Chapter 1880: Custer on the Road
Lieutenant Colonel Custer is already in his 40s and has participated in the First World War. He is still serving the army. Although he looks a little old, he is very energetic.
The purpose of asking her to come to China is very simple, mainly because China has invited him to help in China before, so it is considered to have a little understanding of China.
Mr. Stilwell could not come here, and others seemed to be in Southeast Asia now, so he sent Scarter over.
By the way, I also brought seventy or eighty new recruits who were about to graduate from military academy, mainly because I was not familiar with some of the Japanese's tactics. I thought of Li Jian, a Chinese army that had won many battles, and came to learn about it.
The same thing is said, whoever fights knows the hardship.
It is said that Americans are strong, but they will still die if they hit the head on the Pacific battlefield. Americans regard life as important as possible, so they will minimize casualties. This is why, the reason why they can only shoot a small island three times when they see it.
Unlike China, victory is made by life, because we do not have the advantage of steel shells like the United States!
Therefore, the third young master also believed that this group of American soldiers came to his place to learn was simply a mediocre person who disturbed him.
With so many steel shells, and the military facilities are extremely powerful, why rely on infantry?
Germany is probably the strongest military power in the world today. The United States' military power has not yet fully improved, and the Soviet Union may not be able to beat Germany. As for the old power like Britain, which is known as the Empire of Sun Never Setting, it is no longer possible.
If they hadn't had advanced technology in their hands, they would have been defeated by Germany long ago.
The rise of the United States is inevitable. They made a fortune in World War I. At the beginning of World War II, they bought the world and sold arms, and all gold and other things flowed into the United States, which led to their country's economic strength being particularly strong.
Once a country's economic strength becomes stronger, what can't be done?
Therefore, Li Jian felt that Custer came to China to receive its training, just to find trouble if he had nothing to do.
The troops of the two sides are somewhat different, and the military facilities are also very different. What tanks, aircraft, howitzers are there in the United States? The Eighth Route Army, there is nothing!
There is no aircraft yet, and the United States has strong naval and logistical support.
China has not even taken back the sea control power, let alone the navy or something. As for aircraft, only Chongqing has it, and the Eighth Route Army has only Xiaomi and rifles.
"Li, I don't know how you plan to arrange these new recruits of mine. I want them to go to the front line to hone their skills, specifically experience the feeling of the battlefield, and absorb the experience of fighting against the Japanese.
That’s all my request!”
Mama!
That's all, how many more requests do you want for the special code?
The third young master cursed in his heart, but he finally held it back and did not have an attack.
Then he sat down on the chair, looked at Custer with a smile and said:
"It's not impossible for you to see our troops, but my troops are still in rest.
You also know that it is impossible to go out to fight if you have nothing to do.
Our Eighth Route Army was either forced to fight, lacked supplies and wanted to grab equipment, or launched a counterattack because of the responsibility of defending the country!
This consumes a huge amount of money every time, do you know? We just went through a huge sweep.
The Japanese launched tens of thousands of people to carry out a very comprehensive sweep of the Eighth Route Army here. Last year, most of the troops suffered more than half of their casualties, and they have not recovered yet!"
The political commissar raised his eyebrows. He didn't understand why you Jian made this a case. Will the Americans sympathize with the Eighth Route Army?
Anyway, the political commissar doesn't believe this!
But Custer was a smart man. General Hu on the side didn't understand Li Jian's meaning, but he understood it.
I thought to myself that this Young Master Li San is indeed the same as the rumored one, with no benefit and never doing anything.
But Custer thinks that as long as it is money can do it, it is not a matter, such as the thing in front of you.
"I don't know how much ammunition will be consumed for a small-scale battle?"
Li Jian smiled in his heart and finally got to the point. It was worth it that he was wasting his saliva and said so much nonsense in one breath.
This American lieutenant colonel is indeed at the forefront and understands the meaning of his words so quickly.
Yuriko, who was standing beside her, looked at Li Jian with a smile and gently blew the hot tea in the tea cup. He wanted to see what Li Jian could squeeze out from Americans?
I knew that this guy was very bad in the past, but now I know that this is the nature of the Third Young Master and I can't change it anywhere.
"We are not enough ammunition now. Not to mention supporting a battle, even half of it is not enough!
The sweep last year wiped out all my warehouse. Now seven or eight rats are starving to death. I will take you to see it another day.
So if you don’t have weapons and ammunition, you may not be able to support the battle. Your new recruits can only train with our soldiers.”
Grandma, it’s all about this. If you don’t get any blood, it’s a bit unreasonable!
The political commissar finally understood what Li Jian meant at this time. No wonder this kid yelled at the moment that there was insufficient ammunition and kept saying that he was poor. This is the feeling!
Zhao Yiyi turned her face and touched her forehead helplessly. Xiaojian was making trouble again.
General Hu, who was standing by, also understood, but he did not expect that Li Jian would dare to ask Americans for things so blatantly.
One word: Suit!
The chairman cried poor all day long, which was a matter between the country. At least he could say that he had stopped many Japanese devils here, and China suffered heavy casualties, so it was normal to seek out some assistance from the United States.
But you, a small brigade commander-level officer, actually asked the United States for equipment. This courage...
It's too big!
"We came to your army to study, so everyone in the Eighth Route Army is a teacher. In the army, we call him instructors.
Since this is the case, we naturally have to pay the tuition fee. My superiors told me when I came, to assist the American weapons and equipment of a reorganized battalion of the Independent Detachment! Plus a mountain cannon company!"
General Hu, who was standing by, took a breath of air. A reorganized battalion's American equipment might not be anything, but a mountain cannon from a mountain cannon company is a rare thing.
Although the Americans have a lot of aid to China and there are also many American artillery in Chongqing, who would think there are more mountain artillery items? Of course, the more, the better.
If another mountain artillery company comes to his detachment, Li Jian, and his strength will definitely be greatly enhanced.
But what everyone did not expect was that the Third Young Master shook his head and replied with some frustration:
"Sorry, Lieutenant Colonel Custer, there are too many troops under our independent detachment, including the reserve plus one piece, which is estimated to have ten regiments. If the weapons and ammunition of your battalion are fired, each person has at most one bullet in his hand, which is not consistent with the caliber of our weapons and equipment.
How do we fight this?"
Chapter completed!