Although it was a little unsatisfactory, it was a worthwhile trip for Nimitz, and he finally had a smile on his face when he left. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the plane carrying Nimitz left the ground and rushed into the shadows, Chen Shaokuan asked, "Boss, do we really want to cooperate with them in the battle for islands in the Pacific Ocean?" ”

Jiang Haoran glanced at Chen Shaokuan and said, "This is a rare training opportunity, without causing great casualties, you can do your best to help them, but if the risk is too high, you still have to pay attention, don't be used as a gun by them." ”

"Okay, then I got it." Chen Shaokuan nodded.

Jiang Haoran said: "Okay, Brother Houfu and Brother Hong Lie, I won't go back to the headquarters, I have to rush to Imphal, I won't say more words of encouragement, the Chinese Pacific Fleet will rely on you." ”

"Ah...... Let's go, we haven't had dinner yet, at least we have to do our best landlord friendship, right? Chen Shaokuan said urgently.

"Yes, Mr. Zo, shall we leave after dinner?" Yang Honglie on the side seconded.

"No, there's a cook on the plane, I'll eat whatever I want on the plane, and Stilwell is still waiting for me in Imphal, working hard, no way!"

"Hahaha!"

……

It was already past eight o'clock in the evening when Jiang Haoran walked into the Imphal headquarters, and the headquarters was filled with the smell of cigars and smoke, and Stilwell had obviously been waiting for a long time.

When the two met, they didn't have too many greetings, and quickly got to the point, of course, talking about the order of the Allied Command to go west to India, but Jiang Haoran still used the same rhetoric to deal with Nimitz, and categorically refused.

But Stilwell is obviously not as foolish as Nimitz, he knows the strength of the Chinese army better, and the battle of Xuzhou is ready in front of him, but there is no shortage of troops in China who can recruit and fight well, and it is far from the need to return to China to fight without the special operations division, airborne division, new third division, and new fifth division, and the current expeditionary force is not a force composed of all new recruits as Jiang Haoran said.

It is a fact that hundreds of thousands of casualties have been killed, but there are also many veterans who have been randomly replenished, and moreover, after so many battles, the original recruits have also become veterans, and it is no exaggeration to say that the current expeditionary force will not lose to any elite troops in China in terms of equipment, quality, and individual ability, except for the Far Fifth Group Army, which has just been incorporated into the troops. Therefore, Jiang Haoran's "recruit theory" is not convincing at all.

Although he was completely decorated by Stilwell, Jiang Haoran was not angry at all, not even a blushing expression, but once again played his usual scoundrel, and the dead pig was not afraid of boiling water and said: "Okay, even if what you say is reasonable, I will tell you clearly that it is impossible for me to go west to India." ”

"Why? Now that the expeditionary force is in full swing, it is the critical moment to strike at fascism, and the anti-fascist war all over the world is in full swing, but you, the consistent vanguard officer, are not moving, which is very unreasonable? Stilwell's emotions were a little agitated.

Jiang Haoran was also a little angry, and said: "Old man, if you have to have a reason, then good, let me tell you, I will never let my expeditionary force soldiers serve as cannon fodder, to put it nicely, 400,000 coalition troops went west to India to fight, but 300,000 are my expeditionary forces, the rice army, and the British army are symbolic soy sauce, you and I know their combat capabilities, and it is my expeditionary force soldiers who charge at critical moments, and 400,000 troops sound like a huge number, but before the German army attacked the Soviet Union, We must have been prepared for our hand a long time ago, and the number of troops on the rear line must be as large as a cow's hair, and it is unknown how many of my 400,000 troops can come out. In addition, now that the German-Italian coalition has reached Omanra, the last strategic location before Alexandria and the Suez Canal is already in jeopardy, if the German-Italian coalition occupies El Alamein, it may directly occupy the whole of Egypt, and then threaten the Suez Canal and the Middle East, cutting off the connection between Britain and overseas colonies such as India. ”

Stilwell held his forehead with one hand and rubbed his eyes closed for a long time before continuing: "Chiang, you should have confidence in the Mi and British coalition forces, they will definitely not let the German-Italian coalition forces cross the Suez Canal." ”

Jiang Haoran looked at Stilwell coldly, and said coldly: "Old man, when you said this, did you have confidence in your heart?" ”

Stilwell was speechless, the time he had dealt with the British army was not short, he knew the combat effectiveness of the British army very well, except for retreating, they really had nothing good at, seeing if they couldn't convince Jiang Haoran, Stilwell was a little helpless, sighed, and said: "Child, let me tell you the truth, the German-Italian army has come to the city of Ammanra, the Suez Canal is not facing a threat, but almost paralyzed, if you don't send troops and attract the enemy's firepower, the Anglo-Iranian army will immediately face the dilemma of material shortage, I'm afraid Amanra really won't be able to hold on? ”

"What, the Suez Canal is paralyzed?" Jiang Haoran ejected and exclaimed: "Amalla is still in the hands of the Allies, how can the Suez Canal be paralyzed?" ”

Located in Egypt, the Suez Canal is the main international shipping route connecting Europe, Asia and Africa, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, connecting the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans, and greatly shortening the voyage between the East and the West. Compared with the detour of the Cape of Good Hope in Africa, it is shortened by 5,500-8,009 kilometers from the countries bordering the Atlantic coast of Europe to the Indian Ocean, and 8,000-10,000 kilometers from the Mediterranean countries to the Indian Ocean; For the Black Sea coast, it is shortened by 12,000 kilometers, it is an international shipping route of great strategic importance in international shipping, and it is also the main channel for the flow of materials throughout Asia and Africa.

Stilwell smiled bitterly: "Amallah is still in the hands of the Allies, but the 'Desert Fox' Rommel is too cunning, using strong air superiority, turning around and bombing the Suez Canal indiscriminately, in just a few days, thousands of supply ships have been sunk by them, and less than a tenth of the supplies that can be successfully transported to the destination." ”

Jiang Haoran said: "Didn't you set up a strong anti-aircraft fire network on both sides of the canal? ”

"Why not, the anti-aircraft fire on both sides of the entire Suez Canal is densely woven like a net, the cunning German army took advantage of the night time to dispatch, the anti-aircraft artillery could not find air targets, but the planes easily found the canal with the reflection of the water surface, and extended the bombing all the way, and the ships in the canal had nothing to hide."