"The question now is ......," Nimitz then pointed out the key to the meeting: "I think you all know that the current situation is not in the interests of the United States. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Although this is also beneficial to us from the perspective of war, the more the Chinese win, the less we can pay. But...... Judging from the current situation, it is no longer just a matter of face and politics, understand? ”

Hearing this, the admirals couldn't help but be at a loss, in addition to facing problems and political problems, what other problems could there be?

"If it's just a political issue, I can ignore it!" Nimitz explained: "After all, it's a problem for politicians, and it doesn't have much to do with us, so let's give politicians a headache!" But here's the problem...... I don't know if you have noticed that the US Navy landing war and even the entire US Navy are dependent on the Chinese military? No matter what difficulties you encounter on the battlefield, the first thing that comes to mind is the Chinese army! What do you think will happen in the long run? That's right...... Our Marines will live in the shadow of the Chinese army, with declining morale, wasted training, and never improved combat effectiveness, because they will think, anyway, there are Chinese in front of them, let them go and fight with the Japanese, the Americans are watching the play in the back, do you say ?! ”

There was silence in the conference room, they all knew that what Nimitz said was right, because until the war has been fought so far, not only the American GIs have such problems, but even their senior generals have such problems, and Halsey, who has an embarrassed expression at this time, is unfortunately one of them.

It took a long moment for Nimitz to break the silence and say, "We should think about how to solve this problem!" ”

"General!" A US military staff officer said: "The current situation on the battlefield is ...... Our army has basically mastered air and sea supremacy in the Pacific Ocean, so I think it will be a matter of time before we defeat the Japanese. In view of this, I think we can send the Chinese troops back to Burma or China! ”

The staff officer's words immediately drew a chorus of opposition, especially from Smith.

"Colonel Thomas!" Smith objected: "You may be right, it is only a matter of time before we defeat the Japanese, and no one here will doubt that." But sooner or later, how soon? One year, two years? Or longer? You must know that as early as when we put in more than 20 aircraft carriers, including escort aircraft carriers, in the Battle of Tarawa, we basically mastered air and sea supremacy in the Pacific Ocean! But are we playing easy? No, not at all! If there were no Chinese troops, it would be a disaster! ”

"Yes!" The straightforward Halsey did not give this staff officer any sympathy, and he criticized: "Colonel Thomas belongs to the office, you never know how stubborn the Japanese resistance is, and they will even fight to the last man when they know that there is no hope of victory!" But Chinese...... I have to admit that they were good hands against the Japanese, they were familiar with the Japanese, and at the same time they had a similar fighting spirit to the Japanese, which was lacking in our troops!

If we transfer the Chinese back to Burma or China, who can we send if we encounter difficult problems again in the future war? Colonel Thomas? ”

There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.

Thomas retorted angrily, "But...... Generals! It's a battlefield, isn't it? As General Nimitz said, if we want to find a way to get rid of dependence on the Chinese army, then we must make up our minds to make ourselves not dependent! Otherwise, we will think of the Chinese army when we encounter difficulties! ”

It should be said that Thomas's words still have a point.

But......

Nimitz shook his head: "The question is...... The Allies were bogged down on the battlefield in Africa, and the Germans gave us a lot of trouble in Africa. If the Japanese are allowed to drag on the war for a long time, it will not do us any good. Therefore, although the repatriation of Chinese troops is a good way to get rid of dependence on them, it is too risky...... In case we need to end the war against the Japanese as soon as possible but can't, it is likely that the strength of the Chinese forces will be needed. ”

"General!" Halsey continued: "Then, I think there is only one consensus among us that we will not use the Chinese army unless we have to, or if we want to call in the Chinese army, we must report to the Naval Operations Department, and then decide whether to use the Chinese troops after discussion with the War Department!" ”

"Hmm!" Nimitz nodded, "That's what I mean!" What I hope is...... You'd better put the Chinese troops aside and forget about them! ”

"Besides......" Nimitz added, "I hope you can learn from the Chinese troops!" ”

"Of course!" Halsey replied.

"I don't think you understood what I meant!" Nimitz said in an accentuated tone, "I'm talking about...... Now is the time to purge the Marshall Islands of the remnants of the enemy, and you should send the next batch of troops that will be put into battle to the Chinese troops for training! ”

"General!" Hearing this, Halsey couldn't help but be stunned: "Do this...... Wouldn't it be bad for our politics? ”

In fact, Halsey was thinking more about the problem at this point, although he had always admired Zhang Chi's command and wisdom, but he thought that it was just an example among the Chinese, and Halsey still had a sense of superiority in his bones. And now he wants to hand over the troops to Chinese for training......

Another U.S. military officer also objected: "General, our tactics are more advanced than the Chinese troops, and even their tactics are still trained by us, so I don't think the Chinese army can teach us anything!" ”

"So why can the Chinese defeat the Japanese again and again, but you can't?" Nimitz asked rhetorically.

The crowd was speechless.

"Let me tell you!" Nimitz continued: "The Chinese have at least two things that American GIs do not have, that is, the experience of fighting the Japanese and the understanding of the Japanese, which cannot be learned in training!" Therefore, in order to defeat the Japanese alone on the battlefield next time you can defeat the Japanese without relying on Chinese troops, learn more from the Chinese about the experience of the enemy! ”

After a pause, Nimitz continued: "As for political influence, what we are doing is 'joint training' to be able to better coordinate in future battles, understand? ”

"Yes! Checkmate! The officers had no choice but to respond helplessly. (To be continued.) )