Special Forces of Crossing: Cloud's Anti-Japanese

Chapter 2160 Great China Theater

"In order to better unify the combat operations against Japan, our government proposes to establish the Greater China Theater and the Pacific Theater in Asia. Our government's opinion is that the Greater China Theater will include China, Indochina, and North Korea, while other regions can be included in the Pacific Theater. In this way, the allies can concentrate their forces to fight against Japan on two fronts at the same time, communicate with each other whether they have coordinated operations, and more effectively contain the Japanese offensive. Since our soldiers are not familiar with your country's weapons and equipment, our government hopes that your country's government can Send a military advisory group to help us train our troops, and at the same time guide our army to fight against Japan. Our Chairman Jiang thought that the chief of staff of the Great China Theater can be filled by your country..." Song Ziwen was with the chief of the US stationed in Chongqing. When the military representatives negotiated on behalf of General Stilwell, they explained the proposal of the Chongqing government in this way.

The intelligence departments under the Chongqing government, the Zhongtong and Juntong, as well as Hu Tong of the Xuebing Army, have carried out intelligence infiltration into the United States. Therefore, the Chongqing government knows that the U.S. government intends to form the Allied Pacific Command before the Cairo Conference. And understand the intentions of the Americans to do so.The fundamental purpose of the Americans when they thought this way was to weaken the control of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia by the Allied Forces Pacific Command. , to ensure that all U.S. troops stationed in the Philippines can withdraw to Australia to strengthen Australia's defense.But because Ouyang Yun's attitude was unprecedentedly tough, and he showed a lot of trump cards. After weighing the pros and cons, Roosevelt chose to compromise, gave up this proposal and adopted another softer method, reaching this through an agreement. First, the purpose.Regardless of the purpose of the U.S. government's sudden offer of emergency assistance to the Central Army with a batch of weapons and equipment, for Stilwell, this is not the most important thing.Stilwell dreamed of owning a large army that would allow him to command the war against Japan alone, so Song Ziwen's proposal was just right for him.The American was very excited. He immediately stated that he would push for the realization of this proposal, and expressed optimism that because the current anti-Japanese situation is not optimistic, the proposal should be passed by the White House.Then he thought about it calmly, and raised another worrying question, which was the attitude of the Xue Bingjun.After Stilwell was appointed by Roosevelt as the chief representative of the U.S. military in China because of Marshall’s guarantee, he went directly from Cairo to Chongqing via India. one jump.At that time, he was frightened by the size of the Karachi military base—"It's too scary. How long has it taken? The Chinese have already built Karachi to such a scale. Could it be that Ouyang Yun plans to station troops here for a long time?" He said so when discussing his impressions of Karachi with several of his military officers.

In the past, Stilwell disdained the army of apprentices very much.He has stayed in China for too long, and in his impression, the Chinese army is equated with backwardness.The Xuebing Army is also a Chinese army, so even if it is strong, it has certain limits.Therefore, its record should be hyped up by the Chinese. As for the Spike, a special force of the Xuebing Army, which successfully rescued MacArthur and other US military leaders stationed in the Philippines from the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, he believes that there must be something wrong with it. The telling secret——"Perhaps it is only the local Filipino troops who guarded General MacArthur and the others, and they gave the Chinese a favor, it must be like this—"

After seeing the miracle of Karachi, his point of view was changed, and then he looked at the apprentice army differently.And because Roosevelt had specially asked him to talk to him before coming here, advising him that if he wanted to make achievements in China, he would be inseparable from the help of the Xuebing Army, so after he arrived in Chongqing, he asked the intelligence officials stationed in Chongqing to provide all the information about the Xuebing Army.After reading these intelligence materials, the Americans were completely stunned.I don’t know when the Xuebing Army developed into such a huge military monster. It not only controls the three provinces in southern China (Zhejiang and Jiangxi have not been counted, and Hainan belongs to Guangdong), but also controls the French The Federation of Indochina and even Thailand have set up spokespersons, and considering that it has a large military presence in the Philippines and Karachi, Stilwell couldn't stop talking, knowing that he underestimated Ouyang Yun and the Xuebing Army.The military scale of the cadet army only surprised Stilwell, but after reading the statistics on the military industry, civilian enterprises and scientific research capabilities that the cadet army now possesses, the Americans were terrified, and they couldn't get over it for several days. He recovered from the shock.

