Chapter 188 Stilwell's Ambition
Stilwell was furious by this incident and immediately went straight to the command center of the Indian Army.
General Sun, who was already in the command center, was shocked and distressed when he heard the news. He immediately called the logistics officer stationed in India to negotiate with Chongqing.
He angrily scolded in person: "I need to know what's going on? This plane transports troops without even the most basic warming measures. Is this how the Military Service Department does it?
Everyone knows that the Hump Route needs to fly over 20,000 feet high in the Himalayas. How can it not freeze to death if the temperature is tens of degrees below zero?"
"this……"
The logistics officer stammered for a long time and said helplessly: "We have called Chongqing. The Military Service Department explained that the current planes transporting soldiers are far from enough.
If additional warming measures are taken into account, the number of soldiers installed in each aircraft will be reduced, and within the specified time, they will not be able to complete the delivery tasks assigned by their superiors."
"asshole!"
General Sun couldn't help but swear: "They are taking the lives and health of the soldiers again, and writing their political achievements for them to complete their tasks.
Most of these soldiers are young students and officers, and will be outstanding generals in the army in the future.
I don’t want to, nor do I want to see again that these young students went abroad to fight with enthusiasm, but before they even entered the military camp, they became wounded and even sacrificed their lives for the country.”
As a member of the Indian Army, the logistics officer said in anger: "Teacher, I don't want to see it either, but I think even if the report is sent, the big men in Chongqing will not listen at all."
"You have to listen if you can't listen."
General Sun glared and ordered: "Since it is useless to send a newspaper in the name of the army stationed in India, I will send a newspaper to the Military Service Office in Chongqing in my name to express our dissatisfaction seriously and reiterate it again.
The soldiers transported to Lambga at all airports in China must be equipped with a set of cotton coats. If a similar situation occurs in the teacher, I, Sun Liren, will rush back to Chongqing and personally go to Chairman Jiang to sue them."
"Yes, division commander, I'll go now." The logistics officer raised his hand and trotted out.
As soon as the logistics officer left the command center, General Stilwell was able to come over by car, and rushed into the door and shouted: "General Sun, I can't believe that your government is so ignoring life.
The more than 10 dead soldiers were all young children, just because they were peeled like rice dumplings and sacrificed in vain.”
As the representative of the Chinese army stationed in India, General Sun also felt it was embarrassing and could only reply with regret: "I have sent someone to negotiate with Chongqing and must prevent such incidents from happening again."
Upon hearing this news, Stilwell's anger subsided, but he still felt very uncomfortable.
He said angrily: "If I had this power, I must strip all the men in your military service department and kick their damn ass.
Catch them all on the plane and let them have a happy trip in the Himalayas and experience the feelings of those children who have been frozen to death.”
The domestic government flatters itself, while corruption and embezzlement are a kind of personal gain.
These General Sun knew very well.
Faced with Stilwell's crazy complaints and scolding, General Sun could only shake his head and smile bitterly.
"General Sun, I have something to look for you."
After venting, Stilwell waved to General Sun and came to the combat conference room, asking sincerely: "Tell me the truth, are you determined to fight back to Myanmar?
Or is it that the reason why the army stationed in India this time was purely to sign some agreements with our United States to obtain more benefits and assistance."
"Of course I'm determined to fight back to Myanmar!"
General Sun answered very affirmatively, and also said earnestly: "But the complete failure of the first battle in Myanmar made me understand a truth.
Wars cannot be fought for a moment, and the Japanese army is not so easy to win. We need enough time to avoid repeating the same mistakes over a long period of time."
"I fully agree with what General Sun said. I have considered a lot of things since the failure."
Stilwell paused a deep face before continuing: "I think the biggest reason for our failure is not our lack of combat effectiveness.
Instead, everyone is fighting each other and has no unified command at all. The British only care about their orders. The troops you sent here are not the chief officials, but the government in your country.
The entire Allied forces have their own control and fight each other, and the inability to achieve unified and coordinated operations is the core reason for this failure.
I don't want this situation to happen again in this Lambga training camp.
So I made a special suggestion to your chairman.
