Mr. Zhu and Mr. Zhou were invited to Chairman Mao’s cave dwelling again.
Chairman Mao did not dare to make a decision on such a big matter as the 39th Army's expedition to Burma on his own. Before replying to Yue Weihan, he wanted to hear the opinions of Mr. Zhu and Duke Zhou.
After reading the secret message, Duke Zhou pondered for a moment and then said: "Chairman, I think what Yue Weihan said is reasonable. Our party should strengthen its ties with the United States, Britain and other Western countries, and take the initiative to win their favor. After all, we are all anti-fascist allies.
Well, ideological differences can be put aside for now."
"I'm not worried about anything else. I'm just worried about whether the 39th Group Army will be able to gain a foothold after it goes to Myanmar, and whether it will be able to open up the situation in time after it establishes a foothold?" Mr. Zhu said with concern, "After all, Myanmar is not a country, and there is no broad masses of the people.
As a back-up, I’m afraid this battle won’t be easy to fight.”
When Duke Zhou and Mr. Zhu said this, they immediately strengthened Chairman Mao's confidence.
At that moment, Chairman Mao put out the cigarette butt vigorously, and then said in a thick Hunan accent: "The boss's concern is very necessary, but it needs to be noted that after the 39th Group Army expedition to Burma, although it did not get the support of the Burmese people, it could get the support of the British
Especially with the strong support of the American people, I am now worried that Chairman Chiang may not agree."
Chongqing, General Staff Headquarters of the Central Military Commission.
Chairman Chiang had a gloomy face, and walked into the war room surrounded by General He, Vice General Bai and other senior generals. The senior counselors who were busy in the war room quickly stood up and saluted Chairman Chiang. As the senior counselors
Everyone stood up one after another, and a huge map of Myanmar appeared in front of Chairman Chiang.
The three blue arrows on the map are particularly eye-catching.
The blue arrow on the far right has been pointing directly to Wanding along the Burma Highway!
At this time, among all the people present, I am afraid that no one was in a more depressed mood than Chairman Chiang. He never thought that the 100,000 elite soldiers who went on an expedition to Burma would end up in such a situation. Chairman Chiang originally thought that he had betrayed
Relying on the United States and Britain, it is easy to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and it is easy to win. I never expected that what awaited me in the end would be such a miserable result.
Vice President Bai sighed, took the command stick from a staff officer and began to explain.
"Yesterday, the tank regiment of the Japanese 56th Division has attacked Myitkyina. In addition to the three divisions of the 66th Army of our expeditionary force, which were able to withdraw into the country along the Burma Road, the Fifth Army, the Sixth Army and the
The eastward retreat route of the New 38th Division belonging to the 66th Army has been cut off by the Japanese army, and if you want to return home, you can only go north over the Foreigner Mountains."
"What, Savage Mountain?" Chairman Jiang was horrified when he heard this.
"It is an uninhabited mountainous area north of the Hukang River Valley in northern Myanmar, with a radius of several hundred miles. Because there are savages in the mountains, the local indigenous people call it Savage Mountain." Vice President Bai nodded and said, "If the expeditionary force
It's hard to predict whether we're going this route, but I'm afraid all the heavy equipment won't be saved."
"The equipment doesn't matter," Chairman Chiang said solemnly, "but the troops must return home!"
Generalissimo Chiang had a special affection for the army. At the beginning, he was just a little-known little player in the Communist Party. He could not be compared with Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin and other big men. However, when Generalissimo Chiang became Huangpu
After becoming the principal of the military academy and actually taking control of the Huangpu Student Army, his status immediately soared.
In his understanding of the truth that "power comes from the barrel of a gun," Chairman Chiang is by no means inferior to Chairman Mao!
Therefore, for the Fifth Army and the Sixth Army, these two well-trained elite troops, Chairman Chiang would never trust them to leave them abroad, let alone leave them to Stilwell to command.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek has always been reluctant to deal with Wei, the Chief of General Staff of the China Theater appointed by the Supreme Allied Command.
