Chapter 1448: Fighting Again

There were quite a few Chinese in Lashio, or rather, there were many Chinese in the whole of Burma, all of whom had immigrated here for various reasons before this. After the outbreak of World War II, even more Chinese ran to Burma, already numbering more than 200,000.

And after the end of World War II, the defeated Nationalist troops and other refugees went south, and the number of Chinese surged again. By the time of the anti-Chinese incident, there were already 700,000 to 800,000 Chinese here.

Most of these people lived in the northern part of Burma, huddled together.

This was also some foundation that Wang Yan could win over...

"The little Japanese are not good things. I think everyone has felt this. I have seen quite a few things the little Japanese have done here. But I want to tell you that compared to the encounter of the Chinese people, you here are simply too happy."

Wang Yan stood on a high place, fiddling with a megaphone, his breath sinking into his dantian, his voice like a bell, telling the Burmese natives or Chinese people about the blood debts the little Japanese had created in the country.

This was to show that the things the Japanese army had done here were just the beginning. If they didn't beat the little Japanese away, then the same painful things would fall on everyone's head, and even get worse, causing even more harm.

"In the past, you thought we came here to do evil. I don't blame you, but from now on, if anyone still thinks we are here to do evil, then I will shoot them."

"Why? Because they stand with the little Japanese, they yearn for the little Japanese, they are not our brothers, but our enemies. If they are enemies, we must defeat them and kill them all."

"After saying so much, I just want to say one thing: if you have the guts, join my team. I will give you guns, and you must pick up guns to protect your families and not let the little Japanese harm them."

"Defeat Japanese imperialism!" Wang Yan shouted with his arms raised.

The guards also shouted with their arms raised.

The onlookers also shouted with their arms raised.

They shouted three times, each wave higher than the last, shouting until their veins popped out.

However, Wang Yan didn't stop. He continued to shout with his arms raised: "Kill the little devils!"

So everyone followed him and shouted to kill the little devils.

People with hot blood went to the side to register to join the army. Wang Yan transferred all those who knew how to read and write, got dozens of people, and carried it out at the same time. Don't wait for the hot blood to cool down and then regret it; that wouldn't be good.

First hoodwink people to register, and if there are people who don't come later, Wang Yan has his own way of saying it, and even more reasons...

Chen De stood in the distance with his hands behind his back, watching Wang Yan toss and turn silently.

This was in Lashio. Wang Yan's troops had already moved, but there hadn't been many large-scale battles.

Seeing Wang Yan finish his speech, he walked closer.

"Wang Yan, the Chairman has ordered to increase troops by 10,000 to be led by your unit, and the United States has also promised to give you weapons and equipment. What are your plans for the next step?"

Wang Yan took out a cigarette, offered it, was refused, and lit one for himself.

"The little Japanese are crazy. The current Burmese battlefield is harmful and not beneficial to them, but they are just stubbornly holding on and not retreating. We can do it if we want to drive the Japanese army out of Burma, but the casualties are too heavy, and it's really not worth it."

"Since the little Japanese won't leave, we should let more of them come. In the past year, the little Japanese have increased troops several times, which has already caused an impact on the war in the country, and even more so on the Pacific battlefield. Otherwise, why would the foreigners in the United States provide us with so much aid?"

"Do you mean to fight a seesaw battle?" Chen De asked.

Wang Yan shook his head: "The Japanese bombers come to bomb Lashio every two or three days. Is this a seesaw battle? It's still necessary to hurt them, but not let them die."

Seeing that Chen De was losing patience, Wang Yan took a puff of his cigarette and said, "I think the focus should be on the north next. We must completely drive the little Japanese south of Mandalay, and then fight a seesaw battle with the little Japanese around Mandalay."

"So my troop movement is to the north, to drive away the Japanese army there. In this way, supplies can also go through southern Yunnan, and the troops in southern Yunnan can also cross the river to go south, defending the enemy outside, and not be shelled by the Japanese army across the Nu River every day."

"And your task is to hold off the Japanese offensive here in Mandalay and protect our existing results. You absolutely cannot let the Japanese army take a step out. You can rest assured about this, Commander Chen. Once the fight starts in the north, the main force of the Japanese army will be transferred to the east and north."

"You can form what I said into an operational plan and send it to Old Chiang. It is estimated that the Japanese intelligence system will know about it by then, and they will have corresponding actions here. After a week, I will take the initiative to attack and surround Nantianguan. I will execute the plan I didn't execute last time and see if the Japanese army will save it or not."

