Chapter 1114: British Request

Therefore, the US government headed by Roosevelt not only did not agree to the request of the British allies to go to war with Japan, but did not even cut off the export of oil and steel materials to Japan, but only symbolically banned the export of some inconsequential materials in order to prevaricate the British allies.

In desperation, the British had no choice but to order their Far East colonial forces to shrink their forces, resist step by step, and withdraw important materials and troops to India alternately, and if necessary, completely abandon Burma and other places.

However, the British side was also worried that the Japanese devils and wolves were ambitious and greedy, and after capturing Burma, they would covet India again. Myanmar is insignificant relative to India. The British were absolutely unwilling to give up the Indochina colony until they had to.

At this time, the British Indian colonies were not only the whole territory of India in later generations, but also included Pakistan, Bangladesh and other Indian Ocean and Middle East countries, among which India was the richest and largest colony, and was compared by the British to the crown jewel of the empire on which the sun never set.

At this time, India, with a total population of more than 300 million, is second only to China's more than 400 million people, and is one of the many colonies of the British Empire, second only to the British Isles proper, as early as ten years ago, that is, in 1931, the financial revenue of the British and Indian governments reached one billion rupees, about 100 million pounds. This figure even surpassed that of Japan, which had just entered the modern era at that time, and was half that of the United Kingdom.

India's large population, abundant products, and various resources provided great momentum for the giant ship of the empire on which the sun never sets, far surpassing other colonies in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, as well as Africa and Australia at that time.

Therefore, if India is lost, the giant ship of the empire on which the sun never sets will sink halfway.

The Americans refused to help, and at this critical juncture, Churchill and his staff came up with a solution to the Japanese invasion of Burma and other colonies in the Far East, and that was to ask the Chinese army to move south to assist the British in resisting the Japanese.

Of course, in order for the Chinese army to agree to go abroad to fight, the British will provide all the expenses of the Chinese army fighting in Burma, including food, housing, medical care, weapons, ammunition, and military salaries.

At the same time, the British were also willing to provide $100 million in aid to the Nationalist Government free of charge as a reward for sending troops to resist Japan.

However, this $100 million aid is not unconditional, that is, the Nationalist Government needs to send its famous No. 1 anti-Japanese force, that is, the Dragon Tooth Corps created by Qiao Youhua.

Churchill understood that if he wanted to deal with the ferocious Japanese army, he had to ask the Dragon's Tooth Corps, which had defeated them in North China and Northeast Asia, and as for the Central Army and the local army under Chairman Chiang, although they could also fight, they were simply not enough compared to the Dragon's Tooth Corps of the Eighth Route Army.

Churchill's additional request made Chairman Chiang angrily scold Niang Xipi, and the $100 million financial aid was tantamount to a relief for the Nationalist Government at this time, and as long as it could get it, even if it sent 300,000 expeditionary troops to Burma to help the British fight the Japanese army, Chairman Chiang was willing.

After all, it is not the same as the little devils, and sooner or later they will have to fight, and once Myanmar falls into the hands of the devils again, it will be extremely unfavorable to the national government.

Because at this time, in addition to East China and Northeast Asia being recovered by the Eighth Route Army, the southeast coast, from Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou to Liangguang, was still under the control of the invading Japanese army, and the only way for the Nationalist Government to communicate with the outside world was Burma.

If it is cut off by the devils again, it will be much more troublesome for the Nationalist Government to import all kinds of materials in the future, and Chairman Chiang understands that sooner or later there will be a battle between the Nationalist Army and the Eighth Route Army, although it cannot be now, but he also does not want the Eighth Route Army to control the import channel, which is too dangerous for the Central Army.

In desperation, Chairman Chiang sent a telegram to Chairman Mao in Yan'an, asking the Eighth Route Army to send the Dragon's Tooth Corps to form an expeditionary force to fight against Japan in Burma.

Churchill's $100 million aid had already been known to Yan'an through an underground intelligence organization.

Chairman Mao looked at the telegram sent by Chairman Chiang, and said with a smile to Zhou Gong and several other leaders: "Chairman Chiang's wishful thinking is really good, just saying that the British are willing to provide all the necessary materials, weapons, ammunition and military salaries for free, not to mention the $100 million aid that Churchill promised to provide!" ”

Zhou Gong smiled slightly: "It's understandable, after all, this money is very important!" ”

"But it's also important to us! Now that the industrial and military infrastructure construction in our northeast has just begun, it is the time when a lot of money is needed, and we must get a piece of the pie of this 100 million US dollars, which should be regarded as Qiao Youhua's military expenses for sending troops! Zhu Gong immediately put forward his own opinion.

Zhou Gong nodded and looked at Chairman Mao.

Chairman Mao smoked a cigarette and pondered for a while, then nodded in agreement: "Well, call back to Chairman Jiang, we don't want all the 100 million US dollars, but at least 50 million will be allocated to us as the military expenses of my Eighth Route Army's Dragon Tooth Corps expedition to Burma!" We use this money to build the country, and it is better than being greedy by the four major families! ”

"Principal Jiang is actually very cheap, the British invited our Dragon Tooth Corps by name, he didn't need to send a single soldier, he got 50 million US dollars, it's already a profitable deal, what's not to be satisfied with!" Zhu Gonglang laughed.

"This doesn't matter, if the Dragon's Tooth Corps goes on an expedition to Burma, it will inevitably pass through the Guotong Region, I'm worried that Chairman Jiang will secretly make a stumbling block, after all, Qiao Youhua is a thorn in his eye!" Zhou Gong said with a worried face.

Chairman Mao said: "This will not be, you can rest assured, Chairman Jiang is not afraid of us, but some people are naturally afraid of Western adults like Britain and the United States, and he does not dare to disobey the yang and yin, because he is afraid of offending the British."

Don't forget that he started as a comprador of capital, how dare he offend capitalism? Besides, even if they tried to stumble halfway, they didn't necessarily make a move, but Comrade Qiao Youhua had rich combat experience.

The outstanding achievements in the North China and Northeast battlefields are the best proof! He can come and go freely in the army of millions, and he can enter and exit the national control area! We don't need to worry too much! ”

"Well, what the chairman said makes sense, since that's the case, then I'll go and call Chairman Jiang back!" Zhou Gong nodded.

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After Chairman Jiang got the callback, he scolded Niang Xipi angrily again, and Wang Shihe, the chief of the guard next to him, said: "Principal, or we will agree verbally first, and wait for the Dragon Tooth Corps to go on the expedition, and then we will say whether to give it or not!" ”

Chairman Jiang snorted coldly: "You think too simply, those people in Yan'an, they won't scatter eagles if they don't see rabbits!" ”