Patton was well aware that if he continued to disobey "full command" could bring the situation back in Calcutta, Mountbatten believed that the responsibility for Calcutta's huge losses could be minimized and even remedied.
The Third Mechanized Corps of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India has now completely assumed the defense of Calcutta, and Mountbatten very much wants to take over the command of the Chinese Army in India, but he is very helpless that the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force is all firmly held in the hands of Song Yuhang, and even Chairman Chiang, who has always been arbitrary in Chongqing, said that he could only let Song Yuhang do it.
Mountbatten did not know much about the Chiang chairman in Chongqing, but Alexander was very impressed by Chiang Kai-shek and Song Yuhang, and since Alexander gave Sun Liren a bow in Burma, the generals of the Chinese expeditionary force seem to have been influenced by Song Yuhang, and never gave the British general any good face.
Sitting in the headquarters that Zheng Dongguo set up for himself in the Dongcheng Former Air Defense Command, Mountbatten was ashamed beyond words, but what made him even more speechless was that when he learned that the battle situation had stabilized, the senior officers, including Alexander, all served cups of afternoon black tea, as if they had returned to the farm in County Kodler.
Mountbatten pushed the black tea in front of him and said to Alexander, "Aven, do we need to do something?"
Evan was Alexander's nickname, and Mountbatten should not have addressed Alexander, a veteran general, out of politeness or respect, in public Alexander also faintly felt Mountbatten's anger, as the general of the defeated army, Alexander thought that he was already doing nothing at the moment, the Japanese successfully used the Indian nationalist Baus to carry out successful incitement, from Imphal to Calcutta, the original Indian troops as the backbone of the defense against the Japanese became the poison of the British, and Baus, the pro-democracy activist whom the British had been distressed about, finally became the concern of the British.
For example, taking command of the Chinese conquestary forces in India seemed to Alexander to be nothing more than Mountbatten's wishful thinking, and he would give up his command, especially to the British, whom Song Yuhang had always hostile.
But Mountbatten seemed to be blind to what was ahead, and Alexander knew that the paratroopers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force had made a surprise attack on Imphal, but its main force had not yet reached Imphal, and the outcome was still undecided.
Momba met with Zheng Dongguo in the evening, although the royal son who was born with the rank of royal officer has given up that pride, his behavior, speech and demeanor still make several Chinese generals feel very uncomfortable, after the loss of the west city of Calcutta, Zheng Dongguo has been leading the defense of the east city, Mountbatten's intentions Zheng Dongguo knows that there is a big banner of Song Yuhang, Zheng Dongguo does not want to offend the British Mountbatten after Zheng Dongguo touched a soft nail at Zheng Dongguo, Angry, he drafted a telegram to Churchill, demanding that he be able to obtain the full cooperation of the Chinese army and the real command in name only.
The defeat in Calcutta had already left Churchill in the heat of the day.
Churchill gave careful consideration to the request made by the supreme military commander at the front.
In order to protect the royal family and the reputation of the Royal Army, Gil reluctantly got in touch with Roosevelt.
It was hoped that Roosevelt would be able to put pressure on Chongqing to accept the leadership of the British military in the Third Mechanized Corps of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India.
This very important telegram unexpectedly fell into the hands of Secretary of Defense Marshall, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
For the British, there was an emphasis on command everywhere.
Marshall, who was already very dissatisfied, finally exploded after receiving Stilwell, who had returned to China to report on his work.
Stilwell was motivated by the preservation of personal honor.
They list the vast number of British troops since the First Great War in Burma in 1942.
Enlightened by thinking that he had failed to leave office.
Marshall knew that it was too far-fetched to hold American generals accountable for the failures of Burma and India.
Especially after Stilwell's departure, the Chinese Expeditionary Force was invincible, and the offensive was overwhelming, and the Japanese army was defeated As a united man, Marshall naturally would not admit that Stilwell's previous command and coordination mistakes were made.
Having lost the cooperation of the British army, the Chinese army successively annihilated the enemy and regained the territory with a fierce offensive, and the Japanese troops were defeated one after another.
All this can only show that the British army was incompetent and failed forward, and it can only be said that the British army was cowardly and dragged the Chinese army back.
And not the question of the command of the American generals.
The Marshallland attitude got Roosevelt.
On the issue of dealing with Burma, where the Indian alliance failed.
Roosevelt naturally favored his insistence on providing a large amount of aid to the Chinese army.
The combat effectiveness of the Chinese army made Roosevelt see the possibility of replacing the US military with Chinese army units to undertake some combat missions.
The previous intents were already very implementable.
This was pretty good news for Roosevelt.
