After the greeting from Sichuan, Soong Meiling introduced Roosevelt to her entourage. \\。 qΒ(5) and com Zhongci Song Ban did not have many retinues, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Council each sent one person, in addition to Kong Xiangxi in the United States, who also came to accompany him.

"Congratulations on your victories in Lashio and Changsha." Roosevelt first congratulated Soong Meiling, who smiled very decently: "This is our common victory, and Mr. President is very grateful for your invitation."

"I have a lot of Chinese friends, and when I was very young, I heard my grandfather talk about China, and he used to be in business in China for more than a decade, and he told me a lot about China," Roosevelt turned his wheelchair and walked into the house under Eleanor's push, the spotlight flashing behind him

Soong smiled and walked beside him, listening to Roosevelt talk about his China ties and capture the messages.

"I never thought that Japan could conquer China, and four years ago my military advisers had said that Chinese resistance would last only three months, but I didn't believe it, and it turned out that I was right" Roosevelt's face showed a smug expression: "Of all the military experts, only General Stilwell has the same opinion as me

Wu Pukins was overjoyed, thinking that Roosevelt would take advantage of the situation to ask the Chinese side to provide Shi Qiwei with more power and command more troops, but he didn't expect Roosevelt to change his words:

"The victories at Lashio and Changsha prove that your country can play a greater role in the fight against the Japanese."

"Yes, Japan is our common enemy" Song Meiling opened her mouth to emphasize this: "We have been resisting for four years, what restricts us at present is our logistics, our country's industrial capacity is weak, and it takes a long time to replenish after each major war. ”

Soong Meiling was in a very happy mood, not only because of Roosevelt's attitude, but more importantly, when she needed it most, the news of two victories came from the country at the right time, and these two victories were so dazzling in a dismal war, which not only added luster to her trip to the United States, but also virtually reduced a lot of resistance, and Bergen, a member of the US House of Representatives, made it clear that he hoped that the government would increase military aid to China.

"I believe so," Roosevelt did not retort, but said in passing: "But. Madam, we are facing a grand strategy, and materials are vital to all battlefields, and we intend to increase aid to China, but not too much

Saying that, Roosevelt walked in front, still in a wheelchair, Eleanor sat on the sofa next to him, and Mei Ling sat across from the couple.

The Chinese battlefield is an important battlefield to resist Japan Song Meiling sighed in her heart, she immediately realized that now is the most important moment of this trip, before coming, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had provided her with a piece of information, and now in this information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs analyzes that the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union are likely to defeat Germany as the primary goal, and the distribution of materials will be subject to this strategy.

"I share the importance of the Chinese battlefield with the allies," Roosevelt still smiled: "And we hope that China will play a more important role in defeating Japan, that the main forces of Britain and Soviet Russia will deal with Germany, and that the main forces of the US Army will also be invested in Europe, and we hope that China will continue to play a role and achieve a few more victories like Lashio and Changsha."

Song Meiling's heart was slightly settled, and the analysis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs believed that the strategy of Germany first was unshakable. But it is possible to get more supplies. Song Meiling pulled out a letter from her handbag: "Before leaving, General Zhuang Jihua asked me to hand over a letter to the president. ”

Roosevelt's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and Eleanor took the letter and said with a smile: "Zhuang used to be a guest at our house, but we were still in New York at that time, and he was a successful businessman at that time, but I didn't expect to become an invincible general in a blink of an eye." I heard that he was a student of General Chiang, is that so?

"Yes, he was a graduate of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, and my husband at that time was the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, Song Meiling, replied quietly, but his eyes were on Roosevelt who was reading the letter.

Zhuang Jihua not only wrote a letter to Roosevelt, but also wrote a memorandum, in which he analyzed the trend of the world war situation after the United States entered the war, and emphasized that Germany first is the consensus of the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union, and should not try to shake this strategy, but the United States and Britain have always been vigilant against Soviet Russia, and Britain has ulterior motives, so they can fight for the greatest interests for China in the contradictions between them, and this interest is materials, and we must strive for no less than 100,000 tons of materials exported to China every month, in addition, Fight for as many machinery and equipment as possible, enlist the help of the United States to build an arsenal, help stabilize finance.

