Chapter 424 Strengthen Training
The Lambgar training camp is provided by the British side with territory and supplies, the United States provides weapons and equipment and training, and the Chinese side provides officers and soldiers.
Therefore, in the Lambgar training camp, China, Britain and the United States seem to get along well, but the relationship is quite delicate.
However, not long after the training camp began, a Chinese guard beat up an American officer, and the matter became a big one.
The beaten Second Lieutenant Jack was only beaten for making out with his Chinese girlfriend on the street, and he felt wronged, but of course he refused to give up and went directly to the headquarters.
After figuring out what happened, Chief Luo was also a little embarrassed, Lu Daxiang, who beat people, hurt people in order to defend the female compatriots of the motherland, but after all, he was reckless...... This was a misunderstanding!
When Commander Luo was in a dilemma, General Stilwell stepped forward to suppress the unrelenting American officers and soldiers, "In China, there is no habit of men and women making out in the street, and Ensign Jack's behavior is de......served to be regarded as a hooligan by Chinese soldiers."
In the end, General Stilwell made a decision, "Private Lu Daxiang of the First Class of the Indian Army acted bravely and bravely, and he did not fight, but his behavior was too reckless and impatient, and he was confined for three days as a punishment!" ”
General Stilwell's handling of this made Chief Luo and the Chinese soldiers breathe a sigh of relief.
Lu Daxiang is undoubtedly lucky!
However, another brother who was recuperating in the headquarters hospital was not so lucky.
The so-called chromophobia, soldiers are also people, young men who are fierce and fierce, and it is inevitable that some needs cannot be met after being away from home for a long time.
That afternoon, a sergeant of the Indian Army, who was recuperating in the headquarters hospital, pressed a beautiful Burmese female nurse to the bed...... Although it was finally stopped in time by the medical staff and the sick who rushed in, the story also spread.
In the eyes of the American generals, this is not a serious matter, and they all proposed to transfer it to a military tribunal.
However, in the eyes of the Chinese generals, this incident has damaged the image of the Chinese soldiers and has an extremely bad impact...... It must be punished severely!
At the execution ground in the afternoon, all the generals of the army were urgently summoned, and hundreds of people lined up in a neat line, standing solemnly under the scorching sun, silently watching the brother who committed the crime being escorted to the execution ground and pressed to the ground......
"Bang ......"
A gunshot rang out, blood splattered, and the corpse slowly fell to the ground.
The hundreds of generals who came to watch the execution were all awe-inspiring...... Military discipline is strict!
"Ladies and gentlemen,"
Chief Luo, who was standing solemnly in front of the formation, turned around suddenly, his eyes slowly swept over the generals, and his expression was solemn, "Never forget: you are Chinese soldiers, and your words and deeds represent China...... If you are soldiers, you should have iron discipline! If anyone dares to violate military discipline, even if Luo recognizes him, military discipline will not recognize him! ”
"Yes!"
The generals solemnly promised that without iron discipline, there would be no iron army!
"Ladies and gentlemen,"
Seeing this, Chief Luo's expression softened slightly, "Ramgarh is a good place, and there are brothers who say that this is heaven!" ”
"But,"
As he spoke, Chief Luo's voice sank, "Don't forget-why our army is here!" ”
"Don't dare to forget!"
The generals hurriedly promised, and everyone was excited, "Sharpen the army Ramgarh, fight back to Burma, fight back to China, fight to Tokyo, and wipe out the barbaric invaders!" ”
This is General Stilwell's speech at the opening ceremony, and it is also the slogan of the army stationed in India.
"It's good that you haven't forgotten!"
Chief Luo's voice raised, "Starting today, all departments will cancel their vacations and use holidays to strengthen training...... fortification construction, physical training, political training and publicity...... All subjects that are not in the US training plan must be made up! ”
The construction of defensive positions is the main training subject, focusing on the use of jungle materials for civil engineering work; Physical training can not be relaxed, mainly weight-bearing cross-country running, climbing mountains and wading and other traditional subjects; As for political training subjects...... The main purpose is to organize officers and men to study heroic deeds and conduct patriotic education so as to enhance their sense of honor.
However, Chief Luo's plan for additional training met with strong opposition from the US side.
First, the U.S. side believes that the Chinese generals interfered with the U.S. training.
Second, the US side believes that these trainings are useless at all, but will lead to fatigue of soldiers and affect the effectiveness of American-style training.
Of course, the opposition of the US side cannot at all deter the determination of the officers and men stationed in India to conduct additional training.
In jungle warfare, the reversal of offensive and defensive momentum is often only in an instant, if you can't effectively defend yourself, how can you talk about attacking?
How could training in building fortifications be useless?
