This is a newly typed document, and the ink on it has not yet completely dried. Because the Queen's government's departure to India is almost a foregone conclusion, the importance of Burma to the British has become highlighted. This made Churchill completely lose his gentlemanly demeanor. He came to see Roosevelt early. While waiting for Roosevelt, he asked McIntyre for help, hoping that the latter could help convince Roosevelt to ensure that the British or Americans controlled Burma and even Indochina. In order to be more convincing, he Last night, I made a special call to De Gaulle and made a request to De Gaulle, hoping that he could order Ambos in the name of Free France to let the French Indochina colonial government led by him support the British request for Burma.
Churchill had already done enough homework. However, after a night of consideration, Roosevelt became more and more convinced that he should help China form a coalition government so that China could play a greater role in the war against Japan, so he politely rejected Churchill's request. , and personally supervised Stilwell's revision of the original war situation report, removing all the more sensitive parts that might cause Ouyang Yun's displeasure or refining the wording.
Most of the contents in the battle report were known to Ouyang Yun, but it was the first time he heard about the parts about the Japanese army's training, the expansion of reserve forces and the establishment of a submarine force in Singapore. "...the Joint Chiefs of Staff judged that with the Japan's domestic arsenals have all been upgraded and have all begun producing new types of ordnance. The Japanese army will be able to expand its modern army to about 1.5 million. By then, the Japanese military should increase its troops to China, the Philippines, and Australia. In view of the Allies' opposition to The Philippine troops are having difficulty supplying, and it is recommended to withdraw the Philippine troops and replenish the Australian defense line... According to the latest information, Singapore's seven shipyards can launch one submarine every week, so it won't be long before the Japanese Navy will have a large-scale submarine force. Troops, this will definitely increase the difficulty for the Allied forces to hold on to many avant-garde islands in the Pacific, and may threaten the supply fleet of the United States to support the Far East. At the time when the Combined Fleet is supporting operations in the East China Sea, it is recommended that the Allied forces organize a counterattack to destroy the shipyards in Singapore. ...Prime Minister Churchill, General Ouyang Yun, the Allied forces are encountering unprecedented difficulties in the Far East. The Japanese offensive is unprecedentedly powerful. Only by uniting together can we withstand this round of attacks. Therefore, it is necessary to establish a unified combat command. ,." Stilwell first read out the document and gradually became excited. Finally, he put down the document and waved his hands to start an impromptu speech. While he was impassioned, Roosevelt suddenly tapped the table gently to interrupt. He said: "General Stilwell, the purpose of the Cairo Conference is to save the crisis in the Far East, but what should be done specifically needs to be discussed. Japanese militarism is our common enemy, and the Allied forces' operations against Japan do need a unified command. system, but this should be decided by the generals of China, Britain and the United States."
Roosevelt did not want to anger Ouyang Yun on the issue of establishing a unified combat command, so the new battle report did not mention the relevant content. However, Stilwell was obviously overly excited and went on to follow the original battle report. This made Roosevelt feel uneasy and immediately stopped him.
After being reminded by him, Stilwell realized that he had gone too far. He shrugged and saluted everyone and said: "The military situation on the front line is urgent. This makes me worried. I am very sorry. I should not mix my personal thoughts into it." Then he said. He looked at Churchill and then at Ouyang Yun, and asked: "Mr. Prime Minister, General Ouyang Yun, I have finished introducing the situation in the Far East. Do you have any questions?"
Churchill and Ouyang Yun looked at each other, and Ouyang Yun made an invitation gesture. Churchill nodded to him and then glanced at everyone and said: "General Stilwell introduced it in detail. I think the biggest problem we are facing now is Australia, Australia cannot afford to lose anything. We all know that the reason why the Japanese army attacked Southeast Asia is to obtain strategic resources such as oil and rubber in Southeast Asia. Australia has rich mineral deposits. If the Japanese are allowed to occupy it, they will be completely self-sufficient. If you are self-sufficient, you can expand your troops without limit. This is something the allies do not want to see. I suggest that more troops be sent to Australia immediately. In order to ensure the smooth progress of this operation, I suggest that an allied command headquarters be established in Myanmar to unified command this operation. This operation." At this point, he paused, glanced at Ouyang Yun with the corner of his eye, and then made a generous and selfless expression and said passionately: "Great Britain has too many places to fight, and it can no longer send additional troops to Australia. , however, in order to support the Allied operations, I decided to transfer some warships from the Royal Navy's most elite Atlantic Fleet to form a new Z fleet and rush to Australia to provide fire support to the Allied ground forces and be responsible for blocking the relevant sea areas."
The applause started, and McIntyre stood up and said: "Mr. Prime Minister, your selflessness is admirable. If the Allied countries can be like your government, there will be no need to worry about the axis of evil being destroyed."
Roosevelt smiled and looked at Churchill and then at McIntyre, but the corner of his eye was focused on Ouyang Yun. When he and Churchill had a private discussion, Churchill did not mention the formation of a new Z fleet to fight in Australia. So why did he do this? This plan will be proposed suddenly from time to time. This must be related to Xuebingjun.
Sure enough, Churchill then began to target the Xuebing Army. He turned around and looked condescendingly at Ouyang Yun and said: "General Ouyang Yun, the Allied land defense force in Australia is far from enough. As we all know, your army is known as the 'Japanese Army'. Nemesis, there is no war in Indochina now, so can your army send troops to Australia to help the Allies defeat the Japanese army's attempt to attack Australia?"
Because of Churchill's performance at yesterday's banquet, Ouyang Yun had long been wary of him. When he said the previous paragraph, he had a vague feeling that it should be directed at the student army, and when he mentioned To reorganize the Z fleet and sail to Australia, he immediately realized that the British would run against him. As expected, Churchill's next words immediately expressed this meaning nakedly,
With the Z fleet ahead, the British have already occupied Dayi, which is equivalent to blocking Ouyang Yun's way of direct rejection. While Ouyang Yun quickly used his brain to judge the stakes, he first used the "Japanese nemesis" as an excuse: "'The Japanese army Nemesis, thank you, Mr. Prime Minister, for thinking so highly of our army, but what I want to point out is that Mr. Prime Minister underestimates the Japanese. If the Japanese army were so easy to restrain, we would have launched a massive counterattack. In fact, although we have been repeatedly defeated We resisted the Japanese attack, but the sacrifices we made were huge and painful." At this point, he stood up and looked around at everyone, especially the reporters, and his expression and tone became sad: "Since the formation of our Xuebing Army, we have been fighting with the Japanese army. We fought more than a hundred battles, large and small, and annihilated more than 100,000 Japanese troops. But how much sacrifice did we make? Generals and gentlemen, if you have the opportunity, you can go to our Guangzhou City Hall Square and take a look. There is a stone tablet there, and the stone tablet is densely filled with the names of our fallen soldiers." At this point, he took a deep breath, and then said heavily: "The total number of these names exceeds one hundred thousand, and those who have not left behind I don’t know who the names are, generals and gentlemen, our soldiers are fighting for their lives. Someone once asked our soldiers, your training and equipment are not as good as the Japanese army, so why can you persist? The soldier answered him this way, because we have an unyielding heart and we do not want to be slaves of the subjugated country. Generals and gentlemen, the Japanese army is not invincible, and the condition for defeating them is very simple, that is, we must have a brave heart. .”