Chapter 559 Mai Tianhuang’s Assist

If you want to find a figure similar to MacArthur in the UK, this person is none other than Alan Wilson's respected father-in-law, the current fourth-ranked Sea Lord, General Mountbatten.

Apart from MacArthur, there was no second choice for the US military commander when this war broke out in the Far East. While chatting with Mountbatten, Alan Wilson also asked his father-in-law in a subtle way what he thought of the five-star emperor.

"He? He is a very narcissistic person!" Mountbatten frowned slightly. For the same-sex repulsion reason, he did not like MacArthur. "He should take off his military uniform and go into politics instead of fighting. Just as a general. As far as I'm concerned, his level is just that. Although we shouldn't judge anything from our limited meetings, his desire to perform left a deep impression on me."

Is this why two similar people can't be friends? Alan Wilson was a professional civil servant, and although he wanted to laugh, he kept a nonchalant look on his face.

"By the way, MacArthur actually doesn't have much of a smoking habit in private." Mountbatten revealed to his son-in-law. "His big pipe, which usually appears in newspapers, is not used at all in private. At the same time, he also has the leather jacket and... That fancy Philippine Marshal hat is his image in front of the public. This man is the best at building his own image. If there is anything about MacArthur's character, it is that he is a person who will never suffer a disadvantage, and he has never encountered any difficulties in life. What a setback.”

Just like you! Of course, Alan Wilson only said it in his heart and did not say it in front of General Mountbatten.

"If he has never suffered a loss in his life, we can now judge that he will definitely try his best to let President Truman give him a chance to save face. This war will not end so easily."

An idea flashed in Alan Wilson's mind. Isn't this another opportunity to write a report?

In fact, MacArthur's insistence on expanding the war to regain face was similar to Mountbatten's lifelong hostility to Japan. It's all because of a life of smooth sailing, and one big loss among the Earth's protagonist templates is remembered.

The reason why Mountbatten was not very fond of MacArthur was because the United States, represented by MacArthur, to a certain extent frustrated Mountbatten's attempt to liquidate Japan as a whole. As a result, Mountbatten did not enjoy the feeling of returning as a king when MacArthur returned to the Philippines.

The most important thing is that Japan's early surrender disappointed a large number of British people represented by Mountbatten. After finally ending the European battlefield, just waiting for Japan to inflict heavy losses on the United States and bring the major participating countries back to the same level, Japan actually surrendered.

Alan Wilson, who served the country and the people, immediately produced an analysis report on MacArthur's personality, and also got General Mountbatten to co-sign. The conclusion of this report was that based on the analysis of MacArthur's past experience, With him as the commander-in-chief of the army, it is inevitable that the scale of the war will be uncontrollable.

This is a secret report, the most informative part of which was provided by the current Sea Secretary General Mountbatten himself.

On the issue of whether U.S. President Truman could control MacArthur, the report stated that this was very difficult. Truman was not a very prestigious president. In front of the powerful generals of the U.S. military, there is not much that can be done.

Because this report involved Mountbatten himself, Alan Wilson personally handed it to the Cabinet Secretary before sending it to Prime Minister Attlee.

"Actually, it's not a bad thing for Britain to have this five-star general as commander-in-chief." Alan Wilson, who submitted the report, lamented.

If it had been another general, maybe this war would not have lasted for such a long time even if it was inevitable to expand. But if it were MacArthur, this result would be almost inevitable.

MacArthur, who had had a smooth life, was driven back to the 38th parallel again, and he would never end the war so easily. After all, Emperor Mai believed that he had the status of an emperor, and he would never suffer such a loss in his glorious life.

MacArthur repeatedly undermined Truman's idea of ​​​​ending the war, and was finally dismissed entirely because MacArthur had completely disobeyed orders from the White House. His actions included but were not limited to publicly issuing an ultimatum speech when Truman was preparing to negotiate. .

A few days after this report was handed in, the precise assist from Mai Tianhuang arrived. A British newspaper reprinted an inside message from an American newspaper. This piece of news goes like this: Emperor Mai visited Swindle Island and had a secret conversation with Chang Gong and his wife.

Throughout Emperor Mai's life, the routine operation of starting to make big claims before things were clear is exactly what the UK currently needs to avoid sending ground troops. With the personal care of Whitehall, the threat of an expansion of the scale of the war, because Emperor Mai This unwilling to be lonely operation has real evidence.

