Chiang Kai-shek may not be able to see anything from the height of history, but his intuition tells him that there is some kind of threat hidden in Chu Tingchang's patchwork army, this force is so unfamiliar, its members come from all kinds of expeditionary forces, but it is different from the warlord army, and it is also different from the Whampoa lineage, but it is full of vitality and invincible, and it really has to be guarded against.

Therefore, the commission asked Zheng Dongguo to go to the 200th Division, slowly transform this disturbing barracks culture, and then through a series of personnel changes, and then grasp the military power, so as not to mix the sand with the Americans; But he made a mistake, that is, he overestimated his conspiracy and underestimated Chu Tingchang's ability to resist, it is easy for Master Chu to stand at the height of history to understand the conspiracy, he is not so easy to be boiled to death by a frog in warm water.

As soon as Zheng Dongguo's plane was stable, he saw a sedan approaching at a gallop, and the first Rolls-Royce was provided by Vivier, because the 200th Division had fulfilled its obligations as an ally in a series of battles. Chu Tingchang stood in the passenger seat of the first convertible, which stood out extraordinarily.

When Zheng Dongguo stepped off the plane, he saw the high-spirited young officer jump out of the car and step forward to greet him, and several cars behind him were carrying the current main officers of the 200th Division. At present, the principal commanders of this unit are all promoted by some grass-roots officers, and there are almost no officers who have come forward in the 15 th phase of Huangpu, and several of the principal officers are not even from Huangpu.

"The acting commander of the 200th Division, Chu Ting, came to greet the military seat."

Chu Tingchang stepped forward and saluted respectfully, he had already planned everything, and he was confident at the moment.

"Deputy Master Chu is really young and promising. Commander Du wrote to you several times, calling you a self-taught genius and the first person in our army to be proficient in mechanized warfare. ”

Zheng Dongguo reached out to shake his hand.

"Thanks to Commander Du's praise, wherever Chu Mou dares to be, it is the brothers' lives."

Commander Chu Ting, the new commander and the new commander praised each other and exchanged a few polite words, greeted the new commander to the car, and then drove straight to the review stand. He built a wooden platform on the side of the runway, ostensibly for the parade, and another layer was intended to lose the gold, and the suspicious Vivier saw that he had been busy, so as to show an open heart, but the brothers below, in such a hot climate, they still had to practice the right steps. This unit has a mixed approach, and many of them have different ways of kicking. It was too late to screw it, so it was divided into more than a dozen phalanxes, each going their own way. The last reconnaissance company directly under him was handed over to Ma Qiang for training, and he didn't expect him to make a name for himself in 3 days, anyway, he just went through the motions to make the officers here familiar with Ma Qiang's existence. He and Lin Xiuxuan analyzed the benefits of Ma Qiang's stay here, if the Japanese spy agency learned that Ma Qiang was here, then it would be confirmed that he and Ma Qiang were both from Chongqing, and many things were easy to be confused. The next step is that 419 will return to the East China Sea, and Ma Qiang is obviously not suitable for the hidden operation in the enemy-occupied area, so it is better to stay here and cooperate with the teaching of the 200th Division.

Zheng Dongguo saw that Chu Tingchang was diligent, and he didn't know the calculation at all, so he happily went to the review stand and made the middle seat. Zhou Youfu, the commander-in-chief of the parade, ordered below, the military band lined up in an 8X6 queue, playing the "March of Loyalty and Bravery" and walked through the front.

The military band walked past the review stand, then stood on the side of the review stand, and continued to play the "Commemorative Song of the Founding Father" and "March of the Great Sword".

This was followed by a phalanx of tanks rumbling by. Commander Chu sent two companies of Stewart to give him a long face. Behind the tanks were half-tracks and cavalry, and after the cavalry, all that remained was an infantry phalanx. Some of those who can walk goose steps are in front, and those who are worse in step carry heavy machine guns and line up to go through the motions. The main purpose is to show the new army commander the neat military appearance and new equipment.

Zheng Dongguo sat on the main seat with great interest, feeling that the momentum of this army was indeed very different from other troops, the soldiers were obviously stronger than the domestic soldiers, and everyone glared at them viciously, looking murderous.

"Pavilion Chief, it is indeed the division of tigers and wolves, each like a wolf and a tiger. Good, good! ”

"When the brethren heard that the military throne was coming, they all held back their strength to show themselves." Chu Tingchang hurriedly responded. However, the staff officers brought by Zheng Dongguo found that something was wrong, no matter how aggressive they were, they were more like facing the enemy.

"These American-style mechanizations have to consume a lot of fuel, right?"

"For each large-scale operation, at least 150,000 gallons of fuel must be prepared. Otherwise, you must not attack lightly. ”

"Oh my God, it's an incredible amount of money."

"Even if there are 150,000 gallons, it can only last a week or two, but fortunately, the British army has a gasoline pipeline in this area, which can be sent directly to the rear military station."

"How's the army food?"

"Oh, the food and military uniforms are according to the standards of the British army, slightly lower than the Americans. Canned meat, fresh vegetables, milk, cereals, tea, beer and cigarettes were rationed for officers every day. ”

"Sure enough, it's a raiser? This year's domestic famine, the Japanese attacked tightly, and the main force in the country, 16 taels of rice and a few dollars of salt every day, is also very difficult. ”

"Later, I will accompany the military seat to visit the field canteen, and the Americans' machinery is really at its peak, absolutely breathtaking, only to see a pig hurry from here, and in a moment, the sausage will come out from there." Chu Tingchang ran the train with his mouth full, and Zheng Dongguo, who was coaxing, was stunned.