At this moment, Wang Shihe suddenly walked in in a hurry and whispered: "Commitment, Yue Weihan is calling urgently!"
Chairman Chiang's face suddenly became more and more ugly. It's true that good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. How did the news of the expeditionary force's setback in Burma reach Yue Weihan's ears so quickly? At that moment, Chairman Chiang followed Wang Shihe.
In the small conference room next to it, he asked: "What did Yue Weihan say?"
Wang Shihe said: "Yue Weihan said that the expeditionary force must not go through the Savage Mountain, saying that it is a road of no return!"
Chairman Chiang snorted: "I don't believe it. An army of 100,000 people can't climb a mere savage mountain!"
Wang Shihe added: "Yue Weihan also said that if necessary, he is willing to fly to Myanmar immediately, take over the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and make every effort to bring this elite force back home from a desperate situation!"
"Hmph, he is quite scheming!" Chairman Chiang said coldly, "I would rather the expeditionary force be defeated and go to Savage Mountain than give him this opportunity to seize the command of my fifth and sixth armies. What a dream!
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Wang Shihe silently thought in his heart that although Yue Weihan was arrogant by nature and had repeatedly disobeyed orders and was very close to the CCP, it was undeniable that his military command ability was indeed unmatched by anyone except Yue Weihan.
, I am afraid that no one can turn the tide and reverse the decline of the expeditionary force.
However, Chairman Jiang was still angry and said to Wang Shihe: "Tell Yue Weihan to let him die as soon as possible!"
Jingxing County, 39th Army Headquarters.
The replies from Yan'an and Chongqing were delivered almost simultaneously, and the results were within Yue Weihan's expectations.
Chairman Mao really agreed, but Chairman Chiang rejected him without hesitation. However, two days ago, the German army had officially launched a blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union. The Second World War had fully broken out, and the United States had also fully intervened in China and Japan.
In the war, some matters may not be left to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese theater.
Times Square, New York, USA.
As night fell, a huge screen had been set up at the north end of the square. Several staff members were busy working nervously in front of the projector behind the screen. Helen, with blond hair and a tight denim outfit, was also standing next to the projector.
On the small table in front of her was a reel of film.
This is a propaganda film about China's Anti-Japanese War carefully produced by Helen.
In order not to disappoint her lover Yue Weihan, Helen invested great enthusiasm. In order to produce this promotional video, Helen used all the connections of the Morgan family and spent huge sums of money to obtain what she wanted from various channels in a very short period of time.
All information, including a large number of precious photos she took on the battlefield in China.
The sky had completely darkened, and no less than a thousand people had gathered in the square.
Helen looked back at the staff and nodded, saying, "Let's get started."
The staff immediately put the tape on the projector, and immediately the projector's projection light came on, and a huge white box appeared on the large screen.
After a brief period of confusion, a horrific scene of the end of the world suddenly appeared on the screen.
Less than a hundred meters away from the camera, two warships moored in the harbor were on fire. Thick smoke billowed into the sky, forming a strange "Satan's Smile" pattern in the sky. Farther away, a larger ship was on fire.
The giant ship has been broken into two pieces at the waist, half of it is lifted up in the air, and the other half has obviously sunk to the bottom of the sea...
Suddenly there was a sound of inhalation in the square, and in the distance, more citizens were swarming in.
Seeing more and more citizens gathering in the square, Helen finally breathed a sigh of relief. She spent half a million dollars to buy this five-minute film from a small director. ***The Navy Combined Fleet Bombing
During Pearl Harbor, this young director happened to be filming a melodrama not far from the military port, and the result was this five-minute tragic scene.
Five minutes later, the picture on the screen suddenly froze, and then lines of subtitles slowly rose from the bottom of the screen, and at the same time, a deep and deep voice-over sounded: On July 12, 1941, the Imperial Navy of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Navy in the Pacific
The fleet was severely damaged, all warships were destroyed, and the fleet officers and soldiers suffered heavy casualties... The war has begun!
