"Darling! Ruyu called and said that Liu Hai's artillery division had suffered a lot of losses and needed to replenish a large number of artillery scientists, do you see if more should be sent to him, isn't there more than 100 artillery graduates this time? Soong Meiling said to Chiang Kai-shek. You mean the artillery division of Bang Hai, right? Chiang Kai-shek glanced at Song Meiling, "His troops should be given more, Liu Hai is a talent with artillery, and artillery can play a greater role in his hands!" "So you agree?" Song Meiling asked. "I can only give him ninety cadets, and the rest will be given more trainees, after all, other troops also need them!" Chiang Kai-shek said. "I didn't expect Northern Myanmar to be defeated so quickly, Ruyu followed Liu Hai rightly, at least he didn't enter Savage Mountain with Du Yuming, otherwise our elite artillery unit would be finished!" Song Meiling said. "I'll arrange for Qian Dajun to do it!" Chiang Kai-shek said. "Report!" Song Ruyu took a telegram and ran in and said, "Division, the headquarters has promised that this batch of artillery graduates will allocate ninety to us, all of whom are Huangpu students!" Look! "Really?" Liu Hai happily took the telegram and said. "It's true!" Song Ruyu said happily. After reading the telegram, Liu Hai looked at Song Ruyu and said, "All the officers and soldiers of my Fourth Division would like to express their gratitude to you!" "Alas! It's just a medal away! Song Ruyu looked at the bangs and said. Bangs feel like they are shivering!

"Report! Ninety of our artillery recruits have arrived! There were also more than 400 recruits who came with them, and needless to say, those recruits were all fresh graduates from major schools, and their quality was extraordinary, and they were much stronger than the strong men in the country! Sima Hong came in and said. That's good, divide them into two batches and add them to two artillery regiments! "Bangs are looking at a stack of instructions for the use of American cannons." Regiment Commander Liu Xiaoshan applied for additional recruits, and two-thirds of the casualties of his regiment also needed to be replenished! Sima Hong said. His is an infantry regiment, and he can't be supplemented with artillery, so let him wait a while, and when the hundreds of veterans who crawled out of the savage mountains are raised, they will all be given to him, and the next batch of supplementary soldiers will arrive, and he will be given priority to replenish! Bangs said. One more important thing is that the American military training sent to our division by General Stilwell is about to arrive! Sima Hong said. Good! Arrange dormitories and service personnel, and be kind to them, whether these American-made cannons can be integrated or not, we have to rely on the guidance of others! Bangs said.

"Master, why did you come here in person!" Ghost Cannon saw Liu Hai wearing a maintenance suit and walking over with a complete set of tools. "I haven't touched this American artillery either, how can I know it well if I don't see it myself, how can an artillery commander command a battle if he doesn't know anything about his artillery?" Liu Hai looked at the cannon in front of him, "From today on, all the officers of the artillery regiment will disassemble and maintain the cannons, and everyone must understand the performance of all the American-made cannons equipped and the structure and characteristics of various accessories!" "Understood!" The ghost cannon is an old artilleryman, so he naturally understands the importance of the commander's understanding of the artillery! Bangs opened the tool and began to disassemble an American one hundred and fifty-five mm * gun! "How's that batch of artillery students?" Bangs said as he moved his hands. "Does Huangpu still need to say? In terms of quality, it is much stronger than ours, but the bull is angry, crazy and boundless, and just beat dozens of military sticks to more than 20 Huangpu students in the morning, and now they are raising it! Ghost Cannon said. Hehe, you really dare, dozens of people fight together! Hey, come over here and help me lift the partition down! Bangs said. What are dozens of people, when I was in the First National Army in the past, the revolutionary army's continuous sitting method, hundreds of people took off their pants, and hundreds of boards beckoned over, what is this, a small scene! Ghost Cannon said. Be careful, don't make a fuss, they spent a lot of money to cultivate! Bangs instructed. I understand that this board is a killing stick, and it doesn't hurt the skin and bones! ”

"Beautiful Miss Adjutant, I am Colonel David Bangs from the United States of America who has come to teach and guide your teacher, and these are members of my teaching team!" An American colonel who looks very gentlemanly suddenly appears at the headquarters of the 4th Division at the Ramgarh training camp! "Oh! Hello" Sima Hong was a little caught off guard by the sudden arrival of the American teaching group, because the report said that they would only arrive tomorrow! "Can I meet your commander?" Colonel David said. "Of course, I'll take you to him!" Sima Hong said with a smile. "Thank you very much, beautiful young lady!" Colonel David said. Ten minutes later, Sima Hong took Colonel David to the training ground and found bangs in maintenance clothes, covered in black oil, and disassembling the cannon. "Hello, are you General Bangs?" David said, "Why don't you do this kind of thing here when you're not in the office?" "Hehe, let you laugh, my country's artillery is my first contact, in order to be able to better command the battle in the future, you must personally understand the performance and structure of the cannon, so that you can be like an arm!" Bangs said, "Please come to the office with me to talk!" "Okay!" Colonel David said.

