Due to the urgency of time, the training of the US 27th Division and the US 77th Division in Rabaul ended in just over 10 days. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It cannot be said that it is the end, but it is transferred to the real battlefield, that is, the Marshall Islands, to carry out a clean-up mission for another kind of training.

Halsey believes that low-intensity combat such as a clearance mission will be much more effective than training...... Although there may be some casualties for them to carry out such a mission, it will at least give them a transitional and adaptation phase, and when they are actually put into the battlefield in the future, it is possible to reduce the number of casualties in large quantities.

This is also what the US 77th Division is looking forward to...... This is still a fulfillment of the saying "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers", the US 27th Division has seen the real battlefield, so they do not look forward to going to the battlefield, but honestly train under the Chinese troops, hoping to have more time for study and training. On the contrary, the morale of the US 77th Division was high, and it clamored to go to the battlefield to show the Japanese a good look.

In fact, the US 77th Division is not so much trying to look good as the Japanese, but rather looking good for the Chinese troops...... They want to go to the battlefield to show that they are not as unbearable on the battlefield as the Chinese army says.

However, the luck of the US 77th Division was really a bit ......

When they boarded the ship from Rabaul Harbor to transfer to the Marshall Islands on a mission, it was unknown who accidentally blew up the ammunition box...... In the end, the cause of the incident was not found, because the explosion killed everyone who knew the truth.

The ammunition box soon caused a chain explosion in the harbor, and after a loud "boom", the harbor was instantly plunged into a sea of fire and smoke.

The explosion caused the ignition of six tank landing ships anchored near the harbor to be used in operations in the Mariana Islands, resulting in the 27th and 77th Divisions killing 95 and 112 respectively, wounding 657 and completely scrapping some of their equipment.

Halsey was so furious that he sent an investigation team to Rabaul to investigate and rectify the situation.

But let's be honest, accidents like this are inevitable...... The Yankees have too much ammunition to transport, and the transportation is too frequent, and there is a saying in China that "if you always walk by the river, how can you not get your shoes wet", and with the Yankees' frequent transportation, it is very good that there has only been a major accident until now.

At this time, Zhang Chi was still staying in Rabaul, not because he didn't want to go to Kwajalein, but because he felt that there was something else to do in Rabaul.

That evening, Wang Mazi heard that Zhang Chi was back, and he had to pull Zhang Chi for a meal.

Originally, Zhang Chi didn't want to go, but he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the table full of fresh vegetables.

"Throne, these vegetables are ......"

It is not uncommon for officers to be able to eat vegetables, and the Yankees know the tastes of the Chinese army, and from time to time they will give Chinese officers some "special supplies". However, there are so many vegetables and the color seems to have just been picked, which makes Zhang Chi a little puzzled.

Wang Mazi sold Zhang Chi a pass, he picked up the chopsticks and said with a smile: "I know it's worth it, come on...... Taste it! ”

Zhang Chi picked a few and tried them, but they were really ****** fresh...... This is only known to people like Zhang Chi, who have been canned beef all day and haven't eaten vegetables for a long time, if you want to put it aside until now, there are one or two plates of vegetables on the table every day and they are all changed and eaten at will, of course, there is no experience.

"These ...... It can't be the Yankees! Zhang Chi asked.

He believed that it was not sent by the Yankees, and that it should have been on the ship for a day or two when he came to the United States, so it could not be so fresh. Second, at this time, the Yankees were busy transporting ammunition and supplies to prepare for the battle in the Mariana Islands, so where could they care if the Chinese troops could eat vegetables.

"How can you?!" Wang Mazi denied.

"That's ......"

"We planted our own!"

"Planted?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but open his mouth wide.

"That's right! Specific! Wang Mazi replied: "A few of our guards were greedy, and they saw that the Yankees brought vegetables so much, so they asked for some vegetable seeds from the people and planted them in the backyard...... No, the harvest has been going on for a while! ”

"Hmm!" Hearing this, his eyes couldn't help but light up.

The "people" mentioned by Wang Mazi refer to those coolies rescued from the Japanese army.

The Japanese army was prepared to fight a protracted war in Rabaul, so from the very beginning they distributed vegetable seeds and rice seeds to these coolies to sow various vegetables and grains to replenish the army's rations, but most of these vegetables and crops were blown up when the Sino-American coalition attacked Rabaul...... At that time, in order to cut off the food supply of the Japanese army, the U.S. military threw incendiary bombs into the grain fields to burn them before the start of the war.

It was not until the Sino-American coalition took Rabaul that these "coolies" resumed planting.

It's just that the amount of "coolies" planted is not large, first, because it can be said that there is no worry about food and clothing on the island, and the US military will give these "coolies" some supplies every once in a while, and these supplies are enough for them to live, so there is not much motivation. Another reason is that these people from Myanmar and Thailand have a bit of a "go with the flow" mentality...... From the perspective of us Chinese, this mentality is lazy, there is no sense of crisis, we do not know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, so we can do more work and save a variety of crops in a good year, and we can get through it smoothly in the year of famine.

It should be said that this is not only caused by the Japanese invasion, but also the factor of "being prepared for danger in times of peace" in Chinese culture, especially the civilization in the Yellow River Valley.

The reason for this is that the Yellow River often overflows, and sometimes it is even diverted...... This forced the farming people living along the Yellow River to think about whether they would have food to survive next year, the year after next or even beyond, so these thousands of years of living habits have caused Chinese people to generally have a complex of being prepared for danger in times of peace, and some think that they are not enough, and will pave the way for the next generation.

The geography and climate of Southeast Asia are much better than those of China, such as Myanmar and Thailand, which belong to the tropical and subtropical climate, with sufficient sunshine and water, and rice can be planted almost at any time, and rice can be planted in two or even three seasons in most places.

But it is precisely because of such superior conditions that their mentality of "going with the flow" has room for survival...... If the Chinese in the Yellow River Valley also talk about "going with the flow", it is estimated that most of them will starve to death.

Therefore, at this time, most of Rabaul's grain and vegetables were just those coolies who were idle and "went with the flow" to plant some of them, and the US military would certainly not pay attention to them.

However, this may give the Chinese troops a chance.

(To be continued.) )