"What should I do?"

Regardless of whether Qin Wei said it or not, MacArthur made up his mind and would not let his subordinates participate in any exercises. This made Qin Wei suddenly fall into a difficult situation. …… It would have been nice to say that they had won in the previous exercise, but they were defeated, and they were defeated quite badly. Macarthur has a win in his hand, which is not a big name, but it is like Holyfield who scored a higher number of points against Tyson. I just just hug you, but I don't fight with you, I'll win, what can you do? Biting my ear? Bite my ear and you'll still lose.

"Didn't you say that this MacArthur was an arrogant man, and that a little provocation would achieve his goal?"

The problem is a bit serious. Bai Zhenxi, Zhang Fakui, and Xu Tingyao all arrived, and Wu Shi, the newly arrived chief of staff of the Fourth War Zone, also came. This person and Qin Wei are also old acquaintances, because when Qin Wei was in the Ministry of Defense and He Yingqin and Bai Zhengxi, Wu Shi was already the chief staff officer of the Ministry of Defense. This is a capable person, who once went to Japan to study, studied at the Japanese Artillery School and the Japanese Army University, and his graduation results also ranked first in the two schools, and he was known as the "Twelve Capable People": able to write, to be able to martial arts, to be able to poetry, to be able to write, to be able to draw, to be able to speak, to be able to write, to be able to speak, to be able to speak, to be able to swim. After graduating and returning to China, Wu Shi directly took up the post of director of the General Staff Headquarters, specifically responsible for intelligence work against Japan, and before and after the Battle of Wuhan, Chiang Kai-shek specially summoned Wu Shi once a week for detailed consultation and deep praise for him. However, compared with these, Qin Wei also knew that after Wu Shi fled to Taiwan from the Nationalist Government, he was dissatisfied with Lao Chiang's dictatorship, his heart was one, and his heart was revolutionary, and he was finally arrested and killed by Lao Chiang because he was betrayed by a traitor. Other words. Although this person is not the same as Guo Rugui, the nature is similar. And with these war zone bigwigs, Du Yuming, who is directly responsible for this "defeat", is naturally indispensable.

"I'm asking you, did you hear that?" Seeing that Qin Wei was distracted when he spoke, Bai Zhenxi was very dissatisfied, and couldn't help but knock on the table with his hand.

"I hear you." Qin Wei replied impatiently, "Didn't you just fail once?" I'm going to beat him up in two days, and I'm going to have to get him to agree. ”

"To be able to sit in the position of army general, this MacArthur must not be a brainless man. His performance illustrates that. Xu Tingyao is also quite dissatisfied with Qin Wei's arrangement now. Originally, you had to engage in some kind of military exercises with the Americans. It's good now, it's defeated, and it's so neat that it's embarrassing...... Although it is only a small exercise of regimental troops, the impact is extraordinary.

"One more time. It's hard to know whether to win or lose. And no more drills, this victory is in hand. It's a sure win. If it's me. I'm doing this too, I'm already winning anyway, so do I have to work hard? Zhang Fakui also said.

"I'm new to the country, and I don't know much about the situation, but when I came over, I heard some people in the headquarters say that the U.S. military had won this victory. The morale that had been depressed by the defeat in the Philippines had risen a lot? Wu Shi glanced at everyone with a smile, and finally fixed his eyes on Qin Wei. He knew that the key to this matter was not anyone present, it was Qin Wei.

"That's true." Du Yuming was a little ashamed. "We don't know much about the U.S. military elsewhere. But the North Vietnamese part of the U.S. military was hyping up their victory this time......"

"Guangting, which unit under your command participated in this military exercise?" Wu Shi glanced at him and asked.

“…… Honor the 1st Regiment of the 3rd Division! Du Yuming hesitated for a moment, and finally replied in a low voice.

"Rong 1st Division's?" Wu Shi was obviously a little surprised, "Aren't Zheng Dongguo's subordinates quite capable of fighting?" ”

"Don't mention it, it's almost a dead man." Qin Wei rolled his eyelids and looked at the ceiling, "They were not so much defeated at the hands of the Americans, not to mention that they were defeated by a poisonous snake and a swarm of poisonous bees!" M's, I knew that Lao Tzu sent two mountain people to the past, and they were better than them. ”

"......" Du Yuming's head lowered. Although Qin Wei's words were mean, they were true.

"What the hell is going on?" As soon as Wu Shi arrived, although he had already inquired about some information before coming to the meeting, the Americans would not say about the specific situation of the exercise, but would only say that they had won, and Qin Wei and the others had been blocking the intelligence, and he did not know. However, as the chief staff officer of the Ministry of National Defense, he is also very aware of the combat effectiveness of Du Yuming's troops. That is the trump card of the national army, even if it encounters the strongest force in this world, it is impossible to defeat so badly and so quickly with the same strength and almost the same equipment. Therefore, when he heard Qin Wei's words, he immediately couldn't help but ask the reason.

