For Major General Huang Baitao, commander of the Chinese Volunteer Marine Corps, Greater America is truly a prosperous place, with countless high-rise buildings, factories, banks, cars, and Caucasian women lined up to dance lap dances. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info But because of his identity and wife, he couldn't watch Caucasian women dance their lap dances, but He Zhixing, chief of staff of the Marine Corps, and the officers and officers of the Marine Corps who came with him were all stunned to see the lap dance. But the most exciting thing was yet to come, and on January 5, the Navy Command finally ordered the distribution of stocks to the whole army, and the tears of bitterness and joy of the army fell from the eyes. Never be an army in the next life! This is the voice of every Marine officer.

"Welcome, sir." At the Sonora Desert training camp in California, the gray-haired training officer, Major Matt Brown, led his subordinates to salute Huang Baitao and his party. He was one of the Navy's training officers hired in the United States and a veteran officer who had fought in World War I.

"Hello, Major Step." Huang Baitao returned the salute to Major Brown, but he was clearly attracted by a helicopter taking off from the camp. Li Kongrong told him about helicopters, and he also saw photos of helicopters at the New York Navy Command, but it was the first time he had seen the actual thing. It's unbelievable that this thing just rose from the ground like this.

"Sir, this is the latest model of helicopter, and it can fly three hundred miles with twelve soldiers." Major Brown was obviously very satisfied with the job, but due to his age and family, it was impossible for him to go to Asia in person, and now Huang Baitao wanted to pick up the soldiers he had trained single-handedly, and he was extremely reluctant.

"This is Captain Stevens, who is in charge of artillery training; This is for Nicks, a sapper lieutenant; This is Alita, he is a military doctor, in charge of the training of medics, and Cummings, he and his people are in charge of logistics training, as well as teaching people to repair cars and all kinds of machinery......" Major Brown introduced his subordinates to Huang Baitao and others, this is the training camp officers responsible for all aspects of training, and there are more than a dozen sergeants under these officers.

"Thank you." Huang Baitao shook hands with them one by one. He then asked: "Major Bu, I'm curious, how artillery training is carried out here?" ”

"Huh." After listening to the translation, Brown laughed, "General, this is the Sonora Desert. It is bordered by the United States to the north and Mexico to the south. Although U.S. law doesn't allow us to fire, the Mexican side can. ”

"Major, won't the Mexican army protest?" Huang Baitao didn't understand the U.S.-Mexico relationship, and the Americans laughed when he asked.

Major Brown said: "General, the Mexicans don't have so many troops to defend the border, and besides, they can buy it for very little money, who would be interested in shelling in the depths of the desert?" After the introduction, Major Brown said, "General, please review the troops." ”

The army was ready long before Huang Baitao and others arrived, and they stood neatly in the open space outside the barracks, fortunately, it was winter, otherwise under the scorching sun, the troops would definitely be reduced.

Huang Baitao was very satisfied when he saw these recruits at first sight, this group of recruits wearing cotton khaki military uniforms and M1917 steel helmets were only comparable to the German mechanic soldiers before the Anti-Japanese War, and their average height seemed to be taller than the German mechanic soldiers, who grew up eating steak and drinking milk.

"Stand-up!" The officer on duty stood on the wooden platform, and there was a sound of neat military boots, and all 7,438 people stood upright at the same time, and the sand on the playground rose out of thin air.

"Children, General Huang from China will take over this training camp, and he will take you to China." Major Brown looked at the group of soldiers below, and his emotions were a little complicated. At the beginning of the training, there were many contradictions between the two sides, and the soldiers of the first regiment once jointly protested to resign, but now, after a year and two months together, the two sides have gradually developed a relationship. "I'm ......, Shet!" The Major's mind was a little confused, and he even cursed the mantra. "I want to say: Kids, you're the best. Go and crush those Japanese mongrels, victory is yours! ”

“Yes，Sir！ Yes，Sir！ Yes，Sir！ "The soldiers didn't applaud, they just repeated 'Yes, sir' to show their feelings. Returning to China to fight is everyone's original intention to join this army, but everyone is very reluctant when it comes to the end.

"General, please speak." Major Brown, who was in a state of flux, calmed down and asked Huang Baitao to speak, after all, he was the ultimate commander of this unit.

"Brothers, my surname is Huang, my name is Baitao, and everyone familiar with me calls me Huang Bald." Huang Baitao came to the stage to speak, he spoke northern dialect, and someone next to him translated his words into Cantonese. When he said that he was bald, he took off his military hat and patted his hand on the front door of his bald head, which caused a burst of laughter.

