Zhang Chi agreed to Wu Yan and Chen Guoliang's request without much thought.

This is normal for Zhang Chi.

Because the new regiment is in need of replenishment...... The battle of Kuah Island and Rabaul, especially the battle of Rabaul, caused the new regiment to lose serious troops, which was expected by Zhang Chi as early as Zhang Chi, the task of the new regiment this time is to infiltrate Rabaul and fight with the devils, so no matter whether it wins or loses, the loss of personnel will definitely not be less, a regiment of more than 3,000 casualties as high as more than 800 people, especially the second battalion in charge of the port, the second battalion still has 800 people in the second battalion when Kuah Island, and only half of the 400 people are left after the battle of Rabaul.

The second battalion will have such a large number of casualties, mainly because the space at the port is open, all kinds of people are also very complicated, the enemy and us are mixed with each other, and in the end, even the second battalion itself can not distinguish whether the nearby "Japanese army" is friend or foe, and the result is that no matter the chaos of the 3721, the surviving soldiers do not know whether their own brothers died at their hands in the battle.

But this is another thing that can't be helped, because only in this way can there be chaos, and for the expeditionary force, of course, the more chaotic the better.

The casualties were great, but it was worth it to take Rabaul.

The problem is that the Chinese army at this time is located on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, and China is thousands of miles away, to be exact, it should be more than 16,000 miles.

As a result, the attrition of the new regiment cannot be replenished in time, unless the Yankees' warships can transport additional troops from the country, but at this time, the Yankees are busy fighting the war, where will they take into account the problem of replenishing the Chinese army, even if it is to transport troops, it is also a formed army, and it is a soldier who can fight a war as soon as it comes up with combat effectiveness, such as the 50th Army.

At this time, there was suddenly an "Chinese Brotherhood" in front of Zhang Ji, and most of the members of the "Chinese Brotherhood" were veterans who had fought in battles and had combat experience, and in addition, they had great enthusiasm, so they became excellent supplementary soldiers to the new regiment.

Zhang Chi's plan for the "Chinese Brotherhood" was to train them for one to two months first.

The reason why such training was necessary was that Zhang Chi knew very well that although the soldiers of the "Chinese Brotherhood Regiment" had combat experience, their strategy and tactics were incompatible with the new regiment.

To put it simply, the soldiers of the "Chinese Brotherhood" are not familiar with the equipment, logistics, and tactics of the United States, just like when the expeditionary force was training in Sunbrabeng, and the "Chinese Brotherhood" has to make up for these trainings in order to better integrate into the new regiment.

After the training, Zhang Chi planned to break them up and distribute them to various units.

In this regard, the staff officer Liang had an opinion.

He secretly pulled Zhang Chi aside, lowered his voice and said, "Tuanzao, do you know that there are many communists in ...... 'Chinese Brotherhood'?" ”

"Of course!" Zhang Chi replied, Zhang Chi knew it from the beginning.

"Then you still ......" Staff Officer Liang said with some bitterness: "Alas! Tuanza, 'You can't have the heart of harming people, and you can't have the heart of preventing people'! Originally, I didn't agree with you leaving the 'Chinese Brotherhood' behind, and now you have to break them up and divide them into various units...... It's too late to control it! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi understood why Staff Officer Liang frowned during this time, and couldn't help but pat Staff Officer Liang's shoulder and said: "Don't worry, they are all Chinese, and they are all fighting Japanese devils!" As long as you really have the heart to fight devils...... Even if it's a North Korean, we will accept it, let alone our own people! ”

Zhang Chi's words are not false, Park Zhongjiong and other North Korean sappers have also become one of the sources of the Chinese army, but the conditions are more harsh when collecting North Korean sappers and the proportion of the number is relatively small, after all, they have lived under the brainwashing of the Japanese army for decades, and no one dares to guarantee that they will not do stupid things.

Looking at Zhang Chi's attitude, although Staff Officer Liang was still up and down in his heart, he didn't say anything anymore. At the same time, I sighed in my heart that Zhang Chi was useful.

But in fact, Zhang Chi is not a person who employs people, but more reason, in fact, Zhang Chi is a modern person, and he is not like the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in this era, which have deep estrangement and unclear grievances between each other, so it is natural to treat everyone equally. As he said, as long as you have the heart to fight devils, it doesn't matter who you are.

The problem of prisoners and coolies was disposed of, but the piles of materials captured on Rabaul gave Zhang Chi a great headache.

This is especially true of aircraft carriers and aircraft...... Everything else is okay to say, what guns, ammunition, artillery and other things, anyway, the new division is not short of these things, the Yankees have them, and they are all more advanced than those of small Japan, so even if the Yankees give these things to the new group, I am afraid that the new group will not be willing to use them.

But aircraft carriers are not the same as airplanes, you must know that China did not have its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, until more than 70 years later. Although the aircraft carriers of this period cannot be compared with modern aircraft carriers at all, the aircraft carrier dream is the same.

However, at this time, Zhang Chi felt very helpless.

Because he knew that the possibility of appropriating this equipment for himself was very small, because the new 1st Division, even the entire expeditionary force, could not find a few people who could fly planes and ships.

So, even if the Yankees were willing to give these equipment to the expeditionary force, what would they do? They are not much better in the hands of the expeditionary force than scrap metal.

At this time, Zhang Chi really felt the importance of talents, especially talents that can not be cultivated in a short period of time, such as pilots...... It will take three or five years to get to the point where we can fly to the air to fight, and we will start training from now on, but I am afraid that the war is over and the pilots have not yet been trained.

So Zhang Chi could only look at these things that made him greedy and sigh, just waiting for when the Yankees would come and take them away.

Ten days later, when the Japanese troops on Rabaul were almost cleared, Halsey flew to Rabaul.

As soon as Halsey got off the plane, he laughed happily when he saw Zhang Chi from afar: "Colonel, we meet again, and it's still in Rabaul!" ”

"General!" Zhang Chi saluted Halsey.

Halsey affectionately invited Zhang Chi, and sighed as he walked: "It's unimaginable, you actually did it!" General MacArthur and I thought it would take at least a few months to take Rabaul down, but you only took one day, to be exact...... It's ten hours! ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile, in fact, if Halsey and MacArthur were to fight Rabaul...... It was not just a few months, but a few years, and it was not fought, but it was taken by Japan after it surrendered.

Of course, Zhang Chi would not say these words to Halsey.

"Colonel!" Halsey brought Zhang Chi to the aircraft carrier and said, "I'm here to tell you good news...... It's yours! ”

(To be continued.) )