The sun is rising, the sun is all over the ground, it is a rare good weather, and the verdant greenery in the distance is pleasing to the eye. There was not a hint of haze in the clear sky, the morning exercise was over, and the chattering soldiers were lining up with lunch boxes to eat, and almost everyone was smiling, except for a few people, of course.

Tang Cheng, who got up late again, rubbed his dark circles under his eyes, lowered his head to take a sip of porridge and yawned, his listless face was full of sleepiness. After drinking the gruel in the lunch box in a few sips, Tang Cheng, who left the lunch box, turned his head and left, he had to go back to the room to continue to sleep, last night was too noisy, he almost didn't sleep all night, and he didn't even participate in the morning exercise that he got up early.

There is also George with the same face as Tang Cheng, the neat blonde hair that was originally combed all day has already been fluffy, George who was pulled out of the bed by Hou San will be sitting on the slope basking in the sun, anyway, I won't die if I eat one less breakfast, and George doesn't like to drink gruel in the morning. No one bothered Tang Cheng's Hui Xuanjue and George's daze in the sun, because everyone had received a warning from Hou San and a few people, don't bother Tang Cheng and George these days, although they didn't know what happened to their commander, but the soldiers couldn't ignore Hou San's warning.

Tang Cheng, who was wrapped in a military blanket again, tossed and turned on the simple bed, but he couldn't sleep normally, so Tang Cheng had no choice but to call in George, who was sitting outside in a daze. "Say, is the head of the command all stupid? We have finally determined that there are no Japanese troops within a radius of 50 kilometers around here, so why do we have to walk again from the direction of Magao and return to Ledo? Do they really think that Savage Mountain is like their own back garden, and they can walk as they want? Don City's roar left George speechless, and even he didn't know how Command could have made such a decision.

Ever since he received Mike's telegram the day before yesterday, Tang Cheng had been unable to sleep at night, including George. Crossing Savage Mountain twice in a row has almost exhausted all Tang Cheng's enthusiasm, and Mike now says that someone in the command actually wants them to go through Savage Mountain again and return to Ledo, regardless of whether the intention of the command is to guide the route to the engineer troops who are about to arrive in Ledo, Tang Cheng feels that such an order is too cruel.

Tang Cheng even thought about lying that his radio station was broken and he couldn't receive orders from the headquarters, but when he thought about it, this was a reason that no one would believe if they listened to it, because the headquarters could airdrop the radio of his heart to him at any time. "Don, don't worry, Mike didn't say, this is just an intention, since it's not a real order, maybe there will be a turnaround, we can't mess up ourselves." George snorted for a while, and finally found a reason to persuade Tang Cheng.

"Hell, you won't even believe what you said just now, and you still use it to prevaricate me?" Tang Cheng rolled his eyes at George angrily, even if he got along with this ghost guy for a long time, he wouldn't become as stupid as him. Tang Cheng and George did not sleep well for several days at this time, and Mike, who was far away from Ledo, also went to Lamgarh himself for this matter, and the initiator who originally said that Tang Cheng's detachment would return to Ledo would not have thought that this matter would be so big.

Returning to Ramgar, Mike went directly to Stilwell, the nominal commander of the coalition forces, although Stilwell was an American, but this person was known for his vitriolic and meanness in the American military circles, and was nicknamed "Acid Joe". And now after Stilwell drove out Du Yuming, who had a strong personality in the Chinese military, the new commander of the national army, Luo Zhuoying, did not obey his command, so Stilwell also included Luo Zhuoying in the category of "peanuts", and the contradiction with Luo Zhuoying became increasingly acute.

As a bystander, Mike understood that Stilwell's stubbornness was undoubtedly provoking all the Chinese generals, but his own identity was not enough to make a direct suggestion to Stilwell, so this meeting with Stilwell was only him and Stilwell. Stilwell seemed very happy to see Mike, and shook hands with Mike warmly as soon as they met, "Mike, welcome back!" ”

Stilwell's affection somewhat drove the slightly cold atmosphere between the two, and Mike held Stilwell's thin and powerful palm, and also responded to Stilwell's enthusiasm. Stilwell was probably pleased with Mike's reaction, and glanced at Mike hesitantly with his glass, "It's a good day, let's celebrate your arrival together." Seeing that Stilwell was in such a good mood, Mike had to reach out and take the wine glass that Stilwell handed him and clink glasses with the other party.

