"Of course I can!" Li Junhao said, "Your Excellency Admiral, I admire your determination to protect your subordinates, and so do I!" Nearly 100 of my subordinates were killed by you as allies, and it's not like you can pass with a 'sorry'!" ”

Seeing his determined look, Ramsey finally couldn't hold it anymore, so he could only beg for mercy: "Commander Pansen, this time it was just a mistake, that captain was just miscommanding, we have punished him, his rank was demoted from colonel to lieutenant colonel, and he was transferred from the front-line troops and let him guard the warehouse......"

"Hah!" Li Junhao was so angry that he accidentally killed nearly a hundred allied soldiers, but he was demoted to one rank and went to guard the warehouse? Even what the real situation is, the other side did not let the US military see it...... Is this called punishment?

He didn't bother to waste any more words on this guy, so he left with his men - he had more important things to do, and the bodies of the officers and soldiers killed in the war had not yet been found! ——

In the next few days, people from the US and British armies came to Li Junhao to intercede for this matter, but there was no substantive action, at least the cruiser captain was still nowhere to be found!

At the beginning, Li Junhao also met with a few generals, but after finding out that this was the case, he immediately got annoyed and ordered his own guards, non-official business, and no one should be seen!

Moreover, on July 18, when the Allied Expeditionary Force Command was busy directing nearly three million troops to land, he went directly to the commander-in-chief, Admiral Eisenhower, submitted his resignation to him, resigned from the post of deputy commander-in-chief and commander-in-chief of the landing, and then set off for the United States with all the naval and land forces that had participated in the war on the return transport fleet - absolutely all, including 377 bodies and 1,241 wounded!

Eisenhower regretted his resignation, but considering that the main task of his appointment had been successfully completed, and this time the British army mistakenly killed the officers and soldiers of the sea and land, and as the commander-in-chief, because he had to consider more problems, he did not help, and it was not easy to stop him at this time, so he could only agree to leave with the sea and land troops, and he also hated the British captain to death in his heart!

However, the commander-in-chief was still very competent, and on the grounds that he had taken a fancy to the many new equipment on land and sea, he specifically requested that these things be left behind in order to enhance the combat effectiveness of the front-line troops......

Li Junhao also made a favor, leaving helicopters, various armored vehicles, most of the individual automatic weapons and heavy equipment to him at the original price, and the account naturally had to be recorded on the head of the allied expeditionary force!

After these troops returned to the United States, they took the official letter of the Allies and went to get new ones from the United States to the British military aid...... Some of the new equipment is not available in military aid, but it doesn't matter, just use other military aid materials to top the account - Hailu is now supported by most domestic military industrial enterprises, and the new equipment will soon be in place!

Of course, Eisenhower also knew this, and the reason he did this was to kill two birds with one stone: first, to send these new equipment to the front-line troops as soon as possible to strengthen their combat effectiveness; The second is to sell Li Junhao a favor - buying the equipment used by the naval and land forces at the price of new products can not only allow the other party to get some benefits, but also avoid the cost of transporting these things back to China, which can be regarded as a little compensation for him to the naval and land troops!

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On July 28, Li Junhao returned to Washington and reported to President Roosevelt and the Joint Chiefs of Staff......

No one mentioned the fact that he was furious with Britain and ordered the naval and land forces at home to seize 10 destroyers that had come to the aid of Britain, as if nothing had happened!

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On August 5, Li Junhao led a group of high-ranking naval and land generals to hold a grand funeral and public memorial service for the 2,480 naval and land officers and soldiers who died in previous battles at Arlington National Cemetery west of Washington......

On that day, the weather was a little hot, the temperature was as high as 30 degrees, and it rained halfway, but since Li Junhao, all the officers and soldiers of the sea and land who participated in the funeral were all dressed in the latest Marine Corps Type A military dress (the most formal of the four types of military dress), first sweaty, then rainy, but during the whole ceremony, no one held an umbrella, avoided or complained.

This made other officers and soldiers of other branches of the military, government officials, the media and the public who participated in the ceremony sigh greatly!

Marine Corps Type A military dress - white cap, white shirt, blue-black dress jacket, sky blue trousers (the general's pants and jacket are both blue-black), black high-gloss dress leather shoes, black socks; He wears full-size medals and medals on his left chest, and a watch composed of medals and awards on his right chest.

At the end of the ceremony, Li Junhao, as the 18th commander of the Marine Corps and the first general of the service, announced his latest creed for the sea and land:

1. The belief of the Marine Corps is "eternal loyalty" - loyalty to the country, loyalty to the incumbent president, loyalty to superiors, loyalty to comrades-in-arms and subordinates, and never betrayal!

2. The concept of comrades-in-arms of the Marine Corps is "do not abandon or give up" - no matter under any circumstances, you must not abandon or abandon your comrades-in-arms! When the battle is over, no matter whether you live or die, you must bring your comrades home!

3. The first dress rule of the Marine Corps is - when wearing a blue dress, you must maintain the best appearance, no frolicking and joking, you must sit and walk in a standard military posture, you must not use an umbrella or a raincoat in the rain or snow, and you are prohibited from making unceremonious behaviors!

When he finished the announcement, all the officers and soldiers of the navy and land present felt their blood boiling, and shouted in unison: "Yes, Sir!" ”

Everyone watching the ceremony was dumbfounded, and the generals who were invited by Li Junhao at the joint staff meeting all nodded in approval, and Leahy said: "The Marine Corps really has a 'soul' this time!" ”

Marshall, who was next to him, nodded and said, "Yes!" Augur has grown to this point now, and the future is promising! ”

For those civilians, although they did not fully understand the excitement of the soldiers, they were also shocked by these three creeds of the sea and land! Especially those reporters, under the umbrellas raised by their companions, are constantly recording the scene with the cameras in their hands, and many of them are already thinking about how to write tomorrow's headlines!

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In the evening of the same day, the ABC National Radio and Television Network, which had been prepared for a long time, took the lead in broadcasting a live video of the funeral and public memorial of today's officers and soldiers who died on land and sea.

Whether it is a middle-aged or elderly person who pays attention to tradition or a young person who pursues the new trend, the understanding of the Marine Corps has suddenly increased a lot......

The direct consequence is that a large number of donations are named for Hailu, and a large number of young people ask to join Hailu!

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the current Marine Corps has shown its faith and specialness to the world, and no one will ignore this heroic unit again!

(End of chapter)