Chapter 58: The New Commander (Revised)
Patton stood at the front of the line, looking at the army he was about to lead.
These are young people between the ages of 18 and 30, although they may not look so tall in the eyes of Americans, and there is no sign of war in their young black eyes.
"These people are my future subordinates!"
As Patton walked through their queue, they stood tall one by one, apparently the most basic queue training and other work had been completed, and all that was left was training on warfare.
Behind them, there were lined up infantry fighting vehicles. As Patton observed his soldiers, he also focused on the vehicles. It is undeniable that these vehicles are designed and built to be designed and built to fight war.
ON ONE SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE CAR, A 12.7MM MACHINE GUN IS FITTED WITH STEEL BULLETPROOF PLATES. The driver is completely protected by the armor and only drives and observes through a small window. In addition, there appear to be some small windows in the hatch above the observation port, which are about the periscope viewing windows.
Other vehicles are armed with 7.63mm machine guns and flamethrowers. As for the weapons on the soldiers' bodies, they could be seen with German Mauser pistols on the sides of each of their legs, some of the other soldiers had strange looking short guns hanging from their chests, and some of them were wearing strips of cloth all over their bodies, and these men were using Mauser sniper rifles with scopes. The last of the people to hold a gun shorter than a rifle Patton was recognized, which was a small number of shotguns mounted by the U.S. military.
In front of each chariot was the tallest, strongest man with a spear mounted on a bipod and a magazine on his chest.
"These guns are probably light machine guns made by the French!"
In fact, what he saw was not a light gun made by the French, but Mack. Prince. The Merlin Military Industrial Group produces its own light machine guns that use German rifle cartridges and are equipped with 75-round drums and chain-fed ammunition. Adhering to the lightness and firepower of Chinese-made machine guns, the product is much better than the contemporary light machine guns.
As soon as he got off the airship, Barton couldn't even wait to go to Nancy City to arrange his family's living conditions, just to see the troops he was about to lead.
Or they were already waiting nearby, or they had gathered when they heard his needs. Barton didn't know this, except that when he arrived at the station, about two kilometers away, in a light-looking car called "Jeep" by his Chinese commander, the soldiers had lined up and stood straight one by one.
Looking at the future army under his command, Patton couldn't help the excitement in his heart, and stood up in the jeep to salute the soldiers who would fight alongside him in the future.
Finally, the car stopped in the middle of the queue, and a soldier, apparently an officer, ran out to salute and report loudly. In order to show his respect, Tang Yunyang personally drove a jeep for Patton, and when the deputy battalion commander who came to report finished his report, Tang Yunyang translated it to Patton.
"Report to the commander, the 751 officers and soldiers of the Xiaocai Battalion have been assembled, please instruct the commander!"
After Tang Yunyang finished translating, he seemed to intend to ask Barton to say a few words to the soldiers, and did not drive away immediately. After listening to Tang Yunyang's translation, Patton saluted back to his battalion lieutenant, looked up at the soldier standing straight in front of him, and opened his mouth to utter his world-famous foul language and swear words.
"From today onwards, I will be your commander, and I will take you fellows with me to pull the German's intestines out of his filthy ass and let them know that we are powerful. But I'm not going to take you idiots with you to die, but I'm sure that with your efforts, I'll be able to turn all of you obnoxious recruits into fucking heroes, and whoever is a coward with a scumbag will get out of here! ”
Patton said that Tang Yunyang translated to the deputy battalion commander, except for the Germans who were changed to the enemy, the rest of the translation was not word-for-word to the deputy battalion commander.
At the same time, I also sighed in my heart, which is completely in line with the historical description of Barton. It is true that such a description may make him look a little rude, but in Tang Yunyang's eyes, he is a good general if he can win battles.
The deputy battalion commander was a little deliberate, and even when Tang Yunyang was translating, he asked him with his eyes. Tang Yunyang blinked, and the deputy battalion commander understood.
A greeting gift with swear words and a target was given to the soldiers who had just completed their training, and at the same time, they felt that this commander was not a good person, and there would be some comfort in their hearts to let such a person take them to the battlefield.
When Patton finished speaking, the soldiers listened quietly one by one, they were not like American GIs, and they could whistle or scream at any time. Barton glanced at the soldiers with satisfaction, and came to the conclusion in his mind that these guys were very good soldiers, and now he only needed a little time to form a strong army with them.
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"Mr. Lieutenant, this Ronin will be your deputy, and he is fluent in French, so we can guarantee that he will be very good in your work! Now the only thing that is the language is still a problem. Lieutenant Patton, you can see that the whole army is mostly made up of Chinese, so they speak Mandarin in common Chinese, which ......"
Tang Yunyang was still having a headache about language, after all, Patton was an American officer, and there was no one in the cavalry camp who really knew English. Of course, Patton can speak French, and it is not Tang Yunyang's intention to use French to command this army.
"Sir, may I interrupt?"
Tang Yunyang hadn't finished speaking, and the anxious Barton was already eager to return to these soldiers who were already under him, so he interjected politely, and after getting the other party's consent, he said his thoughts.
"Sir, since you have put this new army under my command, and I believe that you have great confidence in my abilities, then I can also assure you that the language is only a minor problem, and I will find a way to solve it!"
Now that Patton had already said this, Tang Yunyang really had nothing to say, and jumped out of the jeep to pull his military uniform.
"Lieutenant Patton, this car will be at your disposal, but I have a request. This vehicle is still under the company's secrecy for the time being, which means that you may not be able to drive out of the base for the time being, and if you need to leave the base, there is a special vehicle for your use! In addition, some of the weapons equipped by the soldiers here are also kept secret for the time being. ”
"Yes sir, I understand, I will follow the regulations!"
It can be seen that Patton is already a little impatient with Tang Yunyang's verbosity, and it is estimated that what he wants most is to climb into those armored cars to see what is going on.
In this way, Patton became the commander of the cavalry battalion as soon as he got off the airship.