A simple military parade was being held at the Longchuan training camp 40 kilometers away from Lei Yun, and 7,417 soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Marine Division and 547 cadets of the 1st Marine Corps Military Academy, who had just entered the school, lined up neatly on the playground. When the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun" Pavilion saw the commander, Major General Li Kongrong, walking towards the center of the high platform and preparing to speak, the officer on duty shouted to them in a tone peculiar to the army: "Attention to all regiments and companies, stand upright!" ”

"Wow!" There was a sound of military boots colliding, and each soldier straightened his chest and hips, looking straight ahead without squinting.

"Gun on the right shoulder, gun up!" The voice of the officer on duty rose again, this time 'whoo-whoo-whoo', three very rhythmic sounds.

"Gun - put down." There were three more 'bang-bang-bang' sounds, and it was not until the officer on duty gave the order to take a break that the troops quieted down.

"Soldiers, my brothers......" Li Kongrong, with a grim-faced face, began as he said Chinese, and the Cantonese translator next to him translated the words into Cantonese at the moment of his pause. It's very emotional to see you standing here. The Marine Corps is the spear of the Navy, but there has been no place for this spear. First the California desert in the United States, and then here, Yunnan in the Republic of China. In this regard, I can't help but thank Mr. Long Yun, Chairman of Yunnan Province, for his full help, without which you would have nowhere to go. ”

After the marines settled in the training camp, they thought they were in Burma, but as the navy and the government reached an agreement, the secret level of the station began to decline, and they knew that they were somewhere in Yunnan, but at this time, when Li Kongrong talked about the chairman of Yunnan Province, they couldn't help but look at the little soldier standing up on the high platform.

"There are many elements to building an army, in addition to money, the most important thing is to have countless enthusiastic young people. Yesterday, you were still a guy in a Chinese restaurant, a staff member in a laundry, or a street boss who had nothing to do and had fun fighting all day long, but today, you are a glorious soldier of the 1st Division of the Chinese Volunteer Marine Corps. In addition to the adventure and enthusiasm of young people, in addition to the desire for justice, you also have a strong patriotic heart.

Still, despite the fact that you have left everything you know and are ready to sacrifice everything to come to the Yunnan Plateau, thousands of miles away, ready to join a cold-blooded, cruel and protracted war at the cost of your own lives, there are still people who refuse you, and their reason is simply because you do not believe in the Three People's Principles.

I don't comment on that. I just think that as the descendants of the people who live in this land, we have the right to protect everything that our ancestors had; We have the right to go to war and drive out that brutal aggressor. We don't want anything else, we just don't want to see the cities destroyed, the countryside slaughtered, the fathers and elders killed; We just don't want to see our brothers of the same clan and surname being enslaved by outsiders, who have nothing to eat, who have to learn Japanese, who bow respectfully to the emperor on the island to the east every day.

We don't want to see that! But we don't want to see that not only that, but with the stabilization of the continental front, the next step for the Japanese will be to go south to occupy Hong Kong, the Philippines, and even the entire South Seas. They need oil, bauxite, copper ore, rubber, rice, all the resources there, without which the war will not be sustainable. In these places, there are overseas Chinese with a population of more than 10 million, including Cantonese people, Chaoshan people, Hokkien people, and Hakka people. They are now trying their best to rescue the domestic war of resistance, but when the Japanese army went south, no one rescued them. Since some people do not want us to participate in the war on the mainland because of their political beliefs, and our strength is so small, and our strength is only one brigade, let us rescue those overseas Chinese who have no one to help.

Rescue the overseas Chinese, and at the same time let the overseas Chinese join us in order to train into an army, and when everything is ready, we will launch a counteroffensive. One is to counterattack the South Seas directly from India, cross the entire Indochina Peninsula from Burma, and then land in Guangzhou, and finally sweep through Guangdong and Fujian provinces to rescue the fathers and elders in their hometowns; The other is to capture the thief and capture the king first, relying on Australia, converging with the US Pacific Fleet to destroy the Japanese Combined Fleet, and then crossing the entire Pacific Ocean, landing in Yokohama, capturing Tokyo, and forcing the Japanese to surrender, which can also save our fathers and elders.

