Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Duan Wu talked with Phillip for a long time. From the car to the hotel to the dining table, Duan Wu kept chatting with Phillip.

In addition to talking about the deep friendship between the two, they talked more about how to deal with the upcoming arrival of the Chinese officer corps.

This officer corps is a young command group that is highly regarded by the top leaders of the United States. Although their military ranks are not high, ranging from colonel to captain, they can represent most of the top brass of the US military.

In other words, these people are actually the eyes and ears of the senior US military officers. Only if Duanwu finds a way to convince them will follow-up military aid come in a steady stream. Otherwise, Philip can at most persuade the top military officials of the US military to provide weapons and equipment assistance for one brigade, and there is no guarantee that he will not provide assistance again in the future.

Danwu knew this well because the United States and Japan had conflicting interests in East Asia.

The United States has been controlling oil in Southeast Asia and then selling it to the Japanese at high prices. The Japanese are very dissatisfied with this.

It's just that the little devils are a little wary of the US military base on the Hawaiian Islands at this time, otherwise they would have started plundering oil in Southeast Asia.

Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival has a good way to deal with the American officer corps, but Philip is a little worried. And this was also the reason why he came to China in advance, just to interview Duanwu and explain in detail what kind of people these young officers were and what their hobbies were. Finally, Duanwu was given a resume of a member of the officer corps.

Philip said this was the most detailed information he could get because the people were so young and many of them he didn't know.

But Duanwu was already very grateful. He accepted the information and said goodbye to Philip, Brooke and Tom.

When Dragon Boat Festival left the International Hotel, it was already past six in the afternoon.

As for tomorrow’s press conference, I won’t be going to the Dragon Boat Festival. Although Philip invited him to go, he did not agree to it. Because he was afraid of stealing Philip's limelight.

When we were at the airport today, Duanwu kept hiding in the car and didn't show up at all. It wasn't until Philip walked towards Dragon Boat Festival that the reporters discovered that Dragon Boat Festival was coming. Otherwise, they might have been surrounded before they even saw Philip's people.

Danwu was so well-known at this time that even foreign media were reporting on his three-day lockdown and the killing of Prince Kitashirakawa.

So at this time, no matter what the Dragon Boat Festival does, it is the focus, including the fact that the Dragon Boat Festival went to the 51st Arsenal before the Dragon Boat Festival. I don’t know who exposed it, and then there is a big headline, Dragon Boat Festival inspects the 51st Arsenal, China will vigorously Develop your own military industry.

Others say that the Duanwu-designed submachine gun is about to be mass-produced. In three months, the Chinese army will be able to use domestically produced submachine guns, and so on.

Anyway, some newspapers boasted about it, and I almost believed it during the Dragon Boat Festival.

But to be honest, let alone assembling the troops in three months, even if the test can be successful, it will be good.

But Dragon Boat Festival will not hold a press conference to clarify these matters. Otherwise, the media may think that Dragon Boat Festival is eager to deny it because the news leaked. And by that time, journalists may not know what they will write.

If Philip is welcomed at the airport this time, I'm afraid the media will write that China and the United States want to unite, and the Dragon Boat Festival is the hub of the Chinese and American governments.

Therefore, Duanwu felt that it would be better for him not to show up at Philip's press conference, otherwise he would steal Philip's limelight, and it would most likely be misunderstood as an agreement that Duanwu and Philip had reached.

Of course, for China, the more outrageous the news media say, the better. But the Dragon Boat Festival cannot ignore the feelings of the United States. The Americans did not want to get involved in the war between China and Japan from the beginning to the end. They were just worried that the Japanese would threaten their interests when they became stronger, so they were persuaded by the Dragon Boat Festival to provide military aid to China. So if the news media reports it, it may be counterproductive. And Japan will also use this as an excuse to attack the Americans.

After the Meiji Restoration, Japanese militarism quickly increased and they never looked down upon anyone. And they haven't completely broken up with the United States and other Western countries yet, that's entirely because they haven't poured out their hands yet.

Therefore, if the United States presses too hard, the little devils will bite each other like mad dogs, regardless of whether the other party is an American or someone from the West.

What the Dragon Boat Festival wants is arms, and as for the United States to go to war with Japan now, it is almost impossible.

The intelligence of Americans really amazes the whole world. During World War II, they remained neutral in selling weapons. And if the little devils hadn't targeted American oil in Southeast Asia, I'm afraid the United States still wouldn't have intervened in this war. How cool would it be to sell weapons and equipment during the war?

Of course, the American dream was ultimately shattered by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and they had to intervene in the war.

But for Duan Wu, this is already a thing of the past. What he has to do now is military assistance. If he doesn't use the free weapons and equipment, he would be a fool.

However, it is not easy to obtain these military aids. Duanwu must persuade the American officer corps that will arrive in the mountain city three days later.

Danwu will prepare these materials when he returns to his apartment. They must be well-founded.

Because Philip is right, these people can make decisions on behalf of the senior officers, and I am afraid that everyone is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

Dragon Boat Festival first took out a man named Alex, who was a colonel of the Marine Corps.

Philip told Duanwu that Duanwu must pay attention to this person. Alex is a rising rookie in the Marine Corps. He has very strong combat capabilities and good eloquence. Moreover, he was pro-Japanese and had a deep friendship with a Japanese prince.

So Philip said that this Alex may be the biggest variable in this military aid.

There was another person, Philip also asked Duanwu to pay attention to him, this person was called Haydn. He is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He is very optimistic about Japan in this war between China and Japan, saying that Japan has a complete military-industrial system. On the contrary, what China uses is made by all nations, which is a bottomless pit that cannot be filled.

Moreover, he once said that China has so many resources, but a large territory is occupied by a small Japan. This is a human problem and does not deserve sympathy at all.

Philip said that the other party's fierce words had persuaded many senior officials, which would directly affect subsequent military aid, and Duanwu must find a way to shut them up.

Of course, it would be easiest to kill them directly. But if he really wanted to kill him directly, then I'm afraid there would be no need to talk about military support later.

Therefore, Philip still suggested using debate to shut up the other party, so that he would have something to say in front of the senior officials, and win the military reinforcements of that division for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Duanwu also felt that what Philip said made sense, so he returned to his apartment to supplement the resumes and information of these younger generation officers.