It should be said that Alexander's words make some sense. You should know that all the clothes, food, steel helmets and other daily necessities of the Chinese Expeditionary Force were provided by the British... To be precise, it was not the British who did not provide these materials, but British India. They were all created by factories and labor of Indians, and even the construction of the base was mostly due to the Indians.

So, why can British India pay so much without any benefit or even damage?

The British are smart businessmen, and they will not do such a loss-making business.

Once British India refuses to cooperate... it will be disastrous for the Chinese army located in northern Myanmar, because it means that they will not get any food and ammunition. Then, let alone counterattack, whether they can survive is a problem.

After thinking about it, Stilwell responded: "Alex, you may have forgotten that I can also cut off the support of the United States to the United Kingdom!"

"Don't be stupid! Joe!" Alexander was obviously prepared. He shook his head and smiled: "I don't believe that the United States will make such an unwise choice for the benefit of the Chinese!"

Although Stilwell was unwilling to admit it, it could not deny it.

The reason is that Britain is a solid ally of the United States. It only harms the United States but does not benefit the United States for the sake of the Chinese. Therefore, even if it does this, the United States will not agree.

Stilwell felt that he was at a disadvantage again, and he said with some anger: "Alex, you should know that the Chinese counterattack against the Japanese in Myanmar is beneficial to the United Kingdom, the United States and even the anti-fascist alliance. Are we just doing nothing like this?"

"Of course not to do nothing!" Alexander replied.

"Oh..." Stilwell looked at Alexander's expression and suddenly realized: "Did you bring any suggestions?"

"Of course!" Alexander laughed, pointed to the offensive route that Stilwell had already drawn on the map, and said, "What we want is to turn this offensive route in one direction... not to fight from north to south to drive the Japanese out of the sea, but from west to east!"

"Fight from west to east?" Stilwell couldn't help but frown.

This is obviously not in line with military common sense:

If you fight from north to south, there will be several highways and railways to use, and even several rivers flow downstream. It can be said that it is very convenient for both combat and transportation of supplies. More importantly,... the Chinese army located in Myitkyina only needs to fight 200 kilometers forward to recover Bamo and Lashio and other important places. Once Lashio falls into the hands of the Chinese army, the Japanese army entering western Yunnan will not only be attacked from both sides, but their supplies will also be completely cut off. At that time, China will not even need to fight at all. It just needs to wait for the Japanese army in western Yunnan to exhaust their ammunition and food before recovering them.

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If you fight from west to east, it will be completely different.

There are several north-south rivers and mountains that run by north-south. Not only is it difficult to attack and supply, but there is basically no strategic significance for fighting like this.

But the British's intentions were very obvious... At this time, the main force of the Japanese army was distributed from west to east on the front line. This battle could maximize the consumption of the Japanese army's vitality. When the Chinese army consumed almost the same vitality, it was time for the British to land in Yangon, the rear of Myanmar and successfully captured the entire Myanmar.

Simply put, this is to let the Chinese fight to the death with the Japanese, and then the British come out to "recover lost territory."

At this time, Stilwell was a little shaken because it was also in the interests of the United States... The United States also hoped to consume more Japanese troops, the better, so as to reduce the pressure on the US military on the Pacific battlefield.

But Stilwell quickly shook his head and said, "The Chinese are not fools, they will not choose this direction!"

"No, they will choose this way!" Alexander said: "There are also benefits for Chinese people, that is, from west to east, to build a road from Redo, India to China through Myanmar!"

"Um!" Stilwell nodded after hearing this.

This is indeed a good excuse. Although China had a U.S. air route for transfusions to it at this time, air transportation was limited after all. If a road could be opened... the benefits to China were self-evident.

So Stilwell stopped hesitating and nodded and replied, "I agree to do this!"

This battle was fought in history... and it was also the more than 200,000 Chinese troops (code-named y troops) in China, and 100,000 foreign troops stationed in India (code-named x troops) in India, and while fighting, a highway was built on the mountains and ridges. This highway was later called the "Stilwell Highway".

When this road was opened, many Chinese people were cheering and proud of it. In fact, anyone with discerning eyes knew... It was actually the result of Britain and the United States sacrificing Chinese interests again for their own interests, because the Chinese army could have driven the Japanese army out of Myanmar from north to south more easily and perfectly. Then the China-Myanmar Highway could be re-opened, and there was no need for any Stilwell Highway.

Even if this is the case, the Chinese Y troops would not have suffered as many casualties as the Songshan Battle when they recovered western Yunnan... The Japanese troops in western Yunnan could obtain food through sweeping in the urban and rural areas of China, but could not produce ammunition. So once Lashio was occupied by Chinese X troops, the Japanese troops in western Yunnan had only two choices, either surrender or wait for death. If there were any other choices, it would be to go to the Wild Man Mountain to be a Wild Man.

So the Xinyi Division quickly obtained an offensive target... "Ba Mo".

When Zhang Chi got this offensive target, he knew what was going on.

The British and American style of colorful intestines can be seen clearly in modern times, and they cannot truly help the Chinese.

But in fact, they can't blame them... politics is like this, and only interests are paid to each other. Diplomacy is exchange of interests. The kind of diplomacy that sincerely helps others will eventually be a sucker. China even gains some practical benefits, such as a road that really opened up, and many foreign aids have entered China from this road to support the War of Resistance.

But China's efforts and gains are obviously disproportionate... All I have paid for so much blood and life, and the UK once again put Myanmar under its own rule without any effort.

Of course, Zhang Chi didn't want this to happen again.
Chapter completed!