Stilwell's diary is interesting to read in conjunction with Chang Kaishen's diary.

When Stilwell scolded Chiang in his diary as the biggest fool in the world, on the same day, Chiang wrote in his diary: "This person (Stilwell) has no common sense and no personality, which is really unimaginable. ”

Stilwell scolded Lao Jiang in his diary for not discussing the military situation with the Ministry of Military Affairs and only making decisions in the secret room. In his diary, Chiang scolded Stilwell for concealing the data of British and American troops and wanted Chinese soldiers to be cannon fodder (at that time, Stilwell refused to provide documents on the strength of the U.S. Navy, and only said that he would send appropriate troops).

In his diary, Stilwell scolded Chiang for sabotaging relations between the allies, and Chiang scolded Stilwell in his diary for "making a lot of mistakes" and being the "general cause" for undermining Sino-US relations.

If the two people's diaries were to be released publicly in real time, it would be tantamount to spraying each other, and they made no secret of their dislike for each other.

Stilwell's evaluation of Lao Jiang is basically true.

Similarly, Chiang's opinion of Stilwell is not nonsense.

Stilwell, an American Yankee, not only has contradictions with Chang Kaishen in China, but also with Song Ziwen and others, and he even has contradictions with Chennault, the captain of the Flying Tigers.

At that time, Chennault suggested mobilizing superior air power to lure the Japanese air force into dispatching and destroying most of Japan's air force in China in one fell swoop, thereby destroying Japan's land and sea lines of communication and making the operations between China and Burma go more smoothly.

It was a very good plan, but it was rejected by Stilwell. The reason for his veto: the Chinese army was too scumbag to protect the airport. If an air strike against Japan is carried out too early and the enemy is drawn to attack, the airfields in Yunnan, Guangxi, and Hunan will all be lost, and future battles will not be better fought.

To put it bluntly, Stilwell looked down on the Chinese military and looked down on the Chinese military - although the Chinese army was really bad at the time, at least it was not as rubbish as Stilwell said.

If Lao Jiang is an arrogant and arrogant lion, then Stilwell is a teddy who scares at anyone he sees. This guy not only looked down on the Chinese army, but also looked down on the British army, and constantly showed this contempt, resulting in the same bad relationship between him and the British military.

Chennault's assessment of Stilwell should be the most appropriate: "Stilwell's mission to China is undoubtedly to put the most difficult diplomatic work on the shoulders of a wartime professional soldier...... He always saw himself completely as a soldier in the army, and he didn't understand his basic duties as a diplomat, and he didn't have the patience to figure it all out. ”

All Stilwell's words and actions were made from the standpoint of a soldier. He felt that the chain of command was too bad to integrate the forces of all the troops, so he had to fight for the supreme command of the expeditionary force; He felt that all fronts should cooperate so that the Japanese army could not take care of the northern and southern battlefields, so he suggested that Lao Chiang be mobilized to guard against the Communist Party and send troops to Shanxi with the Eighth Route Army.

How is this possible?

It's a taboo for Lao Jiang.

Stilwell spent more than a decade in China, traveled all over the country, and even wrote a diary in Chinese. He was well aware of China's current situation, but he deliberately ignored the political factors, vainly hoping to get the central army, local warlords, and communist forces to work together, and to scold him if he couldn't do what he wanted.

Stilwell commented on the old Jiang Zhi's great talent, and he himself was the same.

In the end, due to Stilwell's constant slander, Roosevelt also disliked Chiang Lao to the extreme, so he demanded that the command of the Chinese theater be handed over to Stilwell. Chiang was furious and directly threatened that if Stilwell was given full command, then China would withdraw from the allies and fight against Japan independently.

Yes, Lao Jiang was forced to flip the table, and Stilwell was removed from his position because of this.

The intensification of the contradiction between Stilwell and Lao Jiang can probably be described like this-

"I think it should be."

"I don't think so."

"You don't respect me."

"You're a piece of trash, and the pen respects you."

"Mom sells batches!"

"I'm X your ancestor for eighteen generations!"

……

Stilwell left Chongqing again, and just returned to the front line to do something stupid. Because Wen Jianming, deputy chief of staff, telegraphed with the Ministry of Military Affairs, Stilwell considered that he had violated military discipline, and took the opportunity to remove Wen Jianming from his post and reappoint an American as deputy chief of staff, making it clear that he wanted to seize the command of the expeditionary force.

Old Jiang was so angry that he didn't know how many vases he had dropped at home. Or he could learn from Churchill to break his dentures and be more imposing. After all, Churchill only has upper teeth and dentures, while Lao Jiang's upper and lower teeth are dentures, and the momentum of falling out should be twice that of Churchill.

Late August.

The soldiers guarding the gate of the Zhou Mansion were transferred, and Zhou Hexuan regained his freedom - the main reason was that the disaster situation in Henan had stabilized, and he was not afraid that Zhou Hexuan and Ta Kung Pao would talk nonsense again.

On August 20, Zhou Hexuan received an order to summon Lao Jiang.

For the university scholars who did not pose any threat, Lao Jiang was still very kind, he smiled and took Zhou Hexuan's hand and said: "Mingcheng has been quite effective in reading history in the past six months, I have already read "The Fifteenth Year of Wanli", and it is very well written!" China's primary problem is the rule of officials, and the bureaucracy is too chaotic. ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Contemptible people are clumsy, and they dare not compare with "The Fate of China". ”

Chang Kaishen shook his head and sighed: "Everyone in the world loves to listen to lies, but it's a pity that I told the truth in the book." It is precisely because of telling the truth that there has been a bad reaction at home and abroad, and I am very saddened by this. ”

"The world is so bad that it's hard to change." Zhou Hexuan said in passing.

After talking nonsense for a long time, Chang Kaishen finally got to the point, he took out a telegram and said: "Roosevelt wants to invite me to Washington to discuss the situation during and after the war in person, what does Mingcheng think?" ”

"You should go, but you can't go to Washington," Mr. Zhou said, "and if you go to the United States for a meeting, you will inevitably lose momentum and will inevitably look up to others." ”

Chang Kaishen nodded and said, "I thought so too, so I refused again and again." ”

In fact, Roosevelt invited not only Chang Kaishen, but also Churchill and Stalin. He wanted to hold a meeting in the United States to discuss the Allied war and the post-war spoils, but was collectively rejected by Chang Kaishen, Churchill, and Stalin.

For no other reason, everyone is reluctant to hold a meeting in the United States, which is equivalent to recognizing the United States' status as an ally.

In the past three months, Roosevelt has sent three telegrams to Chang Kaishen, and the reason for Chiang's refusal is different each time. He discussed with his staff in the chamberlain, decided that he could not go to the United States, and at the same time discussed how to divide the post-war benefits.

"Mingcheng is an expert on international issues, where do you think the meeting should be held to take care of the emotions of the leaders of various countries?" Chang Kaishen asked directly.

There was a globe on Lao Jiang's desk, and Zhou Hexuan turned his hand around, pointed to a certain place and said, "Egypt, Cairo!" ”