Hirohito was very satisfied with Hideki Tojo's willingness to take the blame.

"Tojo-kun, since you became Prime Minister of the Cabinet, your work in all aspects has been excellent." Hirohito immediately affirmed Hideki Tojo's performance during this period.

Tojo Hideki breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

The position of Prime Minister in the Cabinet is not so easy to sit.

We must not only satisfy the interest groups in all aspects, but also satisfy the royal family. Once the interests are not balanced well, we will easily suffer backlash from the interests and step down in disgrace.

So Hirohito's affirmation is very important to Hideki Tojo.

At that moment, Hideki Tojo continued to ask: "Your Majesty, what are your next intentions regarding the war situation in Myanmar?"

"I have no order. After all, I don't understand the situation on the front line." Hirohito waved his hand and then said, "What should I do next for the battle situation in Myanmar? Let's listen to the opinions of the Lord of the Teraune and Ishihara."

"Hai." Although Hideki Tojo was reluctant, he could only honestly agree.

...

Mandalay, the head of the Myanmar War Zone.

Zhong Yi finally got a good night's sleep.

I slept for a full sixteen hours until I finally woke up in the evening the next day.

After washing up quickly, Zhong Yi walked into the war room with a radiant look. He saw that Wang Geng and Stilwell were already there, and even Wen Yingxing rushed over from Myitkyina.

"Zi Ren, this is the congratulatory message from the principal." Wen Yingxing handed over a telegram and said with a smile, "Congratulations on your victory in the Battle of Mandalay, but..."

After a pause, Wen Yingxing continued: "The principal also reminds you very considerately that the Expeditionary Force only defeated a Japanese division in the first phase of the Battle of Mandalay. The Japanese Burmese Front still has the strength. Let us be vigilant and beware of the Japanese counterattack."

"Haha." Zhong Yi said with a smile, "This is the style of our principal."

"No." Wang Geng also smiled and agreed, "The principal pointed out that we only defeated one division of the Japanese army. The main purpose was to remind us that this was just a small victory. Let us not be proud, we must be cautious and be impatient, and strive to defeat or even wipe out more Japanese troops, hahahaha."

Zhong Yi and Wen Yingxing laughed.

How can they still not understand Principal Chang’s thoughts?

This is the fact that the Chinese Expeditionary Force has won the Battle of Mandalay.

Perhaps from the perspective of Principal Chang, it is really incredible that the Japanese army lost a battle just by defeating a division.

Zhong Yi and the others could understand Principal Chang's thoughts, but Stilwell could not understand them.

There is no vague area in Americans’ concepts, yes, no, no.

So Stilwell immediately became unhappy and said, "This is not a small victory."

After a pause, Stilwell continued: "Although this time it only defeated a division of the Japanese army, it directly dismantled the offensive of the Japanese Burmese Front, causing the situation on the entire Myanmar battlefield to move from defensive operations to a stalemate stage. This is a major turning point not only for Myanmar, but also for the world's anti-*** battlefield!"

This is not Stilwell's personal evaluation, but the evaluation of US President Roosevelt.

After learning about the great victory of Mandalay, Roosevelt immediately sent Zhu Jie Telegram, and highly praised the victory of the Mandalay Battle in Zhu Jie Telegram.

The reason why Roosevelt highly praised the Battle of Mandalay is because the Allies performed too poorly on other battlefields, and the Myanmar battlefield almost became the only highlight.

The battle of Mandalay was not very good.

But the strategic significance is extraordinary.

...

President Chang has different opinions on this.

"The strategic significance is extraordinary?" President Chang frowned, "What strategic significance?"

In the study room of Yunxiu Building, Principal Chang raised questions in front of several confidant aides.

"What strategic significance can it have?" Principal Chang snorted, "Isn't it just to defeat a division of the Japanese army? And it's just to defeat rather than wipe out all of them, what's the significance?"

"Doesn't the number of Japanese troops annihilated in the three Zhejiang-Fujian Battles?"

"Can the strategic significance of the Battle of Mandalay be greater than the three Battles of Zhejiang and Fujian?"

"Principal, this is different." Zhang Zhizhong said in a low voice, "Although there were more Japanese troops annihilated in the three Zhejiang-Fujian Battles, they were limited to the actual conditions. After the Zhejiang-Fujian War Zone was severely damaged by the Japanese army, the Battle of Mandalay was not able to launch a counterattack, but the Battle of Mandalay was different. After winning the Battle of Mandalay, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was able to quickly enter the strategic counterattack stage."

"Nonsense." Principal Chang said, "If you defeat one Japanese division, you can enter the strategic counterattack stage? Ishihara Kanr's Myanmar Front has two armies under its jurisdiction, with eight elite divisions! After just losing one division, the Japanese Myanmar Front immediately lost its offensive ability? Just kidding."

"The principal is right, this is just a joke." Chen Shi said, "The Burmese Front in Ishihara Kanr has only lost a division. What's more, after the Japanese base camp heard the news, it may be re-invested. Even if the new recruits in the Expeditionary Army are in place, what can it do?"

"That's right." He Yingpei also echoed, "There are quite a few of 500,000 new recruits, but they are just new recruits after all, and the comprehensive quality of the Japanese soldiers is incomparable. Therefore, it is simply nonsense to switch to the counterattack on the Myanmar battlefield, just bragging!"

"Okay, that's all that Bei Zhi said." Zhang Zhizhong smiled faintly and gave up the argument voluntarily.

Xia Chou is so stupid that he doesn’t have any strategic vision at all.

...

President Chang and several of his confidant aides could not see the significance of this battle, but Ishihara Kanir was very insightful about it.

Like Ishihara Kanir, who saw the great strategic significance of this battle, was also the commander of the Japanese North China Front Army, Okamura Yasuji.

So, when Ishihara Kanir took a plane to the Southern Army Command of Singapore, the commander-in-chief of the Southern Army, Desunouchi Shiichi Desunari gave Okamura Yanji's telegram to Ishihara Kanirir.

"Ishihara, this is called the hero's similar views." Teruchi said, "You and Okamura Jun are going together."

Ishihara Kanir was not complacent about the praise of Soichi Desouchi, and frowned and said, "Mr. Commander-in-Chief, it is not too much to describe Mandalay's defeat this time!"

"I know." Teraunuchi said solemnly, "Although the losses of this battle are not great, the political significance should not be underestimated. This is really possible that it will affect the trend of the entire world war."

Ishihara Kanir was relieved and said, "Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief."

Teraunuchi nodded and continued, "So now, let's discuss what should we do next on the Myanmar battlefield?"
Chapter completed!