Anti-Japanese War: My equipment is infinitely refreshed

In the mountain city, the news spread quickly like wings. "Stilwell wants to borrow troops?" This news was like a huge rock thrown into a calm lake, instantly causing an uproar among the crowd. After hearing this news, many people felt like a light was lit in their minds, and all kinds of little thoughts began to surge in their hearts.

The power of American weapons is deeply imprinted in the hearts of these people. Take the Changsha Battle as an example. At that time, the army of the Ninth War Zone played a huge role on the battlefield with the blessing of American weapons. The troops equipped with American weapons were like a steel body, which made the Japanese army suffer. In those fierce battles, the firepower advantage of American weapons was fully revealed, which made the Japanese army dizzy and the pace of attack was severely curbed again and again.

It was precisely because they saw the remarkable effect of American weapons that the eyes of the big men in the mountain city lit up, and they were very interested in American weapons. They were thinking about how to get American weapons and equipment, and then use these equipment to arm their own troops, as if as long as they had American weapons and equipment, their troops would be reborn and become an ever-victorious army on the battlefield.

Although theoretically, they were covered by the aid bill, in reality, the supplies they received were pitifully few. It was like waiting for rain on dry land, but only a few pitiful drops of water came. Especially now, Stilwell was concentrating on the battlefield in Southeast Asia, which was like tilting the weights of the scales to that side, and the material support for Shancheng was reduced a lot. It was like the days when they were already not well-off, and the expenses were severely cut. It would be strange if they were satisfied.

For this reason, their dissatisfaction was like a balloon that was constantly inflated, getting bigger and bigger. They protested to Stilwell more than once, and their attitude was quite firm, hoping that Stilwell could reconsider the issue of material distribution and give more assistance to the mountain city. However, Stilwell seemed to be wearing an invisible blindfold, completely ignoring these protests, and still allocated materials according to his own plan, without taking the demands of the mountain city to heart at all.

If this situation continues for a long time, the relationship between the two sides will become like a bridge eroded by frost. Cracks will slowly appear, and they will grow bigger and worse.

Now, after receiving Stilwell's telegram asking for troops, everyone's reactions were like a disturbed beehive, with different reactions. Some people were still resentful, and when they saw the telegram, they refused without a second thought. They felt that Stilwell had been indifferent to them before, and now he only remembered them when he was in trouble. How could it be so easy?

However, after seeing this telegram, more people had different ideas in their minds and chose to agree to borrow troops. Their thoughts were actually very simple, they were just going for American weapons and equipment. Although American weapons and equipment occasionally appeared on the black market, the number was like a few drops of water in the desert, which was so small that it made people anxious and could not satisfy their desire to have a large-scale armed force. According to their idea, they needed at least 30 American-equipped divisions of equipment to make them feel at ease. If they only relied on slowly collecting such a large number of American weapons and equipment from the black market, they really didn't know how long they would have to wait. It was like looking for a needle in the vast ocean, and the hope was too slim.

Therefore, now that Stilwell took the initiative to borrow troops, in their view, this was simply a good opportunity that fell from the sky. After a heated discussion, they decided to agree to Stilwell's request for troops, but this was not unconditional. The condition they proposed was that Stilwell must provide at least five divisions of American equipment. In their view, this was a very reasonable request. After all, if you want to send your own soldiers to fight, you have to get some substantial benefits back.

When Stilwell received this reply telegram, his face suddenly became gloomy, like the sky before a storm.

"Shit, they are just a bunch of bandits. Five divisions, what a huge demand. We must not agree to it." Stilwell was so angry that his face turned red, like a powder keg that was lit. His emotions suddenly exploded and he shouted loudly. He felt that the other party was simply taking advantage of him and extorting money from him when he was in trouble. Five divisions of American equipment was not a small amount. He himself was very short of supplies now, so how could he easily agree to such harsh conditions?

The adjutant, however, seemed very calm, standing there steadily like a beacon in a storm. He watched Stilwell get angry, but he did not seem panicked. After Stilwell calmed down a little, he said calmly, "Sir, this is completely negotiable. We are in urgent need of their soldiers now." The adjutant knew very well that the battlefield in Southeast Asia was now like a huge whirlpool, which was constantly swallowing up troops. If he could not reach an agreement with Shancheng and could not borrow troops, it would undoubtedly make the situation in Southeast Asia worse, so he thought he should try his best to negotiate with the other party.

"Well, you're right. We do need their soldiers now." After hearing what the adjutant said, Stilwell helplessly spread his hands and sighed. Although he was still very reluctant, as if he had eaten coptis, he also knew that what the adjutant said was the truth. The current situation was very urgent. There was really no better way. He could only accept the adjutant's statement and try to negotiate with the mountain city to see if the conditions could be lowered.

"But at most three divisions, not five." Stilwell gritted his teeth and said firmly. He was thinking about the difficulties on his side. Now the German army was like a ferocious beast on the European battlefield, and its power was getting stronger and stronger. In order to deal with this situation, the US military continued to increase its investment in the European battlefield. In this way, it was like a piece of cake was taken away by others, and the share of supplies in his hands became less and less. His own equipment was not enough, just like a person with limited funds, how could he have so many resources to give to Shancheng? So he had to find a way to save, and save as much as possible.

He even rejected Admiral Wavell's request for a batch of equipment. This showed how tight his supplies were and how he was unable to meet the high demands made by Shancheng.

"Sir, we can actually deploy Du Yuming's troops to the battlefield." The adjutant thought for a moment and suddenly proposed this suggestion. He thought this might be a direction that could be tried to alleviate the current predicament of insufficient troops.

