The War of Resistance: My Expedition, My Country

Qin Shi looked at the chief of staff calmly. Although they had different ideas, he couldn't help but admire his calmness and composure. He knew very well that he was just an opponent, at least not his enemy for now!

After a long while, Qin Shi finally couldn't hold back any longer and spoke first, "Since you are the Chief of Staff sent by the government to assist me, and the Director of Intelligence Wei Wei is not here, the matter of trying the traitor will be handed over to you!"

"Commander, do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I might interfere?!" Zhou Hu asked in surprise.

Qin Shi did not directly answer Chief of Staff Zhou's question, but indirectly said: "Since you are not the traitor, it is your job and responsibility, so these matters should be handled by you."

Zhou Hu nodded. "The traitor must be Geng Biao. I spoke with him yesterday, and from the visit, I know it must be him. However, he couldn't have had the opportunity to send the information to the Japanese from here. The real leaker must be in Chongqing!"

Qin Shi was too lazy to get involved in the affairs of these high-ranking government officials and waved his hand to Zhou Hu, "You handle these matters, I won't ask."

Zhou Hu hadn't expected Qin Shi to give up the opportunity to press for Chongqing so easily. He then realized that Qin Shi was truly a pure and passionate soldier! He stood up and slowly walked toward the short staircase. As he was about to descend, he turned again, saluted Qin Shi solemnly, and said, "Commander Qin, I'd like to tell you that I'm a special dispatch from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. My main mission is to monitor and eliminate the guerrilla detachment!"

Qin Shi said calmly: "I only know that you are my chief of staff!"

Zhou Hu moved his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally held back and saluted Qin Shi again before leaving.

Qin Shi paid no attention to the details of Zhou Hu's methods, whether he had obtained information from Geng Biao about hidden Japanese spies in Chongqing, covert Wang Puppet regime members, or other opportunists. His trusted personnel quickly reunited with Liu Xiao, John, and others, and they changed their route to northern Burma, evading the Japanese pursuit and interception. Their progress was currently smooth. Qin Shi also relocated the guerrilla detachment's base, which had been exposed, and planned to secretly advance into northern Burma three days later.

That day, Chief of Staff Zhou approached Qin Shi with a telegram. Qin Shi took it and read it. The gist of it was: Appoint Zhou Hu as Chief of Staff and Political Director of the Guerrilla Detachment, and execute the traitor Geng Biao and his entourage immediately! Zhou explained to Qin, "The Nationalist Government has already captured all the Wang Puppet regime members hiding in Chongqing. Geng Biao, his adjutant, and his personal guards have been identified as traitors."

Qin Shi pondered this, feeling a wave of regret. The Nationalist government had finally managed to send nine airborne troops to his location, along with the US and Britain, and now one-third of them were gone. Qin Shi didn't question the matter further, nor did he hesitate. He immediately signed the telegram. This also meant that he had issued the order for the execution of Geng Biao and other traitors!

Zhou Hu took the telegram signed by Qin Shi and immediately prepared to go out to carry it out. Halfway through, he thought of something and turned back to Qin Shi and said, "Commander, the government will not send a deputy commander here. Everything here will be handled by you on the spot!"

Qin Shi nodded and said to Zhou, "You are the chief of staff. We will evacuate here tonight. You will arrange the specific plan."

"Yes!" Chief of Staff Zhou saluted Commander Qin and turned to leave!

Qin Shi smiled calmly after Zhou Hu left, thinking to himself: "I don't fight openly, so the Nationalist government and old man Chiang Kai-shek know it." Well, since you, Zhou Hu, are also a dedicated anti-Japanese fighter, there's nothing wrong with handing over the staff and military intelligence to you.

The integration of the guerrilla detachment will not be described in detail. After a long journey, John, William and others arrived at the Yunnan border a week later and soon reunited with the Chinese, American and British personnel waiting in Yunnan. Liu Xiao, Wei Wei and others returned the same way. However, after their return, Qin Shi learned that they had also returned with a US intelligence team, who would join the guerrilla detachment. Wei Wei later secretly told Qin Shi that the Allied General Staff was very dissatisfied with the Nationalist government's infiltration of the guerrilla detachment without their permission. This time, the intelligence team was sent to issue orders directly to the guerrilla detachment through the intelligence team, so that the guerrilla detachment would be firmly controlled by the Allied General Staff!

Qin Shi was secretly happy about this. Now, he could directly make a request to Stilwell. Qin Shi even imagined a large amount of American equipment being airdropped to him...

In June 1942, the Chinese Expeditionary Force's troops retreating westward to India were stationed in Ramgarh and other locations, and the headquarters of the First Route Army and the Fifth Army were subsequently disbanded. Du Yuming and his entourage boarded a US military transport plane to Kunming, then transferred to Chongqing to face scrutiny by the Nationalist government. From then on, Du Yuming's influence within the Nationalist army faded.

Immediately, the Nationalist government established a temporary command post for the Chinese Army in India in Ramgarh. Luo Zhuoying temporarily served as director, and Liao Yaoxiang became deputy director. At this point, the Chinese Army in India comprised the new 22nd Division (Liao Yaoxiang concurrently commanded) with 6500 men, the 200th Division (Huang Wei) with 5800 men, a guerrilla detachment (Huang Xiang) with 2200 men, and over 5 personnel from various units directly under the former 3000th Army, totaling: [The following appears to be unrelated text fragments and should likely be omitted.]

另一边，在孟加拉吉大港附近，盟军第一师驻地，此时的第一师共辖师部及直属队（700 人）、美军 231 机械化团（3200 人）、英军第 7 旅（3100 人）、中国新 1 旅（新 28 师残部和新 38 师 114 团共 4800 人）：82、84、114 三团，师部直辖：112 团（1000 人）、113 团（1300 人），其中，罗兵的宪兵队不合并入 113 团，刘显龙（刘五）的特战队合并入 112 团。全师兵力 人。

It's worth noting that the 200th Division suffered heavy losses in its defeat at Wild Man Mountain. At this point, in addition to the 5800 troops who retreated to India, the 600nd Battalion of the 2th Regiment, including a mortar company (approximately 400 men), joined the Burmese Guerrilla Detachment; the 600st Battalion of the 1th Regiment, approximately 300 men, joined the Allied 600st Division; and a special forces unit of approximately 200 men, jointly formed by the 100th Regiment and the 112th Division Headquarters, joined the 200th Regiment. Thus, after numerous fierce battles, the 6600th Division still had 600 men left, making it the most intact unit of the entire Expeditionary Force and widely recognized as the most capable. The th Regiment was particularly noteworthy, and some Expeditionary Force members later dubbed it the "New Huangpu"!

Soon after, Stilwell flew to Chongqing to meet with President Chiang Kai-shek. After a series of discussions, the two sides reached an agreement on the reorganization plan for the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India. The Chinese Expeditionary Force in India was officially established, with Stilwell as Commander-in-Chief and Zheng Dongguo as Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Both sides agreed that once the Hump Route was stabilized, Chongqing would airlift over 5 young soldiers, already organized, to India to expand the Indian Expeditionary Force. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also oversaw the implementation of his plan to recruit overseas Chinese children to expand the Allied First Army's Chinese corps. Thus, the first phase of the Expeditionary Force officially concluded.