New World War II Eagle Strikes the Sky

After haggling for a whole afternoon, the two stubborn old men reached an agreement.Stilwell promised to fully support the joint air offensive of Chennault's No.14 Air Force and Bissell's Tenth Air Force, and the two generals would also fully support Stilwell's opening of the Burma Road.

Moreover, Ron ran out another bait: land leapfrog combat.That is to say, when the time comes, Stilwell's two armies (the army stationed in India and the domestic expeditionary force in China) will assume the posture of overwhelming soldiers to attract the main force of the Japanese army to move forward.Then use airborne operations to capture the airport behind the Japanese army, and then use the powerful airlift capabilities of the US military to airlift an elite force to cut off the enemy's supplies and retreat.If this idea is realized, Japan's defense lines throughout Southeast Asia will collapse accordingly.And the person who fought this battle will definitely go down in history.

Stilwell could not resist this temptation.Stilwell knew that although he had a good relationship with General Marshall, it was impossible to get a good position in Europe.But in China, it's really not easy to make some achievements. There are people who sing against you everywhere.Chang Kaishen obviously didn't plan to counterattack and drive away the devils by himself, and he was focused on waiting for the Americans to get rid of Little Japan, and he wouldn't take the initiative to attack unless the devils came to him.Meeting him, Stilwell's plans for a major counterattack were all in vain.Stilwell hoped to reorganize the squadron according to his ideas—just like the Indian Army, he hoped that the squadron could be truly nationalized, and he even hoped to get the command of the entire squadron, In order to take the initiative to launch an aggressive campaign against Little Japan and drive them out of China.However, this kind of plan violated the interests of too many people. It could even be said that his request was actually to dig out the life (that) root of a large number of people, including Chang Kaishen.Therefore, the contradiction between him and the national government is getting bigger and bigger.In order to force Chang Kaishen to cooperate, Stilwell began to rely on his control over the American aid materials, and frequently contacted other forces besides Chang Kaishen. He promised to provide them with all-American equipment, as long as they were willing to obey him. Commander, go to resist Japan honestly.These forces include Yunlong, the Guangxi faction, and even the No.18 Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

This behavior further angered Chang Kaishen, and now their relationship has dropped from indifference to hostility.

However, relying on the right to distribute American aid materials in his hands, Stilwell believed that he could still get Peanut to agree to send troops to fight to open up the China-Myanmar Highway.

However, during the campaign, the policy of tilting the allocation of materials to air power is bound to affect China.You must know that at that time, almost all the medicines and fuels needed by China, more than 90.00% of steel products, more than 80.00% of ammunition and even paper had to be provided through the hump route.Any move that affects the capacity of the Hump route may have an impact on the national government, especially in the period when Stilwell and "Peanuts" are so antagonistic, such a move will increase the national government's doubts and affect the battle. to cause unnecessary trouble.Therefore, Stilwell had to do the last thing he wanted to do—to coordinate this matter with the national government.

"Damn it, to convince those Chinese, we have to reveal some content of the campaign plan to them. But, as you all know, the ability of those Chinese to keep secrets is really doubtful. Although our people are teaching them hand in hand, But their intelligence agency is still infiltrated like a colander. Even so far, they still don't understand the difference between the intelligence agency and the underworld. It's really worrying to reveal the plan to them." Steve Way complained to Chennault and Ron.

Chennault's sense of national government was not as bad as Stilwell's.After all, it was the national government that gave him a chance to the depressed lieutenant colonel who was forced to retire early and made him a hero.From this point of view, Chennault is full of gratitude to Chang Kaishen and his wife.Moreover, as an officer of the air force and one of the actual founders of the Chinese Air Force, he can also get the full support of the Chinese Air Force and even direct it.What else could he be dissatisfied with?As far as Chang Kaishen is concerned, the Air Force's obedience and Chennault's status will not have much impact on his status, because the Chinese Air Force is really too small.

But Chennault knew that although Stilwell's words contained a lot of personal emotions and some places were a little exaggerated, his criticism of China's intelligence agencies was not completely unreasonable. To be honest, he came to China longer than Stilwell. Much longer, (he has been in China since the Anti-Japanese War broke out), so he has seen many more cases of cheating due to the negligence of the intelligence department than Stilwell.Stilwell's concerns were not entirely unreasonable.

