While Zhuo Fei and a team of scouts were stirring up trouble on the flank of the 33rd Division, the joint command in Chongqing suddenly sent a telegram, urgently summoning Zhuo Fei to return to Chongqing. The telegram from the joint command did not go into details, and the telegram of inquiry sent by Angela never responded, and Zhuo Fei, who learned of the incident, personally sent a telegram to Chongqing, but the reply he received made Zhuo Fei frown.

"Just yesterday, Yamashita Fumi's Southern Corps has landed in the Philippines, and a major war has broken out on the west coast of the United States, and a forward division of the Japanese army has landed on the west coast of the United States. Zhuo Fei, who returned to Lashio, did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately called a meeting of the senior officers of the Independence Army and informed everyone of the news he had received. "China has already joined the Anti-Fascist League, but the US government did not invite the Chinese government to this meeting.

Zhuo Fei, who frowned, looked around at everyone, the development of the situation had exceeded his expectations, from the time he pushed the Japanese to attack Hawaii in advance and capture Midway, Zhuo Fei had lost control and prediction of the situation. The fact that the Americans did not invite the Chinese government to the alliance talks they came up with now was nothing to Zhuo Fei, who was just worried that the Soviets would have a secret agreement with the Japanese Kwantung Army in private.

Historically, during World War II, in order to avoid being attacked by the enemy, the Soviets once had a secret agreement with the Kwantung Army not to attack each other. The Soviet Union and Germany joined forces to divide Poland, and a non-aggression pact had been signed between the two countries, and now that the Soviets were openly participating in the alliance talks convened by the U.S. government, in a sense, the Soviets had unilaterally torn up the non-aggression pact signed with Germany.

Once the Soviets and Germany went to war, the Soviet army had to devote all its energy to dealing with the powerful German army. Japan and Germany were an alliance, and if the Soviets and Germany went to war, the Japanese Kwantung Army units deployed in the northeast would become a thorn in the back of the Soviets. If they want to deal with the German army wholeheartedly, the Soviets must coordinate the relationship with the Kwantung Army before turning their faces with the Germans, and this is what Zhuo Fei is worried about, once there is an agreement between the Soviet Union and the Kwantung Army, the situation of China's War of Resistance may change greatly.

"We Asians should still have the final say on Asian affairs, and since the Americans did not invite us to the talks, it is a big deal, so we will fight devils behind closed doors. I still don't believe it, anyway, if we don't form an alliance with them, we will also fight the little devils. "Chen Geng's attitude is very clear, and his words are even more sick to the several countries participating in the talks." France has already surrendered to the Germans, and the British are obviously not going to live long, and now there are only the Soviet Union and the United States, and I don't believe that they can kill the Germans. ”

Once the German army takes the British mainland, only the Soviets in the whole of Europe can compete with Germany, and the Americans have to deal with Japan's home attack on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have to look for suitable offensive opportunities. Chen Geng's words sparked a discussion among the officers, and after some discussion, the entire Independence Army reached a consensus that regardless of the situation in Europe, the Independence Army's operations would continue to be carried out according to the original plan.

Before leaving, Zhuo Fei found an opportunity to specifically tell Chen Geng, "The resettlement plan has been launched, the first batch of 50,000 immigrants has arrived in Kunming, and the current task of your independent army is to force the 55th Division back to the south of Mandalay, find an opportunity to defeat the 33rd Division, stabilize the situation in northern Myanmar, and lay a good foundation for resettlement." "There are some things that Zhuo Fei can't say to Chen Geng, there are still a few troops transferred from China along with the immigrants to the south, and their task is very simple, to eliminate the indigenous people in northern Myanmar as much as possible, and win the space and opportunities for the immigrants to go south.

Zhuo Fei returned to Chongqing three days later, and during the two days he stayed in Ruili, Zhuo Fei had a long talk and analysis of the current situation with his staff. The aides believe that the reason why the Chinese government was not invited to the alliance talks is mainly because of the white supremacy factor, especially the Western countries are not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the Chinese army. "Boss, I personally believe that if you want the alliance talks to change its attitude, the government army must fight a major war with the Japanese army in the near future, and this battle must be won, and only in this way will the Western countries' perception of the Chinese army be changed."

Although the new army has been unveiled, in fact, the new army is still in the stage of accumulating strength, and the coalition government is not ready to fight a large-scale battle with the Japanese army. At the present stage, the situation of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is still based on guerrilla raids and harassment, supplemented by the strategy of stabilizing the base areas, and if troops are suddenly mobilized and the Japanese army are stumbling to the death, how to convince the high-level government officials will be a troublesome matter.