To Roosevelt's surprise, although the envoy asked Zhuang Jihua for his opinion several times, Zhuang Jihua had never written to him alone before, and this time it was unusual, and I don't know what the reason was.

He opened Zhuang Jihua's letter, after reading it, he felt a little relieved, Zhuang Jihua did not make any special requests in the letter, in the letter he first apologized to Roosevelt, and then focused on the current war, in the letter he analyzed Japan's strength, pointed out that China and the United States are the primary forces to defeat Japan, the decisive battlefield is the Pacific and Chinese mainland theaters, in the Pacific theater, the US Navy will assume the primary task; The main task of the Chinese mainland battlefield will be undertaken by the Chinese Army, and then he analyzed the situation of the squadron.

In the letter, Zhuang Jihua frankly admitted that in terms of organizing and training equipment, most of the squadrons are not yet suitable for modern warfare, they are extremely poorly equipped, and their training is backward, but this does not prevent them from working hard, and to defeat Japan, China must play a more important and greater role, but first of all, it is necessary to change the current situation of the squadron, improve its equipment, improve its organization, and improve its training, so as to make it a truly modern army. In order to achieve this goal, it is not enough to rely on China's own strength, or in terms of time, but with the help of the United States, it is different, and I hope that the United States can send an advisory group to help China reorganize its army, and at the same time provide more weapons and equipment, no less than 120,000 tons per month, so that within two years, it will be able to raise 1.5 million to 2 million troops, and with these troops, China will be able to launch a full-scale counteroffensive against Japan in this year.

"Have you read the letter?" After Roosevelt read it, he raised his head and asked Song Meiling, Song Meiling nodded without hesitation, and Roosevelt asked again: "What do you think of General Zhuang's proposal?" ”

"I'm not, warn him of his opinion of the squadron," Song Meiling said thoughtfully! "Since the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty by the nephews and nephews of the mules, China has fallen into a state of fragmentation, and it is only temporarily united in the face of a deep national crisis, and the perennial war has left the Nationalist Government without time to carry out a comprehensive reorganization of the army, and our country also lacks talents in this area."

Listening to Song Meiling's analysis, Roosevelt nodded frequently, Song Meiling and Zhuang Jihua did not hide the shortcomings of the squadron, nor did they exaggerate the role of China, these two points made him particularly satisfied, he knew what Song Meiling and Zhuang Jihua meant, their purpose was to get more American aid, and secondly, they hoped that the United States would help China reorganize its army.

"I wonder how you want us to help your country put your army in order?" Roosevelt asked after Soong Meiling finished speaking.

"We hope that your country will send a comprehensive advisory group, from the company level to the army level, so that one or two armies, about 50,000 people, can be reorganized at a time for a period of five months, plus our own training regiment, so that a group army of 120,000 to 150,000 people can be reorganized at one time, and all the reorganized troops will be replaced with the equipment provided by your country, so that by next year we will have about 80 to 1 million well-equipped troops that have been reorganized, so that we can launch a counteroffensive in the five theaters, Hubei and Henan." Song Meiling will discuss the idea and outline.

This idea was also put forward by Zhuang Jihua, and the United States sent a training regiment to carry out the rotation of the squadron, especially those miscellaneous troops, in which the weak were eliminated and the strong were retained, re-equipped, and re-trained, but the scale of each time was not 120,000 to 150,000, but 300,000, and the time was not five months, but three or four months.

"In addition, the logistics and transportation lines from the United States to China are too long, and we hope that your country can help us build some arsenals to produce weapons and ammunition in China, which can greatly shorten the transportation time and improve combat efficiency." Song Meiling finally said. Roosevelt was silent and provided factory equipment, which was the first time that the Allies had made such a request, and Stalin's most outrageous request was to provide millions of tons of aluminum, and as for Churchill, as long as the finished product was not in the factory.

"Isn't the weapons and ammunition we provide enough?" Eleanor asked.

