Stilwell didn't turn his face at Mike's outspokenness, but just smiled and picked up his glass again, "Mike, do you really think I made this decision for myself?" I'm not afraid to sue you, this is a proposal given to me by your U.S. military observer group, if you don't believe it, you can ask them later. Stilwell's words made McTon speechless, if this was the construction of the U.S. military observer group, he really couldn't say anything against it.

"But General, once the troops enter the jungle of Savage Mountain from the direction of Magao, they will not be able to get the support of airdrop supplies. Besides, there may still be Japanese troops around Magao, there are only more than 300 of them, and they may not even be able to pass through the Japanese blockade. Mike continued to try to persuade Stilwell to change his orders, but all of this seemed to Stilwell to be in vain.

"Mike, this is not a problem, our reconnaissance plane has already reconnoitred the area around Ma Gao, and the reconnaissance plane has not found that there are large Japanese troops around Ma Gao. I will order the flying team to airdrop enough supplies and explosives to your squad, and they will only need to make a passage with explosives along the way when they return to Ledo, and the engineer troops will open a new road from Ledo to Magau along the passage they have opened. ”

Seeing that Mike no longer had the insistence he had just had, Stilwell nodded slightly and said to Mike: "General Marshall has once again sent a large number of middle and lower-level officers to Ramgarh, and he hopes to be able to better train and command the Chinese army. Mike, you understand, good American officers will bring advanced command experience, and this qiē is all about defeating the Japanese. You are also an officer with a lot of command experience, don't you want to command a regiment or even a division of troops to fight against the Japanese army? ”

Stilwell's pie was not small, but Mike cried out in his heart, and now almost every Chinese officer here in Ramgarh had led Chinese soldiers in bloody battles on the battlefield in Burma. They fought side by side with ordinary soldiers, broke through the Japanese blockade and finally came to India, Stilwell now let American officers command the Chinese army, so what about those Chinese officers? Perhaps the American officers have more tactical theories, but the Chinese officers have been fighting the Japanese for more than five years, and they have more actual combat experience.

What's more, these Chinese officers knew and were more familiar with the Chinese army, just like in the Tangcheng detachment, the soldiers trusted the Nationalist officers more. This familiarity and trust is tested in blood. So Mack privately believes that while all Chinese military personnel would welcome more American instructors to guide their training, the command task should be carried out by Chinese officers independently. Otherwise, it was difficult for not only a large number of Chinese officers to accept it, but also for those Chinese soldiers trained in Lamgara to accept that they were under the command of American officers.

Mike is also a straight person, so he thought of it and asked, "But, General, you let the American officers command the troops, what about those Chinese officers?" ”

Stilwell raised his eyebrows: "As for those Chinese officers, they can return to China to command other Chinese troops, and of course they can choose to stay here and cooperate with American officers as deputies." Michael finally learned Stilwell's stubbornness once again, and it seems that the Chinese officers were right, and it was because of his stubborn personality that Stilwell went further and further away from the large number of Chinese generals of the expeditionary force.

Stilwell seemed to see that Mike had a vague objection to him, and immediately spread his hands helplessly, and slammed his palms together in front of his chest, making an incomprehensible expression. "Mike, many of the U.S. officers transferred by General Marshall to Lamgara this time are top students of the West Point Military Academy, you know what West Point is, and you should also know the command ability of American officers, isn't it wrong for me to let better officers command the army?"

"The U.S. weaponry and tactical training are the best, which is why we decided to build a training camp in Lamgara to help and train the Chinese military here. I believe that after the training and study of our US military, Chinese soldiers can be as good as American soldiers, and since their soldiers have received the latest training methods and weapons of our US military, why can't US military officers who are more familiar with American weapons and tactics command them in battle? Stilwell's eyes were staring at Mike, his eyebrows furrowed, waiting for Mike's statement.

Mike, on the other hand, kept his head held high to meet Stilwell's gaze, and kept his mouth shut without speaking. The two froze like this for a few seconds, and Stilwell shook his head helplessly and muttered in a low voice, "Mike, why don't you understand?" Stilwell and Mike talked about this, but they actually digressed, Mike originally came to Stilwell to revise the order, but Stilwell was pulled by Stilwell to talk about the command of Chinese troops by the U.S. military, and these things have nothing to do with Mike.

