The reason why Churchill was so angry was because of the dignity of old Europe.

Because the US government had no intention of asking the British government for handling Myanmar affairs, after discussing with the Chinese Expeditionary Force, it directly made a decision to aid the industrial zone in northern Myanmar.

Churchill and the British government only learned the news after the project in the industrial area in northern Myanmar began.

This made Churchill feel a little uncomfortable. Myanmar is a British colony. Your US government and the Chinese Expeditionary Force are doing things on the British territory in secret, okay?

This is actually a bad sign, showing an attitude of Americans towards the British.

Before this, because the UK was the only superpower in the world, Americans respected the British very much and hardly interfered in international affairs. Instead, they only focused on developing the internal economy. When there was a need to make a statement, the US government would often fully support the British government's decision.

However, the incident in the Myanmar Industrial Zone this time shows that the US government no longer takes the British government seriously.

But in fact, the blame can only be taken by the British themselves, because the British army had already announced that they had given up their rule over Myanmar before evacuating.

If it weren't for the sake of face, the British government would even want to send Myanmar directly to the Japanese government.

At that time, the British government did this to please the Japanese government in exchange for the Japanese government to occupy Myanmar, so it stopped and stopped moving westward, threatening the jewel in the crown of the British Queen, India.

But who would have thought that the Chinese Expeditionary Force actually defended Myanmar.

So, the situation of the British government is very embarrassing.

For this reason, Churchill did not want the Chinese Expeditionary Force to win the war.

Of course, Churchill didn't think the Chinese Expeditionary Force could win at all.

...

In Chongqing, Yunxiu Tower.

The small conference room in Yunxiu Building is also full of pessimism.

Moreover, this time, it was not only Chen Shi and He Yingpei who were pessimistic, but even Liu Sheng and Bai Chongbei began to lose confidence.

Liu Sheng sighed and said, "Our army's military strength is roughly the same as that of the Japanese army. This is the first time since the July 7th Lugou Bridge Incident and the Sino-Japanese War broke out in full swing."

"Yes." Bai Chong sighed sadly, "In so many major battles before, our army's strength was five times, or even ten times that of the Japanese army. Even the two battles in Wuhan and four battles in Zhejiang and Fujian, our army's strength was also several times that of the Japanese army, but the final result was only barely tied."

President Chang asked with gloomy eyes: "So, is this time unpredictable?"

"The principal is not unpredictable." Chen Shi said confidently, "This time I will lose, so I should not fight this battle! The principal would better contact the US government through Ambassador Jensen, give up Myanmar as soon as possible, withdraw the expeditionary force to Yunnan, and then rely on the complex terrain of Yunnan to engage in a long-term confrontation with the Japanese army!"

Principal Chang said: "Myanmar is lost, what should I do if the Yunnan-Burma Highway is lost?"

He Yingpei said: "At this point, how can you still care about the Yunnan-Burma Highway? First of all, the most important thing is to save the 40 American-made masters who have entered Myanmar."

Speaking of this, the intentions of He Yingpei and Chen Shi were finally revealed.

After all, they are not really concerned about the gains and losses of the Myanmar war zone.

They only care about one, 40 American armored masters in Myanmar!

These are 40 American armored masters. If they withdraw to the country, Zhong Yi will definitely take the blame for the fall of Myanmar and be dismissed. This is not to be said more. The best result waiting for him is to return to the Army University to continue teaching. Then the 40 American armored masters of the Expeditionary Force will become unparalleled.

Just thinking about it makes people salivate.

Principal Chang saw this more clearly.

When Zhong Yi was still in China, he didn't listen to his greetings. Since he arrived in Myanmar, he was like a dragon returning to the sea, and it was even more impossible to listen to his greetings.

So it was a delusion to withdraw the expeditionary army to Yunnan or something!

Just Chen Shi and He Yingpei were also thinking about eliminating Zhong Yi's military power.

Principal Chang has long lost this thought, it is impossible.

What's more, President Chang really doesn't want Myanmar to fall now.

After all, Lao Chang had just made a deal with Zhong Yi, exchanging 500,000 Sichuan Army men for the full set of equipment from Zhong Yi's 50 American armored masters.

If Myanmar falls, there will be no more mention of this transaction.

At that moment, President Chang asked Bai Chong sadly: "Jiansheng, can't Myanmar really be defended?"

"Principal, there are still opportunities." Bai Chong waved his hand grief, "but it's slim."

Principal Chang did not give up and asked again: "Under what premise can we hold on?"

"The key to this Myanmar battle is not the left-wing Ren'an-Kang, nor the right-wing Shan State Plateau. These two sub-battlefields actually have little to do with the overall situation. The key to this battle is still in the central battlefield, but it is precisely in the central battlefield that the Japanese army assembled a total of 12 divisions, while Ziren only left two armies in the middle."

"Who said no?" Liu Sheng also said worriedly, "In the middle road, the expeditionary army has only 250,000 troops. If various technical troops are deducted, the real combat troops will only be 150,000! But on the other hand, the Japanese army has a total of 300,000 people, of which there are more than 250,000 combat troops alone!"

"That means that the Japanese army in the middle route is actually twice that of the Expeditionary Force!"

"This situation is not only serious, but almost in desperate situation!"

Bai Chongbei shook his head and said, "To be honest, I really don't know what Zi Ren thought, why did he make this choice? If he keeps the main force in the middle and only sends a small number of troops to restrain the two wings, in fact, this battle is completely worth fighting. Is this how the first Battle of Mandalay won? Why don't he continue to use good experience?"

"Yes, I can't figure it out either." Liu Sheng shook his head and said, "I don't understand."

To be honest, when they received the battle report from the Expeditionary Force this morning, they could hardly believe that this was true.

After repeated confirmation between the attendant's office and the Myanmar War Zone, we realized that Zhong Yi's deployment was indeed like this, so Bai Chongbei and Liu Sheng turned pessimistic about the prospects of the Myanmar Battle.

After all, Bai Chongbei and Liu Sheng are still limited.

The two of them have the ability, but they know nothing about large-scale combat.

It is precisely because of this that we naturally cannot see the advantages of the expeditionary army.
Chapter completed!