chapter 1335 Talk about the heart
Although the tone of the meeting has been set, the views of the two sides on the deployment of troops have not been unified. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
So the meeting was a fruitless debate, and from the perspective of the British, Slim was right.
But on the side of the expeditionary force and the Americans, there is no doubt that the British, for their own benefit, allowed the best opportunity to attack slip away.
If the two divisions in the direction of Malaysia are combined with the remaining little devils in southern Burma, then it will undoubtedly be more difficult to attack southern Burma.
At the same time, once the Japanese army of a division and a brigade in the Thai direction enter Burma, the expeditionary force will not only have to defend the eastern front, but also divide its troops to defend the two Japanese divisions in southern Burma together with the Anglo-Burmese army on the southern front, then the Allied forces in Burma will return to the unfavorable state before the war.
It is no wonder that the commanders of the expeditionary force, General Law and Stilwell, were annoyed that the British were afraid to make this war even more difficult.
After the meeting, Stilwell's adjutant directly approached the fat man and asked him to talk to the expeditionary force's temporary headquarters in Ringanqiang.
The fat man nodded in agreement, understanding what Stilwell meant, Lieutenant General Slim's attitude not only represented the attitude of the British, although he did not veto the plan to wave the army in Southeast Asia, but also blocked the implementation of this plan for various reasons, as if Stilwell wanted to ask him what he thought.
Seeing Stilwell was a must, but before that, he had to meet Lieutenant General Slim.
When Lieutenant General Slim was leading the officers to get into the car and return to the headquarters of the Anglo-Burmese army, the fat man appeared at the right time and stopped his jeep.
The fighters of the Liu detachment of a squadron, quickly controlling the surroundings, raised their loaded guns and drove Lieutenant General Slim's guards to the side.
These Anglo-Burmese guards thought they were the guards of Lieutenant General Slim, and when they saw that they were three levels higher, they were originally the masters of flying and domineering, but in front of the Liu detachment, they were all soft-footed shrimp, and they didn't even have the heart to resist, so they obediently hid outside the guard circle of the soldiers of the Liu detachment.
"Your Excellency, it seems that we need to talk about our hearts!" After the fat man finished smiling, he raised his hand and dragged the British driver out of the car, sat on it himself, and looked at Lieutenant General Slim who was sitting in the passenger seat with a smile.
"Talk about the heart?!" Slim was stunned, he didn't dare to say anything about his rude behavior, let alone reprimand him loudly.
"Isn't it?" The fat man asked rhetorically with a smile.
Lieutenant General Slim understood what he meant this time, and hurriedly waved to Captain Stantin, the adjutant in the back seat of the jeep, and the soldiers, telling them to get out of the car and leave far away, not to eavesdrop.
Captain Stantin and the soldier cooperated, and hurriedly ran out of the guard of the soldiers of the Liu detachment, rubbing their hands and feet anxiously.
"Senior brother, if you have anything to say, I, Slim, will definitely listen to it, and if you have any requests, I will definitely do it." Lieutenant General Slim looked at it, good guy, his elite guard, in front of the soldiers under this fat man, he couldn't even raise the mind to resist, and he still said hard words, and he was soft and calculated.
"The fat master needs to wave the teacher in Southeast Asia, Your Excellency the Lieutenant General, can you meet this little request of the junior brother?" When the fat man said this, he looked at Lieutenant General Slim with a diehard smile.
As soon as Lieutenant General Slim heard this, his face stiffened a little, and his whole body fell into petrification.
At the venue, the fat man squeaked, he was still strange, now it's good, and he came to "talk" with him in private.
Damn, did you bring the soldiers and drive all his guards aside to talk again?
"Senior brother, it's not that I don't want to enter Southeast Asia, this is what Prime Minister Churchill meant, the Great Yin Empire should avoid a two-front war between Europe and Asia, and in Asia, the British Empire only needs to maintain its existence."
Lieutenant General Slim said: "The plan of the expeditionary force and Stilwell is undoubtedly good, but if we enter Southeast Asia, Burma will be threatened by the Japanese devils who flank Thailand and Vietnam, which will put the Anglo-Burmese army, which has only one armored brigade and two infantry divisions, in a very disadvantageous situation." ”
"Haha, seniors are worried that this problem is easy to solve!" The fat man laughed.
The British, at the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, were afraid that the little devils would do themselves in Southeast Asia, so they closed the Yunnan-Burma line, so that the domestic anti-Japanese war almost reached a situation where materials were scarce and unsustainable.
Now I want to play this hand again, Mingzhe to protect himself, is it possible?
"It's easy to solve?!" Lieutenant General Slim asked a little puzzled and a little surprised.
Lieutenant General Slim's hopes for promotion were all pinned on the fat man, so he personally wanted to enter Southeast Asia and contribute to his promotion with continuous military exploits.
However, he could not disobey the meaning of the high-level.
If there is a plan that can make India safe, Burma will not be lost, and the colonies in Southeast Asia will return to the hands of the Great Yin Empire, he will definitely agree.
"Isn't it a solution to drive all the Japanese devils in Southeast Asia down the Pacific Ocean?" The fat man laughed.
Lieutenant General Slim immediately fell into petrification and drove all the Japanese devils in Southeast Asia down the Pacific Ocean, how easy it was to say!
In fact, he didn't know that the fat man thought like this.
"But...... But ......" Lieutenant General Slim was frightened by these words, and hesitated for a long time.
"Your Excellency Lieutenant General, there is nothing to do!" The fat man stopped laughing and continued: "Now that the U.S. military has suffered enough from the Japanese devils in Australia, if the government and the Americans reach an agreement, they will leave you alone and march directly into Southeast Asia, do you think that the British and Burmese troops in your hands alone can hold the Japanese devils from Thailand and Vietnam?" ”
Lieutenant General Slim was petrified again, his pupils dilated, and he stared at the fat man without saying a word.
The fat man's words are undoubtedly a naked* reality, a reality that he did not take into account!
The reality was brutal, so cruel that he had to consider the expeditionary side, Stilwell's and General Law's military plans.
He could have blocked General Rowe and Stilwell with naked reality at the meeting, and now the fat man gave him back the reality.
The fat man's speculation is very likely, once the government and the Yankees reach an agreement, in order to relieve the pressure of the US military in the interests of Australia and the United States, the expeditionary force will really launch an attack on Southeast Asia, and Myanmar will be empty, and Thailand and Vietnam on the flank of Myanmar have fallen into the hands of the little devils, and Thailand is still an ally of the little devils, and will definitely take advantage of the fact that Burma is only garrisoned by the British and Burmese troops.
At that time, all his achievements will be in vain, and he will have to flee to India.
It may even lead the Japanese devils to India, and once India is attacked by the Japanese devils, the British Empire will not be able to avoid the fate of fighting on two fronts, even if it does not want to start a war on two fronts.
Seeing Lieutenant General Slim's eyes flickering, the fat man knew that he felt that his words had moved Lieutenant General Slim, and it was time to go to see Stilwell and tell him the good news......