However, Mike did not drink it all, but only symbolically touched the wine glass to his lips, and simply avoided the perfunctory, clasped his hands to his chest, and looked at the wine glass on the table without speaking. Stilwell looked at Mike's expression, smiled disapprovingly, poured himself another glass of wine, and then slowly savored it. Stilwell naturally knew why Mike came here, and when he agreed to Mike to form the Sino-American joint force, he was just to be able to deal with the domestic consortium, but he didn't expect Mike to succeed, and a small force he sent had quietly penetrated into northern Myanmar and surveyed a suitable place for the construction of the forward airfield.

The U.S. military has already shed too much blood in the Pacific theater, and Congress and some consortia want to open up a battlefield in Burma as much as possible, and they hope to use the Chinese army to attract the attention of more Japanese troops in Burma, and it is best to force the Japanese army to mobilize troops from the Pacific theater to help Burma. Congress did not want to bring the Japanese to their knees through the Burma Theater, they just wanted to disrupt the Japanese army's layout in South Asia and the Pacific theater, so as to reduce the blood of American troops in the Pacific theater.

Thinking of this, Stilwell couldn't help but sigh inwardly, he had been working in China since the early 20s, and he was well versed in the Chinese military system and its characteristics. Stilwell had a high opinion of the soldiers of the Chinese army, believing that as long as there were the right people to guide the way, they could be comparable to any army in the world, but he had a very low opinion of most of the officers, believing that the vast majority of Chinese officers, except for a few generals who had received Western military training, such as Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang, were bureaucrats with rigid thinking and low ability.

Stilwell even gave Chiang Kai-shek, China's supreme military commander, the nickname "Peanut" to ridicule his bald head, and promoted the inclusion of many civilian and military generals in the category of "Peanuts". On the battlefield in Burma, the non-cooperation of Du Yuming, the previous commander of the Chinese army, made Stilwell extremely annoyed that he could not directly control the army. Stilwell had always believed that the only way to radically change this situation was to need only Chinese soldiers, not Chinese officers. Therefore, he set up the U.S. War Department to send a large number of middle- and lower-ranking officers to the Indian bases, in order to achieve his goal of taking full control of the army.

As a large number of cutting-edge soldiers came to India through the Guò Hump route, the strength of the expeditionary force continued to increase, and the struggle for the command of the army became more and more fierce. Therefore, although he was as flexible as possible in other aspects, he did not budge an inch on the issue of command. Of course, from a strategic point of view, Stilwell, the supreme commander of the expeditionary force, wanted to take full control of the army, but the problem is that this itself touches the bottom line of the Chinese army, and Chongqing must not allow the command of its elite troops to be handed over to the Americans.

Stilwell's attempt to control the command of all national military units was not only opposed by senior generals such as Luo Zhuoying and Liao Yaoxiang, but also aroused strong resentment among many middle- and lower-ranking officers, and it was precisely because of this that Stilwell turned his attention to the Sino-US joint force formed by Mack. If a general in the army wants to control the troops, he must have corresponding merits and prestige, Stilwell did not find fault with himself, but thought that Luo Zhuoying's confrontation was because he did not have a descendant army in his hands.

Transferring Tang Cheng's detachment back to Ledo seemed to be the suggestion of a staff officer in the command, but it was actually Stilwell's instructions, because for now, Mack's combined forces may be the only force Stilwell can control. "General, I wonder why?" Seeing that Stilwell was just tasting wine but not speaking, Mike, who couldn't wait any longer, took the initiative to provoke the conversation, but he didn't expect that it was Stilwell's instigation to transfer them to Tangcheng to return to Ledo.

Mike dispatched to ask about this, Stilwell naturally couldn't pretend to be confused anymore, and shrugged his shoulders seemingly easily, Stilwell put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled, "Mike, you have to know that what kind of orders I give is to be able to defeat the damned Japanese, among all the expeditionary forces, only this small unit of yours has walked through Savage Mountain twice, and I need them to guide the route of the engineer troops who are about to set off to Ledo." As long as we open a new road in the Savage Mountains, when we counterattack Burma, our army will continue to march into northern Burma, and the mechanization assigned to the army will not be bogged down. ”

Stilwell has already taken out his big hat to try to subdue Mike, but Mike, who has the support of the American consortium behind him, does not accept him, don't look at Stilwell as the nominal commander of the expeditionary force, but if he faces the American consortium behind Mike, Stilwell, the commander who has no real power, really can't do anything to Mike. Mike thought about it and decided to make a last-ditch effort, and if Stilwell still didn't agree to revoke the order, he would have to go to the U.S. Observer Group.

"General, I oppose this order, my small force has only more than 300 people, and there is no overlap between their route this time and the route of the troops to the south. Forcibly transferring them back would only force them to exchange fire with the Japanese army, who only numbered more than 300 people, and was no match for the Japanese army in northern Burma. ”