And to transport supplies, especially American-style supplies, it is necessary to train them...... Because trains have the advantages of large capacity and fast speed compared with road transportation, while American-style equipment and supplies are based on quantity.

This was originally a headache, but Zhang Chi replied easily: "This is easy to do!" ”

"Easy to do?" Stilwell couldn't believe what he was hearing.

"Don't we have many jeeps?" Zhang Chi said.

"You're talking about...... Willis Jeep? Stilwell asked.

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded: "The wheelbase of this jeep is just the same as the width of the railway...... Think of it as a locomotive and you'll be fine! ”

"What?" Stilwell looked at Zhang Chi in disbelief: "Use the jeep as a locomotive? ”

"Oh, yes!" Zhang Chi added: "Of course, it is not possible to be a locomotive like this, you have to remove the outer tires of the jeep wheels!" ”

"Are you kidding?" Stilwell looked at Zhang Chi with some sarcasm.

"No!" Zhang Chi replied: "I'm serious!" ”

Stilwell looked at Zhang Chi in a daze, and after a while he said, "So...... I want to try it! ”

Of course, Zhang Chi did not object, so he took a few soldiers and drove a jeep to the railroad tracks.

To Stilwell's surprise, the jeep was compared as it hit the tracks...... The wheelbase of the jeep is really the same as the width of the rails, not bad at all.

Then a few soldiers first suspended the jeep with a jack, removed the outer tires of the wheels by two, and then carefully put the jeep down when they were done...... The jeep was right on the railroad tracks, not much different from a small locomotive.

Stilwell half-convinced the driver to climb up and drive for a while...... It was found that this thing drove smoothly on the railroad tracks, and later Stilwell even hung a few train cars on this "locomotive", and the result was still very smooth, which made Stilwell feel incredible: "Oh my God, I didn't think I could actually do this......"

"Absolutely!" Zhang Chi replied: "It's even much better than the locomotive!" ”

Zhang Chi said that it is true, Myanmar's narrow-gauge locomotives have been in use for many years. Not only is the horsepower small but also has many faults, pulling a few more carriages is like an old cow pulling a broken car, and driving it is about the same speed as a human jogging...... Because of this, in the Battle of Bamo, the Japanese reinforcements by train were also ambushed by the Chinese army and suffered heavy losses.

The Willis jeep used by the U.S. military is a four-wheel drive vehicle produced by Willis, with 60 horsepower, which is three times the driving power of similar cars.

Of course, it is still difficult for such a driving force to drive a car full of goods, but the Yankees have jeeps. Just add a few jeeps according to the number of carriages...... For example, if the front pulls the back one and drags the back, and then adds two more cars in the middle, then the "train" will run faster and smoother than the small train.

"It's amazing! ......" Stilwell nodded, "This time, all our problems have been solved." God, how did you come up with this method? ”

"Uh......" Zhang Chi replied: "I just found that the wheelbase of this jeep is very coincidentally the same as the width of the rails, so I thought of it!" ”

This is certainly not true, the truth is...... In modern times, Zhang Chi has seen Burmese people play like this, using jeeps as locomotives, and Zhang Chi just felt fresh at that time. I didn't expect it to be used now.

So there is a very strange phenomenon in Myanmar: the tracks are no longer running locomotives, but trains driven by jeeps, and the sound of chirping is no longer the "whin" of the train, but the whistle of the jeep.

And in the farmland on both sides of the train. Everywhere were the soldiers of the expeditionary force who laid down their guns and were busy plowing in the fields...... They are much more efficient at farming than the Burmese people, and this is because the vast majority of Chinese soldiers are peasants, and all of them are good at growing crops. Under the influence of Buddhism, the people of Myanmar generally have a kind of thinking of going with the flow, so they are not too careful when planting crops or working, and many people just want to eat enough. Where will they be like Chinese farmers who divert water and dig ditches, trying every means to grow as much food as possible on limited land.

On the other hand, it was these "Chinese peasants" who even used sappers to plough the land...... As soon as the bulldozer excavator was on it, there was still any poorly cultivated land, and even some American GIs thought it was funny and happily participated in it.

Of course, not all troops were sent to work in the fields, and the Japanese and Thai troops in Thailand and the Japanese troops stationed in the Arakan Mountains were still eyeing Burma, so troops were still needed to defend some important areas and border areas, such as Rangoon.

However, Zhang Chi felt that the new 1st Division was very likely to have other tasks, because the new 1st Division was not only responsible for garrisoning Yangon, but also carried out some training in new projects, such as climbing net ropes and landing on beaches.

Needless to say, why these trainings were carried out, of course, in order to deal with the possibility of island battles in the future.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, in fact, at this time, Stilwell had reached an agreement with President Chiang's side: Stilwell would send part of the expeditionary force back to China one by one, and President Chiang would allow the United States to send the expeditionary force into the Pacific theater.

Principal Jiang didn't want to agree to it yet...... Although it is also beneficial for China to throw the Chinese army into the Pacific theater, President Jiang is thinking that the urgent needs in China cannot be solved, how can he take care of the Pacific Ocean so far away, not to mention that the Pacific Ocean is still the Yankees' own business, of course President Jiang can't use his own soldiers to fight for the Yankees!

But on second thought: the US aid is still in Stilwell's hands, and if he does not agree, Stilwell only needs to delay the US aid, while the Japanese army on the other side is launching a large-scale attack on China...... It wouldn't be good if the whole line collapsed.

So he didn't think much about it, gritted his teeth and agreed to Stilwell's conditions.

Therefore, things in the world are sometimes very strange, and Kawabe Shozo was afraid that he never thought that a plan he came up with to "encircle Wei and save Zhao" happened to promote the Chinese Expeditionary Force's expedition to the Pacific Theater.

Stilwell's training of the new 1st Division was actually not targeted, because the US army at this time did not have any counteroffensive plan for the time being. Stilwell just wanted to be prepared, thinking that he could train in advance, so that he wouldn't be in a hurry if he really needed it.

But what Stilwell didn't expect was that the war would come faster than he thought.

(To be continued.) )