Fighting for Peace (Thanks to 'Three Seconds to Sage Mode' for the generous donation as an Alliance Leader!)

England did not make a move because its forces were insufficient, and they feared Wang Yan's combat prowess even more.

They had followed Wang Yan, obeyed his command, and driven the Japanese army back all the way. They knew full well how capable Wang Yan was, and even now, they had found no way to counter his style of warfare.

Not just them—the Japanese had fought him for three whole years and studied him for three years. They had used every method imaginable, yet they still had no way to contain Wang Yan. He had beaten them like dogs.

As for troop numbers, England had not sent many additional troops into Southeast Asia over the past three years, though it had suffered plenty of casualties. Even now, its combat units numbered only a little over forty thousand men.

There were also the colonial forces. Myanmar could muster several hundred thousand troops, and India could provide several hundred thousand more. Clearly, both were fence-sitters. When war came, they merely muddled through—nothing but rabble.

If he truly wanted to forcibly recruit local troops, Wang Yan could likewise raise several hundred thousand men in Northern Myanmar. But he did not have enough weapons or ammunition, and the men he recruited would have no combat training whatsoever.

Unlike now, over the past year, he had recruited nearly thirty thousand local troops, including natives and Chinese. Their weapons and equipment were all captured Japanese gear. As for his core force, more than half had already been equipped with American weapons, a smaller portion with British weapons, supplemented by Japanese light and heavy machine guns and all manner of artillery.

He had captured who knew how many Japanese ammunition depots. Supplying his current forces left him with a surplus.

Meanwhile, the troops recruited locally had all