"Imphal?" Stilwell looked at Zhang Chi with some puzzlement: "Imphal is indeed important, but ...... There was no danger there, the British had deployed three armies of 150,000 men in that area, and the Japanese had no plans to attack there......"

"Perhaps, but we can give the Japanese a plan to attack there!" Zhang Chi said.

"What do you mean......"

"The general has not forgotten the Burmese Independence Volunteers!" Zhang Chi asked.

"Of course!" Stilwell replied, "But there are only 3,000 of them left, and they are still under close surveillance, so I am afraid that it will not be of any use." ”

"But we also have a Burmese denshi who is trusted by the Japanese." Zhang Chi said: "We can ask him to suggest that the Japanese attack Imphal!" ”

"Attack Imphal?" Stilwell shook his head in some unimaginability: "This is impossible, it is 150,000 British troops, and it is equipped with a large number of planes, tanks and artillery, the Japanese will not be so stupid!" ”

"No, the Japanese will do that!" Zhang Chi is so sure because the Japanese army did attack Imphal in history, but it was only a crushing defeat.

"They have a good reason to attack Imphal!" Zhang Chi continued: "Because behind Imphal is the East Indies Assam Railway, once the Japanese army captures Imphal, then Ledo will become an isolated city without danger to defend, and it will soon fall into the hands of the Japanese army. So ......"

"Oh!" Hearing this, Stilwell couldn't help but nodded in realization, he held his chin in his hand and said thoughtfully: "In this way, the Japanese army can counter-encircle the Chinese Expeditionary Force in northern Burma from behind, so that the Chinese Expeditionary Force will lose supplies from India!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Chi said: "You must know that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has fought several big battles one after another, and it has defeated the Japanese when its strength is similar to that of the Japanese, I think this will surprise and frighten the Japanese!" ”

"It's not just the Japanese who are surprised, but even me!" Stilwell said, "And the British, of course! ”

The British do have reason to be surprised and afraid. Because if the Chinese Expeditionary Force has such a strong combat effectiveness, then the strength of the Chinese Expeditionary Force alone can defeat the Japanese army and recover Burma, and then there will be no British intervention in Burma.

"So!" Zhang Chi continued: "The Japanese need another way to defeat the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and this method is to avoid the Chinese Expeditionary Force and fight the British!" ”

After a moment of silence, Stilwell nodded slowly again: "That's a good idea, the British performed badly in the first Burma campaign. They fled but fled, which would make the Japanese think that the British were vulnerable. On the other hand, after a few battles, they also figured out the strength of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, so they would pick up soft persimmons and pinch them! ”

Stilwell is worthy of being a China expert, and he even knows how to "pick up soft persimmons and pinch them".

Zhang Chi added later: "In particular, India has a striking resemblance to Burma, they are both British colonies, and they are both dissatisfied with the colonial rule of the British!" It is very likely that the same situation will happen when the Japanese invade India as they did when they invade Burma, that is, the Indian people and anti-British organizations will help the Japanese! ”

Stilwell nodded again: "So, there is a good chance that the Japanese will accept this suggestion and take the risk to attack Imphal!" ”

"Yes!"

"And when the Japanese attacked Imphal and gained the upper hand. The British had to come to us! ”

"Yes!"

"So we have to give the Japanese the upper hand!" Stilwell turned his head and asked Zhang Chi, "But how can this be done?" ”

"It's easy!" Zhang Chi replied: "We can reveal some information about Imphal to the Japanese, such as the location and information of the supply depot and military station. ”

A smile gradually appeared on Stilwell's face: "Zhang ...... Just now I said that you don't understand politics, and now I solemnly retract this sentence. ”

When he stepped out of Stilwell's command, Zhang Chi breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he was worried that Stilwell would not be willing to do so, after all, Britain and the United States are solid allies.

But now it seems that this concern is unfounded...... Interests are all about countries, even the most solid allies.

Zhang Chiti's proposal will undoubtedly be of great benefit to both China and the United States.

For China, it was to be able to defeat the Japanese army and recover Burma. In this way, there is no need to even recover western Yunnan and open the Stilwell Highway, just wait for the Japanese army in western Yunnan to run out of ammunition and food, and then reopen the China-Burma Highway.

For the United States...... Their greatest hope was to drain the Japanese army's war energy and reduce their burden on the Pacific War. And according to Zhang Chi's suggestion. That is, the siege of several divisions of Japanese troops in western Yunnan in China and the Imphal region in India was undoubtedly a big battle, and the number of Japanese troops it could consume was undoubtedly astronomical.

What's more, Stilwell also chose to abandon or even betray Britain because of the first Burma campaign, which not only did not have a good impression of Britain, but was very disgusted with it.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that Stilwell was actually hesitant because he felt that it didn't seem very moral to do so...... From this point, it can also be seen that Stilwell is not politically mature enough. There is no such thing as morality in politics.

Then Stilwell thought to himself: since the British could have deceived themselves so insidiously in the first Burma campaign, he would only be paying them back today.

So I didn't hesitate anymore and arranged things right away.

This plan may seem complicated, but it is very simple to do.

Stilwell only had to inform Dents of the idea of attacking Imphal and the many benefits through the intelligence agencies, and Dengshi would have to tell the Japanese more and more. Incidentally, some information is provided in favor of the Japanese.

But Dent's work was much more clever than Stilwell's.

After getting the idea, the first thing he looked for was not the Japanese, but the Indians.

This Indian was Chandrabose, who had been brought in by submarine from Germany by the Japanese.

Bose's name may not be loud, but this man was a man of the same name as Gandhi in India at this time, but Gandhi advocated democratic means and used the power of various grassroots in India to force Britain to abandon its colonial rule over India, while Bose advocated using external forces to unite with the Axis powers to expel Britain.

To put it simply, the "Indian National Army" commanded by Bose is almost the "Burmese Independence Volunteers" in Burma, and Bose is India's General Aung San. (To be continued.) )