"Commander-in-Chief, Chief of Staff!" The person who came raised his hand and saluted, and then reached out and pushed his glasses, looking a little silly with a simple smile, it was the newly appointed commander of the New Fifth Army, Liao Yaoxiang.

The New Fifth Army was originally Sun Dianying's troops. Don't look at Sun Laodian is a dirt bun, but the ability to drill the troops is really good. Historically, the Eighth Route Army used two main regiments to beat one of his regiments, but suffered a big loss, which shows the strength of the unit's combat effectiveness. It's a pity that this product is too selfish, and he loves to smoke a lot, so he was sent to the United States for treatment by Zheng Huzi some time ago.

As soon as he left, the New Fifth Army lacked a unique figure, so Zheng Huzi took the opportunity to pack Liao Yaoxiang and his armored cavalry division into the New Fifth Army and officially took over the post of army commander. In the original history, classmate Liao was about to become the commander of the New Sixth Army, and now the number has moved forward, so he won't suffer!

Chief of Staff Zhou looked at it and said approvingly: "Good, very good, the person who has drunk foreign ink!" Oh, commander-in-chief, you see, you are much more energetic than when you were in Jizhong. ”

Zheng Weiguo also nodded with a smile, but blamed in his mouth: "The New Fifth Army has been rectified?" How can there still be time to wander around! ”

Liao Yaoxiang smiled awkwardly and said, "Commander-in-chief, I came specifically to find you." ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "Let's go, get in the car and say." ”

Liao Yaoxiang jumped into Zheng Weiguo's jeep, let his car follow, and drove towards the headquarters together.

Chief of Staff Zhou quipped: "Commander Liao is not also worried about the lack of drivers, right?" ”

When Liao Yaoxiang heard this, he hurriedly turned around. Surprised, he asked, "How do you know?" I'm thinking about reporting to the war zone! ”

Chief of Staff Zhou spread his hands and said helplessly: "Alas, there is a shortage of drivers everywhere now, and Commander-in-Chief Ma was still complaining to us just now!" ”

Zheng Weiguo rolled his eyes and said, "You heard it all, so don't expect me to give it out." Besides, your New Fifth Army will drive much more than any other group army. If you transfer the driver again, won't others make a fuss? ”

Liao Yaoxiang smiled and said, "That can't be compared!" Commander-in-chief, they are all motorized troops. Our New Fifth Army is the first mechanized division and mechanized army in the whole army! This grade is different. The needs are different. ”

Zheng Weiguo scolded with a smile: "If you dare to say this in front of others, you have to smoke you!" ”

Liao Yaoxiang said with a hippie smile: "How can it!" Suddenly, his face straightened, and he said seriously: "Commander-in-chief, in fact, I didn't come to ask you for someone. Instead, someone wants to give us the driver of the new Fifth Army. ”

Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Zhou were stunned. Busy asked, "What's going on?" ”

Originally. Yesterday, the stationmaster of the Shenyang Station of the Military Command suddenly visited Liao Yaoxiang, and he didn't know where he heard that the army lacked drivers, so he patted his chest and said that he would help him solve this big problem.

Driver. There must be one in terms of military command. With the withdrawal of Japanese troops from Burma and the opening of new international lines of communication, the U.S. military temporarily stopped transporting supplies from Burma. Therefore, although the Yunnan-Burma Highway was reopened two months ago, it faced the dilemma of having no goods to transport, so that for the first time, there was a surplus of drivers and trucks in the national government. And these drivers and trucks gradually fell into the hands of the military commanders. Historically, the military commanders also set up a traffic police force after the war.

However, no matter how rich people are, there is no reason to give it in vain. If you want to say that the military commander is a living Lei Feng and sends charcoal in the snow, then no one will believe it.

Chief of Staff Zhou asked, "Then how did you reply to him?" ”

Liao Yaoxiang said embarrassedly: "I told him to think about it......"

Zheng Weiguo and Chief of Staff Zhou couldn't help but snort and laughed. Zheng Weiguo smiled: "What is there to consider here? If people are willing to give it to you, they will accept it! ”

Liao Yaoxiang hesitated: "But I'm worried about ......"

