During the period when the Japanese attacked Impal, the Chinese army added another American-style equipment unit... the Fiftyth Division.

Unlike the previous New First Division, the New 38th Division and the New 22nd Division, the 50th Division is trained and equipped with a new recruit who is completely shipped from China. Therefore, this division has been trained for a long time, and now it can finally enter the battlefield and is only used as a reserve team.

Since there were already four divisions, Stilwell made an adjustment in the organization. He built a new army, namely the New Sixth Army, and transferred the New Twenty-second Division, which was originally under the New First Army system, to the New Sixth Army.

In other words, at this time, the Chinese army had completed the replacement of American equipment, including the New First Division, the New Third Eighth Division, the New Sixth Division and the New 22nd Division and the Fiftyth Division.

From this point, it can be seen that the Japanese attacked Impal, because if they continued to wait like this, the result would be that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would be replaced and had six divisions of 100,000 people... and the Chinese army of this division could fight a division of the Japanese army, and it was an elite division of the Japanese army. It can be imagined that by then, the ten Japanese divisions defending multiple lines in Myanmar would have to wait for failure to come.

Therefore, the Battle of Impal initiated by the Japanese army is still strategically correct, but in tactical terms, we should not launch a hasty attack when the supply is so insufficient.

Of course, the Battle of Impal was different at this time, because Zhang Chi intentionally leaked the intelligence to the Japanese army to get a lot of supplies, which made the Japanese army progress very smoothly in Impal. In less than a month, it had broken through the British army's multiple defenses and approached to the position where Impal could be viewed from afar.

"Zhang..." Stilwell called Zhang Chi to the command center on that day. He pointed to a location on the map and said: "We can't wait any longer. The Japanese army has already reached the Mengyu line, and it is only a few days away from Impal!"

Zhang Chi also agreed with this. Although the Sino-US coalition forces wanted to give some pain to the British who only wanted to protect their own interests, if the Japanese army took down Impal, it would be of no benefit to the Sino-US coalition forces.

"I want to hear your thoughts!" Stilwell handed a cigarette to Zhang Chi and leaned on the chair. He said with some depression: "My staff...the plan they came up with would only be to move forward, move forward and then move forward. If we fight in this way, we will most likely be stopped by the Japanese halfway. I think this may be what Mountbatten hopes!"

Zhang Chi nodded.

Zhang Chi can understand the opinions put forward by the staff around Stilwell. For the Americans, they think that war is about using aircraft cannons and tanks and infantry to push flat, and any other strategy is redundant... For them, war is about who has good equipment and fists. Whoever can hold on to the end will win.

But the problem is that after realizing that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was advancing rapidly, the Japanese army quickly transferred several divisions from the domestic and Chinese battlefields. At this time, the Japanese army located in Myanmar had more than ten divisions and more than 200,000.

Three of these ten divisions are used for Impal operations, one is used for western Yunnan, one is used to defend northern Myanmar, and two are used to prevent British troops from landing in the south. The remaining three divisions are distributed in central Myanmar and southern Myanmar.

The reason why Mountbatten dared to let the Chinese army go south was not only to lift the siege of Impal, but also another reason for seeing this: no matter how strong the Chinese army is in combat, it is probably difficult for them to quickly break through the defenses of these three divisions. Moreover, there is also the 18th Division that once again received a large number of replenished troops in front of him.

Therefore, if we follow the strategy mentioned by Stilwell's staff, the most likely result is that the Sino-US coalition forces will use fire tactics to fight forward bit by bit. When the Sino-US coalition forces rescue Impal and consume the Japanese army almost the same time, the British army will "recover" Myanmar from Impal and the south coast of Myanmar... This is definitely not something Stilwell likes to see.

"General!" Zhang Chi said to the map: "Did you find that due to the need for combat, the Japanese allocated most of their troops to the west bank of the Irrawaddy River?"

Stilwell nodded. Because he wanted to attack Impal, India and had previously launched a feint attack on Chittagong, most of the ten Japanese divisions were deployed on the west bank of the Irrawaddy River, while there were only the Japanese 18th Division, the 56th Division, and the 2nd Division in Yangon on the east bank.

Zhang Chi continued: "On the other hand, the Japanese have invested most of the air power in Impal, which means that we can seize air supremacy effortlessly. With air supremacy, we have sea supremacy. To be precise, it should be the river supremacy. We can quickly control the Irrawaddy River and divide the entire Myanmar into two from the middle into two halves... There are only three divisions of the Japanese on the east coast, and the 56th division must also defend western Yunnan and cannot escape. Our army has two armies and four divisions. It is not a big problem to take the West Coast under sufficient supply. If the Japanese want to fight with us, they must cross the Irrawaddy River!"

"It's right!" Stilwell's eyes couldn't help but lit up after hearing this: "This reminds me of a sentence from you Chinese. It is called... to rule the river. We only need to set up defenses along the Irrawaddy River. On the basis of controlling air and river power, it is not difficult to block the Japanese army on the other side of the river. This not only can avoid the dilemma of being surrounded by the Japanese, but also may also surround the Japanese!"

This is also Zhang Chi's idea. You should know that at this time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force had only four divisions with more than 60,000 troops, while the total Japanese army had more than 200,000 troops. Although the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army was different from the past, if they rushed in rashly... the Japanese army only needed to retreat Impal's troops back and easily surrounded the Chinese army. And at that time... who knew whether the British would watch the show next to each other again.

If you fight down along the Irrawaddy River, this problem is unlikely to occur... If the Japanese army wants to surround the Chinese army, they must first break through the Chinese army's defense on the banks of the Irrawaddy River, which is obviously very difficult.

Then Stilwell frowned again: "If we want to do this, we should first take Mandalay, and the main force of the Japanese 18th Division is in Mandalay..."
Chapter completed!