From 14 to 24 August, the "Quadrangutary" conference was held in Quebec to study the European strategy of the Allied forces and issues related to the Pacific theater. Present at the meeting were US President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Canadian Prime Minister William Leon Mackenzie King, and Soong Tzu-man, a representative of the Kuomintang government, who took part in the discussion of the war against Japan.

At Roosevelt's insistence, the conference made it clear that the "Overlord" plan should take precedence over any new plan in the Mediterranean, and approved the "Anvil" plan (later renamed the "Dragoons") to cooperate with the "Overlord" plan, that is, to land from the Mediterranean to southern France in support of the main battle of the Allied landing in northern France.

In terms of operations against Japan, the meeting highly praised the success of the three Burma campaigns of the Allied forces, believing that they ensured the smooth flow of the land communication line between China and Burma (i.e., the Yunnan-Burma Highway) and laid the foundation for the Chinese theater to hold back 2 million to 3 million Japanese troops!

It was decided at the meeting that the Allies would fight the Japanese army with all their might after the collapse of Germany and strive to defeat Japan within 12 months.

The meeting also discussed and resolved the issue of the division of labor among the United States and Britain allied forces, with the US generals commanding the "Overlord" campaign and the supreme command of the Mediterranean Theater being handed over to the British generals. a secret agreement was signed for the joint manufacture and use of the atomic bomb; discussed the status of the French National Liberation Committee and the draft declaration of the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China on universal security; The terms of Italy's surrender were agreed.

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On August 29, Roosevelt, who returned to Washington, signed an order to transfer the former commander of the Allied Indo-Burma theater, Ognyan J. Bush. Lee Panson joined the Marine Corps as first deputy commander and was relieved of his original position;

Raymond Wheeler, former Chief of Staff of the Theater, was appointed as the new Commander of the Indo-Burma Theater and promoted to Lieutenant General;

Major General Yang Shixiong, former deputy chief of staff of the theater, was appointed as chief of staff of the Army (wartime), and he was clearly designated as a full-fledged major general.

Originally, Li Junhao was going to return to Burma for the handover, but the Admiralty and the Navy and Land Command asked him to take up his post as soon as possible in the name of heavy affairs, so he could only take the method of remote command to hand over to Wheeler.

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For the Allied Indo-Burma theater, this change of commander was very sudden.

Raymond Wheeler was promoted to lieutenant general and took over as commander of the theater of operations, a speed that surprised him, knowing that he had only been here for seven months and had only participated in one major battle! In this regard, he can only attribute himself to coming to the right place and following the right leader.

Yang Shixiong was a little speechless, he finally came to the commander's command again, but he didn't expect that the other party was promoted and transferred away! Of course, it's a good thing that the boss keeps getting promoted, but it's too fast for me to keep up!

Li Qiwei, who is also the deputy commander of Wheeler, is not dissatisfied with Wheeler's ascension, and his current mind is all about the 82nd Airborne Division, and he is busy enough to apply new airborne combat methods, use new equipment, and train in new combat modes, and he has no mind to manage administrative matters.

The new First Army, known as the 103rd Group Army in the theater, Sun Liren, commander and commander of the new 38th Division, Yu Shao, commander of the 96th Division, and Chen Mianwu, commander of the provisional 55th Division, regretted the departure of Commander Pan Sen.

In their previous cooperation, they had a very good impression of the commander who was proficient in Chinese language and culture, and his own troops were even more strongly modified into all-American mechanization, and the victory of three consecutive Burma campaigns made them full of confidence in the combat effectiveness of the troops. All of a sudden, Commander Panson had been transferred, which left them a little confused.

Sun Liren, who had studied at the Virginia Military Academy, knew the status of the Marine Corps in the US military, and he was very puzzled by General Pan Sen's departure from the Allied Indo-Burma Theater to take up the post of deputy commander of the Navy and Army, and even guessed: Is General Pan Sen being suppressed within the US military?

The 121st Group Army, which had just formed an army, although the army commander Peng Xuefeng and a group of underground party generals controlled the troops very well, they were very worried when they got together for a meeting.

For this reason, they specially consulted Yan'an, and the reply was: take the troops with peace of mind and wait and see what happens.

For the units of the 101st Group Army, it was a little difficult to find the backbone, but fortunately, the new commander was the Chinese general Yang Shixiong, who was General Pan Sen's old subordinate, which made everyone feel a lot more at ease.

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On Monday, the 30th, Li Junhao officially took up his post in the Admiralty building.

Captain Holkum led a group of people from the headquarters to extend a warm welcome to his arrival, and personally presided over the award of the rank of major on his assistant Xiaoyu and Captain Nick......

In his previous life, Li Junhao and many military fans thought that the military uniform of the Marine Corps was the most beautiful among all branches of the US military, but this time it was not like this, obviously it was not time yet, but it didn't matter, he came, let's design this uniform first!

After the welcoming ceremony, Lieutenant General Holkum presided over a meeting of the middle level and above of the headquarters department, introduced him, the first deputy commander, to everyone, and clearly emphasized that in the future, Deputy Commander Pan Sen has the right to intervene and make decisions on all headquarters affairs! In addition to being surprised, everyone immediately realized that it was definitely not easy for this General Pan Sen to come to serve on the sea and land!

Sitting in a large, newly furnished office, Li Junhao began to think about what he had to do now, starting with the transfer of his New England battalion from Burma to his side, and possibly the 104th Gurkha Division.

In addition, the 101st Army, except for the 105th and 106th British brigades, was composed of Chinese soldiers, so what way out should be arranged for them? If it doesn't work, it will be incorporated into the sea and land of the US military.

The 103rd Group Army is a Kuomintang unit, and its key task is to defend the Yunnan-Burma Highway, so let them stay there!

The 121st Group Army was composed of new recruits from northern Shaanxi, and the original plan was to return to China to strengthen the military strength of northern Shaanxi after equipping, training, and actual combat in Southeast Asia.

In this case, it is only necessary to let the transport ships sending military reinforcements bring back the New England battalion and the 104th Division, which is not too troublesome.

So, on the second day after taking office, he asked his assistant Xiaoyu to send a letter to the War Department: "In view of the current relative calm in the Indo-Burma battlefield, the Navy and Land Command plans to transfer the 102nd Special Operations Regiment and the 104th Gurkha Light Infantry Division of the Indo-Burma Theater to return to China, and the replacement units required will be coordinated by the War Department ......."

When General Marshall, who saw the report, immediately signed and agreed, because these two troops are of a special nature, it can be said that they are General Pansen's private army, and he has no reason to stop them! Subsequently, he ordered the newly formed 255th Infantry Division of the US Army to go to Burma by ship to take over the defense of the two forces.

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