Chapter 588: One Man, Two Ears, Fifty Pieces
Stilwell and Li Wei talked alone, and no one knew what they were talking about. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć However, judging by Stilwell's attitude, he is satisfied.
After the conversation, Li Wei immediately found Xiaolu and told the conversation as it was. Stilwell was concerned with several issues, the first of which was whether they were determined to resist Japan. The second is the number and combat effectiveness of their troops, and the third is their specific mode of operation. As for whose troops it was, he didn't know if he had an answer, or he didn't care, he didn't ask much.
Stilwell initially believed him, but wanted to know more about their tactics. The U.S. and British forces suffered losses in jungle warfare and were studying tactics, and Stilwell was very interested in hearing Li Wei say that his men were able to overcome many difficulties in jungle warfare.
Li Wei also talked about some things they do to help the local people, such as eradicating the local people, growing food, treating diseases, carrying out education, and so on. He could tell that Stilwell, while very much in favor of their approach, was not very interested.
Stilwell talked to Li Wei and happily gave them a large amount of arms. In exchange, Xiaolu handed Stilwell dozens of boxes of medicines.
The officer of the national army did not understand Xiaolu's behavior, Luo Zhuoying found Xiaolu and said, "Since he is willing to give you arms, why do you give him something back?" ā
Xiaolu said to them: "I want the Americans to understand a truth." I only make them owe mine, and I don't owe them. ā
Sun Liren was pondering this batch of weapons to see if he could get a piece of the pie, but after taking other people's medicines, it was difficult to say anything. Anyway, Marshall gave all the heavy firearms to the expeditionary force, and all the light weapons that the guerrillas gave were light weapons, at most light machine guns.
Over the next few days, Xiaolu arranged for Li Wei's troops to open a camp on the India-Burma border. Because the expeditionary force is not far from the border, Li Wei's camp is not far from here, only about 20 miles.
November 8, 1942. India, Assam.
In the past few days, Xiaolu and Stilwell have had several secret conversations.
The purpose of Xiao Lu's talks with him was, first, to ask him not to treat the colonies and treat China with an attitude. But it was clear that Xiaolu didn't convince him. What made Xiaolu feel good was that Stilwell and the others, and even the Indians, began to look at the Chinese army with admiration and no longer despised them.
Another purpose of Koji was to formulate a plan for North Korea to use North Korea as a springboard to attack the Japanese mainland. This plan, Xiaolu hopes to open up a sea route to the United States after he recovers Vladivostok, and then begins to implement it. Stilwell was intrigued by the plan.
The third point is the Myanmar plan. Xiao Lu and Li Wei talked to Stilwell about how the guerrillas were preparing to launch a two-month guerrilla war during the dry season, and try to kill 20,000 Japanese troops in those two months.
Stilwell was most interested in this, and gathered all the commanders of the three kingdoms to discuss the battle plan with Xiaolu Li Wei.
Neither the British nor the Chinese troops in India were optimistic about the plans for the trail. They simply did not believe that this single broken guerrilla could make much of a difference. As a result of the discussion, everyone disagreed with the action.
Li Wei finally said: "I am the Kokang Kochin coalition army of the Wa State, and I am not subject to your control. The reason is simple: the common people are not willing to cooperate with the British. At the beginning, the Chinese expeditionary force suffered heavy losses because the people believed that they were allies of the British, so they attracted the Japanese. The guerrillas will carry out the battle plan that I have made with the commander-in-chief. ā
Stilwell said: "I have a proposal, your guerrillas are under my control, I will give you the number of a division, and recognize your legal status, what do you think?" ā
Li Wei said: "We organized to fight against the Japanese fascists, which in itself was supported by the people and was legitimate. As to whether it is under your control, I will ask the commander-in-chief to decide. ā
Xiaolu said: "Let's each take a step back, Li Wei's coalition army is nominally under your control, called an independent division, and has the right to act on its own." I don't want your things, and the arms and baggage I get from you can be exchanged for the Japanese soldiers who have been killed. How is it? ā
Stilwell said, "How do you change it?" ā
Xiaolu said: "His guerrillas can know exactly how many Japanese soldiers they have killed, and if you kill a person, you will be given five rifles, each with a base number of bullets. Other heavy weapons, converted at this price. ā
Stilwell said, "Yes. However, how did they calculate the number of Japanese soldiers killed? ā
Li Wei said: "Atu, show the general the number of enemies you killed." ā
Atu was his guard at the door. After entering the door, Ah Tu untied the bamboo basket on his waist and opened the lid, only inside was a flaky black thing, there were dozens of them.
Li Wei said: "This is the ears of the Japanese, dead one or two ears, you see, Ah Tu has already killed thirteen devils, right?" ā
Ah Tu stretched out two hands, retracted them, and stretched out three more fingers, smiling. It's very simple. It's hard to imagine that such a simple person killed a dozen Japanese.
When the Kachin warriors killed their enemies, they had to cut off their ears and carry them with them so that they could count them.
In order to educate them, Li Wei gave up the slaughter between races and pointed his sword and gun at the Japanese devils who came to enslave us. Later, the people who joined the army buried all the ears in the basket, so the ears in the basket were all Japanese soldiers. After Li Wei trained them in tactics, he led them into some sporadic jungle battles, but he didn't want the results to be very good.
Atu nodded.
Stilwell touched his ear and nodded.
Xiaolu nodded.
In order to make Stilwell see the full plot of the story, Li Wei immediately sent money to the Kachin warriors, two ears for fifty yuan, the money was Burmese banknotes, and the Kachin warriors recognized this kind of money.
This price was negotiated in advance. At first, the Kachin warriors were reluctant to resist the Japanese, but since the guerrillas promised 50 yuan for the life of the Japanese army, not only did the guerrillas actively kill the enemy, but even the Kachin warriors who were not guerrillas joined the ranks of the anti-Japanese army.
Li Wei's anti-Japanese government had a good reputation, and the Kachin warriors trusted them very much. And the Kachin warriors never cheated and killed the Japanese army, really. As soon as the Japanese troops entered the forest, Li Wei provided the information to the Kachin tribe, and then took the money and changed the ears.
Li Wei said: "Then the Japanese soldiers we are killing now will be able to exchange arms immediately?" "His main concern is arms.
Stilwell said, "Yes. Change it now. ā
This time, the 500 soldiers of the Kokang Kochin coalition army in Wa State, with more than 300 locals, brought a total of more than 700 Japanese soldiers, and took away more than 3,000 robberies at once, Li Wei immediately contacted the rest of the team members to carry the arms.
Today, Li Wei's guerrillas have changed their name to the Wa Kokang Kochin Coalition Army. Their territory even includes Myitkyina, the Savage Mountains, the Hukang River Valley and other places, with an area of 250,000 square kilometers, plus parts of northern Thailand and northern Laos, the total area reaches 300,000 square kilometers.
The guerrillas used doctors as pioneers, and most of the doctors came from Beijing. The doctors treated a sick person, and the people of a stockade took the guerrillas as their own. After such a long time, the people have the desire of the people, and the people here have only the guerrillas and the people's government in their hearts, and no one else.
The double cropping rice planted by the people's government has been harvested, and the Fuxian company has bought the excess rice in exchange for many advanced products, plus vigorously developing education, renovating housing, reclaiming wasteland, and extinction. Except for some people who have made a fortune by making a fortune, Li Wei has won the support of the vast majority of the local people.
Two days later, Li Wei's guerrillas came in with more than 600 people. More than 600 people took weapons in exchange for ears and medicine. Stilwell simply did a favor and armed all the more than 600 people with small arms.