Chapter 1002: The Most Honorable Man
Since the last time the Hukang River Valley successfully blocked the Japanese army, Tian Long obtained the right to give priority to the selection of new soldiers, and supplemented many veterans drawn from the Hurricane Column, after nearly half a year of training, this time he was responsible for the task of garrisoning the Myitkyina airfield with the 55th Division, almost unscathed, with them joining, his 93rd Division will become the fastest recovery division among the several divisions this time, and the mallet will be unhappy. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Moreover, the benefits are not only that, Chen Feng's command not only has Tian Long, Yao Menglin and other first-class generals, but also harvested Xu Quan, the chief of staff, although he may be worse than Wu Chaowen in terms of ability and experience, but in previous battles, Xu Quan also had a good performance, and it was worth it to exchange these benefits for a chief of staff, and he only smiled Chen Feng crookedly.
After arranging all matters in Lashio, Jiang Haoran also set off for Yingdo, and at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, twenty or thirty Mustang fighters appeared in the sky, and they came to escort Jiang Haoran.
The Burma campaign has ended, and the Japanese air force no longer has the heart to seize air supremacy in Burma, and this kind of escort force is completely sufficient; even if the Japanese army learns of Jiang Haoran's whereabouts, it will not be able to escape the detection of radar reconnaissance planes, and there are still hundreds of fighters at Myitkyina airfield on call at any time.
In the midst of the great concern of the generals, Jiang Haoran boarded the transport helicopter.
Immediately, in everyone's attention, more than 20 transport helicopters slowly rose into the air and headed straight for Yingduo, accompanied by only more than 80 members of the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team, and the battle losses of various units were serious, and the Snow Wolf Special Combat Team was no exception, they took on many assault missions to regain the lost positions from the Japanese army, and they have been active in the front line, and casualties are inevitable.
About an hour later, Jiang Haoran's helicopter landed safely on the cement lawn of the compound of the Yingduo Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Jiang Haoran stepped out of the helicopter, and countless magnesium lights began to flicker.
Jiang Haoran's expression was calm, he smiled and waved slowly, and between his gestures, the kind of momentum that would give up the world naturally exuded, causing a group of female reporters to scream.
Around the tarmac, thunderous applause also rang out, and all the officers of the expeditionary force were welcoming their headquarters in this way, and they couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they didn't hesitate to slap their palms red.
On the front, Stilwell, Huang Jie, Luo Zhuoying, Chen Shaokuan, Zhou Zhirou and other staff generals are striding towards Jiang Haoran.
What Jiang Haoran didn't expect was that he actually found Marshall, chief of staff of the National Army, General He, chief of the General Staff of the National Revolutionary Army, and Chen Chen, director of the General Political Department of the National Revolutionary Army, in the rear of the crowd.
The three of them did not join the team that came to greet them, and as soon as the people in front of them left, they stood in place, and they were particularly conspicuous, so Jiang Haoran found them at a glance, although he was a little surprised, but he soon became calm, after all, this is the most glorious battle related to China and even the world's anti-fascist battle, and it is not a strange thing for the people above to express concern and condolences, although the specifications are a little high, but it is not unreasonable.
The entire European battlefield and the Soviet battlefield were defeated like a mountain, only the Chinese battlefield and the Southeast Asian battlefield marched all the way, killing the enemy to lose their armor and abandon their armor, and it was Jiang Haoran and his soldiers who single-handedly created this legend.
In a flash, Jiang Haoran arrived in front of the generals, and a group of generals with twinkling stars stood up and saluted in front of Jiang Haoran, shouting the sentence "Welcome to the triumphant return of the headquarters" to the earth-shattering.
Jiang Haoran returned the salute, his expression was a little agitated, he didn't like the welcome ceremony of gongs and drums and firecrackers, but he had a soft spot for this form, and if the brothers were good, he would be fine with everything.
After the ceremony, Stilwell stepped forward to shake Jiang Haoran's hand and said excitedly: "Child, you are so amazing, with absolutely inferior troops, you have blocked the crazy attack of the Japanese army for 25 days, and achieved this brilliant victory, and peace-loving people all over the world are cheering and cheering for you." ”
Jiang Haoran said with a straight face: "General Stilwell, it's not that I'm amazing, but the officers and soldiers of my expeditionary force are amazing, it was they who blocked the Japanese army's crazy attack with their lives and blood, and finally won the victory, they are the most respectable people." ”
Stilwell smiled and said nothing, and gave Jiang Haoran a thumbs up, Jiang Haoran also smiled, lowered his head and lowered his throat and said: "General Stilwell, these three gods in the back are not just here to celebrate the victory, right?" ”
The reason why Jiang Haoran asked this was because he suddenly found that there was a general with the rank of admiral of the United States behind Marshall, even if it was a condolence with a large lineup, there would never be such a high-ranking admiral present, Jiang Haoran immediately thought of the Pacific naval combat plan he formulated for the United States, and Marshall came this time, most of which was for this.
