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On the contrary, there are many British and Indian troops, and there are also many designations.

The establishment of the British Indian Army is also relatively large. For example, the No.14 Army is one of the most elite troops of the British Indian Army, with more than 20 people.

"In this way, the British and Indian Army has more than 30 artillery regiments in one group army?"

"Yes."

Zhang Zhizhong nodded and said: "The organization of the British army is somewhat chaotic, especially the British and Indian army. If you add up the artillery fire of a group army of the British and Indian army, it is estimated that there should be more than 40 regiments. And the cannons of an artillery regiment of the British army Twice as many artillery regiments as there are in our country."

"Twice as many? Does that mean that a group army of the British and Indian Army has more than 4000 cannons of various calibers?"

"Yes, just more or less."

"That's quite a lot."

Duan Xun nodded.

Although among these cannons, there are not only heavy artillery and infantry artillery, but also mortars.But even so, the firepower of the British and Indian troops is still very strong.The artillery deployment of this scale is not comparable to the elite Japanese troops.

But Duan Xun was a little surprised at first, but soon understood.

The Japanese Navy has been controlling Malacca since the regiment destroyed the British Far East Fleet.Afterwards, the Japanese Navy also monitored many important ports in India. Even the United Kingdom and the United States became very difficult to support the British and Indian troops.

But China, which is close at hand, has plenty of arms.

Britain cannot lose India, so it can only import arms from China on a large scale.Therefore, the weapons and equipment in the hands of the British and Indian troops are all produced in China, so they need to import ammunition from China.

Up to now, the various arms sold by China to the British and Indian troops are enough to equip 100 million troops.

Of course, for these arms and for the logistics supplies of the British and Indian troops, Britain also paid a painful price.British businessmen have invested and made money in China since the Opium War. Although there were many turmoil in the middle, British assets in China are very huge.The land owned by British businessmen in Chinese urban circles alone is not a small amount.

But now it's basically gone.

Because of their anxiety, the assets of British businessmen in China were forcibly taken away by the British government.The British government promised to pay back the money when the war was won.The British government then sold these assets to the Chinese government in exchange for arms and logistical supplies.

Even the Swire Group, which has a very good relationship with the Chinese government, has given up their shares in companies such as the sugar factory in Sichuan and the Chongqing Shipyard.Half of Swire Group's properties in China have been sold.

Of course it's not just the industry in China.

In order to import more things from China, Britain also sold most of their industries in the United States.Of course, not all of them were sold to China, and many were sold to American capital.It's like "American Rayon Company", a profitable company with a market value of more than 1.2 million US dollars, the British sold it for 4000 million US dollars in a hurry.It can be said that with the outbreak of this world war, Britain's overseas assets have shrunk by more than half.

The United Kingdom has sold so many overseas assets, and even sold all its overseas colonies.Only in the most dangerous time can we import so many materials from the United States and China.

"Cichen (Xu Yongchang), what do you think of the Battle of Myitkyina?"

"In terms of geographical advantages, the British and Indian troops have operated Myitkyina for many years, and there are very complete fortifications here. From the perspective of the number of both sides, although the Japanese Burmese Front Army and their allies have more than 60 people, the British and Indian troops There are also 40 people in Myitkyina. After all, Japan is fighting far from the rear, and logistics supplies are not very easy, so half of the number of people who can really participate in the attack is not bad. But from the perspective of combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army exceeds that of the British and Indian troops. Yes. So in Myitkyina, neither the British and Indian troops nor the Japanese army has an absolute advantage. I think Japan wants to solve the British and Indian troops in a short time, and it should not be so easy to win Myitkyina.”

During Duan Xun's visit to the Northeast this time, almost every department has people following him.

Duan Xun left a set of decision-making bodies in Beijing, and designed himself to bring a set of decision-making bodies.Beijing is left with a set of decision-making bodies that let them handle day-to-day business.Some important things will be reported to Duan Xun.

In this trip to the Northeast, apart from Duan Xun, Li Jishen and Wang Jingwei were also on the Supreme Committee.Those who stayed in Beijing were Dai Kan and Yang Wei.On the side of the General Staff, Xu Yongchang, Chief of General Staff, Zhang Zhizhong, Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence, and Dong Songyan, Director of the Central Security Bureau, followed Duan Xun.Those who stayed in Beijing were Ge Jingen, Yang Jie, and Liu Fei.

"Myitkyina, Myitkyina."

Duan Xun thought for a while, and said: "The Japanese army must not easily take Myitkyina. If the British invite, then we can mobilize our airlift troops when necessary. As long as the British need it, then support the logistics of the British and Indian troops."

"Yes."

Duan Xun turned his head to look at Li Jishen and said, "Ren Chao (Li Jishen), let the material committee maintain contact with the British. The Battle of Myitkyina is about to break out, and the British and Indian troops must need a lot of weapons, ammunition and logistical supplies. As for the British How much to spend, let Zhang Xiaoruo discuss. Either use gold, or use British overseas assets. A lot of British overseas assets have been sold, but there are still many left in the hands."

"Yes."

