in the jungle. My life is pretty good now, so don’t look for me.” Meng Fanglia stopped immediately. Watching the two people bickering, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but shake his head, and then asked.  “How many people did you bring?” "Not many, just ten thousand people." Long Wenwen stretched out a finger and said with a slightly raised corner of his mouth, but still a little shy on his face. "How many?" "How many?" "How many?" Three consecutive exclamations were enough to show that they were indeed shocked. Especially Meng Fan was annoyed and looked at the other party dumbfounded.  What a dog day!  Damn it, you’re actually going to be a division commander? Xue Tian was also confused. In just a few days, tens of thousands of troops were mobilized.  Cun Yunsheng woke up immediately.  “Don’t tell me, most of them don’t have guns.”  “It’s true that Tuanzuo Yingming, they really don’t have guns.” Long Wenwen said sheepishly. Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng took a deep breath, looked at Meng Fan, and remembered what he said before.  Is this horse riding a surprise?  This is **** scary.  More than 10,000 people! This guy's ability to deceive is even better than mine. It’s no wonder that in the original work, Long Wenwen deceived more than a thousand people with just one mouth and went back to die.  In the end, there were only ten people left in the whole group. In the end, relying on these ten people, thousands of people were deceived.  In the end, most of them died at Nantianmen. This is enough to show that Long Wenwen’s personal charm is still very strong.  Now that he can draw a team of tens of thousands of people, it is actually not surprising. Originally I thought that there would only be a thousand people at most, but now it seems that I thought too much. “In other words, most of them are cannon fodder? No, not even cannon fodder?” Meng Fangliao asked.

"That's not true. There are more than 3,000 people with weapons, but they are all messy weapons. The rest are still in training for the time being." Long Wenwen shook his head and explained. “Are these three thousand people Chinese?” Cun Yunsheng also asked. “More than a thousand people are Chinese, and the rest have a blood feud with the Japanese army. There is absolutely no problem with loyalty.” Long Wenwen assured. Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng's eyes lit up, he looked at Meng Fan again, and said with a half-smile. “Didn’t you just ask me what I thought?”  “What?” This thought jump made Meng Nuan stunned for a moment, and he didn’t understand what it meant. “Going south, didn’t you ask me what I think?” "Originally, I really didn't think about what to do. After all, if the British insist on going their own way and don't let us go south, even Stilwell won't be able to do anything." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.  “But now, I have a better way to deal with it.” “It’s a waste to have more than 10,000 people guarding Hsipaw. I think places south of Mandalay, or even Yangon, may be more suitable for them.” Hearing this, Meng Fanlao took a deep breath and looked at Cun Yunsheng in disbelief. Even Long Wenwen looked at him with some suspicion. He didn't expect that his group would ask him to lead more than 10,000 people south. “Tuanzuo, do you want me to lead more than 10,000 people to go south?” "Yes, why don't you have confidence?" Cun Yunsheng asked with a smile. “No, I just didn’t expect you to do this.” Long Wenwen shook his head and said. “Tuanzuo, if you do this, if the British guys know about it, wouldn’t it be a big deal?” Meng Fanliao quickly advised. Who knows, Cun Yunsheng sneered and said in a calm tone. “Blow up the pot? We didn’t go south. It was the natives who attacked Mandalay. What does it have to do with us?” “By the way, die, die, what’s the number you typed?” “The Eighth Division of the Volunteer Army.” Long Wenwen said quickly. "Yes, you are very smart. It was a right decision to send you to infiltrate behind enemy lines." Cun Yunsheng said with appreciation. “It’s been decided, let your 8th Division of the Volunteer Army move south quickly and look for fighter planes around Mandalay. If you can’t fight, you will fight. If you can’t, you will engage in guerrilla warfare. When the time comes, I will ask the aviation team to provide support.” "Yes, group seat." Long Wenwen stood at attention and saluted, and then said embarrassedly. "You see? It's about the equipment?" With more than 10,000 people, at least 10,000 guns are needed. Don’t even think about beautiful weapons and equipment, but other equipment will do.   The lives of these natives are not valuable anyway.  They don’t know how to use the beautiful equipment. "Equipment..." Cun Yunsheng pondered for a while, tapping his fingers, and then said. “With more than 10,000 people, it will definitely not be able to meet all the needs in a short period of time. You must know this.”

"Yes, I understand." Long Wenwen was not a fool, so he naturally knew that the Sichuan Legion's family fortune was only that small.  Sounds like a lot, but it’s actually not much.  The equipment of the Yankees is not that easy to get. “In this way, I can only give you at most one regiment’s fine weapons and equipment, and you can use them all to arm that Chinese regiment. In addition, there is probably a regiment’s Japanese weapons in the city, and you can take them all with you.” "Other than that, I can't give you the 155mm howitzer. I can give you some of the other artillery pieces so that you can form an artillery battalion. At least you will be able to fight back against the Japanese army." Cun Yunsheng was generous this time. He gave five regiments of equipment in one breath, which was a big deal. Even Long Wenwen was shocked by his magnanimity and courage.  “The group seats are grand.” Long Wenwen could not help but praise. “Okay, stop flattering me. I’m not giving you so much equipment to show off. I want to see my results.” Cun Yunsheng glared at him and said. "I'll give you three months to find a way to reach Yangon. As for Mandalay, don't move for the time being, but you can harass it from time to time." Since the British army would not let him go south, he would let these natives go south.  Even if I ask, it has nothing to do with him. The indigenous rebels went south on their own, what does that have to do with him?  At most, they sold some weapons. “Yes, I will definitely reach Yangon in three months.” Long Wenwen promised. “Where is that Sun Yunfei? Is he still honest?” Cun Yunsheng nodded, then thought of something and asked again. "Well, it's quite honest. After beating it last time, it's much more honest." Long Wenwen nodded and said. “Pay more attention, it is a flag, try not to fall down, but if you are dishonest, find a way to change it. There are not many in the volunteer team, but there are still many people who want to climb.” Cun Yunsheng said lightly.  This remark is also a warning to Long Wenzhan. However, Cun Yunsheng was not panicked at all. As long as he held the logistics supplies, one of Long Wenwen's divisions was Sun Houhou at the foot of Wuzhishan, which could be easily suppressed.  Cooperate with the Japanese army? It’s not impossible, but the fate of cannon fodder is inevitable in the end. Not to mention, most of the natives had a **** feud with the Japanese army and would not follow Sun Yunfei to join the Japanese army. “I understand.” Long Wenwen nodded.  When Long Wenwen left, Meng Fanglia looked at his back and said enviously. “I didn’t expect that after not seeing each other for more than a month, this guy would be able to become a division commander.”  “What? Are you envious?” Cun Yunsheng joked. "Are you wronged by being the battalion commander? How about you follow him? At least I can be a regiment commander, or even a deputy division commander." Hearing this, Meng Fangliao shook his head like a rattle.

