In the past few days, General MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the US military in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, has been in a rather depressed mood, and a dignified regional military commander has been reduced to the head of logistics of the British, and moreover, he has unconditionally satisfied the demands of the British

This made MacArthur very annoyed, and he was extremely dissatisfied with President Roosevelt's connivance and tolerance of the British; in his opinion, the British did not know how to advance or retreat, and they did not care about the overall situation; as far as the current situation in Southeast Asia is concerned, the biggest threat is not the Chinese Tang Qiuli who has established a foothold in the Indochina Peninsula, but the more than 100,000 Japanese soldiers lying in Singapore to recuperate.

How could MacArthur sleep peacefully by the fact that the extremely greedy and aggressive Japanese were just across the Strait of Malacca from their own territory, like a beast that was temporarily forbearing, ready to burst out and hurt people at any time?

The strongest of the three forces in the game in Southeast Asia at present is undoubtedly the independent division of the Chinese Tang Qiuli; if they are the Japanese decision-making level, the target of the attack will definitely not be placed on the Chinese; after a series of fiascos in the Indochina Peninsula, Japan no longer has the confidence and capital to compete with Tang Qiuli.

Therefore, the only target that can be chosen is the existing sphere of influence of the Americans, although MacArthur does not know what the Japanese are doing, and in recent times, it has been quiet and abnormal, but with the intuition and sensitivity of his military and politicians, he has faintly sniffed out the dangerous factors under the calm, MacArthur instinctively felt that as long as the Japanese moved in Southeast Asia, the target he chose would definitely be himself.

MacArthur was most concerned about carrying out the "Tiger Shark Operation" to take over Singapore, the foothold of the Japanese in the Indochina Peninsula, and for this reason, he could create favorable conditions for Tang Qiuli, and the situation was developing according to his vision. It only takes four months, a qiē can be over, and then. Plotting against Tang Qiuli again, this is his established strategy.

However, people are not as good as heaven, and the British, who don't know whether they are light on the head or heavy on the egg, or who have taken the wrong medicine, suddenly jumped out. The Northern Burma Campaign was launched against Tang Qiuli, and from MacArthur's point of view, the British were fighting a meaningless war that would have failed miserably. How could the troops of the Independent Division, which swept across the Indochina Peninsula and defeated the Japanese and retreated one after another, be shaken by the British? On this point, MacArthur and Stilwell are strikingly unanimous.

MacArthur did not understand what the British were doing, especially when it came to the British Prime Minister Winston. Churchill, quite a whisper, the war on the homeland. It's enough for the British. The Germans could cross the English Channel at any moment, and without the constant blood transfusions of the Americans, I am afraid that the British would not be able to hold out for even a week.

The local strong enemy pressed the border, struggled to support, but in the far reaches of Asia, provoked a war that was enough to drag down the British overseas colonies. The war that influenced the plans of the Americans, and this war. Doesn't help to change the dangerous situation on the home soil, isn't the British sick?

And what was MacArthur doing? became the logistics chief of the British. Sending guns, guns, and ammunition, the British are holding the guns and ammunition provided by the Americans, and are fighting a war that affects the vital interests of the Americans, which makes MacArthur himself feel ridiculous, and the defeat of the British is a matter of time, but it is only a matter of time.

However, MacArthur's greatest concern was that Tang Qiuli and the British were fighting a stalemate in the northern Burma battlefield, entangled together, and the war would not end soon, or in other words, Tang Qiuli was too much of a depletion of his own strength in the process of defeating the British, and then he was unable to launch an attack on the Japanese army in Singapore, Ito Yanzaburo's department. …,

If this is the case, General MacArthur's "Tiger Shark Operation" formulated with all his brains and painstaking efforts to drive the Chinese to take the lead and serve as gunmen will be completely ruined, and he himself has carefully analyzed that the British have suffered a crushing defeat in northern Burma, and Tang Qiuli's troops have been overconsumed and are in a period of weakness, what will the Japanese do?

The possibility of going north to re-attack the Indochina Peninsula and taking advantage of Tang Qiuli's illness to kill him and seize the islands in the South Pacific was half a chance to make MacArthur's heart tremble, and deep down in his heart, he stubbornly believed that the possibility of the Japanese doing something to himself would exceed 80 percent.

Therefore, the battle between the British and Tang Qiuli in northern Burma, the more it ends, the sooner the British lose, the more in MacArthur's interests, this has nothing to do with whether they are allies and hardcore brothers, if MacArthur is allowed to make decisions, his approach is very simple, not only do not provide supplies and ammunition to the British, but also cut off a supply of qiē, so that the British will not be able to fight as soon as possible.

