[Anti-Japanese Iron Blood King] Chapter 1039: Soft-footed shrimp and steel plate (please subscribe!) , ask for a monthly pass, ask for everything! ）

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"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Commander, just now the 14th Division sent a telegram that the troops surrounded by the Japanese army have successfully received the materials airdropped by the air brigade, except for some of the materials that fell to the Japanese positions due to the misjudgment of the landing site, the vast majority of the materials have been rushed back to the main position of Damanzhuang by the first brigade." The confidential staff officer walked in and reported.

After listening to the confidential staff report, Ma Zheng said with emotion: "Hehehe, I'll just say that Huang Liren's guy has a hand, it's amazing, he deserves to be Yan Laoxi's heart, amazing!" ”。

Xu Yinghui on the side said with a smile: "That's not it, I heard that this kid graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and even Lao Jiang has heard of this kid's name." If it weren't for this kid's family in Shanxi, he would have been transferred to the Central Army by Lao Jiang a long time ago, but I didn't expect that we would be cheaper now! ”

"What does it mean to be cheap for us, don't forget that Wang Zhengyang, Xue Bicheng and Huang Liren and others are exchanged for Taiyuan City, if you want to take advantage of it, it is also Yan Laoxi who takes advantage, we have done a loss-making transaction!" The name said with a smile.

"I don't lose money when I look at the business, and the value of the top students who graduated from West Point Military Academy is immeasurable! Even on Lao Jiang's side, there are not many! Xu Yinghui said.

Chen Tiesheng on the side suddenly interjected: "Chief, is West Point Military Academy very powerful?" ”

"Not only is it amazing, West Point Military Academy is the most famous military school in the United States, much more powerful than the Lu University in small Japan," Xu Yinghui said with a smile.

Chen Tiesheng thought for a while and continued to ask: "Then since the West Point Military Academy in the United States is so powerful, why did the United States behave so badly in Southeast Asia, and the Philippines was occupied by the little devils in just one month, is it because the American soldiers are not good?" ”

Hearing this, Ma Zheng straightened his collar and said: "In fact, everyone's knowledge of foreign countries is still very limited, the United States West Point Military Academy is the oldest military academy in the United States, and it is known as the world's "four major military academies" along with the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom, the Frunze Military Academy in Russia and the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France. This military academy is the Whampoa of the United States, and 80% of the officers with the highest rank in the United States graduated from the West Point Military Academy. ”

"So powerful?"

"West Point is almost as old as the United States, and since its inception it has been known as the cradle of officers in the U.S. Army. It has nurtured generations of famous generals and military talents, including more than 2,700 generals and one president of the United States. Turning the page of the military history of the United States, there is not a single page that does not leave behind the great achievements of West Point graduates. It is no exaggeration to say that in every war in which the United States participates, there must be graduates of the West Point Military Academy. ”

"Of the 60 major battles of the American Civil War, West Point graduates commanded 55 battles, and Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Army, Grant, and General Lee, Commander-in-Chief of the Southern Army, both graduated from West Point. In World War I, the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Expeditionary Force, John Brown, was the commander-in-chief of the U.S. Expeditionary T Fourth. General Li Xing, along with 34 of the 38 corps and division commanders who participated in the war, were all West Point graduates. Ma Zheng said.

Hearing this, everyone was surprised!

"In this way, Huangpu is afraid that it is not worthy of carrying shoes for others, but why is it that the US army is losing and retreating in Southeast Asia, and even the old devil who was defeated in our hands can't beat the old devil of Shouichi Terauchi, this is not in line with common sense, isn't it?" Shen Yulong, director of the Political Department, also asked.

