Early the next morning, Ron and his task force boarded the plane again and headed for Chongqing. By noon, the plane arrived at Chongqing Airport. As soon as I got off the plane, I was greeted by a jeep from the US military representative office. The group also got into the car, and the convoy soon entered the city.

Chongqing is a mountain city near the river, with a lot of uphill and downhill slopes. The road is not very wide, and there are a lot of turns and irregular intersections. In Ron's opinion, you have to drive slowly enough to be safe when driving here. However, the convoy drove quite fast, and the jeep at the front honked its horn all the way, drove at a speed of 70 yards, and went on a rampage through the city.

Arriving at the representative office, the motorcade entered the gate, turned to the right and stopped in front of a small western-style building. General Chennault was standing in front of the small building waiting for them.

Entering the small building, Ron found that Chennault had prepared a feast for them in the small building. It seems that General Chennault has been in China for a long time, and he has also acquired a lot of Chinese habits. However, Ron and his gang were indeed a little hungry after a morning on the plane.

However, Chennault did not learn the Chinese habit of talking about things at the wine table, let alone "deep feelings, a dull mouthful" and the like. Therefore, in fact, in addition to the fact that there are a little more dishes, the difference between the reception banquet and the working meal is not very obvious.

After eating, Chennault told Ron that Chang was too busy to meet them. But tomorrow, he can [a] [read] the novel xstxt to meet Mrs. Chang Kaishen.

"The old man and Stilwell have been having a hard time lately." Chennault said, "Stilwell wanted to get command of the entire squadron from Chiang Kai-shek. Of course, the old man refused, and even with him, he had doubts about the intentions of our government. Ron, when you meet Ms. Song tomorrow, you must be careful not to give the impression that you are trying to direct someone to do something. ”

The contradiction between Stilwell and Chang Kaishen, Ron knows. Before the time crossed, Ron had read many articles about the history of the Anti-Japanese War, which mentioned the grievances between Stilwell and Chang Kaishen. Ron knew that Stilwell had been sent to the Chinese theater of operations, thinking that he would be able to stand alone and establish immortal feats. So on the question of how to fight against Japan, he was much more active than those Chinese generals. He always hoped that the squadron could take the initiative to launch an offensive campaign against the Japanese army, instead of being passively holding each other as now, and only when the Japanese hit the door would they passively defend.

But Stilwell's wish, in China, at least here at KMT, not many people are willing to cooperate with it. Stilwell once complained that Peanuts (Stilwell's contemptuous name for Chang Kaishen) never fought with the Japanese army after the United States entered the war, and he was now thinking about how to take American aid while waiting for the Americans to defeat Japan, and then he would come to receive the fruits of victory. All the aid that the Americans gave him was hoarded by him to prepare for the civil war in the future.

In a sense, Stilwell is not wrong to say that. After the United States entered the war, Japan continued to transfer troops from Chinese mainland to the Pacific theater. In the eyes of the Americans, China can hold on to Japan until there is almost no international aid and Japan moves these more experienced troops out of Chinese mainland, so the squadron should be able to launch a counterattack after receiving American assistance and Japan is moving more and more elite troops away. However, the squadron did not even have the posture of counterattacking, or even counterattacking.

For example, in Henan, a generation of gambling god Jiang Dingwen and the legendary druid Tang Enbo led hundreds of thousands of ** to confront the Japanese army along the Yellow River. But the Japanese army also occupied a small ferry on the bank of the Yellow River on the ** side, and there were less than a squadron of devils stationed. Supposedly, such a nail that undermines the integrity of the line of defense should be removed as soon as possible. But Jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo didn't know whether they were busy scourging the people of Henan, who didn't think about it, or they were afraid that once the fight broke out, they would alarm the little Japan that was also busy scourging the common people, and what kind of chaos would happen at that time. Anyway, this bridgehead has been staying quietly under the noses of hundreds of thousands of KMT troops for several years. In 44 years, the Japanese army launched the Battle of Henan-Xiang-Gui, which broke through the Yellow River from this small ferry, and then, with the cooperation of the people of Henan, beat Tang Enbo, who was on a par with floods, droughts, and locust plagues.

But on the other hand, it is a big question whether the KMT army really has the ability to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army. Offense has always been a more difficult form of warfare than defense. Although the quality of the Japanese troops on the Chinese battlefield has decreased. But there is probably no pressure to defeat the KMT army in a defensive battle. Moreover, it was not only the quality of the Japanese army that fell, **, especially the quality of the KMT army fell even faster.

In the past, under the threat of Japanese attacks, I could seriously prepare for defense and train my troops. As soon as the Pacific War broke out, it was obvious that the Japanese army did not have too many attacks in China, so the KMT army also relaxed. As a result, all kinds of problems such as eating empty salaries and playing smuggling have also emerged. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the entire army naturally declined to the point where it could not be seen.

