Chapter 113 Guess what I used changed!
“Divisional seat, telegram from the Sichuan Army.” The newly formed 38th Division, which had just arrived in Imphal, was still in the rest stage, and the division commander Sun Liren was still waiting for assistance from the US military.
According to the latest news, his newly formed 38th Division will be reorganized and may be transformed into an army.
But for the shortage of soldiers, we are still debating where to replenish them.
Some discussions are about merging other troops.
For example, the 66th Army collapsed without a fight, and some people have proposed to cancel the designation of the 66th Army.
These soldiers whose designations have been canceled can be replenished to the new Thirty-Eighth Division.
After all, the newly formed 38th Division was originally affiliated with the 66th Army.
But because some details have not yet been discussed, the adaptation will take some time to complete.
Sun Liren knew the real reason, which was because he left the expeditionary force without permission and failed to obey Du Yuming's command. He followed the British army and diverted to Imphal, which caused dissatisfaction in the mountain city.
So adaptation will become very troublesome.
"A telegram from the Sichuan Army? Are they not a defense secret service? How come they still have time to send me a telegram?" Sun Liren took the telegram with a puzzled expression.
In fact, the communications staff didn’t know how to send them telegrams smoothly.
After reading the contents of the telegram, Sun Liren just wanted to say, this guy is crazy.
Let the Americans pay the military?
Is this possible?
However, I quite agree with the concept that he mentioned that military pay is linked to morale.
Why the newly formed 38th Division could obey his orders and achieve good results? When it was formerly the Tax Police Corps, it fought many tough battles.
It is because the weapons are sophisticated and military pay is paid on time, so morale is available.
If all troops can be paid on time and without any deductions, morale will not be very low even if the weapons and equipment are weak.
At least there won't be a situation like the 66th Army's collapse at the first touch.
There is no other way, so only the direct troops can receive some large sums of money, while the rest of the troops are given paper bills, and some even wait for half a year before receiving any paper bills.
The pensions for those killed in action were even pitifully small.
So don’t blame the soldiers for not wanting to fight hard. They really don’t know why they are fighting hard.
“Master, do you want to call me back?” the communications officer asked in a low voice.
After all, like them, the Sichuan Army Corps is now directly under the Allied Forces Headquarters. Everyone eats from the same pot, so naturally they have to get along well.
Sun Liren thought for a while, then shook his head and said.
“No, his proposal is simply impossible to implement.”
Don't blame him for thinking this way, everyone thinks it is impossible.
After all, the US military is just an ally, so how can it pay you out of its own pocket?
Hearing this, the communications staff felt something was wrong. No matter what, if someone sends you a telegram, you should at least call back, otherwise it will appear that they are too arrogant.
Besides, the performance of their newly formed Thirty-Eighth Division is not as good as others.
“Master, after all, everyone is now under the command of the Allied Forces Headquarters. It’s better to call back and have a good attitude and don’t make things too tense.” The communications staff advised.
"Well, what you said makes sense, you can figure it out yourself." Sun Liren waved his hand, thinking that he could just let the other party solve such a small matter by himself.
“Yes.” The communications staff officer sighed inwardly. He had the ability to be a teacher, but his personality and temper were not very good.
As long as he is a little smarter, he also knows that he should not get too tense with his colleagues.
On the other side, Stilwell, who has already discussed with the White House when the next batch of supplies will arrive, is still in a very good mood.
Now he basically holds the power of Imphal, and the new Thirty-eighth Division has been adapted according to his ideas.
The only headache that gives him a headache is the shortage of soldiers, which cannot be solved for the time being.
According to his idea, he wanted to expand the thirty-eighth division.
Weapons and equipment are easy to solve, but the lack of soldiers is really a problem.
Originally, he wanted to add some local soldiers to go in, but Sun Liren said that he would rather not expand than these natives. He had no choice but to give up, and then communicated with Shancheng.
After some communication, Shancheng expressed that he could help replenish soldiers, but because the China-Myanmar highway was cut off, the soldiers could not come over for the time being.
You can only rely on the hump route, but it can only transport a few hundred people at a time.
But when the transport plane returns, it needs to transport weapons and equipment.
As for the amount of transportation, the two parties are still negotiating.
Transport aircraft will also be provided by the US military.
Naturally, Stilwell did not want to agree to this request from the mountain city, but considering that the newly formed 38th Division only had less than 10,000 people, it would be very difficult to barely hold Imphal. If he wanted to counterattack, it might be very difficult. Disaster.
Especially after receiving information that the Japanese army mobilized the 18th Division to prepare for the attack on Imphal, the reorganization became even more urgent.
“Your Excellency, Commander, the Sichuan Army has sent a telegram.” Adjutant Tom came in with a telegram, looked at Stilwell and said seriously.
“Are you asking for supplies again?” Stilwell said calmly, without any dissatisfaction.
The Sichuan Army has won many battles, so Stilwell has a particularly good temper towards this army.
When I heard the telegram, I thought it was another request for supplies.
"No, there are other things." The adjutant hesitated and said.
"Oh?" Stilwell looked curious, took the telegram, and read it carefully.
After reading it, my brows furrowed even deeper, but I didn’t get angry.
The above content analyzes the victory and defeat of the expeditionary force in detail, and explains why some troops collapse at the first touch and some troops can fight to the end.
The most talked about is the impact on military pay and morale.
After pondering for a long time, Stilwell felt that it was inconvenient to communicate like this, so he simply spoke directly. "Let the Air Force send a transport plane to Myitkyina and let Cun Yunsheng come to the headquarters. I need to have a face-to-face interview with him."
