my bright sword career

Chapter 668 How is this possible
"Flying Tigers?"

Stilwell was slightly taken aback, "You mean the Flying Tigers led by Claire?"

"Yes."

"But if I remember correctly, the Flying Tigers led by Claire only have three squadrons in total, and he has to divide his forces to garrison Guangxi and Yunnan. It would be nice to have a squadron of more than 20 aircraft.

I'm afraid this aircraft still can't rescue Tonggu's 200th division, right?The most important thing is that the aircraft of the Flying Tigers are all fighter jets. Their main task is to compete with Japanese aircraft for air supremacy. How much power can they support the ground troops? "

Facing Stilwell's doubts, Luo Zhuoying could only respond with a wry smile: "Who made us have no cannons or planes, do you have any other solutions now?"

Stilwell's tone was smug, while Luo Zhuoying's tone was very ordinary, but it was actually a hidden needle.

You Americans keep saying that you want to support the China theater, but now you can’t even send out a decent air force, and even the supplies to aid China are being withheld. What qualifications do you have to point fingers at the expeditionary force.

Facing Luo Zhuoying's implicit accusation, Stilwell became a little annoyed, and suddenly raised his voice: "Luo, it's unfair for you to blame our US government for this situation.

It takes a long road for our supplies to reach China, so there is naturally no guarantee of time.Your biggest problem now is to urgently deploy an air force to support the expeditionary force. The size of this air force must be at least one hundred aircraft, and it must include no less than two squadrons of bombers. "

"Impossible...absolutely impossible!"

Luo Zhuoying shook her head again and again, "Our air force has been exhausted in previous years of fighting, and it is impossible to deploy such an air force to support Myanmar."

"How is that impossible?" Stilwell said with displeasure, "As far as I know, your Generalissimo Jiang has an air force composed entirely of P-40 fighter jets, the number of which is no less than one hundred.

If you send a report to Chairman Jiang now, you should be able to transfer it within two days. "

As soon as Stilwell's words fell, Luo Zhuoying almost jumped up, "Don't say we don't have such a large-scale air force, even if we do, we can't deploy it in such a short period of time."

No wonder Luo Zhuoying blushed with excitement. The air force Stilwell was talking about was the planes that Gao Hongming half-sold and half gave to the Chongqing government when he went to the Central Air Force the year before last. A total of [-] planes were sold at that time.

After these two years of consumption, there are now less than sixty aircraft left. These aircraft are now regarded as eyeballs by Lao Jiang, and they are all deployed around the Chongqing area to take on the task of defending Chongqing.

It is also because of this air force that although Chongqing has occasionally been bombed on a small scale by the Japanese army in the past two years, the large-scale bombing like that in 1939 caused thousands of deaths and 20 homeless tragedies. It didn't happen either.

The reason for such a big change is that the P-40 fighters given by Gao Hongming are absolutely indispensable.

It was also because of this that Lao Jiang had already issued a death order to Zhou Zhirou, commander of the air force. Without his order, no one was allowed to mobilize this army, and violators would be severely punished.

Although Luo Zhuoying can be regarded as Lao Jiang's confidant and favorite general, he can be sure that if he dares to ask Lao Jiang to transfer this air force to Burma, Lao Jiang will definitely not give him good fruit.

"Then what should we do?" Stilwell squinted his eyes angrily, "You guys brought up the matter. Don't you just watch the 200th division being eaten by the Japanese?"

Everyone was silent, and everyone looked dignified. The 200th Division is the only mechanized unit in the national army, and its elite level is far superior to other units in the national army. That angry face.

Du Yuming, the deputy commander of the expeditionary force and the commander of the fifth army, suddenly said: "General Stilwell, Commander Luo, maybe there is an air force in the country that can help us."

"Um……"

"who is it?"

All eyes turned to Du Yuming.

As a graduate of the first class of Whampoa, and also Chairman Jiang's proud disciple, Du Yuming is undoubtedly deeply trusted by Lao Jiang. At the same time, the 200th Division that was surrounded by Tonggu also belonged to his Fifth Army. The 200th division is in danger of being encircled and wiped out. Whoever is most anxious is the first.

Du Yuming met everyone's gaze and said slowly: "Everyone, have you forgotten that under the command of Chief Yan in the Shanxi World War II zone, there is the largest and most elite air force in the country?"

"The Liantai militia?"

There was a burst of exclamation in the headquarters, and someone yelled out immediately.

Except for Stilwell, everyone understood, and some even slapped their thighs, "Why did I forget about this army?"

"That's right, I almost forgot if Mr. Du didn't mention it. If the Liantai militia can be called in, the Tonggu battle will definitely be resolved."

"Well, the fighting power of the Liantai militia is pretty good." It was a stubborn guy who said this.

Only Stilwell was a little confused. He looked at the officers who were discussing in a low voice around him, and he stopped Luo Zhuoying with his mind full of question marks, "General Luo, what are you discussing, can you tell me?"

"This is General Stilwell. Just now Commander Du mentioned a unit in our country. This unit has a very powerful air force. With their support, the 200th Division of Tonggu will definitely be able to Get out."

"Does Huaxia have such a force? Why don't I know?"

Stilwell expressed doubts about this. He was the commander of the U.S. Army in the China, Burma, and India theaters and the chief of staff of the China theaters in January this year. In addition, the Chongqing government was afraid that Gao Hongming would become too popular and deliberately suppressed his reputation. Seeing his news, Stilwell naturally had never heard of the Liantai militia.

Naturally, Luo Zhuoying couldn't explain everything to him in detail, so she said vaguely: "Well, I will tell you about this army in detail later. But I can be sure that General Du's words are not worth the slightest bit. , you can trust its authenticity."

After hearing this, Stilwell said happily: "In this case, why don't you apply to Generalissimo Jiang to transfer this unit? Time is life. If you transfer him earlier, you can also rescue the 200th Division earlier."

"This one……"

Luo Zhuoying's expression became a little awkward for a moment.

After hesitating for a while, he said, "The biggest problem now is that this army is not dispatched by the national government at all."

"God, how is this possible?" Surprised, Stilwell even spoke his mother tongue.

(End of this chapter)