"Do you want to continue the exercise? NO，NO，NO…… By order of the War Office, we were about to go to Egypt to fight the Italians, and we had no time to 'waste' time here. ”

Guilin.

MacArthur was "picking up the dust" at Wainwright in his temporary residence. He's so happy...... Although it was only a regimental-level exercise, and it didn't even take three days from the beginning of the preparation to the official start, he just felt happy. Especially after seeing Qin Wei and the others' faces as black as the bottom of a pot, this feeling of pleasure almost penetrated his second vein and communicated the bridge between heaven and earth. What happened to your kid who deliberately provoked me and expressed contempt for me in every way? Your troops are almost defenseless under the attack of my lad.

"General, you should know that the results of this exercise cannot be used as real battle results." Du Yuming came with Qin Wei. Losing the battle, although it was only a drill, was still very humiliating. And he has to come to MacArthur again, and he has to look at the face of this foreign devil, how can he be alone in this kind of unfortunate thing? Originally, Bai Zhengxi was also coming. The self-proclaimed famous general, with a high status in the national army, and had met MacArthur, felt good about himself, and felt that the other party should sell some of his face. As a result, he was sneered at by Qin Wei and forcibly blocked back. It's not that Qin Wei doesn't want one more person to help share this embarrassing embarrassment, the key is that this kind of thing can't be shared at all. And the more people come, the bigger the people lose. Du Yuming is okay to say, no matter how high he is, he is a military commander, and his military rank is a lieutenant general, Bai Zhenxi is one of the real supreme commanders of the national army, and he represents the "face" of the entire National Revolutionary Army, if this guy loses people in front of MacArthur. The problem is not a matter of drills.

"The outcome of any exercise cannot be a real combat outcome. But we can believe that the outcome of the exercise is often the final result of the war. It's like the sand table deduction we usually do. MacArthur would not give the "enemy" a chance. This time, the drill was provoked by the person in front of him. The purpose is also extremely obvious, that is, he wants to step on him MacArthur and his group of young men to "climb up", and even use this to win a favorable diplomatic situation for China. The intentions can be described as extremely sinister. Therefore, even if it was a regiment-level exercise, he still sent Wainwright as his representative to enter the exercise headquarters. In order to guard against possible small actions of the Chinese. But now it seems that such fears are not warranted...... As soon as the exercise began, the Chinese side fell into a situation of command confusion, and they almost completed everything in a crushing posture. The result made him feel as good as eating a chunk of chilled watermelon on dog days. But Wainwright's "warning" to him was also a surprise. When Wainwright returned, he told him that the Chinese troops participating in the exercise were of high quality and well equipped. The most important thing is that the desire to fight is very strong. Although they lost their command due to an accident and had to fight on their own, the strong desire to win they showed was still terrifying. Wainwright even asserted, if not for the exercises. If it's a real battle, they can win even the last one. The losses to be borne will also be several times greater than those of the exercise.

MacArthur understood what he was a "skinny monkey" to be. Since Wainwright has said so. That means that the victory in this exercise does not say much about things. But he also knows what it means to "take it when you see it". Winning a small game can be regarded as a small lesson for the Chinese, which not only earns face, but also does not cause any big problems. But if there is another battle that may be difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat, he will not do it. It's okay to win, but what if you lose? Birds in the forest. It's better to have a bird in hand. Although he didn't know what to say, he still understood the truth.

"Let's have another division-level confrontation exercise. Of course, if you think this scale is too small, we can simply get on the horse for a military-level one! Qin Wei ignored MacArthur's prevarication. He pointed at Du Yuming: "This is the commander we decided to send in this exercise, one of the best generals in China, basically representing the highest military level of our army." How's that, General, who are you going to send? ”

"I can understand your feelings, because I've had the same experience." MacArthur laughed: "But the exercise is over, and it would be a 'waste' of time to do it again." ”

"No, no, no, it's definitely not a waste of time." Qin Wei said with a smile, "On the contrary, this is a rare opportunity for our army to see with our own eyes the army of a first-class industrial power in the world; For you and your subordinates, it is a great opportunity to re-experience the atmosphere of the battlefield against Japan...... General Du's 5th Army fought the Japanese at Kunlun Pass, where they defeated the Japanese and suffered a great defeat. ”

"There is no need for us to feel the atmosphere of the battlefield against Japan." Wainwright said, "General Qin, we are going to Egypt soon. As soon as the fleet arrived, all of us had to set off immediately. We are facing Germans and Italians, not Japanese. ”

"With the reputation of losing the battle?" Qin Wei asked with a smile, "As far as I know, the British are very arrogant. Their Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, is still in the United States vying President Roosevelt for the position of Commander-in-Chief of the European Allies...... It was no less than a fierce battle, but there was no smoke of gunpowder. ”

"We're just going to beat up the Italians, and the rest has nothing to do with us." MacArthur's face darkened. He felt that he hated the stinky boy in front of him more and more. Why do you keep mentioning that he lost at the hands of the Japanese? The Japanese have 300,000, and he only has 30,000, okay? With one to ten, the whole body retreats, which can also be regarded as a defeat? But although he was angry, he couldn't lose his temper with Qin Wei...... He was able to get out of it with his whole body, relying on the person in front of him. Otherwise, the whole army will be wiped out.

