Chapter 1041: Killer!
Stilwell and the British generals of course also knew how powerful the devil was, and the British commander, General Owen, ordered the 47th, 55th, and 7th Brigades on the flanks to be on guard.
At the same time, Owen finally fixed his eyes on the Chinese assault team, and he was thinking about how to get General Stilwell to order them to attack from the rear of the devils.
General Owen knew that General Alexander's command of the Burma battlefield last year had made the Chinese very dissatisfied, and the Anglo-Burmese army had pitted the Chinese expeditionary force when they successfully retreated, and now if they wanted to let the Chinese die, the Chinese would definitely suspect that they would become victims again.
"Did the Japanese show up?"
Owen looked at the battle map, he was a little hesitant, this time I was afraid that he would have to face Stilwell's taunts.
"Not yet, they seem to have disappeared; General, are we too careful, the Japanese army has only more than 2,000 people, and we have three brigades in this generation that can support each other, so the situation should not be so bad......"
In the headquarters of the British, a group of senior officers with cigars and red wine were not in a hurry, in fact, they were even laughing at the Chinese.
"No, no, no......"
Owen shook his head, he didn't want last year's rout to happen again, and there was nothing wrong with being careful.
"Pick me up General Stilwell."
Owen put down his cigar as he wondered what to say to Stilwell.
"General, it's connected."
The staff officer held up the microphone.
"Joe, my friend, are you okay?"
As a man with European and American gentlemanly blood, Owen greeted him like an old friend.
"Oh, my friend, it's been very busy lately, you know, there are a lot of things going on in Ramgar and things going on in the Chinese theater of war."
Stilwell's voice was weary, he was nominally the chief of staff of the war zone, but in reality, he had very limited rights.
"I've heard that your commandos are doing a good job in Chin and Raokhai Bang, congratulations, old friend."
There was no trace of anxiety in Owen's words, and it was completely comforting.
"Yes, very good; Those Chinese veterans have a very high quality of soldiers, and when combined with American weapons, they are invincible. ”
Stilwell had every reason to be happy about the results of the Feng commandos, and if every unit had such results, he felt that the Japanese in Burma would not be able to hold out for long.
"Joe, Britain, the United States and China are allies, and they need to cooperate in the entire China-India-Burma theater so that the war against Japan will go smoothly."
Owen now looks completely focused on the big picture.
"You're ......"
Stilwell was a little confused, because this was his line, and he used to use this to ask the British to cooperate, but what's wrong with it today?
"According to what you said, we have formulated a plan, the Japanese army is only a lone force of more than 2,000 people, and we plan to use the strength of three brigades to annihilate them; But it will require your cooperation, my friend. ”
Owen said it well, and in fact it was true, after he received the early warning, the two checkpoints of the Japanese in Burma, they had already besieged but not attacked, and they were waiting for the devil's roundabout troops to come in.
"Cooperation?"
"Your Excellency, General, I'm afraid that you have miscalculated, the Japanese detoured troops are not two thousand people, they are only their first batch of troops, did you not receive the telegram you sent to you last night? One of their divisions has already entered the Rakhine Mountains, and it will be in the jungle east of Radtang in six days at the latest, and that would be a big problem......"
Stilwell looked incredulous and shook his head at the phone.
"Yes, I have received that telegram, thank you old friend for the reminder; The cooperation I want to talk about is also because of this. ”
Owen interrupted Stilwell, whose goal now was to pull the commandos into the water.
"Say it! What do I need to do? All U.S. air power in India can work with you. ”
Stilwell rubbed his forehead, the British must have asked for supplies again, they have used this method countless times.
"No, we need soldiers, brave and warlike soldiers."
Owen shook his head, finally saying what he was going to do.
"No, I don't have any soldiers now; The Chinese's new 38th Division and engineering units have entered Savage Mountain from Lido, you know this; And the new 22nd Division is still training and replenishing troops, and as for the new 30th Division, they now only have an empty shelf......"
Stilwell thought that the British were fighting the Chinese troops, and immediately shook his head violently.
"Joe, I didn't want to transfer troops from Ramga, under your direct command, isn't there an elite army?"
Owen had no choice, if he didn't take the initiative to say it, he would probably be rejected by Dewei directly, so he didn't hide it anymore.
"You're talking about commandos?"
Now Stilwell understood, it turned out that the British had calculated to let the commandos participate in the battle nearby.
"Yes, they only need to hold back the main force of the Japanese army across the Rakhine Mountains for a few days, and we can completely annihilate the vanguard of the Japanese army, and then besiege the 55th division of the Japanese army with at least seven brigades of the main force of the 14th Division......"
Owen said his plan.
"No, no, no......"
Stilwell was not interested in listening to Owen's plan at all, and the British had lost all his trust in the Burma battlefield a year earlier, and he had become an accomplice of the British in the hearts of the Chinese.
"They only have a thousand men, and they have no heavy weapons, so they can't stop the attack of a division of the Japanese army at all, even if it is impossible to delay; Your 15th Army of the Eastern Group Army has committed nine brigades in Arakhan, and you are fully capable of deploying enough troops to carry out your plan......"
Stilwell's tone became more and more urgent, and as soon as he heard the plan, he knew that the British wanted to wipe out the commandos; Although that Feng Yi was not very obedient, it was undeniable that he was still a good hand in carrying out his tasks, and he didn't want the knife in his hand to be damaged so meaninglessly.
"General, don't forget the memorandum between the British Cabinet and the US Congress......"
Owen finally threw out his killer idea, in that memo, Britain and the United States completely abandoned China's interests, and they cared more about their own interests.
Even if the Sino-Indian highway is being built now, it is more about taking into account the interests of the British in Burma.
In that memo, the British and Americans made a decision on how to counterattack Burma.
In the counterattack against Burma, there were originally two offensive routes, one was to fight from the north to the south, and the other was to fight from the west to the east.
The main consideration was that Burma could make use of the existing roads, railways, and even a few rivers flowing downstream, so it can be said that it was very convenient for both combat and transportation of supplies. On the other hand, Unit X in India will attack along the Sino-Indian highway to the vicinity of Myitkyina, and then move forward to recover important places such as Bamo and Lashio, and once Lashio falls into the hands of the Chinese army, then the Japanese army occupying western Yunnan will become a turtle in an urn, and they have no other way to choose but surrender and break through.