my bright sword career

Chapter 571 Contempt
"With dry food made from a pocket of flour and 150 rounds of ammunition, we fought continuously in the mountains for a month!"

If it hadn't been for more than a year since he came to China, and he had seen how poor the real Chinese army is, Gao Si almost thought that the other party was teasing him, but he still had doubts about Doolittle's words.

Suppressing the displeasure in his heart, he said calmly, "Jimmy, I know that the Chinese army is indeed very poor, and many soldiers can't even afford straw sandals, but that's not why you praise them."

"Believe it or not, I just expressed my opinion, that's all." Doolittle shrugged his shoulders, and he didn't care about Gao Si's attitude.

Now he is the hero of the air raid on Tokyo. Even if Gao Si is the US ambassador to China, this status does not have any binding force on him. If you say no, you will not kill you. What can you do to him?

Gao Si suppressed the anger in his heart and tried to lower his voice: "Jimmy, you have to know that I didn't come here on a whim, but on the orders of President Roosevelt."

"On the orders of President Roosevelt?"

Doolittle was slightly startled. It would be different if Gao Si came here under Roosevelt's order.

He sat up straight, and his expression became dignified, "Mr. Ambassador, do you have the president's telegram or authorization order? If so, please show it to me."

"No!" Gao Si waved his hand impatiently: "Listen well, this order is for me to conduct a survey on the Liantai militia to assess the real combat effectiveness of their ground forces in order to prepare for the next plan, and This plan requires your cooperation."

"Mr. Ambassador, can you explain in detail?" Doolittle still didn't understand.

"Listen to Jimmy."

Gao Si took a deep breath and explained patiently: "You should have heard that since we won the naval battle of Midway Island, the Joint Chiefs of Staff decided to attack the Japanese army entrenched in the Pacific Ocean. Their first goal It was placed on Guadalcanal, and Lieutenant General Gormley was appointed to be in charge of the landing operation.

So just last month, we launched an attack on Guadalcanal, but was met with a strong counterattack by the Japanese.You know, our army hasn't fought a war for so long, and even the charts used were made by a few missionaries 90 years ago.

Moreover, only two regiments of the 2st Marine Division originally sent to Guadalcanal arrived. After the strong request of Lieutenant General Gormley and Major General Vandergrift, the 2nd Regiment of the 1nd Marine Division and other troops were dispatched to Guadalcanal. The three battalions were organized into the 1.8st Marine Division, barely making up a reinforced division with a total strength of about [-] troops.

But this is not the worst. The most terrible thing is that most of these people are recruits and have not received much training at all, so you can imagine how chaotic this battle must be. "

"Damn it, whoever made this plan should be shot!" Doolittle exclaimed.

Although he was born in the Air Force, it did not mean that Doolittle knew nothing about land warfare.

On the contrary, due to his help in the Liantai militia during this period, he was able to get in touch with many things about the army, and he knew very well how bad it would be for an army composed mostly of recruits to attack an island firmly held by the enemy.

"These people must be crazy." Doolittle shook his head, "It's no wonder that such a war can be won."

"Yes, they have already paid the price for this." Gao Si sighed, "General Gormley said before the war that if the American people knew that our troops were fighting like this, they would definitely rebel!
In fact, we lost a battalion of soldiers on the first day, and countless soldiers were killed by Japanese machine guns on the beach like crowded sardines. In the following half a month, our number of casualties reached more than 3000 , and more than 4000 people were injured. "

"God, this is horrible."

Doolittle shook his head helplessly. The total strength of the troops was only [-]. In just over half a month, nearly half of them were killed or injured. No wonder the White House was alarmed.

However, he still looked at Gao Si with some doubts: "Mr. Ambassador, I am only an air force, and I am far away in China. How can I help you?"

"of course can."

Hearing this, Gao Si cheered up, "Jimmy, you have to know the characteristics of the people in the country. They can accept that the US government wastes millions of military uniforms, but they must not accept too many casualties.

Once the domestic people know that our army has killed and injured so many people in half a month on a tiny island, they will definitely fall out, and anti-war demonstrations may break out, so we must find a way to reduce the The casualty rate of our military. "

If Doolittle didn't understand Gao Si's meaning after hearing this, it would be useless, and he immediately blurted out: "So you're targeting the Chinese army, isn't that right?"

"Yes."

Gao Si looked at Doolittle, "This time I came here to find that General Gao, and in the name of the coalition forces, let him send a force of no less than 5000 people to Guadalcanal to fight with us."

"Mr. Ambassador, I have to say that Mr. President's idea is really...really...too fantastic. General Gao will never agree to it..." Doolittle was a little bit dumbfounded at Gao Si's words.

"You probably don't know yet. General Gao is uniting the armies of the other two factions in China and is planning to recover the provincial capital city in Shanxi. Seeing that a big battle of more than [-] people is about to start, how could they be redundant? Our troops went to Guadalcanal, thousands of miles away, to work for us."

"So this is also the purpose of my visit to Shanxi this time." Gao Si said seriously.

"Forgive me." Doolittle couldn't help but said: "As far as I know, the Chongqing government still has at least several million troops in their hands. Why don't you go to the Generalissimo Jiang? It's just a small thing for him."

"Generalissimo Jiang's troops?" Gao Si snorted lightly, with a particularly disdainful tone: "If his troops are transferred to Guadalcanal, given the combat effectiveness of his troops, it would be a waste of help if they don't help."

1942 was the most difficult year in the history of the Anti-Japanese War, and famine was everywhere.

At that time, the price of a bucket of millet had risen to 30 to 45 yuan, which was unaffordable for ordinary people. This is not the most important thing, even if you had money, you couldn't buy rice at all.

The severe famine led to the tragedy of "cannibalism" in many places in Henan. Almost all the bark and grass roots in Henan were dug up, and there were starved corpses and abandoned babies everywhere along the way.

In order to survive, many people had to choose to sell their sons and daughters. At that time, a few biscuits could be exchanged for a girl.

However, at the time of the national crisis, there are still a large number of officials who are making money from the national crisis. They put the millet and flour for disaster relief into their own pockets and sell them, but they turn a blind eye to the situation of the victims.

It is no wonder that Gao Si despised the Chongqing government and its army so much.

(End of this chapter)