newbobooks Chapter 512 Taking Over as the New Commander of the Expeditionary Force
Chapter 512 Taking Over as the New Commander of the Expeditionary Force
512 took over as the new commander of the expeditionary force
When Luo Zhuoying said this, no one was too surprised.
Obviously, these people had anticipated the replacement of the expeditionary force's supreme commander during this meeting.
After all, no one who can hold this position is a fool.
Before Luo Zhuoying, because he trusted the British too much, the expeditionary army was surrounded by the devils. If Ye Qingshan had not led his troops into Burma and turned the tide,
At this time, it is unknown how many of the 100,000 expeditionary forces could escape back to the country.
It can be said that as the supreme commander of the expeditionary force, Luo Zhuoying was bound to be dismissed for making such a big mistake.
The reason why the command did not withdraw him during this period of time.
The main purpose is to stabilize the situation on the battlefield, the time is not right.
But now, with the four commanders of the expeditionary force arriving at the headquarters at the same time, the time has come.
"I propose that Vice Commander Ye be appointed as the new commander of our expeditionary force."
Du Yuming suddenly spoke.
This made Luo Zhuoying, Gan Lichu and Zhang Zhen, who had been silent, look at him with confusion in their eyes.
Originally, the three of them speculated that the headquarters would definitely choose Du Yuming to succeed Luo Zhuoying as the new commander of the Expeditionary Force.
The purpose of this meeting among the five of them was actually to reach a consensus first.
Then, they reported to the headquarters in the name of five people, and the headquarters backed off and issued another appointment letter.
After all, Du Yuming, as the old man's confidant, is obviously the most suitable candidate.
But now, something seems to be wrong.
Du Yuming actually took the initiative to give up the position of commander of the expeditionary force and directly recommended Ye Qingshan.
This confused Luo Zhuoying and the other two.
“Deputy Commander Du is too polite.
How can I, Ye, be qualified to be the commander? "
Ye Qingshan quickly waved his hands to shirk responsibility.
"Deputy Commander Ye, I, Du, don't like what you said.
If you hadn't led your troops into Burma this time, we would have defeated the Japanese 56th Division and recaptured Lashio.
Our expeditionary force of more than 100,000 soldiers is in real danger.
Based on this, if you don't take the position of commander, who will?"
Seeing Ye Qingshan shirking his responsibility, Du Yuming quickly added.
"Three generals, don't you agree?"
As he spoke, Du Yuming looked at Luo Zhuoying, Gan Lichu and Zhang Zhen, asking for their opinions.
"Uh, I have no problem with that."
"I agree."
"I have no problem. Deputy Commander Du is right."
The three of them immediately laughed and said.
Damn it, you, the person involved, voluntarily gave up the position of commander, and you still took away Ye Qingshan's great credit.
At this moment, anyone who opposes would be a fool.
However, the three of them still didn't understand how Ye Qingshan managed to make Du Yuming give up this position on his own initiative.
But as the old man's confidant, Du Yuming actually took the initiative to recommend Ye Qingshan to take over as the commander of the expeditionary force at such an important meeting.
This shows one thing, that the old man must have nodded in agreement with this result.
The headquarters will definitely approve it.
To put it bluntly, the new commander of the expeditionary force had actually been decided on Ye Qingshan before their meeting.
The water is very deep here.
It is best for them not to interfere too much and just go with the flow and agree.
Anyway, it doesn’t make much difference to them who the new commander is.
“Haha, thank you colleagues for your trust.
In this case, I, Ye Qingshan, will take on the responsibility."
Ye Qingshan then smiled and bowed, then spoke to the four people.
There's no sign of being humble in his smiling face; it's obvious that he's very happy to accept.
“In that case, the five of us will jointly report this to the Command Headquarters.
I recommend Deputy Commander Ye to take over as the commander of the expeditionary force."
Luo Zhuoying stood up and said.
Then, Luo Zhuoying arranged for his adjutant to send a secret telegram to the headquarters.
Not long after the secret message was sent, the headquarters responded.
The content of the telegram was very simple: it agreed that Ye Qingshan would take over as commander of the expeditionary force and Luo Zhuoying would serve as chief of staff.
The positions of the other three army commanders remain unchanged.
really!
Seeing the headquarters reply so quickly, Luo Zhuoying and the other two understood what was going on.
In their hearts, the three of them were also glad that they didn't rush to speak when the meeting just started.
Otherwise, if they recommended Du Yuming first to take over as the new commander of the expeditionary force, wouldn't they offend Ye Qingshan?
At this time, Du Yuming stood up with a smile and congratulated Ye Qingshan: "Commander Ye, congratulations."
"Haha, Deputy Commander Du, we must cooperate sincerely and fight the devils well."
"must."
The most important topic of this meeting is the replacement of the new commander.
That's it.
But the result was different from what everyone expected.
Until this point, Luo Zhuoying and the other two still couldn't understand why the headquarters would agree to let Ye Qingshan take over as the commander of the expeditionary force.
This is totally wrong.
There was one thing that Luo Zhuoying and the other two were not wrong about.
That is, Ye Qingshan wanted to obtain the position of the new commander of the expeditionary force from the headquarters.
I did make a deal with the headquarters and the old man.
"Let me tell you about our expeditionary force's new combat plan."
Ye Qingshan walked out, stood in front of the map, and spoke to Luo Zhuoying and the other three.
Since Ye Qingshan has officially taken over as commander of the expeditionary force.
Then, his next new battle plan against the Japanese can be made public.
Du Yuming and others did not speak, they all wanted to hear what kind of new battle plan Ye Qingshan had to say.
They are all curious.
Next, how will Ye Qingshan break the deadlock in Mandalay?
Only Luo Zhuoying had a look of shock, which soon turned into a wry smile, and he thought to himself: It's over, he really became the commander of the expeditionary force.
His crazy plan finally had a chance to be carried out.
Luo Zhuoying knew about Ye Qingshan's plan.
Ye Qingshan had revealed this to him in a previous telegram.
At that time, Luo Zhuoying thought that Ye Qingshan’s plan was too crazy.
But at that time, the situation of the expeditionary force was already very critical, and Luo Zhuoying could only risk his life to survive.
Just cooperate with Ye Qingshan's actions.
But in Luo Zhuoying's heart, he still didn't think that Ye Qingshan's plan to encircle the Japanese 15th Army would succeed.
But that's not important.
As long as the first half of Ye Qingshan's plan can be completed, the expeditionary force can be rescued from the crisis of being surrounded.
Luo Zhuoying was very satisfied.
As for the plan to encircle the Japanese 15th Army later, it doesn’t matter if it fails.
Moreover, before the meeting, Luo Zhuoying was even more certain that Ye Qingshan would not have the opportunity to complete his subsequent plans.
After all, if Ye Qingshan cannot get the supreme command of the expeditionary force, it will be difficult for him to convince others to agree to his plan of "the snake swallowing the elephant".
That’s right, in Luo Zhuoying’s opinion, Ye Qingshan had a follow-up plan to encircle the Japanese 15th Army.
It's like a snake swallowing an elephant.
The difference in military strength between the two sides is not too great.
The Expeditionary Force wanted to wipe out an entire Japanese army and four divisions, totaling over 100,000 troops, in one battle. This was simply a fantasy.
No matter how powerful the expeditionary force is, its combat effectiveness is still far behind that of the elite 15th Army of the Japanese.
But now, there's no point in saying anything.
Ye Qingshan actually became the new commander of the expeditionary force, and no one could stop his crazy combat plan.