Stilwell's helplessness
"Report to the division, our regiment has successfully completed the roundabout task, it should be 1,342 people, but it is actually 31 people, please give instructions to the commander!" Liu Xiaoshan lay on the stretcher and saluted to Liu Hai! "Liu Xiaoshan, have a good rest, Chief of Staff Sun and General Stilwell have already asked Chongqing for credit!" Liu Hai held Liu Xiaoshan's hand and said. "Thank you, Master! But the main thing is to give pensions to the dead brethren, they are the heroes! Liu Xiaoshan said weakly. Rest assured! Bangs said. Teacher, Chairman Jiang's congratulatory message! Sima Hong ran over. Read! Bangs said. It is gratifying and comforting to hear that the officers and men of the expeditionary force have won a great victory and annihilated two divisions of the Japanese army stationed in Burma! Zhuo Ling rewarded all the officers who participated in the war, and Liu Xiaoshan, the commander of the assault regiment, awarded the first-class Blue Sky and White Sun Medal to reward him, and the rest of the officers had their own awards. Sima Hong read out the congratulatory telegram. Thank you for the award! Liu Xiaoshan said. Commander Liu rest assured, I have telegraphed to the country to distribute the pensions of the fallen soldiers, and if anyone dares to take a penny, it will not be shared with my Sun Liren! Sun Liren also said. Thank you, Chief of Staff! Liu Xiaoshan said. Rest well! Liu Hai and Sun Liren walked out of the wounded soldiers' station.
"Liu Xiaoshan is a gentleman, I didn't expect Liu Zhi to be very good, this nephew is very competitive!" Sun Liren said. "This kid used to be a gentleman, and he was woken up after I shot him!" Liu Hai remembered that Liu Xiaoshan was so scared that he peed his pants at that time, which was funny. "Huh! Division Commander Liu, although we won the battle this time, the situation in China is not optimistic, and I have heard the news that Stilwell's big nose and the chairman of the committee are very unhappy, and it is very likely that it will affect us! Sun Liren said. What do you mean? "The bangs didn't figure it out." The chairman of the committee was very dissatisfied with Stilwell, this big nose patronized his shame in Burma, stuck the US aid materials very tightly, but also asked to hand over some of the US aid materials to the Communist Party, so Chairman Chiang was very annoyed, now that Shangfeng has given an order, we will temporarily rest and wait for the order! Sun Liren said, "The most excessive thing is that this old boy still wants the command of all the Chinese troops, and he also threatens to stop US aid!" "All the command of the Chinese army? Is he crazy? How could the chairman of the committee agree? If it were me, I wouldn't agree! Bangs said. Wait, if no one is willing to compromise, our counteroffensive in northern Burma is likely to be wasted! Sun Liren said. Can't we do something about it? Bangs said. We are soldiers, we can't be political, we can't be political because we don't understand politics, wait for orders! ”
For Chiang Kai-shek, US aid is very important, but it is by no means a food to be learned, it is part of the US military strategy, these materials are Chinese soldiers who dragged more than one million Japanese troops with their lives, if it were not for the Chinese soldiers to drag more than one million elites in North China, South China and East China, and let them be thrown into the Pacific Ocean, Lao Mei would be ready to carry it with his life! Chiang Kai-shek was also very annoyed by Stilwell's practice of focusing on Burma regardless of the domestic war, after all, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to look at the overall situation of China's War of Resistance against Japan, and it was even more unacceptable to allocate American aid materials to the Communists. After some consideration, Chiang Kai-shek decided not to back down and wrote a strongly worded letter directly to US President Roosevelt! The content of the letter is very simple, demanding the removal of General Stilwell, and asking for the right to control the materials aided by the United States to China, if the United States insists on harming and ignoring the Nationalist Government, the Nationalist Government will refuse to cooperate with the American Army, and fight the Japanese army to the death for independence!
For Chiang Kai-shek's letter, President Roosevelt, after some consideration, decided to make a compromise and remove General Stilwell, because the importance of the domestic battlefield does not need to be considered at all, most of the elite of the Japanese army are all in the Chinese battlefield, especially the 11th Army, which has the most actual combat experience, if no longer provide material assistance to China, in case China is defeated, the main force of the Japanese army retreats from China and enters the Pacific theater, it is not a matter of materials! In addition, Roosevelt was also quite dissatisfied with Stilwell, did not know how to be tactful and flexible, and had several times had a very stiff quarrel with China's generals and leaders, which was very unfavorable to the Sino-US alliance and had a great negative impact on the US military strategy! However, the counteroffensive against Burma is now at a critical stage, and if there is a change of commander at the moment, it will be detrimental to the war, because after all, the completion of the counteroffensive against northern Burma is of great importance. The victory of the counteroffensive in northern Burma will open up China's international communication lines, and a large amount of aid to China can enter China, so Roosevelt decided to suppress the matter first and send Stilwell to finish the fight
After the counteroffensive against Burma, transfer it back to the country!
