Netizen Upload Chapter 53 Four Kingdoms (1)
.In early February 1942, Kunming.
"Five hundred miles of Dianchi Lake, rushing to the bottom of your eyes. The bank is covered with its collars and the vastness is boundless! Look: the gods of the east, the spiritual rituals of the west, the winding north, and the whites of the south. The masters, why not choose the victory to climb, take advantage of the crab island, snails, and comb the wind and mist hair; and even the reeds and the earth are decorated with some green feathers and danqi. Don't bear it alone: fragrant rice around, thousands of acres of sunny sand, nine summer lotus, and three spring willows." One wearing black-framed glasses has a one with one
Zhang, a typical strong old man in his sixties, shook his head word by word, chanted the first half of the couplet in front of him, written by Sun Ranweng, a famous scholar in the Qing Dynasty. At the same time, the folding fan he held in his right hand was waving and nodding from time to time, and coupled with his silk shirt and jacket and the long strands of whiskers hanging on his chest, he really looked like a former Qing Dynasty old man.
"Thousands of years of past events have been poured into my heart. I sighed that the heroes are there? I think: Han Xi's boat, Tang Biao's iron pillar, Song Biao's jade axe, Yuan's cross-border bag. I have great achievements. I have tried my best to move mountains, and I have been painted with pearl curtains, and painted buildings. I can't roll up the evening rain and clouds. I have broken the stele and broken the stele and the shading are all given to the blue smoke. I only won: a few sparse bells, half the river fishing fire, two rows of autumn geese, and one pillow for the clear frost." The 50-six lieutenant general who recited the second couplet was obviously a meticulous person. The rhythm of his fast speech and the extremely vigorous ups and downs were all complementary to the previous old man, which was very similar.
The two of them looked at each other and laughed, knowing each other a little, and knowing each other a little.
Of course, these two people who were surrounded by countless plainclothes guards who were facing a great enemy in the distance and those who were nearby, either full of sharpness, calm and restrained young and middle-aged generals, who came to the Daguan Building by the Dianchi Lake, and would not just sing and sing.
Soon after, the chairman of Yunnan Province, the strong old man with a southern face, sighed: "Weiran! I know what you want to say, but you must also understand my difficulties. Yunnan Province is located in the border area and has difficulty in people's livelihood. At the end of last year, nearly 100,000 "central" troops entered the country, and the local governments have complained a lot. Among them, the counties in western Yunnan are the heaviest. Not to mention anything else, the county magistrate of Tengchong alone has sent five or six resignations to me in the past few months. This time the "central" will transfer the army into Yunnan again, which is a huge burden!"
"Dan Gong loves people as much as his son. It is known to the world. But the current international situation has changed dramatically. Since the outbreak of the Pearl Harbor incident on December 7 last year, Japan, Britain and the United States have fought one after another in Asia, and the result is that the Japanese army has made rapid progress. The successive defeats and lands of Britain and the United States have affected our strategic situation and living space. Brothers give Dan Gong a break here. The total number of US aid to China that entered the country last month was only about 6,000 tons, which was less than 20% compared to before the outbreak of the Pacific War. What's more serious is that even 20% is in danger. Nowadays, the Japanese army has occupied the country.
Leading the entire territory of Thailand and pressing heavily on the border between Thailand and Myanmar with heavy troops. The situation is about to break out. If the Japanese army gained a foothold in Myanmar, they will completely turn China into an isolated landlocked country without help. The local area is related to it. With the great talent of Dan Gong, I don’t need to say that I am a late child. When the war of resistance is most difficult, I hope Dan Gong will take the overall situation into consideration. Put national interests first, so don’t leave any regrets for the ages." The elegant lieutenant general who is known as Weiran is Lin Wei, the commander of the Military Commission. This person is also Minister Chen’s confidant. He has always been called the four major vajras of the Civil Engineering System with the three of them.
After hearing Lin Wei's reasonable remarks, the provincial chairman just showed it and pointed the topic to the various scenic spots of the five hundred miles of Dianchi Lake. Strangely, Lieutenant General Lin, who was so generous, also agreed with the voice and never mentioned a word about military and national affairs again.