"Your Chinese language speaks very well!" Bangs said. "Yes, I've been in China for three years, so I'll say some" Colonel David said, "General Liu, as an artilleryman, I've heard of your name for a long time, but I didn't have a chance to meet you. Frankly speaking, in the past, I just thought that you were a cannon god who was touted out, and until today I believe that you must be an excellent commander who fought by his skills! "Oh! Colonel David has a bit of an award! But why do you think so? "Bangs are a little surprised, how can this big-nosed Yankee make a fart as soon as he comes up!" It's very simple, I haven't seen a general of the national army personally run to the maintenance team to disassemble even a pistol, IMHO, the generals of your country do have the courage to fight hard, and there are many heroes who can fight, but once there is no war, there are only two things, the ocean and the woman. And you are the most pragmatic general of the national army I have ever met, at least you still understand the need to know your own weapons! Colonel David spoke his mind. You're biased! Liu Hai smiled and said, "General Sun Liren, General Wang Yaowu, General Song Xilian, and many generals in our national army, they are all very good officers!" "General Liu, you are the most professional general of the national army I have ever met, your actions show that you regard generals as a profession, not a shortcut to promotion and wealth, this is very good, I believe we can cooperate happily!" David said.

Colonel David is a very professional artilleryman, not only in terms of tactics and skills, but also in European battles, and has rich experience in actual combat. "Division Commander Liu, the quality of your troops is still very good, especially the actual combat experience, the ghost artillery commander is especially powerful, I have not seen the accuracy of shooting in Europe, and I believe that Hitler's artillery rarely has such accuracy!" Colonel David rejected Liu Hai's suggestion to ask him to rest, and the next day began to be instructed by the professor, and in the thorough exercise, David was surprised to find that this Chinese artillery unit was very good. "Some crooked tricks that I figured out by myself, before the ghost cannon joined the army, he was a salt dealer!" Bangs said. "Then he's a genius with a cannon!" David said with a smile: "Is General Liu also a graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy?" I think those Whampoa students, even veterans, are not as good as your salt dealer leader! "No!" Liu Hai said with a smile: "I graduated from the German Artillery School, but I have served as an artillery instructor in Whampoa!" "You graduated from the German artillery school?" David was taken aback, "You have to know that the Germans are the most rigorous in the world, regardless of whether the war is just or not, frankly their artillery is very good, as an artilleryman, I still admire them!" I served as the commander of the French artillery in the European War, and in the battle a German artillery regiment beat me to a terrible loss, no wonder your record is second to none in the national army! I need to pay you my respects! ”

Liu Hai's background and combat record made David admire it very much, especially Liu Hai did not have the kind of self-righteousness of the national army generals, so David was not as domineering as other American instructors, but often discussed the use of artillery and tactical improvement with Liu Hai. After a period of running-in, the ghost cannon and Wu Fatzi surprised the Americans with their own tricks, and they really didn't expect such a powerful artillery in the national army. In particular, the ability of the ghost artillery to attack the shells on the anti-slope with * guns to reduce the charge and control the range of the shells opened the eyes of the Americans. After the two sides achieved mutual respect, the training work of the whole division was carried out smoothly, and the officers of China and the United States were very harmonious, and they often drank and played cards together. However, Liu Xiaoshan's situation there is not as good as that of the artillery regiment, because Liu Xiaoshan arrogantly believes that as long as he uses his existing weapons, he can use one regiment to defeat an American regiment with all American-style equipment, which makes the American army tactical instructor very dissatisfied, because in his eyes, Liu Xiaoshan is just a second-generation official who can spend money and toss, and as for the soldiers under him, they are all veterans who are mixed with military salaries and waiting for food, and Liu Xiaoshan and the American instructors are tense and have a very stiff relationship! After Liu Hai knew about it, he came up with a way, that is, to let Liu Xiaoshan and the American instructors have a competition, that is, an exercise, who is higher and who is lower to win or lose at a glance, and by the way, you can use the exercise to test the training of the artillerymen. This suggestion was strongly supported by Colonel David, who, through his efforts, even General Stilwell agreed to conduct an exercise. Colonel David transferred the 22nd Combat Engineer Regiment of the U.S. Army, which participated in the construction of the China-India Highway, to conduct a regimental exercise in the exercise area of the Ramgarh training camp!