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Zhang Chi knew why, because an American...Stilwell.

At this time, there were two main command bodies for the expeditionary army to fight, one was Du Yuming and the other was Stilwell.

Needless to say, Du Yuming is the commander of the Fifth Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, and the acting commander-in-chief.

By looking at this title, you will know that Du Yuming is the most direct and actual commander of the Expeditionary Force.

Since he is the actual commander, why don’t he just let Du Yuming serve as the commander and "acting commander"? The reason is that Du Yuming relies on talent and war. Such people often only know how to fight and do not understand politics or communication. So in such a situation where no one in the court... Du Yuming often serves as a deputy but does the job as a regular person.

The result is "winning will lead to no success, and defeat will lead to failure"... After winning a battle, all the credit will belong to the person in charge of the official position. If you lose, Du Yuming will fail to command it.

The same was true during the Battle of Myanmar. Before Wei Lihuang and then Luo Zhuoying, but in fact, all the work was done by Du Yuming.

As for this Stilwell, he is the chief of staff of the Chinese theater, the commander-in-chief of the US military in the China-Myanmar-Indian theater, and other titles.

Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek also asked him to unify the command of the Chinese and British troops in the Battle of Myanmar... This decision was correct on the surface. You should know that Myanmar has two armies from two different countries, China and Britain. If a unified command system is not established, it is very likely that they will be defeated by the Japanese army in their own battles.

On the other hand, Chiang Kai-shek knew that with the arrogance of the British, it was impossible to hand over the British army to command the Chinese, and Chiang Kai-shek was unwilling to hand over the Chinese expeditionary force to the British army to command, so he thought about this... Let Stilwell go to unified command, and then the British would give Americans a headache. You should know that Stilwell represents the United States, and use Americans to suppress you the British to see if you hand over the command power.

But the problem is: Chiang Kai-shek could not sincerely hand over the military power to Stilwell, and the British army was also indifferent to Stilwell.

So a strange phenomenon appeared in the command of the Expeditionary Force: the Chinese and British armies were nominally commanded by Stilwell, but Stilwell could not command anyone.

This is the case with the retreat of the 200th Division of Tonggu.

The 200th Division had run out of ammunition and food in Tonggu, and the British army had retreated and could not get on. On the contrary, the Japanese army had one more division reinforcements... People with discerning eyes knew that this battle would no longer have any effect if it continued.

So Du Yuming advocated retreat, but Stilwell firmly disagreed. Not only did he disagree, he ordered the 200th division to launch an attack on the Japanese army...

Is Stilwell a fool? Doesn’t he know how to fight? Do you not know how to preserve your strength?

Of course, Stilwell is not a fool, he understands this, and the reason why he does this opposite is because Stilwell is an American, he represents the United States and considers American interests.

At this time, the United States was in a stage where Pearl Harbor was attacked and various islands in the Pacific were caught off guard by the Japanese army. What the United States hoped most was that the Chinese army could fight the Japanese army a little bit on the battlefield in Myanmar, so that it could consume the momentum of the Japanese attack and slow down the pressure of the US military, so that they could breathe a sigh of relief.

As for whether the Chinese are dead or alive, or whether they are worth it, it is not within Stilwell's consideration.

Just when Stilwell and Du Yuming were quarreling over whether to withdraw or not, the 200th Division had missed the best time to withdraw from Tonggu.

Thinking of this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but sigh: This chaotic command organization, as well as the same dreams between China, the United States and the United Kingdom, can be said to be the most fundamental reason for the defeat of the Expeditionary Force.

Zhang Chi was not sure whether he could change the final outcome because he discovered... the two things he did when he came to this time and space were: one was to regain the airport, and the other was to repel the vanguard of the 56th Division and grabbed a batch of equipment. It seemed that he had won the victory on the surface, but it could not change anything.

The life and death of the 200th Division at this time was determined by the debate between Stilwell and Du Yuming.

If Stilwell wins, the 200th Division will not escape the ending of annihilation of the entire army.

If Du Yuming wins, the 200th Division will have a way out.

Of course, Du Yuming won in history. He directly bypassed Stilwell and sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered the 200th Division to be withdrawn from Tonggu.

Has Zhang Chi changed anything?

No! If there is any change, it may be that there is an extra airport and more equipment.

Zhang Chi felt that to this time and space, he was like a small stone thrown into the river. Although it could stir up ripples on the river surface, the river did not turn because of this.

At this time, Zhang Chi couldn't help but think of the "butterfly effect". This theory says that an occasional flapping of the wings of a butterfly may cause a storm.

This theory may be correct, but the point is "possible".

It is possible for all generations, but the "possible" rate of some things is too little and too little, almost approaching "impossible".

For example, the wings of a butterfly flapped should be hundreds of millions of butterflies, which flapped billions of wings, hundreds of billions or even more times. Only one of the butterflies flapped once the wings were lucky enough to have a chain reaction that caused a storm.

It is obvious that Zhang Chi is not so lucky. Nothing he did in this time and space could cause a chain reaction. History still develops in its established direction. Zhang Chi even doubts that history has the function of "self-correction" - it is like a small river. You push a huge rock into the river to block its way, but it bypasses the huge rock and continues to go in its original direction, without changing anything. If there is any change, there is an additional stone in the middle of the river.

However, if history cannot be changed, Zhang Chi can only follow the 200th Division into the Wild Man Mountain. The primeval forest like Wild Man Mountain is almost a dead end for Zhang Chi, a modern man.

How can we cause a chain reaction to change history?

After thinking about it, Zhang Chi felt that his influence was too low... He only influenced the fate of the engineering corps below the division. In other words, it was just to save a few more people or win a battle, and it was always at the tactical level.

Yes, if you want to change history, you should affect the top leaders and be different at the strategic level.

But... As a platoon leader of an engineering regiment, how can he influence the top leaders to change the strategic policy of the entire battle?
Chapter completed!