Chapter 312: Granny
If Pitt was just introducing the expeditionary force to the American GIs, the repercussions would have been small or partial. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
However, almost every US military adviser promotes Chinese soldiers in this way, and the impact on the US Fourth Division is great, especially the GIs of the US Fourth Division are almost all rookies who have never been on the battlefield, so the admiration for these Chinese soldiers who "kill people like hemp" is like a surging river.
Of course, there are some exceptions...... As the saying goes, when the forest is big, there are all kinds of birds, and some US military advisers have a negative attitude towards following Chinese soldiers to the battlefield, or do not get along well with Chinese soldiers, so when talking to American soldiers, they use a provocative eye to do everything possible to smear them, such as Chinese soldiers disobeying orders (in fact, they are unwilling to obey his orders), such as tactics are not standard enough (if they can survive on the battlefield, who cares if the tactics are standard enough) and so on.
But American soldiers are not stupid...... If the vast majority of U.S. military advisers say that the Chinese soldiers are great, and only a small number say that the Chinese soldiers are bad, then the first thing that comes to their mind must be whether there is something wrong with this small group of U.S. military advisers.
Then they quickly figured it out......
"It turned out that he commanded indiscriminately on the battlefield, so the Chinese soldiers refused to carry out his orders!"
"Such a commander ****** damned, because he always makes up for his stupidity with other people's lives!"
"If such a commander were in our troops, I would have killed him with my own hands!"
The last sentence is not a joke, the US military has indeed done many such things on the battlefield...... Just like when a U.S. soldier assassinated Stilwell in Burma, Stilwell didn't even do anything wrong, he just hoped to treat U.S. soldiers with the requirements of treating Chinese soldiers, to be precise, U.S. special forces, but U.S. special forces couldn't stand this kind of "abuse" and killed each other.
Elsewhere, and even on the battlefields of modern Vietnam, similar things have happened...... The most direct way for U.S. soldiers to deal with commanders who command indiscriminately on the battlefield is to injure them and replace them with a new person. Of course, there are many ways to "let", and it is difficult to grasp the scale, but the same thing is that they will make a fake attack to cause such a result as an enemy's sneak attack.
It is understandable that American GIs would do this, because if they did not, they would probably lose their lives under the reckless command of their commanders.
What could be more important than life? Especially so many lives!
Court martial?
To hell with him!
Therefore, the battlefield often forms its own set of rules, and it cannot be said to be completely different from the peaceful society in the rear that is bound by law, and the peaceful society is still inextricably linked with the soldiers on the front-line battlefield.
However, peaceful societies are bound by the law, and the battlefield can almost be said to have jumped out of this circle to form its own set of "laws".
The reason why this is the case is very simple and primitive, that is, to survive, to live!
Similarly, at this time, the 4th Division of the US Army was also facing an existential crisis, and what allowed them to come back alive, or more precisely, to increase their chances of survival, was to learn from the Chinese soldiers.
This kind of learning includes a lot of small lessons, such as strictly forbidding smoking, especially at night, as this will make you a target for Japanese snipers, and not saluting the commander.
And the Chinese soldiers were also happy to teach these experiences to the American soldiers, and even the Chinese soldiers brought a few American apprentices in private...... After all, Chinese soldiers have received rich supplies and equipment, and the Chinese are grateful to the American soldiers, although this is strictly because of national interests, but from the perspective of personal feelings, Chinese soldiers are still very grateful to the Americans, so many people do not hesitate to pass on battlefield experience to American soldiers.
In fact, this is what Major General Jack, the commander of the US Fourth Division, hoped for...... It's not that he doesn't want to learn from these experiences, but he can't pull this face, and now that he doesn't have to lose face and learn combat experience in Sino-US exchanges, why shouldn't he do it?!
Zhang Chi also acquiesced to these.
On the one hand, this is because the US military is strong and it is also beneficial to the Chinese army, not to mention that the new army will lose less troops!
On the other hand, Zhang Chi knows very well that this kind of learning is not systematic learning after all, and combat experience cannot be learned just by learning...... More often than not, it seems that now it seems to know everything, and when the gun goes off, the head goes blank and forgets everything.
So Zhang Chi actually didn't pay attention to this at all.
What touched Zhang Chi a little was a British old lady who sold cakes in front of the barracks.
Originally, Zhang Chi thought she was an American, but when she bought the cake, she knew that she was a British, because Zhang Chi knew English, so he chatted with her a few words.
"It's great that you know English!" The old lady couldn't help but shed tears.
Zhang Chi was a little surprised by this...... Can you move the old lady like this if you know English?
"I'm sorry!" The old lady looked at Zhang Chi's puzzled expression, and explained: "I am British, and my husband was invited by the Americans to work in the arsenal, and I came ......here with him."
"Oh!" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded.
At this time, Britain was an old industrial power, and the United States was still a new industrial power, so there were many technologies to learn from the British, and the arsenal did employ a group of senior British technicians.
"But...... How did you end up selling cakes here? Then Zhang Chi felt strange, senior technicians are not short of money, why does the old lady still sell cakes here?!
"That's right!" The old lady kindly replied: "I have a son who fought against Germany in the North African theater, and after he received a letter from Algeria, he has not been heard from again!" His life and death are unknown. I'm selling cakes here, not because life is difficult, in fact...... The cakes I sell are so cheap that they don't even cost enough. I just want to see you, you kids who went to war, you kids who were lucky enough to come back, it would make me think of my children! ”
As she spoke, the old lady shed another string of tears.
Listening, Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a little sour in his nose...... This may be the cruelty of war, it is not just as simple as taking away a soldier, it also takes away the sustenance and thoughts of relatives.
Zhang Chi bought a piece of cake, the cake is delicious and special, because it has the taste of home and the taste of missing.
(To be continued.) )