Speaking of this, Yang Zhen patted his wife's little hand, shook his head and said, "In this way, do what you think." I'll hang him on his marriage report for a while. As for that girl, it's inconvenient for me to come forward, so you go and get to the bottom of it. If it really doesn't work, I'll talk to her straight to the point. ”

"Don't be in a hurry about this matter, dry them for a while. It's really not good, I'll send this kid to a temporary position for a while. In fact, I don't want to be this wicked person, and the elder brother doesn't want his brother to find a satisfactory wife. I also hope that my concerns are unfounded, but I can't jump to conclusions right now. ”

"You go and touch the girl's bottom first, and wait until you are familiar with the rest. I believe in my wife's vision and will not let me down. Also, I'll be back early tomorrow night, so let's go see my parents together. Call your sister-in-law and we'll have a meal together. Don't talk about the matter of succession to your parents first, and wait until you have a result. ”

It's just that although he has already agreed with Yuan Zhiruo, he will visit his parents the next night. But for Yang Zhen, the plan is always not changing fast. The arrival of an uninvited guest made all of Yang Zhen's plans have to be canceled. And for this guy who made Yang Zhen feel bored from his heart, Yang Zhen couldn't help but see it.

Without him, this person was the first time they met, and Yang Zhen got along very unpleasantly, the one who held the power of distributing American aid to China, and was currently the chief of the general staff of the Chinese theater and the commander of the US forces in the China-Burma-India theater. The arrival of this vinegar son Qiao made Yang Zhen feel quite a headache.

Originally, for the arrival of this guy, he was prepared to dodge. But he didn't expect that the Central Committee sent the chief of staff of the Military Commission to accompany him this time, so that Yang Zhen had no way to hide. For this jealous brother Qiao, he can hide and not see, but when the chief of staff of the Military Commission goes to the northeast, he can't help but come forward.

In fact, this visit to the Northeast is the second time this guy has come to the Northeast after the defeat in the Battle of Yunnan-Burma. It's just that when I came to the Northeast for the first time, the battle was in full swing, and after arriving in Yan'an, because of the unsafe route, and Yang Zhen shirked it under the pretext that the war was thick and there was no time to receive it, so he could only honestly visit Yan'an for a few days and return.

After that, he was about to come several times, but was stopped by the Chongqing side, which had already stabilized the defense line of the Nujiang River and the southwest defense line. Where would Chongqing let this guy, who holds all the power to distribute US aid materials, go to the Northeast Anti-Japanese Federation? No matter what he came to the Northeast to do, or what he wanted to do, Chongqing was quite reluctant.

Although this old man with low eyes and skills has already had a public falling out with Chongqing because of the distribution of US aid and the struggle for control of the troops. However, Chongqing still resolutely refused and severely prevented him from having any contact with Yan'an. It is already very unhappy that the Americans are openly aiding the Chongqing side of the Anti-Japanese Federation on a large scale, and they will let him participate in it.

But the war situation waits for no one, and the Japanese offensive in India has already captured Imphal and Aizaul. The British Fourteenth Army suffered heavy losses, one of its two subordinate armies was completely annihilated, and the other also lost more than half. Two-thirds of the U.S. troops involved in the war were killed or wounded.

Some of the American troops ran to the rear, losing almost all their equipment except for a large pants. In addition, the British Indian Army, instigated by the Indian National Army that participated in the war, launched a large-scale counter-water, and the US-British coalition army was defeated all the way along the Indo-Burmese border. The remaining forces could only retreat and resist along the Lumding-Chittagong railway.

What was even more unfavorable was that at the same time that the Japanese army launched an offensive in northeastern India, the Japanese army, with the support and cooperation of the naval fleet, forcibly landed in Chittagong. Caught off guard, the British army, whose energy was attracted by the situation in northeastern India, almost collapsed at the touch of a button.

In less than two days, most of Chittagong fell into the hands of the Japanese army. Although the defenders were still barely resisting, they had become strong under the Japanese offensive. It was only by the constant onslaught of concentrated tanks, plus the consumption of ammunition by the in-depth aviation and artillery, as well as the desperate support of losses, that it was barely supported.

The American and British troops, which suffered from excessive losses in the battlefield in northeastern India and insufficient troops, even the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which had not yet completed its training and was not well equipped. The United States and Britain, who were also hungry, were pulled to the front line despite the resolute opposition of Chongqing, and took over the British army that had been crippled in northeastern India.

The most important thing is that not only the Japanese army has entered India, but has already threatened the British, an important overseas raw material supply base during the war. Moreover, once the Japanese army gains a foothold in northeastern India, with the Japanese army's assault capability, the whole of India will not be in danger. India is lost, and what is even more terrible is the subsequent chain reaction.

To add insult to injury, in order to counterattack Burma and hold on to India, the British army also fell into the hands of the Japanese army in Imphal. Because of the mutiny of a brigade of the British Indian army stationed there, Imphal was lost too quickly, and there was no time for the British army to set fire to these supplies.

A large number of supplies and weapons and equipment stored there were handed over to the Japanese army almost intact. Although the British were tight-lipped about the amount of supplies lost in Imphal. But judging from the number of British and American-made shells that the Japanese smashed on the American and British troops after the loss of Imphal, as well as the number of British-made Vickers heavy machine guns and Bren light machine guns in the overnumbered machine guns. I'm afraid that not counting other supplies, the number of weapons alone is quite a lot.

