"The British really helped the stubborn and always made a fuss. Thomas poured three glasses of wine and brought it to the table. Weber and another officer with the rank of lieutenant colonel reached over... He picked up a glass and sat on the chair.

"Wevel's purpose is very clear. He just doesn't want the squadron to enter Myanmar. In their opinion, China is more dangerous than Japan. For hundreds of years, Myanmar has been paying tribute to China's central government. The Burmese people agree with China more." Weber's calm tone contained a hint of mockery.

"But without a squadron, what will the British defend Myanmar? And India. Once the Japanese army occupy Myanmar, the Indian Congress will cause trouble in India again. I'm afraid they can't even defend India." The lieutenant colonel still finds it difficult to understand.

"Simmons, the situation should get worse. General Zhuang Jihua believes that the British may not be able to defend Singapore. Without the help of the Chinese, they will not be able to defend Myanmar." The red liquid swayed in the wine glass, and Weber was a little calmer now.

After returning from western Yunnan, he heard that Chongqing was holding a meeting of the Fifth Centre, so he rushed to the US Embassy to inquire about the news. Unexpectedly, he met Simmons. When Lieutenant Colonel Simmons was a military officer in the Shanghai Consulate, where they met. Thomas became friends because the two had the same understanding of the Sino-Japanese War.

"Are you talking about General Zhuang Jihua?" Simmons asked, Weber nodded. Simmons was transferred to the Philippines before the Sino-Japanese War began and served under MacArthur. Recently, he went to Chongqing to attend the Fifth Affairs Conference with Magrud, the head of the U.S. Affairs delegation.

"I have heard of him. Shi Mawei recommended the army to say that he was the best among Chinese generals and had defeated all Japanese generals, including Shouichi Desouchi, Tomoto Yamashita, Masaharu Honma."

The three people Simmons mentioned are the current Japanese army's main generals in attacking Nanyang. Teraunuchi was the commander of the Southern Army, Yamashita Tomoto was responsible for attacking the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, and Masaharu Honma was plundering the Philippines.

"It's like that." Thomas said: "General Zhuang's record is impressive. Four years of war proved that the squadron could fight with the Japanese army. The logistics supplies that were restraining them were the president's decision to provide them with 300 million US dollars of weapons and equipment, and to list China as the initiator of the United Nations Declaration and become one of the four major countries. This decision is far-sighted."

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, at the initiative of Roosevelt, more than 20 countries including China, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and the Holland jointly signed a joint national declaration in Washington. The signatory countries expressed their agreement with the Atlantic Charter and jointly fought against the Axis powers, not only to establish armistice agreements and contracts with the enemy countries.

The United Nations Declaration was developed based on the Atlantic Charter. The only founding countries were the United States and Britain. However, in order to expand the foundation, Roosevelt also joined the Soviet Union and Russia and China to form the top four of the United Nations Declaration. Britain initially strongly opposed the inclusion of China, but Roosevelt insisted that China is very important to global strategy and is an important part of maintaining world peace in war and post-war periods. He convinced Churchill that China became one of the sponsors of the United Nations Declaration and one of the five permanent members of the United Nations later.

"Mr. Weber, you came back from western Yunnan and heard that General Zhuang Jihua was there too. Can you talk about what you saw and heard in western Yunnan?" said Simmons.

Weber's expression stopped, and then smiled calmly: "Simmons, in my opinion, the squadron is ready to fight in Myanmar. General Zhuang will command this army. I guess they have assembled three troops in western Yunnan. In the words of the Chinese, everything is ready. As long as the British agree, they can enter Myanmar tomorrow." Simmons nodded, but Weber is not finished yet. He continued: "However, according to my observation, these troops are mostly newly formed troops, and China's most elite troops are still in the northern part of Hubei. The Fifth War Zone. For example, the Forty-Ninth Army and the Thirty-Sixth Army. They have defeated the Japanese in Nanjing, Xuzhou and Zaoyang."

Thomas raised his legs and crossed his legs and said thoughtfully: "So, the Chinese did not intend to repel the Japanese in Myanmar. Their purpose is likely to be to defend northern Myanmar, build defense lines based on the terrain here, and ensure the safety of Yunnan."

"There is such a possibility. In our opinion, the Yunnan-Burma Highway is the major artery that China leads to the outside world, but this is not the only major artery. China started construction of the "Tibet Highway a year before the Lugou Bridge Incident. Now it is almost built to the Tibet-Indian border. It is estimated that it will be built to India by the beginning of spring this year. In this way, China's dependence on the Yunnan-Burma Highway has been greatly reduced." Weber thought about it. He believed it now. The Chinese knew it a few years ago. Japan would definitely go south, and Myanmar may not be able to defend it, so they built the Sichuan-Tibet Highway at all costs. This road seemed to be aimed at the British's attempt to **, and now it seems that its purpose is more far-reaching.

