Stilwell's round was played just right, at least on the surface, the stiff atmosphere eased down, Tang Qiuli and MacArthur chose to give each other a step at the same time to avoid such a stalemate, everyone was relieved, after all, this is a relaxed and pleasant occasion, and no one wants to see an unpleasant scene.

Subsequently, Alexander and Brooks shook hands with Tang Qiuli one after another, nodded and smiled, but Brooks' eyes always scanned the back of Tang Qiuli's head, making Tang Qiuli inexplicable, if he knew Brooks's inner thoughts, this Aussie nose should be bloody at this moment.

The waiter sent over a few glasses of red wine, and at the huge round table, there were five people, including Stilwell, who were doing it, and the others, knowing their own weight, how could they dare to come to these five giants, even Yang Yongtai did not come close, the scene just now fell into Yang Yongtai's eyes, although he and Tang Qiuli were in two camps, they could not be called mortal enemies with each other, and they were definitely not friends.

Standing in the position of Chairman Chiang, he hoped that MacArthur would severely suppress Tang Qiuli and stand in the position of the Chinese, and he had to secretly applaud Tang Qiuli's arrogance.

At the moment, he still had an attitude of waiting and seeing, although his mouth was greeting the other guests, his eyes never left Tang Qiu's table with them.

MacArthur took a sip of wine and said seemingly casually, "General Tang." It's not easy for us to meet in Manila," Tang Qiuli smiled and replied, "It's not easy. The ambushes and interceptions along the way are thrilling enough, I am afraid that I have now become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Japanese, and I am not as good as Your Excellency the General, with more than 100,000 troops, sitting firmly in Luzon. Far away from the war, it is quite a feeling of watching the fire from the other side! ”

Tang Qiuli would definitely not be polite, just by virtue of MacArthur, the Yankee's expression just now, he had to stimulate him. Macarthur swallowed and foamed, he didn't expect that such an ordinary sentence would attract Tang Qiuli to speak such a sharp language. There is also sarcasm and ridicule.

MacArthur's heart was on fire, he felt that Tang Qiuli was a little too much, and he had already made the greatest determination to take the initiative to reach out. For the sake of the United States, these little things will be put aside for the time being. Don't do pointless fights, now it seems. This Chinese, who does not know how to advance or retreat, regards his tolerance as weakness.

MacArthur continued quietly: "Yes, General Tang's achievements in Burma, we are all obvious to all, the general's troops, brave and good at fighting, the Japanese must not be the general's opponent," After speaking, the eagle-like eyes stared at Tang Qiuli, Tang Qiuli smiled faintly and did not say anything.

This Yankee can't always boast about himself, right? Just now, the sparks in his eyes were jumping around, and now he sang a hymn again, deceiving the trick of a three-year-old child, seeing that Tang Qiuli did not pick up the stubble, MacArthur naturally did not fall to the ground, and then said: "I have one thing, I still don't understand, and I hope General Tang will explain it." ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Tang Qiuli's mouth, and he said secretly: "The drama is here, but I don't know that this Yankee will make things difficult for himself in that way," "Oh, there are things that General MacArthur doesn't understand, but it's okay to talk about it, Qiu Liding should know everything and say everything," he said.

MacArthur said: "At the beginning of the Japanese attack on Burma, General Alexander's troops were encircled in Mandalay in central Burma, and General Tang's troops had enough strength to break the Japanese encirclement and rescue General Alexander's troops, but, I don't know what the reason was, General Tang did not go to Mandalay to relieve the siege, but chose to attack Myitkyina, causing our allies to suffer heavy losses. ”

Tang Qiuli sneered in his heart, "MacArthur is really a cunning guy, on such an occasion, bringing up old things and revealing Alexander's scars is nothing more than to arouse Alexander's resentment towards himself, so as to draw an ally to deal with him together." ”

His face turned pale, and he asked rhetorically, "General MacArthur, were you on the battlefield in Burma at that time?" Since there was none, how can we understand the specific situation at that time? If you want me to give a reasonable explanation, I am telling the general that my troops of Tang Qiuli do not need to give any explanation for any action, but, in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I still have to say a few words, mainly for the sake of General Alexander. ”

That's hard enough, why do I need to explain to you, the Yankee? How old are you? You stand up for the British and win over Alexander, why don't I give favors, MacArthur was stunned by Tang Qiuli's choking, yes, he was in the Allied headquarters at the time, and he didn't have any position, Tang Qiuli really didn't need to explain himself, not to mention, this is a matter between Tang Qiuli and the British, and he is a little strong, and this is a bit rough to ask.