From the war Roosevelt believed that in the Asian theater, the main task of the squadron was to hump the route, open up the Indo-Burmese and Burmese highways, and after the main force of its expeditionary force entered India to defeat the Japanese army invading India, it was the time to delay the dispatch of elites to join the Pacific theater, and the sooner the Chinese expeditionary force joined the Pacific theater, the losses of the US troops could be minimized, and the ground battle for the Guadalcanal Islands had made MacArthur feel that the elite was not afraid of sacrifice and the dedicated Marine Corps almost collapsed.
The increasingly excellent performance of the Chinese Expeditionary Force made Roosevelt even more determined that the previous agreement with Chiang Kai-shek in Cairo to send troops should bear greater responsibilities and obligations in Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, and if Chiang Kai-shek could fulfill his promise to send troops overseas, Roosevelt also decided to implement all-round assistance to China, including materials, technology, equipment, and finance, in accordance with the conditions previously negotiated.
On May 211, 1944, at 14:23 p.m., before the deadline, the vanguard of the 4th Light Division of the 2nd Mechanized Corps of the Chinese Expeditionary Force arrived in Imphal, and the arriving line head troops immediately launched an attack on the flank of the Sakai detachment.
The appearance of the reinforcements of the Chinese Expeditionary Force from the flank made Sakai Shii feel frightened, and the appearance of the reinforcements of the Chinese Expeditionary Force can be said to have made Sakai Shiichi completely fall into despair, such a fierce attack, will its main force be far from Imphal Even if Imphal is taken at this moment, Sakai Shiichi has lost the confidence to hold on, and to defend with a detachment with serious combat attrition, which previously required more than 200,000 troops to assist in the defense, Imphal Sakai Shiichi thinks that he has not lost his mind, and in the face of the aggressive and ferocious offensive of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, Sakai Shiichi chose to retreat very wisely, after all, the 10th Temporary Motorized Infantry Detachment is a supernumerary force, and the existence of its main force is equal to the existence of the troop establishment.
Sakai Shiichi knew that he could never afford to bear the huge responsibility of the annihilation of the army, and he did not dare to rely on Yamashita Fumi, as the commander, to bear the defeat of Imphal.
"The Japanese army retreated, the boy ran away" The Chinese paratroopers of the Special Operations Brigade burst out with earth-shattering cheers, and the first attack of the vanguard battalion of the 4th Light Division of the Japanese offensive sequence from the west of Imphal City directly put all the mortars into the attack, and the shouts of killing shook the heavens and the earth, and the huge offensive made the Japanese attack suddenly suffocated.
If you don't take advantage of the victory to pursue and beat the dogs, it is definitely not the character of Zhang Zheming and Wang Chongxian, and the Chinese paratroopers have taken the assault team as a combat unit and pursued and fought fiercely along the retreat route of the Japanese army.
The squadron's front counterattack really surprised Sakai Shii, who originally thought that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would take advantage of this rare opportunity for the arrival of reinforcements to strengthen the defense, but he did not expect that the Chinese Expeditionary Force would move a huge front-line counterattack, and the unexpected counterattack made Sakai Shiton lose his bearings.
The Japanese army, which had been cut off by the sudden appearance of the Chinese army, was in a state of confusion, and the order to retreat had been issued, and it was impossible for Sakai to command the troops to counterattack, so in desperation, Sakai Shii could only contact Commander Yamashita Fumimi in Kolkata while retreating.
After answering the radio, Sakai Shii first played a trick gun and asked Lieutenant Takata, the combat staff officer, to report to Yamashita Fumi, saying that he had encountered a surprise attack by the main force of the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Imphal, and that the detachment commander himself was in danger and was seriously wounded, but still insisted on calmly commanding the troops to fight for the city defense with the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Imphal.
Yamashita stood in front of the map after the report of the wine detachment, and he did not understand why the Chinese expeditionary force acted so quickly, and whether Song Yuhang's strategy of dividing his troops to attack Imphal before the battle of Naba was decided was too bold Yamashita Fengwenjue himself is getting more and more: I don't know this young general of China, who is regarded as the biggest threat by the imperial base camp, this Song Yuhang seems to have a prophetic ability, and he can always take advantage of the situation at the critical time of the battle.
The loss of Imphal and the failure of the attack on Kolkata made Yamashita Bongbun unable to deal with it, and what annoyed him the most was that the intelligence agencies had not been able to achieve results in the intelligence work of the Chinese Expeditionary Force and even Song Yuhang, although the intelligence agencies had always emphasized that the Chinese Expeditionary Force was a force composed of patriotic students and ultra-nationalists, and that the entire force was like an iron plate to the outside, and it was simply impossible to start infiltrating it.
At this moment, Yamashita Fengwen finally understood the meaning of the former Burmese Front Commander Kawabe Shozo privately confessed to himself before leaving, and it turned out that the "personal nightmare" was not about himself who was ambitious at that time, but Song Yuhang: