Chapter 053: Strike When It's Time to Strike
The expeditionary force's blatant disobedience made the British and American plans fail, and they had to communicate with Chiang Kai-shek, and then communicate with the expeditionary force, in fact, they communicated with Wang Hanzhang, because Wang Hanzhang represented the expeditionary force, and Wei Lihuang knew that he was not a political material, so just fight the war, and communicate with him if there is something.
Wang Hanzhang must have supplies to defeat the Japanese army in Burma and drive the Japanese army to the west of the Nujiang River, otherwise there is no way, the expeditionary force finally has the advantage, if it does not take advantage of the current time to drive the Japanese army out of Burma, the situation is likely to deteriorate, and even lose Burma.
Wang Hanzhang considered not only the 300,000 expeditionary forces, and his own 100,000 recruits and the future situation, but also the millions of Chinese people in Burma, although they were not saved by Wang Hanzhang, most of them were already dead, but they couldn't just abandon them like this, and now they don't have to give up on them, why do they have a choice!
Britain and the United States did not waste time looking for someone to talk to, but directly authorized Stilwell, the Chinese government's words no longer worked, they had used a lot of uncivilized methods with He Yingqin and others before, but Wang Hanzhang did not accept that.
Wang Hanzhang has already been able to plan to establish a country next year, and there are 100,000 troops, although there are not enough officers in the training stage of the child, but Wang Hanzhang has a way to solve it.
Stilwell talked to Wang Hanzhang many times, and each time he said how important India was, and if India was lost, then China would not have foreign aid.
Wang Hanzhang didn't argue with him about anything, just asked for those two plans, Britain and the United States chose one by themselves, the expeditionary force didn't care about their repeated frames, it was already benevolent and righteous, not to mention the loss of Burma, then the Japanese army would have hundreds of thousands of troops to kill in India, and join the Indian army, Stilwell also understood, would the Japanese army give up the Japanese army in India, not to mention that the situation was so favorable to the Japanese army.
Stilwell said: "General Wang, when do you think the expeditionary force will be able to conquer Yangon, Bago and other places and destroy the Japanese troops entrenched there?" ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "I don't know, it depends on how many supplies you support, weapons and ammunition are enough, half a month should be enough, if you still want to play any tricks, it's hard to say, a month, two months is less." ”
Stilwell said: "Even if the supplies are enough, half a month is too long, I'm afraid that at that time, India has already lost!" ”
Wang Hanzhang said: "It may not be possible to get it, as long as the British army wants to defend it, it will naturally not, our main force will continue to attack here, and send two divisions and a part of the new army to help the British defend Imphal and other places, and the main force of the British army will attack the Japanese army, the latter will defend, as long as it lasts for half a month, the expeditionary force can return to India and destroy those Japanese troops, as long as the Japanese army falls, the Indian natives do not have to worry, I think this is also the best way." ”
Wang Hanzhang's thoughts are very different from the orders given to him by Britain and the United States, Britain and the United States still hope to preserve the strength of the British army and consume the expeditionary force, so that the two threats are consumed, and the British army will reap the benefits of the fisherman, but now, if you do this, it will be China that will take the advantage of the fisherman.
Although Stilwell was very dissatisfied with Wang Hanzhang, but he was helpless, Stilwell said with a solemn face: "General Wang, if the British army suffered heavy losses in the war against Japan, even if your army later helped to eliminate the Japanese army, then if the Indians rebelled like this, what would the British do to defend India!" ”
Wang Hanzhang didn't care about this, Wang Hanzhang said: "This is a bad statement, I have long said that the Japanese army is definitely not 100,000 troops, and it is estimated that it is only 50,000, you don't want to think about it, how did the Japanese transport 100,000 people to India overnight, on the vast sea, if they are found during transportation, then 100,000 people will be buried in the sea, the Japanese army does not have a large-scale fleet in the Indian Ocean, so they are definitely not escorted by the fleet, but sent over by camouflage ships, it is impossible to have 100,000 people." ”
"I think the British army can solve it by itself, has the combat effectiveness of the British army degraded to 100,000 people and can't fight 50,000, and the Japanese army's weapons and equipment are far worse than the British army, there are not many heavy weapons, and there are no planes, don't tell me that the British can't deal with it, unless you have some ulterior motives, don't you want the expeditionary force to defeat the Japanese army in Burma, do you already have a secret agreement with Japan, give Burma and China to Japan, what do you say?" Wang Hanzhang's sentences are more shocking than one sentence.