Li Jishen nodded.

"Vice Chairman Wang (Wang Jingwei), talk to the British about the issue of the China-Myanmar border. Since the Opium War, the terms of the China-Myanmar border signed between my country and the United Kingdom have to be reviewed one by one. There are also many chieftains on the China-Myanmar border , Historically, it has accepted both my country’s canonization and Myanmar’s canonization. The areas where these chieftains are located must be recognized by Britain as Chinese.”

"Yes."

Myanmar is currently a British colony, so the issue of the Sino-Myanmar border is a negotiation between China and the United Kingdom.In the past, China was weak, so it suffered a disadvantage in demarcating the border between China and Myanmar.Now it is the most difficult time for Britain in turn, it is good that Duan Xun didn't make trouble for them.Being able to sit down and negotiate has already given Britain enough face.

On the special train, Duan Xun still needs to deal with things all the time.At this time, Jiang Xianyun, the head of the security regiment under the Central Security Bureau who was in charge of Duan Xun's safety on this trip, came to Duan Xun's side.The Central Security Bureau is organized by the deputy military region, and Dong Songyan's position as the director of the Central Security Bureau is roughly equivalent to the deputy commander of the military region.

The Central Guard Regiment is an army-level unit, and the head of the regiment is the rank of army commander.

"Chairman, we will arrive in Shenyang in about half an hour."

"I see."

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"teacher."

"Chairman."

When Duan Xun came to Shenyang, the military and political leaders here were waiting for Duan Xun at the train station.

At the forefront was Tang Shizun, secretary of the Northeast Bureau, who came up with a "teacher" one at a time.In fact, after Duan Xun came to this position, many of Duan Xun's students no longer called Duan Xun "teacher" in public, fearing that there would be bad opinions.Afraid of being said to be clinging to Duan Xun.

Only when meeting alone, will they be called "teacher".

But Tang Shizun is different.

His reputation in Chinese politics is not very good.When mentioning Tang Shizun, many people said that Tang Shizun was a "smiling tiger". He didn't look like he was a soldier at all, and he was not at all aboveboard.Because Tang Shizun would always smile when he met anyone, unless he wanted to turn his face directly, he would never embarrass others on the face, and he rarely saw Tang Shizun get angry.If you just look at his usual appearance, everyone thinks he is the leader with the best temper.But you really offended him. On the surface, he was laughing and joking with you, but when he turned around, he killed you.

And Tang Shizun offended many people.

When I was the police chief in Beijing, I started to clean up those members of Congress, and they cried for their fathers and mothers.How many members of Congress who were very influential in all walks of life back then lost their titles of members of Congress because of Tang Shizun's ruin.Those who go to prostitutes and smoke opium are usually turned a blind eye by ordinary people, but Tang Shizun is vigorously punishing them.Even when these members of Congress were swept away, many well-known literati and university professors in Beijing were also arrested, their reputations and face lost.

Later, when I arrived in Shanghai, whether it was investigating the smuggling of grain or the smuggling of gold, they were all killing.Many large and small landlords in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces had their homes ransacked and executed, all of which were written by Tang Shizun.

Because of this, Tang Shizun not only has a bad reputation in the political arena, but also has a bad reputation in public opinion.After all, you offended so many people holding pens, how could they say good things about you.

But Tang Shizun is an absolute political tumbler.

Not to mention that he followed Duan Xun in his early years, he was the head of Duan Xun's guard regiment, and he was a very trusted direct descendant of Duan Xun.Furthermore, Tang Shizun was born in the Sichuan Army, and because of his exquisite appearance, he had a good relationship with those military officers and high-ranking political officials who were born in Sichuan.In this era, it is common to divide regions and schools into political factions and military factions.Even after 100 years, this situation cannot be resolved.

Liu Xiang, who has just returned to Beijing to serve as the vice chairman of the Military Commission and director of the National Defense Science and Technology Commission, and Yu Zhongying, who is the governor of Xinjiang, are all very close friends of Tang Shizun who have known each other for 30 years.

So there are many people who hate him, but Tang Shizun's promotion speed is still very fast.

Of course, many people despise Tang Shizun, not only because Tang Shizun has black hands, but also because he is really shameless.Of course, there are a few people in the political circle who are not thick-skinned.But there are definitely very few people who are as shameless as Tang Shizun.

After all, Tang Shizun is now an alternate member of the Central Standing Committee of the People's Party, and his rank is not low.In terms of the current ranking of the People's Party, Tang Shizun can enter the top 15.Moreover, he is also the secretary of the Northeast Bureau, a real prince of one party.At the political level, it is already the level of deputy prime minister.

However, such a political boss, when facing Duan Xun, even in public, he didn't care about his own face at all, and called "teacher" very naturally.Many people despise Tang Shizun, but they envy Tang Shizun in their hearts.After all, being able to have such a good relationship with Duan Xun is something that many people envy.

Following Tang Shizun to pick up Duan Xun was Shang Zhen, commander of the Northeast Military Region.He himself has been on the battlefield all year round. Although he is the same age as Duan Xun, their physical fitness is completely different.