David. Li said to Chief of Staff Wang with a little arrogance: "Colonel, according to modern military theory, the abilities of officers can be roughly divided into three categories - that is, training, management, and command. Let's take these three major items, a total of 24 sub-items for the competition, win a small item to get one point, the one with the highest total score wins, what do you think? ”

Chief of Staff Wang thought about it, isn't it just training, leading troops, and fighting? This is our old business, so I happily agreed.

The main part of the training is soldier-to-soldier, to see which unit has better training and better technical and tactical ability. Chief of Staff Wang was very relieved about this, so he did not transfer troops, and directly sent the guard squad around him. David. After muttering for a while, Li and the others carefully selected twelve Chinese soldiers.

"Hey man!" While setting up the target position, a Chinese soldier of the US army raised his arm and said triumphantly to the guard squad soldier beside him: "How many years have you been learning to shoot?" ”

The small guard squad soldier had a faint hairbreak on his lips and looked like he wasn't an adult. He thought for a while and said: "I, I was a soldier in the 26th year of the Republic of China, and I learned to shoot in the army, and it should be this year, I calculate, oh, it's been six years." ”

"Huh, huh? Then I advise you to give up this game as soon as possible! To tell you the truth, since my seventh birthday, my father took me to the shooting range to practice shooting. When I was in middle school, I went to Tennessee every year to go on a safari, and I guess I killed more bison than you've ever seen! After the soldier finished speaking, the group of American soldiers all laughed.

The bearded, rugged-looking guard squad leader walked over. He said loudly: "Hey, the target position is set too close, we have to move it back!" ”

Paul hurriedly said, "Too close? That's a 100-meter range! ”

There was a snarky American soldier who laughed: "There are people who always try to pull you down to the same level as him and then beat you!" ”

The squad leader snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: "Shanzi, show them a hand!" ”

"Yes, squad leader!"

Shanzi took off a horse four-ring rifle from his back, and without aiming much, he raised the gun and fired. I only heard a bang, and the target rod that had just been set up on the opposite side suddenly broke off from the middle. The American soldiers who were laughing were stunned all at once. Hit a target the thickness of a bamboo pole from a distance of 100 meters. They can do it. But you can't understate it like this, and you can't lift it lightly.

After a while, Paul came back to his senses and exclaimed in a very disgraced manner: "I admit that your marksmanship is good, but this is not in accordance with the rules of shooting." ”

The squad leader sneered: "Rules? Japanese people don't play by your rules. They're going to blow you straight in the head! ”

Unconvinced, the U.S. soldiers also tried to hit the target pole. But only two hits – Paul, though somewhat arrogant and bombasting. But the marksmanship is really good. The other is also a shooting enthusiast and is said to have won a championship in a pigeon hunting (the prototype of skeet shooting). The guard squad was obviously superior in skill and knocked out all the remaining nine target rods.

The defeat in the shooting competition plummeted the morale of the American soldiers. In the following bomb throwing, fighting, armed off-road and other events, it was almost a complete defeat. However, in terms of tactics, the military quality of these US troops is really good, and the advance team also did its best to defeat the three small items, but the air-ground coordination still lost. No way, this won't be at all! Although there are some aircraft in Suiyuan, they are all for artillery to provide school firing, and so far they have not been put into actual combat, but they are constantly training cadets.

Chief of Staff Wang arched his hand and said with a smile: "Captain, accept and concede!" ”

David. Li looked a little embarrassed, but he still insisted and said: "Colonel, there are still 16 sub-items below, and we have no victory!" ”

Sure enough, the US military does have many advantages in troop management. And the competition items are all led by Davy. Although the anti-Japanese anti-union advance contingent has advanced means such as the soldiers' committee system, the idea of equality between officers and soldiers, the three clearances and two investigations, and the campaign to complain about grievances, people do not recognize these political and propaganda things at all. If they really want to compare, they might even call the chaplain with the army, which is really a chicken and a duck, and they can't get together at all.

