Although Jiang Haoran was so angry that he greeted the eighteenth generation of Roosevelt, Marshall, and Nimitz, he had to accept this result, and he quickly sent a careful telegram to Chen Shaokuan, Dai Anlan, Liu Dakun and other front-line troops.

In particular, Liu Dakun and Zhang Zhen ordered them to end the campaign in French India as soon as possible, eliminate the remnants of the enemy as soon as possible, wipe out the remnants of the island army or drive them into the sea, and fully control the Indochina Peninsula and the Malay Archipelago in Southeast Asia.

The command began to get busy for a while, and Lin Long also died down because of this matter, and it was the time when Liu Dakun was needed to help, and he didn't dare to mention the matter of punishing him anymore.

Not long after, Jiang Haoran received another telegram from Nimitz, which was sent to Jiang Haoran in his personal name, expressing apologies and helplessness for the withdrawal, indicating that this was not his original intention.

The original promise to Jiang Haoran to cover the return of the Chinese Navy to China could not be fulfilled, but Nimitz said that the Seventh Pacific Fleet of the United States is still in the area of Sumatra, and if necessary, they will provide corresponding assistance, which is the only thing Nimitz can do for him.

This gave Jiang Haoran a little comfort, but it was only comfort.

The people of the United States shamelessly handed over the entire combined fleet of the island army to themselves to deal with, which was a huge challenge, and he didn't know if Chen Shaokuan could pick up this burden.

Moreover, without the threat of the Mi army, the combined fleet of the island army has completely come out of the shackles, and the defense line of the second island chain is already impregnable, and it is difficult for the Chinese navy to pass through it.

Two days passed quickly, Jiang Haoran almost didn't go out, more time spent under the osmanthus tree in the yard, it seemed that every day was smoking, drinking tea, sleeping, and living a very comfortable life, but everyone knew that he was in a bad mood, and at the same time needed time to think about some problems, so almost no one bothered, even Lin Long, who had always been curious, rarely shook in front of him.

In fact, even if the Guangxi campaign failed, it did not bring too much passivity to Jiang Haoran, although the island army achieved a strategic victory, but Jiang Haoran took the opportunity to pocket almost all of the land areas in Southeast Asia, and at the same time, he also recovered a large area of lost land in Guangdong, and did not necessarily suffer much loss.

It's just that Jiang Haoran's original plan to drive the navy back to China's waters basically failed, and the original idea of reviving Shanghai and Hangzhou without a knife was also lost.

The second island chain of the island army in front of him has become a stinger in Jiang Haoran's eyes, he wants to pull it out but has no way to start, but he is the kind of person who refuses to admit defeat, so he racks his brains to open this gap.

"Boss, who do you see coming?" Lin Long's voice sounded outside the courtyard.

Jiang Haoran, who was lying on the couch, unconsciously turned his head to the door, and then ejected and hurried up to meet him.

"Minister Chen, why are you here?"

"I just passed by here, I came to see you by the way, I heard Lin Long say that you are in a bad mood, you haven't been out for two days, what's the matter, you can't afford to lose?" Chen Chen said with a smile on his face.

Jiang Haoran smiled awkwardly, and was about to answer, when a familiar voice came from the door: "Hehe, the general seat, and me, I also came to see you." ”

As he spoke, the Mao Gong strode in.

"The Maosan is also here, why did you two come here together?" Jiang Haoran was suspicious, but immediately expected that this question was a bit idiotic, one of them was the chief engineer of the Northwest Transportation Line, and the other was responsible for labor recruitment, road transportation, cargo handling, etc., and it was not strange that they were on the same road at all, and Guilin was an important hub on this line, and it was normal for them to appear here.

But no one questioned this question, Chen Chen said with a smile: "It's all a good errand you arranged for me, this period of time I and Mao Gong are about to become trapeze, five days ago in Lanzhou, the day before yesterday to Hengyang, from Hengyang all the way to the helicopter flew over, stop and walk along the road, eat every day in the sky." ”

"Hehe, thank you for your hard work!"

"It's not hard, Mr. Zongza, we are more fulfilling than ever, we can complete this huge project for the people of the country, and we don't feel tired every day, right, Minister Chen?" Maogong's eyes lit up, and he saw that what he was telling was the truth.

Jiang Haoran nodded with satisfaction and said, "How is the efficiency?" ”

"Don't say it, the efficiency is surprisingly good, now the whole line is full of road workers, 20 million laborers are almost all in place, all of them are strong laborers, and many people bring their own tools, and even proposed not to pay for labor, just take care of the food, the realm of our Chinese people is high." Chen Chen gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

Jiang Haoran said: "No one wants to be a slave to the country, and now the situation of the Anti-Japanese War is very good, and the enthusiasm of the people is naturally high, but we can't let them work in vain, and the wages that should be given must be given to them." ”

Chen Chen said: "You can rest assured about this, I guarantee that not a penny will be less." Not only our efficiency is high, but the efficiency of the people of the United States is not low, the first batch of materials are about to enter Yunnan, all of which are construction vehicles, equipment, steel and other construction materials. And follow-up supplies are still coming in, Yangon wharf, Maungdaw wharf, Chittagong wharf, countless Allied transport ships unload every day. ”

Although the people of the United States put Jiang Haoran together, there was really no ambiguity on the northwest transportation line, which gave Jiang Haoran some comfort, of course, this is mainly for the Soviet Union and the overall situation of the entire war against fascism.

Mao Gong said: "But the general seat, we also have a big trouble, that is, the transportation bottleneck, a Yunnan-Burma railway can not meet the huge transportation volume, the first batch of materials is blocked here, do not solve this trouble, even if the northwest transportation line is built, the materials that can enter the Soviet Union will be very limited." ”

Jiang Haoran frowned, in fact, he had already thought of this, after all, the Yunnan-Burma Highway was a temporary construction of the highway during the war, and the conditions for opening to traffic were naturally not much better, and the road conditions were more than 1,000 kilometers long, and the road conditions were difficult and dangerous, mostly made of slope cutting and rock splitting, with huge boulders that were about to fall on it, and a deep and unfathomable ditch below. In the section from Shimonoseki to Wan Machi alone, it is necessary to cross the branches or remnants of six large mountains and cross five major rivers, and the terrain conditions are extremely complex.

Tens of thousands of vehicles have to pass smoothly on such roads every day, and the daily congestion can be imagined.

The reason why Jiang Haoran is in a hurry to attack Guangxi is actually to a large extent to alleviate this embarrassing situation and open the Guiyue International Transportation Line.

In fact, this communication line was also an important international communication line drawn up by the Nationalist Government in the early stage of the Anti-Japanese War.

Since the outbreak of the July 7 Incident, the Nationalist Government has recognized the importance of this line of communication from Viet Lan Haiphong to southwest China. In 1938, after the fall of Wuhan and Guangzhou, the main international transportation arteries from Hong Kong to Guangzhou and then to Wuhan via the Guangdong-Hanzhou Railway were blocked, and China's maritime transportation lines completely collapsed.