"Of course it's not enough" Song Meiling said softly, her expression was a little sad and a little helpless: "Madam, we clearly and agree with the strategy of Germany first. But China has four million troops. Before the Yunnan-Burma Highway was cut off, the supplies imported into China every month were only tens of thousands, which was far from meeting the needs of the war. ”

"General Stilwell has a plan to counterattack Rangoon, and if we can regain Rangoon, we will be able to supply more supplies faster." Roosevelt abruptly threw Stilwell, and Hopkins sighed in his heart, knowing that Roosevelt would eventually lean towards Stilwell.

"I don't know much about warfare, but General Zhuang Jihua has defeated the Japanese army several times, and he is the best general in my country" Song Meiling seemed to be prepared, and she only paused slightly before replying: "Lashio's victory once again shows that he has an accurate judgment of battle." ”

At this time, Hopkins interjected: "Madam, according to the information we have received, the Burmese Japanese army has suffered heavy casualties, and at this time a counteroffensive is being carried out, and General Shi Qiwei thinks that it is completely possible to recapture Yangon, so he proposes a battle plan but unfortunately, General Zhuang does not seem interested in this. ”

"As I said, General Zhuang Jihua is an excellent general" Song Meiling's expression was not at all unhappy, she patiently explained: "According to our previous experience, if we annihilate 70,000 Japanese troops, our army's casualties will definitely not be less than 60,000, and the total strength of the expeditionary force is 1780,000, minus these 60,000, there are about 100,000 left, and the Japanese army still has tens of thousands of troops in Singapore, and we do not have an advantage; In addition, there is another important factor, that is, material, our replenishment of troops and materials is far lower than that of Japan, the expeditionary force needs to consume at least 50,000 tons of materials every month, not including food, and the materials they get are only about 20,000 tons. Mr. President, we have encountered this situation in Nanjing, Xuzhou, and Zaoyang, where we have annihilated more than 50,000 Japanese troops, and in Xuzhou, we have annihilated 100,000 Japanese troops, but we have not been able to carry out a large-scale counteroffensive, and this is the reason. ”

Roosevelt smiled slightly, he pushed the wheelchair to the desk, opened the drawer and took out a document, opened it and said, "Madam, if the Yunnan-Burma Highway is cut off." Isn't it more difficult for us to supply your country with supplies? I have an assessment here. The supply of supplies to your country through the Sichuan-Tibet Highway can provide up to 60,000 tons per month, which is far from catching up with the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which is still a condition that the weather conditions allow. ”

"The idea is to build another road in northwestern Myanmar, a road from India to western Yunnan, and our engineers think it will take up to half a year to complete, and with these two roads, the transportation of supplies will be completely sufficient." Soong Meiling said calmly that this suggestion was sent from Chongqing the day before yesterday, and that Chiang Kai-shek had made the fullest preparations for Soong Meiling's visit to the United States and informed her of the situation in China at any time, so she was able to talk freely at the White House today.

Roosevelt looked at the world map on the wall, found northwest Burma, and stared for a long time before turning back, while Hopkins had already begun to reason with Soong Meiling.

"President Xianniu, Mr. Hopkins" Soong Meiling's voice was calm and firm: "We understand your country's strategy, but we also hope that your country can understand our strategy." ”

"Can you tell us what your country's strategy is?" Roosevelt asked, thoughtful.

"The counteroffensive in Burma is the end of the race" Song Meiling suddenly became a military expert, she sat there elegantly, but what came out of her mouth was something that women rarely paid attention to: "After the defeat of Burma, Japan is bound to send troops from all over the country to reinforce Burma, but where does he draw troops from?" It can only be the Chinese battlefield, but in this way, it weakens his strength in the Chinese battlefield and creates conditions for our counteroffensive, so that our first team can carry out a counteroffensive at home. The recovery of Wuhan Kaifeng, not to mention, a counteroffensive in Burma, will the British agree? ”

Hopkins was stunned for a moment, he remembered what Roosevelt said just now, the main force of the British should be placed in Europe, and the rest should defend Australia, and there is no more strength to defend Burma. Such a counterattack on Rangoon would require China to invest more troops, but Burma is a colony of the British, and the British will not be able to do so.

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