In fact, this one is the "King of Yunnan" and the other is the "Imperial Commissioner" and both of them are as bright as a mirror and are shining.
It is true that the authorities in Yunnan Province are afraid of local decay, but what is even more afraid is that there are too many central troops entering Yunnan, and they will inevitably meet and bully the masters, and even control the local people of Yunnan Province. Although the "central" has transferred large troops into Yunnan to Yunnan, it is indeed for the sake of the Myanmar war, if we can take some opportunities to prepare for the final solution to the Yunnan issue in the future, we will be unable to find it.
Although the two sides are quarreling at this moment, in the end, the possibility of Yunnan’s compromise is greater. Putting aside the international environment, it is different from the past. With the current central government’s strength in the southwest, in any case, it is definitely not something that Yunnan Province can resist with one force. The provincial chairman has been fighting to this point, which is nothing more than bargaining. The central government represented by General Lin is not open at all, because it is because it has not yet reached a 100,000-year-old situation.
This may be the mystery of Eastern strategy. If you say some high-sounding words, you can express the true intentions under the table clearly and not hurt each other's feelings.
The generals accompanying the two great figures are not so unwilling to understand. Rather than being unable to see the thoughts of the two great figures, it is better to say that they are unwilling to understand. To say something that is heart-wrenching, not understanding is an advantage, but understanding is a sin. With this idea, except for a few high-ranking people who really cannot escape, most of the generals gradually scattered all over the Daguan Building. Fortunately, the Daguan Building has become famous for hundreds of years, and there are many literati and poets who linger in some places, so they don’t have to worry about not being able to find a place to visit.
Cheng Jiaji, who was mixed among the crowd, was no exception. At this time, he was gathering with several old friends who visited Myanmar last year and talking and laughing about the current trend of the world.
Everyone was having aroused conversation when an American jeep that was rushing from Kunming City suddenly stopped in front of the Grand View Building.
As soon as the car stopped, a white-haired American old man wearing Lieutenant General Street jumped off the jeep. His knife-cut face was standard for attending the military parade at any time, with a cold self-eyed look, and a tall and tense body. All of this can only be summarized in two words, aloof!
"Chells, I'll say you'll translate." said a young American major, a lieutenant general, who was one step later than he got off the car in English.
"Yes, Lieutenant General!" The major raised an aluminum-leather loudspeaker while responding to the "unreasonable request" of the chief who could actually speak Chinese more fluent than him.
"I am Lieutenant General Scherwei, Chief of Staff of the Allied Powers, India and Myanmar War Zone! I now order you to gather in front of the Grand View Building immediately, hurry, hurry!" The US major repeated the lieutenant general's orders over and over again.
Lieutenant General Scherway looked at the group of "undisciplined soldiers" in front of him with a dark face. He firmly believed that if this was in the California Army Training Camp, not to mention a dozen people, even if one battalion had the time to assemble, it would be even more difficult for him to gather. This deepened his contempt for the quality of Chinese officers.
I will definitely teach them how to be a qualified soldier! Lieutenant General Scherway said in his heart.
Lieutenant General Scherwei's wish is good or not. But he used the Western command of the soldiers to instruct a group of Chinese generals who have experienced many battles and are used to responding to the call, but it was obviously not feasible.
What made Lieutenant General Scherwei, who wanted to be a war-free Chinese general who "can't fight but only be an official", felt the most embarrassing was not that no one obeyed the order, but the "novelty" that the Chinese officers walked towards him looked at. If it were a US general, it might not feel that it was that strong, but in the US and Chinese troops who had served for more than ten years in the extraterritorial legal power, he was too familiar with this kind of look.
"Who among you has the highest position!" After all, he is a "China Master". Lieutenant General Scherwei still understands the meaning of the saying "The Law does not blame the masses".
This time someone answered. A round-faced major general replied timidly: "The officials are all upstairs and have been invited to do so!"