"Nothing to worry about!" Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said: "People are willing to come to contribute to the anti-Japanese resistance, and we are all welcoming." ”

Chief of Staff Zhou also instructed: "The commander-in-chief is right, as long as it is useful, you can accept it." You just have to train the troops, and you don't have to worry about anything else. ”

Liao Yaoxiang looked confused, nodded as if he didn't understand, and asked again: "Commander-in-chief, when can we go on the expedition?" ”

Zheng Weiguo thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry, you will first train for three months, and then look at the situation." ”

Talking all the way, he quickly returned to the headquarters. Xiong Taiyu, the deputy chief of the general staff in charge of confidentiality, suddenly hurried over and reported: "Commander-in-chief, you came back just in time, there is a little situation on the Yankees' side, please take a look!" As he spoke, he handed over a cipher message that had just been translated.

Zheng Weiguo took a look. It turned out that yesterday the US North Pacific Theater could not hold back, and secretly landed and seized the Shiretoko Peninsula, but unexpectedly suffered a miserable defeat and suffered heavy losses.

Where is the Shiretoko Peninsula located? Directly northeast of Hokkaido, it is only 32 kilometers away from Kunashir Island, which is occupied by the United States. The whole peninsula is very narrow, only 25 kilometers at the widest point, and less than 10 kilometers in the narrow place, which is very conducive to defense.

The U.S. military began to attack with the intention of probing and harassing, and originally planned to come back after a circle. However, after landing, he felt that this place was good, and the commander was eager to make meritorious contributions, so in order to seize a bridgehead for the attack on Hokkaido, he temporarily decided to hold on to this place.

Due to the last-minute change in plans, the corresponding preparations were not sufficient. What is worse is that the US military has no experience in positional warfare, and neither continued to attack and expand the depth while the Japanese army was unprepared, nor did it stabilize the defensive line in time. The whole day was wasted in and.

Any negligence on the battlefield comes at a price. As night fell, the Japanese counterattack finally began......

"Onboard!"

As several flares suddenly rose into the air, a huge shout suddenly sounded all over the mountain. Under the cover of night, the U.S. military didn't know how many troops the opponent had come, and they suddenly panicked.

I saw a figure in the moonlight, and a large number of Japanese soldiers raised their bayonets and frantically rushed towards the American position. Due to the lack of troops, Japan also dispatched a large number of "national volunteers" to participate in the charge with concrete grenades and primitive knives and guns.

"Fire!"

Sudden ...... The machine guns of the American army roared, and the dense bullets were like water splashes. However, the swarming Japanese rushed to the American positions like a tidal wave.

After the war, a veteran recalled: "We fired so hard that we didn't even have time to change the barrels, so we had to keep pouring water. But there are too many enemies, we, we can't stop them at all, this is a group of crazy people who don't care about their lives...... There were more and more of them, and the positions were quickly conquered......"

In fact, the US positions were not conquered from the front, but the defensive line was uneven, resulting in a large number of defensive holes in some areas. By the time the Japanese poured into the flanks of the American lines, some of the American troops began to flee. In the dark. Again, the officers failed to control the situation in time. Finally led to a total rout.

Brugg, commander of the U.S. detachment, recalled after the war: "In the fierce battle, the marines were routed, and we could only use artillery fire to help them intercept the pursuers, but the effect was very unsatisfactory. It's all just terrible! ”

The Japanese advance was extremely fast. Some units even rushed ahead of the American troops. And the U.S. military was too frightened. Soon chaos ensued. In the dark, the US warships could not distinguish between friend and foe at all. Some frenzied Japanese soldiers even swam towards the American ships with a gourd in their arms, and the frightened ships fled the coastal waters in a hurry.

Seeing that the US landing force was about to end up in a completely annihilated end. Admiral Spruance decided to urgently transfer the 1st Division of the 1st Army of the Far Eastern Front to seize the port again. and to receive the withdrawal of the remnants of the US military. Fortunately, the 1st Division was able to rescue more than 3,000 American troops after a hard battle, but most of the remaining American troops were killed or captured by the Japanese army.