"Du Yuming's troops?" Stilwell was stunned at first, and then his mind seemed to open an old photo album, and he remembered Du Yuming's army in the expedition to India. The size of that army was not small, with more than 200,000 soldiers. Although most of them were native soldiers, after the previous tempering, like a sharpened sword, their combat effectiveness was still quite good.

However, once Stilwell considered the previous relationship between the two sides, he hesitated as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. After all, there had been many unpleasant things between them before, just like two people who had a feud. Although Du Yuming was now nominally his subordinate, Stilwell was still unsure. He was worried that if he let Du Yuming take the troops to the Southeast Asian battlefield, this guy might take the troops back again, and then he would have nothing to gain, which would be a big loss.

He had thought about supporting Du Yuming and easing the relationship between the two sides before, but the previous conflict was too sharp, like a deep ravine, which was difficult to fill all at once, so this idea had not made any substantial progress.

"I'm afraid there's little hope of getting him to agree." Stilwell frowned and pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly, looking pessimistic. He knew very well that according to the current situation, it would be as difficult as asking an iron tree to bloom to get Du Yuming to agree to this arrangement. "Then we can only think of another way." The adjutant heard this and spread his hands helplessly, saying that he really couldn't think of any better way. The current situation is like a complicated maze, full of problems. The problems of manpower and equipment are like two towering mountains, which make people breathless.

Hearing this, Stilwell remained silent, like a silent statue. He suddenly regretted transferring Cun Yunsheng away. He originally thought that the battlefield in Southeast Asia was like a ripe fruit, which could be easily captured. Who knew that the Japanese army was like an indestructible cockroach, and it revived again, causing chaos in Southeast Asia. This made him extremely anxious and headache, and he didn't know how to reverse this unfavorable situation for a while.

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"It seems that Stilwell has been having a headache recently." Cun Yunsheng was in the battlefield of North Africa, but he was always concerned about Southeast Asia. His eyes were full of scrutiny and concern, and he kept muttering to himself. He knew that every decision and every move of Stilwell was likely to have a major impact on the situation he had worked so hard to build in Southeast Asia, so he dared not relax his attention on him for a moment.

Southeast Asia was like his base camp to Cun Yunsheng, carrying all his efforts and plans, and related to many future interests. He knew very well that if Stilwell was allowed to cause any unexpected situation and disrupt the original layout, all his previous efforts would be wasted. He did not want to do such a loss-making business.

Because of this, he specifically reminded Meng Fanle to keep his eyes open and always pay attention to any movements on Stilwell's side, and report any subtle changes in a timely manner. This way, he could flexibly and quickly make corresponding adjustments to his own combat plan based on the specific situation, so as to ensure that his interests in Southeast Asia could be preserved.

"You still know how to borrow troops from Shancheng? But your appetite is quite big, five divisions at a time. With these five divisions, we can consider a local counterattack." Cun Yunsheng carefully looked at the telegram in his hand about Stilwell's borrowing of troops, frowned slightly, shook his head gently, and a meaningful expression appeared on his face. He thought to himself that during this period of time, he had accumulated all kinds of American weapons and equipment through various clever means, whether selling them on the black market or through other secret channels. If you count them, it can almost make up enough equipment for more than ten divisions.

In fact, if we analyze the overall situation at the moment, now is the perfect time to consider launching a counterattack. You know, the main force of the Japanese army has been transferred away and all went to Australia, which makes the Japanese troops remaining in Southeast Asia relatively weaker, just like a large net that was originally airtight, but now has many loopholes. If we can seize this rare opportunity, decisively launch a counterattack, take advantage of the opportunity, and severely strike the Japanese army, we may be able to break the current stalemate in one fell swoop, and then expand our advantage and create more favorable conditions for subsequent operations.

However, judging from what is revealed from the mountain city, they are probably only concerned with preserving their own strength for the time being and are unwilling to send troops into battle easily.

Thinking of this, Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but reveal an undisguised look of contempt on his face, and he thought with disdain in his heart that these people were really short-sighted. They did not see the current situation clearly at all and could not grasp this fleeting opportunity.

At this critical moment, everyone should have worked together, abandoned the narrow-minded idea of ​​preserving strength, and took advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese army was short of manpower to quickly gather strength, fight a quick battle, and drive the Japanese army out of Southeast Asia completely in one fell swoop.

Only in this way can we have the opportunity to strive for more and greater benefits in the future. If we are all timid and hesitant like Shancheng, when will the Japanese army be driven away? How can we expect to gain more benefits? This approach is really hard for him to agree with.

"I'm afraid there's little hope of getting them to send troops to counterattack." Cun Yunsheng paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, frowning. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head helplessly. He knew very well in his heart that if he wanted Shancheng to take the initiative to send troops to attack the Japanese army, the difficulty would be as difficult as making the sun rise from the west. It was too unrealistic.

He also knew that there was a reason why Shancheng was so cautious. After all, during the long and brutal war, their elite troops had experienced fierce battles one after another, and suffered heavy losses, almost to the point of breaking bones.

It was not easy to recover from that difficult situation. Now, naturally, the thought is to accumulate strength first, preserve the existing power, and wait for a more appropriate and more certain opportunity to launch a powerful counterattack. From this point of view, there is nothing wrong with it and there is no big problem.

But the key point is that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly and opportunities are often fleeting.

If we don't seize the opportunity now and produce outstanding results, what will we use as bargaining chips to gain more benefits when the time comes to share the profits?
After all, in these troubled times, the distribution of interests is often closely linked to the performance and contributions of each party on the battlefield.

If he keeps shrinking back and not taking any action, then even if victory finally arrives, he will probably just watch others take the lion's share, and he will only get the leftovers. This is not the situation Cun Yunsheng wants to see. However, it is too difficult to change Shancheng's mind and get him to send out troops. This made him fall into deep contemplation again, trying to find a way to break the deadlock. (End of this chapter)