"Solemn, what should we do in your opinion, do we really want to watch the Japanese occupy Burma?" The old man asked with a frown.

Chen Feng replied: "I don't say that you all know the importance of Myanmar, so I never said that I would not rescue Myanmar, Myanmar is to be saved, but we only save China's Myanmar, not Britain's Myanmar!" ”

"China's Burma?"

"Yes, it is China's Myanmar, China and Myanmar are connected by mountains and rivers, and cultural exchanges have a long history. According to historical records, friendly exchanges between China and Myanmar began in the Han Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, the prince of Burma led the musicians to visit Chang'an, the ancient capital of China. The famous journalist Bai Juyi was moved by it and wrote the eternal swan song "Bi Guole". For a long time, Burma was a vassal state of China until 1885, when the British sent troops to destroy Burma and incorporated it into India under the British Empire, becoming a province of British India. In 1886, Britain won the Third Anglo-Burmese War, and China was forced to sign the Sino-British Treaty of Burma with Britain, which stipulated that China recognized British dominance over Burma, but Burma continued to pay tribute to China every ten years. Therefore, Burma is not the inherent homeland of the British, and if we want to send troops to defend Burma, the British must surrender control of Burma. Chen Feng said loudly.

Lao Jiang and the others looked at Chen Feng with surprise on their faces, they never thought that Chen Feng would have such a crazy idea, as we all know, Britain is the most domineering old colonial country in the world, and there are British colonies in the world, how could they give up Burma, you must know that this Myanmar is the gateway to India. The British are not going to let it fall into the hands of other countries in any way.

"Solemn, Burma is a colony of the British, how can they let it go so easily, before this, the British did everything possible to prevent us from entering Burma to set up defenses, I'm afraid your idea will not be accepted by them!" Lao Jiang shook his head and said.

Chen Feng smiled and said, "They will accept it!" ”

"Oh! What can be done to be solemn? ”

"Can you know MacArthur?"

"That MacArthur of the United States in the Philippines?"

"That's him!"

"Does he have anything to do with it?"

"Of course, MacArthur and his army are now surrounded by the Japanese in the Bataan area, and only I can save the principal of the American Military Academy at West Point, but only on the condition that the United States and Britain renounce all their interests in China and return all the territories of China and its vassals. Among them is Myanmar! Chen Feng said endlessly.

There was a jolt in the conference room. I didn't expect Chen Feng to hit this idea.

"And the British agreed?" Lao Chiang hurriedly asked, it would be good if this matter could really be achieved, without the restraint of the British, Lao Chiang was confident that he would hold northern Burma. At the very least, the Japanese will not be allowed to threaten the security of the southwestern hinterland.

And they agreed. But there is one condition! ”

"On what terms?"

"Successfully saved MacArthur. To be alive, not to be dead! Chen Feng said.

"That"

"Rest assured, my troops have set out, and the rescue operation has already begun. As long as the information provided by the Americans is accurate, news will come soon! Chen Feng said with a smile.

"I hope this rescue operation can be successful, so that the party-state will not be too passive!" Old Jiang Dao.

"Rest assured, there should be no accident with Saving Private MacArthur. But I still have some concerns about the party-state sending an expeditionary force to fight in the south! Chen Feng said.

"If you have any concerns, please say, you are a few strategic experts in the party state, and every question you ask now is to make up for the loopholes of the party and the state, and you are saving the soldiers on the battlefield!" Lao Jiang said with relief.

Chen Feng said: "The most important thing for the expeditionary force to fight in Burma is material supply, the British don't count on it, they are just a bunch of garbage, they don't care about the life or death of our Chinese, all supplies still need us to transfer from Yunnan, so our internal unity is very important." However, with all due respect, with the relationship between Chongqing and Yunnan, I am afraid that the expeditionary force's southward operation will add a lot of variables! ”

Chen Feng's unkind words surprised everyone, and secretly said that this young deputy seat was too bold to dare to speak like this, isn't this a clear slap in the face of the old man? What Chongqing, it's not about the old man. What Yunnan side, isn't it talking about Yunnan Provincial Chairman Long Yun!

Everyone here knows that when the old man was concentrating all his efforts on the international route of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, there was a contradiction with Long Yun, who ruled Yunnan, and it was very acute. The old man tried to use the pretext of anti-Japanese resistance to "unify" Yunnan; And Long Yun guarded against the old man's hand everywhere, insisting on the situation that the small Long dynasty monopolized the political, economic and military power of Yunnan. The old political men of Yunnan can't be asked; In terms of economy, until now, Yunnan still uses its self-issued "Dian currency"; Militarily, the Central Army was not allowed to enter the country.

The old man was very dissatisfied with this situation, and had many means for the Yunnan side, on the one hand, he sent his brother-in-law Song Ziwen to dredge and win over Longyun in many ways, and on the other hand, on the grounds of preparing for an expedition, he successively concentrated his descendant troops on the border of Yunnan-Guizhou, Yunnan-Sichuan, and Yunnan-Kang.

