Zhang Chi's words couldn't help but make Stilwell stunned, and then said to Zhang Chi with an angry face: "Is this how you Chinese soldiers speak to the commander?" ”

"General!" Zhang Chi replied: "First of all, you are the commander of the United States, and I am a soldier of China. Secondly, we Chinese soldiers only respect the commanders who live and die with the soldiers and win the battle together! ”

Although Zhang Chi did not make this clear, everyone knew that Zhang Chi was referring to Stilwell's abandonment of the Chinese Expeditionary Force at a critical moment, and his return to point fingers when the Chinese Expeditionary Force stabilized its position.

This immediately talked about Stilwell's sore spot, which made Stilwell's face very ugly.

Luo Zhuoying immediately walked up and yelled at Zhang Chi: "Bold, what is your attitude?" Apologize to the chief right away! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi couldn't help gritting his teeth, if Stilwell is the governor of the United States, then Luo Zhuoying is a veritable Chinese governor.

"No need to apologize!" At this time, Du Yuming walked in, he smiled lightly and stood beside Zhang Chi and said, "General Stilwell, Brother You Qing...... I forgot to introduce to you that this is Zhang Chi, the commander of a battalion and a company of the Engineer Regiment, who led a platoon to repel a Japanese brigade and captured a large amount of equipment from the Japanese, and then fought the Tonggu Breakout Battle, Ren'anqiang, Tangji and other battles one after another, and even the engineer regiment seized Myitkyina was his idea...... Suffice it to say, you and I are able to stand here today and speak in large part because of the company commander. So I think he's qualified enough to say that, what do you think? ”

Luo Zhuoying couldn't help but turn iron, but snorted dissatisfiedly, and Stilwell's eyes showed a few surprises, and the anger on his face quickly eased.

From this point, you can see the difference between Luo Zhuoying and Stilwell...... Stilwell is obviously more urban and practical, while Luo Zhuoying has a better face.

After a pause, Stilwell walked up to Zhang Chi and nodded, patted Zhang Chi's shoulder and said humorously, "Good job, Lieutenant!" You don't mind if a sixty-year-old man doesn't have enough eyesight! ”

"Of course not. General Stilwell! Although Zhang Chi didn't have much affection for Stilwell, he still had to admire his demeanor.

"Good!" Stilwell took the initiative to reach out and shake Zhang Chi's hand, and said, "I'm sure we'll have a great time working together!" ”

"Hey!" As he spoke, he turned his head and introduced to the American school officers who were looking sideways around him: "Look at your translator, he is a hero!" Among the countless feats he made, one was to defeat more than a thousand Japanese soldiers with a platoon! ”

"Wow! Is that true? ”

"It's amazing!"

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The exclamations of the US military cadets were soon heard around, and some people even took the initiative to come forward to shake hands with Zhang Chi and introduce:

"Hi, I'm Tom, nice to meet you!"

"I'm William, and it's going to be wonderful to have a chance to hear about your experience!"

Zhang Chi also responded very politely one by one. In fact, Zhang Chi still likes the cheerful and casual personality of the Americans, for example, in this headquarters, generals, colonels and soldiers can talk so easily and happily, which is almost impossible in the Chinese army.

Zhang Chi's task is very easy, simply put, it is to form a bridge between the Chinese army and the US military academy officers, the US military academy officers want to know what the situation can ask Zhang Chi to call in Chinese to ask, and the Chinese troops reply by Zhang Chi translated and told the US military academy officers.

It's just that the US military cadets don't seem to be too interested in some of the situations of the Chinese army, but are busy asking about Zhang Chi's combat experience while busy with the work in hand.

Stilwell always smiled and pushed his glasses on his nose. He said to the American school officials: "Children, learn more from this Chinese, he is talking about the battlefield we will face in the future!" ”

Because of this translation job, it didn't take long for Zhang Chi to guess Stilwell's plan:

Stilwell's first step was to place an air defense network along the Myitkyina Line.

The strategic importance of this air defense network is very important. He was not only to reduce the air threat of the Japanese army to the Myitkyina Line, but also to ensure the air transport corridor in northern Burma...... Only by blocking the Japanese fighters south of Myitkyina can the US military's aid to China be continuously transported to the expeditionary force and even China through the skies over northern Burma.

And that doesn't seem to be very difficult.

The reason for this was that although the Japanese army occupied most of Burma at this time, they did not receive much supplies...... Historically, the materials seized by the Japanese army from Burma mainly came from three major areas, namely the oil fields in Ringanqiang, the American aid materials in Lashio and the British army materials in Myitkyina.

But now. Ringanqiang was bombed twice (once when the British troops withdrew, and again when the engineer regiment broke through), so the losses of Ringanqiang were much heavier than in history. It is basically impossible to resume oil production in the short term.

The supplies for Lashio were burned by the Engineer Corps, and the supplies from Myitkyina fell into the hands of the expeditionary force.

As a result, the Japanese army soon ran out of supplies, and at this time the Japanese army was busy repairing the railroad to transport supplies all the way from Rangoon to Mandalay, which was quite difficult during the rainy season.

As a result, there were fewer and fewer Japanese fighters and reconnaissance planes that could appear over Myitkyina...... The Japanese army needed time to gather strength.

On the other hand, the Sino-US coalition forces, the US military already had a large number of supplies stranded in India and was ready to be put into the battlefield in Burma, and now it only needs to transport these materials to northern Burma.

Then all kinds of anti-aircraft firepower, such as anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, were stationed in the Myitkyina defense line, and then several flight squadrons were put into Indian airfields to cooperate with the Flying Tigers in the Chinese direction, and it was easy to seize air supremacy in northern Burma.

(Note: The airfield in Myitkyina is only suitable as an emergency airfield for emergency landing, because it is too close to the front line, not to mention that there is not enough reaction time for Japanese fighters at such a close distance, and a burst of Japanese artillery can blow up the fighters parked at Myitkyina airfield.) ）

After gaining air supremacy in northern Myanmar, the next step was to set up a training base in Sunbrabang, a military key area about 160 kilometers from Myitkyina.

There, Stilwell would equip and train the expeditionary force with full American-style equipment, creating a superforce that combines the strengths of both Chinese and American forces.

At this time, Zhang Chi felt as if history was repeating itself...... Historically, Stilwell has built such an army, but it was in Ramgarh, India, not Sunbrabhum, in northern Burma. (To be continued.) )