"Louis!" Although he was not used to seeing Mountbatten's pomp, Stilwell politely greeted him and shook Mountbatten's hand.

"Joe, it's nice to see you again!" Mountbatten responded very gentlemanly: "I have to congratulate you, you fought quite a wonderful battle in Bamo, it is simply a record that can go down in history!" ”

Stilwell just smiled, and he invited Mountbatten to step into the jeep and said, "Forget about it, that's a thing of the past, and we still have a lot of Japanese devils in front of us to deal with!" ”

Although it is only a few simple sentences, it is clear that the British are serious and the Americans are arrogant.

In Stilwell's headquarters, Stilwell, who had just sat down, said to Mountbatten, "Luis, I'm sure you're not just here to congratulate you!" ”

"Uh......" Mountbatten smiled awkwardly and replied, "Joe, you know, the Japanese are attacking Imphal with all their might, and I'm sure you know the importance of Imphal as well...... If Imphal is in any danger, there is a good chance that you will run out of supplies and be cut off from India by the Japanese! ”

"Hmm!" Stilwell picked up a cigarette and replied, "Let me think about it...... It's not a big deal to lose supplies, we can reduce the supplies sent to China and put them all in northern Burma, and the results of the Chinese side are not big anyway. As for being cut off from India...... It seems that the connection with India is not very useful, and the British army has not cooperated with our offensive all this time. ”

"Joe!" Mountbatten knew that Stilwell was making fun of himself, so he reluctantly picked out the words and said: "Let's put it this way, I hope you can reinforce Imphal, which is beneficial to the United States, Britain and even the Chinese!" ”

"Louis!" Stilwell didn't let Mountbatten go, and he replied with a helpless expression, "Reinforcements? How to reinforce it? If I'm not mistaken, you've been limiting our fighting to northern Burma, even asking us not to take a further step south, or you'll end your cooperation with us! ”

"Forget about that!" Mountbatten said: "We need you to continue to attack south and threaten the Japanese logistical supply lines. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

"No longer restricting our offensive to the south?"

"No limit!"

Mountbatten, which saw the situation in Imphal. That's why we had to lift this restriction.

Historically, Mountbatten did not speak well, even though he had come to borrow troops, but still demanded that the Chinese army only send one regiment, and that he should retreat to northern Burma after relieving Imphal.

But now the situation is different from history, the Japanese army in history did not capture a large number of supplies in this battle, so Mountbatten was confident that the Japanese army would be dragged to death, and he came to borrow troops just in case of a strong combat effectiveness of the Japanese army.

At this time, the Japanese captured so much artillery, gasoline and food at the station, which made Mountbatten at a loss, and he did not know how to stop the Japanese attack. That's why restrictions will be relaxed in a big way.

After thinking about it, Stilwell nodded in agreement: "Very good, I hope you won't regret it!" ”

"Of course!" Mountbatten nodded.

Although he knew that he would face losing the right to colonize Burma, Burma was nothing compared to India.

After Mountbatten left, Stilwell tilted his head and asked Zhang Chi beside him, "What do you think?" ”

Zhang Chi exists as Stilwell's translator, so the whole process is in my eyes.

"The British are a little tired of this!" Zhang Chi replied: "But I believe that if they are relieved in Imphal, it is very likely that they will find an excuse to restrict us from going south again!" ”

"Hmm!" Stilwell nodded, "So." We can wait a little longer and let the British suffer a little more. By the time Imphal was almost overwhelmed...... It's never too late to do it! ”

Stilwell's point was certainly valid, and it was important to note that by the time Imphal was about to run out, it meant that the Japanese were almost exhausted...... At this time, the British and Japanese armies were equivalent to the fighting sandpipers, and the Sino-American coalition forces were equivalent to the fishermen who benefited. Obviously, the harder the snipe fights, the greater the benefit for the fisherman.

So at this time, it was the Sino-American coalition that was arguing with the British, and Mountbatten asked Stilwell again and again to send troops as soon as possible. But Stilwell replied again and again: "I'm sorry! Luis, the time is not yet ripe. As you know, we just had a big battle in Bamo. The soldiers need to rest, the spent ammunition needs to be replenished, and I need time to prepare. ”

Stilwell's remarks were also true, and even the U.S. Galahad unit collapsed in the battle of Bamo and had to be pulled to the rear to recuperate...... Mountbatten was also clear about this, so he didn't know how to refute it, so he could only urge Stilwell over and over again to act as soon as possible.

What Mountbatten didn't know was that the Chinese military wasn't as bad as Stilwell said. In fact, not only is it not that bad, but it's pretty good...... On the one hand, this was due to the superior endurance and hard-working spirit of the Chinese army, which was mostly from peasant backgrounds, and on the other hand, the victory of Ba Mo further stimulated the morale of the Chinese army.

In other words, while the Japanese and British forces were fighting each other in Imphal, there was an unusually quiet direction in northern Burma.

This made the commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, who was responsible for blocking the Chinese army, Shinichi Tanaka's scalp tingle.

"Kato-kun!" Shinichi Tanaka looked at the map and asked his staff officer worriedly: "The unusual silence of the Chinese army gives me a sense of foreboding, as if they are planning a big battle!" ”

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" Kato replied: "You are too worried, the Chinese army is behaving like this, it is likely that Imphal has been attacked and it is not possible to put more air power and supplies into Burma!" ”

It should be said that Kato's words do have some truth, on the one hand, because the base of the 10th Air Group of the United States is in Imphal, and now that Imphal is being attacked by the Japanese army, of course, they cannot be separated because they want to defend Imphal. On the other hand, because of the urgency of Imphal, most of the materials originally transported to northern Myanmar through Ledo would be intercepted by Imphal, so the Chinese army in northern Myanmar naturally could not get more supplies.

At this time, the Chinese army, they often relied on the "sea of fire tactics" to fight, which could not be done without a large number of supplies.

In fact, Kato underestimated the ability of the United States to provide logistics, and even if the ammunition transported to northern Myanmar through Ledo was intercepted by Imphal, it was still piled up in Sunbra.

Tanaka Shinichi didn't refute, but just sighed deeply: "I hope it's as Kato-kun said!" (To be continued.) )