Ma Zheng sighed and explained: "Although West Point Military Academy is a bull, we also know that it is not only the quality of officers that determines the victory of the war, but also many factors that restrict the direction of the war in addition to the command level of the officers. There are many reasons why the United States has behaved so unsatisfactorily in the Pacific theater, and it is not just the command level of its officers. ”

"Indeed, what the commander said is quite reasonable, as far as I know, the United States now has less than 100,000 troops, and the navy and air force are not much stronger than the Japanese army. The U.S. military force in the Pacific theater was only about 20,000 people, and although it was nominally claimed to be more than 100,000, the vast majority of them were Filipinos hired by the Americans. ”

"You must know that in the eyes of the Filipinos, the Americans are the aggressors and their enemies, and the troops organized by the Americans are the puppet army of the Philippines. In addition, the Japanese transferred to Southeast Asia are all veteran units that have been in battle for a long time, and their combat effectiveness is definitely not comparable to these little devils in North China, so the first war is decided, and the whole of Southeast Asia has now become Japan's backyard and raw material base. Therefore, the failure of the United States is the result of a combination of factors, and it is by no means something that a few West Point graduates can reverse. Xu Yinghui analyzed.

Ma Zheng added: "What the chief of staff said is very reasonable, but it is not comprehensive, the little devil is really powerful, the US army and the British army are defeated, and the whole of Southeast Asia is about to fall into the hands of the Japanese, otherwise Du Yongming's Fifth Army would not have gone abroad at this time and went on an expedition to Burma." ”

"But what I want to say is that the defeat of the United States is only temporary, and the terrible of the United States is far from what you can imagine, don't look at the arrogance of the little devil now, but it won't be long before Hirohito's dog thing cries."

"How can you say that the United States still has the strength to fight back?" Xu Yinghui looked at Ma Zheng in disbelief.

"That's for sure, although now it seems that small Japan has taken the initiative in the war, and it has also achieved considerable success. However, in terms of war potential, Japan is only a small land, let alone compared with a behemoth like the United States, even we, China, are much stronger than little devils. Small Japan and the United States are bulls, that is, grasshoppers shake the big tree, and it is okay to bully the countries of East Asia and Southeast Asia, but compared with the United States, there is still a huge difference in strength. ”

Then Ma Zheng explained in detail: "Comrades, in terms of economy, the United States is far from being able to compete with the little devil's industrial base. Although Japan's surplus labor force was now abundant in the military and related industries due to the high speed of the national war machine, the Japanese national economy appeared to be unprecedentedly "prosperous" before the start of the Pacific War, which led the Japanese to mistakenly believe that their economic and military strength surpassed that of their greatest enemy, the United States. ”

"At this time, the United States has experienced the Great Depression for about a decade, and the far-reaching impact of the economic crisis has made the entire American economy still 'weak'. But despite this, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the overall national strength of the United States is still much higher than that of Japan. Here is a simple example of a set of data, you can see the gap between the two sides, the population of the United States is now nearly twice that of Japan; The U.S. produces 7.3 times as much steel as Japan, 7.5 times as much coal, and 80 times as many automobiles as Japan. ”

In addition, the level of modernization and automation of American factories was higher than that of Europe and Japan, and the production management of Americans was the most advanced in the world at the time. Japan has basically no potential to tap, and Japan's domestic military and economy reached its peak before the start of the Pacific War, which means that if Japan cannot use its existing forces to quickly destroy its opponents, then after entering a war of attrition, Japan will undoubtedly lose. ”

Ma Zheng knew that the strong performance of the Japanese in Southeast Asia had already had a great impact on many cadres in China, especially Terauchi Shouichi took the Philippine Islands in one month, occupied most of Southeast Asia in two months, and now he almost entered Yunnan. If we don't make the current international situation clear to them, it will really be difficult to deal with them at that time.

After listening to Ma Zheng's words, everyone was thoughtful, they hadn't thought about it carefully before, and they all felt that the armies of the United States and Britain and other countries that the Japanese had fought had lost their armor, and they didn't know when the war would last.

After Ma Zheng said this, everyone was surprised, it turned out that the Americans were not soft persimmons, and the Japanese might not have kicked a soft-footed shrimp, but a steel plate.