It should be said that Li Junhao is the beneficiary of this political view of the United States, because the three Burma campaigns he commanded basically cut off the possibility of the Japanese army cutting off the Yunnan-Burma road!

Although the congressmen, senior officials, and generals in the political and military circles of the United States do not know what they have avoided, they know that Pan Sen has made great contributions to holding China firmly on the side of the allies, and the more senior he is, the more he knows about his contributions, so his current rise in military rank and position is basically not hindered in any way!

Li Junhao can even foresee that even if he doesn't make any new contributions in the future, he will be able to mix up with a four-star general by the end of World War II! Of course, if you want to have one more star, you have to work a little harder.

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By November 16, I received a notice from the enlistment department of the headquarters that 800,000 recruits had been recruited, of which 125,000 were women!

Li Junhao scratched his head a little when he saw this data ratio, is the proportion of female soldiers too high?

He once looked at relevant data, in World War II, the Soviet Union used the most female soldiers, 800,000; This is followed by 700,000 in Japan, 500,000 in Germany, 400,000 in the United States, and 230,000 in the United Kingdom.

But Hailu is now recruiting combatants, even if more than half of them are eliminated after training, more than 50,000 people will remain, do you really want to send these female soldiers to the battlefield?

Li Junhao now feels that it is a little difficult to ride a tiger, and his previous decision was too hasty!

After returning home, he discussed this issue with Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, and Pingru, but he didn't expect that the three of them felt that this matter was easy to do, and selected a small group of the most elite female soldiers to form a special combat unit to carry out the combat mission of safety and control; Most of the female soldiers are still mainly engaged in communications, administration, logistics, etc., and someone needs to do these jobs anyway!

He thinks it's right, in the past, civilian work was done by the navy, but now that the sea and land are independent, they need to do it themselves.

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On 20 November, the New England Regiment and the Gurkha Division arrived in the United States, the former stationed at Bartimore Barracks, and the latter at the newly built First Land and Sea Base in Virginia Beach.

On the same day, Li Junhao went to visit the New England regiment, which was his henchmen; The next day, he went to the first base and announced to the 15,000 Gurkha soldiers that from now on, all the Gurkha divisions would join the US Marine Corps, numbered the 10th Marine Division, and the officers and men would enjoy the treatment of regular American troops.

On Monday, the Marine Corps Command moved out of the Admiralty building and into a building in Langfang Square on the north side of Main Street, making it a home of its own. This building was originally the property of the Federal Printing Office, which was basically vacant, and was requisitioned by Li Junhao, and it took a month and a half to renovate, and now it can be moved in.

In this way, the Navy and Land Command became neighbors with the King Building, where the CIA headquarters is located, and even opened a new underground passage between the two buildings, which is much more convenient for Li Junhao, who wears two positions!

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On the 25th, Li Junhao took a group of subordinates from the Andrews Air Force Base to the Pittsburgh Military Base in Pennsylvania in the north to attend the graduation ceremony of the previous sea and land recruit training camp, and then presided over the opening ceremony of the new training camp.

A total of 25,000 recruits have graduated in Pittsburgh, and 4.5 more will graduate at the end of next month. Li Junhao has already notified the Navy to recall the 3rd and 5th Amphibious Forces, which should enter the rest period.

According to his plan, the 70,000 recruits, 125,000 veterans of the two amphibious armies, and most of the 101st Army transferred from Burma will be reorganized, reequipped, and integrated into five amphibious corps.

The purpose of this is not only to use the old to lead the new and enhance the combat effectiveness of the sea and land, but also to better control the troops, take back the command of the troops, and no longer hand over the lives of the marines to the navy to waste - in the history of his previous life, in the Battle of Iwo Jima, the casualties of the front-line troops of the Fifth Amphibious Army as the main attack were as high as 75%!

At the same time, he also wants to change the irrationality of the current formation of troops by the sea and land, and establish a highly efficient and new-style command system, so that the sea and land can win battles without making mistakes in command, operate more smoothly, and let the members of the team make fewer sacrifices.

The Navy was aware of the intentions of the new Marine Corps commander, but could not prevent him from exercising his powers; Moreover, the two amphibious armies have been fighting continuously for more than a year, with 25,000 casualties, and it is time to retreat and recuperate.

On the other hand, the navy also knows that it is a little unauthentic in what it does, they are not out of money, but they just did not equip the navy and army with the latest weapons and equipment, so that these navy and army members took the old-fashioned Chuntian rifles, World War I artillery and other old equipment, and went directly to the battlefield, which caused such a large number of casualties!

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In order to do a good job in the next step of troop organization and training, Li Junhao has put a lot of thought into it, in addition to using his identity to directly place orders and customize equipment for major companies, he also carried out a special operation - poaching!

What was most important in the twentieth century? Talent, of course!

Making full use of his previous reputation as a "war prophet" and his special status in the White House and the intelligence community, as well as his reputation in the Indo-Burmese theater, Li Junhao dug up many talents from the War Department and the Navy Department in half a month, and he immediately made full use of them.

Major General Richard Sutherland, former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Pacific Theater Army, was appointed by him as Acting Chief of Staff of the Army and Navy.

Major General Ennis Whitehead, former deputy commander of the Army's 5th Air Force, was appointed deputy chief of staff and chief of air support for land and sea.

Major General John Lee, former dean of the Logistics College and communications expert, was appointed by him as Minister of Communications and Technology of the Sea and Land.

Major General Edmund Grégory, former Assistant Secretary of the Army's Quartermaster Department, was appointed by him as Minister of Marine and Land Equipment and Logistics.

Major General Eugene Rayball, former deputy commander of the Army's engineering units, was appointed by him as head of the Marine and Land Engineering Support Department.

The reason why these army generals are poached here is because their professional skills are urgently needed by sea and land, and in the combat missions of sea and land, except for a part before landing, in fact, the focus is on land battles after landing, and all the skills of these generals can be used.

Of course, for the landing operation, he also dug up an expert -- Rear Admiral Kent Hewitt, who took the lead in drawing on the British amphibious landing operation concept and proposed that the US Navy should have a special landing command ship!

In this way, coupled with some naval professionals in the sea and land itself, he can be regarded as perfecting the functions of the naval and land command.

(End of chapter)