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Volume 1 On the Songhua River Chapter 2794 The British Compromise

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    At the banquet held at the Allied Australian Theater Command to welcome the Allied reinforcements to general-level officers, the idle Lieutenant General MacArthur, with a strong and proud mood, just kept talking and said what should and should not be said.  Shake it all out.

    The expression on the face of the British Army General Fernandez, the supreme commander of the Australian Theater of the Allied Forces, was immediately filled with dark clouds. The proud heart of the British Empire nobleman was stung violently, and the pain made him want to kill!

    What MacArthur's attitude was, whether he was arrogant or a villain, was not the most important. Anyway, this annoying American could not represent the attitude of the Americans. But what he mentioned was the Allied reinforcements that had just arrived in Australia.  The commander, Lieutenant General Barry Hersman, had already submitted a request to the US government to replace the commander of the Australian Allied Forces, but General Fernandez had to take it seriously.

    This is by no means groundless. Reminiscent of the fact that on the day when the Allied reinforcements arrived in Canberra, I went to the pier to greet them, but was told that "Lieutenant General Barry Hersman has been picked up by Lieutenant General MacArthur!" It is very possible!  What's more, these two Americans have reached some kind of tacit agreement in order to seek to seize the supreme command of the Australian Allied Forces!

    "General Barry Hersman, I am the supreme commander of the Australian Allied Forces officially appointed by the Allies. Of course, the Allies also have the power to remove me from my post. Well, I will wait and see what General MacArthur said about the American general.  Command the Allied Forces to fight!" General Fernandez said with anger in his eyes, staring directly at Lieutenant General Barry Hersman.

    "General Fernandez, you misunderstood. I have just arrived in Australia and I don't understand the situation on the battlefield. I have no idea of ??taking over your command!" Lieutenant General Barry Hersman explained hurriedly.  At the same time, I cursed all the eight generations of MacArthur's ancestors who were the most troublesome.

    General Fernandez did not buy it and said in a strong tone: "What General MacArthur said just now cannot help but make me suspicious. It also expresses great indignation at his insult to our general of the British Empire. I'm sorry, General Barry Hersman  , I suddenly feel a little unwell. Sorry!"

    After saying that, General Fernandez, accompanied by Lieutenant General Wagnerzer, Chief of Staff, left the table angrily.  One game was originally intended to represent the two armies of Britain and the United States.  The banquet of comrades who fought hand in hand against the Japanese army was completely ruined by MacArthur, a guy who made a lot of trouble. General Fernandez, a landowner, left the banquet angrily. At this point, the welcoming atmosphere of the banquet was gone.

    With just a few words, this arrogant British guy walked away.  MacArthur was so complacent that he didn't care at all.  The senior British officers who attended the banquet around them had eyes that wanted to strangle themselves to death, while the American officers who knew the inside story looked with disdain and helplessness.

    Lieutenant General MacArthur, who has always been a troublemaker, is indeed a master of inciting hatred. After years of silence, his first appearance in public caused an irreparable rift between the senior British and American military officers who were originally united.

    "General MacArthur, what you just said was too rash. It is very inappropriate to do this before the results of the matter come out! It will damage the relationship between us and our British allies!" Kicked Balih to death, MacArthur had all the thoughts.  Lieutenant General Siman said to this troublemaker with a gloomy face.

    "Ah! My dearest General Ballyhersman, your experience is still insufficient. Don't worry about this. The British should have given up the position of supreme commander of the Australian Allied Forces long ago! Believe me, the country is very  There will be good news soon!" MacArthur, who thought he had done the most beautiful thing, said a little bit.

    "You!" Lieutenant General Barry Hersman simply didn't know what to say to this troublesome old guy. "General MacArthur, the troops have just arrived in Australia and there are many military matters that need to be dealt with. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you."  Farewell!" He had no choice but to leave. Otherwise, if he stayed in an awkward banquet hall with this old guy and listened to his talk, he would be pissed to death?

    "What a young man with insufficient qualifications. He can't keep his temper! All Allied forces must be commanded by Americans!" Lieutenant General MacArthur curled his lips as he looked at Lieutenant General Barry Hersman's back, which seemed to be running away.  Son, he said to himself with a very contemptuous look.

    In the following days, Lieutenant General Barry Hersman, with the mentality of a subordinate, worked hard to cooperate with General Fernandez, spending all day in the Australian Allied Forces Command, integrating the Allied forces so that the reinforcements could be integrated as soon as possible.  He went to the original Allied troops. As for MacArthur, he kept a respectful distance and deliberately avoided his former teacher.

    However, rifts already existed. At the welcome banquet, Lieutenant General MacArthur¡¯s words deeply hurt General Fernandez¡¯s proud heart. Therefore, he was quite hostile and indifferent towards the new American Lieutenant General.With defenses everywhere, can these two commanders expect close cooperation?