The troops that were successively concentrated were: the three divisions of the Ganli Initial Division of the Sixth Army on the Yunnan-Guizhou border (; The three divisions and mechanized units of the Fifth Army under Du Yuming's headquarters were reorganized and trained near Anshun and Panxian. On the border of Yunnan and Sichuan, the old man will train near Luzhou and Xuyong, and the two divisions of the Zhong Bin Division of the 71st Army and the Ma Weiji Division of the New 29th Division will be ready to enter Yunnan at any time.

On the border of Yunnan-Kang, near Xichang and Huili, there are 36th divisions including the 71st Army. The 14th, 50th, and 198th Divisions of the Huang Wei Division of the 54th Army were assembled on the Yunnan-Guizhou border.

In the territory of Sichuan and Guizhou, there are also the 9th, 76th, and 33rd divisions of Wang Lingyun's division of the Second Army; Sun Liren Department of the Tax Police Corps, Liu Bolong Department of the New 28th Division.

The above troops were probably concentrated when the Japanese invaded Vietnam in 1940, but due to the contradictions between Chiang and Long, they were unable to enter Yunnan for a long time. Until 1941, when the Sino-British military alliance was brewing, the two sides were preparing to work together to protect the Yunnan-Burma Road and the Yangon international communication line.

Soon after, the old man established a military committee in Yunnan with Lin Wei as the commander, and established the Kunming Defense Command. Then the 93rd Division of the Sixth Army drove to Cheli and Fohai one after another to set up defenses. The New 28th Division, the New 29th Division, and the New 38th Division were organized into the 66th Army, with Zhang Zhen as the commander, and prepared to participate in the Burma Expedition.

Although the two sides reluctantly reached a compromise, the contradictions between Jiang Long and Jiang Long did not disappear, but instead intensified as the expeditionary force entered Yunnan in a big way.

However, although everyone knows such a question, but no one dares to take it out, everyone didn't expect Chen Feng to talk about such things at such a serious meeting, the most important thing is that these two people are still in the venue, does this Nima want to do a few things and sow discord? It doesn't look like it, and everyone doesn't know Chen Feng's purpose for doing this.

"What does Commander Chen mean by this, do you mean that someone from my dragon will drag the back of the war of resistance, or do you look at someone like a traitor?" The first to be mad was Yunnan Provincial Chairman Long Yun, as all the senior generals present thought, although the contradiction between him and Lao Jiang was very sharp, but they were still relatively restrained with each other, and both sides tacitly understood this, so Chen Feng raised it in public, and he and the old man's face was not good-looking.

Chen Feng smiled and said: "Chairman Long is a little restless, Chairman Long has been in charge of Yunnan since the Republic of China 19 years, the achievements are obvious to all, especially after the Anti-Japanese War, although the combat effectiveness of the Yunnan Army is average, but the performance on the battlefield is not bad, the Republic of China 26 years of the Yunnan Army swore to Wujiaba, the first batch of more than 40,000 officers and soldiers of the 60th Army marched more than 1,000 kilometers to Changsha to assemble, and then went to the anti-Japanese front line Taierzhuang. The 60th Army of the Republic of China in 27 participated in the Battle of Taierzhuang, the heroic soldiers of the Yunnan Army followed one after another, and the Japanese army launched repeated hand-to-hand combat, no one retreated because of timidity, no one fled for fear of death, after the great victory of the Yunnan Army shocked the enemy, famous in China, but more than 40,000 officers and soldiers only 20,000 remained. ”

"In addition, Chairman Long presided over the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, at the moment of the national crisis, in order to resist Japan and save the country, the people of Yunnan, regardless of men, women and children, have traveled long distances to the road construction site, no less than hundreds of thousands of people attend work every day, and rush to repair in shifts day and night, it took less than 9 months to build 974 kilometers of highway, and the Yunnan-Burma Highway was opened to traffic, and you and the people of Yunnan have made great contributions to the country and the nation."

With Chen Feng's words, Long Yun's expression softened a little, but the old man's face became darker and darker. What does Chen Feng mean by this, since he picked up the contradiction between Jiang Long and the two, but blindly praised Long Yun, isn't this clearly saying that the old man is wrong!

But at this time, Chen Feng's voice changed and said: "I don't say that the committee is at fault, the reason why there is a problem in the relationship between Chongqing and Yunnan is not that there is any dirt between the committee and Chairman Long, but the historical problem left over from decades of warlord separation, and it is also the difference in governing philosophy." At this time of national crisis, especially when the expeditionary force enters Burma to fight, I hope that everyone can put aside these differences first, and talk about them later, and do not cause conflicts at this time, otherwise we will eventually be injured. ”

Chen Feng did not give Long Yun a chance to talk to the old man, and continued: "As an important part of China's national defense strength, of course, our Eighth Theater will not stand idly by on this matter. At the same time, our Eighth Theater will also launch a major campaign in the north to contain the Japanese troops in North China and Northeast China. ”

As soon as Chen Feng's words fell, the old man took the lead in applauding Chen Feng.

At this moment, a major staff officer hurried into the conference room and handed a telegram to the old man.

After reading the telegram, the old man said excitedly: "I have just received the news that the Strict Command has successfully rescued the American General MacArthur by sending a report to the world in clear code, and our plan to enter China and Burma to fight has begun!" ”

(To be continued......)