After a short period of contact, Stilwell was wiser than Zhou Xiaoshan imagined.

Perhaps he was more eager to coordinate and command all the troops on the Asian battlefield, and was very patient in the face of Sichuan generals who had generals outside and could not accept military orders.

"Zhou, you said, under the attack of Japanese monkey's plane cannon fire, how many days can the isolated Dai and his 200th Division last in Tonggu?"

Zhou Xiaoshan grinned.

Stilwell began to be unconfident in the original deployment, which was a good thing.

"General, this time when the Military Commission sent his most elite direct troops to fight in Myanmar, this highway is very important to the National Government!"

Historically, this highway not only undertakes the transportation of weapons with aid from abroad, but also the transportation of oil, rubber, sugar, and even grain and cloth. Before sending troops, some people judged that if the Yunnan-Burma Highway was lost, the National Government would not be able to support it for three months.

In fact, if this road is lost, China is still insisting on the War of Resistance.

Due to the large number of factories and industrial migration in this world, Sichuan's mining industry has been developed, and the materials are much more abundant than in history.

However, the Yunnan-Burma Highway still undertakes the transportation of overseas aid, especially these materials, and the distribution rights are still in the hands of Mr. Jiang.

It can be said that when Myanmar was occupied by the Japanese army, the biggest loss was not the British, but the National Government. Of course, he was unwilling to lose the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

"General Dai Anlan is an outstanding general in the National Revolutionary Army. The 200th Division has repaired many Central Army soldiers who have recovered from injuries on the battlefield and other veterans who have not been directly abolished. Grassroots officers are basically graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and have received a good education. As long as he has food and ammunition, he can definitely be nailed to the same ancient times for more than ten days!"

In the battle between the two ancients in history, General Dai Anlan created a miracle.

Facing the retreat of friendly troops on the Western Front, he was surrounded.

The new 22nd Division was unable to penetrate the encirclement and meet with him.

Facing the entire 55th Division of the Japanese, some Myanmar ***** Army persisted for twelve days.

If some advance teams of the 56th Division had not arrived in Tonggu for support, if they had not had food for two days and had ammunition exhausted, the Japanese would not have taken down Tonggu.

What is even more surprising is that the battle loss ratio between the two sides, the 200th Division lost only 2,000 people, and the 55th Division of the Japanese lost 5,000 people.

"Zhou, you haven't told me what you think?"

When Stilwell learned that Zhou Xiaoshan had judged that Dai Anlan could stay for at least ten days, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"General Stilwell, what I want to tell you is that China and Mi Lijian have the same interests in this war!"

"certainly!"

"The interests of the Sichuan Army and the General are also the same!"

“yes!”

"The Japanese have one million permanent troops in China, but in Southeast Asia, only a hundred thousand. The 18th and 56th Divisions that entered Myanmar were drawn from the Malay Peninsula!"

The car was moving forward in the bumps, and Stilwell looked at Zhou Xiaoshan's eyes, not understanding what he meant.

"During the July 7 Incident, the number of people leaving Sichuan for the War of Resistance between the 22nd and 23rd Army was roughly equivalent to the number of people entering Burma today! But we wiped out more than 100,000 Japanese troops in Niangziguan, Taihu Lake, and southern Shandong, which was more than the entire Japanese troops invading Southeast Asia!"

"Zhou, do you want to say that the current Japanese in Myanmar is not enough for Sichuan Army to compete with each other?"

"It's called "sticking between teeth!"

Deng Xihou, who was sitting in the passenger seat, heard Zhou Xiaoshan behind him still feel at the mood to correct Stilwell's Chinese pronunciation, and smiled heartily.

Stilwell laughed too.

"General Stilwell, the Sichuan Army actually arrived at the border very early, just because the British did not allow us to enter Myanmar! If we entered Myanmar one month early to deploy defense, perhaps the Myanmar battlefield would not be corrupt to this extent."