"Incredible, incredible!" Chief of Staff Zhou said in disbelief: "How can you lose with the equipment of the US military?" And defeated so badly! ”

Zheng Weiguo snorted coldly and said, "A group of recruits are careless, so it's no wonder if they don't lose!" ”

Historically, the first victory of US ground forces over the Japanese army was on Kuah Island. The victory is not because of how well the US military is deployed, let alone because the US military is ashamed and courageous. At that time, Admiral Forrestal, assistant chief of naval operations, who was inspecting the war readiness work in Noumea, said angrily: "If the American people had known that our troops were going to war like this, they would have rebelled!" ”

This shows how poor the performance of the US army was at that time, and the reason why the Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat was mainly because of the underestimation of the enemy, and secondly, because they were ignorant of the situation on Kuah Island and were blind and arrogant. I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, just like the current US military, it's strange if I'm undefeated!

At that time, Guadalcanal already had 18,000 men of the 1st Marine Division of the United States, but the Japanese army only sent a "one-wood detachment" of less than 1,000 men to sweep up. Why send such a small number of people? Because at that time, the Japanese army looked down on the American army very much.

After the war, the U.S. military seized Japan's instructions on the experience of the Nanyang operation, which read: The opponent (referring to the U.S. army) is a coward worse than the Chinese soldiers. Even if there are good weapons, they cannot be used because of the poor personnel.

The Japanese commanders even believed that as soon as they landed on Kuah Island, the American troops would flee in drots. Under this arrogant attitude, the Ichiki detachment quickly launched a charge at the American positions after landing on the island. As a result, it crashed headlong into the US military's firepower network, and a team of only 960 people in total died 777 people on the spot, with a mortality rate of 85%.

This defeat made Japan angry and launched a counterattack again, but the transportation and supply were ineffective, and the number of troops delivered at a time was limited, and finally the tactic of adding fuel was finally carried out. Not only did they not drive the American troops into the sea, but they also caused heavy casualties on themselves. Of course, this suicidal style of fighting has also caused great psychological pressure on the US military.

However, as time passed, the U.S. military's fear of war and the Japanese slowly faded.

In particular, during one battle, U.S. military intelligence seized a notebook left behind by a Japanese soldier. It clearly records the shortage of food and ammunition for the Japanese army these days, and also specifically writes about their fear of death and their helplessness and resentment against the orders of their superiors.

If the US military has obtained a treasure, it will immediately hype it up in the troops. Through this diary, the American soldiers realized that the Japanese are also flesh and blood, and they will still die if they are bullets, and they are not made of special materials. And the Japanese, like them, are afraid of death. Therefore, after the Battle of Kuah Island, the US ground forces have finally undergone a radical change.

However, in this time and space, due to the lack of aircraft carrier support (the aircraft carriers were all transferred to the North Pacific), Admiral MacArthur has not been able to launch a counteroffensive on Kuah Island, and the Battle of Kuah Island cannot be fought. So the U.S. military is still the same as before.

Judging from this defeat, the US military, which has not experienced the tempering of the war, must pay a tuition fee.

Chief of Staff Zhou was silent for a moment, and suddenly reminded: "Commander-in-chief, it seems that our plan to rest for three months is probably going to come to naught. ”

Zheng Weiguo secretly scolded the American generals who robbed the merit a hundred times in his heart. If such a thing happens, it will certainly shake the US military's determination to occupy the Japanese mainland, and even affect the White House's policy of "Germany before and after Germany." Although it is unlikely that the US military will withdraw directly from the North Pacific, it is still very likely that the US military will be surrounded without fighting.

It seemed that a hearty victory was necessary to strengthen the confidence of the Allied leaders.

Seeing that Zheng Weiguo's face was cloudy, Liao Yaoxiang hurriedly said: "Commander-in-chief, then you are busy, if you have nothing to do, I will go back first." ”

"Wait, who said it's okay?" Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "Chief of Staff, you immediately notify the officers above the army commander level in Shenyang to hold a meeting." (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter is the last chapter of the transition and the background of the chapter.,I won't write it so much in detail.,Otherwise, I won't be able to finish writing a hundred chapters.。 Well, let's take a few clips when the time comes, I hope you can enjoy it.