The losses in this battle were staggering, the troops and weapons of both sides were a huge number, and the US army alone had nearly 30,000 dead in this battle, and 100,000 were left or missing, and the losses of Britain, which was also the main force of the attack, seemed to be slightly smaller, but because of the difference in the basic national strength of the two countries, the losses were actually not light.

The casualties of the Dire Brigade made Phillips very distressed, and after the main battle, the Dire Brigade was recalled, and after counting the number of people, Zhang Yang took the opportunity of the 107th Infantry Brigade to recruit troops to select a group of members again, and re-replenished the number of 500 people.

In this battle, the changes in the Dire Brigade are also huge, the second group of members who joined before are already familiar with each other at the moment, and their combat effectiveness has improved a lot, and although it is a behind-the-scenes operation, most of the people's ranks have basically moved up. Of course, the main officers such as Zhang Yang and Perez, because their own military ranks are already not low, and it is not enough to climb up, so there is not much change.

Perez is very open on this issue, anyway, he is now at the rank of lieutenant colonel, even if he does not make great contributions, he can survive to colonel just by relying on his qualifications, coupled with the secret operation of the Rockefeller family, at least he is a brigadier general, and Rockefeller's appetite is not limited to a colonel. It's just that because Perez is the deputy and Zhang Yang is the main commander of the Dire, the promotion of the military rank has also been invisibly suppressed, unless Zhang Yang is transferred from the Dire, otherwise Perez's rank is really not very moving.

And at this moment, many people in the US Army are beginning to notice the Dire. Even Zhang Yang also entered their sight, which immediately gave them a headache.

The reason for the headache is also very simple, that is, the problem of flamboyant race.

This is despite the fact that the identity of this body is a U.S. citizen. But after all, it is a Chinese, fundamentally different from whites and blacks, and so far, there has not been a single yellow American general in the United States. The Historical Fu Luren and Jonathan. Yuan, the two Chinese American generals, is still underage at the moment, and there is still a long way to go from the general.

If the first precedent is set, then there will be a second. Third, although the United States is not very wary of China at the moment, anyone with a little brain can understand it. China has a large population and vast land resources. Once it is freed from the quagmire of war, it will inevitably usher in rapid development, and one day it will become an enemy of the United States.

In this context, even Zhang Yang single-handedly formed the Dire Brigade. Pioneered the first full-fledged special forces unit in U.S. history. And he was also outstanding on the battlefield, but he was still intercepted by racial issues, and if it was Perez, it wouldn't be long before he could be awarded the rank of colonel.

In addition, Zhang Yang himself was born as an ordinary soldier, without any background, and has no experience of studying in a military school, so it is quite difficult for Zhang Yang to become the first Chinese general in the history of the United States in this world.

The previously mentioned Fu Luren. Prior to his retirement, he was a major general in the U.S. Army and served in the U.S. Army for more than three decades. And Jonathan. Yuan came out of the U.S. Navy and studied at West Point as an exchange student. The status of the West Point military rank in history is similar to that of the Whampoa Military Academy during the Republic of China, and the students who graduated from the school are basically officers of the US military. Without this layer of identity, the future of Zhang Yang is even more difficult.

However, it is worth breathing a sigh of relief that the main purpose of Zhang Yang's coming here is not only to mix a general, but also to make some preparations in advance for the future Marvel world. Both the acquisition of the future three wineries in France and the formation of the Dire Brigade were created for this purpose.

At least for now, Zhang Yang is probably one of the few Chinese school officials in the entire United States, and it is not a shame to say it.

The promotion was thrown to the top of the US Army to give a headache, and he was what he should do, without the slightest worry. After replenishing the third group of members, the army once again gave more than half a month of rest and recuperation time to let the Dire Brigade recuperate. Zhang Yang threw the training task directly to several other squadron leaders, and he took Perez with him, and the two took this opportunity to find General Spatz, and with the help of the plane of the Eighth Air Force, they set off from Britain, broke through the German blockade all the way east, borrowed the Soviet Union, and then entered China from the north of Heilongjiang after a week.

The previous Normandy landings completely reversed the situation of the war, and the Allies mastered the air supremacy in most parts of Europe, so they reached the Soviet Union all the way without danger, if not, it would take at least half a month to reach China by land.

Harbin, Northeast China.

