Chapter 998: U.S. Army Standards!
In this era, the efficiency of the Americans is really good, and from the next day, as long as the transport planes returning from China, it is always the brethren of the Central Commando who come down from above; Feng Yi originally wanted to pick up the plane, but was directly rejected by the US military officer, he is now like an uncle, just repairing in the barracks, eating, sleeping, sleeping, from the Anti-Japanese War to the present, he is the first time to be so idle.
Beginning the next day, the service personnel from the training base began to collect various information such as the height and chest circumference of these people, and the misfit of military uniforms, especially combat uniforms, will certainly affect the display of combat effectiveness, and this is strictly forbidden in the ranks of the US military.
On the third day of his arrival, Feng finally met with General Stilwell, the commander of the expeditionary force in India.
"Colonel Feng, welcome."
In Stilwell's office, after a brief military salute, the two men sat down.
"General, when will we start training, the brothers have been idle for a few days, and their hands are a little raw."
The habit he had developed for a long time made Feng Ye not touch the gun for a day, and he felt a little uncomfortable.
"Are you worried about not having the equipment for you to train? No, no, no......"
"In our Unit X, there is no shortage of guns, bullets, anything, you should feel honored to let you rest for a while, once the training begins, you will feel the taste of hell; Colonel, cherish the time in front of you. ”
Stilwell shrugged and motioned for Feng to smoke.
"Feng, I have learned about your combat experience, and here is all your information; You're a good fighter and a good commander; At least since the beginning of Tangji's offensive and defensive battles, you have been whirling around my head with an extraordinary performance. ”
"In China, your unit has been given the number of the Central Commando, but here I am afraid you will have to change your name, because you will be treated as the same as the US military, including military pay and wartime allowances, all of which will be paid by me."
Stilwell smiled and looked at Feng Ye in front of him.
"It's the standard, you can look at ......"
Stilwell handed over a document, all in English, but he wasn't worried that Feng Ye couldn't read it, it was no secret that this officer could speak English.
"Starting tomorrow, as the standard for the U.S. military, your troops will be fully vaccinated, including pneumonia, yellow fever, plague, cholera, typhoid, influenza, measles, infectious hepatitis B, scarlet fever, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, gas gangrene, smallpox, tetanus, and more; You must know that the injection of these vaccines is only carried out in the British and US forces, and the Chinese army in India, the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division in the base are only choosing new injections......"
Feng Yi looked at the standard list in front of him, which made him very surprised, on this list, their military salaries were frighteningly high, and he was even worried that this was not fooling him.
According to this standard, a recruit who has just enlisted in the army has a military salary of 30 US dollars per month, and if his rank of colonel is recognized by the Americans, he can get 120 US dollars per month, which is only a military salary. As for the Chinese government, Feng did not expect them to pay monthly subsidies to his family, which he had never seen.
"Of course, this is only the standard of the U.S. military, and here, all of you have to start from scratch, regain your rank based on the results of your training, all of you, starting with privates; You have proven your bravery on the battlefield in Burma, and as a reward, we recognise your rank of major, and you can receive your major treatment from the day you arrive at the training base......"
Stilwell pointed to the form in Feng Yi's hand, saying that he had been given preferential treatment, as for the rank of major he mentioned, this was the rank of Quanxu of the Nationalist Government, and the rank of the Nationalist Government was not recognized here.
"Not only do you have a team of instructors, but you're going to have a subset of U.S. military members join you and train with you, and they're going to be there very quickly."
"As for your equipment, the M1 rifle will be the firearm you are generally equipped with, of course, the M1 rifle, carbine, Thomson, 60mm mortar, gun grenade, Browning light machine gun and other conventional light weapons that the US military has, you will also be equipped, everything depends on your training performance, as well as the needs of combat missions."
"As for heavy machine guns, they will be selectively distributed according to the mission of your troops......"
Stilwell began to show off the wealth of the U.S. military, and Feng Ye seemed to be able to see all kinds of weapons that had only stopped in his ears before.
"Tonight, I'm going to give you a welcome dinner, you can bring two people with you, and at the dinner, you'll meet a lot of people, including some of your instructors......"
Stilwell didn't have that much time, he was busy right now, Feng Ye was in his office for an hour, most of the time Stilwell was talking, he was just listening, as for the information he received, Stilwell said that it was not a secret and that he could explain it to his soldiers.
As for Feng's request for immediate training, Stilwell did not refuse, telling him to apply to his instructor after the dinner and that their instructor would take them for restorative training, of course, if the instructor allowed them to do shooting training, that would be fine; In a word, here, what to train and how to train is up to the instructor team to decide.
"Hoo ......"
Feng Ye didn't like the dinner in the evening, it was an American-style dinner, fortunately, Feng Ye was already full at dinner, because it was full of all kinds of drinks and some fruit salad, and the only thing that could be called food was probably Bo cake, of course, there were a lot of snacks such as chocolate, chewing gum, and even cigarettes and cigars were prepared.
The Americans, the British, and the officers of the expeditionary force smiled and toasted to each other, and talked politely one by one, and in the expeditionary force, Sun Liren and several others also spoke fluent English.
"Hoo ......"
The difficult dinner party was finally over, and Feng Ye walked out with Wang Ying and Zhang Dajiang, in which, Feng Ye felt as if he had left this world, and he couldn't answer the Fengyue and battles he liked to talk about.
"There are already more than 1,000 people, and tomorrow will still be the old time for morning training, and the Americans insist on waiting for everyone to arrive before conducting unified training."
Feng Yi shook his head, it seemed that the Americans were not in a hurry at all.
"Leader, the brothers who came from behind, but they are all unwilling to come, and all those who are willing to come have already arrived, aren't you going to say something?"
Zhang Dajiang squirmed his lips, he had explained to Feng Ye many times among the brothers, but no one believed it.
"I'll talk about it when it's all there, I'm too lazy to explain one by one, and they're not fighting devils for me."
Feng Yi shook his head, the problem of military morale is a big problem now, but he is not worried, if these people are destined to not be able to stay, then he will not stay, he believes that with a salary of 30 US dollars a month, there are many people who are willing to come, including those brothers of the new 22nd Division and the new 38th Division, it is really not good, he uses these veterans to train with the new recruits next door, anyway, the Yankees have a lot of ammunition.