The actions of the American side were not slow, and a few days later, more than a dozen "Avenger" torpedo planes landed at Rabaul Airport.

Getting off the plane was a colonel named Harris.

According to common sense, they originally had to report to Wang Mazi, after all, Wang Mazi was the supreme commander of Rabaul.

But first, Wang Mazi doesn't want to care about these things at all, in fact, Wang Mazi can't care about it at all, with Wang Mazi's knowledge level and combat experience, managing the troops on land is still so-so, if he is asked to manage the navy or even the aviation brigade, it is ignorant.

On the other hand, it was Wang Mazi who could not understand English at all and could not communicate with American soldiers.

Therefore, according to Wang Mazi's words: "This matter, anyway, I will listen to you, and then listen to your opinions, I am like superfluous, so I will simply leave it to you to be responsible, and if there is any situation, just tell me, I can trust you!" ”

Listening to Wang Mazi's words, Zhang Chi couldn't help but be moved.

Because if you change people, Zhang Chi at this time will encounter a typical situation of "high merit and shocking the master...... This is not only that Zhang Chi can speak English and can communicate with the Americans, but also that Zhang Chi has shown his talent and exploits again and again in battle, so in comparison, although Zhang Chi is still the regiment commander and Wang Mazi is the division commander, the United States obviously attaches more importance to Zhang Chi.

This is very taboo in the Kuomintang army, and Wang Mazi is higher than Zhang Chi in terms of rank and rank, so it is more common to suppress or even frame Zhang Chi, but Wang Mazi did not do this, but gave Zhang Chi power and trust without reservation.

"Colonel!" Harris stood up and saluted in front of Zhang Chi.

Although Harris is the same as Zhang Chi, both have the rank of colonel, this does not affect Harris's respect for Zhang Chi.

Harris had heard about Zhang Chi's deeds on the battlefield when he was in China...... The capture of the Kuah airfield played a pivotal role in the Battle of Kuah, and then he commanded the Cactus Air Force to create a miracle of sinking and damaging Japanese aircraft carriers, and now even taking Rabaul and capturing a large amount of equipment, including Japanese fighters and aircraft carriers, if it were not for General Halsey's own words, Harris would not have believed that this was true.

A few minutes ago, Harris was still thinking about what a Chinese would be like who could make so many proud achievements, and he originally thought that this Chinese should at least be a middle-aged and elderly veteran with a stable personality. But when he stood in front of Zhang Chi and found that Zhang Chi was just a young man in his early twenties, he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Colonel Harris!" Zhang Chi stood up and shook Harris's hand: "Welcome to Rabaul!" I'm sorry, like you can see, it's a mess here. ”

"Understandable!" Harris replied, "There's just been a war here, and I've heard you're the one who took down here!" ”

"Thank you!" Zhang Chi said: "But I don't agree with your words, it's not me who fought here, but me and my soldiers!" ”

"Of course!" Harris nodded, "Colonel, you and your soldiers have saved many American lives, so I want to pay tribute to you!" And also...... That's a good idea, and it's heroic, I'm talking about you disguised as Japanese to infiltrate Rabaul! ”

"Thank you!" Zhang Chi replied politely: "The Americans have also saved the lives of many Chinese, and our goal is the same in defeating the Japanese!" ”

Since there is a good beginning, the rest is easy to solve.

Harris and more than a dozen of his subordinates are here to serve as flight instructors, because they have to teach the incoming Chinese pilots how to fly Japanese planes, so they must first familiarize themselves with the Japanese fighters, otherwise they will not even be able to fly the Japanese fighters themselves, and then they will make jokes in front of the Chinese pilots.

Because the training of pilots was expected to be much more difficult and time-consuming, the first batch of more than 200 Chinese pilots was quickly delivered.

On the day the Chinese pilots arrived in Rabaul, the whole of Rabaul rejoiced...... A red banner was pulled out of the harbor with the words "Warm welcome to the pilots of the motherland!" ”

Then I don't know where the warriors got the gongs and drums, and they beat and beat at the port, and it was very lively.

Later, Zhang Chi learned that these gongs and drums were all made by the soldiers, and the gongs were relatively simple, just get a few pieces of iron from the Yankee mechanic and beat the gongs with a hammer. The drums were a bit more cumbersome, and they had to be air-dried cowhides, which made the warriors prepare for a while.

Pete saw this and asked incredulously, "What are they doing?" Make all this nasty noise? ”

I don't know how to answer Pete, these gongs and drums are indeed a little ugly, but it is also because the rhythm of the fighters is not right and it is also very monotonous, if you let the trained drummers come, it is very imposing, especially for boosting the morale of the soldiers.

At this moment, a middle-aged officer in a brand-new military uniform, followed by a large number of guards, orderlies, and communications troops, stepped forward.

"It's coming!" Wang Mazi whispered to Zhang Chi, and then greeted him.

"General Xu!" Wang Mazi accompanied the smiling face: "It's been hard all the way, please come here!" ”

The middle-aged officer known as General Xu was named Xu Zhengkai, with the rank of major general, and was sent by China to command this flying group participating in the training.

Xu Zhengkai obviously suffered a lot on the transport ship, his face was pale and frowned, and when he saw Wang Mazi stretching out his hand, he didn't pay attention to it, so he only asked, "Where is the car?" ”

"Oh!" Wang Mazi retracted his hand a little embarrassed, and respectfully put on a gesture of invitation and led Xu Zhengkai to the direction of the jeep.

Seeing this, Zhang Chi frowned a little unhappily, originally thought that the people sent from China should show due respect to the new first division or Wang Mazi, after all, this is a unit that has made a name for itself abroad and made great achievements, no matter what, it must be rewarded or rewarded, and his mother came up as if she owed him such a big shelf.

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that the Kuomintang at this time was not talking about making war merits and fighting wars, and it was indeed useful to be able to fight, after all, President Jiang still had to use soldiers, and someone had to work for him, and he had to block the attack of the Japanese devils.

But in terms of being an official or rewarding, it is more important to pay more attention to whether there are people in the faction or the DPRK.

However, the new 1st Division was developed from the Engineer Corps, so naturally it was not a faction, let alone anyone in the DPRK and China. So even if they win any battles, people will not take the new division seriously. (To be continued.) )