Chapter 1170 The Low Profile of the Americans

MacArthur's telegram was extremely polite between the lines, and the previous telegram was judged to be two people, and the wording was very in line with the habits of the Chinese.

Tang Qiuli looked at this telegram, wondering why the arrogant MacArthur lowered his profile, this is not his character, could it be that this arrogant American general suddenly changed his character?

"Dear General Tang, since the Japanese invasion of the Indochina Peninsula, the British army has unfortunately lost all its interests in the Indochina Peninsula, it is really unfortunate, the Japanese took advantage of the victory to invade northern Burma, and when the Indochina Peninsula was about to fall into the hands of the Japanese, and the lives were about to be destroyed, fortunately, the general's courage and subordinates used their lives to frustrate the Japanese army's spirit and let the Japanese army stop in central Burma."

"For the battle of the Indochina Peninsula, the brilliant victory won by the general and his subordinates, I and all the generals of the US military headquarters are deeply admired, however, the heavy Japanese troops and central Burma have posed a permanent threat to the security of the Indochina Peninsula and Southeast Asia, and the general's troops are bearing the brunt."

"As the old saying goes, save the people from fire and water, save the building will fall, Fang is the big husband, presumably the military does not want to see Southeast Asia, so it will be a war devastation, therefore, I intend to invite all parties of the Allied forces to convene a high-level military conference to discuss future countermeasures and seek a solution once and for all, I myself and General Stilwell, chief of staff of the Allied China and Southeast Asian theaters, sincerely invite the general to attend the meeting, it is a great honor!"

Tang Qiuli kept praising while reading the telegram, "It is said that MacArthur is a China expert, and when I saw it today, it really deserved his reputation, just by virtue of the writing of this telegram, it is not a waste of fame, and it is rare for him to be an American, and it is rare for him to write such a telegram, it is really rare, which also shows that this Yankee is a difficult character to deal with." ”

In fact, Tang Qiuli looked up to MacArthur, even this arrogant Yankee, can have such a literary style, with his character, he will never write such a low-profile, even a little flattering text, this qiē, is Stilwell's masterpiece, MacArthur left Tang Qiu to Manila, he threw himself the heavy responsibility of letting Tang Qiu leave Manila, and he patted his ass with ease.

In fact, the meeting proposed by MacArthur can be said to be tailor-made for Tang Qiuli, even if US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill attended, without Tang Qiuli, it was a failed meeting, so how to let Tang Qiuli come to Manila to attend the meeting became a major matter that Stilwell racked his brains to consider.

In the end, Stilwell came up with the name of the Military Seminar, on the surface, to level Tang Qiuli's status with MacArthur, if Tang Qiuli was told to participate in the meeting in the form of an order, with Tang Qiuli's consistent attitude towards the Allied Headquarters, and the previous expressions, I am afraid that he would not even have the interest in taking a look, Tang Qiuli would not be able to leave, and he would have a fart meeting?

He ordered his subordinates to search for people in Manila who were proficient in Chinese culture and could write those esoteric and obscure square words.

Stilwell said that the old gentleman was a quick man, and after accepting a large amount of money for polishing the pen, he immediately splashed ink and wrote this invitation telegram, and after the translation roughly said it, Stilwell was confused, but he understood the meaning, that is, to flatter Tang Qiuli and let him come to the Manila military seminar.

Stilwell couldn't help but sigh that he prides himself on being a Chinese expert, and for such words, it is still like reading a book from heaven, and the Chinese are really mysterious, but Stilwell did not dare to reveal the content of the telegram to General MacArthur, and in his name, such a lowly flattery to Tang Qiuli would never agree.

When Stilwell reported to MacArthur that the military seminar was ready to be held in Manila on 15 September, and assured that Tang Qiuli would definitely come to attend, MacArthur greatly praised Stilwell, and the two senior US generals inadvertently divided their thinking into two directions.

In MacArthur's view, this is very simple, and it is not to order you Tang Qiu to leave the army, just to participate in a military meeting, and the next order will be enough, when the time comes, Tang Qiu will leave his own territory, many things, he can't help it, praise Stilwell, more, out of politeness, although he is very uninterested in this Texas cowboy, but after all, he is his deputy, he has done something, and the credit is not his own?

After receiving this invitation letter by telegram, Tang Qiuli immediately summoned the commanders of the five corps to hold a meeting in Myitkyina to discuss this matter, and he had a premonition that he might have to leave for quite a while, saying that it was a military seminar in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, and that the allies would discuss the strategy of jointly dealing with the Japanese.

