With just a few Siamese people on our own, why should we run for it?

Chiang Ching-kuo did not understand the meaning of Qin Wei's words for a while, but North Vietnam had the Red River defense line, and Laos had Sun Liren's New 1st Army, and he was not worried that the Siamese attack would cut off China's rear route...... The Japanese don't have that ability, and these people are even more defeated by the Japanese, can they do it? However, in the end, he is still a young man, although his real age is not much younger than Qin Wei, and he has also become an important minister, but Jiang Jingguo still can't accept such a deliberate loss of "his own territory". Like many in China, he now vaguely hopes to annex all of the Indochina Peninsula that he has now occupied, including the former "French Indochina," into China. It's just that this kind of thinking still feels a little unrealistic for the time being, so everyone is still holding back. But the fact that these territories are not included in China for the time being does not mean that they are willing to lose them...... At the beginning, Qin Wei ordered the New 1st Army to withdraw from Cambodia, and the 5th Army to withdraw from South Vietnam, which also caused a big dispute in the country. Although many newspapers have said what the government is doing in this way, Chiang Ching-kuo knows that in fact, many people are still unhappy because of the loss of "gain and loss".

But now, Qin Wei not only did not take the initiative to "recover" those two regions, but actually planned to cede them to the Siamese...... Chiang Ching-kuo really didn't understand. If you are Japanese, everyone can at least accept it, after all, although it is an enemy of life and death, everyone still recognizes it in terms of strength. The Japanese are very fierce, you see that the British and Americans were beaten, and it is understandable for us to let him let go, but it can be conceded to Siam...... China isn't that inferior, is it?

However, Chiang Ching-kuo is Chiang Ching-kuo after all, he has been in the Soviet Union for more than ten years, and he has always been able to hold back his emotions. Although he didn't understand Qin Wei's intentions this time, he still couldn't help but ask. and faithfully conveyed Qin Wei's orders to all troops.

And after that, Zhang Lingfu almost rushed to the front line of Relim, where the US army was located, at the fastest speed. This fierce general is also wilted! He obviously passed near Ringanqiang, and obviously only needed to send a partial division to rescue the large British army that was being blocked by the Japanese airborne troops, but he just didn't do it...... Ignoring the British and Japanese armies, they rushed over with such a "bang", making the British commander Alexander angry like thunder, but there was nothing he could do. Because Zhang Lingfu was under the command of the Pan Western Pacific Theater Command, he did not receive the task of rescuing the British army, on the contrary. During this period, Alexander also received orders from Chiang Lao to immediately regroup his army, intercept the large Japanese forces pursuing them in the rear, and "consider the counterattack." Anyway. I just can't go back.

But where would Alexander put any old Chiang in his eyes? Not to mention Lao Chiang, it was Churchill who now personally appeared to give him the order. He won't do it either...... They Westerners don't pay attention to the glory of dying in battle. I'd rather die than surrender or something. If you can't fight, you can run, this is the iron law of the battlefield that they obey. Although the war was defeated, although their unauthorized retreat put the American army in a difficult situation, but what is this? If the Americans are notified, will they still be able to run away? A group of airborne troops will be able to block their rear road, if there is another riverside three and five divisions. Should these 100,000 Anglo-Burmese troops repeat what happened in Malaya? So, he didn't feel that he was at fault. As long as he can escape with these Englishmen, he will still be a hero, and vice versa. He's just a bear...... Because the British will only remember how he "rescued" so many British boys, but will not remember how he was beaten by the Japanese and fled, how he "threw away" his allies.

But the problem now is that he has interception in front and pursuers behind, so it is not easy to run. And his situation was getting worse even more: Shozo Kawabe, who was personally leading his troops to besiege Patton, also noticed him, and because of his abundant troops, he had sent a brigade of troops to move westward, as if to support the Japanese airborne troops in Ringanqiang, and also to cooperate with other Japanese troops to drive them into the Indian Ocean. Alexander knew very well that once the Japanese troops of this brigade arrived at his side, he was afraid that it would be even more difficult for him to escape...... Therefore, in the strongest tone, he once again issued an order to Zhang Lingfu, asking the 58th Division to block this Japanese brigade coming from the east.

However, the 58th Division and that Japanese brigade just passed by. It is said that the distance between the two armies was only one kilometer at the minimum, and the soldiers with good eyesight could even see the faces of the enemy troops on the opposite side, but at such a distance, the two sides actually maintained great restraint, and neither paid attention to the other.

Upon learning of this, Alexander finally gave up the idea of escaping along the railroad and led his troops to flee on foot from the western detour. In order to meet them, Wavell, who is far away in India, is also stepping up the construction of a highway from India to Myanmar.

