Later, Zhang Chi learned that this training base could not only train more than 3,000 people at a time, but enough to train 10,000 people at a time.

According to Stilwell's idea, he wanted to triple the size of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was a total of 120,000 men.

At this ratio, that is, on average, every veteran should bring two new soldiers, so the more than 3,000 people in the engineering regiment should be expanded to more than 9,000 people, that is, one division.

The Americans' logistical support work for the battlefield also opened the eyes of Zhang Chi and the soldiers, because one after another from India to the training base was a carload of American doctors and military nurses in white coats, especially the blonde and blue-eyed military nurses, who kept smiling and waving their hands to the Chinese soldiers on both sides, and some even threw flying kisses one after another, only to make the soldiers coax and cheer for a while.

The arrival of these military nurses had at least one advantage, that is, the soldiers' habit of being afraid of injections disappeared without a trace in an instant, and some soldiers even pretended to have a little problem with the nurse to check it out.

The food of the troops was also too good to be true: the infantry had plenty of bread, canned beef, a variety of dehydrated vegetables, and sometimes even milk. On average, the food distributed to the 12 fighters in each squad every day consisted of five or six canned beef and vegetables, each weighing five pounds. No matter how much you eat the rice, you can't finish it.

The frightened soldiers initially saved the canned food for Tibet...... It's not that the soldiers are stingy, it's that if you want to eat these things in the country, it's basically a luxury, but now you can eat them all.

However, the soldiers soon found out that this was completely unnecessary, because there were so many distributions every day, and if they wanted to save hiding, they were afraid that the dormitory would be full in less than half a year.

Interestingly, when Chiang Kai-shek and his wife came to Sun Brabang one day to inspect it, they couldn't believe that their soldiers were so well fed, and thought that Stilwell and the British had jointly made a superficial article to fool them. So he personally went deep into the room to inspect it, and also sent his entourage to the soldiers to investigate the questionnaire, and finally he had to believe it. Then he said something that made Stilwell and other American and British generals who accompanied him puzzled: "Chinese soldiers should be allowed to adapt to a hard life, and they should not eat too well, Chinese soldiers are different from foreign soldiers, if they are allowed to eat too well, they will not be able to fight in the future!" ”

It should be said that there is still some truth in this: a person lives in a difficult environment, anyway, he is living a bad life of hard life, there is nothing to be nostalgic for, just fight! But if you live like this in the base, it's like a paradise. Then when you go to the battlefield, you may think about it and don't want to die too soon.

But Chiang Kai-shek failed to take into account one thing: these soldiers, every Chinese soldier in the training base, they were uprooted from their homeland to fight in a foreign country.

There is a saying that "the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as their own kennels", so the soldiers of the expeditionary force have an idea in their hearts, that is, to fight back to their homeland and go home!

With the support of this belief, there is no such thing as Chiang Kai-shek's saying, "If you eat too well, you will not be able to fight in the future!" "The situation.

Of course, that's all for later.

Then the soldiers were given a copy of the Soldier's Code.

Zhang Chi casually opened the "Soldier's Code" and took a look, and the opening article was: You are not a superman, don't take unnecessary risks.

Then there are things like: "If a stupid method works in combat." Then it's the smartest way to do it. "Don't be too conspicuous, because that will attract fire from the other side" and so on.

This seemed ordinary in Zhang Chi's eyes, because he was used to this kind of light-hearted and humorous American ridicule in modern times, but the warrior found it very fresh.

The rascal laughed and said, "Why does this Yankee talk about war like a joke?" ”

"Look!" The countryman read one while flipping through the "Soldier's Code": "Try to make yourself appear as an insignificant person in the line of fire." Because the enemy may not have enough ammunition, he will pick the most important people to aim at first...... How does this teach to save lives? ”

"Is this the Soldier's Code?" Even the educated students in extreme poverty expressed doubts: "If you do what you say, let the devils be beaten down in a few strokes on the battlefield?" ”

"Alas! Or how could the British be that kind of guy on the battlefield?! The Adversary said as he spitted and wiped the dirt on his shoes.

"This Yankee is different from the British, isn't it?" Maverick asked.

"I think it's about the same!" The student replied: "They speak the same thing, although they are from different countries. But the appearance is the same, and the "Soldier's Code" is the same! ”

"Oh!" The warriors thought about it, so they nodded in realization.

Zhang Chi did not interject. Because he knows that even if he explains himself, he can't explain it clearly.

This has to do with Eastern and Western cultures, as well as with the actual situation.

European and American cultures pay more attention to preserving the lives of soldiers, they take it for granted to surrender when they are powerless to change the tide of battle, and even go back as heroes, while the Easterners pay attention to fighting to the death and must not surrender under any circumstances.

In terms of actual situation, that is, the weapons and equipment of European and American industrial powers can be said to be innumerable, but there are not many people who can go to the battlefield to participate in the war, and this objective condition also determines that Europe and the United States and other countries do not attach importance to equipment but pay more attention to the lives of soldiers. As Stilwell said, if you lose a gun, it only takes a few minutes to build another one, but if a soldier dies, it takes decades to grow.

China, on the other hand...... As a result, Chinese soldiers have put more emphasis on "weapons are the first life of soldiers", "people are in guns", and so on.

In the Chinese military, if a soldier loses his weapon and comes back alive, the commander will severely reprimand: "Why is your head still on your neck when you have lost all your weapons?" ”

From this, Zhang Chi also realized that the Americans' eventual inability to control the Chinese Expeditionary Force, or to transform it into a colonial army, is likely to have something to do with the different cultures and military theories of China and the United States.

For example, now, the soldiers do not believe in the Yankees' so-called "Soldier's Code" at all, not only do not believe it, but even disdain it, believing that it is a portrayal of greed for life and fear of death, and a clear proof of the performance of the British army on the battlefield in Burma. The reason why they are still willing to stay here and wait for Yankee training is only because they eat well, drink well, and live well...... There's just no reason for them to leave. (To be continued.) )