A small town in northern Myanmar, Mongyang.

The Chinese Expeditionary Force is holding a military conference at the highest level.

In the dimly lit room, Stilwell sat in the center, Du Yuming, commander-in-chief of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and commander of the Fifth Army, Gan Lichu, commander of the Sixth Army, and Luo Zhuoying, deputy commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, sat on the left and right, and seven division commanders, including Dai Anlan, Liao Yaoxiang, Yu Shao, Peng Bisheng, Lu Guoshui, Chen Mianyue, and Sun Liren, sat under Du Yuming and Gan Lichu respectively.

This military conference was strongly requested by Stilwell, and there was only one agenda item: where should the Chinese Expeditionary Force go?

To the east, Myitkyina had been captured by the 56th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and the Chinese Expeditionary Force was demoralized, and it was almost impossible to defeat the 56th Division before the main force of the Yue Army arrived.

The east and south sides have been cut off by the army, and the only way to the north or west is to go north.

"I'm firmly against turning over the mountain of cross-country people." Stilwell tapped on the table and said in slightly stiff Chinese, "It's a no-man's land, troops won't get any supplies when they enter the jungle, the dense and sweltering rainforest makes it easy to get lost, and our soldiers will die a lot of hunger and disease." ”

"Alarmist!" Du Yuming said coldly, "I don't believe it, an army of 80,000 can't conquer a mere savage mountain!" ”

Stilwell's face suddenly became extremely embarrassed, he glared at Du Yuming viciously, and almost roared and said: "I am the Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Theater and the Commander-in-Chief of the Burma-India Theater, and the supreme commander of this unit. ”

"I'm sorry!" Du Yuming [***] said, "We are Chinese [***] people, and we only obey the orders of Chairman Jiang!" ”

Stilwell and Du Yuming began to quarrel fiercely, but General Luo Zhuoying, who was specially sent by Chairman Chiang to coordinate the relationship between the two, sat next to him without saying a word, and the division commanders below either closed their eyes and recuperated, or whispered, and they had long been accustomed to the quarrel between Stilwell and Du Yuming.

In fact, from the beginning of the expeditionary force's entry into Burma, Stilwell and Du Yuming began to quarrel endlessly.

Stilwell hoped to obtain the absolute command of the expeditionary force and hoped that the 100,000 elites could resolutely carry out his orders, but Du Yuming was always unwilling to hand over the command, let alone the lives of Chinese soldiers to the British, because the British [***] team never really showed the sincerity of the allies, which made Du Yuming very dissatisfied.

Once again, the military meeting broke up in a heated argument, and Stilwell returned to the room in a rage.

After pouring two large sips of whiskey, Stilwell sat down on the marching bed and began to draft a summary report to President Roosevelt on his knees.

The last effort ended in failure, and the squadron refused to carry out the order to withdraw to India.

I feel powerless about this, although Mr. Chiang is thousands of miles away in Chongqing, he has always firmly controlled this elite army from China, and with his not very clever tactical command ability, he has constantly issued one wrong and stupid order after another, constantly pushing this army to the brink of destruction!

The Chinese [***] team is an army that can really fight, but the Chinese political axe is a hopeless political axe.

Money, influence and position are the only things that Chinese leaders think about, and intrigues, deception, betrayal, and false reporting are their usual tricks.

They go out of their way to ask for whatever they can get.

Their unique idea is to let others fight and preserve their own strength.

The "leaders" are indifferent to the people, cowardice spreads, extortion supremacy, smuggling and tax evasion.

Utterly ignorant senior generals, stupid bloated staff structures, and endless factional strife.

The only thing that saved them was the numb obedience of the common people, the "intellectuals" and the rich who sent their precious cubs to America, and the sons of the poor left home to die—without care, training, or leadership—and sent them into battle to face the well-trained and well-equipped armies of the people.

And we are in such a position: we can only support this [***] regime and praise its leader, that wise patriot and warrior - "Peanuts", who will never know the true meaning of the existence of the army, and he will never know that the only mission of the army's existence in the world is to fight, that is, to defend the country and the people, and to maintain world peace...... My God! It's really hard for me to imagine that China has such a leader and can hold on to it to this day!