Because of the existence of George, the Consul General in Guangzhou whom Ouyang Yun called his "friend", it is not too difficult for the US intelligence agencies to obtain information about the Xuebing Army. Most of the information obtained is general, but there is almost no detailed information.However, because it involved too many sensitive phrases, Stilwell still got everything he wanted from it. "Controllable missiles", "jet fighters", "mature rocket launcher technology", "mature self-propelled artillery technology"... are all ambiguous words, but Stilwell knows that these things are It is a high-end weapon being developed by the U.S. military industry department, but now the cadet army has mastered mature technology. What does this mean?Stilwell's qualifications are not enough, so it is not clear what agreements Roosevelt and Ouyang Yun finally signed at the Cairo meeting, and what are the detailed rules of the agreement.But he knew that President Roosevelt had to increase the amount of aid materials to China against his will in order to import some military technology from the cadet army, and handed over the distribution right to Ouyang Yun.Based on this, he believed that the information contained in the information was true and credible, so he couldn't help being in awe of Xue Bingjun and Ouyang Yun.

Starting from the facts, Stilwell believed that the role of the Xuebing Army cannot be ignored in the establishment of the Greater China Theater and the Pacific Theater, but Song Ziwen got it wrong, thinking that it was because of some secret agreement the Americans had reached with the Xuebing Army at the Cairo Conference , is restricted by these agreements, so the Americans must give priority to the interests of the Xuebing Army when dealing with Chinese affairs.Ouyang Yun acted first, organized the so-called student army delegation to represent China to attend the Cairo Conference, this was a disgrace to the central military, and it was a challenge to the authority of the central government by the local warlords.Why was there a market in the rear area for the operation planned by the military commander? Without it, not only the soldiers of the central government, but also those in the middle thought that Ouyang Yun's actions were suspected of splitting the country.As for Song Ziwen, because he had accompanied Madam Jiang on a visit to the United States, he was not less angry with the soldiers in the United States. He felt that everything he did would be constrained by the office of the soldiers in the United States. The army has long been dissatisfied, and now seeing that the student army is obstructing it, which may cause him to return in vain for this negotiation, the anger accumulated in his heart suddenly burst out, he took a deep breath, looked straight at Stilwell and said: " General, there is no need for your worries. There is only one legal government in China, and that is the government of the Republic of China in Chongqing. The government of the Republic of China has the final say on China’s affairs. If there is a decision, they are only qualified to obey and implement it. General, we are now talking at the national level—”

Song Ziwen's attitude was very different. He was polite just now, but now he showed his sharpness. Stilwell understood that it was the result of his questioning the authority of the Chongqing government. There is a rift between them, and the contradiction is not small.He frowned slightly and said, "Of course I know what you said, but you also know that at the Cairo meeting, President Roosevelt and General Ouyang Yun, the commander-in-chief of your country's student army, reached an agreement on the war against Japan. Song Dean, you have stayed in the United States, and you should know that we Americans are the most important contract. With this agreement, everything we do is subject to it. Therefore, this military aid, we can only use emergency support Supply in the name of attack, and as far as I know, it will not be counted in the aid plan to China."

The speculation about the "secret agreement" was confirmed, and Song Ziwen hated Ouyang Yun even more in his heart, thinking that he was clearly showing no law, and his expression became even uglier."But General, I need to remind you that the Chongqing government is the only legitimate government that can represent China," he insisted.

Song Ziwen stared at the argument that the Chongqing government is the only legal government in China and did not let go. Stilwell knew that he had misunderstood what he meant, and felt that talking with these politicians was too tiring. He was a little impatient, and immediately said: "Dean Song, I think you misunderstood me. As I said just now, I will convey your government's proposal to the President. The reason why I am worried about the Xuebing Army is not to doubt the legitimacy of the Chongqing government, but I hope you can coordinate well The relationship between Chongqing and Guangzhou. After all, the student army is an indispensable and decisive force on the anti-Japanese battlefield in China. Come here today, don’t worry, I will report this matter to the president immediately.”

In the meeting between Song Ziwen and Stilwell, although there was no third person present, so the outside world could not know the content of their conversation, but Mu Jiandie still got information from other channels that the United States would urgently provide a batch of weapons to the central government. intelligence.The Xuebing Army will be responsible for distributing U.S. aid to China ordnance and supplies. Commander-in-Chief Ouyang Yun intends to take this opportunity to form a joint army. Mu Jiandie received a telegram from the General Command and was asked to fully cooperate.Therefore, Mu Jiandie paid close attention to the high-level activities of the Chongqing government during this period, and paid attention to collecting public opinion about this from the military and the rear.And because he didn't know the nature of the U.S. emergency aid to the central government's weapons and equipment this time, he was afraid that the U.S. government would deliberately bypass the cadet army and take the central government route, so he immediately reported to the general headquarters.

(End of this chapter)