Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

683 When to Counterattack

Ye Qingshan believed that Luo Zhuoying wanted to give up his position voluntarily.

The position of commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force is not an easy one.

Especially at this time, the interests and ideas of the Supreme Command and the Southeast Asia Allied Theater Command headed by Stilwell were in conflict.

Luo Zhuoying, the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force, who was nominally under the command of Stilwell and had to obey the orders of the Supreme Command, seemed to hold a very high position.

There is really no real power.

What Ye Qingshan can do, Luo Zhuoying cannot do.

"Lao Luo, I will consider taking over as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force again."

After a moment, Ye Qingshan nodded solemnly.

“However, if I take over as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force again.

You can't leave, you still have to be my chief of staff."

Ye Qingshan said with a smile.

Luo Zhuoying was also very excited when he heard Ye Qingshan say this. He didn't expect that Ye Qingshan still valued him so much.

Immediately, Luo Zhuoying saluted Ye Qingshan and shouted loudly: "Yes, sir."

Luo Zhuoying's military rank is lower than Ye Qingshan's.

There's nothing wrong with saluting Ye Qingshan proactively.

Ye Qingshan also told Luo Zhuoying the truth.

Ye Qingshan had no intention of hiding his idea of ​​taking over the position of commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force again.

Especially after hearing what Luo Zhuoying said, neither the headquarters nor the British army wanted to continue attacking other parts of Southeast Asia.

The headquarters even wanted to transfer the main force of the expeditionary force back to the country.

It is even more necessary for Ye Qingshan to take over the expeditionary force.

Only in this way could he use his own troops to preserve the base they had worked so hard to establish in Myanmar.

"Tell me more about the situation of each unit of our expeditionary force..."

Ye Qingshan then continued to talk with Luo Zhuoying to learn about the specific situation of the expeditionary force at this time.

At this moment, the four armies of the expeditionary force have expanded to 300,000 people after the last round of major expansion.

Among them, Ye Qingshan’s direct troops, the 86th Army, have nearly people.

It is the army with the largest number of troops, the best weapons and equipment, and the most combat-effective one among the four armies of the entire expeditionary force.

The other three armies, the Fifth, Sixth and 66th, divided the remaining men.

More than three hours later, Ye Qingshan and Luo Zhuoying separated.

As a result, in the evening, Stilwell came to see him in person.

This time, Stilwell's main purpose in coming here was to request that Ye Qingshan continue to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force.

Thinking back to the time, Ye Qingshan's departure made Stilwell very happy.

Because Ye Qingshan's personality is too strong, and he is not much restrained by the National Army Command.

This allowed Ye Qingshan to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force. During that period, their Allied Forces in the Southeast Asia Theater defeated the Japanese 15th Army around the Mandalay area.

It even annihilated the Japanese 15th Army, creating an extremely brilliant record.

However, this result was based on the fact that Stilwell's voice in the headquarters was greatly taken away by Ye Qingshan.

At that time, Ye Qingshan was more like the actual commander of the Southeast Asian Allied Forces.

As the commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia, he is more like Ye Qingshan's deputy.

This made Stilwell very unhappy and he hoped that Ye Qingshan would leave.

Later, Ye Qingshan did take the initiative to resign from his post as commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force, and Stilwell took over all Allied forces in Burma again.

That is, the command of the expeditionary force and the main force of the British army.

At this time, Stilwell was in high spirits and full of hope for future achievements.

But unfortunately, two months later, Stilwell was so angry when he saw the British troops and the Expeditionary Force who did not obey his orders at all that he wanted to curse.

Moreover, as Stilwell and Luo Zhuoying's opinions deviated from the topic, the situation became increasingly serious.

Stilwell began to miss Ye Qingshan, who was indifferent to life and death and would fight against any obstacle he encountered.

Stilwell felt that if Ye Qingshan was the commander-in-chief of the Expeditionary Force at that time, the final battle with the Japanese 25th Army would not have turned out like this.

Luo Zhuoying did not dare to disobey the orders of the domestic command, but Ye Qingshan did.

On the contrary, Stilwell felt that it was necessary for him to send out a strong expeditionary force commander.

Everything has its pros and cons!

"General Stilwell, can I take over as the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force?

It’s not up to me to decide.

It still needs to be reported and resolved.”

At this moment, Ye Qingshan could only give such a vague answer.

Ye Qingshan stayed at the Allied Headquarters in Mandalay for almost three days before flying back to China.

After returning to Yunnan Province, Ye Qingshan flew directly back to southern Zhejiang.

I found Commander Xiao and others and learned about the situation of the base during the time he was away.

"Don't worry, Commander. Everything is fine back home.

Now we just need to not take the initiative to cause trouble.

The Japanese defenders in Songhu and Nanchang did not dare to act rashly.

We in the 89th Army have always remembered what the commander said before he left, that we will never fight a war lightly. "

Xiao Shanling looked at Ye Qingshan and spoke word by word.

Although Xiao Shanling is older than Ye Qingshan and was once Ye Qingshan's superior.

But in the military, only rank matters, not age.

"During the past six months in China, only in Changsha in the west, General Xue commanded hundreds of thousands of national troops to fight fiercely with the Japanese.

The Japanese have no time to pay attention to other places.

At present, although the Japanese have occupied most of the railway areas in the country, they also have a strong control over the towns around the railway lines.

But outside of these railway lines, the Japanese stayed away.”

Xiao Shanling calmly recounted the domestic situation over the past six months.

"Commander, when will we counterattack back to Songhu?"

Suddenly, an officer plucked up the courage to shout at Ye Qingshan.

brush!

The next second, the eyes of many officers around were all turned to the young officer.

He was so scared that he quickly tried to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

Ye Qingshan clapped his hands slightly, pointed at the young officer not far away, and said, "You asked a good question.

When will we be able to counterattack and return to Songhu to avenge our previous defeat?

But to be honest, I don’t know either.

We can only wait and see, the time for a counterattack won’t be too far away.”

The domestic situation has now entered a stalemate stage, and it now depends on which side can survive.

The Japanese 89th Army was located in southern Zhejiang, very close to Songhu.

However, the Japanese had heavily guarded the Songhu area, making it extremely difficult to recapture the Songhu area.

Many people were disappointed to hear Ye Qingshan say this.

They haven't launched a large-scale attack on the Japanese for some time.

Ye Qingshan and his group of warmongers were all looking forward to Ye Qingshan's return this time so that he could lead them to attack the Japanese.

But hearing what Ye Qingshan said now, it seemed that they had to continue waiting.

But how long should we wait?