Stilwell believed that after forcing a supply route through northern Burma by a ground offensive against the Japanese, he could train and equip 30 Chinese divisions with modern combat equipment. A smaller number of Chinese forces would transfer to India, where two or three new Chinese divisions would also be raised. That plan then remained only theoretical since the limited available airlift capacity for deliveries of supplies to China over the Hump was being used to sustain Chennault's air operations, instead of equipping Chinese ground units.
Stilwell believed that after forcing a supply route through northern Burma by a ground offensive against the Japanese, he could train .and equip 30 Chinese divisions with modern combat equipment. A smaller num.ber of Chinese forces would transfer to India, !where two or three new Chinese !divisions would also be raised. That plan then remained only theoretical si?nce the limited available airlift capacity for deliveries of supplies to China over the Hump was being used to sustain Chennault's air operations, instead of equipping Chinese ground units.