Compared with traditional countries such as Britain, France, and Germany, the United States does not have so many traditions, and it is precisely because of this that the US military does not have some bad habits of the Western armed forces, and its equipment in all aspects, especially in logistics, is indeed very advanced. This point cannot be compared with the troops in the Second War Zone, including Zheng Huzi's descendants, because the system must match the actual situation of the troops. Jizhong is already very rich in China, but in the international view, it is still a standard turtle.

Fortunately, the anti-coalition forces, especially this advance team, have endured the war for a long time and have accumulated a lot of experience in the long war. After withdrawing to Suiyuan, the environment of the troops was relatively stable, and with the help of Zheng Weiguo, they began to standardize and order, so they did not lose comprehensively, and won a few small events in the end, and still had an advantage in the total score.

David. Li breathed a sigh of relief and quipped: "I heard that the Chinese army is a first-class soldier, a second-rate officer, and a third-rate commander!" ”

Chief of Staff Wang smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "It's useless to talk more, it's a mule or a horse, pull it out and slip away!" ”

To command one item is to command the general. Due to the limited time, it was impossible to conduct a real military exercise, so the two sides unanimously agreed to use war games to determine the outcome of the exercise. David. Li They plan to overthrow the advance team in one fell swoop, and then remove all the Chinese officers, or at least change them to deputy positions, so this war game is not only one game, but is divided into squad tactics, platoon-level tactics, company-level tactics, battalion-level tactics, regiment-level tactics, and several special terrain drills. Plum.

The US military is all undergraduates, and it is indeed better than these "dirt buns" of the advance team to work on the map, after all, most of them have learned culture in the army, and it is good to know how to deduce war games. On the side of the U.S. military, if the level of the work on the map is too low, you will not be able to complete your studies at all.

As a result, commanders at all levels on both sides were catching and "fighting" each other, and the US military had the upper hand on the whole, and the score kept rising, but the advance team did not give up. These young people, who had learned about war in the midst of war, were also able to turn the tables occasionally. Finally, in the last game, the advance team scored 12 points, and the U.S. military scored 11 points.

David. Lee's face immediately sank, because even if he won in the last round, it would only be a draw, and if he lost, it would be a complete defeat.

Chief of Staff Wang smiled: "Captain, if the total score is tied, you will win!" ”

David. Li Yi gritted his teeth. Finally sat down in front of the map.

Wargames are not as big as a live military exercise. It's not as intense as the confrontation training, there's no gunsmoke here, and the two sides don't even have to speak. But between the strokes, there is a hidden murderous intention, a little careless. It will be a big defeat and a loss!

In the beginning. The two sides are still evenly matched. But the more time went on, the more David . . . The more Lee wiped his sweat, the more his ass began to writhe uneasily. It's like pins and needles. On the other hand, Chief of Staff Wang, although he was unhurried, was calm and relaxed. Relying on his years of experience in the army, Chief of Staff Wang finally turned the situation back little by little. And David. Li had a very good start, but his psychological quality obviously couldn't catch up with the battle-hardened Chief of Staff Wang, the busier he became, the more chaotic he became, the more he made mistakes in the chaos, the situation became more and more unfavorable, and he was so anxious that beads of sweat rolled down from time to time.

Finally, the deduction is almost over. Chief of Staff Wang made a few marks on the map and said with a smile: "Captain, how about we draw this one?" ”

David. Li was so embarrassed that his face was flushed, and he said embarrassedly: "No, we lost!" Colonel, I apologize to you for what you just said! ”

Chief of Staff Wang comforted: "Your performance is also good, and there are many things worth learning from us!" ”

……

"Aha, can anyone tell me what I'm missing?" Carlson, who had disappeared for a long time, suddenly rushed over.

Chief of Staff Wang glanced at him lightly and replied: "It's nothing, we have had some exchanges in the military field, and both sides have benefited a lot!" ”

Carlson shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Really? That couldn't be better! ”

The Chinese-American officers and soldiers who "grabbed power from class" this time was only a small episode, and no one went to investigate it in depth afterwards. After all, these people are second-generation, or even third-, fourth, or fifth-generation immigrants, born and raised in the United States, and their sense of identity with the United States is naturally higher than that of China. In other words, they entered the war for the United States, not China. Therefore, if you want them to obey, you must show the ability to convince them.

