Chapter 149: Crew
The crews arrived at Rabaul more than a month after the new division occupied Rabaul.
Greeting the crew is a different story from the scene where the pilot was greeted before.
When the pilots came, they were all on their toes...... It is understandable that pilots have a superior status when they are in China, and when the army is still underfed and clothed, pilots are still provided like grandpa and grandma, and after a long time, they naturally look down on the army on the ground.
However, even if these pilots are lucky, Zhang Chi's headquarters is still some distance from the airport, and at the same time, he is also entangled in Rabaul's various affairs, so he has no time to pay attention to those arrogant pilots, otherwise he will have to give them some color to see.
It is said that Zhang Chi can be said to be the busiest person in Rabaul during this time, mainly because Zhang Chi can understand English, and is deeply trusted by Wang Mazi and the United States, so no matter what is such as the stationing of the arsenal, the arrangement of "wildcat" fighters and maintenance personnel, etc., all need to be handled by Zhang Chi, so the phone in the office is ringing non-stop, and after a while, the parts on the fighter side are missing something, and then there is a shortage of manpower or what equipment is lost in transportation. Zhang Chi can't wait to divide one person into several people to use.
For example, at this time, a few minutes ago, he was still busy formulating the arsenal management system, and a phone call came to ask Zhang Chi to come to the port to greet the crew.
Zhang Chi wanted to refuse, because he was angry when he remembered the last time he received Xu Zhengkai...... His mother, Brother Gongzi, who didn't do anything but knew how to be powerful on the heads of the people, was still dragging like 2580,000 in front of us who were desperate with devils all day long, and what was even more infuriating was that Xu Zhengkai, who had no military exploits, was obviously a major general, and he kept saying what pilots and military exploits to suppress people.
This is not to say that Zhang Chi looks down on pilots, but Zhang Chi feels that everything on this battlefield should be based on combat merits.
If you go to the sky in a plane, you will let the enemy take you down...... Not only did it not help the war, but it wasted the country's money and time to train you, and also lost a plane, which is nothing compared to the army that fought desperately with the enemy with bayonets on land, and the infantry of the bad people also killed a few devils, what did your pilot do?!
Therefore, Zhang Chi thinks that those pilots, especially the major general Xu Zhengkai, have no arrogant capital at all, but they feel that they are superior, and they don't know where they get their superiority.
Now it's the Navy that greets you......
Zhang Chi frowned: Don't think about it, the navy should be similar to these pilots again!
Considering that this is a foreign country after all, and the navy that came is still his own compatriots, Zhang Chi reluctantly rushed to the port with the guards and staff officers.
Wang Mazi was waiting in the port early in the morning, and when he saw Zhang Chi, he beckoned Zhang Chi to come over, and then whispered: "It's the deputy commander of the First Fleet of the Navy, Vice Admiral Liu Guangzhong!" You guy, put a pressure on my temper, don't be so impulsive? Listen to me, say something nice and offend less people, there is no harm in it! (Note: Commodore is a Kuomintang military rank, between colonel and major general)
"Yes!" Zhang Chixin reluctantly responded.
Wang Mazi has been in the **** army for a long time, so in terms of these people's sophistication and risks, Wang Mazi knows much more than Zhang Chi and is much more sophisticated.
But then Wang Mazi and Zhang Chi found that this worry was completely unnecessary.
As soon as the crew got off the boat, Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi found that something was wrong, they were all listless like wilted cabbage, especially the firmness and courage in their eyes that they should not have.
To put it simply, if the previous pilots were compared to geese with their heads held high and neat appearances, then these crew members were like roosters in defeat.
When Zhang Chi and Wang Mazi were puzzled, a few officers walked down the transport ship, and the middle-aged officer headed by him had a mustache, he glanced at everyone after getting off the boat, and soon found Wang Mazi and others, so he walked straight forward and took the initiative to stretch out his hand and introduce: "It's Wang Ninghang's Wang Shiza!" ”
"Yes, sir!" Wang Mazi stepped forward and saluted.
"Brother Wang! What a long-standing admiration for the Great Name! Liu Guangzhong held Wang Ninghang's hand and said: "We have heard a lot of deeds about your fighting devils in China, and you fought well!" It's a delight! ”
To be honest, this scene surprised Zhang Chi, especially after Zhang Chi saw a few wrinkled old men in the crew who disembarked, Zhang Chi was thinking: Could it be ...... This is Principal Jiang in order to delay the progress of training, so he sent some old and weak soldiers?!
But it wasn't long before Zhang Chi realized that he was wrong.
Because these crews are indeed the Kuomintang Navy, and they are also the elite of the First Fleet and the Second Fleet.
The reason why they are in such a state of mind, and even many old people among them, is because the Kuomintang navy has always been just acting before and after the War of Resistance Against Japan, especially when the Japanese army invaded China, the Kuomintang navy was simply unable to have a normal confrontation with the Japanese army on the sea, and all they could do was to sink the old warships and gunboats in their hands in Jiangyin to block the shipping lane, so that the Japanese navy could not drive straight along the Yangtze River.
Later, as the Japanese army occupied the ports of coastal cities, the Kuomintang navy was faced with the situation of having no ships to open and no ports to use, so the navy became a nominal formation, and even several times because of the shortage of troops, the young and strong navy was transferred to the infantry to fight...... In fact, this is also helpless, there is no port and no ships available, and it is redundant to keep the navy.
As a result, the crew members that the navy can leave behind are these soldiers who are a little old, and because they have been idle for a long time and have lost their sharpness and spirit because they have been idle for a long time and sit on the cold bench.
Therefore, Liu Guangzhong's first words at the wine table were: "Brother Wang...... I heard that we are here this time to receive an aircraft carrier? ”
Speaking of this, Liu Guangzhong couldn't help but smile: "Do you think that these soldiers like my command can drive an aircraft carrier?" Are you making a show of us again? This time, it's to show off your majesty to whom?! ”
Zhang Chi didn't understand the meaning of Liu Guangzhong's words, but Wang Mazi understood.
The Kuomintang navy was never formed to deal with foreign aggression or to fight for a place at sea, but to shock warlords who might have different intentions at home.
This is what Liu Guangzhong called "making a show"!
"Nope! Sir! Wang Mazi replied: "I'll tell you the truth, this time, I really want you to go to war!" And it's a devil fight! ”
(To be continued.) )