But he knew that the Allies were nothing more than a loose alliance, forced by the strength of the Japanese in Southeast Asia, and combined, each country had its own national interests and small calculations, not to mention anything else, that is, the British, who occupied the Indochina Peninsula, would definitely be angry, and at the meeting, there would be a moth.

The Americans are trying their best to avoid a head-on conflict with the Japanese, and between the United States and Japan, there are huge trade interests, and when the Americans are making money from the Japanese, how can they be willing to give up this piece of oily fat when they are making money from the Japanese?

However, under pressure from the Americans, they will also come to the conference, as for those colonial countries, the Americans are representatives, they don't dare to let go of the fart, they represent the Indochina Peninsula, the real purpose of the conference should be to force themselves to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army under Ito, the Americans united with the British, Australians, to form an overwhelming advantage over themselves, Westerners have always been a nostril out of the air.

After all, in China's political arena, he Chiang is the head of state and the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces' China Theater and Southeast Asia Theater, and he does not have a single nominal post in the Allied Forces' headquarters, which invisibly puts him at a disadvantage.

In Guiyang, he just cut a large piece of fat from Chairman Jiang, and with Jiang's character, he doesn't hold grudges to the bones, so it's strange, at the meeting, if he doesn't make a stumbling block behind his back and play tricks, he will burn high incense, don't expect them to stand in the interests of the country and the nation and help themselves.

MacArthur did his best to flatter, and sent a telegram of invitation, just because he was afraid that if he ignored it, all his plans would be in vain, the Americans didn't want to do it, they wanted to pick up a ready-made bargain, the British dreamed of returning to Indochina, but their strength did not allow it, the Australians were far away, and the shells could not fall on their island, as long as they did not send troops, they would fight whoever they loved to fight with the Japanese.

In addition, each country has its own interests, and it is openly talks, bargaining, private transactions, bargaining with gangs, entanglements of interests, and the mixing of various factors, which cannot be resolved quickly.

According to Tang Qiuli's estimate, the meeting will not end at all without ten days and half a month, and it will take a lot of time just to bargain, and it will take so much time to be absent from Burma for such a long time.

Tang Qiuli told several corps commanders about his analysis, which was similar to his estimate, everyone was very unimpressed by this bullshit Allied Southeast Asia and South Pacific War Situation Seminar, and they did not approve of Tang Qiu's departure to participate, in a word, there is no need, why waste time, the Allied Theater Headquarters can't manage such an independent division.

Feng Jiwu said more bluntly, "Division commander, there is no need to deal with those Westerners, in the Indochina Peninsula, we have formed a strategic encirclement of the old Ito devils, when to do it, from which side, it is our own business, it is not the turn of the Yankees to point fingers, besides, they will not send a single soldier, they will extend their hands to our troops, dream of marrying a daughter-in-law, just think about beautiful things, dream of going!" ”

Everyone laughed, it was a laugh full of contempt, Tang Qiuli also laughed, the atmosphere of the meeting was relaxed and lively, except for Ma Chaoyang, who was a little restrained, everyone else was very open, in the eyes of several corps commanders, the division commander was looking for his own trouble, what was the Allied Theater Headquarters? What is that Yankee MacArthur? What's the matter with us? The old rules, just ignore him!

After everyone's laughter stopped, Tang Qiuli said: "The few people here are all corps commanders, which is equivalent to the identity of the princes of one party, there is one thing, I must tell a few people, whether it is now or in the future, the fate of our independent division is always in our own hands, no matter what Allied Theater Headquarters, or other immortals, can not control our actions." ”

Li Honggang couldn't help but ask strangely: "Division commander, since the headquarters of the Allied Theater of Operations does not have the slightest binding force on us, then why do you go to Manila to rub shoulders with the Yankees and waste time?" Commander Feng is right, just ignore him, let's follow our own steps, what can they do? ”

Tang Qiuli smiled faintly and said, "Hong Gang's words are to the point, I went to Manila for a reason why I must go," several commanders looked at the division commander with full attention at that time, and they all wanted to hear the reason that the division commander must go.

(To be continued)

Digression: After finishing two chapters, I took the time to read the news on the Internet, and I couldn't help but be angry, 80 years ago, the Japanese invaded the Northeast, and it was the 80th anniversary of the 9.18 festival. What kind of evidence are you looking for! In a word, just beat his mother, the little devil is the master who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard, only if he can beat through the nose and mouth with blood, broken bones and tendons, will he be convinced, sprinkle endless hero blood, cut not enough wolf heads, Chinese hot-blooded men should be self-reliant! Today's Diaoyu Island will surely be a cemetery where the arrogant ambitions of the Japanese are buried!!!!!!

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