Chapter 138: Battlefield Anecdotes
Although Downing didn't go to the front line, he still learned many interesting little details that he didn't know about in later generations, most of which were described to him by people who had been to the front line, especially what Mike told him that opened his eyes and laughed.
The last time Mike asked Downing to help rescue Tokyo Rose Toguri Ikuko, although Downing didn't worry about it, just briefly told Jimmy, but he didn't expect Toguri Ikuko to be acquitted in court not long ago, Downing felt that this should be related to the current easing of US-Japan relations, but Mike didn't think so, he felt that Downing had contributed to this matter and helped a lot, so he was more enthusiastic about Downing.
Especially after drinking, Mike pulled up even more ramblingly: "Tony, you know what? This joint ** is really eye-opening for me, what kind of people are these, all of them are weird, I can guarantee you, you will definitely not think of what they have done. Tony, did you know that there is such a thing as Thailand in the world? ”
Tang Ning secretly said in his heart, of course I know that in my previous life, I also went to Thailand to see ladyboys, but on the surface, I had to pretend to say: "I have heard that this is a Buddhist country, and it is said that there are many temples and pagodas that are very beautiful. ”
Mike replied in surprise, "Tony, you impress me, you even know the origin of these Buddhist soldiers." Although there is only one battalion of these men from the Buddhist country, the leadership is quite substantial, and its headquarters is very popular, and the departments are complete, including military judges, military medical officers, treasurers, chief adjutant generals' offices, general quartermaster offices, plus Red Cross and welfare counterparts, and a total of 300 people; Its commander is even more remarkable, he is a genuine prince, with the rank of major general, and he is truly a general's majesty and royal style.
But who would dare to use such a force? So the commander put them in the rear to be responsible for cleaning up the Korean guerrillas, but the prince actually felt that this was a lack of attention to them, and quietly returned home with those various officials within two days. What the hell are you talking about? ”
Tang Ning forced a smile and said: "Is he a prince, he will naturally have a little temper, but he took those officials away." Wouldn't it be better, just to be able to command these Thai soldiers at will. ”
Mike said angrily: "Don't mention it, these Thai soldiers were quite obedient at the beginning, but after a few days, the temperature dropped. These guys are like frozen wilts, and it doesn't matter how much clothes they put on them, so they can only be thrown to the rear and take care of themselves. ”
Tang Ning laughed and said: "Is this also normal, Thailand is in the tropics, and it is definitely not suitable for the cold to be in the cold and snowy place of North Korea." Anyway, there weren't many people coming, so I couldn't count on many at all, by the way, and there were people who also came from the tropics and couldn't stand the climate? ”
Mike thought for a moment, patted his thigh and said, "Yes, there really is, those Colombians are like that." If you want to talk about these Colombians, it's really fatal to start a war, but it's a cold day. They really can't stand it, their little faces are frozen green, many people have frostbite, and no one can bear to send them to the front again. Hey, it's a pity that there are more than 1,000 people. ”
Tang Ning said in his heart that it is too normal for Colombians to be fierce, don't you see how fierce the drug lords and drug dealers from Colombia and Mexico are in later generations, and the government can't do anything about them, so he echoed and said: "That's a pity." By the way, I heard that South Africa also sent troops to participate, how did they behave. Are you afraid of the cold? ”
"South Africa did not send ground troops, only an air squadron, known as the South African Flying Leopard. It is said that South Africa sent its air force because it heard that the air forces of North Korea and China were quite weak. And I guess it's also for the convenience of escape. But unfortunately, they actually killed 34 and captured eight, this is the Air Force, the losses are too great. ”
"Then South Africa should have the highest proportion of casualties among the participating countries, right?"
Mike shook his head, "No, if you want to talk about the casualty ratio." The highest loss was Luxembourg. ”
Tang Ning finally couldn't help but laugh: "Luxembourg? Mike, you're not kidding me, there are only a few people in Luxembourg, and they actually sent troops? ”
"Don't look at the fact that there are only 400,000 people in Luxembourg in the whole country, but they sent a platoon of 44 people, mixed in the Belgian troops. And they also set a record in two joint **, one is the first proportion of troops participating in the war, because there are only 500 soldiers in Luxembourg in the country, and nearly one-tenth of them were dispatched this time. In addition, the casualty ratio is the first, with two killed and thirteen wounded, and the casualty ratio exceeds one-third. ”
Tang Ning laughed and said: "Look at how hard it is for people to send some people to cheer up, you are not good at protecting them, and you actually let two people die in battle, which is too much to say." I have the impression that this is the first time that Luxembourg has intervened militarily in international affairs, right? ”
Mike replied disapprovingly: "Since you are here, you are a warrior, if you want to be a protected animal, then don't come, who fights without dying?" Then he paused again and continued: "But Luxembourg is much stronger than the Netherlands, and this time the Netherlands plans to send more people to revive the prestige of the old empire, but I heard that they are almost unable to suppress it in New Guinea, so in the end only more than 600 people came, and they were all weak in the battle, and finally sent to fight guerrillas with the Thai soldiers."
And the Filipinos are the most hateful, saying that there is an infantry brigade and a squadron of chariots, more than 5,000 people, but in the end, only more than 1,000 people came, and it is still a unit created in January this year, which is simply fooling people. ”
Tang Ning asked curiously: "Mike, you said so many unreliable troops, is there a country that is more brave and can be used as a formal army?" ”
Mike thought for a while and replied: "Then it has to be said that Turkey, these Turks are so brave, once when covering the retreat, their officers still put their hats on the ground, which means that no one can retreat this hat, and then all the soldiers are there to fight the Chinese, until the whole army is destroyed, there is no one to retreat, it is really admirable!" ”
"Such a brave troop must have a very good record, right?"
Mike said with a bitter smile: "The record is not very good, although the Turks are very brave, but because they can't understand English, it is quite inconvenient to command, and they can't fight together, and when they first joined the war, they misheard orders twice, and they were out of touch with the large army, and the one who was beaten by the Chinese was called a miserable!" (To be continued.) )