Fortunately, the advance team, as the most elite unit of the Anti-Japanese Federation, did not eat dry food in the end, and as time went by, those Chinese Americans quickly lowered their arrogant heads, like that David. Lee and John. Wang, as well as Paul and others are behind Chief of Staff Wang every day, as if they are die-hard fans.

Just as Chief of Staff Wang said, there are also many things worth learning from these US officers and men, especially the communication and liaison, logistical support, and maintenance and use of technical equipment, which often open the eyes of the officers and men.

Time passed day by day, and about a month later, that is, in July, the large troops of the Anti-Japanese Federation arrived one after another, including the old troops of the Anti-Japanese Federation, as well as the new recruits recruited later in the Guannai, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Ma Zhanshan Volunteer Army, and the total strength soon exceeded 50,000.

During the march, these troops encountered the Japanese several times, but fortunately, Siberia was vast and sparsely populated, and the Japanese blockade was not as good as the situation in China, so the losses were not large, and there were no bad situations such as the capture of high-ranking officers. So far, the Kwantung Army has only received information that some suspected Chinese troops are heading north, but they have no idea about their true purpose.

After Zheng Huzi reported to the Military Commission, he directly gave them the number of the Northern Front Army of the Second Theater. Of course, when he reported, he did not say that he would go so far to the shores of the Arctic Ocean, but only vaguely said that he would enter Outer Mongolia to fight the Japanese army. At this time, Zheng Huzi basically had the final say in the World War II Zone, and it was also an empty number, so there was no need for the Military Commission to bear military expenses, and the chairman did not make things difficult.

The first thing Lieutenant General Zhao Jiaxiang, the newly appointed chief of staff of the Front Army, said when he arrived at the Chukotka Peninsula: "Everyone, the troops cannot all be crowded into Chukotka, they must develop outward!" ”

Zhao Jiaxiang originally served as the chief of staff of the Fifth Group Army in Zhongtiao Mountain, but Zheng Weiguo considered that there were not many generals from the professional class in the anti-coalition forces, and it was too wasteful to have the "three major chiefs of staff of the Republic of China" in Zhongtiao Mountain, so he was transferred to the Northern Front Army as the chief of staff.

Zhao Jiaxiang is a person, and there may not be many people who know him now. But this is a real famous general, and he is much higher than the likes of Zhang Ming, who are blown out. During the Battle of the Middle Road, Zhao Jiaxiang, who was only 19 years old, arrived at the barracks. He presented accurate combat maps, military sand tables, and battle plans, and personally led cavalry death squads to surprise attack the Soviet army and blow up the enemy's arsenal. It was the only bright spot in the battle of Zalanor.

Later, during the Anti-Japanese War on the Great Wall, he led his troops to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army with broadswords, recaptured the Lengkou position, and won the first victory of the Chinese army since the September 18 Incident. After that, there was the bloody battle of Kunlun Pass, and General Zhao's performance was also very good, and after the war, Chang Kaishen announced that a large number of senior generals had been punished. But Zhao Jiaxiang was greatly comforted. When the expeditionary force went to Burma. At first, the casualty ratio was an astonishing 7:1, and after General Zhao arrived, the casualty ratio quickly dropped to 3:2, in short, in the national army at that time. Zhao Jiaxiang is undoubtedly one of the most outstanding generals.

However. Carlson, as a representative of the US military, objected: "Zhao." We don't have the time and energy to develop outward, we must first build a camp for the winter, otherwise so many people will have to freeze to death in the winter! ”

In Chukotka. June, July and August are the warmest months, just like autumn in China. However, in September, the temperature drops dramatically, and then directly enters the very cold period, and the coldest time and place is said to be below -60 degrees Celsius. The seaside is affected by the warm and humid air flow of the Pacific Ocean, which is better, but it is also around minus 30 degrees. Of course, this is also the reason why the Japanese army does not care about this place, if it is a little more comfortable, I am afraid that the Japanese army will pounce on it long ago.