The environment in the jungle is harsh, the soldiers carry heavy loads, and the physical consumption is very huge, if there is no good physical fitness, how can the battle be guaranteed to go smoothly? Not to mention the long-distance march through the primeval forest to implement a roundabout outflanking?
How can physical training be useless?
On Sunday, 30 August, this day was a day of rest in the training plan of the US side, but the sky was light, and the sound of trumpets one after another sounded throughout the training camp, and in a short time, the agitated "March of the Volunteers" also sounded.
Today was the first day of the additional training plan for the Indian garrison, and after the morning meeting, all units left their camps one after another and marched toward the predetermined training site.
According to the plan, the 66th Regiment's scheduled training site is in the northernmost hilly hinterland of the training camp, which are three low ridges in the shape of a zigzag, which are named No. 102, No. 103, and No. 104, and the 66 th Regiment must arrive at the predetermined place before 9 o'clock and complete the training.
This is a combination of armed cross-country and fortification training, which is very close to actual combat.
The scheduled training site was more than 30 miles away from the 66th regimental camp.
The officers and men were fully armed, carrying with them all other equipment except cars, mules and horses, and artillery, including food for lunch, and marched all the way through the asphalt roads in the training camp and through the shooting and tactical training grounds set up on the outskirts of the camp.
"Bang...... Snap ......"
Field low-rise leather shoes are more suitable for off-road than calfskin shoes plucked from the feet of little devils.
"Whew...... Whoop......"
But all the way to the gallop, there was already a lot of wheezing in the team!
Ramgarh is hotter than northern Myanmar, and the new equipment is more complete and weighty than the previous one, so armed off-road is more physically demanding than before.
"Dog's Day ......"
But there are also some brothers who still have the strength to complain, "Ben...... It would have been a good rest...... Why don't you do it on vacation...... Got intensive training? ”
"Also...... It's not because of that...... The turtle son who hit people! ”
It is not a secret that both things have been told to all officers and soldiers, "and ...... And that tube...... I can't control the inverted ...... of the waistband Bad luck! ”
"It's all in the ...... Hammer the! ”
Hurriedly, an officer hurriedly scolded, "Don't get them, old ...... Don't you need to train? Dog...... Dog's day, and there is still a lot of nonsense, all ...... Run faster for Lao Tzu! ”
"Bang...... Snap ......"
"Whew...... Whoop......"
The chatter disappeared from the ranks in an instant, but the footsteps and wheezing were much heavier.
The rising sun gradually rose, the sun became even hotter, Li Siwei rushed to a valley with the Chinese army, suddenly stopped, swept the ranks of the various military departments, raised his wrist and looked at the watch, turned his head to look at Hu Dayan who was following him, "Big eyes, map!" ”
"Yes!"
Hu Dayan hurriedly took out the map and unfolded it and handed it to Li Siwei.
Seeing Li Siwei stop to look at the map, the female soldiers of the health team breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stopped and pounded their sore legs and feet.
"Hmmm......"
Li Siwei leaned over the map and looked at it for a while, then looked up and swept the scattered health team, gritting his teeth, "It's 8:28 now, and there are still two mountains to climb before the target...... Keep going! ”
After that, Li Siwei took the lead and walked towards the low ridge in front.
Such a rapid march is indeed a bit difficult for the female soldiers of the health team, but this is only a training close to actual combat, that is, once the battle starts, the health team must also march in such a hurry.
Li Siwei didn't dare to soften his heart in the slightest!
"Commander,"
As soon as Li Siwei climbed the low ridge, Fan Youtian hurried back from the front team, "Our unit has seized the 102nd Heights, and the platoon commander is setting up a guard!" ”
The cooking platoon was abolished, and most of the brothers were assigned to other companies, while Wei Yidao took over the newly formed search platoon, and Fan Youtian still followed him.
"Commander......"
As soon as Fan Youtian's voice fell, Kou Erhu also ran back from the front team in a hurry, "Our department has seized the 103 Heights and set up a guard ......."
The special service company was also abolished, Huang Hua went to the anti-artillery company to partner with Ji Kui, Sun Dali went to the mortar company to partner with Zeng Guangming, and Kou Erhu was reorganized into a special service platoon with Lu Fengxian.
"Commander,"
Almost at the same time, Acton also rushed back, "Our troops have occupied the 104 Heights......"
The direct company is still retained, but the task is a bit complicated.
"Good!"
Li Siwei nodded and looked at Lu Tiesheng, "Tiesheng, order all departments to act according to the plan......
Since it was a drill, it was natural to prepare a plan.
