Zhang Qun knew that these goals were contradictory: if he wanted to fight the Communist Party, he could not send troops abroad; If we want to stick to the U.S. aid channel, then the Indian direction cannot collapse completely; If you want to send an expeditionary force, you will have to go head-to-head with the Japanese - it's worth it and it's very hesitant. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Besides, the ready-made 20 county towns and strategic places such as Yichang and Nanchang will not be recovered but will defend India, which cannot be beaten by eight poles, and the troops below will know that they will poke their backbones and scold.

"How credible do you think this telegram is?"

Chang Kaishen hesitated, nodded and admitted: "The credibility is relatively high, the Japanese army has indeed been shrinking the front since Ishihara Waner came to power, and as for whether to withdraw troops from here to fight India, it is still between two theories-Mr. Geng Guang believes that the Japanese army has enough troops, and the difficulty of fighting India lies in maintaining supply lines rather than in the number of troops." In addition, in order to win our trust, the Japanese side took the initiative to say that it could settle the county seat first, and as long as we agreed, it would be completed within two weeks. ”

Chen Bui hesitated: Winning 20 county towns without a fight is also a great achievement for the Chinese government in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but the attitude of the Japanese army is strange - they don't mention the common ** now, and they also say that they want to hand over the county town to the Communist Party and sell arms, is this really to cooperate with the Communist Party or to use the hands of the Communist Party to pressure the government?

Zhang Qun's mind turned fast, first taking over the county seat and then regretting sending an expeditionary force, this kind of thing is estimated that the chairman of the committee will not be able to do it:

In the past six months or so, he has heard similar stories many times: those who honestly paid money to ransom the city, the Japanese side basically kept their promises, and those who dared to play tricks to show their hearts were finally taught a lesson by the Japanese army, and now there are really no more people who dare to do so;

Second, it is not easy to really send troops into India, the lessons of the first time into Burma are vivid, and now with the addition of the German army, the fear of difficulties will be greater - the combat effectiveness of the German armor division is obvious to everyone, and now the ancestral army that swept through Europe is here, and China and Germany have always had a good relationship, and they also helped fight the Japanese army at the beginning, even if they later declared war on each other, it was only a symbolic act, and the troops had no motivation and no hatred to fire with the Germans;

Third, he has seen very clearly what the chairman is thinking, and now he is going to use three parts military and seven parts political against the Japanese army, and he is ready to use three parts politics and seven parts military against the Communist Party -- otherwise, who will read the long and tirave articles criticizing the Soviet invasion in the newspapers? This refers to Sang scolding Huai!

"Isn't there any advantage for the Americans...... Chen Bui asked hesitantly, the subtext is that the Americans should not only talk about responsibilities and obligations and not give benefits.

Chang Kaishen coughed and showed an unnatural smile: "The Americans first expressed strong dissatisfaction with the behavior of the Soviet Union and will resolutely support all our actions; Second, the Americans clearly expressed their approval of the government's move to further unify military and government orders; Thirdly, they are willing to negotiate with Britain to return Hong Kong to us after the war and abolish the unequal treaties signed before; Finally, if the passage between India and Myanmar is opened, we are willing to send us 30 equipment for American mechanics. ”

Chen Bui's brows jumped, as the chief officer, he knew too well what was behind the "unified military order and government order" -- this was a tacit approval of the chairman's actions against the Communist Party.

Zhang Qun nodded: These conditions of the United States are still very sincere, and they just tickled Lao Jiang's itch, it stands to reason that this is a matter with a lot of room for maneuver, why are the two so noisy?

Chang Kaishen himself explained: "I could have sat down and discussed, but Stilwell deceived people too much, and there were a bunch of demands when he came up, regardless of our actual difficulties, and finally squeezed out these things like toothpaste, forcing me to say yes or not on the spot?" This is a gesture of equal consultation between allies, and this is clearly the party that caught me signing the "21st Article"! ”

"In this way, the situation in India is very bad......"

"Of course it's bad." Chang Kaishen sneered, "The area of Ceylon Island is almost twice the size of Taiwan, such a large island fell in 3 days, and 40,000 British troops were taken prisoner. Mother, the British are all waste! ――Even if you put 40,000 pigs there, you won't be able to catch them in three days! If such a general were with us, I would have killed him! ”

"It is not in our interests for India to easily allow the Japanese army to occupy it, because the country is surrounded by the Japanese army on all sides, foreign aid is cut off, and the situation is greatly unfavorable; Second, this will not achieve the goal of depleting the strength of the Japanese army, and if the Japanese army continues to come back to fight us after fighting India, it will be troublesome; Third, if India is completely lost, Britain will probably not be able to fight, and may have to withdraw from the war, and as soon as Britain withdraws, the United States will also retreat, and we will fight alone, with strong enemy forces outside and the Communist Party not obeying commands inside, and internal and external troubles will be very unfavorable......