It's already early August, and the temperature in Harbin has risen, so they have been exempted from wearing leather jackets and cotton pants, Zhang Yang speaks a half-life Northeast dialect, with Perez disguised as a Frenchman, all the way to the south, their purpose this time is to go to Shanghai and Hong Kong to accept the assets left by Uncle Ma, and finally go south to Myanmar, with the help of the Flying Tigers to leave.

This line of action runs directly through most of China, from the northernmost to the southernmost part. On the one hand, the pressure on the Soviet army was relieved, and on the other hand, the United States also freed up time and transferred some troops to the Pacific theater to fight against Japan.

However, this situation was favorable to Zhang Yang, and the Japanese army switched from offensive to defensive, which directly led to the much loosening of the blockade of all parts of China, which facilitated the southward movement of Zhang Yang and Perez.

The two traveled all the way, going south little by little in various ways, and it took more than a week to finally reach Henan, during which Perez's French identity was able to avoid some troubles, in addition to the war area, there were still French concessions in major cities, and the rash arrest of Perez might cause protests from the French Concession, and Perez did not make any trouble, so he was not detained by the Japanese troops along the way.

On the contrary, in order to prevent the Kuomintang and Communist armies from killing him and Perez as enemies, Zhang Yang had already contacted General Chennault of the Flying Tigers through Guò Spatz before arriving in China. Then he contacted the Kuomintang in Chongqing, and then he got a certificate Wen Jiàn, and when he was surrounded by Chinese troops, he took Wen Jiàn out to clarify his identity, and then went south with the help of the other party's cover.

Although the experience along the way is not as exaggerated as the TV series, such as the Eighth Route or the National Army, which tears devils at every turn, the Chinese army's elusiveness is real. Although Zhang Yang and Perez had also carried out infiltration and camouflage training behind enemy lines before, they were still targeted by the ubiquitous Kuomintang and Communist underground personnel, but fortunately, although there were some misunderstandings along the way, no one was killed.

Perhaps curious about Zhang Yang's identity, intelligence officers from both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party secretly inquired about the identities of Zhang Yang and Perez, but Chennault had a nose in the dust. Although the Flying Tigers were formed by the United States to aid China, Chennault was well aware of the importance of the Dire Brigade behind Zhang Yang, coupled with Spatz's repeated instructions, he naturally did not dare to leak the news casually, you must know that at this time, the spies and intelligence personnel of China and Japan are simply pervasive, infiltrating each other, and one may fall into the hands of the Japanese army if he is not careful, and the identities of the two Zhang Yang will be dangerous.

Anyway, he is also a person who has been registered above the top of the army, and the preservation of Zhang Yang and Perez is still very necessary, if it were not for this, Chennault would not have agreed to Spatz's request lightly, and promised to take the two out of Burma afterwards.

Right now, Zhang Yang and Perez are riding a donkey cart, walking all the way south along the official road, accompanied by two agents of the military commander, a man and a woman, who are husband and wife on the surface, and no one knows what the actual situation is.

"Mr. Morpheus, I didn't expect you to speak German."

The female agent is called Xu Jingman, just in her early thirties, although she is not a country and a city, but she is also a beautiful woman with clear eyebrows and a little dress. But for some reason, he joined the military command, and along the way, he tried to knock on the side and get information from Zhang Yang and Perez.

The accompanying male agent Yao Hu is tall and tall, but his personality seems to be relatively calm and not very talkative, but at the moment he is dressed as a groom, holding a whip and driving a donkey cart outside, and he is more familiar with the route nearby. And in order to conceal themselves, they have sat in ox carts, donkey carts, and classic carts along the way, so they are very careful.

"Miss Jingman, I didn't expect you to speak three foreign languages, which really surprised me. Are all of you military commanders so versatile? ”

Perez had a harmonious smile, but there was a hint of jealousy in the depths of his eyes when he looked at Xu Jingman.

Zhang Yang's eyelids, who pretended to close his eyes and recuperate next to him, moved, but he still didn't interrupt the two. During the contact along the way, Zhang Yang was also stunned to find that this military commander agent named Xu Jingman was proficient in three foreign languages: French, German, and Japanese. Among them, Japanese is good at listening, speaking, reading and writing, and German and French are limited to oral communication, but Rao is enough to make Zhang Yang and Perez look at her differently.

Learning a foreign language is not so easy, not everyone is a genius in learning a foreign language, coupled with the current environment is not comparable to foreign countries, if you want to speak a foreign language, you must have someone who is proficient in the language carefully taught, it is clear that in the military system is not only Chinese. (To be continued......)