In fact, no one knows better than the chairman that Jiang Haoran is the most suitable candidate for the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, and if Jiang Haoran had been in command from the beginning, perhaps there would not have been the predicament of the expeditionary force at the moment and the serious consequences of the Yunnan-Burma highway being cut off, and even at this time, the chairman of the committee believed that if Jiang Haoran went to Burma immediately, it would be possible to reverse the current defeat and turn decay into magic, and Jiang Haoran had created too many miracles.

However, it is precisely because of these "miracles" that the chairman of the committee feels very uneasy, Jiang Haoran, who is already as strong as a man, and then puts the expeditionary force into his hands, then he can have 600,000 male soldiers, the party-state claims to have an army of 8 million, but in fact it is at most 5 million, but the chairman of the committee really controls only a million of these 5 million troops, and the others are in the hands of warlords in various places, and it seems that the military commission is controlling the overall situation, but the chairman knows very well that this is because the Japanese are making trouble in it, so these warlords are temporarily twisted into a ball. Once the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression ends, China's civil war will inevitably break out again, and Jiang Haoran's strength can be promoted to the new warlord with the most potential to compete in the Central Plains.

However, during this time, Jiang Haoran's performance was satisfactory, and he was imprisoned for more than three months, Jiang Haoran did not take any action, and although the 40th Group Army silently protested against the orders of the Military Commission by inferior means, it did not act excessively, and the army also dutifully stuck to its own defensive line. In particular, the special operations division stationed in Baoshan took the initiative to take the responsibility of defending the southwest gate in the face of the invasion of a strong enemy, and according to the news from the front, they had repelled at least ten Japanese attacks.

Even "over there" showed no sign of standing up for Jiang Haoran, which was particularly gratifying to the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, which showed that at least Jiang Haoran had no problem with political leanings. Although the chairman of the committee has not been to see Jiang Haoran in the past three months, Jiang Haoran has a detailed report on what he is doing every day, and it is said that Jiang Haoran has become a "Jiang carpenter" in the past few months, and the trees near the Bai Mansion have been almost cut down by the agents of the military commander he forcibly ordered, and he only said that he was making toys for his future son while he was free. Although Dai Li reminded the chairman more than once that Jiang Haoran was learning from Wang Goujian to lie down and taste his courage, suggesting that the chairman must not be deceived by his illusion, the chairman did not think so, he felt that Jiang Haoran was still a little childish, but he was too stubborn, otherwise he would not have asked to see him for so long.

Just when the chairman of the committee was in a reverie, Wang Shihe, the chief of the state guard, hurriedly arrived and informed Chen Chen and Bai Chongxi that they wanted to see the chairman and were waiting in the meeting room.

The chairman of the committee was stunned for a moment, and seemed to understand the purpose of the two of them, politically, the two have always been as powerful as fire and water, but on the issue of Jiang Haoran, the two have always been in the same spirit, and the chairman also knows that they all value Jiang Haoran very much, and they are all trying to include Jiang Haoran in their sphere of influence, just like Mrs., they have been working hard in this regard, but they are unlikely to succeed, Jiang Haoran is arrogant, either he is dedicated to the party and the state, and becomes his most effective general, or he really has the idea of competing in the Central Plains, so, It is impossible for him to be a vassal of others, as the Chairman has always believed.

As soon as the chairman entered the meeting room, Chen Chen and Bai Chongxi immediately stood up and saluted, and after the salute, Chen Chen preemptively said: "Commission, just now the US Embassy in Chongqing sent a message of reprimand from the United States, bitterly stating that the Chinese Expeditionary Force did not obey General Stilwell's orders, Du Yuming's command ability was low, and he could not control the overall situation at all, and there were also big problems within the Expeditionary Force. It was also impossible to compete with the Japanese army in Burma, and the defeat in the Southeast Asian battlefield could not be changed??????"

"Nonsense, it's just nonsense!" Before Chen Chen's words were finished, the chairman of the committee scolded angrily, "This must be the ghost of this guy Stilwell, according to his meaning, the expeditionary force should be given command to him, and the lives of my hundreds of thousands of good sons and daughters should be handed over to their Yankees, and let them be cannon fodder?" Du Yuming's poor command? I think that in his hands, I am afraid that I will only lose even worse? Also, why don't they talk about the British army, hundreds of thousands of British troops retreated to India in one go, and they also used all kinds of deceptive means to trick our expeditionary force into covering their retreat, otherwise how could there be a current defeat, and now they put all the responsibility on the head of our expeditionary force, do they still have to face it? ”

The chairman of the committee danced with his hands, obviously extremely angry, so that Chen Chen and Bai Chongxi did not dare to take his words, until the chairman asked what else they were talking about? Bai Chongxi continued: "However, the Americans still have high hopes for us, and they are ready to provide another 30 to 50 divisions of all-American armament and equipment, on the condition that they ??????."

"Fifty mechanics?" The chairman of the committee interrupted Bai Chongxi's words again and exclaimed, however, this time his face was obviously much better-looking, the temptation of fifty American mechanics is not insignificant, the national army is only so low in combat effectiveness, to a large extent, it is a loss of equipment, if these fifty divisions are calculated according to the standard of 15,000 US army personnel, it is 750,000 troops, 750,000 US equipment troops, thinking about it makes the chairman excited, in the face of any conditions, it seems insignificant, but the chairman still asked anxiously: " What are their conditions? ”

Bai Chongxi continued: "Their condition is that the Chinese expeditionary force cannot retreat back to China, and at least retreat to Imphal to recuperate and actively prepare for a counteroffensive against Burma. ”

"Niang Xipi, this is a threat, a threat from Chiguo Guodi! Mother, are the Americans still qualified to negotiate terms with us now? I don't agree, see what they can do? ”

The chairman of the committee knows very well in his heart that the Americans are now also rushing to the hospital in a hurry, so generously take out 50 divisions of American weapons and equipment? That's because the situation in Europe is already very dangerous, and the German frenzied attack has made the US military dare not transfer its forces to the Southeast Asian theater, and can only rely on the Chinese army to contain the Japanese army.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Americans insist on not allowing the expeditionary force to withdraw to China, because the expeditionary force will take at least two months on the way back to China, and then reorganize into Burma, and may not be able to enter the state of counterattacking Burma within half a year.