"I enlisted in the army in the Republic of China for five years, and at the beginning I was a miscellaneous soldier, specializing in serving Li Chun and Li Dashuai. In the seventh year of the People's Republic of China, he entered the Jiangsu Officer Education Corps, and after graduation, he served as a platoon commander in the Jiangsu Defense Army. In the thirteenth year of the People's Republic of China, the Jiangsu overseer Qi Xieyuan surrendered to Zhang Zongchang Zhang Dashuai, Zhang Dashuai was my division commander in the education regiment, so he sent me to Xu Yuanquan Xu Dashuai's department, and the Northern Expeditionary Army fought several battles in the early days of the Northern Expedition, and later Xu Dashuai changed banners in Tianjin, and the hat became the National Revolutionary Army.

After the Northern Expedition, I fought the Jiang Gui War, Jiang Fengyan's Central Plains War, and all subsequent suppression of the Communist Party. At first, he was a regiment commander, and later he was promoted to division commander by merit. But the Japanese, I haven't fought before, I want to fight in my dreams, but I just don't have a chance! One day, Commander Li sent someone to Chongqing to find me and asked me: 'The Japanese invaded me, why don't you capture Tokyo as a general in General Huang's army?' I laughed at the time, taking Tokyo? Is this a joke about Lao Tzu? I thought about it and said I'd take a look.

Not kidding! When I arrived in Hong Kong, I knew it wasn't a joke. If the navy annihilated the Japanese fleet, it was entirely possible that the marines would be able to land on the beach from Tokyo Bay and attack Tokyo by taking Yokohama.

In the third year of the Republic of China, the Japanese fought Qingdao; In the sixteenth year of the Republic of China, the Japanese fought Jinan; In the eighteenth year of the Republic of China, the Japanese fought in the northeast and Shanghai; In the twenty-second year of the Republic of China, the Japanese fought the Great Wall; The year before last, the Japanese launched an all-out attack, attacking Nanjing and Wuhan, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil. A tooth for a tooth, blood for a blood, a bomb for a bomb, a slaughter for a massacre. This is the oath of the Navy, and it is the oath of your brothers.

However, this road is by no means easy. The government has refused to allow naval planes to return to China to fight in the war, even if the rear is bombed by the Japanese. This is the case with aviation, and even more so with the marines. Even I have been disqualified from the military by the Chongqing Military Commission and wanted as a traitor, and most of you will be the same if you return to China. For this reason, I ask everyone to be mentally prepared that we are not going back to China to fight, but we are going to fight Tokyo. The war will end once and for all by taking Tokyo and capturing the emperor.

During this period, many of our actions had to be prevented not only from being known by the Japanese, but also by the government. To put it bluntly, the government doesn't like the navy, and it doesn't like the marines. The original navy has been abolished, the original number of the Marine Corps has been abolished, and all officers and men have been dispersed and replenished to various army divisions. If we are subordinate to the national government, this is also the result, and with the management of the domestic army, unless you get the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, you will not be remembered.

You're just a soldier, not a real soldier. A real soldier is fearless when he dies on the battlefield, and even sees death as if he were at home, but a real soldier is most afraid that he will be forgotten and his honor will be drowned. This is tantamount to saying that your blood is in vain, your sacrifice is meaningless, and your name is not remembered, which is the greatest insult to the military. I don't want that, and I don't want you to do that, so forget what to do with your home, brothers, and we're going to fight alone. Alright, I'm done. ”

In his opening remarks, Huang Baitao remembered what Li Kongrong had repeatedly told him, that is, to tell the soldiers the positioning and tasks of the Marine Corps in this war. Only in this way can we stabilize the morale of the army and not complain because they are in the dense forests of Yunnan.

"Brother He Zhixing, Chief of Staff of the Marine Corps." After Huang Baitao finished speaking, the officers who came with him came to the field one by one. "Brother Shan Zheyuan, the head of the first regiment; brother Jiang Zixiang, head of the second regiment; brother Sun Shixiu, commander of the first battalion; brother Wang Qimin, commander of the second battalion; Brother Shape Breeding Week, Commander of the 3rd Battalion......"

The only soldiers in the training camp were squad platoon commanders, and the company commanders were retired American officers. This time, Huang Baitao only brought two regiment commanders, six battalion commanders, and then the chief of staff, artillery, baggage and other battalion commanders, a total of 15 people. They will lead this force home with American officers who are willing to go to China. After the appearance of the battalion commanders of these regiments, the officers on duty announced the disbandment of the troops, followed by the handover of official duties, and a reception to welcome the Chinese officers today and bid farewell to the American officers in the next few days.