Mike, who had failed to do so, left Stilwell's office and waited for him to get into the jeep, when Mike finally realized that he had been deliberately diverted by Stilwell, and although he complained to Stilwell a few words, the real purpose of his origin was not achieved. "Damn the old fox." Mike in the jeep spat at Stilwell's office and had no choice but to drive away.

The results are self-evident: for the sake of the US troops in the Pacific theater, the US Congress is anxious to reopen the Burma battlefield, and in order for the counteroffensive troops of the expeditionary force to enter northern Burma as soon as possible, the date for the engineering unit to leave for Ledo has been finalized. Tang Cheng's transfer back is a certainty that it can't be changed anymore, and the only thing Mike can do now is to get some reinforcements and supplies for Tang Cheng.

"Forget it, you've done your best, Xiaocheng is a lucky person, it's okay to go to Savage Mountain twice, this time it should be the same, don't worry too much." Huang Hanju, who was looking forward to it in Ledo, learned that Mike had returned in vain, and although he was also very depressed in his heart, he still persuaded Mike a few words. "But the small town they are transferred back, what about the airport on the other side of the red soil slope? Isn't it repaired? But a lot of the supplies have already been airdropped, huh? ”

Mike angrily spat in the direction of Ramgar, and replied angrily, "What else, seal it on the spot, anyway, Stilwell doesn't lack this thing now." When he heard from the guys in the U.S. Military Observer Corps that they were going to seal the supplies on the spot, Mike almost couldn't resist giving them a few punches. That's three horses of airdropped supplies, it's not as simple as a few boxes, although Tang Cheng has more than 300 people, but if he wants to seal such a number of materials, he will be half tired to death.

Since it was already an official order from the command, there was no possibility of disobedience to either Mike or Tang Cheng, so there was only one way to follow the order. Tang Cheng, who received the formal order, also jumped to his feet and cursed, and George, who was short-tempered with Hou San, even said that after returning to Ramgar, he must slaughter the dog raised by Stilwell and throw it into the pot to cook and eat it. "Why do you have to get along with a dog, if you want to cook it, cook that old bastard Stilwell, what kind of skill is it to cook an innocent dog." George's anger made Tang Cheng very helpless, this matter was Stilwell's fault, and it was not a skill to anger a dog.

"Then I don't care, my rank is too low, there is no way to take Stilwell, of course, I can only take his dog to get angry." George was a single, and he had been underestimated for a while, and they even thought about how to deal with the aftermath after killing the dog. "I know that those Chinese officers in Ramgarh have always been dissatisfied with Stilwell, and when the time comes, we will hide the skins and bones of the dogs in the houses of those Chinese officers, and when the time comes, Lao Shi will find out that his dog is lost, and I am afraid that he will not be able to find our heads."

Looking at George and the others who were sitting in a crowd without heart and lungs, Tang Cheng, who was originally full of anger, couldn't help laughing, it's a big deal to walk Savage Mountain again, as long as the supplies can keep up, what if you go again. After laughing, Tang Cheng did not tell the soldiers below that they were about to cross the Savage Mountain again, but ordered them to abandon the cutting of trees to camouflage the earth mountain, and instead carry the disguised materials in the open field to the earth mountain and store them in the trenches.

"It's good that we dug these trenches, otherwise there is really no way to seal so many materials, but so many things are buried on this dirt mountain, is it really safe?" Hou San, who was panting with his waist crossed, turned his face to look at Tang Cheng, who was panting from the sun, and the continuous transportation made the two of them consume a lot.

"Didn't the telegram say it all, let's just bury and seal these things on the spot, the rest has nothing to do with us, who calls the Americans rich. People don't feel sorry for the things they provide, so let's not worry about that little shrimp-like guy, but it's a pity that those two heavy machine guns are too heavy to take away. "The two Browning heavy machine guns that were airdropped have always been Tang Cheng's most precious things, and if it weren't for Mike's guarantee, Tang Cheng would not have asked his soldiers to carry M2 heavy machine guns weighing nearly 40 kilograms into the jungle.

When the three batches of supplies were airdropped, they didn't see how many they were, but when Tang Cheng ordered them to be moved to the earth mountain for burial and sealing, it took two full days. A large number of materials filled Tang Cheng with several trenches dug on the dirt mountain, and after the burial was finally completed, everyone, including Tang Cheng, was already covered in soil and turned into a dirt grandson. Taking off his military uniform, the whole person was immersed in the stream, Tang Cheng looked very leisurely, but in fact, his heart was not very calm, and the upcoming hardships would definitely be a severe test for these more than 300 soldiers.