Cross the Songhu battlefield and rise to become the most powerful warlord

Chapter 572 Dividing the spoils

572 Sharing the spoils

"Ok?"

"What do you mean? Raise the stakes a bit?"

As soon as Ye Qingshan finished speaking, Chen Cheng understood what Ye Qingshan meant.

"It's more than just a mention."

Ye Qingshan took a sip of tea with an irrepressible smile on his face.

“Good tea!”

"Don't worry about drinking tea, just talk."

Chen Cheng couldn't wait any longer, so he snatched the teacup from Ye Qingshan's hand and urged.

Seeing this, Ye Qingshan was also helpless.

Chen Cheng was also excited.

This post-war meeting was very important to their expeditionary force.

On the one hand, it is to divide the spoils and see what benefits their expeditionary force can get from Britain and the United States.

These will all become artillery shells for the National Army to use in its counterattack against the Japanese invaders in the country.

On the other hand, it also involves the status of the expeditionary force in the Allied forces and the issue of subsequent combat operations.

Chen Cheng must communicate well with Ye Qingshan, the commander of the expeditionary force.

We will have to cooperate at the meeting tomorrow.

"Commander Chen, I think..."

Afterwards, the two chatted for half the night, and it was not until the second half of the night that Ye Qingshan returned to his room to sleep.

At nine o'clock the next day, Ye Qingshan followed Chen Cheng to Stilwell's temporary command post in the city.

This Allied meeting was held here.

"Commander Chen is here, Commander Ye is here!"

When Chen Cheng and Ye Qingshan arrived at the meeting room, the guard at the door shouted loudly.

The British and French representatives who entered the venue before did not receive this treatment.

There was no way, as the entire conference hall was guarded by expeditionary soldiers.

Their own soldiers will definitely build up momentum for their commander.

There is a round table in the conference room.

At this time, Stilwell and others had already taken their seats.

Chen Cheng and Ye Qingshan found their seats and sat down.

Ye Qingshan saw a familiar face on the opposite side, the former British commander Alexander.

This guy is the British army’s representative to this conference.

Alexander felt Ye Qingshan's gaze and snorted coldly with an indifferent expression.

Before, Ye Qingshan asked Alexander to take away an armored division’s equipment, which had always bothered him.

When Ye Qingshan saw Alexander's reaction opposite him, he also laughed.

I thought to myself: The equipment of a mere armored division is nothing.

Today, if I don’t make you British bleed, I won’t be named Ye.

Next to the British guy sat another white man in a suit, who was the representative of the French.

Ye Qingshan didn't understand why the French came to meddle in this matter, as they had nothing to do here.

They were simply pulled over by the British to serve as foreign aid.

In fact, the British top leaders themselves are aware of this.

In this battle, the British Army's performance was really poor, while the Expeditionary Force's performance was too dazzling.

In this situation, they were also afraid that Ye Qingshan would ask for a huge amount of money at the post-war spoils division meeting.

"Okay, everyone's here.

Let the meeting begin.”

As Stilwell spoke, the conference door was slowly closed by the guards.

As the commander of the Allied Southeast Asia Theater, Stilwell stood up and spoke first.

He conveyed the congratulations from the Allied Headquarters on their victory in this battle.

After the formalities were over and Stilwell sat down, it was time for the main event.

Divide the spoils.

"Ye, in half a month, you will hand over the defense zone west of Mandalay to the British Army for garrison."

Stilwell spoke first.

"can."

Ye Qingshan nodded.

The area west of Mandalay is close to the British Indian colony.

Therefore, they care a lot about this area, as it is a barrier to entering the Indian territory.

The English must be anxious to go back.

Seeing that Ye Qingshan agreed readily, he handed over the defense zone west of Mandalay.

Alexander on the opposite side also breathed a sigh of relief.

“From that day on, the area west of Mandalay will be under the responsibility of our expeditionary force.

Including the Burma Road, it will also be completely ours."

Ye Qingshan then stated his request.

"leaf……"

As soon as Ye Qingshan finished speaking, the British representative Alexander on the opposite side looked dissatisfied and wanted to speak.

However, he was interrupted by Stilwell as soon as he opened his mouth: "I agree."

Alexander originally wanted to say that the defense zone west of Mandalay could be handed over to the expeditionary force.

However, the ownership of the Burma Road is not possible.

Unfortunately, Stilwell agreed directly and even glanced at Alexander to give him a warning.

Alexander couldn't say what he wanted to say next, so he could only sit down in disappointment.

After a long while, he managed to say, "We agree too."

In this way, the lifeline of the Burma Road will be completely in the hands of the Expeditionary Force in the future, and there will be no need to look at the British's mood.

Later, Stilwell said something more about the transfer of other defense zones.

None of them were too excessive and took into account the interests of the expeditionary force.

Ye Qingshan also agreed readily.

Until the end, all issues were agreed upon, but Stilwell did not mention the Yenangyaung oil field.

Because Stilwell knew that the issue of the Yenangyaung oil fields was the most difficult to discuss.

Stilwell now has a full understanding of Ye Qingshan.

Knowing Ye Qingshan's character, he will not easily give in on such major interests.

The Yenangyaung oil field was also regarded as the lifeline by the British.

Before the meeting started, Alexander had approached him and demanded that the expeditionary force must return Yenangyaung to the British army.

Stilwell knew that this issue was difficult for both sides to discuss.

So I left it to the end.

Unfortunately, this issue cannot be avoided and must be discussed.

Alexander couldn't wait any longer and asked Chen Cheng directly, "When will your expeditionary force withdraw the troops stationed in Yenangyaung?"

Chen Cheng pointed to Ye Qingshan next to him with a cold face and said, "Ask him. He is the commander of the expeditionary force."

He has the final say. ”

Chen Cheng came here mainly to represent the headquarters, but the initiative in the negotiations was still given to Ye Qingshan.

Alexander originally wanted to talk to Chen Cheng directly.

He didn't want to face Ye Qingshan, this young man was too strong.

Unfortunately, now he could only look at Ye Qingshan again.

Ye Qingshan sneered and said directly: "Why should Ren'anqiang be handed over to you?"

Just as Alexander was about to speak, Ye Qingshan followed up with a sentence: "Don't say this is your colony, that's bullshit.

That place was recaptured from the Japanese by our expeditionary force.

Your colonies were taken away by the devils long ago.

What we have taken back now is the area occupied by the Japanese.

If you want your former colonies back, you can ask the devils for them."

What Ye Qingshan hates most is that the British always act like this place was originally their colony.

If you take it back, you should return it to us unconditionally. What a face you have.

The Englishman told him this once last time.

It made Ye Qingshan feel so sick.

Now, he doesn't want to listen to it a second time.

"you……"

After hearing what Ye Qingshan said, Alexander became furious and stood up to get angry.

"sit down."

As a result, Stilwell scolded.

"This is an allied meeting, we are all allies, let's discuss things slowly.

Besides, Commander Ye’s words were a bit harsh.

But it’s not wrong in essence.”