"Haha, dear Gao, we meet again." As soon as Gao Jianwu landed in Imphal, Colonel Smith greeted him with a smile.

"Hello, dear Colonel Smith!" Gao Jianwu was still very happy to see this old friend so soon, he knew that in the previous negotiations, Colonel Smith had helped a lot, and he could really be regarded as an international friend and an old friend.

"Call me John, dear Gao, and now I'm your lieutenant!" Colonel Smith corrected.

Gao Jianwu reacted at this time, in order to obtain the full support of the beautiful country, he promised to let the other party send someone to the headquarters as an adviser.

I didn't expect it to be Smith himself.

"Yes, dear John, it's a pleasure to see you here. With you joining, our troops are strengthened. Gao Jianwu responded to Colonel Smith's enthusiasm with kindness.

"Okay, let's not waste time in these places, Gao, come, I'll show you something good." Smith led Gao Jianwu out of the airstrip quickly.

Then he jumped into a jeep and carried Gao Jianwu to a place.

Under rows of improvised roofs camouflaged in camouflage, neat rows of cannons stood impressively.

"24 M-114A1 155-mm howitzers, 48 M2A1 105-mm howitzers, 64 M1A1 75-mm howitzers. How is it, Gao, as an old friend of yours, are you still satisfied with my greeting gift? Colonel Smith said with some smugness as if he were a child.

Gao Jianwu was overjoyed to see that these coveted main battle weapons were now in place, it was so cool to have so many big guys playing here just now.

Of course, he knew that he wouldn't have gotten so many cannons if it weren't for Colonel Smith's efforts in it.

Because he knew very well that the other expeditionary force would have absolutely no such treatment.

Although for the United States, this is just a drop in the bucket.

"Of course, dear John, I dare say, there could be no better gift." Gao Jianwu replied with a smile.

"Can you give us a brief overview of the performance of these weapons?" Gao Jianwu asked, in fact, it was to give Colonel Smith a chance to show off.

Because Gao Jianwu knows that the people of the beautiful country have a little peacock character.

"Of course no problem, if you like it, the M-114A1 155mm howitzer is the main artillery of our large-scale equipment last year, rifling is 25 times the caliber of the calibre, equipped with grenades, anti-personnel munitions, smoke bombs, flares, etc., with a range of about 15 kilometers!

With an muzzle velocity of 472 meters per second, a maximum firing range of 11 kilometers and a maximum rate of fire of 16 rounds per minute, the M2A1 105mm howitzer is our main support artillery at the division level.

As for the M1A1 75mm howitzer, this is a front-line support type, which is characterized by its lightness, the whole gun weighs only 653 kg, and can be towed for road maneuvering with our Willy jeep.

The gun has a maximum firing range of 9000 meters, a rate of fire of 5 rounds / min, and can also be towed and disassembled into several parts by mules and horses. Colonel Smith said with a few words.

Of course, Gao Jianwu was not ignorant of these cannons, and he had studied them before he came. Compared with the same type of artillery of the little devil, everything in the beautiful country is a little stronger, and the biggest difference is that the firing range is farther than that of the American system!

Don't look too far away, but at a distance of a few hundred meters and more than a thousand meters, in front of a map like Gao Jianwu, you can beat the artillery of the little devil to a completely temperless one!

Because Gao Jianwu can command the artillery to hit the little devil artillery, and the little devil artillery can only watch!

It can be said that if the artillery duel, the little devil will be completely defeated!

"That's great, these little guys are amazing, I love it so much, John, I promise you, these little guys are going to beat the little devils in the ass!" Gao Jianwu waved his hand and said in a tone that beautiful people are used to.

"If you like it, in terms of light weapons, I have only raised 20,000 infantry weapons for you now, in other words, if you encounter damage now, I will not have a spare to replace it for you." Colonel Smith said with some regret.

"According to your list, 60-mm mortars and light machine guns were equipped to the squad. And each company received three 80-mm mortars and three bazookas.

And at the level of your main battalion, I have prepared for you 12 batteries of 80-mm mortars, 12 batteries of 37-mm anti-tank anti-tank anti-aircraft guns, and a company of 12 heavy machine guns. and 15 towing and carrying trucks. ”

Smith showed the weapons one by one, so that Gao Jianwu listened, and the smile on his face was like a blooming flower, which was irrepressible excitement.

Although he opened this list with a big mouth, he knew that if this list could be 60% satisfied, it would be thankful.

As for the spare replacement, Gao Jianwu didn't dare to think about it! That is to say, the beautiful country is used to spending a lot of money, so there are so many rich weapons to squander!

How did Gao Jianwu know that Colonel Smith would volunteer to serve as his adjutant after seeing a great opportunity for meritorious promotion.