In order to appease Chiang Kai-shek, Roosevelt swore that he affirmed the status of China's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, and fully respected the Chinese Nationalist Government. In addition, General Stilwell has been advised to exercise restraint and return to Burma to continue the counteroffensive in northern Burma! As for Stilwell's other suggestions, such as aiding the Chinese Communist Party, the Ministry of Defense will focus on it, but at the moment it is still necessary to focus on the war in northern Burma, and in view of the major victory of the counteroffensive in the previous stage, the State Department has considered awarding Stilwell a medal of bravery! Under the appeasement of President Roosevelt, the two sides temporarily stopped quarrelling, and Stilwell returned to northern Burma to continue the counteroffensive, aiming directly at Myitkyina, an important town in northern Burma!
"Your chairman is actually a stupid person, he doesn't understand anything, he is a stupid person!" When Stilwell returned to Burma, his dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek erupted, and he cursed and cursed incessantly. "I think our chairman did the right thing, after all, the country is the main battlefield of the War of Resistance against Japan, and it is normal and necessary to allocate some materials to the country, but General Stilwell, your vision is too narrow in northern Burma, right?" Sun Liren continued: "Also, please give a certain amount of respect to the chairman, after all, he is the president of the current Chinese government, if General Stilwell is carrying out any uneducated abuse, I am willing to swear to defend the dignity of the Republic of China!" "You have to make it clear that as long as our counteroffensive in northern Burma is successful, the China-India highway can be opened, and only then can a steady stream of materials enter China, and you will have the possibility of winning this war!" Sun Liren's words made Stilwell very angry. "But that's by no means begging and handouts, I also heard that if you want to get the command of the whole army, it is impossible and impossible to accept, no matter how much gold and rank you have, he can only serve China!" Sun Liren said.
"This big nose has not been good all day, Liu Hai said." He's just in too much of a hurry! In fact, he also wanted to hang all the Japanese, but the war of resistance did not happen overnight! Sun Liren said. So what do we do now? Bangs asked. Our mission was simple, replenish supplies, ammunition, troops, and be ready to clear the Japanese strongholds around Myitkyina, and then wait for orders! Sun Liren said. All right! Liu Hai said, "This time we have suffered a lot of casualties, especially Liu Xiaoshan's assault regiment has lost everything, this time is just the right time to replenish, as long as we can replenish the personnel and weapons, no matter when we come to order, we can come to fight!" "Also, I found out a few days ago that many of the supplementary personnel this time are advisers to the US military, I told Stilwell about this, and his explanation was that there are not many qualified Chinese officers in the training camp, and they are only temporarily replaced by these US military personnel, but this old boy is not dead, your troops must be effectively controlled, and they cannot be commanded, especially the grassroots officers below the regiment commander, it is better to appoint them themselves, and not let the US military control us!" Sun Liren explained.
"Chief of Staff Sun, Division Commander Liu, you two are the main generals of the expeditionary force, I want to discuss something with you, I hope you can support me!" Stilwell said to Liu Hai and Sun Liren. "What do you mean?" Sun Liren asked. "Now the battlefield in China is not very good, your Chairman Chiang suggested that the expeditionary force be mobilized to attack in the northeast direction to contain the Japanese army, but you are also very clear about the current situation, only by taking Myitkyina, the Sino-Indian highway can be completed, which is of great significance to China's War of Resistance, so it is imminent to carry out the Myitkyina campaign as soon as possible, and it is really not wise to transfer the expeditionary force now, objectively speaking, your Chairman Chiang is a politician with a certain strategic vision, but it is really not very good in tactics, I hope that you will support the battle of Myitkyina, and that the situation at home will not get out of hand, but will increase some casualties! I'd like to hear from you now! Sun Liren frowned after hearing this, it is indeed not wise to transfer the expeditionary force now, but if you disobey the order, it is not what a soldier should do. Master Liu, what do you see? Sun Liren asked Liu Hai. It's really not a good time to be transferred, and it's important to take Myitkyina, but I don't think we have received a formal order yet, and I'm sure the chairman will make the right choice. If the chairman orders us to return to our country to fight, we will also carry it out, after all, we are the National Revolutionary Army, not the American mercenaries! Bangs said resolutely. I agree with Master Liu! Sun Liren said. Alright then, then we'll wait for your chairman's orders! Stilwell said helplessly.
In fact, the matter of transferring back the expeditionary force is indeed a thing, but Chiang Kai-shek also understands the significance of capturing Myitkyina, and after judging the situation, Chiang Kai-shek finally decided not to transfer back to the expeditionary force, but ordered Li Zongren and Xue Yue, the fifth theater of the Chinese army, to withstand the attack of the Japanese army to the death, and must not take half a step back, and then launched the Hunan, Guangdong, and Jiangxi Campaign! And Stilwell didn't necessarily get the quasi-Chiang Kai-shek to be transferred back to the expeditionary force, but he just wanted to embarrass Chiang Kai-shek with the help of Sun Liren and bangs, but he didn't expect to be pushed back alive, so he could only honestly prepare for the Battle of Myitkyina!