Stilwell unconsciously glanced back and said excitedly: "Stinky boy, you are as good as a fox, you can't hide anything from your eyes, but you have to be mentally prepared, this is definitely a shocking good news." ”
As he spoke, Stilwell shook his head at Jiang Haoran, signaling that he had to meet these dignitaries first.
Jiang Haoran smiled knowingly, strode forward, and saluted one by one in front of Marshall, Admiral He, and Chen Chen.
General He said: "Brother Ziqian, you are indeed the minister of the party-state, and you have lived up to the high expectations of the Military Commission and the commission, and the battle of Burma is enough to go down in history." ”
Jiang Haoran said: "Haoran's achievements today all depend on the cultivation of General He and the commission, without the careful support of you and the commissioner in the early stage and the strong support in the later stage, there would be no Haoran's achievements today, so in the final analysis, this battle is inseparable from the credit of General He and the commission." ”
Jiang Haoran's official tone made Admiral He very comfortable, especially in front of many Chinese and foreign reporters, he felt even more face-saving, and he was polite everywhere in his mouth, and his expression was already a little fluttering.
Chen Chen didn't say anything, just nodded at Jiang Haoran, and after greeting Marshall, he quickly entered the most important process today.
With so many Chinese and foreign reporters present, if they don't say anything to them, they will be willing to leave, so there must be a press conference. Jiang Haoran humbled left and right, and several senior officials were unwilling to preside, so Jiang Haoran had to reluctantly make it difficult.
The speech is just like Jiang Haoran's character, simple and direct, without opening remarks and too much foreshadowing, Jiang Haoran told reporters the heroic battle stories of ordinary soldiers and senior officers of the expeditionary force, there are privates with broken legs, dragging one leg to crawl back and forth in the trenches, collecting magazines for comrades, until he died, he has never seen his son who is only more than a year old, a machine gunner with a broken arm, in order to protect the recruits, he does not hesitate to sacrifice himself, there are senior generals like Sun Liren and Zhang Zhen, charging on the front line, Although Sun Liren was out of danger, the commander of the 75th Army is still in a coma, and there are even lieutenant generals and division commanders like Ma Weiji and Peng Bisheng, the former being torn to pieces by the enemy's shells, and the latter being beaten into a sieve by the enemy's heavy machine guns.
Jiang Haoran's voice was low and powerful, without too much exaggeration, but with a rich vocabulary, the bloody and cruel depiction of the battlefield was vividly depicted, which made everyone present feel the same way, and almost everyone at the scene couldn't help but burst into tears.
Subsequently, Jiang Haoran turned his words around, bringing their sacrifice to the height of the anti-fascist victory for the country, the nation, and the whole world, and encouraged the Chinese people and even the people of the world allies to take them as an example, take up the weapons in their hands, bravely shoot angry bullets at the fascists, and use force to tell the aggressors that the blood debt must be paid in blood.
In the end, Jiang Haoran analyzed the situation of the entire battlefield from the victory in front of him, the European battlefield, because the German strategy shifted to the east, has pulled out of the quagmire, although the Soviet Union is in danger under the strong attack of the German army, but the Soviet Union is vast, the Soviet people have not given up resistance, the German front continues to extend, logistics will become their hard wounds, with the arrival of the Siberian cold wave, the German offensive will inevitably be blocked, the battle will enter a long buffer period, the Soviet Union will be able to breathe, The situation will also change substantially.
In the Southeast Asian battlefield, the recovery of Burma is only the first step of the expeditionary force's plan, and in the next short time, the expeditionary force's front will extend to the whole of Southeast Asia.
On the Chinese battlefield, Wuhan has been recovered, and the next plan is Xuzhou to cut off the north-south passage of the Japanese army, and the next step is to recover Nanjing, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, and drive the Japanese army to the sea.
In short, in the entire Asian theater, the Chinese military is ready, and the horn of the counteroffensive has been sounded.
Jiang Haoran's words are tantamount to a bombshell, pushing the entire press conference to a **, long guns and short cannons are shooting at him non-stop, and all kinds of questions are coming, Jiang Haoran's answers are all positive and inspiring, which makes the reporters at the meeting excited and happy.
Taking advantage of the passionate and generous attitude of Admiral He, Jiang Haoran pulled Marshall aside, bowed his head and whispered.
When it was Marshall's turn to speak, he even released a bombshell news that the F6F Hellcat carrier-based aircraft specially developed by the United States to deal with the Japanese Zero fighter has begun to equip aircraft carriers, and will soon go to the Pacific Ocean to compete with the Japanese navy.
Moreover, the US Navy has already survived the painful period of lacking aircraft carriers, several aircraft carriers sunk by the Japanese bombing at Pearl Harbor have all been repaired, the Pacific Fleet has restored its original combat effectiveness, and there are still several aircraft carriers of the "Yorktown" class that are about to be launched, and the Japanese Combined Fleet will not be able to show off its might in the Pacific Ocean for too long, and the United States will launch a strategic offensive against them in the near future.