Regardless of whether it was in the past life or in this life, although Gao Hongming was not unfamiliar with the name Stilwell, it was the first time he saw a real person today. However, he could not figure it out anyway. The first time the two parties met, the other party came to him.
A show of force.
I hope you can calm down and adapt for a while before trying to command the troops. This is also the advice given to you by a veteran.
God damn, this is advice from a veteran. Even you deserve to call yourself a veteran.
Gao Hongming was almost angry. He had such a temper that he could spoil this old man, so he immediately retorted.
"General Stilwell, if I remember correctly, you only served as the commander of the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division of your country three years ago, and you only became the commander of the Third Army last year.
You have previously served as a civilian in your country's army, which means that although you graduated from West Point Military Academy, you have never commanded an army to fight a battle in your nearly forty years of military career.
With all due respect, from this perspective, I am afraid that if a battalion commander or even a company commander is randomly selected from my subordinates, he will have more combat experience than you.
As for what you said, there is a big difference between fighting abroad and fighting at home. Whether it is the combat environment, material supplies, or the difficulty of combat, they are not comparable to those at home. I do not agree with such accusations.
You know, just a week ago, I just came back from Guadalcanal.
There, I fought side by side with your Vice Admiral Spruance, and the two commanders of the Second Marine Division, Major General John and Major General Julian.
I think they should have more say in the evaluation of my combat capabilities, instead of criticizing me like you did when we first met, what do you think?"
Deathly silence.
The eyes of all the national army generals looking at Gao Hongming changed a bit. They all heard that Gao Hongming from Shanxi was not only very capable, but also had a bad temper. Now they finally saw it.
This guy really can't take any losses. Just after Steve said a few words in a weird way, this guy immediately retorted. He really doesn't want to take any losses.
Stilwell also didn't expect Gao Hongming's reaction to be so intense, and he didn't react for a while.
In his impression, facing him, who holds the power to distribute aid supplies to China, not to mention the Chinese generals, even their leader and chairman have to give him three points of face. How can he, the leader of a militia group from this place,
dare?
He wanted to scold him, but he was surprised to find that he had no reason to scold him, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.
Doolittle was still a kind man and couldn't bear to see Stilwell unable to step down, so he stood up and said haha, "General Gao, I think you may have misunderstood. As the chief of staff of the Chinese theater, General Stilwell theoretically
Says he is the leader of us all.
Moreover, the reason why he said this just now is because he is worried that you are new to Myanmar and do not know much about the situation in Myanmar, so he hopes that you can conduct a thorough inspection for a few days before commanding the troops to start operations. He has no other intentions and I hope you can understand."
Gao Hongming turned to look at Doolittle with a strange expression, "Jimmy, why have I never noticed that you are so considerate?"
Doolittle just smiled and said no more.
He has been dealing with Gao Hongming for almost half a year, and he knows that his temporary boss is a docile donkey. As long as you don't deliberately go against him, it is usually easier to deal with him.
The reason why he got angry just now was purely because Stilwell touched his reverse scale.
No matter which dynasty it is in, military power is the lifeblood of a general.】
As soon as Gao Hongming got off the plane, Stilwell put on a posture of seizing power. No wonder he was furious on the spot.
"Well, since Jimmy you said so, let's forget it, but I hope this is the first time and the last time."
Gao Hongming said seriously: "A country's military power is an important part of national sovereignty. If you arbitrarily hand over military command to others, it will undoubtedly be a sign of neglect of sovereignty.
So I don’t want to hear any more talk about someone trying to seize command of our military.”
Although Gao Hongming was looking at Doolittle when he said this, everyone knows who the real person he said this to is.
Stilwell's heart was like a mirror, with a look of shame and anger on his face. He took a deep breath, held his head high and said: "General Gao, I admit that your words have some truth, but I still stick to mine.
View.
Since your country has joined the Allies and accepted aid from the United States, there is no need to be so insistent on some things.
As long as it is to combat fascism, some temporary concessions can be considered. Of course, I will truthfully report today's events to our government.
After all, this matter is too important, I still hope to let higher-level people make the decision, what do you think?"
Gao Hongming did not speak, but stared at him for a while, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, then let the top leaders of our two countries decide who will own the military command.
But before that, you'd better not try to change the command mode of the expeditionary force, otherwise if the expeditionary force is turbulent due to your reasons, it will be difficult to say, what do you think?"
Stilwell also looked at him for a while, then nodded: "As you wish."
After saying that, he left without looking back.
Seeing Gao Hongming's attitude of fighting against Stilwell, the generals of the expeditionary force on the side also had different thoughts.
There are those who admire, some who are surprised, and even more who are disdainful and worried, just to name a few.
Luo Zhuoying came over and patted Gao Hongming on the shoulder: "Brother Gao, let's go back to the headquarters first. If we have anything to say, we'll talk later."
That night, Luo Zhuoying and Du Yuming hosted a banquet at the headquarters for Gao Hongming, who had come from afar.
The meal is typical Burmese dishes, tea leaf salad, fish soup noodles and a plate of spring rolls.
How can I describe the taste? Anyway, Gao Hongming ate it with gusto. Luo Zhuoying on the side introduced it while eating: "This tea leaf salad can be said to be a special snack in Myanmar. It combines sour and slightly bitter leaves with shredded cabbage and tomato slices.
, nutty peas hand blended with chilli and garlic flakes.
It tastes sour and spicy, very appetizing, Brother Gao might as well order another one."
"Forget it."
Gao Hongming waved his hand, "If you eat too much of this stuff, your mouth will taste bad. If you really eat too much, it's my wife's turn to blame me."
Luo Zhuoying laughed: "Oh...I forgot, Brother Gao brought his younger siblings here with him this time."
Du Yuming also changed his usual seriousness and joked: "Brother Gao, this is just a man who has not changed his romantic nature."
"Sir, please stop making fun of me."
Gao Hongming said helplessly: "You two know that my wife and I have only been married for about two years. In these two years, I have either led training troops or led troops to fight.
I just came back from Guadalcanal some time ago, and some of my wives at home were afraid that my health would be too much for me, so they sent someone out to take care of my daily life."