Chapter 16: Recruits

After tossing these, the neatly dressed troops were taken to the dormitories by their respective instructors.

In front of the dormitory, a brief lecture was given to the company as a unit.

"My name is Pete!" The American instructor stood in front of the soldiers with his hands behind and said with a serious face: "I know that you have all fought and killed, and there may even be more than one, and some of you may have a higher rank than me." But now, you have to forget all about it and remember that you are nothing, you are just recruits, recruits on the first day of enlistment. As for what rank or officer you will be in the future, it will depend on your future performance. Did you hear it all? ”

"Yes!" The warriors responded.

What the instructor said may be true, because everyone's military uniforms are the same, including Wang Mazi, the former commander of the 1st Engineer Regiment, is also wearing a new uniform, which means that all officers were dismissed the moment they took off their uniforms.

It could even be said that the list of these officers would be recorded and given "special treatment".

Of course, this so-called "special treatment" is not positive, and this "special treatment" means that if these officers perform well in training, they are likely to be promoted when they should not be promoted.

Needless to say, Stilwell did not want these prestigious officers to interfere with his control of the Chinese military.

Despite this, Stilwell also knew that an army must be commanded by officers who could fight, so he would leave behind some Chinese officers who had performed well on the battlefield and made them important to him, such as Sun Liren and Xiao Yaoxiang in real history.

In fact, there is another reason why these two people are reused, that is, Sun Liren and Xiao Yaoxiang can't play politics.

Needless to say, his personality can be described as wooden, one of the things he often does at the wine table is to open the meal and toast a glass of wine, and then bury his head in eating his own food and ignore no one.

Sun Liren...... He just poured out whatever he had in his heart. He once went to Chiang Kai-shek and said, "We can compare and match the national language, English, drills, and battles because he was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's attention to the air force and navy." Bibi to see who is capable! ”

This made Chiang Kai-shek cry and laugh, and only shook his head and said: "Sun Liren doesn't understand politics!" ”

But it was precisely this kind of talent who did not understand politics and could only fight wars that made Stilwell more at ease, so he did not hesitate to reuse it.

So what the instructor said is not absolute, for example, Zhang Chi believes that the commander of the first engineer regiment will eventually be Wang Mazi, not only because the first engineer regiment performed well under the leadership of Wang Mazi, but also because Wang Mazi also did not understand politics.

"Behind you is your dormitory!" The instructor continued: "For the next three days, all you have to do is familiarize yourself with the environment and regain your strength! Disband! ”

"Yes!" Although the warriors responded in their mouths, their feet did not move, and several soldiers turned their eyes to Zhang Chi.

This made Zhang Chi realize that the soldiers did not identify with these foreigners in their hearts. They are still waiting for his orders.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Zhang Chi said: "Didn't you hear the instructor say that it was disbanded?" ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

Only then did the warriors relax.

Naturally, this scene did not escape the eyes of the American instructor, and Pete couldn't help frowning...... He and the other instructors had already advised Stilwell that if they wanted to train better, they would have to disrupt the formation of the force. But Stilwell stubbornly believed that this might reduce the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Of course, Stilwell's words are correct, disrupting the establishment will affect the cooperation between comrades who are already familiar with each other, but the result of not disrupting is ...... It was very difficult for the instructors to actually command and control these Chinese soldiers. You must know that they are all soldiers who live and die together on the battlefield, and more importantly, they are of different nationalities, which is not something that can be unconditionally obeyed by American instructors with a few words.

The dormitories are made of logs and planks. The roof is covered with corrugated asbestos tiles, plus several glass-paneled windows. Make the interior airy and bright.

Zhang Chi looked at the interior of the dormitory, each dormitory was a bed that had just been erected and exuded a good smell of wood, neat and clean, divided into two floors, one room with 40 beds...... It is more than enough to accommodate one row in each dormitory.

Zhang Chi casually found a bed, put down the things he was holding, and lay down the military blanket.

Everywhere around him were the excited cries of the fighters:

"Hey. Is this place really for us to live in? ”

"If you can live in such a good house, let alone be a soldier and fight devils, even if you are willing to be a coolie!"

"Look at what you said, being a soldier has to go to the battlefield and be shot, and being a coolie only takes a little effort. Who wouldn't! ”

"That's also good to be a soldier and fight devils, if this really makes me a coolie not to go to the battlefield, I'm not happy!"

……

Zhang Chi lying on the bed is relaxed, you must know that he is a modern person, after coming to this time and space, he really didn't lie down on the bed cleanly and comfortably, especially if you don't have to worry about the harassment of the enemy, don't worry about the safety of your life, so not to mention the soldiers whose life is already very hard, even Zhang Chi feels that this place is like a paradise.

But when I think about it, I don't think it can be...... The Engineer Corps is only 3,000 people, and if only 3,000 people are trained in one batch, then when will the more than 40,000 people in Myitkyina be trained!

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Xiao Zhejiang, who was close to the door, shouting, "Hey, brothers, another car is coming!" ”

Everyone looked around, and sure enough, they saw dozens of cars parked next to the square.

The soldiers thought that the car should be like them, but to their surprise, it was people in ordinary clothes who jumped down...... And look at the dress is still Chinese.

The soldiers couldn't help but look at each other, this is Myanmar, the China-Myanmar highway has been blocked, how can there be so many Chinese here......

Zhang Chi quickly understood and explained: "They took the Yankee's plane to India, and then transferred here from India!" ”

The Yankees' planes were loaded with supplies to China, and when they returned, the cabins were mostly empty, and Burma lacked troops...... So this empty cabin happened to bring the domestic troops.

The warriors were stunned for a moment, and then they shouted with a cheer and ran towards the recruits, despite the pouring rain outside.

At first, Zhang Chi didn't realize why they were so excited, but he watched the soldiers shouting around the truck:

"Do you have any brothers from Chengdu, Sichuan?"

"Changsha's brother made a noise!"

"Are there any brothers in Changchun?"

……

So Zhang Chi knew that the soldiers were homesick, and they wanted to hear the voices and news from their hometowns, even if it was just a little bit of words. (To be continued.) )