Seeing everyone turning their eyes over, Gao Hongming said: "Everyone, since General Stilwell also said that the current supplies are limited to the British army, then I also have an immature method for your reference only. Take a look.
Ok?"
Du Yuming waved his hand impatiently and said, "Whenever, let me know if there is anything I can do."
"Then I'll just say it for now, and everyone will just listen to it." Gao Hongming didn't give in.
"General Stilwell just said that supplies should be given priority to the British Army. In other words, the expeditionary force has no supplies. In this case, according to the principle of who benefits, the expeditionary force can temporarily stop fighting the Japanese army.
First, temporarily withdraw all the troops, and then join the army together to form a defensive circle, everyone, please take a look!"
After that, Gao Hongming stood up, walked behind Luo Zhuoying and Stilwell, and opened the curtain behind them, revealing a huge map that was one hundred thousand to one.
Naturally, he picked up a baton and pointed it at the southwest corner, "Look, everyone, this is where we are in Yangon. We use Yangon as the core, and then use Mawubin, Daizhi, and Bago as the support points to form a quadrangular shape."
defensive circle.
I believe it is easy to achieve with the current strength of our expeditionary force.
After we firmly occupy these four places, our expeditionary force will be in an invincible position. It can attack Naypyidaw to the north and even threaten Mandalay, the home base of the Japanese army. It can occupy the seaport to the south. In this way, we
It's like forming an iron barrel formation, and the Japanese can't even think of posing a threat to us."
"Is this..."
Luo Zhuoying, Du Yuming, Sun Liren and other generals in the lead frowned, somewhat confused about Gao Hongming's intentions.
If Gao Hongming's deployment is followed, the expeditionary force will indeed be stable in the short term, but once it is besieged for a long time, the situation will be difficult to say.
More importantly, the Americans would never allow the expeditionary force to do this.
Sure enough, Doolittle reacted immediately.
He stood up, widened his eyes and said loudly: "You are messing with your command. If the expeditionary force does this, what will happen to the British 18th Army?"
They are still retreating to India and have lost the cover behind them. The Japanese can catch up with them at any time and eat them in one bite.
What you do is irresponsible to your allies!"
"General Stilwell."
Gao Hongming sneered: "Please don't forget that it was the British who abandoned us first.
If General Alexander hadn't taken the lead in escaping without saying hello, how could the 200th Division be besieged in Tonggu, and how could General Dai Anlan die heroically for his country?
Now you not only ask us to provide cover for a group of cowards fleeing to India, but also give them priority in providing military aid, and also allow us to continue to fight bravely when we are short of guns and ammunition. What kind of logic is this?
Could it be said that this is how your country's West Point Military Academy educates their officers? Let the cowards go first and the brave ones die, is that right?
If this is the case, I think the expedition itself was wrong, and it would be better to withdraw all the expeditionary forces into the country and let the Japanese fight the British."
Gao Hongming did not save any face for Stilwell, and ruthlessly peeled off the hypocritical mask of Britain and the United States collaborating.
Okay, since you don't take us seriously, I won't play with you anymore.
As expected, Doolittle was dumbfounded immediately. His old face turned from red to green and then from green to white in an instant, and his chest kept rising and falling violently. From this, we could see how excited the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater was at this moment.
Doolittle and Chennault also opened their mouths. How can they still play like this?
The generals of the expeditionary force were not stupid either. They understood Gao Hongming's plan as soon as they heard it.
Didn’t you give priority to sending military aid to the British?
Well, let the British have their own way.
Everyone was dumbfounded when they saw that Gao Hongming had given up his choice so clearly and said it in front of everyone.
However, while the generals of the expeditionary force all had uncontrollable smiles on their faces, Stilwell looked as if he had eaten a bowl of hot food, his face so heavy that he could almost drip water.
He stared at Gao Hongming and shouted word by word: "General Gao, do you know what you are talking about?
Why we want to open the Burma Highway is to restore the channel between the Allies and China. Only by opening the Burma Road can military aid from the Allies flow into China.
But now you are encouraging them to resist passively, aren't you afraid of the huge losses this will bring to China?"
"loss?"
Gao Hongming sneered: "Before this, China had been fighting Japan alone for five years. During this period, China did not receive assistance from any country in the world.
On the contrary, just before the Pearl Harbor incident broke out last year, your country was still selling scrap steel to Japan in the name of business. All of this steel was turned into artillery pieces, rifles and bullets.
Used on the Chinese battlefield.
Speaking of which, the United States has only been assisting China for a few months, but now you are posing as a savior and yelling at us, and even want us to be cannon fodder for the British.
Sorry, we don’t accept it!”
When he said the last sentence, Gao Hongming also raised his voice, and his eyes showed a fascinating cold light. For a moment, Stilwell didn't even know what to say.
Luo Zhuoying saw that the heat was reaching, and intervened at the right time: "General Stilwell, there is an old saying in China that if you want a horse to run, you have to feed it.
You don't want to give us military supplies, but you also want us to fight the Japanese desperately, and you even want to cut off the British Eighteenth Army who are well fed and drunk. How can there be such a good thing in the world?
Even if this matter comes to President Roosevelt, we will be responsible for it, what do you think?"
As the commander of the expeditionary force, Luo Zhuoying's words had a weight that was not comparable to that of Gao Hongming. This could almost represent the attitude of the more than 100,000 expeditionary force.
Stilwell couldn't help but feel a wave of fatigue coming over him. He just wanted to control the expeditionary force and let them know the serious consequences of leaving the supplies in the United States.
I never thought that the other party would flip the table if they disagreed. When did the Chinese people have such a strong character?
He remembered clearly that just a few days ago, although Luo Zhuoying and even the tough-minded Du Yuming had strong opinions on him, they would usually give face to his suggestions, and even if they could not accept them, they would politely explain the reasons to him.
When did it become like this?
It happened after Gao Hongming came to Yangon.
Before Gao Hongming came, the generals of the expeditionary force were all very polite to him and would give him three points in everything.
But after this guy came, these people acted like they were on gunpowder, and their words were all spicy.