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Colonel Mick took a telegram and said to MacArthur: "General, Colonel Morgan has called, saying that Deginn is weak and incompetent, and has ordered the offensive to be stopped, and he believes that Deginn is not fit to continue as commander of the front. ”

MacArthur looked at the map, looked at his cigar and said, "Dykinn is a conservative general, and he thinks that the casualties are too great and he stops the attack, and I already know this."

However, Morgan is young and vigorous, too arrogant, and Dekinn is not suitable for command, do you want me to hand over the command of the front to him? ”

Obviously, MacArthur was already a little dissatisfied with such a reckless person.

Mick didn't answer, but said: "But, General, it is true that the attacking troops suffered too many casualties, and on the battlefields of Gaoligong Mountain and Songshan Mountain, we have lost at least thousands of American soldiers and nearly 10,000 Allied soldiers.

The casualties are really big. ”

MacArthur said angrily: "I told you before that this is a stupid and unfortunate war, and these casualties are expected and inevitable by me. ”

"Well, General, is there no remedy? Even if it's just to reduce the number of casualties, we can accompany the White House to do enough tricks. Colonel Mick said.

Speaking of this, MacArthur said with some anger: "More than 20 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and a batch of P38 fighters were wiped out, and not even a single Chinese civilian was killed."

If it were not for the stupidity of the command of the Pacific Fleet, these fighters would have been of great help to the front-line troops.

Our airborne troops are also capable of striking at the enemy's rear, and perhaps we have already broken through the Chinese army's Nu River defenses.

Even if you confront them across the river, the situation will be countless times better than now. ”

Colonel Mick said: "General, can you ask Washington to immediately replenish a batch of bombers and transport planes for us?" ”

MacArthur shook his head and said with annoyance: "It's too late, according to the information I have, a large number of Chinese reinforcements have arrived on the east bank of the Nu River, and we have lost our best fighter." ”

"So what are we going to do? Do nothing? Colonel Mick said with some regret.

MacArthur pondered for a long time. Only then did he make up his mind: "Send a telegram to General Dekinn and order them to stop the attack immediately and launch an artillery bombardment on the Songshan fortress instead, so as to reduce unnecessary sacrifices as much as possible."

Now all we need to do is to wait, wait for our new fighters to enter service, wait for the naval fleet to launch a counterattack against the Chinese fleet, and successfully defeat them, and seize sea and air supremacy in the Pacific waters.

When the time comes, it will be easy to break through the Nu River defense line. ”

Colonel Mick said with some concern: "But, General, what about Washington, ......?" ”

"It's fine. I have to bear something, I can't waste precious troops in vain, I can't let the young lives of my soldiers sacrifice worthlessly. MacArthur was unequivocal.

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Baoshan County, in the former enemy headquarters of the National Army.

With the assistance of Du Yuming and Tang Huaiyuan, a grand counteroffensive battle plan that Zhang Lingfu had begun to conceive on the road before he came came to the paper came to life.

After careful study by the three of them, this battle plan finally began to take shape.

Du Yuming looked at the various marching signs on the combat map, and couldn't help but sigh: "Big deal, Brother Lingfu, Chairman Zhang is so important to you. Sure enough, he didn't see the wrong person, Du Yuming was convinced today. ”

Both were originally generals of the Central Army faction, and they were highly regarded by Chairman Chiang, but Du Yuming was the deputy division commander. Zhang Lingfu is still only a lieutenant colonel battalion commander.

It wasn't until he met Zhang Xinghan that he first became famous in Puyang City, and then began to rise at a rocket-like speed.

Now in terms of military rank, he has become a lieutenant general and commander-in-chief of the general's group army.

In addition, Zhang Xinghan is currently a celebrity in front of him, and he has been repeatedly entrusted with important tasks. Therefore, the promotion speed has far exceeded that of Du Yuming, the senior brother of Huangpu.

Before, Du Yuming still looked down on Zhang Lingfu a little bit in his heart, but. After Zhang Lingfu sorted out his battle plan.

He had to admit that Zhang Lingfu was an excellent general with great tactical and strategic vision and level, and while admiring Zhang Lingfu, he admired Zhang Xinghan's wisdom of knowing people.