Stilwell, of course, knew that the combat effectiveness of the KMT army had decreased. But he believes that this problem is not difficult to solve. Just give him full control of these armies. He believed that the combat capability of these troops would definitely be greatly improved, just like the current army stationed in India.

And handing over the army, this is almost asking for Chang Kaishen's life, so Chang Kaishen refused without hesitation. In order to put pressure on Chang Kaishen, relying on the advantage of American aid in his hands, Stilwell began to frequently deal with those forces that were not politically consistent with Chang Kaishen - local powerful factions and even the Eighteenth Army. He openly threatened to give American aid to whoever had the army in his hands willing to obey his command. Wang Longyun of Yunnan immediately jumped out to express his interest, and Wu Hao, the representative of the Saturn community in Chongqing, and Zhu Daizhen, the commander of the 18th Group Army, even said that the 18th Group Army was willing to completely obey the command of General Stilwell. Stilwell was also very interested in this, and constantly sent personnel to communicate with the 18th Army, and even proposed to the US government to fully arm the 18th with American-style weapons.

This practice is even more taboo for Chang Kaishen, and now the relationship between Stilwell and Chang Kaishen has almost broken up. Therefore, it is inevitable that the US military's various actions in China will encounter some constraints. Chennault was worried that Ron accidentally touched the sensitive nerves of KMT's dignitaries when he came into contact with them, causing problems for his mission.

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Ron replied earnestly.

"It's more convenient to deal with Mrs. Chang Kaishen than with Chang Kaishen himself." "Mrs. Chang is very intelligent, she knows more about American culture, and she is not as sensitive as Mr. Chang. So talking to her, it's actually a lot easier. In addition, Mrs. Chang's influence is quite large, not only because she is Mrs. Chang, but also because she herself and her family have a strong influence. With her support, many things will be easier to do. But you also have to understand. In any case, no matter how much she understands you, her basic position is absolutely the same as that of Mr. Chang Kaishen. ”

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Ron took Master Pei, accompanied by General Chennault, to meet Mrs. Chang Kaishen. To say that this is not the first time Mrs. Chang has seen Ron, as early as 41 years when she visited the United States, she met Ron, who had just received the Medal of Honor, in the arsenal of the Great Viper. However, at that time, Ron was just a combat hero, and the schedule was very tight at that time, so Mrs. Chang only said a word or two to Ron, so although Mrs. Chang was a little impressed with him, it was not profound. However, in any case, they can be regarded as acquaintances.

After the meeting, Mrs. Chang sang the usual praises of Sino-American friendship and praised Ron for being young and promising.

"How old is General Ron this year? Are you married? During the greetings, Mrs. Chang threw out such a question.

Ron didn't answer right away. The reason is not that he is reluctant to say it, but as a time-traveler, he always has to think of his age, and he is always a little slower than normal people.

"Ron is just 30 years old, the youngest general in our Army and in the entire U.S. Army. I think back then, when I was so old with him, I was still a big soldier. Chennault said. Chennault said that he was only a big soldier when he was 30 years old, which is an exaggeration. At that time, he was the squadron leader of a fighter squadron, but he had a big temper, his thinking was deviant, and there was no war to provide practical proof, and he offended a large group of people in the US Army Airlines, and it was true that he could not be promoted in military rank. Until 37, when he retired for the first time at the age of 46, he was still a captain.

"General, you've just been waiting a little longer for the war." Ron said to Chennault, who deliberately made a look of jealousy.

"Ah, Ron, you don't have to comfort me. I'm happy with the situation now. And you are indeed better than me in many places, for example, in war, we are all treasures, but in peacetime I am a scourge, and you are certainly not. ”

"Claire, you can't say that. I feel like you're invaluable at all times. Mrs. Chang said, "By the way, you haven't told me yet, is our youngest general married?" ”

"This ...... Honestly, ma'am, I don't know. If I knew, I would have told you. Chennault said that this was true, and Chennault was not bored enough to care about such things.

"Not yet," Ron replied, "it's too busy in wartime to have time." It is estimated that the solution to this problem will not be until after the end of the war. Speaking of which, for the first time, I have to express my dissatisfaction with the war. I guess we'd better try to get this damn war over quickly. ”

"So what kind of mission does General Ron want to accomplish when he comes to China this time, and what do we need to cooperate with?"

"Madam, I have only come this time as an envoy of General Arnold to investigate the construction of bomber airfields in China to bomb Japan. Our expedition team may need to travel to many places for field exploration. All of this requires the cooperation of the Chinese side......"