In May 42, the expeditionary force failed in the first operation in Burma, and the new 22nd Division was transferred to the savage mountains with Commander Du, and after more than two months of difficult trekking before withdrawing into Liedo, India, the 9,000 officers and men of the department were reduced to 3,000, and most of the subordinate units suffered casualties, among which the 66th Regiment was the most seriously reduced, with only 500 people left, and the organization completely collapsed.

Therefore, the command of the army stationed in India finally decided to reorganize Li Siwei's headquarters into the 66th Infantry Regiment.

Before being incorporated into the expeditionary force, Li Siwei's headquarters used the name "66th Regiment of the National Revolutionary Army", so the generals at all levels of the headquarters gladly accepted this change and actively made preparations for the rebuilding of the 66th Regiment.

In the middle of August, the heat was still very strong, and although the regiment was dispensed with weapons but not ammunition, the training every afternoon was an indoor subject—a whole training, a general study of tactics, the study of English, and the performance and maintenance of all kinds of new equipment.

In this redress, various types of weapons were distributed in strict accordance with the establishment: eight 37-mm anti-aircraft guns, four 57-millimeter anti-aircraft guns, 12 82-millimeter mortars, and 27 flamethrowers...... The proportion of heavy weapons, many of which the brothers had never touched, had to be learned from scratch.

"When disassembling this nut, you must pay attention to ......"

The dismantling and maintenance of artillery is still explained by Ji Kui, and this knowledge is not difficult for him who graduated from the artillery department of the regular military academy.

"Most foreigners are cheerful and enthusiastic, and they are more direct in their words and ...... things."

English is still taught by Zheng Sanyang, and from time to time he also talks about the temperament of foreigners.

"We are now in a foreign country, and we should always pay attention to military appearance and military discipline, otherwise, we will lose face and go abroad......"

Although he is not highly educated, he also has rich experience in leading troops, and naturally he also speaks in a good way.

"In the middle of the jungle, the ears are more important than the eyes...... If there is an enemy more than ten meters away, you can't see it, but you can hear it......"

The tactical class was taught by the commanders of various departments in turn, and today it was the turn of Huanghua, and he was talking vigorously on the stage, and he was spitting freely.

After Li Siwei finished his inspection one by one, he walked out of the eaves, walked onto the school grounds, bathed in the bright sunshine, stretched out comfortably, and raised his hand as if to embrace the sun.

"Commander......"

Hu Da, who followed him, looked hesitant with a look in his eyes, "I also want to go to the class......"

"Oh?"

Li Siwei was stunned, turned his head, and looked at him with a smile, "Cheng!" There is always a benefit to learning more! ”

"Yes!"

Hu Dayan perked up, and then hesitated a little, "But, I'm gone......"

"Go ahead!"

Li Siwei smiled and waved his hand, "Lao Tzu is walking around this barracks, what else can happen?" ”

"Bang bang bang...... Bang ......"

As soon as Li Siwei's words fell, he heard dense footsteps outside, and hurriedly followed the prestige, but saw that the soldiers of the brigade were marching towards the school field with high spirits.

"Commander,"

Lu Tiesheng came first, with a captain officer with a smile on his face, "Officer Luo has sent us additional soldiers!" ”

"Oh,"

Li Siwei perked up, and hurriedly strode up to meet him, and looked at the captain officer who was following Lu Tiesheng with a smile, "You are Officer Luo, right?" ”

"Yes!"

The second lieutenant officer smiled and took out the booklet under his arm and handed it to Li Siwei, "One thousand three hundred and seventeen people, some of them are the surviving brothers of the original 66th Regiment, and the rest are drawn from the units directly under the Fifth Army...... All of them are elite! ”

"Of course!"

Li Siwei took the booklet with a smile, turned his head to look at the team that had already arrived on the school ground, and admired, "How can you be so bad if you can come out of the savage mountain?" ”

"yes!"

Hearing this, Officer Luo also nodded and said, "Although I haven't walked through Savage Mountain, I have also heard of the hardships!" ”

Looking at the brothers who were standing under the scorching sun, Li Siwei hurriedly handed the roster to Lu Tiesheng, "Tiesheng, let Sanyang settle the brothers first!" ”

"Yes!"

Lu Tiesheng took the roster and hurried away.

"Officer Luo,"

Li Siwei took out a cigarette, turned around and handed one to Officer Luo, "When will the liaison officer sent by the US military arrive?" Turtle's, our regiment hasn't even received a bullet until now! ”

"It's coming!"

Officer Luo took the cigarette, shook it lightly in the palm of his hand, and his expression became solemn, "Head Li, I heard that those liaison officers are not easy to get along with!" ”

The training camp was promoted by General Stilwell, in order to counterattack Burma and make a shame, so he naturally wanted to arrest the troops stationed in India in his own hands, so at the beginning of the preparations, he put forward a request to replace the middle and high-ranking officers of the army stationed in India with American officers.

Of course, even if the chairman of the NPC National Committee is more interested in the equipment of the US military, it is impossible to give up the troops stationed in India.