The British have no nostalgia for Burma, they only want to hold the jewel in the crown of India, and the Chinese [***] team will not shed blood and sacrifice for Burma, the total defeat of Burma is inevitable, and the transition to a counteroffensive is even more far away, unless we urgently mobilize at least twenty infantry divisions plus five armored divisions, and quickly put them into the Burma battlefield.

………… The White House, Office of the President.

The young and beautiful female secretary walked into President Roosevelt's office in a spring breeze and said: "Mr. President, this morning, large-scale rallies and demonstrations broke out in dozens of cities such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago at the same time. ”

"I see." President Roosevelt nodded when he heard this, but his brow, which had been tightly furrowed, was relaxed.

Just now, President Roosevelt and his advisory group were discussing how to guide the public opinion of the American people to support this just anti-fascist war.

Soon, President Roosevelt knew what was going on.

"Bowen, what do you think?" Roosevelt's gaze turned to his military advisers, "Should we send an army directly to the Pacific to fight with the army for islands in the southwest Pacific?" Then use these islands as a base for advance, and continue to compress the strategic space of the Yue army until it invades the main island and forces the political axe to surrender? ”

Bowen shook his head and said with a solemn expression: "Our navy can go all out to resist the continuous expansion of the Japanese navy in the Pacific Ocean, but our army must be engaged in the European and African theaters, because Nazi Germany is far more dangerous than Ben, and the strategic focus of the United States has always been Europe, not Asia." ”

President Roosevelt said, "Isn't Germany already at war with the Soviet Union?" ”

"Mr. President, the prospects for the USSR are very bad." Bowen shook his head and said with a stern expression: "Under the political propaganda of Nazi Germany in the early stage, the political situation in the Soviet Union has been extremely chaotic, and the republics have broken out in rebellion because they are dissatisfied with Stalin's high-pressure rule. ”

"The Soviet Union has lost the support of fourteen union republics, and her war potential has been greatly diminished." Speaking of this, Bowen said: "Once the Soviet Union is defeated and surrendered, Germany's armed forces of up to 5 million people can be withdrawn from the Eastern Front and thrown into the battlefields of Western Europe and North Africa. ”

Roosevelt frowned and said, "You mean that the Soviet Union will soon be defeated and surrendered?" ”

"Only God knows this." Bowen shook his head and said, "I just think that we should take advantage of the favorable opportunity when the Soviet Union has not yet been defeated and surrendered, and can still contain a large number of German troops, and do our best to launch a counteroffensive in Africa and Western Europe, so as to solve the biggest threat of Nazi Germany as soon as possible, and then it is not too late to go back and clean up." ”

"What about Asia?" Roosevelt said, "The American people now hate him the most." ”

Bowen shrugged his shoulders and said: "There are many Chinese, even if most of the country has fallen, there is still an almost inexhaustible source of reserves, and the American political axe can provide enough materials and equipment to the Chinese political axe to help the Chinese political axe train and arm hundreds of American armourers to resist the Japanese army with all their might." ”

While he was talking, the young and beautiful female secretary knocked on the door again and walked in: "Mr. President, General Stilwell's report." ”

President Roosevelt took the report from the female secretary, and after reading it in a hurry, his brow furrowed.

………… Yucheng, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

Madame Chiang, who was disgraced, hurriedly walked into Chairman Chiang's study and said urgently: "Darling, the US political axe has sent us an ultimatum through the embassy in Chongqing!" ”

"What did you say?" Chairman Jiang raised his head when he heard this, "Ultimatum!?" ”

"Hmm." Madame Chiang nodded, and then said, "The American political axe threatens that if Du Yuming refuses to carry out Stilwell's orders, if we insist on withdrawing the expeditionary force to China, the American political axe will cut off all assistance to the national political axe, and instead provide assistance to local troops such as the Yunnan army, the Gui army, the Sichuan army, the Jin Sui army, and the Eighth Route Army!" ”

After saying this, Mrs. Jiang said: "In addition, the US Embassy has openly contacted Li Zongren, Long Yun, Yan Xishan, and Mao in Yan'an through the radio, Yan Xishan and Mao have expressed their willingness to fully cooperate with the US political axe, and Long Yun has even threatened that as long as the US political axe needs it, he can immediately send seven divisions to Burma!" ”

"What?" Chairman Jiang changed his face and said, "There is such a thing!?" ”

"Darling, what are we going to do now?" Madame Jiang asked anxiously.

