The next day, Zhang Chi completed the discharge procedures and returned to the front line after saying goodbye to Anne.

When Zhang Chi found the station of the first company, the soldiers surrounded him with a "hula".

"The battalion commander is back!"

"Battalion commander, the injury is all healed!"

……

"Battalion commander?" Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but feel a little inexplicable.

"Battalion commander, you don't know yet?" Looking at Zhang Chi's confused face, the fellow townsman explained: "Shangfeng has appointed you as the commander of the first battalion. ”

"Yes, battalion commander!" Xiao Zhejiang answered: "Fellow villagers are now our company commanders!" ”

"The commander of the first battalion?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned: "What about the wooden battalion commander?" ”

"This ...... I don't know! The fellow villager touched his head: "It hasn't been long since this order came down, and the pimps should know!" ”

The word "pimp" by his fellow countrymen meant Pete, because his name sounded a bit like "pimp", so the soldiers gave him the nickname.

Pete once asked the fighters what they meant by "pimping," and the fighters told him...... In short, it's the kind that is very popular with women. So Pete gladly accepted the nickname.

"What about the pimps?" Zhang Chi asked.

"I guess I'm going to the camp headquarters!" The countryman replied: "He seems to have been promoted!" ”

Saying that, the fellow villagers pointed out the location of the battalion headquarters to Zhang Chi.

Walking along the route indicated by his fellow villagers in the light rain, he came to a semi-open bunker reinforced with logs after a while, and Pete, who was talking to a few officers inside, noticed that Zhang Chi was coming, so he waved to Zhang Chi excitedly and said, "Hey, Zhang, come and see our new office!" ”

"Sir!"

……

As soon as Zhang Chi walked into the fortifications, several officers stood up and saluted.

This made Zhang Chi a little unaccustomed, and not only because of the word "chief...... This word is used badly in TV and movies, and it is often used for the kind of negative characters who are overbearing and oppressive to the people. At this time, Zhang Chi felt a little uncomfortable when he became a "chief".

On the other hand, as a sniper, Zhang Chi knew that it was a bad habit to salute his commander on the battlefield, which was one of the reasons why the new 1st Division would sacrifice more than 50 company commanders in the last battle.

Zhang Chi looked at Pete suspiciously, Pete suddenly took out a document and handed it to Zhang Chi, and said, "Your letter of appointment!" And it was personally appointed by General Stilwell! ”

Zhang Chi took the appointment letter and looked at it, and it was indeed stamped with Stilwell's seal...... This is indeed a bit unusual, considering that Stilwell was the chief of the general staff of the Chinese Expeditionary Force at this time, and his power was even greater than that of the commander of the expeditionary force, and such a person would personally appoint a battalion commander.

"Looks like General Stilwell admires you!" Pete patted his flabby shoulder and said, "He also specially told me to obey your command and cooperate with your work as much as possible...... In fact, I've already done it! ”

"So...... And what about the wooden battalion commander? Zhang Chi asked.

"Battalion Commander Wood?" Pete was stunned. Then he realized that Zhang Chi was talking about the commander of the first battalion, so he replied with a sigh: "He has been transferred to the engineering regiment and serves as a staff officer of the engineer regiment!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but nodded, the wooden battalion commander is more suitable to stay in the engineer regiment, and he will be useful when he arrives.

In fact, the wooden battalion commander is not only suitable for staying in the engineering regiment, he can almost be said to be at home after he arrives at the engineering regiment, especially since there are many awesome American instructors and American engineers in the engineering regiment, since the wooden battalion commander arrived in the engineering regiment, they have been silent.

The reason is that the distance that American sappers and others need to use a tape measure, a rangefinder, etc., to get can only be obtained, and the wooden battalion commander does not need to ...... All he had to do was make a stroke under his eyes with his fingers and fists. It didn't take much time to accurately calculate the length, even the distance between the two armies on the map, which shocked and admired the American instructors and engineers.

This is not surprising, the Chinese have survived in this extreme lack of tools. In order to survive, you must learn these skills. Americans, on the other hand, are overly dependent on equipment, so over time, they have lost some of the endowments that human beings themselves have.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that Stilwell even had the idea of directly transferring Zhang Chi to the General Staff as Chief of Staff. But in the end, I forced the idea down.

Stilwell has Stilwell's considerations and difficulties...... Although Zhang Chi's performance on the battlefield was excellent and talented, Stilwell felt that he was born to fight.

But here's the problem. Zhang Chi's outstanding performance was based on disobedience to the orders of his superiors and American instructors, and if Zhang Chi was promoted too quickly in one breath, it would be tantamount to telling other Chinese officers that it didn't matter if they disobeyed the orders of American instructors, as long as they could win the battle.

It is conceivable that this will set a very bad example in the army, will make other Chinese officers follow suit, and will even intensify the contradictions between Chinese and American officers.

So after thinking about it, Stilwell decided to only promote Zhang Chi to battalion commander.

It should be said that being a battalion commander was Zhang Chi's initial dream, because if he became a battalion commander, then under normal circumstances, he would not have to go to the battlefield in person and command in the rear later.

But at this time, Zhang Chi would rather be a company commander......

First of all, in jungle warfare, there is no obvious boundary between the defense line of the enemy and us, more often it is you and me, I have you, and the battalion commander does not have to go to the battlefield in person, this practice only exists in the domestic **** troops, not only in the expeditionary force, but also more to take the lead.

The officers of the expeditionary force, such as Liao Yaoxiang, Sun Liren, and even Stilwell, often visited the front line to observe the situation, and Stilwell's most common image was wearing an American-style steel helmet, wearing an ordinary military uniform without military rank, and carrying a carbine on his shoulder...... He often quipped: "That way, the Japanese snipers won't target me!" ”

As for Sun Liren and Liao Yaoxiang, not to mention, it is their daily routine to be on the front line to command the battle.

Just imagine, under the leadership of these officers, which battalion commander and regiment commander dares to say that he wants to command in the rear and does not need to go to the front line?!

Of course, Zhang Chi didn't really care about this at this time, at this time he knew very well that it was not safer to be an official or how big an official would be on the battlefield, and sometimes the official was too big, and he would become the main target in the face of the Japanese infiltration war.

What gave Zhang Chi a headache was the stacks of documents and materials on the table, which made Zhang Chi feel as if he was back in the era of reading exams. (To be continued.) )