mixed in the war

"The purpose of the Japanese war is to attack China's international communication lines and threaten their southwest rear..."

Huangshan villa, lotus brothel.

It is not far from the "Yunxiu Building" where Lao Jiang lived, and Song Meiling's "Pine Hall", that is, one or two kilometers away, and only the "Grass Pavilion" where Zhang Zhizhong lived in the middle.However, the occupants here are not Chinese, but the newly arrived US military observation group... a group of people from Eisenhower.

At this moment, Eisenhower was discussing the upcoming new round of South Guizhou campaign with a group of members of the US military observation team... Eisenhower was a little excited at this moment.As soon as he arrived in China, he was received by the country's top leader and invited to participate in China's highest-level military meeting, which made him more motivated out of thin air.He decided to use some skills, at least to prevent the Chinese government from underestimating them, thinking that they are just a group of school-level officers with little knowledge... Of course, as a soldier with a politician's quality, he also Did not leave behind his colleagues.Anyway, these colleagues are not fuel-efficient lamps.Not to mention anything else, that one is not much better than him. Albert Coty Wedemeyer, who is in his 40s and still holds the rank of major, served in the No.15 Infantry Regiment stationed in Tianjin, China more than ten years ago. Served in the army.This regiment is a product of the Eight-Nation Allied Forces, but no one dares to underestimate this regiment.Because the deputy head of the regiment at the time, and the later acting head was Marshall... Wedemeyer has such a solid background, as long as he performs better, his future after returning may not necessarily be worse than his colonel.

"The squadron effectively repelled the Japanese in the last battle and wiped out one of their divisions... This shows that the combat effectiveness of the squadron is not as bad as the outside world imagined. On the contrary , if they are commanded properly, they can display combat effectiveness beyond people's imagination, but we must also realize that the squadron's equipment is far behind the Japanese army..."

"Ike," Wedemeyer called to Eisenhower.Although only a major.But his status in this observation group is quite high.In addition to having a boss named Marshall, there is another important reason: during his stay in China, he and his wife Ambike studied Chinese diligently, and met many Chinese political and business leaders. Emperor Puyi, the current Emperor of Manchuria, has had contact with him, and he has a very good understanding of China's customs and customs. He is regarded as a "China hand" in the observation team. .As far as I know. Not all squadrons can reach their level! ... Therefore, I think it is necessary for us to pay attention to what the Generalissimo Jiang told us when we first arrived."

"Three Chinese divisions against one Japanese brigade, and if the Japanese attack, five Chinese divisions against one Japanese brigade"?" Slightly older than Wedemeyer, but already 48 years old James Alward Van Fleet couldn't help asking.

"Yes." Wedemeyer shrugged.replied.

"God, why did I agree to come to China?" Van Fleet couldn't help crying again. [

"Perhaps. You want to change your old fighting style here?" Matthew Bunker and Li Qiwei couldn't help but tease.

"I'm not Chinese. Why change?" Van Fleet asked rhetorically.

"Because you are a member of the observation team." Li Qiwei spread his hands and said with a smile.

"Seriously, do you think our observation team is strange?" Mark Wayne Clark, who hadn't spoken much, said suddenly: "All of us are over 40 years old, there is no general, and the highest rank is Ai. Colonel K..."

"My colonel was specially promoted before leaving." Eisenhower interjected self-deprecatingly.

"Well, the highest rank is lieutenant colonel." Clark also smiled wryly. "Do you feel abandoned? Because I always feel that some people in the War Department want to provide more jobs for the new generation of young people, so they dumped us 'old guys' to China. "

"Does this include me?" Wedemeyer asked with a smile.

"No, Albert, you don't count." Clark shook his head and said, "You are a China hand... none of us can not come. Only you can't come."

"I think I know why I was transferred to this observation team." Ridgway pointed to himself, "According to our great Army Chief of Staff, General Marshall, the Chinese 'government' named his right-hand man, Joseph Stein Wei Zhun will serve as the deputy head of this observation group in the future, but the Ministry of the Army has already planned to appoint Stilwell as the commander of the 7th Division and the commander of the Ord Barracks in Monterey, and also plans to promote him to a rank... Therefore, the Chinese government 』Lt. Col. Omar Nelson Bradley of the Army Staff was also selected, but Marshall was still unwilling to let him go. Therefore, as a staff officer in the Operational Planning Division of the Army Staff, I was regarded as a substitute, although I Also a lieutenant colonel."

"Well," Clark shrugged: "According to the reason provided by the Ministry of the Army, I was selected by the Chinese because I performed well in the amphibious landing exercise on the west coast last year... What do you think of this reason?"

"There are Chinese spies in the Ministry of War?" Van Fleet laughed.

"If there were, they shouldn't have selected you." Wedemeyer laughed, "China doesn't have so many cannons for you to use."