"The Soviets' participation in the talks means that they have already made their attitude clear, and I am now worried that the Soviets will secretly reach a secret agreement with the Kwantung Army. If the Kwantung Army in the northeast does not have to worry about the troops deployed by the Soviet Union in the Far East, then the Japanese government can transfer a large number of Kwantung Army troops to fight in the south, and then we will encounter even greater trouble. With his own staff group, Zhuo Fei no longer had to worry about the trouble of saying too much, and immediately expressed his worries.

"It is true that the Japanese Kwantung Army has as many as a million in the northeast, and its combat effectiveness is strong, and once the Kwantung Army moves south in large numbers, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for the current situation. As long as the new army fights well and brilliantly and lets the Japanese see the strength of the new army, this will be a good opportunity for us to gain the initiative. Thomas, nicknamed the pigeon, pointed out another direction for Zhuo Fei.

"Japan's attack on the American mainland will inflate the Japanese ambitions to the extreme in a short period of time, and the covert compromise of the Soviets will also perpetuate this inflated Japanese mentality. We should now hold our troops and maintain the current situation of confrontation, and when the Japanese army attacking the American mainland has gained a firm foothold, we should look for an opportunity to engage in a large-scale battle with the Japanese army at home. As long as they are hurt by the Japanese army, it is not difficult for the Japanese to see the strength of the new army and the determination of the Chinese government to resist, and compared with the rich United States, I think it will not be difficult for the Japanese to make a wise choice. Thomas's remarks may sound out of tune, but when you think about it, it's not impossible.

On the way back to Chongqing by military plane, Zhuo Fei was thinking about how to convince the bigwigs in the top of the government. Without their support, the possibility of a battle between the New Army and the Japanese Army would be very small, and the Japanese would not have seen the strength of the New Army and the determination of the Chinese, and the Japanese Government would not have made the decision to re-choose the direction of the war. Zhuo Fei pondered all the way, but he didn't come up with a clue, the plane landed, Zhuo Fei was taken to the villa on the south bank to meet Chiang Kai-shek, what Zhuo Fei didn't expect was that Chiang Kai-shek's attitude was very weird.

A large-scale battle with the Japanese army? Zhuo Fei was obviously shocked by Chiang Kai-shek's words, and he was trying to persuade the top government leaders to support a battle with the Japanese army along the way, but he never expected that he had not yet expressed his opinion, but Chiang Kai-shek, on behalf of the top level of the government, first revealed the constitution of preparing to fight the Japanese army. "Yes, the General Staff is already specifying a plan, and we plan to fight a battle with the Japanese army around Shijiazhuang." Chiang Kai-shek was obviously very proud to see Zhuo Fei's look of surprise, which made Chiang Kai-shek, who was accustomed to controlling the overall situation, very satisfied.

"Battle with the Japanese army in Shijiazhuang?" Zhuo Fei was once again stunned by Chiang Kai-shek's words, if Zhuo Fei was given a choice, he would choose to fight the Japanese army in the south instead of Shijiazhuang. "Shijiazhuang only has the New First Army, and the others are guerrilla troops, which seems to be insufficient to fight the Japanese army in North China." Zhuo Fei did not directly persuade Chiang Kai-shek, but talked about the strength of the enemy and us in North China.

Chiang Kai-shek shook his head and smiled, "The new First Army plus the two divisions of the Jin Sui Army are enough to compete with the Japanese army in North China, and the Eighth Route Army has promised to send three divisions to participate in the battle, plus the guerrilla troops to help in the war, we are ready to tear off a piece of the Japanese army in North China." Chiang Kai-shek did not want to hide from Zhuo Fei, and directly told Zhuo Fei the general plan of the North China battle, and after listening to Chiang Kai-shek's narration, Zhuo Fei did not speak immediately, but fell into deep thought.

According to Chiang Kai-shek's account, the Battle of North China had reached the stage where the curtain was about to begin, and the top leaders of the coalition government had put a lot of effort into it. If he puts forward different opinions at this time, he will not only offend the high-level bigwigs, but may also undermine the confidence of the new army. After thinking about it, Zhuo Fei did not oppose the North China battle plan, overturned, and Zhuo Fei also promised to send a group of rocket artillery vehicles to the north to support the battle.

Before falling asleep, Zhuo Fei remembered once again the words before Thomas sent him on the plane, and he returned to Chongqing to lobby the government to agree to a battle with the Japanese army, which was nothing more than to show the Japanese the combat effectiveness of the new army. Now that the government was already planning a battle with the Japanese army, whether it was to show the existence of China to the alliance talks, or to gather and annihilate the Japanese army in North China, Zhuo Fei thought that he should not stop this battle with the Japanese army in North China.

The sky was bright, Zhuo Fei, who had been thinking all night, fell asleep, the sky was bright in Chongqing, there was nothing unusual on weekdays, and the bustling pedestrians on the street did not know that the situation of the Anti-Japanese War would soon change greatly, and they would not know that the most cruel week in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War was coming.