"How about we make a brief version of the plan to show them, and zang up those key things?" Ron said.Seeing the two generals watching him, he added:

"Actually, this plan is basically an overt conspiracy. Even if Japan knows about it, what they can do is very limited. At most, they just avoid fighting. But if they do this, not only is it equivalent to giving up the interception of the transport plane, but also It will also make normal training impossible, and if it continues for a period of time, the level of their pilots will be difficult to guarantee. This is also unacceptable to Ri himself."

Indeed, this plan is basically a conspiracy. It does not rely on misleading and deceiving the enemy, but Hong Guoguo's strength advantage.Relying on such a strength advantage, press uprightly, making the enemy unavoidable.

"This statement makes sense," Chennault expressed his support. "Actually, even if Japan knows about this plan, it won't cause our failure. At most, it will only make our victory smaller. However, if we can hide it from Japan Of course I'm the best."

"Then let's discuss what information we can tell the Chinese."

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"Sir, Black Butterfly has sent new information." In an office of the Japanese Army Special Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. in Nanjing, China, a second lieutenant officer was handing over a piece of information to a major surnamed Hei Dao.

Hei Dao opened the file and began to read.Then he also took out some information that Black Butterfly had sent back before, and put them on the desk together.

"A colonel officer named Ron came to the No.14 Air Force as a special envoy...The No.14 Air Force war room was extremely busy...Chennault and Ron went to visit Stilwell together and returned the next day ..."

"Ozawa-kun, have you figured out the identity of that Ron?"

"Sir, some information has been found." Ozawa took out another case file and handed it to Hei Dao.

"Well, the ace pilot...an excellent air combat tactician...in charge of a high-secret flight team in the United States...he suddenly appeared in Kunming, there must be something wrong here." Hei Dao looked at the file, While tapping the desktop with the pencil in his hand, "Obviously, the Yankee is going to make a big move, but I don't know which target this move is aimed at..."

Hei Dao pondered for a while, raised his head, and saw Ozawa standing in front of him waiting for his order, he waved his hand and said, "If there's nothing else, you can go to your own business... Well, tell Hei Die, and get as much as possible." Get more specific information."

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After obtaining Stilwell's support, the three began to act separately. Stilwell went to explain the situation to China, Chennault was responsible for obtaining the understanding of the Chinese Air Force, and Ron would return to India again to coordinate the Tenth Air Force and No.14 Air Force.

Stilwell didn't like to see Chang Kaishen very much, and Chang Kaishen didn't like to see him either.So he didn't go directly to explain the situation to Chang Kaishen, but first visited the chief of staff of the squadron -- little Zhuge Bai Chongxi.In his opinion, General Bai Chongxi is a rare and talented commander in the squadron with a strategic vision.Their military level is much higher than that of Chang Kaishen's group of direct generals who stayed in the Whampoa military crash course for a few months and could be a company platoon leader in the United States.He believes that Bai Chongxi is the person who can best understand the strategic significance of this air campaign.

Bai Chongxi received Stilwell politely. Although Bai Chongxi was not familiar with air combat, after seeing the plan, he did see the significance of this battle at a glance as Stilwell expected.But Bai Chongxi told Stilwell that he was not the best person to persuade Chang Kaishen.It would be best for him to find a general who is closer to Chang Kaishen and more trusted to do this. <& qing, Chang Kaishen's official residence.

"Principal, what lesson do you have for recruiting students?" Dai Li saluted Chang Kaishen who was sitting on the sofa at attention. Chang Kaishen's gloomy face made him a little uneasy.

"Yunong, what are you doing standing up? Why don't you sit down!" A middle-aged woman with noble temperament said with a smile, "Darling, look at you, why are you putting on such a serious look... even a cup of tea I didn't give it to others."

"Yunong, sit down first." Chang Kaishen spoke.

Dai Li carefully sat down on the sofa next to him.

"Thank you principal, thank you madam!"

"Oh, you are the principal's most capable student, why are you being so polite? You talk first, I'll go out first." Song Meiling smiled, stood up and walked out.

"headmaster……"

"Yu Nong, that Yankee came to me just now, and he told me that for an air campaign, he had to temporarily deduct our supplies. This Yankee said a lot of hype, but I can't believe him, I think he might What a trick. You need to help me keep an eye on them."

"Yes, principal, the students understand!"

"Also, what kind of campaign plan did that Yankee come up with to fool me? I have already asked the attendants to prepare a copy. You can take this copy back later and study it."

"Yes, the students understand!"

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