"It's good, it's getting dark." Chiang Kai-shek still greeted Zhao Zhi to his study to talk as warmly as ever, and Rowling and the others were greeted by Song Meiling and went to the rooftop to drink tea and catch up. Chongqing also has a coordination team sent by the U.S. military, including Roger's acquaintance, so Roger, who is extremely reluctant to come to Chongqing, will not be lonely, and Mary has long been familiar with Song Meiling's chat, if it is not the Anti-Japanese War period, the rooftop of the South Bank villa looks peaceful.

"You already know about the landing of American troops on the shores of France, right? What do you think of this landing operation by the US military? There are no outsiders here, but you say it's okay. "Chiang Kai-shek's study is not only the two of them, there are two uniformed officers sitting on the sofa in the corner of the study, looking at the rank mark on the collar, one of these two is a major general and the other is a colonel, but Zhao Zhi does not know them.

"I also just knew, you know that I have been in Thailand recently, and I have been constantly moving places, and the news from the United States can only be sent to Jingdong first, and then to me, so there will be a break in time." Zhao Zhi nodded at the two major generals sitting on the sofa, and then answered Chiang Kai-shek's question with a little deliberation. Zhao Zhi's argument was something he had discussed with Rowling before he arrived, and if Zhao Zhi received the news earlier than the Nationalist Government, Zhao Zhi could not explain why he did not pass the news to Chiang Kai-shek in advance.

"I know this, just look at the war reports you sent, first tell me your views on the landing of US troops in France, how sure do you think the US military declared war on Germany this time?" The victory of the US army against Germany is the most relevant matter for Chiang Kai-shek at present, the Japanese invasion of China has made the basic industry of the Nationalist Government not one out of ten, and many Kuomintang troops have turned out the old rifles that were previously sealed and assembled them for the troops, and the US military aid is where Chiang Kai-shek's hope for victory over the Japanese army lies, and he does not want the United States to lose in this declaration of war against Germany, otherwise China's life will be even worse than it is now.

"Okay then, then I'll tell you what I think of this landing operation of the American army." Zhao Zhi habitually took out the cigar in his pocket, but he suddenly remembered that Chiang Kai-shek didn't like the habit of others smoking in front of him, so he had to put it back in his pocket.

"It's okay, you smoke, when you use your brain to think about things, you need some external stimulation to refresh yourself, I also smoked when I was young." Chiang Kai-shek signaled that Zhao Zhi could smoke, and also revealed that he had also smoked when he was young. Chiang Kai-shek's connivance with Zhao Zhi surprised the two Nationalist army officers sitting on the sofa, including the Chiang family themselves, no one dared to smoke in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and this Zhao Zhi was too much of Chiang Kai-shek's weight. Fortunately, this guy is not from the national government, otherwise in a few years, where will there be everyone's path to advancement.

Chiang Kai-shek agreed, but Zhao Zhi still had to take into account Chiang Kai-shek's majesty in front of his subordinates, so Zhao Zhi still put away the cigar, and just took out two pieces of chewing gum from his pocket and filled it into his mouth. Zhao Zhi's habit was only recently formed, he liked to smoke or chew gum while thinking, and Mary had already exchanged two southern pistols and a Japanese adjutant command knife from Zhao Zhi just by using chewing gum, which made Roger regret that he didn't bring more chewing gum to Zhao Zhi when he came.

"Then let me talk about the information I got first" Under Chiang Kai-shek's expression, Zhao Zhi began to answer Chiang Kai-shek's previous inquiry, "The Rockman family also sent a large number of ships to help transport the landing force of the US army this time, and the information I received is that the number of US landing troops this time is as high as 600,000, and three days before the start of the landing battle, the US airborne troops have been parachuted into France in large numbers, The mission of the U.S. Airborne Forces was to intercept possible German reinforcements for the landing force under the guidance of the French Resistance. ”

On the map of France brought by Zhao Zhi, the landing site of the US troops has been marked with colored pencils, and the blue arrows and circles are the areas and directions of the US airborne troops. "Of course, it is impossible for the 600,000 US landing troops to land ashore at once, and now they are only landing their forward troops, only 100,000 people, and they have to face 4 divisions of about 60,000 German troops, and 2 divisions of Polish troops, and generally speaking, the strength of both sides is about the same."

"The U.S. military used the tactics of attacking the east and the west this time, and the landing ground they used German spies to spread out was the Netherlands, and there were 30,000 U.S. troops who were serving as a feint attack on the Netherlands, and the Germans did not know that this was a trick by the U.S. military envoys, so they not only mobilized a large number of troops on the Dutch coast but also built a large number of fortresses and heavy firepower, on the contrary, on the southwest coast of France, there were only defense forces but there was a lack of effective fortifications, and the U.S. troops should have a great chance of winning this landing operation with the French resistance organization."

"You're saying the Americans will have a big chance of winning?" Chiang Kai-shek, who had been looking down at the map, suddenly asked if he didn't care whether the landing of American troops in France went smoothly, he only cared if the United States could defeat Germany as they said.