"The British in Egypt had a staggering 230,000 troops. And the Italian army in Libya is almost 500,000! Qin Wei still smiled and said, "General, how many troops do you have?" ”

"Thirty thousand, to be exact, it should be less than thirty thousand." Du Yuming also suddenly spoke. He didn't say much, and as soon as he finished speaking, he sat down again with his eyebrows lowered and pleasing to his eyes, as if the old monk had settled down.

"Only a fraction of the British!" Qin Wei smacked his lips and shook his head, "And the British Eighth Army in Egypt is still a completely mechanized force, equipped with a large number of tanks and armored vehicles. But what does the U.S. military have? ”

"Nothing, not even their own guns." Du Yuming interjected again, and quickly fell silent after speaking.

"Understood." Qin Wei snapped his fingers, "When I left the Philippines, I was too anxious, some soldiers threw away their guns, and our ship couldn't carry heavy weapons...... Tsk, the United States of America is the hope of our anti-fascist forces throughout the world, and we rely almost entirely on the United States to support the fight. But the American GIs we had high hopes for didn't even have guns...... Gentlemen, imagine what the proud 'John Bulls' will think of you when you arrive in Egypt. I'm not going to put you under their command, are I? General MacArthur, you're an American Army general! ”

"The United States will give us everything in its entirety." Wainwright looked at MacArthur's increasingly gloomy face and said hurriedly.

"But they are not sure that they will be able to secure supreme military command of Egypt for you." Qin Wei smiled, "Moreover, what if you win the highest military command?" Will the British obediently obey orders? ”

"Since it is an allied force, since the command has been determined, of course they have to follow orders." Wainwright himself felt how unconfident he was when he said this, and in doing so, he was even more worried about MacArthur. He knew the boss well. Qin Wei's words can be said to have directly hit their weakness...... In fact, when they received the order to leave for Egypt, they were already worried about this. It's just that the military order is difficult to disobey. Knowing that the road ahead was difficult, they also had to follow orders. Originally, Washington also knew MacArthur's character, and also knew their situation at this time, and had already explained to them by telegram, and promised to quickly replenish what they needed when they arrived in Egypt. This reassured them a little. But now Qin Wei has picked these things apart...... Everything else is okay, but the lethality of the previous sentence, "passing with the reputation of defeating the battle" is not trivial. How could someone as arrogant as MacArthur accept such an outcome? And that's not even counting the speculation that Qin Wei mentioned later about whether the British would follow orders, which made MacArthur feel even more worried and uncomfortable...... There was absolutely no way he could accept that his men would not obey orders. But the problem is that, with the temper of the English people as they are accustomed to, this kind of thing can happen nine times out of ten.

"Let's go back after winning a battle, then at least we can earn a little more face." Qin Wei continued with a grin.

"It's a pity that you are only Chinese, and it is the Japanese that I want to defeat." MacArthur suddenly exhaled and said.

"General Du Yuming's troops have defeated the Japanese many times, and one of them is the unit that Seishiro Sakagaki relied on to become famous, the fifth division of the Japanese army known as the 'Steel Army'!" Qin Wei came out again.

"Seishiro Sakagaki led the 5th Division to fight many victories in China, participated in many battles in Nankou, Xinkou, Pingxingguan, Taiyuan, Shanghai, Taierzhuang, etc., and repeatedly served as the main offensive mission. When it was at its strongest, it defeated the strength of more than 30 divisions of our division in Shanxi with the strength of half a division and defeated half of Shanxi Province. Du Yuming's voice was a little low, but then it suddenly rose three times: "However, in the Battle of Guinan, the 5th Division was almost completely annihilated by our army, and only a few remnants escaped. ”

"So what?" MacArthur shrugged, "The exercise is over. I'm not interested in doing it again either. ”

"Are you afraid of failure?" Qin Wei asked with a smile.

"No, I just don't want to 'waste' my time." MacArthur shook his head, "And I don't want to be teased like this...... General Qin, I understand your purpose, but it's a pity that I'm Douglas. MacArthur, not a brainless fool. You can't 'command' me. ”

"......" (To be continued......)