As a result, after negotiations between the two sides, they both made concessions: officers at all levels of the Indian army must be retained, and of course, Chief Du, who had a deep conflict with General Stilwell, was transferred back; The U.S. military can send liaison officers to military camps and above in India, but their authority is limited to formulating training plans and coordinating supplies.

However, after all, the agreement is just an agreement, and no one knows what the US military liaison officer will do when he comes!

Therefore, after learning the news that the US military will send liaison officers, many officers of the military stationed in India are facing the enemy.

"Huh,"

Hearing this, Li Siwei smiled, lit a match and came to Officer Luo, "Fuck it, let the brothers let them light more...... Harmony is precious! ”

"Yes!"

Officer Luo got to the match, lit a cigarette, and took two puffs, "It's always wrong to value harmony!" ”

While the two were talking, Zheng Sanyang had already hurriedly walked to the school field with the commanders of various departments and assigned troops.

The brothers who can come out of Savage Mountain are naturally elite, and they don't have to pick and choose, they can leave after registering and receiving people...... In a short time, more than 1,000 additional soldiers were successively led to various units to settle down.

"That's it!"

Seeing this, Li Siwei threw away the cigarette butt, "Now I just wait for the liaison officer!" ”

At this point, the 66th Regiment was fully staffed, and it was only necessary for the liaison officer to arrive before it could be formally trained.

The U.S. military liaison officer arrived in the evening, and it was still brought by Officer Luo, but this time he was in a jeep.

"Captain Li,"

Officer Luo got out of the car with a US military major and a young man without a brochure, and introduced Li Siwei to the greeting Li Siwei with a smile, "This is Major Wren -- the liaison officer of your department. ”

"Hello!"

Hearing this, Li Siwei hurriedly smiled and stretched out his hand to Major Wren, and a slightly jerky English burst out, "Major Wren, on behalf of all the soldiers, I welcome your arrival!" ”

"Uh......"

Major Wren was obviously stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shook Li Siwei's hand, not without surprise, "Colonel Li, you speak English very well!" ”

Obviously, Major Wren came prepared and did his homework on Li Siwei's life history.

"Thank you!"

Li Siwei smiled and shook Major Rennes' hand, and gently let go, "Since I entered the training camp, my whole department has been working hard to learn English and prepare for future training......"

Of course, this is not a lie, but it is not the truth, in his previous life, as a high-achieving student who graduated from a double first-class university, he naturally had a certain English foundation, although it was abandoned for a while, but after more than a month of intensive training, daily communication is not a problem.

"Good!"

Hearing this, Major Wren praised it, turned his head to look at the young man who had no brief on the side, and joked, "In this way, my interpreter will be much easier!" ”

"Oh,"

Officer Luo on the side hurriedly introduced to Li Siwei, "Head Li, this is Cui Yi." ”

"Hello sir!"

Translator Cui hurriedly saluted Li Siwei, "The lowly Cui Wenbingang, who originally served in the logistics department of the headquarters, is now ordered to act as an interpreter for Major Rennes. ”

"Cui Translation,"

Li Siwei hurriedly waved his hand, "In the future, I will be my own brother, so I don't need to be polite...... General Stilwell also said that the army should be less polite in order to be efficient! ”

"Yes!"

Translator Cui hurriedly agreed, but Ren Ran was a little restrained.

"Colonel Lee,"

Seeing this, Major Wren interjected with a smile, "Look, you speak English so well that my translator is a little shy!" ”

"Uh...... Haha......"

Hearing this, Li Siwei and Cui Yiyi were stunned, and then laughed in unison.

"Major Wren ......"

After laughing, Li Siwei hurriedly pointed to Zheng Sanyang, who came over, and was about to introduce Major Rennes.

"Lee,"

Major Wren hurriedly interrupted Li Siwei, "Just call me Wren!" ”

"Uh...... Okay,"

Li Siwei was stunned, nodded with a smile, and continued to introduce, "This is the staff officer of our regiment......"

"Let's go to the regimental headquarters ......"

After introducing Zheng Sanyang, Chen Huaili and others one by one, Li Siwei prepared to take Officer Ren Luo and his party to the regiment headquarters.

"No need!"

Officer Luo shook his head with a smile, "Now that the task has been completed, I will go back to my life." ”

"Hmm,"

Major Wren also hurriedly chimed in, "Lee, it's getting dark, I have to leave too......"

This is leaving?

Hearing this, Li Siwei, Zheng Sanyang and others were all full of surprise.

"This ......"

Major Wren hurriedly explained with a smile, "There is a party tonight, and my friends are still waiting for me in the town...... Tomorrow, I'll bring them over on time! ”

Major Wren drove Officer Luo away in the car, and Cui Yi took his belongings and left them, and when he saw that Li Siwei and the others were surprised, he shook his head with a smile, "The rules of the US military are different from ours...... It's the weekend and they're on vacation! ”

"Turtle's,"

Hearing this, the generals had to sigh, "They are comfortable, and they can take a vacation on weekends......"

"It's not just them!"