"There are seven thousand four hundred and thirty-eight men in the army, and they are all the best." Major Brown kept saying this as he handed over the official documents. "Almost all of the training has been done very well, and I believe that if I give them a hard blow, I will inflict a heavy blow on the Japanese."

Huang Baitao had previously learned about the training of the Marine Corps, and it was very solid, but this was basically a tactic in the last battle. In Li Kongrong's words, they have only completed the basic training of individual soldiers, and the rest of the combat training has to rely on themselves. "Major, can I know the strength of the troops?" He asked.

"Of course." Brown pulled out a document from the folder, "This is the establishment of the entire division, because there are not enough people, we are only half done, this is only a brigade, but the artillery is a regiment, which is planned to be armed with fifty-four M1 type 75mm howitzers." It's a very good howitzer, and those damn repeaters in Washington just spoil the good stuff. ”

The M1 75mm howitzer was finalized and produced in 1927, although the firing range was only more than 8,700 meters, but the weight was only 653 kilograms, and it could be disassembled into parts weighing 73 kilograms to 1007 kilograms when transported by mules and horses. Before the production of the one thousand one hundred and thirty kg M3 howitzer, this was the best option for divisional artillery of the Marine Corps.

"I'm not saying it's a waste of good stuff for you." Major Brown explained his words, fearing to arouse the emotions of the Chinese. "I mean, this gun should be reloaded in large quantities, and not just on the drawing board."

"The M175 howitzer is really good." Of course, Huang Baitao knows the power of this artillery, the weight of the mountain artillery, and the range of the field artillery, which is really too suitable for the Chinese battlefield and the landing battlefield. "But, Major, what's the Washington repeater?"

"Haha......" Brown laughed. It was a group of boys who could only play with official documents and write reports, they lived in Washington, D.C., and they followed what the big people said, and they never had their own opinions, and they didn't know how to fight. But because of the sycophants of big people, they can always get promoted. This is the Washington repeater. ”

Brown explained the Washington repeater, and Huang Baitao was surprised, he didn't expect that there were also officers in the United States who were promoted by fear of the sycophancy of their superiors. However, this situation is not uncommon in the military ranks of various countries, so he will not ask questions, but look at the establishment table.

In the current Marine Corps, the United States Army's three-brigade establishment during World War I is still used, as well as the engineer regiment, medical regiment, quartermaster regiment, and so on. If it were to be fully staffed, it would be a division of more than 28,000 men. Seeing this, Huang Baitao remembered that the size of the troops was not important, and they would eventually be split into three regimental divisions, with a number of about 15,000 people.

"Major, I wonder if I can go and see the equipment of the troops?" Huang Baitao said that at this time, he found that he had to go deep into the company platoon to understand the firepower of the troops.

"Of course." Major Brown was happy to see the Chinese about the military as soon as possible, so that perhaps he could go home earlier (his salary was paid until the end of the month).

"The foot men used the Springfield rifle, a very good gun, and I used it to fight in France." Without reaching the barracks, Brown led Huang Baitao to the arsenal, where he proudly held up a 1903 Springfield rifle. After the rifle finished speaking, he pointed to an MG-34 imitation German-made general-purpose machine gun quite puzzled, "This is a German machine gun that you commissioned an American company to produce after you obtained the right to produce MG-, and it belongs to a twelve-man squad." I have told New York several times that this was not appropriate, that an infantry squad should not be equipped with such ferocious firepower, and that a Browning automatic rifle could replace it. ”

Major Brown has a lot of affection for American weapons, but the Chinese purchase is global. They are said to be preparing to adopt the British Enfield rifles, the German MG-34 machine guns, the Finnish Sumi submachine guns, and the Italian flamethrowers. The former will be procured directly from the UK, while machine guns, submachine guns, and flamethrowers will be produced under license. If it does, the logistics will be a nightmare.

"This is a general-purpose machine gun?" Huang Baitao saw a German-made machine gun for the first time. He remembered that Li Kongrong said that each class should be equipped with a one, and he thought it was impossible at the time, but the reality was right in front of him. "Have all the Heavy been trained?"

"Of course ......." The major shrugged, "However, foreign weapons need tariffs when they are shipped into the United States, and tariffs are required when they are shipped out of the United States, so we only do dismantling and teaching, and the number of live firing is not much." ”