"Wang Xuejin, out of the ranks!" The American instructor stood in front of the queue with a pale face and shouted.

Fellow villagers responded and stepped forward.

Several American officers who had been beaten and bruised and swollen came up, and when they saw their fellow villagers, they said angrily: "Yes, it's him, and there are a few other ......."

Zhang Chi saw that the Yankees had come to the door, so he simply stood up and said, "And me!" ”

"And me!"

"And me!"

……

One by one, the fighters came forward, and in the end even the entire company of soldiers stood up.

This surprised Zhang Chi a little, because in order to keep it secret and not to implicate other brothers, Zhang Chi confessed to the dozen or so fighters involved in the fight before returning to the base and asked them to keep the matter a secret. Therefore, the other soldiers in the company didn't even know about it, but they still stood up without hesitation and took responsibility with Zhang Chi.

This made the American instructor so angry that his face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and said: "Very good, you all want to be heroes, don't you?" Did you know that the food, the food, and even the guns you hold were given by the Americans? That's how you repay the Americans? ”

"I'm sorry, sir!" Without waiting for the translator to translate these words, Zhang Chi replied in English: "I hope you understand that this is a cooperation between China and the United States for the common good, not a handout." If it weren't for us, then it would not be us but American GIs who went to war with the Japanese with these guns and bullets! You pay for the supplies, and we pay for the blood and lives! ”

"You ......" The American instructor was speechless, because he knew that this was indeed the case, and even the Americans wanted to transform this Chinese army into a colonial army at the behest of the Americans.

"You're right, Zhang!" I don't know when Stilwell appeared in front of Zhang Chi and the others.

This incident also alarmed Stilwell, and he decided from the beginning that the perpetrators should be severely punished, because if the Chinese soldiers were allowed to continue like this, then the Americans would not be able to control the Chinese army at all. But Stilwell didn't expect that among the perpetrators was also Zhang Chi, whom he valued a lot.

"I don't deny what you're saying!" Stilwell walked up to Zhang Chi and said with a very ugly face: "As you said, we are for the common good, so we should unite to drive the Japanese out of Burma, right?" But why beat American officers for no reason...... They can even be your teachers! Isn't there a saying among the Chinese that one day is a teacher and a father is lifelong? Why don't you respect them......"

"General!" Zhang Chi replied: "Chinese is indeed respecting teachers, and we are also grateful to the United States for its support and guidance to the Chinese military, but this does not mean that American officers can do anything wrong......

"Nonsense?" Stilwell was surprised to hear the word, apparently he hadn't heard the truth from the American officer.

"General, you should investigate this matter clearly!" Zhang Chi continued: "These American officers ......"

As he spoke, Zhang Chi raised his head at the American officers and said, "They molested women from good families on the street, and even drew guns against us...... I don't know what the discipline of the U.S. military is. The military law of our Chinese, molesting women of good families is unforgiving! It's a light thing for us to beat them up! And the general should know how much of a negative impact this will have on our army! If this kind of thing is allowed to happen, then how can we get the support of the Burmese people, how can we drive the Japanese out?! ”

"What he said is true?" Stilwell turned to the American officers.

"No...... That's not true! The American officer quibbled: "We are just joking......"

"So who are you joking...... She's a a**? Or is it voluntary? "Don't try to fool me, it's a small town, and I can find the person involved and get the whole thing into account in a matter of minutes!" Stilwell emphasized. ”

The American officer had no choice but to shake his head helplessly and said, "No, she is not **, and she is not voluntary!" ”

So Stilwell understood.

"I can't imagine you would do such a thing, Major Will!" Stilwell's eyes revealed anger: "You have disgraced me and all Americans. At the same time, I think...... With your behavior like this, it is not suitable to continue to be an instructor here, so you should wait to return home and face a military court! ”

"General......" The American officer wanted to say something, but was taken down by several gendarmes.

"You're right, Zhang!" Stilwell nodded at Zhang Chi: "Next time, if this happens again." Please keep doing it! ”

As soon as Stilwell was gone, the warriors couldn't help but cheer.

The hooligan touched the position of his heart and rejoiced: "I thought that this time I was going to be driven back to China, but I didn't expect it...... Yankees are quite fair! ”

"That's it!" Xiao Zhejiang replied: "If this is our official, most of us will have to roll up and leave at this time!" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this. It should be said that this is also one of the shortcomings of the Kuomintang army: the bureaucracy is too heavy, and soldiers are basically not treated as human beings.

It should be said that this is also one of the benefits of Stilwell's training troops, in addition to uprooting the chaotic command system of the national army. It will also cut off all kinds of bad habits, such as eating empty salaries and official positions, so that the army stationed in India in history has a new look and has very strong combat effectiveness...... This can be seen from the performance of the troops stationed in India in the second expeditionary operation, and the results of the 100,000 troops stationed in India were much greater than those of the more than 200,000 units of the reorganized expeditionary force in China, and the casualties were much smaller.

After the fight, the discipline problems of American officers also attracted Stilwell's attention, and in the future, American military police could be seen patrolling everywhere in the town, and once American officers and instructors were found to be misbehaving, they would pick up batons and beat them up and escort them back to the training camp for disposal.

This did win the respect of the Chinese soldiers to some extent, as the soldiers said, if it was in the Nationalist army, the commander would not give his subordinates the opportunity to plead their case and deal with it fairly, as Stilwell did.

But even so, Stilwell insisted that "as long as Chinese soldiers don't want Chinese officers, especially Chinese generals!" ".

Under this paranoid and preconceived notion, the expeditionary force still Chinese serve as company commander, battalion commander, regiment commander, etc., but in fact, every commander, including Zhang Chi, has an American instructor and adviser by his side, and these American advisers even have the power to order company commanders, battalion commanders, and regiment commanders......

In other words, the expeditionary force was actually transformed from "Chiang Kai-shek-style remote control" to "Stilwell-style remote control".

In this regard, Zhang Chi is powerless to change anything, and at the same time he knows that he does not need to change anything...... Now the most important thing is to let the troops get the training they deserve and develop their combat effectiveness! (To be continued.) )