These are the Navy's two strategies in the future, and how they will be implemented will depend on the situation at that time. But what I can tell you is that the counteroffensive will take place no later than 1943, the end of the war no later than 1945, and you, the soldiers of the 1st Brigade of the 1st Marine Division, will fight for the first time no later than the end of this year. ”

Li Kongrong not only frankly admitted the strategy of the navy, but also predicted the time of the counteroffensive, and finally revealed that the soldiers of the 1st Brigade would participate in the battle this year, and the soldiers in the playground were suddenly dumbfounded, and the officers did not inform them of the date of the first battle, because of the air assault training, they guessed that they would go to the battlefield next year, but they did not expect it to be this year.

Li Kongrong could feel the change in the soldier's expression, he paused slightly, let the Cantonese interpreter finish speaking, and then said: "Don't be nervous, you are an air assault division, when the enemy sees you falling from the sky, they have no other choice but to raise their hands and surrender, this is just a training operation." You should pity your opponents, who can only look up at you, thinking that they are not awake and are still dreaming.

Believe in the battle plan of the headquarters, trust your commanders, trust the brothers who fight side by side with you, and trust in your usual training. I don't think anyone can be your opponent, even the world's largest German army will be quietly surrounded and annihilated by you. I think your biggest problem is the mentality adjustment: how do you go from a Chinese restaurant guy, from a laundry clerk, from a street guy to a real iron-blooded warrior. You don't have to be respectful to anyone anymore, it's someone else who is respectful to you; You don't have to work day and night, your work is only for a while, not more than a few days; It's easy for street bosses to experience this kind of feeling, but you must clear your own distractions and be strict with your behavior, honor is the highest standard for a Marine Corps soldier.

I am very confident that everything you have done will be studied by military experts from all over the world and explored by journalists of all kinds, because you are the first such force. And you will be very proud of your original choice - thirty years later, when your grandson sits on your lap and asks you, "Grandpa, were you doing baa during World War II?" You don't have to cough in embarrassment, move him to the other knee, and say, "Ah...... Grandpa, I was washing clothes for foreign devils in a laundry in New York. On the contrary, brothers, you can look him in the eye and say confidently: "Grandson, grandpa, I fought side by side with Li Hansheng in the navy!" ”

This time, Li Kongrong was a little absent-minded, but at the end of Patton's most famous speech, it still made the soldiers in the audience laugh and deepened their admiration -- 'I fought side by side with Li Hansheng', which became the mantra of every naval officer and soldier.

After Li Hansheng finished speaking, Long Yun, who came to the stage later, knew that his speech could not be stronger than the former, but he just said that Yunnan Province's welcome ended hastily.

The soldiers were highly motivated, the barracks were well organized, and the weapons were sophisticated and advanced. In addition to Long Yun, Chen Jiageng and others, who returned to China through Ruili to inspect the service, as well as Chen Shouming and Ant Meihou of the Siam Chinese Entrepreneurs Association who were invited to visit, all admired the 1st Division.

The 1st Division did excel, she had the most well-nourished Chinese American soldiers, and even after the Great Depression, her physical fitness was better than that of the Chinese in other places. And since 39 years, the soldier has been trained under the supervision of American officers, and with the active duty officers of the 48th Division and other units who have come down from the domestic battlefield, her quality is probably the best in the country.

"This is what Commander Li said about 7,000 guns? Amazing, amazing! As the agitator of Chaoshan overseas Chinese joining the army, Ant Meihou was extremely excited among everyone, and his praise was beyond words.

"It's inseparable from everyone's efforts." Li Kongrong turned his head, looked at Huang Baitao, and nodded at him.

Long Yun noticed that Li Kongrong valued Huang Baitao, and he said: "This is Brother Baitao's well-trained, and it is also Commander Li's insight." Country. There are thousands of generals in the army, and they fell in love with Brother Baitao at a glance. ”

"The commander's appreciation and trust will never be forgotten." As soon as Long Yun said it, Huang Baitao immediately stood up and saluted.

"It's the awl that always comes out, maybe a few years later, but it will never go unnoticed." Li Kongrong stopped him, and then looked at Long Yun again, "Chairman Long's people should come quickly, and the equipment and everything will arrive before July." ”

"Of course, of course." Long Yun smiled, in addition to helping him train an air force, the navy also promised to train him a heavy infantry division -- in addition to 54 American-made howitzers, 10 base shells, and more than 800 trucks. According to the Navy Schedule, this will cost three million dollars, but it also comes at a cost, that is, it will have to help the Navy fight a war. The battle damage of the equipment of the navy will be replenished, but the loss of soldiers can only be replenished by Yunnan Province itself.