The scene changed, and a half-Earth pattern with the Pacific Ocean as the background suddenly appeared on the screen.
The background color of the ocean is dark blue, and the background color of the surrounding countries is light gray. Only the color of the four islands is eye-catching red. Immediately, red arrows centered on the four islands began to slowly move in all directions.
It expanded slowly, gradually sweeping across the Southwest Pacific, the entire Southeast Asia, and most of China.
Finally, all the red arrows formed a huge *** flag pattern!
The subtitles rose again, and the voice-over sounded again: Japan is an evil imperial country. The emperor's soldiers, with the belief that they will die, attack from all sides. They try to conquer the entire world. As the voice-over pauses, the red arrow that was originally stagnant moves forward again.
Extending, it soon covered the entire North American continent.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in Times Square, New York.
"Don't even think about conquering the United States, killing these arrogant *** bastards!"
"America will never surrender. We must arm ourselves immediately to defend our country!"
"Damn it, I'm going to sign up for the Army tomorrow, I'm going to join the Marines, I'm going to the Pacific."
The deep and deep voice-over sounded again: For the American people, the war has just begun. However, in the far east, there is an ancient country that has been resisting alone for ten years. This country's national strength is not even as strong as Japan's 20
One percent, and her army was far less powerful than the Emperor's army.
The scene turned and a Chinese mulberry leaf pattern appeared on the screen.
The voice-over sounded again: This country is China, a close neighbor of Japan.
Immediately, the red arrow representing the Japanese army started from the main island, followed the Korean Peninsula, and slowly penetrated into the hinterland of China along the East China Sea. In the end, most of China was covered with the Japanese flag pattern.
The voice-over sounded again: China has sacrificed two million heroic soldiers in ten years of resistance!
A big bloody Arab "2" appeared on the screen, followed by a long series of "0"s.
The New York citizens in the square were in an uproar, and everyone's faces showed extremely shocked expressions. Two million, this is almost the total population of the United States when it was first revolutionized!
As soon as the scene turned, a close-up photo of a Sichuan Army soldier appeared on the screen. The Sichuan Army soldier in the photo was wearing a single coat and wearing straw sandals. He was short and thin. The rifle in his hand was dilapidated. The barrel and butt of the gun were actually tied up with straw ropes.
However, the Sichuan soldiers still smiled slightly in front of the camera lens.
Voice-over: This is the most typical Chinese soldier. He has been hungry for two days. In the severe cold of minus ten degrees Celsius, he is still wearing only a thin single coat. The rifle in his hand is a product of the last century. After taking the photo
He went to the battlefield and never came back. He died fighting! For his motherland!
The scene turned again, and two photos appeared on the screen. The left was a city in ruins, and the right was a burning village.
Voice-over: Ten years of resistance, two hundred Chinese cities were reduced to rubble, 20,000 Chinese villages were burned, parents lost their children, young children lost their parents, five million families were torn apart, 20 million people died due to criticism, 200 million
People were displaced... As the voice-over narrated, a series of blood-red numbers began to jump on the screen.
There was another violent commotion in the square, and the reaction was even stronger than when I saw the movie about the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at the beginning, because the picture on the screen changed again.
On the left side of the screen, a child aged at most three years old is sitting on the railway track. Next to the child lies a young man and woman. Not far away, there are scattered luggage. Obviously, this is a Chinese family on the way to escape, but the young man
Their parents have been killed by the invaders, but their orphaned children are completely unaware of this.
On the right side of the screen, a Japanese officer with a ferocious face lifted an infant child into the air with a bayonet. Beside the vicious Japanese officer, there were two other Japanese soldiers laughing.
In the middle, there was a young Chinese woman held hostage. The young woman raised her head and looked at her child with desperate eyes.
Seeing these two extremely tragic photos, the New York citizens in the square suddenly became furious.
The voice-over continued: Today, ten years later, most of China has fallen, and two million troops have died in battle, but this ancient nation has not yet surrendered. Their resistance is still continuing, but they are about to lose their last drop.