Tang Huaiyuan couldn't help but nod and agreed: "Yes, our old Tang has fought for most of his life, but compared to General Zhang, he is also sighing to himself." ”

Zhang Lingfu was happy in his heart, but he still waved his hand and pretended to be humble: "Eh, the two benevolent brothers have won the award, and Lingfu also benefited from learning from Chairman Zhang's command style and combat experience.

Moreover, this battle involves a vast scope and a huge scale, and the slightest carelessness may cause hundreds of thousands of our expeditionary troops to be defeated in a foreign land.

In the end, it has to be submitted to Chairman Zhang for review and approval before it can be implemented. ”

Du Yuming nodded and said: "Chairman Zhang is an invincible god of war who is not born in the world, with tactical command ability and strategic vision, no one in the world can match him.

As long as he nodded, then this battle plan would be fine. ”

……

In Kunming City, Zhang Xinghan and Jiang Baili's residence was arranged by Long Yun in a very close position, which was very convenient for them to discuss military affairs.

No, after simply holding a meeting with Long Yun, Li Zongren and others, Zhang Xinghan summoned Jiang Baili and Bai Chongxi, and the three of them gathered around the battle map and began to study the battle plan.

Zhang Xinghan's visit to the southwest to supervise the war this time is obviously not just a simple hope that Zhang Lingfu and the officers and men of the southwest frontier army will be able to resist the enemy outside the country.

With the successive victories of the border guards in the northwest and northeast, the north has no worries and has begun to be initially implemented.

Attacking as much as possible the vital forces of the US Army units on land in Southeast Asia will also indirectly help the decisive naval and air battles in the future.

Therefore, as long as the time is ripe, Zhang Xinghan does not mind a large-scale battle with the US Army in the Yunnan-Burma area.

It is better to be able to inflict heavy losses on the US Army in Southeast Asia.

The three of them were discussing the room, and the attendant adjutant Guo Zhong walked in, and after saluting the three of them, he reported to Zhang Xinghan: "Commission, Zhang Lingfu is calling." ”

"Huh?" Zhang Xinghan asked, "What did Lingfu say?" ”

Guo Zhong looked down and said, "This is a battle plan, about the battle plan for counterattacking the British, American and French forces. ”

Zhang Xinghan waved his hand curiously and said, "Bring it to me and take a look." ”

Guo Zhong hurriedly handed it to Zhang Xinghan respectfully, Zhang Xinghan read it, Jiang Baili and Bai Chongxi both asked, "Commission, how does Zhang Lingfu plan to fight?" ”

Zhang Xinghan handed the telegram to the two of them, and after reading it, they fell into deep thought.

Zhang Xinghan lit a cigarette, stared at the battle map in front of him and said, "I have to say that Zhang Lingfu's battle plan is bold enough. ”

"How bold is it to concentrate 500,000 troops to launch an overwhelming attack on the US army, in my opinion, it is simply amazing." Jiang Baili said with a smile.

"But, Mr. Chiang, have you ever thought about it, in this battle plan, Zhang Lingfu needs the airborne troops to be airborne in Lashio and Myitkyina respectively, so as to cut off the retreat of the 100,000 American troops who have invaded our territory.

As far as I know, the total number of airborne troops in the commission is now less than 10,000, and 6,000 have been sent to the aid of the Songshan and Gaoligong mountain fortresses respectively.

Even if they were to be withdrawn, there would be only less than 9,000 airborne troops, and they would have to be divided into two routes, and these 9,000 men would resist the attack of 100,000 US Army and other British and American forces in the hinterland of Burma in a treacherous environment with no backup, no logistics, and the enemy on all sides.

Can it be kept? Bai Chongxi said worriedly.

Zhang Xinghan could not have imagined this, so he was considering whether to let one of his new-style air force units, the army aviation helicopter unit, enter the war in advance.

Zhang Xinghua reported to him every day on the situation of the training and the latest progress, so Zhang Xinghan knew that the current helicopter unit had initially become combat-capable.

What Zhang Xinghan values most is their powerful and terrifying ability to project troops.

As long as he puts all the hundreds of helicopters into use, then the most crucial part of Zhang Lingfu's general battle, the plan to go deep behind the enemy line and cut off the enemy's retreat, can be guaranteed to be foolproof. (To be continued......)