On this day, Stilwell called and asked, "Zhang...... You ready? It is likely that the troops will be leaving in these two days! ”

"General......" Zhang Chi couldn't help frowning, the soldiers didn't say a word, but it made him feel a little lost, so Zhang Chi replied: "I think we need more time, I'm not sure if the soldiers are ready!" ”

"But we don't have any more time!" Stilwell replied, "I know, it's going to be difficult for you, but now that the military situation is urgent, I need you to be prepared, understand?" ”

"Understood!" Since Stilwell said so, Zhang Chi had no choice but to answer helplessly.

After putting down the phone, Zhang Chi was stunned at the map on his desk, and after a while, he got up and walked out of the command headquarters.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked out of the headquarters, he saw a group of officers coming up, and it was obvious that the officers were also looking for him.

Zhang Chi smiled bitterly and said to the officers, "You guys...... I'm here to petition for the soldiers! ”

"Yes, Danza!" The townsman replied.

"Hmm!" Zhang Chi nodded: "Report the list, those who are willing to stay will stay, and those who want to go back...... I'll do my best to intercede for them and get them back! ”

"What?" Hearing this, the officers couldn't help but be stunned.

Seeing the strange expressions of the officers, Zhang Chi realized that things might not be as he thought.

"You ...... Didn't you come to ask to return home? Zhang Chi asked.

"Of course not!" The townsman replied.

"We're here to ask to go to war!" The tank battalion commander replied.

"Yes, Tuanza!" The engineer battalion commander added: "We've figured it out, we've really figured it out...... Tuanza is right, in our current situation, returning to China to fight devils will not play much role, and only by continuing to cooperate with the Yankees abroad can we fight more devils! ”

"Yes!" A fellow villager said: "We are all used to using American-style equipment to press devils and fight them." Outside, our planes, artillery, and tanks are pressing the devils, and if we return to China, then the planes, artillery, and tanks of the devils will be pressing on us...... It's embarrassing to think about. Let's continue to play abroad, have fun! ”

"Tuanza!" The tank battalion commander said: "Actually, there is one more point...... The most important point, then the soldiers know that follow the regimental seat you, yes! ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but be so moved that he almost shed tears.

In fact, even he didn't know whether it was right or wrong to take this step, after all, it was a move to the Pacific...... Although Zhang Chi knew that the result of this battle in history was that the U.S. military successfully defeated Okinawa and approached the Japanese mainland, but it was the U.S. army, and at this time, the Battle of El Alamein also changed from victory to defeat, who knows if this history will change?

However. The soldiers chose to believe him without reservation, which made Zhang Chi feel a little unbearable...... This is an invisible pressure, a pressure that cannot live up to the trust of thousands of subordinates.

But Zhang Chi didn't say anything, the battlefield had already made him develop the habit of talking quickly, he only nodded to the officers and said, "Very good, then...... While there is still some time, and you can afford to bring the letter back home, let the soldiers leave another letter! ”

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

……

The so-called leave one more letter. In fact, it's just that Zhang Chi didn't say it explicitly, what this refers to is actually a "suicide note".

The reason is that the Chinese Expeditionary Force is going to the Pacific Theater...... In the past, he fought against the Japanese army in Burma, and although he also went abroad, he was only one step away from China. Even when the Japanese blockade was at its tightest, the Chinese Expeditionary Force actually did not cut off its connection with the country, such as radio, airplanes, and even a few mountain roads that could be walked.

But now, the Chinese Expeditionary Force is going to the Pacific Ocean, which is more than 10,000 nautical miles away. The Yankees' warships would not be idle enough to help the Chinese expeditionary force travel thousands of miles to deliver letters to China.

So needless to say, there is a good chance that many of the soldiers will never come back, and the letter they wrote is likely to be their last.

So the barracks were busy that night. Among them, especially those literate soldiers, they helped their comrades write letters one after another, and each envelope was thick and bulging...... That's not to say how many words the soldiers wrote, in fact, the soldiers didn't leave many words, and most of them were like: "I'm good abroad, eat and drink well, and the devils have been defeated by us, don't worry" and so on, and then explain a few words and it's over.

The reason why the envelope was so bulging was that the soldiers put all the allowances paid by the Yankees in the envelopes and carried them home, leaving nothing for themselves.

However, it seems that the soldiers do not need to stay, on the one hand, they do not know whether they will be alive tomorrow, and on the other hand, there is no place for money to go to the battlefield to fight, especially in the Pacific.

It's just that the soldiers are also very stupid, you must know that these allowances are rupees, and this thing can still be used in India and Burma, if you go home...... No one else knows this kind of money at all, and besides, what is in short supply in the country is materials, and no one will exchange this kind of banknote for something that they don't know and don't know how much it can be worth.

Although Zhang Chi knew this, he didn't say it explicitly.

Because he knew that the soldiers sent back not only money, but also a heart, or even a wish, of their hearts.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that in fact, it was not right to say that the banknotes sent back were useless, because after Japan lifted the blockade of China, it was the foreign currency that could buy things from abroad that was valuable, so he only needed to take this foreign currency to the bank and exchange it...... Many military dependents became rich overnight.

"Zhang ......" When Pete looked at this scene, he said to Zhang Chi: "This reminds me of the scene when we went to the battlefield, but it's very strange...... You've been on the battlefield for a long time, haven't you? How could it be...... Didn't write a letter to your family until now? It's incredible! Oh yes...... I don't seem to have seen you write to your family, and I haven't seen your family write to you! Why is this happening? ”

Zhang Chi just smiled and didn't answer.

Zhang Chi didn't know how to answer, because even if Zhang Chi said Pitt, he wouldn't understand that people living in that kind of environment in the United States would never understand how miserable the Chinese people living in China, especially under the total blockade of Japan...... The happiness that is easy for American GIs is often a luxury for Chinese soldiers.

Zhang Chi hopes that one day Chinese soldiers will be able to truly achieve equality in the actual sense like those great powers. And this ...... There is no doubt that they need to fight for it!

(To be continued.) )