After giving MacArthur a roast chicken nest neck, Tang Qiuli looked at Alexander, whose face was already very ugly, and said: "General Alexander, the situation at that time, you know best, the Japanese army that surrounded you was more than 500,000 people, and the troops I could mobilize at that time were only 200,000 people, you and I are both the ones who command the army, so we naturally know the danger, I'm afraid, before the Mandalay encirclement is opened, my troops will also be surrounded by more than 500,000 Japanese troops, how can we break the siege?" ”

Alexander could only nod, Tang Qiuli was telling the truth, but he always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say the specific reason, Tang Qiuli continued: "Therefore, attacking Myitkyina is the only feasible way, which can open the passage for the British army to withdraw westward to India, and also prevent the British army from being blocked and intercepted by the Japanese army on the way to the north, and fall back into encirclement, is there anything wrong with this?" ”

After Tang Qiuli finished speaking, his eyes stared at Alexander, this is also Alexander's most tangled place, without Tang Qiuli opening the Myitkyina passage, he will die without a place to be buried, for this, he can't find any fault, he can't say, people Chinese, to relieve your worries, you blame people for doing something wrong, Alexander can only nod and agree with Tang Qiuli's statement.

Alexander nodded twice, in fact, he had already denied MacArthur's two cross-examinations to the point of uselessness, and the Yankee rolled his blue-gray eyes a few times, and sure enough, his skin was thick enough, and he didn't mean to be embarrassed at all, obviously unwilling, and still thinking about other ideas.

After a pause, MacArthur changed the subject, and then asked: "General Tang, why did you refuse to carry out the orders of the Allied headquarters, and take advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army's retreat to completely annihilate the Japanese army under Ito Yanzaburo on the front line, you must know that it is not only as simple as disobeying military orders, but the most important thing is that you missed the best opportunity to annihilate the Japanese army, which has buried the risk factor of instability in the future situation in Southeast Asia, I think, someone should be responsible for this matter?" ”

Tang Qiuli looked at the American four-star general with a little pity with idiotic eyes, MacArthur was full of discomfort by Tang Qiuli's eyes, and with an annoyed tone, he raised his voice and said: "What, General Tang, is this question difficult to answer?" The voice was a little higher, attracting the attention of most people, and far away, in the midst of a group of bejeweled ladies and misses, Mei Xue, who was obviously absent-minded, threw a concerned look at Tang Qiuli.

Tang Qiuli laughed, this time, attracted everyone's attention to this table, after laughing, Tang Qiuli leaned back in the chair, and said to MacArthur who had black lines on his face in an enlightening tone: "General, I hope you can ask some professional questions, don't be so amateurish!" Yang Yongtai's ears were like radar, faintly gloating.

Tang Qiuli continued: "As we all know, a large-scale military operation must take into account all factors, at that time, the Indochina Peninsula suffered a heavy rainstorm that has not been encountered in 50 years, flash floods, all roads and bridges were washed away, my troops, heavy weapons were blocked in the rear, the two main corps, trapped on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, the task of pursuing more than 400,000 Japanese troops, only two corps more than 200,000 people, do you want my soldiers, with rifles, with less than twice the strength of the Japanese army, To attack the heavily defended Libao Grand Canyon defense line of the Japanese army? ”

"If such an order were given to the American troops, General MacArthur, what would you do to make the most fearless sacrifice of your soldiers to carry out this so-called order? At that time, the general, you were thousands of kilometers away in Manila, and you didn't understand the actual situation, so you relied on a telegram to use the young lives of my soldiers to carry out a senseless attack? ”

"What's more, our troops of the North China Independent Division have not received any orders and are under the command of the Allied China and Southeast Asia Theater Headquarters, so there is no such thing as disobeying orders, let alone taking so-called responsibility, what you just said, General, is very unreasonable! I hope that when you give orders in the future, you will have to think about it first! Of course, my troops will not carry out such a stupid order, and as for the rest of the troops, I hope that such a tragedy will not happen! ”

MacArthur was dumbfounded, Tang Qiuli slapped this slap too loudly, and the guests present heard it, and directly reprimanded this four-star general of the US army, who regarded himself very highly, as a blind command, and the last sentence bluntly said that MacArthur was an idiot, and he gave orders without going through his brain, and people didn't know what Allied headquarters there was, and all your accusations were nonsense.

MacArthur's blood all over his body rushed to his brain, the bruises on his face jumped, and his gray-blue eyes had turned red, as terrifying as the vampires in ancient European legends......