“Yes.” The adjutant responded quickly.
“In addition, let Sun Liren come as well. He needs to discuss this matter together.”
After all, this is the first time that the . military has been asked to pay military personnel.
So he must seek the opinions of two people.
Cun Yunsheng of Myitkyina was stunned for a long time when he received the telegram.
"Stilwell asked me to go to Imphal? Not really, just for military pay?" Cun Yunsheng muttered.
“Tuanzuo, is there some conspiracy behind this? Like the Hongmen Banquet?” Meng Fangliao said worriedly from the side.
"Get out of here, what kind of Hongmen Banquet? I didn't surrender, you little devil. What kind of Hongmen Banquet is this?" Cun Yunsheng glared angrily.
"Then are you going? Why don't you find a reason? The Japanese army is attacking?" Meng Fan thought for a while and said.
“There’s no need. It’s better to cry about poverty in person, which will impress this old boy Stilwell.” Cun Yunsheng shook his head and said.
“There happens to be something that I can mention to Stilwell in person, otherwise it would be too laborious to communicate by telegraph. During this period, let each battalion and company adapt according to the reorganization plan formulated, and don’t forget about training.”
“In addition, the ashes of the fallen soldiers must be placed well, and after the war is over, the ashes can be sent back to their families.”
"This matter must be done well. If there is nothing I can do when I come back, you will know the consequences by then."
“Yes, Tuan Zuo, don’t worry, I promise to complete the task.” Meng Fanle responded quickly.
Soon, a transport plane parked at the temporarily built field airport in Myitkyina. After unloading the supplies, it took off again towards Myitkyina.
We arrived in Imphal in less than two hours.
As soon as he got off the plane, Cun Yunsheng was put into a car before he could take in the city.
When he arrived at the Allied Headquarters, Cun Yunsheng finally met the legendary Stilwell.
Looking at the little old man in front of him, Cun Yunsheng felt emotional in his heart.
When his eyes turned to Sun Liren, he was surprised again, but he soon understood that this matter related to the entire expeditionary force, so it was normal for Sun Liren to be here.
"Cun, your Sichuan Army performed very well. In the entire Burma Campaign, your performance was very outstanding and earned me a lot of face." Compared with Sun Liren's attitude, Stilwell's attitude towards Cun Yunsheng was, Just very enthusiastic.
After all, he single-handedly promoted the Sichuan Army. According to Chinese people, it was Bole who discovered the Chollima.
For a person like Stilwell who is familiar with China, he is naturally in a good mood.
"Everything must be thanked for the support of your Excellency, Commander. Without your support, the Sichuan Army would not be able to achieve a series of victories." Cun Yunsheng's posture was very low, which made Stilwell very satisfied.
"Meili's strong weapons and equipment are one thing, but what's more important is your ability to lead troops. I know that to those in the mountain city, the Sichuan Army is just a miscellaneous army and cannon fodder." Stilwell's words made Cun Yunsheng was stunned. He didn't expect this little old man to see so clearly.
"What? Did I say something wrong? I have been in China for a long time and know your local warlords very well. For mountain cities, the troops of these local warlords are expendable cannon fodder."
“So you can make such a cannon fodder regiment famous, which is enough to prove that you are a very good officer.” Stilwell’s praises came one after another as if they were free of money.
If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be in a state of disbelief, but Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.
“Your Excellency, Commander, no matter how capable the troops are of fighting, there is nothing they can do if they lack weapons and ammunition.”
“Yes, so I asked you to come here this time to discuss the content of this telegram.”
"After all, there has never been such a thing as an ally paying the military salaries of other countries' troops." Stilwell said unequivocally.
Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng already felt confident. In other words, Stilwell agreed with the proposal in his heart, but he needed reasons to convince those in the White House.
However, Cun Yunsheng was not a fool, so he naturally couldn't charge into the battle by himself as soon as he came up. Instead, he looked at Sun Liren.
“Mr. Sun, what do you think?”
Hearing this, Sun Liren frowned slightly, thought for a while and said.
“The source of morale is indeed inseparable from military pay, weapons and equipment, and training. This is undeniable, but I have never heard of military pay being paid by the Allies.”
It is said in vain.
Cun Yunsheng couldn't help but complain in his heart. It was impossible to count on this guy, so he had to do it himself.
"Commander Sun is right, but he forgot one premise. Now that we are directly under the Allied Forces Headquarters, the Allied Forces will naturally be responsible for military pay."
“If the military pay is still handled by the mountain city, it may have a huge impact on morale and even affect the subsequent war situation.”
“What does this mean?” Stilwell looked at the other person not quite understanding.
"That's it, Commander, let me explain it to you slowly." Cun Yunsheng first glanced at Stilwell, then looked at Sun Liren, and asked.
“I don’t know whether the military salary of the tax police corps, the predecessor of the newly established 38th Division, was distributed by Shancheng or by the Song Chief.”
“In other words, what the newly formed Thirty-Eighth Division will get is oceans or paper money.”
“Dayang.” Sun Liren didn’t understand what he meant and said directly.
“Commander Sun knows what our Sichuan Army Corps got?”
“I can tell you clearly that what I got was paper money, so many of my men were owed military pay.”
“The Sichuan Army that everyone sees now is so good at fighting, but in fact three months ago, they were just a bunch of cannon fodder who didn’t have enough to eat.”
“Why did the big change happen?”
“Guess, what method did I use to change it?”
Before the two of them could speak, Cun Yunsheng took out a big ocean, pointed at it and said.
“This is what I use.”
(End of this chapter)