“If you don’t go, his division is worse than cannon fodder and has few weapons. In the eyes of the Japanese army, it is a target.” "Hey, I'm still self-aware. Let me inform you that one battalion will stay in Xipu, and the other battalions will continue to go north, aiming for Lashio." Cun Yunsheng said. "Yes, but in that case, there are only more than two thousand people left to attack Lashio. Will there be insufficient troops?" Meng Fangliao asked hesitantly. “Then send a telegram to Stilwell and ask him to parachute an infantry battalion over. We are now relieving the Allied forces. Can’t they guarantee us logistics?” "As for what to say, it's up to you. By the way, buy more weapons and equipment, and be more courageous. Let's take down Lashio. This game will be considered alive. That old boy Stilwell is very smart." Cun Yunsheng said. .  “Yes.” Meng Fangliao responded quickly.  … On the other side, at the headquarters of the Japanese Fifteenth Army, Hebian Zhengzo looked at the battle report he had just received, his veins popped out, and he roared angrily. “You haven’t been able to hold on even for a day? Yamazaki Nobuka, this loser, should commit seppuku to express his gratitude to His Majesty the Emperor.” One of the military staff members was trembling with fear. Only Lieutenant Colonel Yahara Hiromichi, who had just been promoted to combat staff officer, frowned. "Your Excellency, Commander, Hsipaw cannot be defended. As we expected, the Sichuan Legion attacked Hsipaw and must have been fully prepared. However, the only thing that puzzles me is why our fighter planes did not win the air superiority, but were all defeated. Shot down, this is simply unbelievable," Yahara Hiromi said. "What do you mean? The Sichuan Army has advanced fighters?" Kawabe Shozo asked doubtfully after calming down. "No, according to our investigation, the Allies' most advanced fighter here is the Spitfire. But in the previous air battles, we completely had the upper hand. Why we were completely defeated this time, I don't understand." Yahara Hiromichi shook his head and said .  Originally, his thought was that under the bombardment of fighter planes, the Sichuan Army would definitely postpone its attack. Hsipaw, who has gained a breather, will definitely have no problem delaying the Sichuan Army's attack after reorganizing the wounded and relying on street fighting.  As a result, before he could make the next step of his plan, none of the six fighter planes returned, and all were shot down. This made him a little confused for a moment.  Not to mention why the Sichuan Army had fighter planes, how did they shoot down six Japanese fighter planes?  This is a mystery. If you can't figure it out, postpone the air attack on the Sichuan Army Corps. “The explanation given by the Air Force is that the Sichuan Army seems to have invented a new tactic that makes our fighters unable to fight back.” Masami Kawabe did not speak, but the chief of staff next to him spoke. "New tactics? Is it specifically aimed at our air force?" Yahara Hiromi asked again.  “Yes,” admitted the chief of staff. "If that's the case, that would be troublesome." Yahara Hiromichi took a deep breath. “I am afraid that relying on air strikes to stall the Sichuan Army’s attack will be in vain for the time being.” He originally wanted to use air strikes to stall the Sichuan Army's attack, and then the Takeuchi Regiment in Myitkyina would launch an attack to create panic for the Sichuan Army and affect their morale. Now that the air strike has failed, the plan to attack Myitkyina will also come to nothing. Because the Sichuan Army will definitely attack Mandalay or Lashio next.

“Yahara-kun, where do you think the Sichuan Army will attack next?” Kawabe Shozo took a deep breath and asked slowly. "I think it's most likely Mandalay." Yahara Hiromichi stared at the map and said seriously.  “Why?” Hebian Zhengzo asked puzzledly. "Because Imphal, once Mandalay is captured, it means that Imphal's crisis will be over, and it can even attack Mutaguchi Renya's 18th Division from both front and rear." Yahara Hiromichi explained.  If he were an Allied commander, he would definitely do this.  After all, this is the optimal solution. But Hebei Shozo doesn’t think so. “What if it’s Lashio? Occupying this place means that Masao Watanabe’s 56th Division will also be surrounded. Cooperating with the troops in southwest Yunnan, they can even reopen the China-Myanmar Highway in one go.” I have to say that Kawabe Shozo’s view still makes sense.  But Yahara Hiromichi retorted directly. “Your Excellency, Commander, the people in the mountain city don’t seem to be keen on restoring the China-Myanmar Highway as soon as possible. Perhaps they don’t care at all that the situation in southwest Yunnan has become corrupt.”  “This…” For a moment, Hebian Zhengzo was also speechless.   Change first and then change!

 (End of this chapter)