In fact, it is understandable that the Galahad forces would perform so badly.

First of all, don't make a promise to a soldier on the battlefield, once a promise is made, it must be done, otherwise it will easily cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers...... This was the case with the Galahad troops, and the American GIs in Galahad thought to themselves: at this time, they should have been drinking beer on the beach by the sea, soaking the sun, and flirting with beautiful women in three-point styles, but now they have to stay in this hellish place to fight the murderous Japanese, and they don't know when they will be the head, so the anger in their hearts can be imagined.

However, the Chinese army has no problems in this regard, their life is originally to fight, fight and fight, and this is still a battle to go home, even if they fight for a long time, they can bear it psychologically.

The second is in stamina.

Although the American soldiers were strong and looked brave, they were small flowers that grew up in greenhouses, looking full of branches and leaves, but they could not withstand the wind and rain...... Their characteristic is that they can fight for a short time, but if they fight for a long time, or if the battle is beyond their mental and physical capacity, their morale will drop dramatically and collapse.

However, the Chinese soldiers are different, most of the Chinese soldiers are from peasant backgrounds, although they are short and small and look a little weak and impervious, but they have grown up in a harsh environment and withstood the test of severe cold and heat, pain and torture have long been common for them, so they can maintain morale and combat effectiveness for a long time.

However, there is no such thing as "extenuating circumstances" on the battlefield, it only talks about reality, and what can be done is what can be done, and what is not done is not good.

The reality is that the Galahad forces are not good on the battlefield in Burma, but the Chinese army is not, and Stilwell can see this clearly.

So, when Bertno reported that the Chinese troops were "ineffective in combat and did not move forward". He put a big question mark on Patno in his heart.

"General Patno!" Stilwell frowned and said to Patno: "Maybe you don't know what kind of achievements these Chinese troops made in the first Burma Campaign, especially the new regiment of the new 1st Division, they are the engineer regiment with great achievements in the first battle. Not so long ago, they also defeated the Japanese 18th Division and captured the headquarters of the 18th Division! ”

"General!" "But as you know, they have such great firepower, with artillery, tanks, and planes, but they can't break through the Japanese defenses with only an army...... It's incredible! So I think General Davis is right, these Chinese will not fight at all! ”

In Patno's head, as long as he has advanced equipment and enough shells, he will definitely be able to take the enemy's position, so of course he will not know what he is wrong.

"So. What if you're commanding U.S. soldiers? Stilwell asked rhetorically, "Or if I put it this way, if you had a 20,000-strong Galahad force, what do you think would happen?" ”

Bertno was stunned by Stilwell's rebuttal.

"You know, the Galahad forces are raiders, special forces trained in jungle warfare, but where are they now?" Stilwell continued, "Chinese are still fighting the Japanese on the battlefield, while the Galahad troops are already hiding in the hospital and need my clubs to catch them into battle, and you still complain that Chinese won't fight...... I believe that if you are commanding the Americans, I am afraid that even the place where you are standing at your feet will already belong to the Japanese! ”

The anger in Stilwell's words wasn't just directed at Patno. And against the Galahad forces and even themselves...... There was some shame mixed with this, and as an American, he couldn't believe that the American special forces would perform so badly.

Paterno was speechless because Stilwell said the facts, the facts that he could not refute.

Long. Bertno said to Stilwell: "General, I automatically resign!" ”

Stilwell nodded and replied stiffly, "I accept it!" ”

However, it was easy to withdraw Patno. But after the removal of Patno, there was no more American general around Stilwell who could command the battle, and the battle of Bamo could not be organized without one...... After thinking about it, Stilwell could only decide to bring Zheng Dongguo, who was originally used as a "vase", to put out the fire.

On the one hand, this was done to try to have the effect of having Chinese officers command Chinese troops. On the other hand, it also wants to alleviate the contradiction between Chinese and American officers. What's more, Stilwell believes that there are a large number of American instructors in the Chinese military, and even Zheng Dongguo will not be able to change the American control over the Chinese military.

But Stilwell was actually wrong about this, and he was very wrong.

When the direct commander of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was American, since most of the Chinese officers could not understand English, the orders issued by the Yankees were first in the hands of the American instructors and then transferred to the desks of the Chinese officers...... Although this is only a transfer process, there is an essential difference: American instructors can ask questions, questions, ideas, etc., while Chinese officers can only stare and wait for the final orders.

In the same way, when the direct commander is Chinese, because most of the American instructors cannot understand the Chinese, most of the orders issued are passed through the Chinese officers and then transferred to the American instructors...... Even if Stilwell artificially stipulated that Chinese officers must obey the orders of American instructors, it would be useless, so that after a long time, American instructors would soon lose their right to speak in combat.

"Good boy!" When he heard the attack on Ba Mo commanded by Zheng Dongguo, Wang Mazi slapped Zhang Chi's shoulder fiercely: "You really guessed it, we can finally stop being angry with the Yankees!" ”

As excited as Wang Mazi were the other soldiers of the expeditionary force, the originally lifeless battlefield suddenly seemed to come to life, and there were cheers and happy smiles everywhere.

On the contrary, the American instructors put their heads on their heads one by one, hanging their heads like defeated roosters.

Stilwell regretted it afterwards and summed up the battle by saying, "Although I won the war in the end, I actually lost...... With just one order, I lost control of the vast majority of the Chinese military.

Therefore, it is often said in history that Stilwell only gave a strategy in the middle and late stages and let go of the Chinese army to complete the goal by itself, which is actually not accurate, and it is not easy for him to command and interfere in the middle and late stages. (To be continued.) )