"Oh! OK? Gentlemen, please make three horizontal lines. If you can!" Lieutenant General Scherway said sharply, thinking that he had found a breakthrough.
"I'll fuck you a foreigner!" A Shaanxi accent popped up from a corner of the crowd. It was also a response to Scherwina's American arrogance.
The Chinese generals burst into laughter!
Scherway was immediately angry and could keep up with the situation. After scolding a few words in English, he had to wait for the "reasonable" senior officials to appear. In fact, at this moment, President Roosevelt, who dared to openly promote him from colonel to lieutenant general in just over a year, called "sarcastic Joe" who had "rubber legs" (sarcastic of his suffering from polio.), had already regretted why he flew directly from the other side of the ocean to Kunming City, where the army gathered, without waiting for Chongqing's arrangements. However, he had never known what he had to admit defeat, but he was not allowed to adjust his behavior pattern at this time.
"Brother Buren, what is he scolding?" Cheng Jiaji asked General Sun quietly beside him.
"Yellow-skinned monkey!" General Sun, who had always had a great affection for the United States, replied angrily.
"Brother Buren. I'll go up and say a few words. Do you dare to go with me?" Cheng Jiaji said excitedly.
"I'll go with you!" General Zhang, who had been promoted to deputy commander, volunteered to rush.
"You'd better stay honestly, right? If someone hears your Shaanxi accent, everyone will be in trouble!" Cheng Jiaji was afraid this time.
"Haoran, don't do anything randomly!" Although Lieutenant General Zheng was also full of anger, he still spoke and stopped him.
"Brother Shi Ting, don't worry, I have a clear mind to deal with this person." Cheng Jiaji was telling the truth. In this time and space, I am afraid that Lieutenant General Scherwei, no one knows Scherwei's sexual integrity better than Cheng Jiaji. All this is due to this George, Lieutenant General Scherwei is really famous in history.
To be honest, this newly released military representative of the US military in China is the commander of the US military in Myanmar (the Chinese army has not yet completed its final assembly, and it is still an empty title.), the ruler of the management and management of materials for renting materials against China, the supervisor of the road supervisor of the Yunnan-Burma road, and the commander of the US Air Force in China, is not an incompetent person. He has unique strategies and tactics. He is serious and meticulous when doing specific work, pays attention to efficiency, is straightforward, and is extremely determined in fighting against Japan. It can be said that just as a professional soldier, this person is perfect.
But things are bad because this person's flaws are too obvious. The words are sarcastic or subtle. But whether this lieutenant general has a disagreement with others, has inferiority complex towards someone, or looks down on someone, he will become irritable, stoopy, and even make a little unreasonable. This is a bit too unreasonable! The unpleasant American lieutenant general is of course not only this. Just because he was recruited back to the United States from the Philippines, he specially wrote seven congratulations and nine non-congratulations in his diary.
The names of his colleagues he congratulated and pointed out the ways of future repayment and "revenge" one by one, this matter can show how "open" this person's mind is. If Cheng Jiaji alone would not be too disgusted with him, but the trouble is that this American lieutenant general who thought not to let those dogs and bastards bit you on the ground was an unconcealed American chauvinist, and was also a dogmatist who was obsessed with building a completely Americanized Chinese army.
Although, objectively speaking, in the United States at that time, there was no difference between the left and right factions, no matter who would take over Scherwei's position, what he did was not far from it. Lieutenant General Scherwei could take on similar responsibilities as General Eisenhower, who was famous for mediating internal disputes in the Allied Forces. It is impossible to say that it was a mistake in the White House. Or perhaps, this was part of the entire United States' national strategic location? It was necessary to suppress and tame China. Cheng Jiaji did not feel that he was qualified to study the various things in this, but one thing he could be sure of was that he had to let this person understand as soon as possible. The Chinese should not be humiliated! If the other party does not "submit", then stimulate him and his personality weaknesses explode. The most likely one thing could be that even the chairman of the US Army Staff Conference who promoted Wilsch could not tolerate it.
In short, either change or leave. You must not let this person do his own things in China according to his nature, as that will not benefit anyone...
