Chapter 197: Trade-offs

After that, Zhang Chi reported to Halsey that a Chinese army was going to participate in the landing in Tarawa, and that it was the first to land in Tarawa...... After all, this is a regular army operation, not just to participate if you want to.

Halsey was surprised by this, and he asked Zhang Chi rhetorically: "Zhang...... Why did you agree to go to war again? ”

"Apologize, General!" Zhang Chi replied: "I have never changed my mind, I used to be, and I still am!" ”

"That's ...... now," Halsey was puzzled.

"That's just one of our reconnaissance units!" Zhang Chi replied: "As a reserve team, we hope to know the battle situation at the forefront at the first time, so that we can prepare in the shortest time!" ”

Halsey is right to think about it, this is mainly due to the language barrier between the Chinese and American militaries, and the wartime communication is also inconvenient, and it is reasonable for Zhang Chi to do this. As far as the US military is concerned, a Chinese force of more than 800 people is just a few dozen more landing craft.

So Halsey didn't think much of it, and quickly agreed.

Zhang Chi hesitated a little when he put down the phone, because Wu Shimin and these people were still his compatriots after all, and in this foreign country, Rabaul, Chinese should be united, but he sent them to the battlefield where he knew that it was more than lucky...... Isn't it too cruel to do so.

But soon Zhang Chi gritted his teeth and dispelled these concerns, first of all, because these troops adapted from the Military Command Einsatzgruppen were not good people, and the reason why they were originally powerful on the heads of the people was incorporated into the combat unit and became the new 28th Division was only because Dai Wei ate the elite troops of the three regiments of the Tax Police Corps...... Sun Liren's Tax Police Corps originally had six regiments, and when he realized that the military commander intended to incorporate the Tax Police Corps, he took the initiative to sign up for the expeditionary force and escaped the fate of being absorbed by the military commander.

But there were only three regiments that could escape, and there were still three regiments that were absorbed by Dai Cheng using relationships and means, and after Dai Cheng incorporated these three regiments, there was a vacancy in the strength of the expeditionary force, so Dai Cheng used the military command special force to fill it, which was the new 28th Division.

Just imagine, if Sun Liren's three regiments had not been replaced by Dai Hui with a military command special force that basically had no combat effectiveness and was known as notorious, perhaps there would not have been the danger of Lashio at all.

It was precisely because these soldiers of the New 28th Division were greedy for their lives and feared death that they escaped from the battlefield that the Burmese expeditionary force left a lot of bones in the Savage Mountain.

Of course, this tragedy did not happen because Zhang Chi played a role in it, but this does not mean that the new 28th Division is not responsible, just because they escaped from the battle, it is not a pity that Wu Shimin and these officers and soldiers died.

However, there is one person who can see Zhang Chi's thoughts, and this person is Liu Ting.

"Report!" Just when Zhang Chi was stunned, he heard a crisp report from the command.

Listening to the voice, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, because it was a female voice, don't think about it, it must be one of the seven-person translation team.

"Come in!"

Looking at Liu Ting, who walked into the headquarters and stood up in front of her, Zhang Chi asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

Zhang Chi asked this because he knew that Liu Ting's boss was Bai Ping, and if there was anything, Liu Ting should report it to Bai Ping.

"Reporter!" Liu Ting replied: "My subordinates have something I want to ask for a teacher's seat!" ”

"Oh, what's the matter?" Zhang Chi sensitively noticed that Liu Ting was a little unkind.

"The subordinates want to know ......" Liu Ting hesitated, then plucked up the courage to raise her head and said, "The subordinates want to know if the master wants to borrow a knife to kill people?" ”

Zhang Chi couldn't help but be stunned, he looked at Liu Ting with a slight shock, and then smiled: "What do you mean by this?" What sword to kill whom? ”

Liu Ting sighed and replied, "Shizuo has already told me the answer!" ”

Zhang Chi knew that this was his expression just now that betrayed him, but he didn't expect this girl's observation to be so meticulous.

So Zhang Chi didn't deny it, and replied: "You guessed right, who told you?" ”

"Nobody told me!" Liu Ting replied: "Shizao may have forgotten that his subordinates also spent time in Burma and fought with Shizao's troops, so they know that the battlefield is not as portrayed by Shiza and the instructor. In that case, there is only one purpose for the master's seat......"

Zhang Chi nodded, sat back in his chair, lit a cigarette casually, and asked, "So, what will you do?" ”

"Reporter!" Liu Ting replied: "I hope the master retracts this idea!" ”

"What if I don't take it back?"

"That'...... I had to go and tell Camp Commander Wu! ”

"Whatever you want!" Zhang Chi smiled indifferently.

"Master, you ......" Liu Ting didn't expect Zhang Chi to react like this, so she didn't know what to do for a while.

"You're smart!" Zhang Chi said: "Of the 831 people in the new 28th Division, you are the only one who has guessed this. But you're not smart enough, why don't you want to think about what Camp Commander Wu will do after you tell Camp Commander Wu? What will I do? ”

Hearing this, Liu Ting seemed to understand a little.

You must know that Wu Shimin is a person sent by Principal Jiang, and he can even be said to be the "minister of the Qincha" who monitors Zhang Chi and others, if Wu Shimin knows that Zhang Chi wants to push them into the fire pit...... The most likely way to do this is to make a small report to President Jiang, which will force Zhang Chi to strike first, regardless of whether 3721 will control the military commanders first, and then even kill people and kill people, and then report to President Jiang that they are "sacrificing their lives for the country".

Thinking of this, Liu Ting couldn't help but turn pale, and asked Zhang Chi, "Does the master have to do this?" They are Chinese like us! ”

"Major!" Zhang Chi asked without answering: "Since you have fought with us in Burma, then you should know how the expeditionary force in Burma has been surrounded and annihilated by the enemy again and again!" ”

"But ......"

"Don't tell me it's all about these people?!" Zhang Chi interrupted Liu Ting's words: "This is the battlefield, a place of life or death, as long as a decision is wrong or constrained, it may cause catastrophic consequences." And these people ...... Including you, they are all tools sent by Principal Jiang to monitor us, and even remotely control us, if we let this happen, then we will undoubtedly tie our hands and feet to fight the enemy, which is undoubtedly suicide! I'm not going to let that happen! ”

Liu Ting, Bai Ping and others were in charge of monitoring Du Yuming before, and she knew very well the course of the war in Burma, including Principal Jiang's orders one after another that completely violated military common sense, so she knew that Zhang Chi was right, if the army was controlled by Principal Jiang, it would be almost a dead end.

"So!" Zhang Chi finally concluded: "I only have one purpose in doing this, and that is to save my army and my subordinates!" ”

(To be continued.) )