20demayo Chapter 833 Agree to help
Chapter 833 Agree to help
833 agreed to help
"Let us help save people?"
Not long after, Ye Qingshan received a telegram from Roberts at the command center, who was sent personally in the name of the British commander.
In the telegram, Roberts' tone no longer had the British arrogance of the past.
This made Ye Qingshan a little uncomfortable.
“Yes, Commander-in-Chief.
When the British army marched south for the first time, more than 80,000 people were captured by the Japanese army.
Later, these prisoners of war were driven by the Japanese army to build defensive fortifications on the Malay Peninsula, although many were killed and wounded.
But there are still 50,000 to 60,000 people at present.
This is a force that Roberts cannot give up."
"Now, the British army has captured two prisoner-of-war camps in the north and rescued the British prisoners there.
But, something happened to their army heading south.
Therefore, they were unable to reach the British prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp in the south near Singapore.
Now, we are the only ones who can turn to you for help.”
"Commander-in-Chief, how do you think we should respond to the British headquarters?"
Luo Zhuoying stood aside and explained to Ye Qingshan with a smile.
In his heart, Luo Zhuoying also enjoyed the British man's initiative to ask for help.
The British, who used to be so arrogant and looked down on the expeditionary force, are now coming to us for help.
Ye Qingshan straightened his trouser legs, stood up, and said with a smile: "They have come to me for help, it would be unreasonable for me not to be busy."
Seeing Ye Qingshan this time, he agreed so readily.
Luo Zhuoying was also a little surprised.
Ye Qingshan saw the other party's surprised look and smiled bitterly: "My chief of staff.
Please don't look at me like that.
After all, I had just promised General Stilwell.
Next, we must cooperate well with the British army to win this battle.
If we refuse Roberts' request for help now, wouldn't that be tantamount to going back on our word?
If that happens, Roberts will complain to General Stilwell, and General Stilwell will call me and threaten me again.
This time we naturally have to agree to Roberts's request."
"Inform Lu Dahai and have him lead his troops north to capture the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp first.
Rescue the British prisoners of war inside first."
“Besides.
Roberts just said, let us help rescue the British prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp.
Don’t forget to tell them that after rescuing them, you must hand these prisoners over to them.”
Ye Qingshan gave a sly smile.
"Commander-in-Chief, you mean..."
When Luo Zhuoying heard Ye Qingshan say this, his eyes widened immediately.
I kind of understood what Ye Qingshan meant.
My goodness, the commander-in-chief is planning to target these British prisoners of war.
"If we keep these British prisoners of war, Roberts will not agree."
Ye Qingshan disagreed: "I didn't say that these British prisoners of war should be incorporated into our expeditionary force.
Just let them serve as supplementary forces.
We can't do this favor for nothing."
Luo Zhuoying smiled bitterly, as his commander didn't want to suffer any loss at all.
However, Luo Zhuoying estimated that this approach would not be impossible.
At least, they rescued more than 10,000 British prisoners of war and temporarily stayed on the expeditionary force's side to fight.
Even if Roberts is not satisfied, he will probably have to compromise in the end.
Even if he complained to General Stilwell, as long as Ye Qingshan was assertive, Stilwell would most likely agree to Ye Qingshan's request.
"As for the battle to annihilate the Japanese 18th Division, I don't think it will be over so soon.
I'm afraid it will take some time.
The old Japanese soldier Mutaguchi Ren'ya has been fighting on the defense there for some time and has made sufficient preparations.
The British army and Lu Dahai and his men may have tough challenges ahead.
Inform Wang Chuying that our warships must protect the transport fleet during this period.
Ensure that there are no problems with the maritime logistics supply lines."
Ye Qingshan could basically guess that the British army and Lu Dahai's New 1st Division wanted to annihilate the Japanese 18th Division.
It will definitely be a tough battle.
In particular, Ye Qingshan received information from General Stilwell in the past few days about the deployment of various Japanese troops on the Malay Peninsula.
This made Ye Qingshan realize more and more that the old devil Mutaguchi Ren'ya was going to play the role of a cuckold next.
Just look at the turtle shell defense system he built in the central part of the Malay Peninsula with Kuala Lumpur as its center, and you will understand.
In this situation, the British army and Lu Dahai wanted to win this battle.
You can't attack hastily, otherwise the losses will be huge.
The best way is to make full use of their firepower advantage and wear down the Japanese bit by bit.
Anyway, what the Americans lack the least at this time is artillery shells.
Every day, transport fleets brought large quantities of artillery supplies from the sea.
These shells would be wasted if they were not used.
“Okay, I’ll reply to Roberts like this.
Send another telegram to the New First Division."
After Luo Zhuoying passed by, Ye Qingshan turned his attention back to the area from Siam to the Malay Peninsula, and the smile on his face disappeared.
Especially when looking at the Japanese 25th Army's defense line in the western mountainous area of Siam where the main force of the expeditionary force was located.
Ye Qingshan was also very angry.
"Those damn Japanese devils, their ability to dig holes and act like rats is as if it was innate.
It’s fucking hard to deal with.”
No wonder Ye Qingshan cursed like that.
The truth is, during this period, their expeditionary force was fighting hard with two divisions of the Japanese 25th Army in the mountainous area of western Siam.
The Japanese hid in the defensive tunnels they built in the mountains, blocking the attack of the main force of the expeditionary force.
Faced with the Japanese defense line of hollowing out the mountains and building permanent fortifications, no matter how powerful the expeditionary force was, it would be difficult to take it down in a short time.
If a strong attack is launched, the casualties of the soldiers will be too great, and Ye Qingshan is unwilling to do so.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan can only hope that the war on the southern front of the Malay Peninsula will come to an end soon.