Chapter 66 Do you believe such a ridiculous reason?
"Captain Steve, although they are illiterate, they have rich combat experience, and especially the spirit of fighting to the death." Cun Yunsheng looked at Steve and said expressionlessly.
"Have you ever heard of this saying? When two enemies meet in a narrow road, the brave prevail. It is not difficult to defeat the Japanese army. What is difficult is the courage to fight."
"I believe that after your instruction and with the equipment of the US military, I can definitely beat up those bastards."
"Captain Steve, don't you and your officers have confidence?"
For a moment, Captain Steve was speechless. Could he say that he was not capable of this?
Do not!
It is absolutely impossible.
"Yes, sir, I believe I can transform them completely." Captain Steve saluted and left with the summary report, while thinking about how to teach this troop.
After all, so many of them couldn’t read a single word, and what they said was too profound for the other party to understand at all.
"Commander, you have to take action to deal with these Americans."
"You have no idea how annoying these Americans are." Meng couldn't help but complain as he watched Steve leave.
"What? Your communications company was criticized too? You deserve it. I told you to spend more time on this. It's been more than a month and there aren't many decent radio operators. You deserve the criticism."
"Now is a good time for the Americans to train your subordinates well, otherwise they will be thrown into disgrace because there are only a few people in the communications company who can send a telegram." Cun Yunsheng was unhappily and criticized Meng Fan harshly.
He gladly accepted the instructor sent by Stilwell.
Although the Sichuan Army has rich combat experience, it still lacks systematic military knowledge.
For example, the soldiers of the 200th Division knew the weapon parameters, but few soldiers of the Sichuan Army knew them.
So it is only appropriate for Americans to teach.
Meng was annoyed after being scolded, but he didn't dare to talk back.
I had no choice but to agree and cooperate with the Americans to complete the training.
"Didn't Steve come to you to question about that batch of weapons and equipment?" After seeing that Cun Yunsheng's anger had dissipated a little, Meng Fanle asked again.
"If he asks, I will tell him that the 200th Division has supported a group of veterans and needs to borrow some of our weapons and equipment. They will return them to us after the battle is over." Cun Yunsheng said casually.
"He believed it?" Meng Fan looked as if he had seen a ghost and looked at the other party in disbelief.
"Why don't you believe it?" Cun Yunsheng looked at the other party strangely. He felt that Meng Fan was making a fuss and was not steady at all.
"I told him that I have a deep friendship with the 200th Division. Many of the soldiers are from my hometown. I supported them with these weapons because they are from my hometown. I couldn't bear to see them fighting the Japanese army with bare hands."
"You don't know, Steve was so moved that he almost cried."
"What's your expression???"
"Don't think that Americans are so unkind. They also shed tears when they see their fellow countrymen."
Cun Yunsheng felt that Meng Fanle and his friends really didn’t understand people in Europe and America.
I always think that he is aloof from worldly matters, but in fact, he has taken interpersonal relationships to the extreme.
"Steve even thought that the amount was too little and that they should give more. The last thing the U.S. military lacks is weapons and equipment."
"Americans believe such a ridiculous reason?" Meng Fanle felt that his three views were completely shattered.
No one would believe this reason, but in the end, they believed it.
Do you even feel that you gave too little?
Isn't this pure bullshit?
Are Americans so naive?
"Why not? Steve thinks we can report a little more loss. After all, it is normal to have losses during training. General Stilwell will not care about these weapons and equipment." Cun Yunsheng's words made Meng Fan speechless.
Do Americans know how to over-report losses?
Who taught you this?
He didn't believe that the Americans knew this, and it must have been taught by his own regiment commander.
After all, only he could come up with such a vicious idea.
"Commander, you are really brave. You can speak so righteously about reselling weapons." Meng Fanle was completely convinced.
What else can he say.
I can only admire it.
"Okay, stop talking so much nonsense. The Americans are sincere in teaching us this time. Tell your soldiers to learn well and teach others after they have learned it." Cun Yunsheng glared at him unhappily and then gave another order.
"Call Sun Yunfei over. There is something we need him to do."
"Yes." Although he was puzzled about what it was, he knew that he should never ask more questions about things he shouldn't know.
Not long after, Sun Yunfei, who was in training, came to the regiment headquarters sweating profusely. When he saw Cun Yunsheng, he stood at attention and saluted.
"Commander, are you looking for me?" Sun Yunfei felt uneasy, not knowing why the commander wanted to see him.
"How is it? Is the training hard? Are you tired? Is there anything you need me to solve? Just tell me and I will find a solution." Cun Yunsheng looked at the other person with a smile on his face and said softly.
"It's not hard, not tiring, and there's nothing to solve." Sun Yunfei shook his head like a rattle, indicating that everything was fine with him and thanking the commander for his concern.
This made Cun Yunsheng feel a little regretful, as he really wanted to help the other party solve the problem.
Why do I feel like the other party doesn’t want me to solve the problem?
Am I really that scary?
"Commander, do you have any mission? Just give me your order and I will complete it." Sun Yunfei patted his chest and said loudly.
Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng still looked at the other person with a smile on his face.
"It's not a big deal. Are you familiar with the Chinese in Myanmar?"
Although he didn't know what Cun Yunsheng was trying to do, Sun Yunfei still spoke honestly.
"Commander, what do you mean by familiar? What do you mean?"
"It's mainly about what kind of power there is in the Chinese community, or who are the prestigious people."