"I know that, for this matter, the British consider it from their interests, Alexander couldn't convince Neville!"

"Don't you think we should take action later based on the common interests of Chinese and Damilijian?"

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Stilwell never thought so. Indeed, if you win again, you will be sure to win.

The Sichuan Army took action later and waited for the Japanese to expel the British.

Perhaps the Chinese are more free to return to Myanmar.

"Are you taking revenge on Neville?"

"Have you ever heard of it, you will be revenge?"

Stilwell quickly labeled Zhou Xiaoshan as a petty figure in his heart. The vengeful personality of this Sichuan Army colonel was also reported to him by the embassy.

"We won't talk about this now. It's urgent. China and Britain should work together to block the Japanese attack in Myanmar!"

Stilwell's words made Zhou Xiaoshan unable to understand him.

But he still seems to have his own ideas.

From Baoshan to Lashio, there are more than 300 kilometers of winding mountain roads.

Traffic flows rolled all the way and dust flew.

The glass of the car didn't dare to shake it down.

The car winds down the mountains of the Myanmar jungle on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

Zhou Xiaoshan carefully chatted with Stilwell all the way, and talked about a lot about the process of fighting against the Japanese army, the characteristics of the Japanese war, the Central Army, Sichuan Army, Eighth Route Army and Jinsui Army, and other battles with the Japanese.

Not to mention Stilwell's relish in listening, even Deng Xihou turned back from time to time in the co-pilot.

Asked Zhou Xiaoshan a lot of questions.

After several rests on the road, Chen Cheng and Guoguang took Stilwell to his car, but Stilwell did not even go.

In this way, I set out in the morning and did not arrive in Lashio until it was night.

The Yunnan-Burma Highway is very famous, and many people also know that this highway is called the Stilwell Highway.

In fact, this highway has been built since 2018.

The corruption of the Highway Bureau led to the stagnation of construction progress. It was entirely up to overseas Chinese to contribute money and efforts, and the support of the people in Yunnan, which built this life channel for the War of Resistance.

It has nothing to do with Stilwell.

Moreover, the entire venue of the Yunnan-Burma Highway is more than 1,000 kilometers, mainly in the country.

There is only one departing from the Ruili Port of Dehong Prefecture in Myanmar, which is more than 100 kilometers from Lashio.

Lashio passed through Mandalay, passed through Tonggu, and went to Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, where it was connected by railways.

Most of the supplies that overseas aided China came ashore from Yangon, then took a train to Lashio, transferred to the bus from the Yunnan-Burma Highway, and transported to the country.

The so-called Sino-British United Defense Yunnan-British Highway Agreement.

The Chinese army was not authorized to protect the railway from Yangon through Mandalay and to Lashio.

Of course, this is also a paradox. The railway from Yangon to Lashio is not defended, and this material artery is interrupted.

Just guarding the Burma Road is useless.

It is precisely because Lashio is the starting point of the Yunnan-Burma Highway and the end point of the Yangon-Lashio Railway.

It has such an important strategic position, located in the throat area of ​​Myanmar entering China to the north. At present, there are fewer buildings and cannot be called a city. Perhaps it will become an important city in Myanmar in the future.

At this moment, it has become the largest material transfer station of the National Government.

Located in the northeast of Mandalay, on a small ridge in the upper valley of the Nanma River, it is 860 meters above sea level and 289 kilometers away from Mandalay. Continue north to enter the mountains of China.

The supplies and ordnance transported by overseas aid China to China, and the supplies and ordnance transported by domestically to the Myanmar Expeditionary Force are all piled up here.

Even some trains in Yangon were crowded with Lashio's train stations because they were avoiding Japanese attacks.

The countless woods outside the railway station were cut down in nearly a year or two, just to become cargo yards to pile goods or park cars.

The Sichuan Army and Expeditionary Force stationed here were squeezed into the jungle outside the city.
Chapter completed!