Because your new 38th Division has a relatively complete system and the personnel losses are not large, it will be the first army to participate in the training, and will be greatly affected by this suggestion.
And you are the commander of the new 38th Division, and I hope to get your support.”
General Sun couldn't guess what was going on, so he frowned and asked, "What suggestions?"
Stilwell took out his metal cigarette box, took out a copper cigarette holder from it, lit a cigarette into it, took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it.
He said in a tone: "As the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army in India, I hope this unit can completely get rid of some of the bad habits of the Chinese team in the past.
So my suggestion is that all the officers at or above the regiment level of the Chinese army stationed in India will be held by the US officials, responsible for training and commanding the new 38th Division."
General Sun frowned and asked, "Why?"
As the commander of the 38th Division, he had to treat it carefully.
"You know, General Sun."
Stilwell said without any face: "You Chinese soldiers are one of the best soldiers in the world. They are brave enough to fight and fight for the sake of their country.
But you should know better than me, General Sun.
Except for some of them, such as General Sun, you, most other officers are filled with bad things such as selfishness, greed, irresponsibility, lack of sufficient fighting will, and so on.
I don’t want to distribute nutritional tablets to supplement the soldiers during the next training session, and soon appeared in the black market in Chongqing.
I do not want to send you weapons, equipment and food, not fall into your soldiers, but are replaced by empty boxes containing stones.
Of course, I know that emotionally, this is indeed not easy for you to accept, but that's the truth..."
"No, no, General Stilwell."
Sun Liren interrupted Shi Dewei and refused expressionlessly: "I don't deny that there is such a situation, but I can guarantee that my new 38th Division will never be able to appear.
As the main force of this training, I need to be responsible for the officers below me, so I cannot accept your suggestion.”
Stilwell continued to fight for: "This will not affect your position. You will continue to serve as the commander of the new 38th Division. This force still belongs to you."
"No, you misunderstood."
General Sun shook his head and said loudly: "No matter whether this suggestion involves my position, as a top student, I will not accept your suggestion."
Replacing all senior officers with Americans is a big or small matter, with both pros and cons.
But if you start from the identity of a lover, every member of the Communist Party cannot accept it, because this is actually an insult to the official.
China has a vast geographical location and a large population, and Americans are still needed to serve as senior military officers.
Is there no outstanding officer?
The army is a very sensitive existence. It is even more sensitive to the army's command level with foreigners. Sun Liren is unwilling to agree and dares not agree.
Sun Liren refused so decisively, which made Stilwell a little difficult to deal with.
He took a few sips of cigarettes, changed his corner and asked, "What if your chairman agrees?"
"impossible!"
This time General Sun answered more affirmatively.
There was even a smile on the corner of his mouth.
How strong is the bald head's control? As long as the people in China have come into contact with him, there is nothing I don't know about, and I want to take a piece of cake from him.
hehe.
Why not think about how to get on Mars!
Stilwell did not deceive Sun Liren, and his face became a little ugly. Although he was still very unwilling to accept it, he could only give up temporarily and turn around and leave.
Sun Liren and Stilwell, the command center in India, had a not very friendly conversation on the issue of senior officers and personnel of the new 38th Division.
On the other side, the first batch of people who were sent to Hardness, three of whom might become senior officers of the Indian Army were also having a conversation.
They were Feng Yuntian, Han Shaogong and Xie Xiaozhang who were observing in the same ward.
According to the doctor's instructions, it will take one day to observe and will not be discharged from the hospital as soon as tomorrow morning. Then you will be sent to the Lambga training base.
It is hundreds of kilometers from the hospital to the Lambga base, and the three of them can only wait here to observe.
But I can't go out in a ward, and I can't sleep before night can only chat. As I chat, I can't avoid some things I couldn't explain thoroughly before.
Han Shaogong knew that Xie Xiaozhang had joined the Military Control Commission. In order to convince him, Staff Yuan once mentioned that even if Han Shaogong did not agree to him, there were candidates.
For example, your colleague Xie Xiaozhang in the 200th Division.
Now Xie Xiaozhang comes to India with him. It seems that the Military Control Commission has absorbed Xie Xiaozhang.
Chapter completed!