"Zheng Dongguo is unlucky." Zhang Fakui said what happened with a wry smile, "I also attached too much importance to this exercise, so at the beginning, that Zheng Tingqi convened all the officers of the regiment to hold an operational meeting, not only the commanders of the regiment, but also the commanders of each battalion. As a result, it was served to a pot by the nest of wild bees. Most of them are still in the hospital. A few serious ones have been sent to Guilin, and I went to see them, good guys, they are almost as swollen as a pig's head. ”

"How so?" Wu Shi couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Without checking the environment in advance, the headquarters was arranged in such a dangerous place...... Don't they know how dangerous it is in the wilderness? Not to mention poisonous snakes and wild bees, even ordinary mosquitoes in the suburbs outside the city are three points more poisonous than the mosquitoes at home. ”

"How could they not know the truth? It's just that I missed it and didn't take it to heart. Qin Wei sighed, "But we're in trouble now." ”

"It's trouble." Wu Shi sighed again and looked at Du Yuming, "Guangting, before I came, the chairman asked me to bring the punishment of the participating troops to ......."

"Huh?" Du Yuming was taken aback, and after reacting, he quickly got up and stood upright, "Listen to the chairman's instructions on a humble basis!" ”

"It's not a warning, it's a punishment!" Wu Shi corrected, "Chairman Commander ordered that the troops participating in the exercise of your unit were defeated, which greatly lost the prestige of the national army, and made the government fall into passivity in important diplomatic activities, so ...... All officers of the units participating in the exercise were demoted to privates, and the rank of the chief officer of the unit to which they belonged was demoted by one level and placed on probation to observe the after-effects. ”

"What?" Du Yuming was shocked, "This is just a small exercise of regiment-level troops. Why would the punishment be so severe? ”

"Because their failure has caused problems for 'the government's extremely important diplomatic activities' and has turned us from active to passive!" Qin Wei explained beside him: "In other words, the failure of this exercise is far more serious than you think. ”

"In the end...... How serious is it? Du Yuming swallowed a mouthful of saliva. He really didn't realize how troublesome this defeat really was. Although he was embarrassed in front of a group of Americans who had lost the battle, no matter what, he would not be able to kill all the officers of a regiment, right? And even Zheng Dongguo, the direct division commander, was implicated. It is important to know that Zheng Dongguo was only a member of the exercise headquarters at that time, and did not directly command the troops to participate in the exercise, so even if he had to be punished a little, he should not be demoted by one rank...... Zheng Dongguo is just a major general. If you are demoted by one level, won't you become a colonel? So how else did he command the Rong 1st Division?

"Forget it, I'll tell you everything." Qin Wei sighed, "We in China are now competing with the United States and Britain for military dominance in the entire Asian region. At the moment, because the Americans are too poor. And we have won a few big battles in a row before, so we have more confidence when we speak. The tone is also hard. It's kind of the British and the Americans enough. But they can't leave us, and our performance is really not bad, and the most important thing is that although they are hard-mouthed, they actually don't know whether they can stop the Japanese in Southeast Asia. In this way, there is only one way to swallow our anger. ”

"But your defeat is different. Although it was only a small defeat. The Americans, however, can infinitely magnify the results of this exercise. And most importantly, it is only the US military that has almost the same level of equipment as you that has defeated you, and in fact, the equipment of the US army is far beyond our reach. So. This small drill instantly made the Yankees straighten their waists. Bai Zhengxi continued, "Right now, Song Ziwen and Yan Huiqing are in great trouble in the United States. Originally, we didn't have many hole cards, the only thing we could get was that our people could still play, and Britain and the United States, especially the United States, were in an unfavorable situation and needed our help. But you are defeated...... Okay, Song Ziwen sent a telegram back, and he almost put all the responsibility on your heads. ”

It's no wonder that Song Ziwen and them are angry. It is not easy for them in the United States, not only to quarrel with the US president, but also to argue with the British prime minister, and to fight for our interests with so much effort. But once our side loses, their efforts for so long will be in vain. If it were me, I would be angry too. Wu Shi sighed.

"......" Du Yuming really didn't know that a "group defeat" in Ludao would have such a bad result, and after listening to a few people, he felt a chill at the root of his teeth. Military dominance in Asia! No wonder Lao Jiang has such a big temper, now it seems that if he didn't transfer Zheng Dongguo away, he didn't demote him as a military commander even if it was for the sake of teacher-student relationship. But the more he did this, the more uncomfortable he felt and the more he felt holding his breath...... This battle did not show the true level of their 5th Army at all, but it caused such a bad result. If he just admits it, he will not feel comfortable when he dies: "Commanders, I humbly ask to fight with the US army again." I would like to assure us of the 5th Army that the same thing will never happen again. If you don't win, you are willing to kill yourself to thank the world! ”

"But now MacArthur doesn't want to fight." Zhang Fakui said helplessly.

"Chief Qin......" Du Yuming looked at Qin Wei with a pleading face. He knew that only Qin Wei had the best way here.

"It's not easy." Qin Wei smiled bitterly, "That old MacArthur guy is determined not to fight with us." If you want to persuade him, it's difficult! ”

"We have to fight again, and we have to win." Wu Shidao, "This is the order of the chairman. If you can't do it, you will be punished! ”

“……？”

Wu Shi's words show Lao Jiang's determination, and also show how angry Lao Jiang is in Chongqing now. But we didn't provoke this matter, so why should we be unlucky together? Bai Zhenxi, Zhang Fakui, and Xu Tingyao couldn't help but stare at Qin Wei. (To be continued......)