With this "unspeakable" purpose, Cheng Jiaji took the initiative to walk forward. General Sun wanted to follow, but was grabbed by Lieutenant General Zheng, who was quick-witted.
"Hello, Lieutenant General!" The impeccable military salute and respectful tone made Scherwei's eyes softer a little.
"I know you know Chinese. Can we communicate in Chinese?" Cheng Jiaji continued.
"Yes!" Scherwei, who was eager to change the current situation, replied in Chinese.
"May I ask? You said you are the chief of staff of the Chinese theater. Do you have any proof documents? I want it to be issued by the Chinese government!" Cheng Jiaji's question really stopped Scherwei. He flew directly from the United States to Kunming, and the proof of the Chinese came from.
Damn it! At this time, no matter how stupid Scherwei was, he realized that the person standing in front of him was a "malignant" person.
"I am the chief of staff of President Roosevelt's appointment of the Chinese theater. The appointment letter of the US government is valid throughout the allied world. Is China not a member of the allied state?" Scherway blew backwards.
"Lieutenant General, please note that under your feet is the territory of China, and we are the generals of China. Without the proof of our government, all we can give you is normal respect among soldiers from different countries. I think my colleagues will be willing to do it." Cheng Jiaji turned his head and shouted to the Chinese generals who were listening to the conversation between the two, "My brothers, what I said is not right!"
With a knowing smile, the generals gave Scherway a military salute without any respect.
Out of the instinctive reaction of a veteran with nearly forty years of military experience, Willshi quickly returned an American military salute.
After realizing that he was exploited by someone, and not so angry that he had lost his ability to control himself, Willsch calmed down a little. He asked in an unprecedented peaceful tone: "Washington has published my appointment, and you don't know about the radio that can be listened to all over the world! OK? Let's not talk about this for now. Who are you, Major General?"
Seeing that the foreign old man's arrogance was greatly reduced, the generals laughed silently. For a moment, the atmosphere on the field became much more relaxed.
Only Cheng Jiaji knew that with Scherwei's temperament, he must have been recorded on the blacklist of "not not reporting, the time has not arrived." "First of all, the radios you said are probably in English. My colleagues and I have not heard of the "good news" of English radio, and have not received notifications from our direct superiors. This seems not to be our fault! Also, my name is Cheng Jiaji, the newly-edition commander of the 20th Army." Cheng Jiaji answered one by one without showing any weakness.
"Oh!" Cheng Jiaji's name was a long time ago when Scherwei was still a colonel military officer in China. Although Scherwei always believed that the achievements of the Chinese army were "story" made up from layers (except for him who participated in the command), Wilshi did not dare to take Cheng Jiaji's most dazzling star in the Chinese army, which can be regarded as the master of the "story" in a long time.
"Thank you for your reminder. I will go to the commander-in-chief of the Chinese War Theater to issue a power to the commander-in-chief of the Chinese War Theater and ask him to grant me the power to hold an emergency military meeting. In addition, I personally have a piece of advice to you. When your allies are bleeding on the battlefield, you are traveling around. This is a very inappropriate thing. I am officially taking office to do this kind of casual behavior and will never tolerate it." After saying this, Scherwei turned around and got on the jeep, and the next moment the jeep would go like an electric motor when it came.
"Haoran, the person who came is not kind!" said Lieutenant General Zheng who walked up to him.
"I think it's probably because we are here to force us to send troops as soon as possible to replace the British from the Japanese guns." General Dai said so hard.
"Stop talking about this, you see the superiors are greeting, as if they are about to have dinner. They are slipping!" General Zhang, who was outspoken, pointed to the adjutant who was waving to this side on the first floor.
No one went to General Zhang's accent. The commanders did not want to see Scherwei's savior-like face, nor did they want to offend the already worried Americans, so they could only avoid it. Of course, if it weren't for Cheng Jiaji, who was persuaded to "slowly green" in front of him, they would not be able to hide.
The group responded to the request of their stomachs and walked towards the Daguan Building, which was close to them.
Chapter completed!