Chapter 31 Command
Not long after, the main force of the battalion following the first company also came up, so the first company and the second company were stationed in the 145th and 217th highlands near Lingbang respectively. The third company was stationed in Lingbang as a reserve team and the battalion headquarters. Please search and read the most complete novel!
"Hey! Captain!" When Zhang Chi was leading the troops to build fortifications, Pete waved to Zhang Chi and shouted: "Major Walker has something to say to you!"
Major Walker is the American instructor next to Commander Wood. Although the first battalion was nominally commanded by Commander Wood, everyone knows that Major Walker has the final say.
"Major!" After grabbing the phone, Zhang Chi responded in English.
Major Walker still likes to talk to Captain Zhang Chi, not only because Zhang Chi is someone who looks at Stilwell differently, but also because Zhang Chi knows English and does not require translation when talking to Zhang Chi.
Major Walker sometimes thought that it would be great if the Chinese team could speak English, so there would be no situation where the command was not smooth or even misunderstandings were caused when on the battlefield.
However, Major Walker never thought that if he wanted to better command the Chinese team or get the recognition of Chinese soldiers, then it would be that American instructors who learned Chinese.
"Captain!" Major Walker praised on the phone: "You fought very well, defeated a squadron and a squadron of the Japanese army with more than 20 casualties, and even took down Lingbang. I have to admit that your results were beyond my expectations. But... I hope you understand that your victory is largely due to American equipment and our tactics, so I hope you can respect the instructor's opinions and understand what I mean?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chi couldn't help but look at Pitt beside him. It was obvious that he complained in front of Major Walker that he was a Chinese man, especially Zhang Chi, who was disobedient.
The most annoying thing in the army is a person like Pitt who is incompetent but has a chicken feather as an arrow, which makes Zhang Chi's disgust of Pitt reach another level.
"Major!" Zhang Chi replied, "I don't think you and your subordinates have figured out one thing: this is a battlefield rather than a training ground. In the training ground, my soldiers and I can obey some unreasonable orders, but on the battlefield, I must be responsible for the lives of soldiers and my own lives, and even the lives of American instructors... So, I hope you understand one thing. Nothing is more important than life, and this is also your point of view. If you want me to risk my life to execute the instructor's orders, then sorry, I can't do it!"
"But it turns out that Captain Pitt is an excellent commander, right?" Walker said on the phone with some anger: "It is his command that saves most of you!"
"Major!" Zhang Chi smiled and said, "You should investigate clearly. This is exactly the reason why Pete accused me of disobeying the order. If I obey the order, I am afraid that we, including Captain Pitt, will be lying in the morgue at this time!"
"This is nonsense..." Peter shouted from the side.
But Zhang Chi had already hung up the walkie-talkie, then shook her head and said to Pete, who was embarrassed, "It's not that we don't respect you. It's that you really don't deserve our respect!"
As he said that, he ignored Pitt, who was eager to explain to Major Walker in the back, turned around and walked back to his company.
Zhang Chi was not worried that Major Walker would withdraw his company commander... This is the battlefield. Major Walker must consider the consequences of changing generals in the last battle, not to mention that even if Zhang Chi was withdrawn, the company commander who was replaced might not necessarily obey the command of the American instructor.
On the other hand, Zhang Chi knew that this was a problem that could not be avoided, because once he avoided or obeyed, he was likely to pay a price for bleeding in the future battlefield, which was by no means what Zhang Chi wanted to see.
Zhang Chi was indeed guessing this point correctly, because it was not only Zhang Chi who did not obey the command of the American instructor, but the general officials were generally like this... But Walker had no choice but to deal with them. He could not replace all the Central officials who did not obey the command in one breath, which would only make his army quickly defeated in front of the Japanese.
"We really shouldn't have sent the troops to the battlefield like this!" Walker complained: "Our instructors have only been training this troops for two months, and Chinese soldiers have not yet developed the habit of obeying orders!"
What Walker didn't know was that no matter how long the training took, these American instructors would be difficult to gain the trust of Chinese soldiers... Of course, there are the barriers caused by American instructors who did not understand the language and treated Chinese soldiers as second-class people. The most fundamental reason was that American instructors did not know how to fight against Japanese soldiers in this jungle. Chinese officers and soldiers knew very well that if they obeyed the orders of US instructors, they would have a dead end.
This situation was reported to Stilwell soon.
Stilwell also felt a headache for this... What made him even more headache was that the Zhong** team played quite well in this situation.
This result was indeed what Stilwell wanted, but the process was not.
Because, if the Chinese team does not obey orders but plays well, it means that they are correct to not obey orders, while the American instructors are redundant.
"General!" At this time, Stilwell's adjutant suggested: "Maybe we can make the Chinese realize that they will fight better if they obey orders!"
"What advice do you have?" Stilwell asked.
"We can transfer a force from the United States!" said the adjutant: "A unit consisting entirely of Americans. We let this force hit the Chinese, and then they understand..."
"This is a good idea!" Stilwell's eyes lit up when he heard this. After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "Yes, that's it!"
Zhang Chi on the other side of the world certainly didn’t know what Stilwell had, and that wasn’t something he needed to care about. What he wanted to care about was Lingbang…
What's strange is that after the Chinese team occupied Lingbang, the Japanese army seemed to have disappeared and did not launch an attack for the whole afternoon.
This phenomenon is very abnormal, especially when they face the 18th Division, which is known for its strength, and especially the division commander of this division is still Mudaguchi Ryo, who is known as the "ghost animal"... In fact, Zhang Chi is more willing to face a commander like Mudaguchi Ryo, because under the pressure of him, a commander who blindly emphasizes "spirit", the Japanese in the 18th Division would choose to take and rush hard when they should retreat, which means greater results for the Chinese team with American-style equipment.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chi ordered: "Block the position before it gets dark, pay attention to setting up open and secret whistles. The Japanese are likely to attack at night!"
"Yes!" The devil responded, turned around and conveyed the order.)
Chapter completed!