It should be said that Alexander's words still have some truth, you must know that all the clothes, food, steel helmets and other daily necessities of the Chinese expeditionary force were provided by the British...... To be precise, it was not the British who did not provide these supplies, but British India, and they were all created by the factories in India and the labor of the Indians, and even the construction of the base was largely due to the Indians.

Why, then, should British India be allowed to pay so much without any benefit or even benefit?

The British are shrewd businessmen, and they will not do this kind of loss-making business.

And once British India refused to cooperate...... It would be disastrous for the Chinese army in northern Burma, because it would mean that they would not get any food or ammunition, let alone a counteroffensive, and it would be a question of survival.

After thinking about it, Stilwell responded: "Alex, you may have forgotten that I can also cut off American support for Britain!" ”

"Don't be stupid! Joe! Alexander obviously came prepared, he shook his head and smiled: "I don't believe that the United States will make such an unwise choice for the benefit of the Chinese!" ”

While Stilwell haunted to admit it, he couldn't deny it either.

The reason is that Britain is a solid ally of the United States, and harming US-British relations for the benefit of the Chinese will only do the United States a hundred harms and no benefits, so even if it does this, the United States will not agree.

Stilwell once again felt that he was falling behind, and he said with some annoyance: "Alex, you should know that the Chinese's counterattack against the Japanese in Burma is beneficial to Britain, the United States and even the anti-fascist alliance, can we just do nothing?" ”

"Of course it's not doing nothing!" Alexander replied.

"Oh......" Stilwell looked at Alexander's expression and couldn't help but realize, "Did you bring any advice?" ”

"Of course!" Alexander smiled, pointed to the offensive line that Stilwell had already drawn on the map, and said, "What we want is just to turn this offensive line in one direction...... Instead of driving the Japanese into the sea from north to south, they fought from west to east! ”

"Fight from west to east?" Stilwell couldn't help but frown.

This is clearly out of line with military common sense:

From north to south, there are several roads and railways that can be used, and there are even a few rivers flowing downstream. It can be said that it is very convenient for both combat and supply delivery. More importantly...... The Chinese army in Myitkyina only needs to fight 200 kilometers forward to recover important places such as Ba Mo and Lashio, and once Lashio falls into the hands of the Chinese army, then the Japanese army that enters western Yunnan will not only suffer from the enemy, but its supplies will be completely cut off, and then China will not even have to fight at all, just wait for the Japanese army in western Yunnan to run out of ammunition and food before recovering it.

But......

If you play from west to east, it will be completely different.

Along the way, there are several rivers and mountains running from north to south, and their offensive operations and supplies are very difficult, not to mention that there is basically no strategic significance in fighting in this way.

But the intentions of the British were clear...... At this time, the main force of the Japanese army was distributed in the front line from west to east, and this kind of fighting could consume the living force of the Japanese army to the greatest extent. The moment when the Chinese army had almost exhausted the living forces of the Japanese army, it was time for the British to land in Rangoon, the rear of Burma, and successfully take the whole of Burma.

To put it simply, this is to let the Chinese fight to the death with the Japanese, and then the British come out to "regain lost territory".

At this point, Stilwell was a little shaken, because it was also in the interests of the United States...... The United States also hopes to deplete as many Japanese forces as possible, so as to reduce the pressure on the American military in the Pacific theater.

But Stilwell quickly shook his head and said: "The Chinese are not fools, they will not choose this direction!" ”

"No, they'll choose that!" Alexander said: "The Chinese are also good. That is to build a road from west to east, from India to Rado, through Myanmar to China! ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, Stilwell couldn't help but nodded.

This is indeed a good excuse, although China has American air routes to transfuse blood for it at this time, but air transportation alone is limited after all. If you can open a road...... The benefits for China are self-evident.

Stilwell didn't hesitate any longer, nodded and replied, "I agree to do it!" ”

That's how this battle was fought in history...... Moreover, more than 200,000 Chinese troops (codenamed Unit Y) at home are fighting from the inside out, and 100,000 foreign troops stationed in India (codenamed Unit X) are fighting from India to the country, and a road has been built on the mountains and mountains while fighting. The highway came to be known as the "Stilwell Highway".

When this highway was opened, many Chinese were cheering and proud of it, in fact, anyone with a discerning eye knew it...... In fact, it is the result of Britain and the United States once again sacrificing China's interests for their own interests. Because the Chinese army could have driven the Japanese army out of Burma from north to south more easily and perfectly, and then the China-Burma highway could be reactivated, and there was no need for the Stilwell highway at all.

Even if it were to fight like this, the Chinese Y troops would not have repeatedly suffered as many casualties as the Battle of Songshan when they recovered western Yunnan...... The Japanese army in western Yunnan could get food by sweeping through the cities and villages of China, but could not produce ammunition, so once Lashio was occupied by the Chinese troops X, then the Japanese army in western Yunnan had only two choices, either surrender or wait for death. If there is any other option, it is to become a wild man in the Savage Mountain.

As a result, the new 1st Division soon got an offensive target...... "Bamo".

When he got this offensive target, Zhang Chi knew what was going on.

Britain and the United States can clearly see the tricks of the flowers and intestines in modern times, and they will not be able to sincerely help the Chinese.

But they can't be blamed...... Politics is like this, countries only pay attention to interests, diplomacy is the exchange of interests, and the kind of diplomacy that sincerely helps others will only end up being wronged. Even among them, China has also gained some practical benefits, such as the opening of a real highway, and the fact that a lot of foreign aid has entered China through this road to support the war of resistance.

But China's gains are clearly disproportionate...... All that blood and lives were paid for was a superfluous road, and the British had no trouble once again bringing Burma under their rule.

Of course, Zhang Chi didn't want this kind of thing to happen again.

He's waiting, waiting for something to come...... (To be continued.) )