Shadow Spy

Chapter 389: Meeting the Expeditionary Force in Tonggu

On March 3, when Li Junhao and his party finally "struggled" on the dirt road from the west to Tonggu, the whole city was talking about the news of the great victory of Degong!
Whether it is the 200th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force stationed in the east of the city or the 1st Division of the British-Burmese Army stationed in the west of the city, they are all happy scenes. The rare victory against Japan is indeed an inspiring medicine.

As the most important central node between the north and south of Myanmar, Tonggu had been bombed many times by Japanese warplanes before. Many people fled. It was really difficult to find a complete and good hotel. Li Junhao simply chose a ruined compound in the north of the city. , asked the attachés to load up the bulldozers with armored vehicles, push out the flat ground in the compound, and set up ten military tents. In addition to arranging accommodation for everyone, they also set up special command rooms, communication rooms, restaurants, and bathrooms. , bathroom, arranged into a field camp.
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When Li Junhao and his party entered Tonggu, the 1st Division of the British-Burmese Army and the 200th Division of the Chinese Expeditionary Force both received the news as soon as possible.With the news of the victory at Degong and Hutton's vigorous propaganda, both the British Army and the Chinese Expeditionary Force knew that there was a small team of American observers patrolling the battlefield in Burma, so they all judged that it had arrived in Thong Ku.

Both Britain and China attach great importance to it and have begun to send personnel to prepare for contact with American observers; some special personnel have even sent intelligence from American observers to all parts of the world through special channels.
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On March 3, when Li Junhao woke up from his sleep, it was almost noon. He turned around and saw that he was the only one left in the tent, while the laughter of the attachés and college students could be heard outside the tent.

When he got up, finished washing, and came to the dining room, Xiaoyu brought him a meal that had been prepared for him. He didn't know whether it was breakfast or lunch.

Rice, canned braised pork stewed with wild vegetables, canned beef stewed with potatoes, seaweed and egg soup, plenty of it!
It should be said that the part-time cooks among the entourage have all practiced their craftsmanship well, and they will find ways to combine canned vegetables with vegetables to make them taste better and better. Even Li Junhao, who is picky, thinks it tastes delicious!

He had just finished his first meal in Tonggu when a guard on duty came to report: "Sir, two officers from the Chinese Expeditionary Force are here to see you. They have already arrived at the gate!"

Um?Li Junhao was stunned. Someone came so quickly. The response of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was not slow! "please!"
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Two minutes later, Li Junhao saw two Chinese Expeditionary Force colonels and an interpreter in the command tent.

Seeing a two-star U.S. military general appearing in front of them, the two men immediately stood at attention, saluted, and said loudly: "Zheng Tingji, commander of the 200th Regiment and division infantry commander of the 598th Division of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and director of the Recruit Training Department (guerrilla detachment) Huang Xiang, say hello to the friendly commander!"

Just as the young captain translator was about to translate, Li Junhao returned an American military salute and said loudly in Chinese: "Major General Ognyan Lee Panson, Observer for the Far Eastern Theater in the U.S. Senate, would like to say hello to our Allied comrades! You guys You can just call me Pan Sen."

The three Chinese soldiers did not expect that the American in front of them could speak such authentic Chinese, and they were all stunned. When they heard that the American general actually agreed to call them Allied comrades, they felt warm in their hearts, and they hurriedly said: "Hello General Panson!"

"Please sit down!" After the greeting, Li Junhao extended his hand to signal. Seeing the two of them sitting down at the folding table, he asked again: "Tea or coffee?"

ah?The three of them were stunned, looked at each other, and then said: "Tea!" "Okay! Tea will be served." Li Junhao said immediately.

"Yes, sir." Shui Jingyun, who was working as an assistant with Xiao Yuxue at this time, agreed and walked aside to make tea.

Zheng Tingji, Huang Xiang and the captain's translator had just seen that half of the soldiers in this simple camp surrounded by large armored vehicles were Chinese. Now they saw that most of the people serving beside the American general were Chinese. I was surprised and a little happy. This showed that the other party had no discrimination against Chinese people.

The two colonels had no idea about the Senate of the United States Congress, but the captain's translator had studied in the United States, so he explained it to them in a low voice, telling them that the status of this observer was higher than they thought before, because the United States' The Senate is the highest legislative body, ranking above the government.

Hearing this, Zheng and Huang became a little nervous. They felt that their status was low and the teacher should come in person.

Compared with the nervousness of the two Chinese Expeditionary Force colonels, Li Junhao was much more at ease. He heard the translator's whisper and without explaining anything, motioned for the three of them to drink tea.

After taking a sip of tea, he said: "I don't know why the two colonels came to see me? You know, although I don't undertake combat tasks like your army, I am also responsible for many supervision tasks. Time It’s not easy. If there’s something important, you can speak up.”

Zheng Tingji and Huang Xiang looked at each other and said, "Mr. Observer, Commander Dai has entrusted us to come to see you. First of all, we would like to ask one question: Are you here to pay attention to the war situation in Myanmar on behalf of the Allied Forces Command, or are you here only on behalf of the US government?" Take a look?"

"Oh, why do you ask that?" Li Junhao was a little confused.

After Zheng and Huang looked at each other, the former gritted his teeth and said: "Our Chinese Expeditionary Force participated in the war in Burma in accordance with the Allied Joint Operation Agreement. We have fulfilled China's obligations, but the British Army The agreement was not followed..." He spoke a little garbledly and did not make the matter clear.

Li Junhao basically understood what the two meant, but he needed to talk to the other party's commander, so he said: "Two colonels, go back and tell your general Dai Anlan that I represent both the United States and the Allied Forces Command. I I really want to help you, but I want to discuss these issues with General Dai in person!"
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Half an hour later, in the headquarters of the 200th Division in the east of the ancient city, a group of officers led by Dai Anlan were in a daze after listening to Zheng and Huang's report!
Although the 200th Division is the first fully mechanized division in the Kuomintang Army and considers itself to be first among all units in terms of equipment and training level, this does not mean that their political thinking is high enough!For example, at this time, they deeply felt that they did not understand the last words of the American observer!
Dai Anlan, who graduated from Huangpu, has a relatively calm personality and loves to study and study military affairs. He knows how important the United States' participation in the war is to the current war!Therefore, while other officers were still confused and guessing, he thought of another possibility: Does the American observer have other missions?
(End of this chapter)