Moreover, through aerial reconnaissance, the US military found that the Japanese army had not transported any supplies other than ammunition to the front line through the Chindun River when they continued to attack in depth since they occupied LinkedIn Parr. Several temporary bridges erected by the Japanese army over the Chindun River were extremely limited.

From the Japanese soldiers who were killed, all the British field rations were found. And through the interrogation of prisoners, the Japanese army, after taking Imphal and Kohima, was constrained by the rear transportation capacity and had little food and ammunition. But thanks to supplies seized by Imphal and Kohima, there was never a shortage of food and gasoline. Even the fuel used by transport vehicles and armoured units does not have to be transported from Myanmar.

The Japanese took the equipment and supplies of the British, and beat the British to death, which hurt the British. You must know that a large part of this equipment is obtained by them from the equipment provided by the United States to the Chinese. Although the number of light weapons is not large, the number of American-made howitzers and mountain artillery, as well as the Sanqi anti-tank guns that the Chongqing army urgently needs, are quite large.

These artillery pieces were all obtained from the Chinese army, which was originally intended to be given to the Chinese army. As a result, the equipment that was hoarded in Imphal and painstakingly stolen by the British turned out to be shells smashed on top of their heads. The four-pounder anti-tank guns captured by the Japanese in Imphal, plus the American-made 37 War defense guns, also caused heavy losses to the armored units that the British army threw into the counterattack.

And this Stilwell brother found that the shells that fell on the heads of the American troops participating in the war actually included shells from the American-made 105 howitzer and the 75 mountain gun. Moreover, in addition to the British machine guns and Stern submachine guns, the charging Japanese army actually had a large number of American-made Thomson submachine guns and M-carbines.

Without his permission, the British would not have been able to get the American-made weapons that should have been given to the Chinese. The artillery equipment of the two armies trained by the expeditionary force in India was less than half of the number set by the US army, and there was basically no anti-tank gun in the most desperate shortage, and he handed over all the weapons and equipment that the United States had brought to the British.

As a result, the British handed over these weapons to the Japanese to fight themselves, and one-third of the two American brigades that participated in the battle were killed or wounded under the unusually accurate artillery fire of the Japanese army. Even a battalion of American troops was brutally blown up by Japanese artillery shells as soon as they entered the battle.

The Japanese army, which received the aid of the British army, did not hesitate to tell the United States and Britain that as long as there were enough shells, they would also adopt the tactics of sea of fire. The offensive in northeastern India is becoming more and more intense, and the American and British forces are clearly no match on the ground. Coupled with the great counterattack of the British Indian army, by the beginning of the fourth or third year, the British defense line in northeastern India was already in a precarious position, and a total collapse could occur at any time.

In particular, the strategic places of Aizaul and Sirjar in northeastern India were under the continuous onslaught of the Japanese army, and the fall was imminent. If these two places are lost, then the entire eastern part of India on the east bank of the Brahmaputra River is in danger of being lost. Once the Northeast of India is lost, the door to the whole of India will be completely opened.

In the face of the continuous rout of the Indian war, in addition to constantly asking for reinforcements from home, this old man could not care about Chongqing's obstruction at this time. Directly from the Kunming training base where he lived, he took a US military transport plane to the northeast. He came for only one purpose, that is, to persuade the Anti-Japanese Union to send troops to northeast India in order to ease the situation in India.

There is no way to put more troops into the U.S. Army in Australia and North Africa, and the support that can be given to him in ground combat forces is very limited. After the two brigades and one detachment originally stationed in India were disabled, all the reinforcements of the US military were some artillery and armored troops from the Australian battlefield and a group of aviation troops from the North African battlefield to the Indian battlefield for reinforcement.

As for the most urgently needed ground forces, neither of the United States nor Britain can be mobilized at present. Unless we give up the current good situation on the battlefield in North Africa, we will bring back the US troops who landed in North Africa. It's just that at this time, it is basically impossible for the United States and Britain to give up the strategic initiative that North Africa has already achieved.

However, for the British Army, which has used its strength to the extreme, it really can't find enough troops to be transferred to the front line in northeastern India. Unless they are willing to risk a massive backlash by the British Indian army in Imphal and reappear. Several divisions of the Anglo-Indian army that were transferred to the rear after the Battle of Imphal were again transferred to the front.

At this time, no one dares to take this risk. If there is another large-scale anti-water incident in these divisions, the entire defense system of the whole of India will be destroyed. The benefits of independence promised by the Japanese made the Indians who had suffered from colonial plunder and longed for independence very attractive.

And after the contradiction with this old man became public, Chongqing took a very deep guard against him, and tried his best to avoid him directly controlling his army. Of course, the more reason is that Chongqing really does not have so many elite troops for him to squander and waste as he did on the battlefield in Burma before.

He does not take the lives of the Chinese and the Chinese army as one thing, and the Chinese cannot but take their own army seriously. Even though it was in urgent need of modern equipment, the Chongqing side, which was afraid that he would pull it to block the eyes of the British and squander the limited elite by him, even stopped the original plan of airlifting several armies to India for training and modification.

Chongqing refused to continue to airlift troops into India, the British Army's focus was still on North Africa and Australia, and the Americans did not have much to transfer troops to India. The British and Indian armies were not able to bear the task, and no one dared to use them on the front line at this time. With almost no soldiers at hand, and even a little hungry, he turned his gaze directly to Northeast China.