Zhang Chi's training of seafarers is very simple, that is, for physical fitness and military discipline, after all, Zhang Chi also knows that for the navy, whether or not to shoot is not so important.

Other knowledge, such as radar, anti-submarine, and air defense, will have to wait for the US Navy's warships and instructors to come and let the US side organize training...... It is difficult for Zhang Chi to meddle in these aspects, because in addition to the anti-aircraft guns or naval guns, he may know some, and other Zhang Chi is also ignorant and inconvenient to carry out training indiscriminately.

The training effect should be said to have surprised Zhang Chidu.

Originally, he thought that with the quality of the crew, it would be difficult to meet the physical fitness standards set by the new regiment...... It can be seen that a considerable part of the crew is old and chronically malnourished, and looks very thin. This should be related to their food in China.

Zhang Chi guessed correctly, he knew from Liu Guangzhong that because the navy was a often defeated army, it was also an army that was not valued or even used...... It was not valued because President Chiang had always attached importance to the air force and the army, and he was not much interested in developing the navy, and he did not need it because the navy did not even have ships to open and no ports to use soon after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

Therefore, for a unit like the navy that does not have to go to the battlefield to fight, the supplies pulled up by the upper peak can only barely starve them to death, that is, porridge twice a day or even only once a day.

But in fact, the crew no longer dared to have extravagance, because of the shortage of domestic materials, and the food of the army that went to the battlefield to fight the Japanese devils was only dry.

Hearing this, Zhang Chi felt like he was stuffed with something in his heart...... Because he remembered that Xu Zhengkai was still complaining about the lack of food on the table during the reception banquet, it was obvious that he had not suffered such a thing in China.

In other words, those warriors who fought desperately on the battlefield still did not have enough food and clothing, while people like Xu Zhengkai still spent a lot of money on alcohol and wine.

But at the very least, the crew didn't have to suffer this kind of suffering when they arrived in Rabaul, and they were already enjoying the "American-style supply" of canned beef from the moment they set foot in Rabaul, or rather, while they were still in Burma, which is why they were not surprised by the almost inexhaustible amount of food when they arrived in Rabaul.

Twenty days later, the US Navy's warships and training regiment arrived belatedly.

The head of the teaching regiment was a colonel named White, who recognized Zhang Chi as soon as he got off the ship and walked up to Zhang Chi and shook Zhang Chi's hand and said, "Sorry, Colonel!" During this time, we have been purging the remnants of the Japanese on the island, so it has been delayed until now! ”

It is not surprising that the US Navy Vice Chairman recognized Zhang Chi, who was the actual commander of Kuah Island before, and his name had long been spread among the US Navy and even the air force.

Zhang Chi only nodded, White's excuse was not bad, because with the fall of Rabaul, a large number of Japanese land forces were trapped on the small islands around Rabaul because of the loss of Rabaul's rear, and there were quite a few of them, some tens of thousands, and some of them were hundreds of thousands, and the total strength was about 70,000.

Of course, during this time, the Japanese army was also busy organizing rescue.

But just like the dilemma of Kuah Island, because Rabaul was occupied by the Chinese and American forces, and the US warplanes controlled the surrounding waters during the day, the Japanese Navy could only send warships and submarines to rescue them at night.

In fact, this is also due to the fact that the US Navy is not well prepared, and if the US Navy is fully prepared, it will be able to concentrate a superior number of warships to fight a few beautiful encirclement and annihilation battles when the Japanese Navy launches a rescue operation.

If this is the case, then the US military will have a considerable strategic initiative.

Because at this time, the Japanese Navy will fall into an embarrassing situation, for this army with as many as 70,000 people, will the Japanese Navy save it or not?!

Save! There is a high probability that there will be an ambush set by the U.S. Navy along the way, and even if they reach the target island, the U.S. Navy may suddenly appear and launch an offensive while warships and transport ships are rushing to rescue people, and the Japanese Navy may be devastated.

Don't save it! That's 70,000 Japanese troops, not to mention that these armies are the backbone of island defense in the Pacific theater, and the mere act of "seeing death and not saving them" will make the navy subject to strong public opinion pressure and accountability.

However, the US Navy was clearly not ready for this victory...... They did not expect the Chinese army to capture Rabaul so smoothly, so they were a little caught off guard by this sudden victory, so they were repeatedly deceived by the feints of the Japanese army and let the Japanese withdraw most of their troops.

It should be said that the Japanese army's feints were also very clever.

The first feint was telegraphy...... At this time, of course, the Japanese knew that the American troops had been able to intercept and decipher their telegrams, otherwise Yamamoto Isoroku would not have been killed on the way to inspect.

And this point was taken advantage of by Koga Fengichi, who sent a telegram half-truthfully, saying that he was going to rescue the Japanese troops on Riga Island tonight, and asked the Japanese troops on Riga Island to prepare for boarding.

The U.S. Navy believed it, because it was also very reasonable, Riga Island was the closest to the Japanese naval base, and the Japanese troops on Riga Island did make some moves, so the U.S. Navy sent warships to set up an ambush near the waters of Riga Island, but waited all night but did not see a Japanese warship, until midnight when they received a telegram from New Georgia Island, saying that the Japanese troops had boarded and evacuated in large numbers, and they suddenly realized that they had been deceived.

However, it was too late to rush to New Georgia Island, and the US Navy could only watch the Japanese troops withdraw from New Georgia Island.

And again, almost in this way, even in the same place, the telegram said that the island of Riga was still spoken.

This time, they didn't believe that they killed the US Navy, and they found out through reconnaissance that there was indeed something in another Japanese army called Lauru Island...... The U.S. Navy thought that it had seen through the tricks of the Japanese and placed its main force on Lauru Island, but it turned out that the Japanese rescued Riga Island.

It can be said that the US Navy was played by the Japanese Navy.

However, in the final analysis, it is the US Navy's lack of preparation and the lack of absolute superiority in the number of warships, which makes the US military have no confidence in fighting a big battle with the Japanese Navy, especially at night.

"Colonel White!" Zhang Chi looked at the six old warships moored in the harbor and asked, "Is this a warship for the training of Chinese sailors?" ”

"Uh......" White replied with some embarrassment, "so to speak." However, this is also a warship from the US Navy! ”

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi looked at White in shock: "You mean...... Use these warships to form an aircraft carrier battle group with the 'Xianghe'? ”

White spread his hands, which was kind of an answer to Zhang Chi's question.

(To be continued.) )