Chief of Staff Zhao Jiaxiang waved his hand and said, "No, it is precisely because it is too cold here in winter that we need to develop southward." ”

Carlson said in surprise: "Zhao, are you crazy?" You are only 50,000 men, and the Japanese army has more than 1 million, and if you advance south, they will tear you to pieces, and the rest will be driven into cold plains and frozen into popsicles! ”

Chief of Staff Zhao smiled, pointed to a place and said, "What if we occupy here?" ”

Everyone hurriedly followed his fingers and saw Petropavlovsk in Kamchatka. It is located on the northern shore of Avachen Bay in the southeastern part of Kamchatka, is the capital of Kamchatka and the largest city in Kamchatka. In the 21st century, it has a population of nearly 200,000.

It is also a very historic city, founded in 1740 and named after the ships St. Peter and St. Paul, which were under the Bering fleet. During the Crimean War, the city was besieged by British and French forces, but it was not lost. But in the catastrophe of this Japanese invasion, Petropavlovsk was overcome.

Due to the influence of the warm current in the Sea of Japan, the port of Petropavlovsk can be navigated all year round, which means that US ships can dock at any time to replenish supplies. This was something that the Japanese could not bear in any case, so the city fell earlier than the city of Magadan, and almost at the same time as the attack on Vladivostok, the port was captured by the Japanese.

If we can occupy a port city in the Pacific Ocean, it is self-evident that the development of the Northern Front will be carried out, and if we do it well, we can greatly promote the course of World War II.

Originally, according to Zheng Huzi's previous idea, it was to receive US military supplies in Kamchatka, and build B17, B24, B25, and later B29 bombers to provide forward bases, which could directly bomb the Soviet Far East occupied by the Japanese army, and even the Japanese mainland. And with this base cover, the US Pacific Fleet can directly operate in northern Japan.

It's a pity that the U.S. Navy at this time did not have the courage to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese fleet, and the strength of the advance team was insufficient, even if Petropavlovsk was taken, it might not be able to hold it. So in the end, Yu chose the Chukotka Peninsula as a foothold. But the Chukotka Peninsula is too far north, and the annual navigation time is too short, and it is inconvenient to receive supplies or counterattack.

Carlson was also very moved, but he thought for a while and still objected, insisting: "My opinion is to build solid fortifications in Chukotka first, and wait until May next year to start a counteroffensive. ”

Zhao Jiaxiang shook his head and said, "It's too late next year!" Now the situation in the Soviet Union is getting worse day by day, and we really have to wait until next year, I am afraid that we will face not only the Japanese army, but also the German army. ”

Carlson thought of the scene of the German and Japanese armies meeting in Siberia, and couldn't help but turn pale, and finally nodded: "Okay, but I want to see your battle plan first!" ”

Zhao Jiaxiang hurriedly asked: "Can the U.S. military provide sea or air assistance?" ”

Carlson shrugged helplessly and explained, "I'm sorry! Our planes can't fly that far, and it's dangerous for the ships to go south, and it's too late in time. So even if you can help, it will only be after you occupy Petropavlovsk. ”

Zhao Jiaxiang asked unwillingly: "Then can you provide a boat to help us transport the supplies to Caraga?" We have troops stationed there, and as soon as we get supplies, we can immediately launch an offensive on Petropavlovsk. ”

It turned out that on the way here, Zhao Jiaxiang had already discussed with Commander Yang Jingyu, and did not bring all the troops to Chukochi, but stationed them along the way. One of the main forces had already quietly moved south along Kamchatka to the town of Caraga. The town of Caraga, located in the north of Kamchatka, is the narrowest part of Kamchatka.

Carlson spread his hands and said, "Now that you have made up your mind, I can promise to cooperate." The operation can succeed, right? ”

Chief of Staff Zhao Jiaxiang smiled: "Of course! As he spoke, he and Carlson gave him a hard high-five.

Now the waters around the Aleutian Islands are under the control of the Japanese army, and the entire Bering Sea (that is, the waters east of Kamchatka) has become extremely unsafe. Therefore, American merchant ships would rather take the dangerous Arctic Ocean route than hit the West Coast.

Fortunately, there was no shortage of adventurous people among the Americans, and Carlson quickly picked the captain and sailors when he returned. They were all volunteers, willing to take a risk with the Northern Front, that is, to get to the town of Caraga, without the cover of ships and planes. (To be continued......)

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