Chapter 161 Brigadier General William
News that the "Ziqiang" sinks a Japanese submarine soon spread throughout Rabaul... This also included the army and the aviation force located at the airport.
At this time, the actual commander of the flight squadron was Zhang Junhua, the squadron leader of the flight squadron. It is said that he was a Japanese naval flagship "Izumo" who participated in the Shanghai War and participated in the bombing of the Japanese Navy. Unfortunately, due to the old fighter jets, the Chinese Air Force had thorough plans and heroic fighting spirit, and finally he only let the "Izumo" seriously injured and withdraw from the battlefield.
Zhang Junhua and Wang Mazi both sent congratulatory messages to the Navy. Of course, Zhang Chi knew that Wang Mazi's congratulatory message must have been written by the adjutant.
Liu Guangzhong was so happy that he said to everyone: "Damn it, this is a rant of anger. Look at the Japanese are still arrogant!"
Moreover, Liu Guangzhong knew very well to use this matter to create momentum, so he called on all sailors to learn from the "Ziqiang" and even asked the sailors of the "Ziqiang" to give lectures everywhere to introduce the victory experience of this naval battle.
In fact, there is no experience to talk about. A large part of it is confusing. Some sailors on the Ziqiang are even confused. Others told him that they had sunk the Japanese submarine and he still didn't believe it.
However, Liu Guangzhong's approach is right. This is setting an example for the Chinese Navy, and it is also telling the Chinese Navy that the destroyer they use is fully capable of defeating the Japanese Navy, thus making Chinese sailors more motivated and confident.
However, the most widely circulated one is the handful of potatoes that Zhang Chi threw out... Wang Mazi even called Zhang Chi's regiment headquarters and said, "Good boy, I've made a contribution again! I heard that you fried the Japanese submarine with potatoes? How did you do it?!"
Hearing this, Zhang Chi's forehead was covered with black thread... Can potatoes even blow up submarines? This is too much!
But it should be said that the Chinese team seems to have this habit... In fact, it cannot be said that Chinese soldiers have this habit, but that if everyone is not well-developed in the Chinese team, the communication is basically transmitted by word of mouth, and the country intends to exaggerate the military achievements and boost morale, they will have this habit of becoming more and more mysterious as they say it.
This incident even alarmed General Halsey and Brigadier General William on Guadalone.
"William!" Halsey said to Brigadier General William: "Look, you have not officially taken office yet, they have blown up a Japanese submarine in Rabaul!"
William nodded. He had listened to White's report earlier. What he couldn't imagine was... Zhang Chi, who made him feel awkward, also used potatoes to resolve a crisis and successfully turned defeat into victory.
Halsey was sniffed for a while, and then said to Brigadier General William: "This reminds us of us. We have focused our attention on the surrounding islands for a while and have wiped out the remaining enemies, but the Japanese army is likely to have already stared at Rabaul!"
"The general means..."
"I mean..." Halsey said to William: "As Rabaul's chief instructors, you should go to Rabaul to take charge of the overall situation!"
"Yes!" William responded helplessly.
In fact, William himself knew that he should have been to Rabaul to organize training. You should know that there are Chinese navy, army and aviation there. All branches of the army need training, and even the army... The Chinese army needs more training to adapt to future amphibious operations, and many Chinese soldiers even don’t know how to swim.
But Brigadier William has never been willing to go to Rabaul. If it were not for the order of his superiors, he would even refuse to accept this training task.
The reason is not for anything else, it is because of Zhang Chi...
William still remembers the first time he met this senior official. He thought that this officer was just a little clever fight on land, and that the battle on the sea and on the island was not something he could control, so he naturally had to listen to his orders and learn his combat experience like a good student.
But it was obvious that Brigadier General William was wrong and was very wrong.
Especially Zhang Chi still disobeyed his orders again and again, and he vowed to send him to the military court... but the result was that this not-stunningly beautiful official won the victory again and again, and it was a brilliant victory.
This is like squeezing his mouth hard, and it is in front of all his subordinates and superiors.
William knew that the reason why he was responsible for the training of the Rabaul Central Team as a deputy commander of the First Marine Division was not just like what Halsey told him that he served in the Navy for many years and had served on seaplanes. He was very familiar with the organization and training of the Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps. He was a very suitable instructor.
The deeper reason may be that he, the deputy division commander, is not suitable for commanding troops to fight and is more suitable for training troops, because Zhang Chi's victory after victory proves William's misjudgment again and again.
This made William dare not face the top official who defeated him. Although William was a brigade general and the top official was just a colonel, William could almost see... A large number of Chinese soldiers on Rabaul, including Zhang Chi, all looked at him with joking and disdainful eyes.
This is also the reason why Brigadier William Rabaul's itinerary is dragging back and forth.
But now, it is obviously impossible to drag on.
Halsey is right. The Japanese submarines appeared near the Rabaul port, which means that the Japanese army has turned their attention to Rabaul, especially their target is the aircraft carrier seized by the Chinese government.
Thinking of this, Brigadier General William hurriedly bid farewell to Halsey, and then asked the orderly officer to arrange his itinerary to Rabaul.
The warship that Brigadier General William was riding arrived in Rabaul at 11:00 the next night. Rabaul was more than 1,000 kilometers away from Guadalogue. If he was driving at an average speed of 20 knots, it would take 27 hours to arrive.
What surprised Brigadier General William was that as soon as he got off the boat, he found that in addition to White and Harris, there was also the Central Officer who gave him a headache.
"General!" Zhang Chi walked up to salute and said, "Secretary has a meeting temporarily, so I'll welcome the general!"
Brigadier William just said "um" and thought to himself... I'm afraid this is not a meeting, but the Chinese people are interested in sending you to laugh at me!
But in fact, Zhang Chi really didn't have such an idea. In fact, the previous behavior of Brigadier William is completely understandable. The reason why Zhang Chi always disobeyed orders on the battlefield was not that he disrespected Brigadier William, but because of a simple reason... I hope to live.
Chapter completed!