For the sake of his own future and the strategic interests of the beautiful country, Colonel Smith also made great efforts to mobilize all his contacts and follow the quartermaster every day to ensure that all the weapons on this list were in place.

That's where we are.

At the beginning, Gao Jianwu worked hard, and did not hesitate to show almost all his family background to conquer Colonel Smith with his strength, and the effect was reflected here.

"Thank you very much, my dear John, you are really wonderful." Gao Jianwu smiled and patted Colonel Smith on the shoulder and said.

As for the Garand rifle and Springfield sniper rifle that Smith did not mention, Gao Jianwu has no problem, these light weapons are not a problem, so Smith feels that there is no need to mention it, and Gao Jianwu did not ask, in his list, the self-defense weapons configured for artillery and other non-front-line main arms are all M1911 pistols.

Although it is weaker than the 20-shot box gun, it is more dexterous and reliable.

"John, I think it won't be long before the little devil will be in trouble." Gao Jianwu continued. "As soon as my men are familiar with these weapons, we can go into battle right away. I'm looking forward to the day when the little devil will be beaten all over the ground and looking for teeth. ”

Gao Jianwu knew that this was what Smith and his superiors wanted to hear.

"We're not in such a hurry yet, dear Gao, the six Mustang fighters you asked for, we may have to wait a while. In Imphal though, we now have Mustang fighters for your pilots to familiarise.

Also, the tanks will arrive later, so it's not that easy for the big guys to get their hands on, but again, we'll be providing a few for training. Smith responded to Gao Jianwu.

This time, the pilot was led by Lu Xingguo, and a total of 12 team members came, all of whom were some of their former classmates.

Externally, they are known as the First Flying Squadron of the Second Theater Expeditionary Force Cluster.

Gao Jianwu heard that the tanks and planes were being trained, and his heart also settled down, and now he is not in a hurry.

Anyway, if the weapons and equipment are not prepared, he will not move.

There are some things he just says, and if he doesn't want to move, then there must be countless valid reasons.

…

To a certain extent, the United States is quite reliable, and during the negotiations, they have already begun to prepare weapons and ammunition, so as soon as the negotiations are over, they will be ready so quickly.

As soon as this second theater expeditionary force cluster arrived here, it had a full set of weapons for training, and Ding Wei, Zhang Dabiao, Chu Yunfei, Xu Shida, and Liu Shiqiang quickly took their own troops into intense training.

In particular, Liu Shiqiang's artillery unit is incomparably large compared to Jinyang's troops, and now he has more than 100 cannons under his command, which is enough for 9 artillery battalions.

According to the armament, 1 regiment of 155-mm heavy artillery, 3 battalions of 105-mm howitzers, and 4 battalions of 75-mm artillery were directly formed.

This is completely possible to form an artillery division!

It's just that the four 75mm artillery battalions will be directly deployed into the four attack groups after the training is mature, and they will become auxiliary artillery of the attack groups to follow them.

And 3 battalions of 105-mm howitzer artillery and 1 regiment of 155-mm howitzer heavy artillery will become artillery directly under the cluster command in the future.

Originally, Colonel Smith thought that artillery training was the most difficult to handle, but under Gao Jianwu's high-precision map, through the accurate grid-like battlefield map issued by Gao Jianwu, and the over-the-horizon artillery quick reference table, the artillery could quickly aim at the target and carry out covering strikes.

Dry directly according to the gourd painting scoop, and the effect is also leveraged.

The attack error is basically controlled within the range of 50 meters, such a heavy artillery, Colonel Smith's eyelids are a little jumpy, this artillery is under Gao Jianwu's hands, the power is indeed too great, I don't know how this Oriental man is so capable, can draw a simple but quite accurate map to guide the artillery battle.

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After more than a month of training, all units became familiar with the newly issued weapons, tanks and Mustang fighters were missing, and the attack group of the Second Theater Expeditionary Force also officially accepted the orders of the theater commander and began to attack the little devils.

The offensive was divided into two fronts, north and south.

As the main force of the offensive on the southern front, the target of Gao Jianwu's attack cluster is Mandalay.

On the northern front, another expeditionary force will attack, and their target is Myitkyina.

And the Allies will be the backup force to follow, to put it mildly, these British rabbits who have broken their courage can only follow and fight a tailwind war.

Gao Jianwu didn't pay attention to it, he didn't expect these weak chickens who were beaten so much that they couldn't fight back.

In front of Gao Jianwu were the two divisions of the little devils.

It was the 15th Division and the 15th Division of the 22nd Army of the Little Devils.

From the point of view of troops, Gao Jianwu is obviously an absolute disadvantage. However, due to the air force of the beautiful country and the air superiority, Gao Jianwu was not afraid and was ready to push all the way along the road.

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