They are bleeding, they can no longer hold on, and they are in urgent need of outside help!
In the square, the sympathy of New York citizens suddenly overflowed.
"God, help them, help these Chinese people."
"What are the parliament and the government doing? Why don't they extend a helping hand to the Chinese government?"
"Oh my God, I would donate all my wealth to support the Chinese in fighting the damn *** bastards!"
The complaints and roars of the young people suddenly merged into one, and many old people were crying silently.
The movie was still going on, and the screen turned again, showing a shocking long-range photo. In the photo, a winding mountain road went back and forth from the bottom of a steep slope, and turned around completely.
After forty-eight turns, we finally reached the top of the slope. On the winding road, hundreds of cars were rushing back and forth to transport supplies.
Voice-over: The U.S. government and people have extended a helping hand to the Chinese people. The road in the photo is called the Burma Highway. It is the only lifeline for the Chinese government to the outside world. Through this lifeline, the U.S. government has transferred several
Millions of tons of arms and supplies have been imported into the hinterland of China. The Chinese are no longer alone!
There was a burst of cheers in the square, and everyone high-fived and celebrated!
But soon, the evil red arrows appeared on the screen again. In less than five seconds, these red arrows completely covered the 48-turn Burma Highway in the photo, once again forming the pattern of the Chinese national flag.
For a moment, the entire square fell into a deathly silence.
The voice-over sounded again: Unfortunately, just a few days ago, the Chinese government's only lifeline to the outside world was cut off by the Japanese army. The Chinese will once again face the desperate situation of fighting alone. The American army is far away from the ocean and beyond the reach of the British Empire.
The army was mired in the European battlefield and had no time to take care of itself.
Are the Chinese people who have been resisting alone for ten years really at the end of their rope?
No, that's not the case, because China still has a great general!
The scene turned again, and a close-up photo of a Japanese general appeared on the screen.
The General *** in the photo is young, stern, handsome, tall and straight, with a neat military appearance. His eyes facing the camera lens are dark and bright, and his slightly downward curved mouth reveals a hint of coldness that looks down on the world. In the photo,
Of course the person is Yue Weihan, and this photo is also Helen's most proud work.
Voice-over: The name of this Chinese general is Yue Weihan. He is not yet 30 years old this year. Four years ago, he was just an army captain, but now, he is a three-star general commanding 100,000 elites!
He once led a battalion that miraculously broke out from the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.
He once led a regiment that miraculously annihilated the most elite infantry brigade of the Japanese army, and held the position for half a month, successfully covering the transfer of 700,000 compatriots in the capital across the river.
He once led a brigade to defend the isolated city for two months, covering millions of friendly troops from the battlefield, and then led the entire brigade to break out from the encirclement of hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops.
He once led a division to break through the siege of three Japanese divisions and annihilated the most elite Japanese division among them.
Two years ago, he led his troops deep into the battlefield behind enemy lines. Faced with the siege and attack by the Japanese army, he did not ask for a penny of military pay from the Chinese government, nor did he ask for a single penny of weapons from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
However, they miraculously trained and equipped a hundred thousand elite troops, and even established a large-scale arsenal in the mountains!
Now, General Yue Weihan is the commander-in-chief of a group army. He is always waiting for the call of the Chinese government and is ready to take his 100,000 elite troops to the battlefield in Myanmar to re-open the lifeline of the Burma Highway!
American citizens, let us pray together. Pray that this legendary Chinese general can once again create miracles and lead his 100,000 elites to defeat hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in Burma and reopen the Burma Road so that our American supplies can
It is continuously imported into the hinterland of China to help the Chinese people continue to resist.
As the voiceover ended, the New York citizens in the square lowered their heads and began to pray silently in their hearts.
At the same time, the same scene was playing out in the squares of dozens of American cities such as Los Angeles and Chicago. On this night, the United States had no sleep. On this night, countless Americans knew about China and got to know China.