The B29 bomber is really a good thing, Iwo Jima is more than 3,000 miles away from Rabaul at a distance of almost 4,000 kilometers, which is already beyond the range of ordinary transport aircraft (note: the range of the US C47 transport aircraft is 2600 kilometers). Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, if you take an ordinary transport plane or a bomber, you have to transfer or refuel halfway, and you have to fly with a fighter plane, and you have to consider the range and refueling of the fighter, and even have to send an aircraft carrier because of this.

But as soon as B29 came out, all problems were solved...... This thing can fly almost 10,000 kilometers without bombs, and because it can fly to an altitude of 10,000 meters that ordinary Japanese fighters can't fly, it doesn't need fighters to fly at all, but it needs a few fighters to accompany it in the climbing stage near the airport and the descent stage of the destination, and one plane can solve all the problems in other stages.

Zhang Chi returned to Rabaul this time on a B29 bomber, and he set off that night and arrived at Rabaul in the early morning of the next day.

Of course, this is also because of the relaxation of the hurry, if it is someone else...... Just honestly hitchhike to the scene, or even take a hitchhiker to toss at sea for a few days.

Rabaul at this time is very different from when Zhang Chi left.

When he was still on the plane, Zhang Chi looked at Rabaul under the morning sun from the sky, except for the volcano that was still emitting black smoke, everything else was full of gold...... Zhang Chi was still strange at first, but soon remembered that it was his previous order, that is, to grow grain in Rabaul.

Rabaul is indeed a good place to grow grain, knowing that it is winter, but the grain here is ripe.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that the soldiers of the Sixth Army, who had been transported from China in the form of "ants moving", were stunned when they first boarded Rabaul and saw the endless grain on the island setting off waves of rice in the sea breeze.

Then, almost without exception, they rushed into these rice fields, regardless of the mud in the rice fields, singing and dancing in them, and some even gently held a tuft of unripe ears of wheat for a long time and refused to leave......

These are all hungry soldiers in the country, when have they seen so much food, it is like a group of robbers suddenly discovering a mountain of gold, and that feeling is not something that other people can experience.

In the words of the soldiers of the Sixth Army: "It's like a dream, if you don't see it with your own eyes, you can't believe that there is such a good place in this world!" ”

"Is this Elysium? If I can stay here, I'll do anything! ”

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In other words, as soon as they landed on the island, they were conquered here, and it was nothing else that conquered them, but grain all over the land.

The effect of this is that all the soldiers who came here are in good spirits, and it is not considered to say that the morale is high...... As the saying goes, where you fall, you have to get up from there, and if an army that always loses a battle really wants to restore its morale, it still has to be pulled to the battlefield to train with the enemy and defeat the enemy in order to be considered a real recovery.

In any case, these troops were already two people from the time they set out from Burma.

It's not just because they've been trained along the way, and not just because they're armed with more advanced gear, but because they know ...... From now on, there is no need to worry about being hungry, no need to worry about being injured and dying miserably because there is no medicine available, and no need to worry about being detained, and having no money to feed and dress your family after being detained.

If a unit wants to have combat effectiveness, the first thing is to let the soldiers of this unit have no worries, let them see what kind of glory and benefits they will get after winning a battle on the battlefield, and let them know that even if they die, they will not have to worry about their families...... Only then will it be possible for them to rush to the enemy with indomitable strength and defeat him.

Zhang Chi felt this as he stepped off the plane, because near the airport there were groups of soldiers walking in neat steps and singing loud military songs.

These soldiers, judging by their appearance, are certainly not soldiers of the New First Army, because their uniforms and helmets are brand new (note: the military uniform is still a British military uniform, China is so poor at this time that it can't even afford the new military uniform, so the Chinese troops change into military uniforms processed and transported from India in Burma when they pass through Burma).

From their bodies, Zhang Chi saw a little bit of the vigor of the new First Army when it was just trained, if it wasn't for knowing in advance that it was the Sixth Army that had fled without a fight on the battlefield in Burma that had arrived in Rabaul, he really wouldn't have recognized it.

In fact, Zhang Chi was looking at those soldiers, and those soldiers were also secretly observing Zhang Chi.

A group of resting soldiers was still whispering, "What's that guy's about?" One person on a plane that big! ”

"Yes! You see...... There are also a few jeeps to pick it up! ”

"At least it should be a regimental leader!"

"Commander? Will the head of the regiment have such a big plane to send? Our military commanders don't have this qualification! ”

"Then he's ......"

Those soldiers couldn't help but be confused, if they weren't even qualified as a commander, would they still be commanders? But he is so young, and the commander has seen all these soldiers, obviously not this officer!

The American instructor, who was listening to these discussions, put down the kettle in his mouth, smiled and replied: "Don't guess! He is Zhang Chi, the commander of the new First Division! ”

With a "coax", the faces of these soldiers immediately changed, and even a few sitting soldiers stood up unconsciously, looking in the direction of Zhang Chi's departure with strange eyes.

They had heard of Zhang Chi's deeds in China for a long time...... At that time, they didn't take it seriously, and almost everyone who served in the army knew that it was common for the national army to exaggerate the results of the battle several times and publicize it, and others did it themselves, so they forgot about it after hearing it.

But......

When they made their way out of Myanmar and on the island with a training camp, it was a different story.

The instructors of the training camp were the soldiers of the New First Division, and they taught these recruits of the Sixth Army not only firearms knowledge and tactical knowledge, but also a very important part of introducing them to the combat experience of the New First Division on the battlefield...... And these combat experiences are all real, every bit of it is with blood and life, and there are even fighters who point to the wounds on their bodies and say to them: "This is left on Guadalcanal, this is the ...... left when they fought on Peleliu"

This is a kind of education, and it is also transmitting a spirit of fighting bravely to kill the enemy.

At the same time, the deeds of Zhang Chi and the new 1st Division led by him and all the soldiers of the expeditionary force were planted in the hearts of these Chinese soldiers who carried forward the past and forged ahead into the future.

In just a few moments, these Chinese soldiers felt a sense of honor, a sense of pride in being part of the expeditionary force.

This is also the reason why they were so shocked when they knew that the young officer who walked off the plane was Zhang Chi. (To be continued.) )