Stilwell didn't expect Wang Hanzhang to think like this, and hurriedly said, "No, no...... General Wang, we are allies, we will not do that, I swear in the name of God, we will never talk to the damned Japanese monkeys. ”
Wang Hanzhang nodded slightly and said: "I hope so, but you have repeatedly framed us, and the sneak attack on India by the Japanese army is completely the result of your series of actions, and we have to prevent it, right?" ”
Stilwell smiled bitterly, Wang Hanzhang always mentioned those things, Stilwell said: "Those damn British, if we didn't need them to resist Germany in Europe, where would these scoundrels be tolerated, I admit that everyone has misunderstood, killing you hi to the Axis is the most needed and urgent thing to do at present, defeating the Axis countries, hundreds of millions of people returning to China will be free from the clutches of the Japanese army, isn't it?" ”
Wang Hanzhang looked at Stilwell and said: "Let's not waste time, I still say the same thing, the strategic location of Burma is too important, we can't give up, as long as Burma is in hand, we can separate India from the Japanese army in the Malay Peninsula, the scale of the Japanese navy is far less than before, I believe that the blockade of the Indian Ocean is not difficult for Britain and the United States." But the Japanese army is still strong, if Burma is occupied, I am afraid that the Allies will have to die hundreds of thousands, or even millions of people to take it back, and the most important thing is that I also told you, the Japanese army will not stop after occupying Burma, they will definitely join forces with the Japanese army in India. I am afraid that at that time, there was no suspense in India, and losing was the only way. ”
"General Stilwell, you all know the reason, I won't say more, you can think about it as you want, it's only your time that is delayed, for the expeditionary force, we can't build it by aviation, but we still make the rest, it's just a little less, it's just a matter of time before we capture Rangoon. But if the British are always waiting for someone else to come to their rescue, then it is also a matter of time before India falls, right? "Let's talk about it, Wang Hanzhang left Stilwell and left alone, too lazy to talk nonsense with Stilwell.
Stilwell saw that Wang Hanzhang still refused to let go, it seems that the squadron has made a final decision, and no one can change it. Stilwell truthfully reported the situation on his side to the U.S. government.
Roosevelt looked at the final result, and said in his heart that the Chinese are not so easy to fool, but after Churchill's fat man knew, he didn't know what would happen, looking at China's reflection, Roosevelt did not have any unhappiness, if China surrendered as soon as it was frightened, how could it become a pawn of the United States in Asia to contain Soviet Russia in the future! So it would be better to be tougher, Roosevelt didn't want China to compromise when it was frightened by the million-strong army of Soviet Russia hoarding the border.
Roosevelt had already acquiesced in Wang Hanzhang's plan in his heart, but he still wanted to hear Churchill's opinion, and at the same time he wanted to see the ugly state of the British who slapped the swollen face and became fat, if the United States wants to become the world's first power, it must put the former world's No. 1 Britain under its feet, and now someone is replacing the United States to embarrass the British, as long as it does not affect the overall situation, the United States is still more willing to see it.
After Churchill received the telegram, the performance was really as Roosevelt imagined, Churchill was furious, and there was no progress for a long time, but the current situation in India is not optimistic, if the general place like Burma gives up, but India is the lifeblood of Britain's rise, and it is now the source of confidence for Britain to continue to resist Germany, if India loses, then even if Britain can get enough supplies from the United States, it is estimated that Britain will completely become a vassal of the United States after the war, let alone rise, Once again, we will be the number one in the world.
But he is really unwilling to give up India to the Japanese, and let the Japanese attack China on both sides, but unfortunately he wants to think about it, and Churchill, who is not allowed by reality, will do so, otherwise he will be ousted from office immediately, and even be beaten from a hero to a bear and then a dead dog.
Churchill clenched his fists and slammed the table fiercely, making up his mind that after this crisis, he must give the Chinese a good look, dare to ride on the head of the British Empire, and get tired of it.
Churchill replied that Roosevelt agreed with the Chinese's plan, but hoped that the Chinese would drive out the Japanese troops in Burma as soon as possible and not break the treaty when the time came.
Roosevelt looked at the British telegram, and he could perfectly imagine Churchill's deflated expression now. Roosevelt was still quite happy, and he asked his attendants to send a telegram to Stilwell to meet the requirements of the Chinese expeditionary force.
Stilwell excitedly took the American telegram to Wang Hanzhang and told Wang Hanzhang the good news. Wang Hanzhang looked at Stilwell's old face and smiled from the bottom of his heart, feeling that Stilwell hadn't done anything for so long, and this incident should still give him a sense of accomplishment, but I don't know if he thought he was happy or happy to have done something useful for the expeditionary force.
Wang Hanzhang didn't have any expression, and took out a list of supplies from the drawer, Stilwell was obviously excited, he finished the list, and soon all the black lines on his forehead came out. 30 million bullets, the bomb is not calculated by one, but by the ton, Wang Hanzhang also noted on it very well, according to the smallest unit calculation, half a month is 15 days, if you drop 100 tons of bombs every day, half a month is 1500 tons, in addition to shells, guns, artillery, tanks, the details of the column, Stilwell only felt a stream of blood with his brain, his eyes were dark, he pressed the table with his hand and tried his best to support his body is not able to go down, and then sat on the chair, the blood dissipated for a long time, and the person also woke up.