    This hostility is also reflected in the cooperation between the original Australian troops of the Allied Forces and the reinforcements. Originally, the seven mechanized infantry divisions of the reinforcements of the Allied Forces should be deployed in the second-line area of ????the Flinders Mountains and the Barrier Mountains.  , as a strong backing for the front-line Allied forces, it is also more conducive to strengthening the depth of defense and forming a second barrier in southeastern Australia.

    However, General Fernandez ordered that the seven mechanized infantry divisions of the reinforced Allied forces immediately go to the front line to take over several major defense areas. The reasons for the defense of the former Australian Allied forces are very reasonable and sufficient, "Lieutenant General Barry Hersman  , your troops are the elite of the Allied Forces, and the commanding skills of the American generals are also very superb. Therefore, when used on the front-line battlefield, they can cause a heavy defeat to the Japanese army! "

    "I very much hope that under the command of the general, the Allied reinforcements can create brilliant achievements and change our current passive situation!" Facing Lieutenant General Barry Hersman who kept shaking his head, General Fernandez said very sincerely  He said, but everyone could smell the sour taste in his words.

    In the view of Lieutenant General Barry Hersman, the Japanese army is maintaining a constant small-scale offensive posture. Under such circumstances, it is definitely not a wise move for troops to change defenses. If it goes wrong, when hundreds of thousands of troops take over the defense, they will be  The Japanese army took the opportunity to break through the position!

    But he had no choice at all. At least for now, he was still a subordinate of General Fernandez, so he could only reluctantly order his seven divisions to march north from Canberra under the starry night. Hundreds of thousands of Allied soldiers marched northward.  bound for the war zone.

    More than ten days later, an order from the Supreme Allied Headquarters finally changed the selection of the Supreme Commander of the Australian Allied Forces. In the order, U.S. Army Lieutenant General Barry Hersman was appointed as the Supreme Commander of the Australian Allied Forces.  General Fernandez, the former supreme commander of the British Army, assumes the position of deputy commander-in-chief. It is considered that the positions of two people are reversed.

    However, the post of chief of staff of the Australian Allied Forces Command did not fall on MacArthur as he had expected. Instead, the original chief of staff, British Lieutenant General Wagner, continued to serve, while Lieutenant General MacArthur, who was actively planning a comeback, remained in office.  He is standing still, taking up the dispensable position of leader of the Allied Headquarters' Australian Theater Observation Group. This appointment can be said to be relatively sudden.

    I don¡¯t know what kind of deal Roosevelt and Churchill reached, or whether people have to bow their heads under the roof. The British Empire¡¯s government-in-exile, with thousands of people, relies on the charity of Americans to support them, regardless of the Americans.  Look, okay?

    Anyway, the dilapidated British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill compromised. I don¡¯t know whether he gave up the supreme command of the Australian Allied Forces out of willingness. Of course, Churchill, who never did business at a loss, should have got it from Roosevelt.  It is not clear what the satisfactory thing is!

    Lieutenant General Barry Hersman and General Fernandez had very complicated emotions, but they were able to accept the reality. Only Lieutenant General MacArthur, who was jumping up and down, lost the most miserably, gained nothing, and became a stranger inside and outside. Fernandez was extremely  He hated himself so much that Barry Hersman kept him at arm's length and ignored him. It seemed that MacArthur's life in Australia was even worse than before.

    According to the U.S. military police responsible for guarding the security of the residences of senior Allied generals, it went viral afterwards. On the day he arrived at the Allied Forces Command in Australia under the order of the Allied Forces Headquarters, after learning the news, Lieutenant General MacArthur, who always paid attention to his own image and regarded himself as a gentleman,  , locked himself in a mansion in the city, got extremely drunk, and cursed at the Melbourne January night sky like a madman for most of the night.

    The vulgar language came out like a barrage, shaking the roof, cursing heaven and earth, cursing Roosevelt, cursing Churchill, cursing the British, cursing the U.S. Congress and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and even scolding Barry Hersman.  The general also smashed many valuable items that had been taken by force, so that the American military police on guard were so surprised that they almost lost their breath!

    The first batch of seven Allied divisions to reinforce the Australian battlefield, in accordance with previous orders from the Australian Allied Command, are rapidly heading to the defense lines of the Flinders Mountains and the Barrier Mountains. In Orange, where the Australian Allied Command is located, the former  The commander, General Fernandez, was handing over the relevant command authority to the successor commander, Lieutenant General Barry Hersman, with extremely complicated emotions.

    The transfer of command was relatively smooth. General Fernandez, who knew that the situation was over, was not careful enough to hinder his successor in a major matter involving the life and death of the Allied forces, and acted very cooperatively. This actually made the original  The uneasy Lieutenant General Barry Hersman felt increasingly ashamed of his former boss and ally for showing enough respect to General Fernandez!

    Now, Lieutenant General Barry Hersman?Finally, I have the authority to command the Australian Allied Forces to fight according to their own deployment. However, the seven divisions that have begun to enter the defense zone of the Flinders Mountains and the Barrier Mountains are unable to make adjustments to their deployment. They can only  Let nature take its course!

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