At this time, the report signed by Mountbatten himself appeared in front of Prime Minister Attlee and ministers. Emperor Mai came to do such an operation, which made the Labor cabinet deeply doubt the reliability of the United States' guarantee to control the scale of the war when responding to the previous report.

"What on earth is he going to do?" President Truman complained to Secretary of State Dean Acheson in the White House, a symbol of American power. "Is this what a soldier should do? A general of our country directly does something involving To a job in diplomacy? What is our country? A military junta?"

The newspaper in Truman's hands reported the news of MacArthur's arrival on Scam Island.

Just a few days ago, Truman had just met with MacArthur. The meeting took place at Wake Island near Hawaii today, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, 10,000 miles away from the mainland of the United States.

After getting off the plane, when these two people meet, you are the general and he is the president and commander-in-chief of the armed forces. It is always okay to give a military salute, right? This is also the rule. No, MacArthur just gently touched Truman's arm, which was regarded as a salute. Then when the two men sat down to talk, Truman spread out his notebook and took notes like a primary school student, while MacArthur talked about his strategy and tactics alone.

It doesn't matter, but MacArthur actually did this. This was something Truman couldn't stand. Who gave a general such power?

"Dear President, news has just come from the UK expressing doubts about the United States' ability to control the scale of the war. This is a formal rejection of our request to send ground troops to support. The reason is the report in your hand!" Dean Acheson With a wry smile, he took out the telegram and placed it in front of Truman.

"Of course, the United Kingdom has stated that it is indeed necessary to establish a common defense mechanism among the allies as soon as possible and merge the occupied areas of the three countries. From this point of view, this war is not without gains."

Truman listened to Dean Acheson's words, thought for a moment and sighed, "Well, it's not without gain. Britain wants to use these two concessions in exchange for avoiding sending ground troops to the war, and we don't want it either. It's too much push. But we have to be careful about the UK trying to get Canada and Australia to take a common position."

It is meaningless to comment on Britain's timidity now. Truman also understood that the current fact that the U.S. military was continuously withdrawing made Britain doubt the combat effectiveness of the United States.

What he has to do now is to break the suspicion of the British and prove that the strength of the United States is beyond doubt. Prove it to Britain, but also to Canada and Australia, and to the entire free world.

Therefore, although Truman disliked MacArthur very much, he still wanted to support MacArthur. As a president, he still understood that he had to support MacArthur at this time.

The biggest reason is that MacArthur's prestige among American people is particularly high. MacArthur's long-term management of his personal image has indeed made Americans trust this maverick general.

The United States agreed that Britain would use the Royal Navy and Air Force as support, and news of the fall of Daejeon in South Korea came at the same time. Alan Wilson, who took out the map, knew that Daejeon was already considered the central city in South Korea.

The fall of Daejeon is enough to prove that South Korea is in complete defeat. After all, Seoul is very close to the border geographically. It is understandable that it fell in two days. It can be said that it was not prepared to be raided. Daejeon is already a city in the center of South Korea. After this city was captured, everyone can see that the situation on the peninsula is extremely bad for the United States.

"Thank you, Emperor Mak!" Alan Wilson was especially grateful to Emperor Mak for his trip to Scam Island. If it hadn't been for the American version of General Mountbatten, who performed such a show on an impromptu basis, we would have paid close attention to see what favorable conditions could have The British took advantage of it, so it is estimated that the two sides will have to go back and forth for a while about whether to send ground troops to participate in the war.

The key is that Emperor Mai's special status in the US military was seized by the British. US President Truman could only choose to support him, and he could only recognize the British attitude of staying out of the matter.

"I even thought about the reasons for Labor's victory in the next election." Alan Wilson touched his smooth chin.

Now, the matter of whether to send ground troops to participate in the war can be considered officially concluded. If this thing can be avoided in the first place, it will naturally be avoided forever.

Anyway, Alan Wilson did not believe that once the US military really suffered a loss, Britain would suddenly find its conscience and fight side by side with its traitor.

Even Churchill would not do such a thing, and Prime Minister Attlee would be even less likely to do it. To say that because it avoided joining the war, but the United States suffered a big loss, it is more in line with Britain's consistent style to gloat about its misfortune.