"Commander, I've only heard of the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteer Corps. I don't know much about the others. However, they are very strict in recruiting soldiers. The minimum education required is junior high school." Sun Yunfei thought for a moment, told what he had heard, and then shook his head.
When he heard about the Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Volunteer Team, Cun Yunsheng's eyes lit up, and then he secretly cursed himself, wondering why he was so stupid.
I actually forgot about this army.
The chief officer of the volunteer team was also an officer of the expeditionary force.
In theory, this force was also under the jurisdiction of the Allied Command, but the number of troops was too small, so Stilwell did not pay much attention to it.
After all, two or three hundred people are not enough.
A single Japanese squadron could handle them.
Later, it was placed under the command of the British Army, which took the opportunity to transfer all the volunteers behind enemy lines. Not long after, all of them died.
I have to say that the British army is really ruthless and will never show mercy when it comes to harming their own people.
There's nothing we can do. They were so stupid as to believe what those white pigs said.
If it were Cun Yunsheng, he would never believe a word the British army said.
Want him to send troops? If you don't give him enough benefits, he will leave in a minute.
Let him die? That's impossible!
"Do you want to become the commander of the volunteer team?" Cun Yunsheng suddenly asked, which made Sun Yunfei stunned. Then he was ecstatic, but also very conflicted.
"Commander, can you let me be the commander of the volunteer team? I don't know anything."
He is now just a private who has barely passed the military training and knows nothing about fighting a war.
"What? Are you interested?" Cun Yunsheng did not answer his question, but looked at the other party and continued to ask.
"Of course, it's my qualifications?" Sun Yunfei said with some entanglement.
"These are not problems. I will send someone to help you." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.
"However, you need to recruit the personnel yourself."
“???” Sun Yunfei was confused. What did it mean?
Should I recruit soldiers myself?
Wouldn't he become the commander of the volunteer team directly?
But he was also a smart man and immediately understood what Cun Yunsheng meant.
"Commander, do you want me to recruit soldiers and form a volunteer team?"
"That's right, don't you have confidence?" Cun Yunsheng looked at the other party and said encouragingly.
"Believe in yourself. I think you are very capable. Commander Ayi told me that your training performance has been very good these days."
"With just a few exercises, you can become an excellent commander."
After hearing this, Sun Yunfei suddenly felt a little elated. He didn't expect that he would be valued so much. He gritted his teeth and agreed.
"Commander, I am confident that I can accomplish this difficult task."
"Okay, I believe you. I will ask Commander Ayi to allocate funds to you. You can try to recruit your classmates and childhood playmates. I believe that with their help, the volunteer team will be formed in the shortest possible time."
"Initially, we can only give you a company. If we recruit more soldiers later, we will consider expanding it."
"The treatment is the same as that of the Sichuan Army." Cun Yunsheng's series of words made Sun Yunfei confused.
I didn't expect that I would become the company commander, which is a very high position.
"Yes, Commander, I will definitely complete the task." Sun Yunfei patted his chest and promised loudly.
When the other party left, Cun Yunsheng showed a smile.
Sun Yunfei is his backup. Whether he can succeed depends on how many Chinese he can recruit.
As for how to report to Stilwell?
Need to report?
Isn't it normal that the Sichuan Army is unfamiliar with the area and needs a guide?
Is it strange that this guide has certain weapons?
It's very dangerous to be a guide.
So Cun Yunsheng was not panicked at all.
Not to mention that the training was in full swing at the airport, on the other side, at the Japanese division headquarters, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi was looking at his subordinates with a grim face.
"You mean the airport was recaptured by the Chinese? And Major Tanaka was killed? We lost more than 500 people? Only a few dozen people escaped?"
"Yes, Your Excellency the Division Commander." The chief of staff said stiffly.
He also didn't expect that an army of seven or eight hundred people would be defeated head-on by the Chinese army. It was simply unbelievable.
More importantly, this force is well-equipped and equipped with a large number of mortars.
As a result, the entire army was almost wiped out, and the remaining people hid in the dense forest and disappeared.
"Damn it, this incompetent guy Tanaka is not worthy of the empire's cultivation." Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi roared angrily.
"Mr. Division Commander, now that the expeditionary force has recaptured the airport, should the offensive be suspended?" the chief of staff suggested cautiously.
Upon hearing this, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi glared at him.
"The offensive must not be suspended. The 18th Division will soon arrive in Tonggu, and will join us in attacking Tonggu City."
"The military has ordered us to capture Tonggu City within seven days at the latest. According to intelligence, the British army is preparing to withdraw all British and Burmese troops back to India."
“So we must eliminate more British and Burmese troops before they retreat.”
The glory that originally belonged to the 55th Division alone was now interrupted by the 18th Division, which made Takeuchi Hiroshi very unhappy.
But the military has already ordered that Tonggu must be captured as soon as possible and the 200th Division must be completely destroyed.
Therefore, the offensive must not be stopped at this moment, and we must even intensify the intensity to prevent the other side from retreating.
"The British troops are going to withdraw?" the chief of staff said in disbelief.
"That's right, they have decided to abandon Burma." Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi said, without explaining the source of the intelligence.
"Order all regiments to immediately increase their offensive and make sure the 200th Division is not allowed to leave Tonggu. At the same time, send out fighter planes to bomb the airport hard to avenge the fallen Imperial Army warriors."
The Japanese army now has absolute air superiority. Given that they have suffered a loss and are determined to retaliate, it would be strange to let the other side go easily.
"Yes." The chief of staff responded immediately.
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