Chapter 65: Intelligence
"You know what? You set a precedent for interspersed with tanks in the jungle! Stilwell said to Zhang Chi with interest: "And you have succeeded, so I want to hear your opinion, if the next battle ...... We're going to intersperse it with Bamo, so what should we pay attention to? ”
"Intelligence!" Zhang Chi replied without thinking about it: "The most important thing is intelligence!" ”
Stilwell nodded slowly and said, "Just like when you intersperse cross-movements, you must first know a path for the tank to advance!" ”
"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "And it must be ensured that the tank will not be intercepted by the enemy on the road, the tank will be limited by the road conditions and environment in the jungle, it will be difficult to give full play to its advantages, in that case, if it encounters an ambush again, it will be a nightmare for the tank!" ”
"That's right!" Stilwell frowned in agreement, "So...... This plan is different from the last time you interspersed the plate, the interspersed plate is not more than a dozen miles, and the difficulty of the interspersed is still within the acceptable range. But...... Now if you want to intersperse Bamo, that is, hundreds of kilometers, this difficulty will increase in progression! ”
"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "Hundreds of kilometers...... There are so many variables! ”
After thinking about it, Stilwell shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It seems that I have to give up this plan, this plan may only exist in imagination, it cannot be applied to actual combat!" ”
"Not necessarily!" Zhang Chi took the cigarette handed by Stilwell and lit it casually.
Hearing this, Stilwell's eyes lit up and he said, "Do you think this plan is feasible?" ”
"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied.
"How?" Stilwell asked.
"The first thing is, of course, to find a way!" Zhang Chi replied: "This road may be difficult to find, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have ...... Before the British came to Burma, there were mountain roads connecting all parts of Myanmar. It's just that because the British opened the road, there are fewer and fewer people walking on these mountain roads, and after a long time, they are overgrown with plants, and it looks like there is no road! ”
"Hmm!" Hearing this, Stilwell couldn't help but nodded.
He believed that Zhang Chi's words were true, and that it was impossible for the cities of Myanmar not to communicate with each other before the British laid the road, so this mountain road must have existed. It's just that because it's been so long, even the Burmese don't know much.
Zhang Chi will know that this is actually very simple, because these mountain roads have been used again in modern times.
The reason why these mountain roads are used in modern times is not because of the lack of transportation, but because in modern times, drugs are rampant in Myanmar, and drug dealers need to use these mountain roads to avoid police arrest.
"There's a good chance that not many people know this path!" Zhang Chi continued: "But this is also our advantage, because if even the Burmese do not know, it means that the Japanese are very likely not to know, which creates conditions for our intersperse!" ”
"That's right!" Stilwell agreed: "And it doesn't seem difficult for us to find that way, because we now have the support of the Burmese people." As long as we put a little effort into the Burmese elders or the Kachin elders, it will not be difficult to find the location of this road! ”
Stilwell is worthy of being a long-time diplomat, and he may not be very good at commanding wars, but he still knows a lot about human accidents.
Then Zhang Chi stopped selling guanzi, he took a puff of cigarette and continued: "Now we have time, and there are many Burmese people to use. Of course, these Burmese must be loyal and reliable, and sending them to reconnoiter the mountain roads will not arouse the suspicion of the Japanese army. When everything is ready, we can attract the attention of the Japanese in a frontal posture that we want to fight from the jungle to Hachimo. Secretly, a commando team was sent along the mountain road to Ba Mo. Of course, in order to ensure that this interspersed force can smoothly penetrate to Bamo, it is also necessary to have scouts and sappers to seize key points and even build roads and bridges along the way, even at the expense of disguising themselves as Japanese to confuse the enemy......"
"Disguised as Japanese?"
"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied: "The Chinese soldiers may be able to do this task. But it's better to have a few real Japanese! ”
This is due to the fact that Zhang Chi knows that Japanese is difficult to learn and that Japanese people can't tell...... No matter how good you learn Japanese, within three sentences, Japanese people will start complimenting you: "You speak Japanese so well!" ”
This may have something to do with the fact that Japan has never been invaded by foreign tribes in its history, which makes their language not as chaotic as in other countries, so native Japanese people can always hear the difference between "foreigner" Japanese.
"It's not that hard!" Stilwell laughed, "We happen to have Japanese in our troops? ”
"There are Japanese?" Zhang Chi was a little puzzled: "The general is talking about Japanese prisoners of war?" ”
"No, no......" Stilwell shook his head, "Exactly." It's Japanese-American......"
"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi understood.
At this time, the United States was a large industrial country, and its living environment and good salaries attracted people from all over the world to seek a living in the United States, including the Japanese. And some of these Japanese joined the American army, and at this time there was one such Japanese unit in the Galahad unit.
"Are they reliable?" Zhang Zhang asked.
Zhang Chi asked this because he was worried that these Japanese would have temporary dissent, and the most important thing in this interspersed plan was to keep it secret, otherwise interspersed would be to jump into the trap set by the enemy.
"Of course it's reliable!" Stilwell looked up confidently and replied in the affirmative, "Absolutely!" ”
Later, Zhang Chi learned that Stilwell was right, these Japanese Americans fought their fellow countrymen even more ruthlessly than the Yankees, and even Colonel Brown, the former commander of the Galahad force, had to bring two Japanese-Americans as guards.
As for why the Japanese-Americans were used as guards, it was because the Japanese army, knowing that their opponents had Chinese and Americans, often disguised themselves as Chinese to deceive the American army, which caused the American army to suffer a lot of losses and had no choice...... Americans simply don't know the difference between Chinese and Japanese, and many of them can't even tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese.
This is where the Japanese-Americans come in handy, and they often only need to look at their actions to see which of their countrymen and which are Chinese.
It's just that when they saw the villagers, they didn't have tears in their eyes, but raised their guns and shot them.
"Then, the problem is solved!" Stilwell easily stood up and said, "I've gained a lot from this trip. Sheet...... Alright, it's time for me to get started! ”
With that, Stilwell patted Zhang Chi on the shoulder, and hurried away with the guard. (To be continued.) )