Simmons couldn't help laughing. It was an angry smile. After all, China and Britain, which were the most dangerous, were both making their own ideas, but the safer United States was the most hardworking.

"We must report to Huasheng for this situation, and weep and call out Huawu. At the same time, Huan was planning to do the training, Bu Po became more and more angry. He stood up and said to Thomas, "I'll say goodbye first, we'll talk about it tomorrow if there is anything."

Thomas knew that there was a lot of work in the military delegation. He did not try to keep him and stood up to send him away. Simmons hurried back to the military delegation's headquarters. Lieutenant General Magrud was drafting a report to Washington. The five consecutive meeting made him feel very tired. The meeting reached several intentional agreements, but the most critical battle situation in Myanmar did not make any progress.

"This arrogant British man." Magrud thought of Wavell's face and couldn't help but curse a few words. In his opinion, Chiang Kai-shek had already done his best to send troops to Myanmar. Even though Wavell was very arrogant, he still acted very restrained.

"Mr. President, now it seems that progress is only made in a higher political level, and there is no hope of solving the problem in Chongqing, the British and their stubbornness, they completely ignore the dangers facing Myanmar.

"Bang bang." A knock came, and Magrud did not look up: "Come in." Simmons pushed open the door: "General, I'll get a situation."

Magrud looked up at him, and his thoughts were interrupted, his face was very upset: "Lieutenant Colonel, what is the situation that makes you so anxious?"

"I'm very sorry, I met Mr. Weber from the Washington Observer at the embassy. He just returned from western Yunnan and found some interesting situations in western Yunnan. I think I should report them to you." Simmons was calm.

"So, what's going on with you? Magrud suppressed his unhappiness and felt a little alert. In western Yunnan, the bridgehead for China's troops to send troops to Myanmar.

"The squadron has assembled three armies in western Yunnan, but these three armies are new troops, not the elite of the squadron. Their elite are still in the Five War Zone, that is, in northern Hubei. According to his judgment, the Chinese aim is to defend northern Myanmar and build a line of defense for Yunnan. We overestimate the importance of the Yunnan-Burma Highway to China. They also have a highway that can lead to India, from Sichuan to Lhasa, and then to India. This highway has been built by the Chinese for five years."

Simmons reported to Magrud in detail what Weber saw and the results of analysis. Magrud was silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked Simmons to go out. Simmons was confused and didn't know what he would do.

After Simmons went out, Magrud looked at his report, was stunned for a long time, and suddenly grabbed it and tore it to pieces. He fully understood the meaning of the situation provided by Simmons. The Chinese had the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, so they were not worried about Myanmar. The British were unwilling to let them fight in Myanmar, so they simply followed suit.

"These gangs of miscellaneous things." Magrud had the same idea as Simmons and spoke for a long time. He finally sat at the table and rewrite the report. "To sum up, Mr. President. China and Britain have their own plans in Myanmar. I think. China means that if it can defend Yangon, China will send troops to Myanmar. If it cannot, China will probably only stay on the China-Myanmar border. Or occupy northern Myanmar to ensure the security of western Yunnan. So the most important thing at the moment is the British, Mr. President. We are racing against time and racing against the Japanese. Before Yangon, the second China will be willing to send troops, otherwise, China's attitude may change.

"Mr. President, I suggest that the chief of staff should be sent to the Chinese theater as soon as possible. There are many conflicts between China and Britain, and we can only coordinate the United States. Otherwise, the war situation in Southeast Asia is likely to be corrupt. From the worst perspective, the Japanese army is likely to enter India.

Magrude's pessimistic report caused shock in Washington, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly determined the candidate for the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater. Joseph Wallenshiwei was sent back to China to serve as the Chief of Staff of the Chinese Theater.

Roosevelt sent Churchill in succession to ask about the British idea of ​​the war situation in Myanmar, "Mr. Prime Minister, I have to remind you that your country has only two dissatisfied divisions in Myanmar, and Japan has assembled 80,000 troops on the Thai-Myanmar border, and this force even exceeds the number of Japanese troops attacking Singapore. On the contrary, China has assembled 130,000 troops in Yunnan, and another 50,000 troops are heading towards western Yunnan. With such a huge force, what reason is there to prevent him from fighting for our common cause?"

Not to mention that Roosevelt didn't understand, even Churchill didn't know what Wavell was thinking. He and British Chief of Staff Brooke called Wavell to ask him about the war situation in Myanmar.

"We are very clear that we cannot increase troops on a large scale to Myanmar for the time being. If China does not send troops to Myanmar, the Japanese army will likely rush into India easily. To surround India, we should all let China send troops to Myanmar.

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