Last time he wanted to besiege Nantianguan. Later, with the mobilization of the Japanese army and the change of the war situation, he led his troops to fight all the way to southern Burma, making the Allied forces' strength in the south unite, and together with the Allied forces in the north, realized a pincer attack from north and south, and then he quit...

This time he didn't plan to leave...

Chen De nodded: "Good, I know, you go ahead."

He didn't want to see him, and if possible, he didn't want to deal with Wang Yan.

He wasn't stupid, otherwise he wouldn't have reached today.

He also learned from the Baldy's mouth about the inside story of the Baldy's chat with Wang Yan earlier. Right now, Wang Yan wasn't even acting, directly recruiting soldiers on the spot, and he naturally understood clearly.

Wang Yan just wanted to use the Allied forces to help him achieve rule in northern Burma.

The ambition is really big...

Chen De also had to sigh that Wang Yan really dared to think and do.

Wang Yan didn't care how Chen De looked at it. He was like a fish in water now, didn't have to look at anyone's face, and no one could do anything to him.

He recruited his own soldiers, and the next day he took 800 people from Lashio and went north with his army headquarters.

Wang Yan wasn't in a hurry to rush on the road. Along the way, he went to places where people lived, gave speeches everywhere, rolled people everywhere, and trained new recruits along the way.

He wasn't short of weapons and ammunition. Although he couldn't afford to fire empty shots, it wasn't a big problem to re-arm a few thousand people. What he lacked was food, medicine, and other supplies.

So along the way, he also let people in various places start farming.

Actually, he didn't need to say it; people would farm themselves. Otherwise, what would they eat and drink? The wild animals here had all been killed or run into the deep mountains and old forests because of the war, and they couldn't be found.

At any time, these common people had to farm and live. They were no different from the difficult people in the country. They were all poisoned by the war. It was just that the people here hadn't been harmed for a long time, far less painful than the people in the country.

By the time he led his troops to the vicinity of Nantianguan, he had already added more than 2,000 local natives and Chinese who had migrated, and the team had grown quite a bit.

The vanguard troops had already come over and were already fighting the Japanese army at the front. Of course, they still used the tactics Wang Yan led his brothers to fight until today: breaking the whole into parts, using the advantages of mountain and forest terrain to harass and divide the Japanese army, and then concentrating superior forces to fight more with less, annihilating the surrounded Japanese army.

This was a set of tactics that Wang Yan's subordinates had already played out. A company commander pulled out from below would know it. It's just that their judgment wasn't enough, and their considerations weren't comprehensive.

There was no way to be like Wang Yan, leading troops to insert, wanting not to encounter the enemy, and basically not encountering them along the way. And wanting to encounter the enemy, as long as they found a group, he could judge the direction of the main force of the Japanese army according to their subsequent movements.

This had experience and wisdom. It was already very good that these grassroots officers who didn't know a big character could execute it in place.

Wang Yan didn't ask for higher.

Now his command only fell to the regimental level. He devolved the front-line command to the grassroots officers and didn't command them how to fight. The casualties were indeed much higher than when he commanded personally, but his strength was there. The troops were scattered, and the damage caused was also greater. This was also a necessary trade-off.

On the other hand, the various regimental commanders below were all appointed by him personally, and they were better at fighting than the officers below. Above the regimental commander were Fan La, Si La, and A Yi. These three were players who had been cultivated by Wang Yan, and their tactical application was very good.

Among them, Long Wenzhang was the most outstanding. Yu Xiaoqing said that Long Wenzhang was a genius at close combat. Long Wenzhang's thinking was opened by Wang Yan, and Wang Yan boldly delegated power, making Long Wenzhang more flexible, his thinking more open, and the battle was even more handy.

Relatively speaking, Fan La and A Yi were worse. Both of them lacked Long Wenzhang's decisiveness and ruthlessness. This kind of personality problem became a weakness when reflecting on command and combat. However, they could also execute Wang Yan's strategy very well.

It was just that they couldn't fight a god-like battle, and they weren't as unconstrained as Long Wenzhang, occasionally being able to fight some surprises. Of course, compared to Fan La and A Yi's units, the casualties under Long Wenzhang were also higher, which could be considered a trade-off...

Ten kilometers away from Nantianguan, Wang Yan led the army headquarters and new recruits to station here, personally guarding the Japanese army at Nantianguan, not letting them escape.

"What do you think is the mood of the one surnamed Yu now?"

Mi Long bit on a cigarette and reached out to push the hammock.

Wang Yan lay in the hammock with his hands behind his head, his eyes slightly closed, very comfortable.