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"The British fled faster than the Japanese pursued, so in terms of physical strength and the way they fled, they still outnumbered the Japanese. In this battle, they 'won'! ”

Zhang Lingfu seems to be just a simple fierce general on the battlefield, but with the highest education in China's two major teaching systems of civil and military, he is absolutely ruthless enough to damage people, and he is no weaker than anyone else...... Qin Wei just gave him a chance to drive a wedge between Patton and Alexander, and as a result, as soon as he met Patton, he began to carry out this mission.

"I know very well what they are capable of! But what about us, General Zhang? ”

At this time, Barton no longer had the vigor he had just arrived. There are no artillery, no tanks, not enough aircraft...... Then he found that the bravery that he used to boast of was almost useless in front of the Japanese, because the other party was much more fierce than him. If it weren't for that breath of support, if it weren't for his knowledge of the Dao, if he knew that the losses might be greater if he fled, if it weren't for the fact that the Americans really couldn't withstand the second defeat now, if it weren't for the fact that he knew that the Dao had already sent reinforcements...... He may have admitted defeat and, like Alexander, fled with his troops. After all, he is not a simple fierce general. His "fierceness" and his courage to attack were actually more aimed at reducing the casualties of the troops. In the original history, the Third Army led by him was the unit with the smallest casualty rate in the entire U.S. army.

"We can win or we can lose. My commander told me. I must stay here until reinforcements arrive. "The first time Zhang Lingfu saw Barton, he had never heard of such a person before. And before that, he looked down on the US military...... Even when MacArthur later led his troops to defeat Tadashi Sano near Hong Kong, he still looked down on the American army. In his opinion, the Americans' combat effectiveness is still too poor, they lack the courage to fight to the death, and their dependence on weapons and equipment is too high. Therefore, when encountering the Japanese, they will not be able to adapt to the style of fighting without first firing a cannon before the war. And they were driven everywhere to flee, just like the British. But now, he is impressed by this group of Yankees. Because he knew that it would be difficult for him to hold out for so long under the siege of the five divisions of the Japanese. Or not rather, even if Patton had more troops than him.

"Hold on?" Barton also felt Zhang Lingfu's determination. As a result, not long ago, he was constantly encouraging morale, and he suddenly felt a burst of pressure. "Can we hold on?"

"Yes." Zhang Lingfu's face was pale, "Unless we all die, otherwise, we can hold on." ”

“…… General," because of Zhang Lingfu's words, Patton's face changed repeatedly: "This sentence is not auspicious. ”

"Geely? to the battlefield. What more auspiciousness do you need? Zhang Lingfu looked at him: "We only recognize two words: kill the enemy!" ”

"There are more enemies than we are! Even with you, the enemy still has nearly twice as much strength as we do. Barton yelled.

"Let your people come down and rest. The defensive line was temporarily taken over by our 58th Division. In addition......" Zhang Lingfu told Patton: "General, my commander also told me that you and your troops now have two choices: one. You have done your best to retreat after we have exchanged fire with the enemy, so this is not an escape; Two, stay here with us until reinforcements arrive......"

"You're telling me to retreat?" Barton pointed to his nose as if he had heard something incredible.

"It's not you, it's you!" Zhang Lingfu said, "Your performance is enough. So, the Theater Command gave you permission to retreat. ”

"But the British...... "This is a difference?" Is this the Chinese trying to curry favor with the United States? But when they treated Stilwell before, the attitude of these people was quite bad...... Barton said he didn't understand.

"What do you think of the British?" Zhang Lingfu asked with a hint of contempt on his face.

"Them?" Patton seemed to have only remembered the group of people who were supposed to fight with him at this time, and his face suddenly distorted a little, "I must admit, General, the statement you just mentioned that 'they' won' is indeed very original. That's right, they won, they won our contempt and spit. I've never seen a unit that can run so fast, they're amazing! ”

"Who would dare to fight alongside such a remarkable unit? Like now...... General Patton, I've heard that our commander warned you not to trust this group of allies, did you? ”

"Yes." Barton's face was even worse. Before, he believed that the British would work with him, but it was not until he realized that he was naïve, reported his fate to the US government, and told Alexander in front of the high-level that he realized that he was really naïve! Marshall also sent a telegram to him: They were helpless against the British. Because they can't afford to lose such an important ally of Britain at this moment because of this "US military in the Philippines". Even they were helpless against Alexander, because Alexander's retreat was excusable, and the equipment of the Anglo-Burmese army was too far inferior to the British army in other areas, and the number of troops was smaller than that of the Japanese, so in the eyes of the British, Alexander's choice was understandable. Although this person "forgot" to tell his allies when retreating, this is not a big mistake, because this mistake can be blamed on some small person......

"It seems that our chief is right." Zhang Lingfu smiled and said no more, "General, please point me out the deployment of the Japanese army on the opposite side, we are going to counterattack!" (To be continued......)