Cui Translator smiled and shook his head, "When the training officially starts, we can also take a vacation on the weekend...... Hehe, the instructors are on vacation, don't we have to take vacation too? ”

"It's the same,"

The generals were only a little surprised, as for whether to take a vacation...... It doesn't matter, after all, you used to have to say "you have to take a weekend off"!

Major Wren came first to recognize the door, and the next morning he came with three officers.

The three new U.S. officers were the liaison officers stationed in the three infantry battalions, two lieutenants, one named Miller, one named Terry, and one second lieutenant named Rogers.

After some introductions, the first meeting after the US military liaison officers were stationed began, and Li Siwei Zhaolie recruited the chief officers of various departments.

"According to the plan,"

When the crowd was seated, Major Wren got straight to the point, but, speaking English slowly, "Our training is six weeks ......"

Translator Cui sat beside him and translated sentence by sentence, "The first week is a lecture on weapons, the second week is to master the performance of various weapons, the third week is shooting training, the fourth week is individual tactical training, the fifth week is the offensive and defensive training of the squad formation, and the sixth week is the blasting technology training...... Time is tight, I hope you are prepared in advance! ”

As he spoke, Major Wren's voice paused and slowly swept over the generals, "Do you have any questions?" ”

"Wren,"

Li Siwei frowned slightly, "Don't you have physical fitness and actual combat training?" ”

"Nope,"

Major Wren smiled and shook his head, "Don't worry about physical fitness...... The food we serve is very nutritious. ”

As he spoke, Major Wren opened the folder in front of him, picked up a document and handed it to Li Siwei, "This is the food list...... We will serve you food according to the list! ”

"Oh,"

Li Siwei took the list and looked at it, and the food and portion of each meal were clearly listed, and even the staple food and non-staple food were clearly marked.

After reading the list, Li Siwei sighed with emotion, and a food list has revealed the gap between the Chinese and US military capabilities.

For a long time, it is fortunate that the soldiers of the national army can eat a full stomach, which is like the US army, and it is necessary to pay attention to a scientific match?

"As for actual combat training,"

Seeing Li Siwei silently passing the food list to Zheng Sanyang on the side, Major Ren continued, "Your unit is already a division of a hundred battles, and its combat experience is already very rich, we believe that as long as you go through enough basic training, it will be enough for your combat power to be improved!" ”

As he spoke, Major Wren picked up another document and handed it to Li Siwei, "This is the assessment standard for this training. ”

Li Siwei hurriedly took the document and looked at it, and when his eyes fell on one of the lines of text, his face showed surprise:

…… Each trainee must have more than 500 rounds of rifle fire, and each trainee artilleryman must have 400 rounds of shelling......

This did not allow Li Siwei not to be shocked, with 500 rounds of live ammunition and 400 rounds of artillery fire...... What is this concept? What a stroke!

For a long time, Li Siwei has never been stingy with ammunition in training, even if he saves little by little from the battlefield, it will allow his brothers to use live ammunition during training, but his family background is still too thin, and during training, each brother can only shoot live ammunition at most three times a day...... And the cannonballs, not a single shot!

However, the document states:

During a week of shooting training, each infantry must complete 500 rounds of rifle ammunition, and each artillery must reach the number of 400 rounds of artillery fire!

Li Siwei silently passed the document down, and the generals were all surprised when they read it one after another.

Seeing the generals showing a look of surprise, Major Wren immediately perked up and continued to release the bombshell in his hands, "As for your salary...... Tentatively set at twenty rupees, I will send it to everyone on time! ”

With that, Major Wren waited for the cheers of the generals for a long time, only to find that ...... The generals don't seem to be moved!

"You know, one rupee can ......"

Major Wren thought that the generals had no concept of twenty rupees, so he hurriedly wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Li Siwei with a smile, "Wren, you haven't been to Savage Mountain, have you?" ”

"Uh......"

Major Wren was stunned and shook his head in confusion.

"At the time of the Savage Mountain,"

Li Siwei sighed softly, "I heard the friendly brothers talk about one thing: his troops happened to pass through Yingduo before entering the Savage Mountain, where there was a British bank, because the bank staff retreated in a hurry, leaving behind large bundles of cash, some brothers picked up a lot of them, but when they entered the Savage Mountain, they found that the purpose of that thing in the mountain is the same as fallen leaves, it can only be used to light fires......"

"No, no......"

Major Wren hurriedly interrupted Li Siwei, "Li, this is not Savage Mountain...... There is a small town outside here, and you can go there to spend money after you receive your military salary. ”

"Yes,"

Lieutenant Miller on the side hurriedly echoed, "The women in that town are very tasteful......

"Uh......"

Li Siwei glanced at Lieutenant Miller in surprise, and did not continue to explain, but nodded slightly, "This is indeed very good!" ”

He suddenly found that the U.S. military liaison officer seemed to have the same temperament as Liao Heiniu!

"Alright,"

Major Wren didn't continue to dwell on this issue, and looked at Li Siwei with a smile, "I'm done!" ”