"Let me think, let me think first." Chairman Jiang shook his hand again and again, and at this time there was also a bit of confusion.

The ultimatum of the American political axe is not insignificant, and this time it definitely hit Chairman Chiang by seven inches!

The Republic of China was nominally a unified country, and after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Chairman Chiang's personal prestige also reached the peak of history, however, the Republic of China did not fundamentally get rid of the chaotic situation of warlord separatism, and all factions were able to work together only because of the existence of a powerful foreign enemy.

It is foreseeable that once this war is defeated, a civil war will immediately break out in China!

Therefore, if the US political axe really abandons the central political axe and instead supports one of the local factions, or even the Yan'an [***], then Chairman Chiang will lose the next civil war without any suspense, and then lose control of the central political axe, and such an outcome is something that Chairman Chiang absolutely does not want to see.

When Committee member Jiang was feeling that the six gods were ownerless, He Yingqin and Chen Cheng, two major henchmen, also rushed to hear the news.

Politically, economically, and diplomatically, Chairman Chiang trusted the heads of the four major families more, but militarily, He Yingqin and Chen Cheng were the two people that Chairman Chiang trusted the most.

As soon as Chen Cheng came in, he scratched his head and said: "The Americans are grossly interfering in China's internal affairs, and the central political axe, as the only legal political axe of the Republic of China, does not cooperate with us, but runs to hook up with Li Zongren, Long Yun, Yan Xishan, and even the gangsters in Yan'an, what is this?" ”

"And the American news media!" Chen Cheng took a breath and continued, "They took the initiative to make a propaganda film to publicize the difficulties of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the huge sacrifices made by China in fighting against the Japanese invaders, of course we welcome it, but why do they still vigorously promote Yue Weihan's deeds in the second half of the propaganda film?" Could it be that China has won the war alone? ”

"You don't understand the American way of thinking." He Yingqin glanced at Chen Cheng with some disdain, then turned to Chairman Jiang and said, "Chair, the US political axe is blatantly hinting to us that the Chinese Expeditionary Force must be under Stilwell's command, and Yue Weihan is the most suitable candidate for the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force in the eyes of the Americans!" ”

After hearing this, Chairman Chiang was skeptical, and immediately set his eyes on Madame Chiang.

Madame Chiang has lived in the United States for many years, and she still has a good understanding of the American way of thinking, and when she met the gaze of Chairman Chiang's inquiry, Madame Chiang nodded lightly and said, "That's what Americans should mean. ”

Chairman Chiang's face immediately collapsed, and he handed over the command of the expeditionary force to Stilwell, of course Chairman Chiang was not happy, and let Yue Weihan be the commander-in-chief of the Chinese expeditionary force, Chairman Chiang was even more unhappy, but the situation is stronger than people, and in the face of the strong pressure of the US political axe, does Chairman Chiang have any other choice?

"It may be a good choice to make Yue Weihan the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force." Chen Cheng suddenly said, "Yue Weihan's surname is arrogant, and he and Stilwell may not get along, if the two contradict each other again, the Americans will not be able to complain about us, this is the candidate chosen by the American political axe, right?" ”

After saying this, Chen Cheng said again: "Also, after Yue Weihan's 39th Group Army expeditions to Burma, Hu Zongnan's 1st Army can naturally be stationed in Jingcheng Pass in the name of changing defenses. ”

Chairman Jiang was silent for a moment and then sighed: "It seems that this is the only way." ”

(To be continued)