nucmednet Chapter 813 Goodbye Stilwell
Chapter 813 Goodbye Stilwell
813 Goodbye Stilwell
In the second half, Ye Qingshan also stated his other purpose.
"This time, their 42nd Army will return to Burma and join forces with Stilwell's allies to launch an attack on the devils in Southeast Asia.
Among them, the Indochina Peninsula is one of our main attack directions.
And here, it is right next to your two provinces.
I think, when the time comes, our brothers from the Gui Army and the Yunnan Army can also cooperate with our 42nd Army in the attack on the Japanese in Indochina Peninsula?
Don't worry, my three brothers. I will never let you send troops in vain."
Li Zongren, Little Zhuge and Commander Long were also interested after hearing Ye Qingshan's proposal.
"That's not a bad idea."
After thinking for a moment, Little Zhuge nodded slightly.
Little Zhuge knew very well that if they went south from their Guangxi Province and crossed the mountains, they would enter the territory of Annan.
It's a nice place.
Otherwise, the French would not have occupied it.
“But those places are traditional colonies of Britain and France.
If we fight back, even if we drive the Japanese away, won't Britain and France benefit in the end?"
Li Zongren raised this question.
He doesn't want to make wedding clothes for Britain and France.
Ye Qingshan laughed and said, "Don't worry, Commander Li, Britain and France are now being beaten black and blue in their own base camp on the European continent.
They don't have much energy to focus on us in Asia.
They have lost their right to sit at the table, and it is not their turn to dictate how the post-war benefits are distributed.
I can help you achieve this within the Allied Forces."
Ye Qingshan is still very confident about this.
If you want to damage the interests of the US military in the Allied forces at this time, it would be quite difficult.
Ye Qingshan admitted this.
However, it is still easy to compete for the colonies lost by Britain and France in Asia.
"Okay, our Gui army can participate."
Soon, Li Zongren and Xiao Zhuge looked at each other and made a decision.
“Since Brother Delin and Jiansheng have agreed, I am naturally willing to cooperate.
However, our Yunnan Army is the weakest among the three of us.
At that time, we can only provide some help.”
Commander Long is aware of his own situation.
Hearing such assurances from the three people was enough for Ye Qingshan.
This is also one of Ye Qingshan’s purposes for this trip.
Two days later, Ye Qingshan's private plane left Nanzhou and returned to Yangcheng.
At this time, various units of Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army Group were also gradually changing guard with the Central Army.
In order to prevent any accidents, the headquarters replaced the commander of the main force of the Central Army on the front line with Xue Yue.
After all, the headquarters also knew about it during the previous battle in northern Guangdong.
Xue Yue led the main force of the Central Army and helped contain the Japanese Third Division.
The relationship between Xue Yue and Ye Qingshan is relatively friendly.
This would allow Xue Yue to take command of the main force of the Central Army again, making it less likely that a conflict would occur when he replaced Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army.
Time quickly entered August, after more than a month of rest and rotation.
At this time, Ye Qingshan had already ordered all his troops to withdraw from Yangcheng.
They retreated to western Guangxi and began their second march into Burma.
This time when entering Burma, Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army did not need to rush, with more than troops marching.
It took a full month and a half for Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army to cross the provinces of Guangxi and Yunnan and enter Myanmar.
However, Ye Qingshan did not march with the army.
He arrived in Burma a month in advance on a special plane and met with Stilwell.
"Ye, you are really back.
Oh my god, my nightmare is back again."
After arriving in Mandalay, Stilwell brought a number of people to greet Ye Qingshan at the airport.
After Ye Qingshan got off the plane, Stilwell smiled and sighed.
"Ha ha!
General Stilwell, how could I be your nightmare?
I am your lucky star."
Ye Qingshan knew that Stilwell was joking when he said this, and he responded immediately.
"Chief of Staff Luo."
Ye Qingshan greeted Luo Zhuoying.
At this moment, the Supreme Command ordered Ye Qingshan's 42nd Army to be reintegrated into the expeditionary force's combat sequence.
However, before that, the few other national troops that had remained in Myanmar were all withdrawn back to the country.
For example, the troops of the previous Fifth Army, Sixth Army and 66th Army.
In fact, the headquarters had already started to transfer these three armies from the Burmese expeditionary force back to the country after Ye Qingshan defeated the Japanese 15th Army.
Among them, these three armies were among the main forces of the Central Army that had previously fought a bloody battle with the Japanese 11th Army in western Hunan.
Otherwise, the strength of the main force of the domestic central army would not have grown so fast.
However, the main forces of these three armies were transferred back to the country.
But there are still a small number of troops left in Myanmar.
But this time it was different. With Ye Qingshan’s 42nd Army, almost all of them entered Burma to fight.
The headquarters no longer had any other Kuomintang troops left.
In other words, at this time Ye Qingshan’s 42nd Army was basically the entire expeditionary force.
All other national army generals were also transferred back to the country.
Only Luo Zhuoying, the chief of staff, was allowed to stay after Ye Qingshan applied to Chen Cheng.
Luo Zhuoying was originally a subordinate of Chen Cheng, so Chen Cheng would naturally not reject Ye Qingshan's application.
Ye Qingshan asked Luo Zhuoying to stay, partly because he had had a very pleasant cooperation with him before.
Xiao Shanling stayed in the domestic base, and Ye Qingshan needed such a good chief of staff.
On the other hand, Ye Qingshan kept Luo Zhuoying so that he could have someone to mediate between himself and Stilwell.
Ye Qingshan knew his temper well, and he might have conflicts with Stilwell in future combat operations.
At this time, we need a chief of staff who has good relations with both sides to mediate.
On the third day after Ye Qingshan arrived in Mandalay, Stilwell sent someone to deliver a shocking news.
"Commander, good news.
The American Pacific Fleet fought a decisive battle with the main force of the Japanese Combined Fleet at sea and won. "
Luo Zhuoying rushed into the command center excitedly and shouted to Ye Qingshan.
"Oh?
The final battle?"
After hearing this, Ye Qingshan was not too surprised.
He knew very well that the main forces of the American and Japanese naval aircraft carrier fleets had been confronting each other at sea for some time.
The fight would end in a time beyond Ye Qingshan's expectations.
When Ye Qingshan saw the location on the battle report, he found that the battle was still taking place near Midway Island.
It's just that the time was delayed by more than two months.
At the same time, the results were also biased.
The American Pacific Fleet, which had originally won a great victory, now turned it into a miserable victory.
In response, Ye Qingshan smiled.
In Ye Qingshan's mind, whether it is the Japanese or the Americans, they are all enemies.
It’s just that one is a weak enemy in front of us, and the other is a strong enemy in the future.
If we could defeat the weak enemy in front of us, the Japanese, while weakening the powerful enemy in the future, the Americans, that would obviously be the best outcome.