Regrettably, MacArthur could influence the US government's policy toward Southeast Asia, but not on Europe, let alone change President Roosevelt's established policy. Churchill, the big picture counts!

However, MacArthur soon gave up on his idea, and even Franklin? President Roosevelt could not convince the already crazy Churchill that his own weight was not enough, and MacArthur knew that it was only a matter of time before all the British people were obsessed with the rich land of Indochina and Tang Qiu.

At this point, MacArthur understood the feelings of the British, after all, they had been in their arms for more than a hundred years, and it was difficult to let go, if there was no threat from the Japanese, he would not mind joining forces with the British to put pressure on Tang Qiuli, but whether it was in time or in the situation, the British made a wrong choice.

General MacArthur, who was extremely depressed and unable to change the status quo, hated the task he was currently undertaking, and in such a state of mind, His Excellency the Commander naturally had no interest in work, and pushed all the work of the headquarters, including the matter of being the logistics chief of the British, to General Stilwell, the chief of staff of the headquarters.

MacArthur himself, Zele, was happy to attend a drinking party today, or at the invitation of a certain lady tomorrow at the invitation of a certain lady to attend a private salon, or then he took a large group of guards to go out to sea to fish, and lived a relaxed and comfortable life, but forgot a lot of troubles.

Today, however, General MacArthur had no choice but to return to his office, because he had received a telephone call from a confidential staff officer, and the liaison officer of the US military stationed in the British Army in India had sent an urgent telegram about the great air battle that had taken place in the skies over northern Burma this afternoon between the British Air Force stationed in India and the air force of Tang Qiuli's unit.

After throwing out the staff officer and the adjutant, looking at the telegram, MacArthur frowned for a while, smiled for a while, stood up for a while, paced back and forth in the carpeted office, and fell into a state of thought, but if he looked carefully, the expression of His Excellency the Commander was somewhat relaxed and pleasant, and there was a hint of pride in what was going on.

In the U.S. military headquarters, in the long corridor, Stilwell's hurried footsteps, his military boots stepped on the concrete floor, making a dull echo, passing staff officers and other officers, and the chief of staff respectfully greeted, Stilwell's absent-minded response, leaving the officers with suspicious eyes, what important thing happened? This stubborn chief of staff, looking nervous and hurrying? …,

Arriving at the door of MacArthur's office, Stilwell calmed down, raised his hand and knocked on the door, "Bang bang", and a voice came from inside the room, "Please come in!" ”

I don't know why, as soon as he heard this voice, Stilwell's heart spontaneously felt a wave of disgust, from the inside, if it was not necessary, he definitely didn't want to deal with this extremely controlling, power-grabbing, arrogant, selfish, and arrogant commander-in-chief, the two personalities were destined not to become close friends, but only a simple relationship between superiors and subordinates.

Stilwell pushed the door in, and MacArthur exaggeratedly said, "Dear Stilwell, it's so late, you're still working, at headquarters, there is no more dedicated general than you, oh, is there anything important for you to come over?" Sit down and speak! Then, speaking out the door, he shouted, "Adjutant, bring two cups of coffee, Chief of Staff Stilwell doesn't put sugar in his coffee, it's his favorite!" ”

After Stilwell sat down, he took out a telegram sent by the liaison officer, as well as the manuscript of the previous telegram, and said bluntly: "Commander, I received a telegram from the liaison officer, the British army was defeated in the air battle with Tang Qiuli in northern Burma, and, according to various intelligence, Tang Qiuli designed a huge trap for the British and Indian troops in the northern Burma area, I think it is necessary for us to solemnly remind General Alexander in the name of the US military headquarters to change the deployment of the campaign, be careful of being deceived, or rather, Dissuade General Alexander from abandoning this offensive on northern Burma. ”

MacArthur blinked his pale blue eyes and looked at Stilwell, who looked anxious and stern, and felt a pang of disgust in his heart, in his opinion, Stilwell's ideas were dangerous and childish and ridiculous.

As the chief of staff of the US military headquarters, he didn't understand how much impact such an idea would have on the future war situation in Southeast Asia, and how unfavorable it would be to the implementation of the "Tiger Shark Operation Plan".

The war situation in northern Myanmar fell into a stalemate, so that Tang Qiuli's troops could not withdraw from northern Myanmar as much as possible, so who would fight the Japanese Ito Division in Singapore? Are we American soldiers?

As for persuading the British who have red eyes to withdraw their troops from northern Burma, it is tantamount to a fantasy, you Stilwell can try, no, you can't let this tenacious Stilwell go to the war with the British and Tang Qiuli, and also sternly warn this stubborn California cowboy that he must keep up with his own thinking, otherwise, it will be very dangerous!

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