He laughed and said: "The one surnamed Yu is narrow-minded. He hasn't done anything else in the past two years, just playing around crossing the river back and forth, and the casualties of his subordinates are not light. I guess he is getting ruthless again. This time he won't run away no matter what, and wants to fight to the death with the little Japanese. He will tell his subordinates these things."

"And then run faster than anyone else." Mi Long took the words and laughed.

Under Wang Yan's command, Yu Xiaoqing was the biggest joke. The old soldiers told the story of Wang Yan's rise to power tirelessly. The story began when Wang Yan and others crashed on the ground in Burma, and Yu Xiaoqing had already led his troops to retreat. By the time Wang Yan led 700 people to the airport, Yu Xiaoqing had already led the crowd back to Chanda. This speed made the brothers take it as the biggest joke.

Next was after Wang Yan became rich, he returned to Chanda to find his wife, holding Yu Xiaoqing's neck with one hand and lifting him up, and Yu Xiaoqing didn't dare to let out a fart. Every time he talked about this, the old soldiers were always very excited, and the new recruits were always full of respect for the big boss...

Wang Yan couldn't help but smile. Yu Xiaoqing had truly made an outstanding contribution to the cohesion of his subordinates. Wang Yan decided that after driving away the little Japanese, he would write a memoir in this world, looking back at the years of the War of Resistance, and give Yu Xiaoqing a very important chapter.

Yu Xiaoqing was quite long-lived. Wang Yan decided to disgust him for a lifetime, making this kid feel like a fish bone in his throat until he died...

Just when the two were laughing, Mi Long raised his head to that side: "Your little wife is here."

"Don't say it so ugly, she is a flower-like girl, what little wife."

"I think she has taken a fancy to you, otherwise why would she run to you every day?"

Wang Yan shook his head with amusement: "You manage quite broadly."

While the two were joking, Qin Moqing ran over: "Commander, the wounded brothers at the front have all arrived, and the situation is not optimistic. Commander, go take a look."

"Go!"

Wang Yan jumped out of the hammock and walked away quickly, going to where the sick battalion was.

At this moment, the sick battalion was in a mess, with wailing everywhere, and the breath was filled with a strong smell of blood, as well as the smell of alcohol, lime, etc., which was very unpleasant.

Wang Yan didn't wear a mask and just walked into the crowd.

Seeing him coming, several medical apprentices ran over quickly, fiddling with silver needles, scalpels, etc., to help Wang Yan.

In first aid, the most important thing is to stop the bleeding. As long as the bleeding can be stopped, many things are easy to talk about.

But then again, they were all soldiers who had reached the rear, and basically they could all survive. Otherwise, with severe bleeding, they wouldn't be able to hold on at the front and wouldn't have their lives to return to Wang Yan here.

Wang Yan first handled those soldiers who still hadn't stopped bleeding, stabilized the situation, used all kinds of means, his hand speed was quite fast, and his actions were quite decisive. Like an efficient machine, he handled one after another, working without stopping until the evening of the next day.

In the middle, he also had to listen to the staff officers report on the war situation and make targeted adjustments. Not to mention ordinary people, even extraordinary people didn't have Wang Yan's powerful energy.

"Commander, there is not enough anti-inflammatory medicine."

Seeing Wang Yan light a cigarette after washing his hands, Qin Moqing knew that he was done, so she hurried up to report the situation.

Wang Yan nodded, puffed out a puff of smoke, and said in a deep voice: "I have already asked the foreigners for it, but anti-inflammatory medicine is too tight, so use it sparingly."

"It has long been used sparingly, one person's dosage is divided into three people..."

"Then divide it into five people, and see whose life is hard." Wang Yan waved his hand and turned to say, "You are highly educated, can't you research this kind of thing?"

"Commander, you really think highly of me. I am just a small military doctor. So many capable people in the country haven't researched it, how could I?" Qin Moqing shook her head repeatedly, with a bitter smile on her face.

"Don't belittle yourself, you can research it. I remember a foreigner told me about these things before. I heard that penicillin is something called penicillin. I saw bread mold before, and there was mold on it. You can cultivate it and try it. Cultivating strains, you must know how to do this, right?"

Qin Moqing wanted to argue, but finally closed her mouth and nodded: "Yes, but we are using local methods, which require a lot of rice, sweet potatoes... and a stable environment. Now we are marching and fighting, and there is really no time."

"It's okay, you make the experimental plan first. After taking Nantianguan, send a batch of wounded to Chanda later. You follow the team. Once you get there, it will be stable. Try it, try it blindly, it's better than doing nothing."

"Then listen to the Commander, I will definitely try my best!"

"Anything else?"

Qin Moqing said "uh," and then said: "Then I'll go get busy, Commander."

Wang Yan nodded with a smile...

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