The three infantry battalions quickly advanced to the three high ground according to the plan, and Li Siwei led all the subordinates of the Chinese army down the low ridge, climbed the low ridge on the opposite side and ordered to set up camp.
According to the regulations, the temporary headquarters must be set up in the rear, and no large-scale construction work can be carried out for concealment, but fire points must be set up, and the work of preventing mosquitoes and locusts must also be done well.
The security of the temporary headquarters was the responsibility of the company directly under it, and the matter of surveying the terrain and setting up firing points was naturally left to Fucha Morgen and Wu Tianyou to decide.
The front-line departments also need to survey the terrain before building fortifications, and these things are also at the discretion of the heads of each department.
As the general person in charge, Li Siwei needs to go to inspect and put forward suggestions for rectification.
After a short time, the temporary headquarters settled down, and Li Siwei led the generals to inspect the various departments, and pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the terrain and fortifications they had built.
According to the training plan, the task of the participating units today is to discover problems through practice.
Only when you find a problem can you find a way to improve it!
Although also inaccessible, the mountains of Ramgarh are much smaller and drier than those of northern Myanmar, and the environment is more similar to those of the low mountains of the Zhongtiao and Dabie Mountains.
At this time, the engineer company was no longer what it used to be, and the whole set of American-style portable engineering equipment such as folding engineer shovels, pickaxes, axes, and saws was readily available.
Therefore, the fortifications of various ministries were built quickly, but they failed to find out many problems, which made Li Siwei a little worried.
After all, this is not the jungle of northern Myanmar, and training here is afraid that it will not achieve the expected training purpose!
Not only Li Siwei, but also the officers and men of the other participating units also have the same concerns.
At the beginning of night, the conference room of the division headquarters of the newly formed 22nd Division was brightly lit.
After the training, Division Commander Liao immediately convened a summary meeting of all officers at and above the battalion level of the division.
"Brothers,"
After listening to the generals' reports, Division Commander Liao sorted out the questions and opinions raised by the generals and made a concluding speech, "There is indeed a huge difference between the mountains of Ramgarh and the jungles of northern Myanmar, but the training of our department must continue!" ”
As he spoke, Master Liao's voice paused, and slowly swept over the generals, "First, as long as you train, you will gain something; Second, we must let the US side see our military's strong desire for victory and its spirit of not being afraid of hardship or fatigue. Moreover, negotiations are underway with the British side...... In the near future, it is likely that our army will get another piece of territory on the Indo-Burmese border for pre-war training! ”
After the establishment of the Indian Army, high-level negotiations between China, Britain and the United States have not stopped, one of which is to let the British side carve out a piece of territory on the India-Burmese border for the Indian Army...... First, to prepare for a counteroffensive against Burma; Second, as the starting point of the China-India Highway.
As early as the autumn of 41, China put forward a plan to open up the land communication line between China and India, but India and Burma were both British colonies, and this plan was not easy to implement.
However, with the full support of the United States at this time, there is hope that this plan will be realized.
Since Division Commander Liao relented at the meeting, it means that the negotiations have already reached an eyebrow.
After receiving the news, the generals naturally rejoiced, no matter what, if they can get another piece of territory on the India-Burmese border, the plan of counterattacking Burma will be much smoother in the future!
It's just that after Li Siwei was excited, he was a little more worried.
At the end of the meeting, the generals dispersed in a hurry, after a day of intensive training, it was really tiring, and there was training provided by the US side tomorrow, who didn't want to go to bed earlier?
Walking in the hazy camp at night, all the snoring sounds like thunder were in his ears, Li Siwei sighed softly, and dragged his tired body back to the dormitory.
The dormitory was warmly lit, and the basin on the cupboard was filled with water, but there was a slight snoring echoing softly in the air, and the two girls were already asleep.
For them, this kind of training intensity is indeed a bit too much!
Hearing the snoring sound, Li Siwei walked lightly to the side of the bed, straightened the military blanket covering the two girls, leaned over and looked at the tired pretty faces of the two girls in a daze, and after a long time, he slowly turned around and went to wash his hands and face and feet.
Lying on the bed, Li Siwei only felt sore, but his thoughts were churning in his head.
Listening to the tone of Division Commander Liao, as soon as the training of the troops is over, they will leave for the India-Burma border...... The conditions over there must not be compared to Ramga, but at that time, Ruolan should not have been produced yet!
I thought this baby would come at the right time, but ...... Ruolan has to suffer again!
Even in Ramgarh, the intensity of the training is not small......
Li Siwei was thinking wildly, and his tiredness suddenly surged like a tide, and before he knew it, his eyelids drooped, and a heavy snoring sounded immediately.
Ramgar's training is also hard, but how can you train elite soldiers without being bitter or tired?