Having said this, Yang Zhen patted his wife's little hand, shook his head and said: "In this case, let's do what you want. I'll leave him alone for a while on his marriage report. As for that girl, it's not convenient for me to come forward. You
Go and find out. If it doesn't work, just talk to her straight to the point."
"Don't be anxious about this matter. Let them wait for a while. If it doesn't work, I will send this guy to a temporary post for a while. In fact, I don't want to be such a bad person. As an elder brother, don't you want your younger brother to find someone you like?
My wife. I also hope that my concerns are unnecessary, but I can't easily draw such a conclusion now."
"You go and get to know that girl first, and you can talk about the rest after you get familiar with her. I believe that my wife's vision will not let me down. Also, I will come back early tomorrow night, and we will go visit my parents together.
Call your sister-in-law and let's have dinner together. Don't talk to your parents about the inheritance yet, wait until there is a result."
It's just that even though he had agreed with Yuan Zhiruo to visit his parents the next night, for Yang Zhen, the plan never changed quickly. The arrival of an uninvited guest made all Yang Zhen's plans cancelled. And for this Yang Zhen
Zhen Congxin felt bored with this guy, and Yang Zhen couldn't help but see him.
Without him, this person was the one who got along very unpleasantly with Yang Zhen when they met for the first time. He held the power of distributing U.S. aid materials to China. He is currently the Chief of General Staff of the China Theater and the Commander of the U.S. Army in the China-Burma-India Theater.
The arrival of Lieutenant General Diwei, the jealous Qiao, gave Yang Zhen a considerable headache.
Originally, he was prepared to hide when this guy came. But he didn't expect that the Central Committee would send the Chief of Staff of the Military Commission to accompany him this time, making it impossible for Yang Zhen to hide. As for this jealous brother Qiao, he could hide away.
, but when the Chief of Staff of the Military Commission went to the Northeast, he had to show up.
In fact, this visit to the Northeast is the second time this guy came to the Northeast after his failure in the Battle of Yunnan and Burma. However, when he first came to the Northeast, the battle was intense. After arriving in Yan'an, due to the unsafe route and Yang Zhen's war,
Zheng Nong used the excuse that he had no time to receive the reception, so he could only honestly visit Yan'an for a few days and return.
They came several times later, but were blocked by Chongqing, whose Nujiang defense line had been stabilized and the southwest defense line had been basically stabilized. How could Chongqing let this guy who has the power to distribute all US aid supplies go to the Northeast Anti-Resistance Alliance?
Go? No matter what he came to the Northeast for or what he wanted to do, Chongqing was quite reluctant.
Although this man with high ambitions and low ambitions had a public falling out with Chongqing over the distribution of US aid and the fight for control of the troops. However, Chongqing still firmly refused and strictly prohibited him from having any contact with Yan'an.
Chongqing, where the Americans publicly aided the Anti-Japanese War on a large scale, was already very unhappy, and they were even asked to take part in it.
But the war situation did not wait for anyone. The Japanese offensive in India had already captured Imphal and Aizawl. The British Fourteenth Group Army suffered heavy losses. One of the two subordinate armies was completely wiped out, and the other also lost more than half.
The U.S. military's strength and casualties in the battle were reduced by two-thirds.
Some US troops ran to the rear and lost almost all their equipment except for a pair of big pants. In addition, the British Indian Army, instigated by the Indian National Army participating in the war, rebelled on a large scale, and the US and British
The coalition forces were defeated along the India-Myanmar border. The remaining troops could only retreat to resist along the Lumdin-Chittagong railway line.
What made the situation even more unfavorable was that at the same time that the Japanese army launched an offensive in Northeast India, a section of the Japanese army, with the support and cooperation of the naval fleet, forcibly landed at Chittagong Port. The British troops were caught off guard and their energy was attracted by the fighting in Northeast India.
, almost collapsed at the first touch.
In less than two days, most of Chittagong fell into the hands of the Japanese. Although the defenders were still reluctantly resisting, they were overwhelmed by the Japanese offensive. They relied on the continuous impact of a large number of tanks, plus deep aviation and artillery.
Regardless of the ammunition consumption and the loss of desperate support, it was barely able to survive.
Suffering from excessive losses and insufficient strength in the battlefield in Northeast India, the US and British troops, even the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which had not yet completed training and was poorly equipped, were also dragged to the front line by the hungry US and UK, despite the firm opposition of Chongqing, to take over.
The British army that had been crippled was fighting in Northeast India.
The most important thing is that not only did the Japanese army invade India, it also threatened the British, an important overseas raw material supply base during the war. Moreover, once the Japanese army gained a foothold in Northeast India, with the Japanese army's assault capabilities, the entire India might be in danger.
India lost it, and what is even more terrifying is the subsequent chain reaction.
To make matters worse, in order to counterattack Burma and defend India, the British army stored a large amount of military supplies in Imphal and all fell into the hands of the Japanese army. Because a brigade of the British Indian Army stationed there mutinied, Imphal was lost too quickly.
There was even no time for the British army to set fire to these supplies.
The large amount of supplies and weapons and equipment stored there were handed over to the Japanese army almost intact. Although the British were tight-lipped about the amount of supplies lost in Imphal, after the loss in Imphal, the Japanese army
Judging from the tons of British-made and American-made artillery shells carried by the American and British troops, as well as the number of British-made Vickers heavy machine guns and Bren light machine guns among the super-numbered machine guns. I am afraid that the number of weapons alone is quite large, not counting other supplies.