Although fighting a war kills people, it is still cost-effective. If the fifty-four howitzers are divided into twelve per battalion, it will be divided into four German armor divisions, so after this agreement was reached, Long Yun has been busy with this matter. It is not difficult to find heavy infantry divisions, and after the 60th Army and the 58th Army went out, eight infantry brigades were established in Yunnan; The officers are also sufficient, the original in Yunnan, the 60th Army and the 58th Army have experienced wars, and the real difficulty is that the navy will become an army in accordance with the local principle of the hometown, that is, the officers of Dali will lead the soldiers of Dali, this requirement makes Long Yunjiao mutter, he is very worried that if this happens, there will be a lot of emperors of the soil against the provincial capital in the future, so the soldiers of the heavy infantry division are marching towards Ruili one after another, but he is still hesitating which officers to choose.

Long Yun agreed very well, but Li Kongrong knew his real concerns, and he smiled: "Actually, if I were Chang Kaishen, what I was most afraid of was that Yunnan would implement real intra-provincial democracy, because once it was implemented, Yunnan would naturally reject the central forces." ”

Everyone was a little surprised when Li Kongrong said this, because Yunnan's rejection of the central forces seemed to be sabotaging the War of Resistance. Li Kongrong said: "Soon Yunnan will become the frontline, and once this happens, the Central Army will enter Yunnan." This reminds me of the Liao people of Sun Chengzong at the end of the Ming Dynasty more than 200 years ago. The guest army is actually unreliable, and they can flee home to farm if they lose their place, and only the local people will fight hard to defend their homeland. However, some people deliberately want to prevent this from happening, and they are afraid that when the time comes, another warlord will appear, and the central government will have to cut down the feudal domain again in the future. This, together with the liuguan system, can be regarded as a ruling technique that has been passed down for thousands of years. ”

Li Kongrong said this, Chen Jiageng, Chen Shouming and others couldn't help but nod, this is indeed a thousand-year-old ruling technique. Li Kongrong said: "The current division of provincial boundaries is also wrong. For example, eastern Guangdong should actually belong to one of the seven Fujian, not southern Guangdong, but in order to divide Fujian and confuse southern Guangdong, eastern Guangdong belongs to Guangdong on the provincial border. This is just one example, and most of the other provinces demarcate their borders, not according to the geography of mountains and rivers and ethnic traditions, but in order to check and balance each other, each earning key points, and not allowing any province to become bigger.

I've seen the country. The army complains a lot, what do you complain about? They complained that the local people did not support the war and did not support themselves. Dead soldiers' clothes, boots, and even rifles were stolen by the peasants and then hidden. They defended both the Japanese and the country. Army. So complaining that the people are not patriotic, there are a lot of reasons. But to put it bluntly, why do I Fujian people love you Henan people? Why do Chaoshan people help Northeast people? Let's not mention that their military discipline is not good in the first place, and they will run away as soon as they meet the Japanese army, even if their military discipline is good, does it have anything to do with us?

The war was won, the Kuomintang was ruled, the war was lost, the Japanese ruled, they were all ruled by men, so why should they take out the little ration they had left and risk killing their heads to aid the rulers? Help him just because he's Chinese? Then why did everyone flee to the concession as soon as there was a war? Do you want to stay in the concession in the future? Doesn't this prove that the rule of foreigners is better than that of countrymen?

If you want the people to be patriotic, it is very simple, let the strongmen among them be the masters of the house, let them pick up guns to defend their homes and land, only then will they fight hard. They don't understand what the country is, but they understand their own acres of land and tiles. The Boxer Rebellion, which was not organized back then, knew that they were clamoring to kill foreigners, and decades later, the people did not know to rise up to fight the Japanese? ”

"What if ......" Among these people, Long Yun listened the most carefully, and he was also pondering whether such a method was feasible or not, in addition to worrying that the position of provincial chairman would not be guaranteed, he also had another worry: "Brother Hansheng, what if they make peace with the Japanese in private?" ”

This shows that they have too soft a backbone and are used to being ruled. Since this is the case, then what else do they do, and directly order each of them to send people out to the front line to be cannon fodder, anyway, they are soft-boned. There is no need to be merciful to the soft bones, their mission is to become fertilizer, and use their own flesh and blood to raise those tough guys who dare to fight, which is in line with the laws of nature. ”