Tactical training was soon followed by infantry-artillery coordination, infantry-tank coordination, and even coordination with the Air Force.

This is the most important thing in the training of the US military, as the American instructor yelled at the soldiers: "You can miss the enemy, but you must learn to report the enemy's coordinates to the artillery, tanks and air force!" ”

When the soldiers rushed up with their rifles as usual, the American instructor scolded from behind: "You fools, have you forgotten that there are artillerymen behind you?" Why charge when you can solve a problem that can be solved with artillery ?! ”

Objectively speaking, what the American instructors taught is correct, and it is a tactic that strives to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost. But what the American instructors don't know is that the fighters will have such fights not because they are stupid, nor because they are stupid, but because the Chinese army has always fought with insufficient ammunition, and China does not have the same industrial production capacity as the United States, and there are no bullets and shells that can almost be said to be inexhaustible, and even air support, so it is impossible to solve problems with artillery shells like the Yankees without people.

But anyway, now there is.

The equipment of the Chinese army is modeled after the establishment of the US army: the division headquarters has a howitzer battalion, each battalion is equipped with 12 105-mm howitzers, and each division has two mountain artillery battalions, each battalion is equipped with 12 American-style mountain guns; Each regiment formed a tank defense company, equipped with 8 tank defense guns (battle defense guns); EACH BATTALION FORMED A MORTAR PLATOON, EQUIPPED WITH 4 M1 81MM MATARS; EACH BATTALION'S MACHINE GUN COMPANY IS EQUIPPED WITH 6 HEAVY MACHINE GUNS, 18 LIGHT MACHINE GUNS, 6 60MM MORTARS AND ONE FLAMETHROWER. In addition, each division was equipped with a field hospital, each platoon was equipped with a radiotelephone, and a large number of engineering equipment for river crossings and bridge building, almost armed to the teeth.

So under such firepower, coupled with the strong logistical supply of the US military. When you go to war, you really don't need to pile it with human lives as usual.

The two-month training was soon over.

Of course, two months of training is a bit of a rush for a unit that is about to go into battle, especially if the unit uses new American equipment and tactics.

However, firstly, because the soldiers are very motivated in training, secondly, most of the recruits transferred from China are educated, have a strong ability to accept and learn, and more importantly, they are ...... Soldiers are under constant pressure to go into battle and fight the enemy to the death. So the fighters all studied as hard as they could, and in just two months they achieved what Stilwell thought would take at least three months to achieve.

Stilwell was pleased with the result, mainly due to the fact that the training base was built in a hurry and not as large as he needed...... At present, the base can only train more than 10,000 people per batch, but each batch of training takes three months, so it will take two or three years to train a unit of more than 100,000 people.

Stilwell, on the other hand, clearly couldn't wait that long. Therefore, while training, he continued to expand the base, and strived to accept 30,000 people at the same time in the next batch, so that it would be possible to complete the training and rearmament of all troops within a year.

At this time, the training process of the Chinese troops was even faster than expected, which made Stilwell a little overjoyed...... If it is a batch of training in two months, coupled with the continuous expansion of the training base, it means that it is very likely that we will have a force of 60,000 or 70,000 men before the end of the rainy season, and then use this force to hold the Myitkyina defense line, and all the rest of the troops can be pulled back to complete the training at one time, so that the process of training and refitting can be accelerated to a great extent.

"But......" Stilwell said to Chief Instructor Hill with some unease, "can this army really fight?" Their opponents are fierce Japanese! ”

"I can't guarantee it. Checkmate! Chief Instructor Hill replied, "After all, I haven't trained such a unit before!" ”

"You don't seem optimistic about them?" Stilwell asked.

"Of course!" Chief Instructor Hill replied.

"Tell me why!"

"They are Chinese!" Chief Instructor Hill replied without thinking about it, "Their performance on the battlefield has always been terrible, and even if they are equipped with American equipment now, it may be better, but I think it's better not to have too much hope for them...... Because in two months, it is impossible to train a militia into an elite! ”

"They are not militia!" Stilwell was a little annoyed by Chief Instructor Hill's words.

Chief Instructor Hill shrugged. He replied, "Say whatever you want, I can see it...... Many of them are dismissive of our coordinated tactics, and they are not really trained by us! ”

Stilwell knew that was true, after all, training was only two months. It is impossible to completely change their tactical thinking in two months, especially since many of these Chinese soldiers are veterans of war.

So there's a lot of confusion that is likely to happen...... Some units use old-fashioned Chinese tactics, while others use American-style tactics. This will undoubtedly cause disaster on the battlefield.

"Then ......" After thinking about it, Stilwell decided: "Let's test it with actual combat!" ”

"Let's test it in real combat!" Chief Instructor Hill agreed.

The expanded unit of the Engineer Corps drove to Myitkyina the next day.

Unlike when it came, it has not only changed from more than 3,000 people to 10,000 people, nor is it just full of American equipment...... It is even more because it has a new name: the new first division.

The commander of the new 1st Division was a major general named Chen Shanguo, who was transferred from China...... In order to firmly grasp the command of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, Stilwell adopted the method of transferring some generals who did not have much prestige in the army as puppets from China, just like Zheng Dongguo, the commander of the Expeditionary Force.

To Zhang Chi's surprise, the officers of the first regiment of the new division, that is, the original engineer regiment, have basically not changed, and even the commander of the wooden battalion is still the commander of the first battalion, and he is said to have almost failed the theoretical examination, and Meng Lezeng and others were smoothly assigned to the artillery battalion.

Perhaps this was because the Corps of Engineers had previously excelled on the battlefield, so Stilwell feared that a major change would turn the unit into an ordinary unit, or that Stilwell believed that his American advisers were sufficient to control the force.

But no matter what, at least Zhang Chi is very satisfied with this result, because he believes that these officers are the soul of the engineer regiment, and with them, no matter what the name of this unit is changed, they will always be the engineer regiment that shines dazzlingly on the battlefield. (To be continued.) )