Moreover, through aerial reconnaissance, the US military discovered that since the Japanese occupation of Imphal, when they continued to launch attacks in depth, they had not transported any materials other than ammunition to the front line through the Chindwin River. The Japanese army erected on the Chindwin River
There are only a few short bridges and the transportation capacity is extremely limited.
All the British field rations were recovered from the killed Japanese troops, as well as the information obtained through the interrogation of prisoners. After the Japanese troops captured Imphal and Kohima, they were limited by the rear transportation capacity and almost did not replenish food and ammunition. But relying on
The supplies seized in Imphal and Kohima never lacked food and gasoline. Even the oil used by transport vehicles and armored units did not need to be transported from Myanmar.
The Japanese took the equipment and supplies of the British and beat the British to death, causing many injuries to the British. You must know that a large part of this equipment was obtained from the equipment provided to the Chinese by the United States.
Although the number of light weapons included is not large, there are quite a few American-made howitzers, mountain cannons, and the 37 anti-tank guns that are most urgently needed by the Chongqing army.
These artillery were all obtained from those originally intended for the Chinese army. As a result, the equipment that the British had hoarded in Imphal and stolen with great effort turned into artillery shells that hit their heads. The Japanese army
The four-pounder anti-tank gun captured in Imphal, plus the American-made Type 37 anti-tank gun, also caused heavy losses to the British armored forces engaged in counterattack.
And this brother Stilwell discovered that the artillery shells that fell on the heads of the American troops participating in the war actually included American 105 howitzer and 75 mountain gun shells. Moreover, in addition to the British machine guns and Sten submachine guns, the charging Japanese troops also had a large number of
The American-made Thompson submachine gun and M-carbine, even though they were furious, there was nothing they could do.
Without his permission, the British would not have been able to obtain the American-made weapons that were originally supposed to be given to the Chinese. The artillery equipment of the two armies trained by the expeditionary force in India was less than half of the number established by the US military, and the most scarce anti-tank guns were basically
There was no door at all, and all the weapons and equipment shipped from the United States were handed over to the British.
As a result, the British handed over these weapons intact to the Japanese to fight against themselves. One-third of the two American brigades participating in the war suffered casualties from the extremely accurate artillery fire fired by the Japanese. Even one battalion suffered casualties.
The U.S. military was blown up by Japanese artillery shells as soon as they entered the battle.
The Japanese army, which had received assistance from the British army, told the United States and Britain without hesitation that as long as they had enough artillery shells, they would also adopt the sea of fire tactics. The offensive in northeastern India became more and more fierce, and the American and British troops on the ground were obviously not
Opponent. Coupled with the massive rebellion of the British Indian Army, by the beginning of 1943, the British defense line in northeastern India was already in danger, and a total collapse could occur at any time.
In particular, the strategic locations of Aizawl and Silgar in northeastern India are about to fall under the constant onslaught of the Japanese army. Once these two places are lost, the entire eastern India region on the east bank of the Brahmaputra River will
All are in danger of being lost. And once the northeastern region of India is lost, the door to the entire India will be completely opened.
Facing the continuous defeat of the Indian war situation, in addition to constantly requesting reinforcements from home, this man also ignored Chongqing's obstruction at this time. He took a US military transport plane directly from the Kunming training base where he lived to fly to the Northeast. He
There is only one purpose here, and that is to persuade the Anti-Japanese Alliance to send troops to northeastern India to ease the war situation in India.
There is no way to invest more troops in the U.S. Army in Australia and North Africa at the moment, and the support it can give it in terms of ground combat troops is very limited. After the original two brigades and a detachment stationed in India were disabled, the U.S. Army
All the reinforcements were part of the artillery and armored forces mobilized from the Australian battlefield, as well as a group of aviation units from the North African battlefield, and transferred to the Indian battlefield for reinforcements.
As for the most urgently needed ground troops, neither the United States nor the United Kingdom can mobilize them now. Unless they give up the current excellent situation in the North African battlefield and mobilize the U.S. troops that landed in North Africa. At this time, the United States and Britain must give up the strategic initiative they have gained in North Africa.
, basically impossible.
But for the British Army, which has already used its troops to the extreme, it really can't find enough troops to transfer to the northeastern front line of India. Unless they are willing to risk a large-scale rebellion of the British Indian Army in Imphal, the war will happen again.
Risk. Several divisions of the British and Indian troops that were transferred to the rear after the Battle of Imphal were transferred to the front again.
At this time, no one dares to take this risk. If there is another large-scale rebellion in these divisions, the entire defense system of India will collapse. The Japanese promised to give the Indians the benefits of independence, so that
Indians who have suffered from colonial plunder and long for independence are still very attractive.
After the conflict with this man became public, Chongqing took great precautions against him and tried their best to prevent him from directly controlling his army. Of course, the more reason is that Chongqing really does not have that many elite troops.
For him to squander and waste like he did on the battlefield in Burma.
He does not take the lives of the Chinese and the Chinese army seriously. The Chinese cannot but take their own troops seriously. Even though they are in urgent need of modern equipment, they are afraid of being dragged by him to block the British. The limited elites are
He squandered all the money in Chongqing and even stopped the original plan to airlift several troops to India for training and refitting.
Chongqing refused to continue airlifting troops into India. The British Army's current focus is still on North Africa and Australia, and the Americans do not have many troops to transfer to India. The British and Indian troops are overwhelmed with their responsibilities, and no one dares to use them at this time.
On the front line, he had almost no troops to mobilize, and he was even a little hungry, so he directly turned his attention to Northeast China.