Chang Kaishen nodded: "What Mr. Yue Jun said is reasonable, please continue to say ......"

"Then I'll talk about some immature ideas first...... Zhang Qun sorted out his thoughts and spoke slowly, "First of all, the situation in India now seems to be very difficult, and the key is that there is no will to protracted war of resistance. ”

Chang Kaishen's face was slightly red, this sentence was actually said by Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi, but he nodded quietly.

"Secondly, of course, we must send troops, but we must not send more, and we must not give command to the British—otherwise, in the future, we will have no place to die, and we can form a joint command of three, and the command must also have our men; Thirdly, since the Japanese army has shown signs of withdrawing from the mainland, should we talk about it again, as long as we respect our territorial sovereignty and national unity, we can let the Japanese side take advantage of the economy; Finally, with regard to the unification of military orders and government decrees, I raise my hands in agreement, but do I want to find some definite evidence and make it clear? The Russians kept saying that they were friendly, and as soon as the grain snatching was exposed, the people woke up, and the people had to have such a process of understanding the Communist Party. ”

"I basically agree with Mr. Yue Jun's opinion." Chen Bui said after a while, "I'll add a few words:

First, the situation in India is different from ours, India is a colony, and for ordinary Indians, there is no national hatred and family hatred, and it is a big deal for the Japanese army to change its master, so I agree with the chairman's proposition -- I suggest that the British clearly give India an independent status to stimulate their determination to resist the war;

Since the United States also agrees with the unification of our military and government orders, then the US aid materials must naturally be distributed uniformly under the auspices of the government;

Third, there are prerequisites for us to send troops, at least the British and American allies must first launch a counteroffensive on the front line of Burma and open up a road, otherwise how will the 300,000 troops pass? Shouldn't the British be wishful thinking and let us open our own way and then go to India's aid? If the Japanese army is so easy to fight, why don't we take the opportunity to recover Wuhan? ”

Chang Kaishen bowed slightly, the words of the two just now made most of the depression in his heart less.

"I have a bold idea...... But ......," Zhang Qun suddenly said again.

"Say, say, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."

"The Communist Party keeps saying that it is anti-Japanese, and the Americans also think that they are anti-Japanese and have good combat effectiveness, so it is okay, the government simply passed the next notice from the Americans, asking the 18th Group Army and the new Fourth Route Army to send troops to India to fight the Japanese army......

"This is inappropriate, inappropriate, isn't this just letting the Communist Party take American arms and materials in vain?" Chang Kaishen was still thinking about it, and Chen Bui first objected.

"Actually, if the communist forces want to maintain their independence and do their own thing, the Americans will soon recognize their true colors; If the Communist Party readily accepted the command and arrangement of the Americans, then would the Communist troops still have the surname of the Communist Party? Zhang Qun laughed gloomily, "There are many benefits to sending the Communist Party to India to fight. Go, win or lose is advantageous; If the Communist Party refuses to go, then it will have to be said with the help of Mr. Bray's pen: Stalin sent troops to steal grain and kill our military and civilians, and the common people have already recognized the truth. ”

Chang Kaishen nodded secretly: This trick is exactly the same as Zhang Qun's original suggestion to deal with the students' street demonstrations, whenever the Japanese army causes friction in Northeast China and North China, there are always a large number of students who say that they want to resist Japan, and then come to the government to protest and demonstrate, he is overwhelmed, appeased and does not listen, Huairou is useless, and he does not dare to suppress it. In the end, Zhang Qun came up with an idea: all those who marched to preach anti-Japanese aggression were required to go to the Purple Mountain Barracks to enlist as soldiers, train together with ordinary soldiers, and personally resist Japan and save the country.

Of course, the student soldiers rushed to rush away, and within a few days many people couldn't stand sneaking around -- Chang Kaishen gave an order, and the student soldiers ran away without arresting, beating, or killing, and they had to pretend that they didn't see it when they saw it, and most of them left within a few days -- they either slipped away or were scolded by their parents or picked up by the principal, and only a few people could hold on and stay, and these people were later sent to the Whampoa Military Academy to become serious 800 officers. In fact, it is not surprising that most of the people who can study in Nanjing are middle-class or even upper-class children, how many people are willing to give up everything and endure hardships to become a big soldier? And how many parents would approve of their children joining the military?

As for the student soldiers who escaped, Zhang Qun gave them a definition, calling them "anti-Japanese elements". Of course, students always graduated one by one and new people came one after another, and the anti-Japanese elements were replaced one after another. It was not until after the July 7 Incident that this situation was completely changed -- there were many student soldiers in the expeditionary force.

"Well...... Chang Kaishen hesitated again, "I have to discuss it again, and think about it in the long run." ”

Zhang Qun knew that the old problem of looking forward and backward on the other side had begun to flare up again, and he was a little contemptuous in his heart, but he said: "Of course, of course, this is just my personal immature idea, which makes the committee laugh." (To be continued.) )