On 23 December, the United States, China, and Britain signed the "Allied Far East Theater Joint Operations Agreement" in Chongqing, and decided to establish the Allied Far East Theater General Command, with US Army Chief of Staff General Marshall as commander-in-chief.

The Allied Far East Command has jurisdiction over three sub-theaters: China, Southeast Asia, and India and Burma......

On the 25th, Stilwell came to bid farewell to Li Junhao, who had received a formal order to serve as Chief of the General Staff of the China Theater and Commander of the Indo-Burma Theater, for which he was promoted to lieutenant general.

On the 28th, Stilwell arrived in China, first met with Chairman Chiang, commander-in-chief of the Chinese theater of operations, and then rushed to No. 50 Zengjiayan to meet with Mr. Wu Hao, one of the leaders of the underground party and acting deputy commander-in-chief of the Chinese theater......

On the 30th, Stilwell rushed to Tengchong, Yunnan Province, summoned the generals of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which had been formed for several months, and issued an order to send troops in his capacity as the commander of the Indo-Burma Theater, and the time for the army to start was set for January 5, a few days later! ——

Li Junhao, who was in Washington, was very happy after receiving the information from the Chinese side, the Chinese expeditionary force will enter Burma two months ahead of schedule, and will get more time to deploy the defense, plus the Allied command he worked hard to win, I hope Stilwell can win a beautiful battle this time!

However, the information received afterwards was far from pretty: despite the signing of the Allied Joint Operations Agreement and the clarification of the command of Lieutenant General Stilwell, the arrogant British delayed the execution of Stilwell's order to prevent the Chinese expeditionary force from entering Burma.

In this regard, after many fruitless negotiations, Stilwell could only report to China through Ambassador Jensen......

Roosevelt was so angry that he asked Secretary of State Hull to send a letter of protest to the British government on his behalf, and what he got was: "The joint battle agreement is being discussed in the House of Commons, so the official order has not yet reached British India and Burma, and I hope the United States can be patient"!

At the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Conference, everyone attending the meeting was extremely angry when they heard the news, and they even proposed to drastically reduce British military aid as punishment.

Roosevelt knew that this matter could not be taken lightly, and from the perspective of the overall situation, he could not handle the problem so arbitrarily.

At the subsequent meeting of the four White House advisers, Roosevelt called Li Junhao to ask for his opinion.

Li Junhao is both angry and headache about this matter, the British people's problems are not cultivated in a day or two, and it is not possible to correct them in a day or two!

After thinking about it, he turned his heart on the side and said: "Mr. President, Mr. Advisers, I am more familiar with the situation in the Far East, so let's give me a formal order, I will go to Burma to help General Stilwell!" In view of the problem of the non-cooperation of the British, I asked for the right to dispose of it on the spot. ”

Roosevelt and the four advisers looked at each other and nodded, because of Pan Sen's special status, he was indeed the best candidate to go to Burma to coordinate the relations between the United States, Britain, and China's troops, but it would soon be a battlefield, and the soldiers would be in danger.

After Li Junhao finished his opinion and left the table, Roosevelt and National Security Adviser Ayles, Military Adviser and Chief of Staff of the President, Admiral Raisi, Secretary of State and Foreign Affairs Adviser to the President, and Legal Adviser to the President Pena continued the meeting, but the issue had changed to whether to send Pansen to Burma.

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On New Year's Day in 1942, when the United States was celebrating the New Year, 15 kilometers east of Washington, at the Andrews Army Air Force Base, three four-engine planes that no one had ever seen at the base landed smoothly on the runway, and were immediately towed to the overhaul hangar by ground trucks......

If Li Junhao was here, he would definitely recognize these three planes as the B-29 long-range bomber known as the "Super Flying Fortress" in later generations!

Because of his involvement, Boeing launched a more mature XB-29 prototype a year in advance, and there are currently a total of six, at this time, three of them are in the best condition, and more than 400 highly skilled manufacturing and modification personnel were sent to the Andrews base to carry out emergency modification and maintenance!

The three planes have been identified as the vehicles used by General Pan Sen, chief assistant to the national security adviser, director of national intelligence, and director of the CIA, to travel to Myanmar, and the bomber's security system is much higher than that of ordinary military transport aircraft, and the modification will improve its safety, protection, and self-defense capabilities to the maximum.

In addition, according to Li Junhao's suggestion, this modification of the XB-29 also involves an extremely secret military plan of action - the bombing of Tokyo! The conversion data is immediately fed back to Boeing's aircraft factory, where 20 new XB-29s are being built for the mission.

It would take 20 days for the aircraft to be modified and maintained, but on January 3, Li Junhao learned that his suggestion had been adopted, and he would serve as the special envoy of the US president, the representative of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the observer of the Senate Armed Intelligence Committee, and rush to the Sino-Burmese border to inspect and coordinate the actions of the Allied forces in the Indo-Burma theater.

In addition, according to the "U.S. Wartime Rank Management Regulations", President Roosevelt appointed him as a major general in the army in wartime to facilitate his mission in the Indo-Burma theater; In addition, President Roosevelt received a special secret order from British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, which gave him the right to deal with British generals and personnel who did not obey the command. This last article has given Li Junhao a lot of confidence in this trip.

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On January 21, the three XB-29s were refitted, and several test flights were carried out in succession, which confirmed that the aircraft were in good condition, the modification was extremely successful, and they had the ability to attend.

On Tuesday, the 22nd, on this day, after attending the White House National Security Meeting, Li Junhao immediately rushed to Andrews Base and boarded a new car at 10:40 - the XB-29 modified strategic bomber he named "Expedition", oh, or rather, it should now be called "Panson Special Envoy Special Plane"!

The No. 1 aircraft is Li Junhao's car, which has been converted into a relatively comfortable long-range special plane with the strongest protection ability and the strongest self-defense ability, and can carry 10 armed attachés at the same time; Aircraft No. 2 and No. 3 were converted into special "large fighters" with extremely strong combat capabilities, which could carry 20 personnel at the same time.

In this way, Li Junhao could accompany with 50 attachés, which were snatched up by his side and his subordinates, and finally he made the decision, taking Xiaoyu, Nick and Avne, as well as the 42 strongest fighters led by Xiaohu and selected from the Golden Shield and Wolf Warrior Brigade, as well as four special attachés sent by Lister.

(End of chapter)