"That's because I'm good enough to attract the attention of the Chinese, my friend." Van Fleet puffed out his chest, quite proudly.

"Since you are good enough, then...if you were the commander of the squadron, 'General' Van Fleet, how do you think this battle in southern Guangxi should be fought?" Eisenhower felt that as the regiment leader, he had It was necessary to bring the already somewhat off-topic meeting back to the right track... Although he also felt a little confused about the composition of the observation team this time, since he came, it was better to get things done first.Perhaps the Chinese chose them firmly because they considered that they were all in their 50s and 30s and would not be as contemptuous as those boys in their 40s and [-]s.As for the others, he is actually very optimistic about Clark, Ridgway, and Wedemeyer and others.Although they are all in their [-]s, with his years of military experience and vision.These are extremely good soldiers... Presumably Marshall can also see it.To come to China and go around for a while may not be the purpose of letting them feel the atmosphere of the battlefield first.

"I think that 'General Van Fleet' will definitely shoot out all the artillery in China in an instant, beat the Japanese to the point where they can't figure it out, and then launch an attack across the board... Am I right?" [

As soon as Eisenhower's words fell, before Van Fleet could answer, a male voice who surprised everyone said the most direct answer in everyone's mind... But it's a pity that the visitor was speaking in Chinese. Among the members of the observation team, Except for Wedemeyer.No one understood what the guy was talking about.Everyone just saw the shining golden stars on each other's shoulders.

"Hello, General."

Eisenhower took the lead, and a group of middle-aged and elderly school-level officers all stood up and saluted Qin Wei and Zhang Zhizhong who appeared behind Qin Wei.

"Hi everyone." Qin Wei returned a military salute, "It's a pleasure to meet you here... the best officers in America!"

"...?"

After listening to Wedemeyer's automatic translation.Eisenhower and others looked at each other... They really believed in their own excellence, except for Eisenhower.He is 50 years old after all.He didn't have much thought about his future, and his biggest dream at this time was to be able to retire with the rank of general.However, in any case, they are still a little unaccustomed to a foreign country, and it is still a Chinese general calling them that.Naturally, I don't know how to answer.

"Let me introduce myself, my name is Qin Wei, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Air Force, and a newly promoted member of the Military Commission. The deputy chief of the general staff of the National Revolutionary Army..." Qin Wei continued.He is extremely proud of his identity... This level is much higher than the current Eighth Route Army boss Zhu and Peng vice president.In order to allow him to deal with Long Yun freely, Lao Jiang snatched Yunnan over, and even took out such a position, which made him quite satisfied.Although these positions, including the commander-in-chief of the air force, are all false titles, they can't hold up well... Anyway, he never thought of really commanding the Kuomintang army... Then he won't be beaten like a pig's head by then?

"General Qin, what do you want us to do?" Eisenhower and the others looked at each other a few more times, and finally he, the head of the regiment, asked on behalf of everyone.

"Of course there is something to do." Qin Wei looked at the row of "middle-aged and elderly school officials" in front of him, and his smile became brighter.Eisenhower, the future commander-in-chief of the Allied Forces in Europe, a five-star general of the United States, and two-term president; Wedemeyer, the future deputy chief of staff of the Allied Forces in Southeast Asia, general of the U.S. Army; A member of the "United Army", a four-star general of the U.S. Army; Clark, the third and last U.S. commander in the Korean War, a four-star general; Van Fleet, an army general... This lineup is simply luxurious.Although it was more than he expected, he also added the five-star general Henry Harry Arnold of the Air Force, the five-star general Omar Nelson Bradley of the army, the four-star general George Smith Patton Jr., and the four-star general Joseph Stilwell's super The luxury lineup was a bit worse, but this already made him extremely satisfied.Among these people, even Van Fleet, who is the worst, will become a famous figure in the U.S. Army in the future.If it weren't for the fact that none of these people are very successful now, how could he have pulled them all into a small observation group?But even so, Marshall began to suspect that the Chinese "government" had ulterior motives for the United States... because among the members of the observation team they voluntarily nominated, there were too many people whom Marshall had favored earlier and were planning to promote.But fortunately, no matter how awesome Marshall is, he never thought that the people he sent would be such a "bull"!

"Everyone," Zhang Zhizhong naturally didn't know Qin Wei's pride at this time. He saw that these middle-aged and elderly school officials were still confused about his and Qin Wei's intentions, so he took the initiative to stand up. The map he brought was hung on the wall on one side: "The plan of the Military Commission has changed... The meaning of Deputy Chief of Staff Qin is to hope that you can conduct an offensive and defensive drill on Yunnan, which is the place marked on this map. Your opponent is very powerful, occupying the whole of Yunnan, and you... have a group army!" (To be continued...)

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