Chapter 341 Fair Judgment
If Hal really had a "fair judgment", then what would this "fair judgment" be?
Detaining Chinese soldiers involved in the fight? The soldiers who went to the battlefield didn't care about this at all. To be more precise... they were not even afraid of life and death on the battlefield, so what else would they be afraid of?
Sure enough, when Major General Harper reported this to Halsey, Halsey asked Harper back: "I want to know... are you training Chinese troops or are you training you?"
"Of course it's the Chinese troops training us, General!"
"Then... tell me, Major General!" Halsey asked, "What power do you have to fight with the instructor?"
"But the general..."
"Nothing but!" Halsey interrupted Harper: "Answer me, Major General. Have you ever had any experience in attacking the instructor at any time and at any time? I mean, have you also attacked the American instructor in the past training?"
Harper couldn't help but speak in silence. The fact is... It is actually very common for American instructors to swear or act roughly at recruits, but they seem to be a little uncomfortable when facing Chinese instructors.
"At least you are right!" Halsey said: "You do not obey the instructor's orders, and soldiers must obey the orders, right? Does this mean that you are not a qualified soldier, and the facts also prove that your combat effectiveness is not ideal, right? You have the advantage of the number of people, but dozens of people were sent to the hospital!"
Harper couldn't help but speak in silence.
"Let me tell you a reality, Major General!" Halsey said: "As Colonel Zhang Chi said, this is the training ground, the real battlefield is much crueler than this. If you can't bear it, then you should go back to your mother as soon as possible!"
Harper never expected that he would get such an answer, but this can only be blamed for being too young... The battlefield has its own rules, which are different from the peaceful society in the rear. There is no reason to say that the winner is the king, the loser is the enemy.
Then Halsey called Zhang Chi again.
"I heard... you did an assault training?" Halsey asked.
"Yes!" Zhang Chi replied.
"Very good!" Halsey said: "But I suggest not to be too intense. After all, the battle is right in front of me. I don't want the soldiers of the 77th Division to be lying in the hospital before they even walked onto the battlefield. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" Zhang Chi replied: "But if they continue to be so disobedient, then I promise... at least half of them were lying in the hospital before going to the battlefield!"
Halsey on the other end of the phone couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, Colonel! I will tell this to the 77th Division!"
Halsey really told Harper this, which made Harper's eyes turn black... He even protested to Halsey for a while and considered to withdraw the 77th Division from this intensive training.
Harper's reason is also very legitimate, because he felt that if he trained like this, the dignity of the soldiers of the 77th Division of the United States would be wiped out and the officers would lose their prestige. This would not only be helpful but harmful to the 77th Division's entry into the battlefield in the future.
Halsey's reply to Harper was very simple: "If you can defeat the Chinese army with an almost equal number of people, then the Chinese army will lose their dignity, not you. I look forward to this day. As for the 77th Division withdrawing from training... I will not consider this. If possible, I will let you withdraw from training, do you understand?"
This is very obvious. If you withdraw from training, then the commander Harper will not do it.
It should be said that Halsey's approach is also very wise... There is a kind of training method called "hatred training method". As the name suggests, this kind of training is that the instructor intends to anger the trained soldiers, and the trained soldiers have to stay under the instructor who makes them hate because of objective conditions and accept various criticisms. Therefore, these soldiers will spontaneously unite to overcome various difficulties and even defeat the instructor... This achieves the purpose of training.
The current situation of the Chinese and American military forces is actually exactly in line with this training method.
The troubles on the US military have been resolved, and the meetings on the Chinese troops are still continuing.
"Teacher..." Staff General Liang continued: "Actually, this matter is not just a fight!"
"What else can I do?" Zhang Chi asked.
"The army has ideas about training Americans!" said Staff Liang.
"Do you have an idea?" Zhang Chi couldn't help but turn his eyes to the group leader.
"Yes, the division!" Wu Yuhang said first: "We have all heard... The Americans don't want us to win battles all the time and steal their limelight, so we arranged for us to train the American troops here!"
"Yes, the teacher!" Lin Zuowang, the third regiment commander, continued: "We have taught the Americans all the skills of fighting, let the Americans win the battle, let them show off... Then why are we still here? If I want to tell me, we should keep it and teach the Americans less things!"
"What do you think?" Zhang Chi asked when he saw that only fellow villagers didn't say anything.
"I... think it's good to not let us fight!" The fellow villager replied: "Let the Americans compete with the Japanese to go to China. If you want to show off, they will go out. The important thing is that we will preserve our strength after this!"
Zhang Chi couldn't help but nod.
In fact, in this situation, it seems that the Chinese army is suffering a loss on the surface. After training the US army, it loses the opportunity to show off, but in fact it is a situation where it reaps the benefits of the fisherman.
Besides, it is basically impossible for the army to have combat effectiveness in a short period of time. They have to use blood and life to build up in the battle against the enemy on the front line. Therefore, Wu Yuhang and Lin Zuowang's ideas are too simple, but the fellow villagers see this clearly.
"So that!" After thinking about it, Zhang Chi said to several regiment leaders: "Some things cannot be hidden. The Americans really want to suppress our limelight now. If this continues, there are only two situations. One is that the US military fought smoothly and solved the Japanese all the way. We actually made great contributions and solved the Japanese by teaching the Americans to use the Americans' hands. The other is that the US military encountered a hard nail again, and in the end they had to let us go... No matter which situation, it would be no harm to us, right?"
Hearing this, several commanders couldn't help but nod.
"If I were asked to guess..." Zhang Chi continued: "The second situation is more likely to occur, that is, we will still go to the battlefield in the end!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!