After the defeat of Yuxianggui, Stilwell threw all the pots on Lao Chiang, and took all the achievements of the expeditionary force in Burma on himself. In fact, his strategic and tactical thinking was still stuck in the First World War period, he did not know enough about tanks and air forces, he thought about the advance of the infantry group all day long, and he also chose the wrong offensive route, resulting in heavy losses among the officers and men of the expeditionary force.

In contrast, Stilwell's successor, General Weidmeier, is a good friend of the real Chinese.

Half a year later, Stilwell used the defeat of Yuxianggui as an excuse to ask Chiang to hand over the military command of all of China to him. This impudent request was agreed to by Marshall, and eventually supported by Roosevelt.

Not to mention Lao Chiang, the leader of any country cannot hand over all the troops of his country to a foreigner. After receiving Roosevelt's telegram, Chiang was furious, and directly threatened that if Stilwell was not removed, then China would break away from the Allies and fight alone.

Roosevelt had no choice but to transfer Stilwell out of the Chinese theater of operations and let General Weimad take over.

As soon as Wei Maide arrived in the Chinese war zone, reality poured cold water on him, and he found that he had inherited a mess. The Chinese Theater Staff Headquarters controlled by Stilwell is just an empty shelf, without the organization and operation of the General Staff, and without the operational planning and logistical operation system of the China Theater, which is equivalent to Stilwell's failure to do even basic work well in his four years in office.

Within a month, Wei Maider was instructed to form a Sino-US Joint Staff, and the military chiefs of the two sides met regularly every week to discuss military battle plans. At the same time, he also canceled the plan to continue to transfer troops to Burma to stabilize China's domestic battlefield, and to a certain extent made up for the bad impact of the defeat of Yuxianggui.

Next, Weidemeyer tried to establish a reasonable system in the Chinese theater from the level of salaries, supplies and other systems. That's what a high-level commander should do, not like Stilwell, who focused on the specific training of soldiers, and then took all the supplies and took those trained troops to fight.

Stilwell couldn't even solve the problem of the U.S. Army and Air Force competing for Hump supplies, and Weidemeyer got it done as soon as he took office, and repaired the relationship between the U.S. Army General Headquarters and the Flying Tigers. At the same time, he also had a tacit understanding with Chinese officials, and as long as Weidemeyer was in Chongqing, he would meet with Lao Chiang almost every day to discuss the contents of the command system, organization, operations, training, transportation, defense, the division of theaters, and the establishment of a new army. These were all things that Stilwell should have solved, but he only knew that he was angry with old Jiang, and then it all fell on Weidemeyer's shoulders.

Stilwell called Chiang a fool and a dictator, and Weidemeyer said of Chiang: "He was but the head of a loose conglomerate, and he had to go through great difficulties from time to time to gain obedience to his command." ”

Lao Chiang also had great trust in and admired Weidemeyer, calling him a model for soldiers and believing that "our soldiers should follow suit."

In contrast, whether it is military or diplomatic, Weidemeyer and Stilwell's ability is superior, and they are no longer even in the same realm.

However, both the Chinese and American people can only remember Stilwell, but ignore the real hero, Weidemeyer. Perhaps for Weidemeyer, he should be called "a good fighter has no outstanding achievements".

These are all later words, and Weidemeyer will not be able to reach China for more than half a year.

For Chang Kaishen, in addition to the defeat on the battlefield, he also has to face the growing demand for democracy in China.

After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, China's democratic constitutional movement developed vigorously. As the war entered the stalemate phase, the Nationalist Government gradually changed its complexion, not only abolished the requirement of holding a regular National Assembly, but also adopted a high-pressure rule over various constitutional groups, prohibiting and restricting all activities to fight for constitutional government.

By 1944, all democrats agreed that the democratic constitutional movement had been a complete failure.

At this time, the Communist Party put forward the slogan of "forming a coalition government", and the democrats responded one after another. Because the current Britain is a multi-party coalition government, the Conservative Party is responsible for military diplomacy, the Labour Party is responsible for domestic affairs and economy, and the Liberal Party is responsible for assisting in governance.

If the British coalition government is doing well, so can China!

Under the leadership of the Communist Party and with the cooperation of the democratic parties and democratic and liberal personages, the call for the formation of a coalition government has become louder and louder.

Chiang was anxious about this, and the military commander's spies also stepped up surveillance of communists and democrats, and censorship of newspapers, magazines, and books became more and more stringent.

To be honest, if Zhou Hexuan is in Lao Jiang's position, I don't know what to do. Agreeing to form a coalition government would undoubtedly be digging its own grave and would provoke collective opposition from the top bureaucrats of the Kuomintang. If you don't agree, the contradictions with various parties and non-governmental personages will become deeper and deeper until they are irreparable.

Mid-July.

Zhou Hexuan is teasing his son Zhou Shengguang at home, the little guy was born by Zhang Leyi in March last year, and the name "Dawn of Victory" means.

Suddenly, Liang Qiming came to visit, and said bluntly after a few words: "Mingcheng, the Democratic Political League is about to be reorganized into the Democratic League, and individuals are allowed to participate. What are your thoughts on our aim to discuss post-war nation-building, avoiding civil war, and winning a coalition government? ”

"A coalition government is like a mirror, it seems beautiful, but in fact it is out of reach." Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Are you that pessimistic?" Liang was a little unhappy.

Zhou Hexuan explained: "It's not that I'm pessimistic, but that I have long seen through the essence of the Kuomintang. Even if Chang Kaishen is willing to form a coalition government, will his bureaucrats relinquish power? Even if a coalition government can be achieved, what will the military do? Lao Chiang inevitably demanded that the Communist Party hand over the army first, and he made this demand in the interests of the country, after all, the military power of a country should be attributed to the central government, and then the Communist Party should hand it over or not? Once the Communists surrender the army, what if Lao Chiang suddenly repents of dictatorship? ”

Liang Qiming was silent for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "That's true, it seems that there is little hope for the coalition government." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "The development of China's political situation to the point where it has now can only be resolved by the barrel of a gun, and civil war is inevitable. ”

Liang Yiming said dejectedly: "China has experienced 30 years of civil war, is it possible that after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, there will be a civil war?" When is this a head! ”

Zhou Hexuan didn't answer, because no one believed him when he said it. Now that the Nationalist Government has millions of troops and the support of the United States, who would have predicted that the Communists would be driven to Taiwan in three years?

It is precisely because they cannot see the future that countless democrats, including Liang Yiming, are worried. In their minds, China's civil war may be fought for another decade or two, or even thirty or fifty years, endlessly, and without peace, and China can only exhaust its last ounce of strength in the war.

"Whether we succeed or not, we must try our best to fight for it, and we must not watch the country continue to be corrupted," Liang Qiming suddenly got up and said, "Mingcheng, are you willing to join the upcoming Democratic League?" At that time, I will nominate you to be a member of the Central Committee, and with your international political vision and connections, you will certainly be able to give a huge impetus to the fight for a coalition government! ”

"There is no need for members of the Central Committee," Zhou Hexuan said, waving his hand, "I can join, but only as an ordinary member of the League, to express my support for democratic constitutional government, but I am not optimistic about your ideas." ”

Liang Qiming was greatly disappointed, and even felt that Zhou Hexuan was too cowardly and pessimistic, and chose to sit idly by when he was able to contribute to democracy. He sighed and said, "Alas, everyone has his own ambitions, and I will not force it." Before the inaugural meeting of the NLD, I will send you another letter of invitation. Leave! ”

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