"I know what you're worried about." Zhao Zhi replied with a smile, "Actually, whether the United States can win this war or not has nothing to do with us. In order to cope with the two-front war, the United States has recruited more than one million troops at home, and there are nearly one million recruits in their training camps. Intelligence from the US Congress shows that the United States plans to send more than 500,000 ground troops to the Pacific theater, and once there is a crisis in the South Asian theater of the Japanese army, they will definitely mobilize troops from the Chinese battlefield to the south to support.

Zhao Zhi took out another map of China and spread it out on the table, "My Burmese mercenary troops have converged with the green forest column cruising in Henan, and now they are preparing to go north to Hebei, as long as the time is ripe, the Tinder troops previously arranged in Hebei will gather and gather, coupled with the cooperation of the Burmese mercenary troops, it is not impossible to take Hebei to cut off the connection between the Japanese army in South China and the Japanese army in Northeast China, so in this way, my troops in Thailand will also take the opportunity to go north to Liangguang to contain the Japanese army back to aid Central China, If the Shanxi garrison takes the opportunity to send troops to Shandong to squeeze the space of the Japanese army, we will be able to cut the Japanese army in the country in two. ”

"But Tianjin and Shandong are both close to the sea, and the Japanese army can take advantage of their sea route to mobilize the northeast Japanese army from the sea to the south to support, so wouldn't we have to fight with the Japanese army again? Isn't this taking human lives to fill in the pit? The young colonel, who had been sitting on the sofa, spoke, and Chiang Kai-shek also saw the fatal loophole in Zhao Zhi's words, but he knew that Zhao Zhi had always been a master who planned and then acted, and he would not open his mouth if he was not completely sure, so Chiang Kai-shek just smiled lightly and watched how Zhao Zhi should respond to the colonel's question.

"My troops are now besieging Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and I believe that in less than three days, the Thai royal family will issue a general surrender order and expel all Japanese forces in Thailand." Zhao Zhi took out another map of Thailand and spread it out on the table, "This is Thailand's seaport, in the early days of cooperation with Japan, the Japanese helped Thailand form a navy, although it is not a large ship, but there are destroyers and gunboats or something. It is obviously impossible to cross the Pacific Ocean, but it is still possible to let them sail into the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea, and once the US military expands its military projection in the Philippine theater, it will support us with two large destroyers and a cruiser, plus these ships that I have captured from the Thais, and it is a foregone conclusion that the Japanese army in the northeast will be blocked from going south by sea. ”

"Well, this is really good, if the Americans are really willing to provide large ships, we can also use these warships to transport troops to land on the southern coast, and when the Japanese army is cut off from the waist, we can land from the southern coast to contain and disperse the Japanese troops, so as to provide space and convenience for the counteroffensive troops in the middle to move south." The major general, who looked older, stood up, and didn't care to be reserved in front of Chiang Kai-shek, but looked at the map on the table and talked to himself.

"My arsenal in Kunming has produced a large number of Garand rifles, which can be supplied to you at any time to equip the troops, but there are fewer heavy weapons, but I can support you with the heavy weapons collected from the Thai army, which are all Japanese-style equipment, and it is easy to allocate ammunition on the battlefield." Zhao Zhi's words made the young colonel who spoke out excited, what they lacked most now was weapons and ammunition, if it weren't for the lack of backward weapons and ammunition, the national army would not have been defeated on the battlefield one after another.

The countermeasure formulated by Zhao Zhi for Chiang Kai-shek was that no matter what the European and South Asian battlefields were fought, the Chinese theater should now be fought against itself behind closed doors, and it was necessary to take advantage of the opportunity of the US military to increase troops in the South Asian theater to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and seize the time to adjust and make good arrangements for the preparations for the counteroffensive on all fronts. As long as there is a crisis in the South Asian theater, they will definitely transfer troops from the Chinese battlefield to the south, and as long as the Nationalist Government seizes this opportunity to send troops to counterattack, the Japanese army whose elite troops are pinned down in the South Asian theater may not be able to free up their hands to deal with the national army.

"Okay, good, good" Chiang Kai-shek said three good things to Zhao Zhilian in a row, and the big stone that had been pressing on his heart finally fell to the ground today, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was relaxed, pulled Zhao Zhi to introduce him to the two officers of the national army in the study. The older major general was Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 74th Army of the Tiger Ben Army, and the younger colonel was Zhang Lingpu, a general under Wang Yaowu and the commander of the 58th Division of the 74th Army.

Chiang Kai-shek's introduction of these two people to Zhao Zhi was not a whim, Thunder's combat effectiveness was obvious to all, and his original intention was to transfer the 74th Army from China to Zhao Zhi for training for a while and then directly replace the all-American equipment. But today Zhao Zhi drew him a big delicious cake, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately changed his mind, his Tiger Ben army was to be used as the vanguard of the assault on the Japanese army in North China, and the troops who went south to Burma to receive Zhao Zhi's training could be replaced by other troops.