Chapter 1649 talk broke down
No objection," Stilwell said, "this is also the reason why I came to Myanmar."
"No objection." Alexander said depressedly, "About this, the interests of the British Empire are consistent with the United States and China, that's it."
"Very good." Zhong Yi said again, "It is precisely because of common demands that there is a foundation for cooperation."
Stilwell said: "The question now is, in what way can the tripartite cooperation be achieved?"
Hearing this, Alexander immediately became alert. Why did he feel a different smell?
"What kind of way to cooperate?" Alexander frowned and said, "Of course, it is to fight against the Japanese invaders together in the form of a military alliance. Is there any other way to cooperate?"
Zhong Yi said: "The military alliance is certainly not a problem, but the question is, who will dominate this alliance? Is it your General Alexander? Or will it be General Stilwell or me?"
Stilwell said: "General Zhong, you are the commander-in-chief of the Indian-Myanmar War Zone, of course you are the leader."
Zhong Yi's identity as commander-in-chief of the Indian-Myanmar War Zone was appointed by the International Anti-*** Alliance, and Alexander had no choice but to refuse to admit this.
But it is absolutely impossible to make him Alexander obey Zhong Yi's command.
How could the British Empire's army accept the command of a Chinese general? It's ridiculous!
Alexander frowned and said, "I have different opinions on the issue of command. General Zhong is indeed the commander of the Indian-Myanmar War Zone appointed by the International Anti-*** Alliance, but he lacks understanding of the British army stationed in India-Myanmar, and the officers and soldiers of the Indian-Myanmar British army are not very familiar with him, so he'd better be responsible for commanding the national army."
After pausing, Alexander said again: "As for the British and Myanmar army, I will still be commanded by me, but I can guarantee that our Indian and Myanmar army will do our best to cooperate with the National Army in combat."
Cooperate with all your strength? I believe you and I am a fool!
In another time and space, Alexander, when the Japanese army launched an attack on northern Myanmar, they directly led the British and Burmese troops to withdraw to India and gave the flanks of the Chinese Expeditionary Force to the Japanese army, resulting in the great defeat of the Chinese Expeditionary Force. More than 40,000 soldiers of the National Army were desperate and forced to cross the wilderness mountain. In the end, only a few thousand people came out alive.
So Zhong Yi said decisively: "No, Myanmar's Allied forces must be commanded in a unified manner!"
"I also think that command should be unified," Stilwell said, "otherwise, Myanmar will have big trouble!"
"What's the big trouble?" Alexander disagreed. "General Stilwell, are you too exaggerating the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army? I admit that the Japanese army did win many victories on the Chinese battlefield, and some of them were even incredible. For example, the Xinkou Battle defeated more than 30 divisions of the National Army with half a division."
"But this is not enough to prove how strong the Japanese army is."
"This only shows how bad the combat effectiveness of the national army is."
"I dare to assure you that if the Japanese army's opponent in the Xinkou Battle was the British army, there would be no need for more than 30 divisions at all. Only three divisions or even one division was needed. Our British Empire's army would be able to fight the Japanese army all over the ground!"
"Oh? Three divisions or even one division?" Stilwell's face collapsed and he said in a deep voice, "General Alexander, it seems that you have no idea about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army!"
"No, it's not that I know nothing about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army." Alexander waved his hand and said, "It's that you know nothing about the combat effectiveness of the British Empire's army! Therefore, there is no problem with the unified command of the Allied troops in Myanmar, but it must not be commanded by the generals of the National Army who can only defeat the war, but should be commanded by the generals of the British Empire, that is, I."
"You'll be in charge?" Zhong Yi sneered, "and then make another Dunker carving?"
Zhong Yi was a merciless slap in the face, because Dunker was the pain of Alexander's life!
"Farke, can you not mention Dunkerchi?" Alexander said with a dark face. "Dunkerchi's defeat was not a command problem, but because..."
"Say it?" Zhong Yi said, "Why don't you say it?"
Alexander was speechless because he couldn't find an excuse.
There is really no excuse for Dunker to lose this battle.
Zhong Yi said: "Dunkelke's defeat and the destruction of the 400,000 Allied troops was because you were improperly commanded, because you miscalculated the speed of the German army's advance, and because you did not make plans for retreat in advance. Therefore, when the German army suddenly appeared in Dunkerke, the British and French coalition forces would be in a hurry and could not organize decent resistance!"
"What you said is easy." Alexander said angrily, "If it were your command, you would have been caught off guard by the German army, too fast, because the German army was too fast!"
Zhong Yi said: "Will I be caught off guard by the German army? I don't know, because I have never fought with the German army, but at least, I have never been beaten by the Japanese army. So far, all my six battles with the Japanese army have won the final victory!"
"I..." Alexander was speechless again.
Speaking of the record, he really can't compare with Zhong Yi.
After receiving the domestic telegram, Alexander had more or less learned about Zhong Yi's record and knew his outstanding performance in the Battle of Nanjing, Wuhan and Zhejiang-Fujian.
So in terms of record, he is really not as good as Zhong Yi.
But then again, it is impossible to make him a noble British general accept the command of a lowly Chinese general. The Chinese are not only ignorant and backward, but also defeated generals under the British army. As an Anglo-Saxon nobleman, how could he accept the command of the Chinese?
At that moment, Alexander said: "I still say the same thing. It is no problem to let the British and Myanmar army cooperate with each other's combat, but it is impossible to get the British and Myanmar army to accept the command of commanders from other countries!"
He paused and said, "And I don't think that the Japanese army can really attack Myanmar."
"You know, the Thai army is not vegetarian. It's still a matter of whether the Japanese army can pass through Thailand."
"Maybe, the Japanese army was directly blocked by the Thai army, and Myanmar's security would not be threatened at all."
When Stilwell heard this, he immediately frowned and said in a deep voice: "General Alexander, are you serious?"
"That's of course, of course I'm serious." Alexander said in a deep voice, "In short, the British and Burmese army will definitely not be able to accept General Zhong Yi's command."
Stilwell said: "General Alexander, you'd better think about it carefully."
"No need to think about it," said Alexander. "The British Empire's army only accepts the command of the imperial generals, which will never change."
Stilwell sighed and the conversation broke down.
Chapter completed!