Shadow Spy

Chapter 408 Game at a high level

After receiving Li Junhao's telegram, U.S. Ambassador to China Jensen read and analyzed it carefully.

What Li Junhao said in the telegram was a request, but to him it was an order. After all, he had friends and colleagues in China, and he was very aware of the other party's current status in the domestic political arena; besides, the request made by the other party was in line with the interests of the United States. , he knew it had to be implemented without asking the State Council for instructions.

In addition to General Panson's telegram, Ambassador Johnson's desk also contained four important telegrams received today. The contents let him know that General Panson's plan had already begun...

In addition, although he did not see Stilwell during this period, from these telegrams, he seemed to see this Army Lieutenant General with a somewhat humorous personality laughing secretly from behind!

In the past, Johnson had received several telegrams from Stilwell, saying that he could not understand why the British and Burmese troops had such low combat effectiveness and had no morale to fight. They had powerful equipment but did not dare to confront the Japanese army. Against the enemy, would you easily abandon Yangon and evacuate southern Myanmar?If possible, he will take severe measures to punish such behavior.

Combining several telegrams from General Panson and Stilwell, he basically clarified the whole story.

The first telegram was sent by Stilwell to all U.S. units in the Far East and all Allied forces in the afternoon. It stated that Major General Panson, deputy chief of staff of the Allied Far East Theater and deputy commander of the India-Burma Theater, had officially assumed office.

The second telegram almost immediately followed was that Stilwell claimed that he was feeling unwell and needed to return to Lashio to recuperate. The Allied India-Burma Theater Command was replaced by the deputy commander, Major General Panson, and appointed as the frontline commander. , Stilwell will acquiesce to all orders of Major General Panson until the order is canceled.

The third telegram was sent by Major General Pan Sen in the name of the Allied Forces India-Burma Theater Command, requiring all Allied forces in Burma to stick to the current defense zone. Any unauthorized evacuation without explicit orders from the Theater Command will be punished. It is considered as disobeying orders and will be treated as a deserter and severely punished.

The fourth telegram was just received from the Commander-in-Chief of the British and Indian Army, Lord Wavell. He claimed that the 17th Division and the 36th Indian Infantry Division of the British and Indian Army in Burma were blocked by the Chinese Expeditionary Force and could not execute the British-Burmese Army's plan. The order to move defenses issued by the headquarters seriously damaged the relationship between the Allies!It is hoped that the United States will come forward and protest to the Kuomintang government together with the British Ambassador to China to correct this behavior immediately.

Contacting the next level, it is already clear that Lieutenant General Stilwell, who represents the U.S. Army, and Major General Panson, who represents the U.S. Navy, the intelligence community, and the presidential staff, have reached close cooperation with the Chinese Expeditionary Force and are determined to use the The Chinese Expeditionary Force was behind and the British troops who had withdrawn from Burma took force measures.

In this case, not to mention that there was no telegram from General Panson before, but there was no telegram. Johnson is not stupid, how could he side with the British!
At this time, someone came to report that the British Ambassador to China Xue Mu and the military attache Major General Dennis were visiting. Of course, Johnson knew why they came, but he could not refuse to meet them, so he had to get up and greet them.
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During the communication process between the two ambassadors, Johnson refused Xue Mu's request for help on the grounds that he was a diplomat and had no authority to change the orders of the U.S. military. In his words, he revealed his disapproval of what the British troops had done on the battlefield in Burma. For dissatisfaction.

Xue Mu and Dennis expressed regret for this, but they still expressed the hope that Jason could accompany them to meet with the top officials of the Kuomintang government to discuss solving this matter.Johnson immediately rejected it. Doesn't this mean that the United States supports Britain's Burma policy?How could it be possible? He would not and would not dare to tear down General Pan Sen!
With disappointment, Xue Mu and Dennis had no choice but to leave the U.S. Embassy and go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kuomintang government to convey the protest of Lord Wavell, commander-in-chief of the British and Indian forces, asking the Kuomintang government to restrain the behavior of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

What the British didn't know was that at this time, several big bosses in the Kuomintang government already knew what was happening on the front line in Burma. Du Yuming, deputy commander of the First Route Army of the Expeditionary Force and commander of the Fifth Army, also brought back General Stilwell. The personal letter not only explained the whole story of the matter, but also clearly requested the Kuomintang government not to interfere in the matter.In this case, of course the boss knows what to do. After all, the United States is the real boss!

Xue Mu and Dennis had already expected such an outcome. After receiving the letter of protest from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kuomintang government, they got up and said goodbye and went back. Then they called Lord Wavell back to inform them of the situation in Chongqing and suggested that they themselves Contact Generals Stilwell and Li Junhao to communicate the situation.
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Wavell, who received this telegram, frowned so much that he couldn't help it. He knew that this matter was troublesome!

Judging from the current situation, the United States and China have reached a consensus. The United States provides political and military assistance guarantees, while China sends a large number of troops. The combined power of the two is not as powerful as the more than 4 British-Burmese troops. It can withstand it!
Now he has no choice but to send troops from India to "rescue" the British and Burmese troops!That would really be a break with the Allies. Although Wavell believed that the United States would not fall out with Britain for China, Britain's break with China would be absolute!

This is obviously not in line with the current status of the world's anti-fascist front, and Britain's reputation will be completely ruined. Even India, the "jewel in the crown," cannot be saved.

After thinking again and again, Wavell sighed and sent a long telegram back to the country, truthfully reporting the situation here to Prime Minister Churchill and handing over the difficult problems.
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When Churchill was woken up by his attendants and saw the telegram from Asia, he was so angry that the grumpy Prime Minister smashed his favorite Chinese tea set!

After calming down, Churchill re-read the contents of the telegram several times, and combined with the information sent by the intelligence department, he finally understood what happened on the battlefield in Myanmar.

Although the Fat Prime Minister is stubborn and tenacious, he is not stupid. He knows clearly that the unity of the Allies must not be destroyed now.

If it were just China, he believed that as long as Britain remained tough, it could finally convince the Kuomintang government and make it compromise; but now the United States has shown a firm attitude and is obviously seriously dissatisfied with Britain's Southeast Asia policy!At this critical moment in the European battlefield, this is not good news.

Moreover, this little guy from the Stuart family is also involved, and he is still dominating the Indo-Burmese theater of the United States. I have to say that the Americans played a good hand!

(End of this chapter)