"Hehe, if there are 10 divisions like this, why don't you worry about Burma."

"The military seat, not ten divisions, it is enough to have three divisions of my 5th Army to sweep away Burma."

"Well, I'm very relieved to have such ambition."

As he was talking, the last phalanx walked by, and it was the reconnaissance unit directly under the division headquarters, who walked past the review stand with rifles with bayonets open, and suddenly began to split their guns. Zheng Dongguo and Chu Tingchang were taken aback together, Chu Tingchang thought to himself, this Ma Qiang has no historical knowledge at all, and he is really good at making trouble.

"This is a very good step," Zheng Dongguo nodded, "in one go, the momentum is compelling, good, good." ”

In fact, he has only practiced for a few days, and he doesn't walk very neatly, but Zheng Dongguo has never seen such a splitting gun, and he only feels quite powerful.

"Military seat, the brothers are finished, we will go to the headquarters, I have summoned the officers above the battalion level to listen to the instructions of the military seat." He said as he handed over the roster.

"Well, I happen to know everyone, too."

In the southeast forest of Chittagong, Xu Chong led his company to march slowly in the pitch-black primeval forest, these people are all old oilmen who have fought in northern Myanmar, and there is no shortage of jungle warfare experience, but the Japanese army is also a trump card played in northern Myanmar and New Guinea, especially the second division, in New Guinea and the Australian army bayonets are red, and they have played a majestic role, so the jungle warfare skills will never fall behind.

Xu Chong walked at the front of the team, squatting down from time to time to observe the surrounding traces, the Japanese army used machetes to split the primeval forest, driving the horses forward, and from time to time you could see the fallen horses abandoned on the side of the road, indicating that the road was on the right track. He estimated that in front of him was a brigade of Japanese sappers who were trying to open an improvised road. The fighter plane will soon mature, and he is ready to attack the enemy in a large group with a company, without waiting for the British to lag behind.

Several explosions were heard in the distance, and the troops were a little flustered, and Xu Chong conveyed an order to everyone not to be nervous, it was the Japanese who opened the mountain with the mine. Although 419 cannot provide immediate aerial reconnaissance, but he has a much more accurate map than Wingate and the Japanese, three months ago, when the team was operating in northern Myanmar, the drone traveled to survey, and a few days ago it was supplemented with surveying and mapping, which was updated in a timely manner and very timely. You can see a 50-meter-wide river in front of you, which is the enemy that lies in front of the eyes of the Japanese. Their goal was to build the bridge before deciding whether to open a road in the jungle.

He expected that the Japanese would choose the narrowest part of the river to build a bridge, so he sent scouts to reconnoiter very specifically, and he led his troops to follow closely, and sure enough, he soon got a report consistent with the prediction, the enemy was cutting down trees on the riverside, preparing to build a bridge, probably because of the rapidity of the river below, the Japanese whimsical to build a chain bridge on both banks.

Xu Chong observed from the top of the hill 1 kilometer away and found that the bridge had begun to take shape, the iron cables on both sides had been connected, and dozens of Japanese soldiers were climbing on the iron cables to lay wooden planks, looking dangerous.

Fair said that it would be a miracle of human engineering to be able to build a bridge of this magnitude under such a tight schedule and a shortage of materials. He told his troops to rest for a while and waited for more Japanese troops to climb the cables to lay the planks. This will allow you to destroy more enemy forces and bridge-building equipment at once.

His command headquarters had been approaching less than 300 meters from the enemy's construction site to prepare, and it could be seen that on the construction site, Japanese engineers were pointing at the construction drawings, and these Japanese engineers were not difficult to recognize, wearing helmet-style hats, shirts with large white collars, carrying theodolite and map bags, and no one recognized the wrong person.

He didn't have time to train his snipers, and the ten qualified cold guns he had picked out so far gave him a little pointer, and he didn't prepare professional weapons. Shooting with an ordinary rifle, the distance cannot exceed 200 meters, otherwise the hit rate is close to 0, in fact, for these people, the optimal distance is from 75 to 120 meters. The one that was issued was a selected, relatively accurate American-made Springfield rifle.

He asked the troops to stay away from the set of long-range shooting essentials created by Zhou Youfu, he flipped through the sniper textbook that Zhou Yong personally engraved on wax paper, and then mimeographed, almost vomiting blood, too many self-righteous and inexplicable places, such as requiring rapid shooting to make up for accuracy, he suggested that the troops use the Shadow 77 or machine gun and * to perform such tasks.

He completed the deployment, scattered about two squads of accurate marksmen, and demanded to occupy a good commanding height near the enemy's construction site, considering that the enemy was not a combat unit, such a tactic of using cold guns on a large scale was completely feasible. Once the enemy is pinned down by the cold gun, it can be expected that they will run around, so that even if they dodge the front, they will expose the side, in short, they will not be able to take care of their heads.

He marked all 8 light machine guns on the map, reminding them that they were the top priority. Then he had walkie-talkies, deployed mortars and .55 caliber anti-tank guns (as support fire).