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The Pacific War broke out after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

On April 18, 1942, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle of the US Army led 16 B25 bombers to take off from the Hornet aircraft carrier and successfully bombed Tokyo, winning the first victory of the United States in World War II.

On May 3, while the Japanese army was making good progress in Southeast Asia, a naval battle broke out between the Japanese Navy and the US Navy in the Coral Island waters, and both sides suffered heavy losses. This battle was tactically inconclusive, but strategically, the United States successfully curbed the continued expansion of Japan at sea, which greatly boosted the morale of the Allied forces.

On June 3, the Battle of Midway Island broke out. The US fleet successfully sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, one cruiser, and 250 aircraft, causing Japan to enter strategic defense in the Pacific battlefield.

The Battle of Midway Island was also a turning point in the Pacific War.

On August 7, the United States launched a local counterattack in the Pacific battlefield and launched a long-term battle for Guadalcanal.

Lu Cheng had made bold predictions about this series of battles when he analyzed the world situation for William.

Now, all of this has come true one by one. The Allied Commander-in-Chief, who had listened to Colonel William's analysis of the situation, naturally wanted to meet the prophetic Lu Cheng.

Moreover, the Allied Commander-in-Chief was also preparing for the Ramgarh training camp at this time, so he took the opportunity to propose to the Chinese side to dispatch Lu Cheng and one of his companies to participate in the training at the Ramgarh training camp in India.

Since the Allied Forces were defeated in Southeast Asia in May and had to retreat to India, Allied Commander-in-Chief Stilwell has been thinking about the reasons for the failure and wanted to fight back to Burma to avenge the previous shame.

During the battle in Burma, Stilwell saw the valuable qualities of hard work and fearlessness of sacrifice from the soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and also saw their disadvantages of lack of training and backward equipment.

Therefore, Stilwell believed that if the Chinese army could be equipped with advanced weapons and provided with professional training, a strong army could be built.

To this end, Stilwell went to Shancheng many times to discuss with the Chinese side, with the British army managing logistics, the US army providing equipment, and the Chinese providing soldiers to train a strong Chinese army in India.

At the beginning, the Chinese side did not quite agree. In order to support Stilwell's plan, the US side promised to the Chinese side that it was willing to transport 5,000 tons of strategic materials to China every month through the Hump Route.

In the end, the two sides reached an agreement to set up a Ramgarh training camp in India and invite American instructors to train the Chinese army.

In fact, the reason why the United States and Britain spared no effort to help China was to curb the further expansion of Japan.

Japan's expansion in Asia has seriously affected the interests of the United States and Britain. If China is occupied by Japan again, Japan will sweep across Asia, and then open up the Middle East and successfully join forces with Nazi Germany.

If that time really comes, it will be greatly disadvantageous for the Allied forces.

It was in this context that Stilwell set up the Ramgarh training camp in India, and Chennault and his Flying Tigers also transported strategic materials to China through the Hump Route.

In Stilwell's plan, at least 100,000 expeditionary forces should be trained in India, and they should be trained completely in accordance with the establishment of the US Army.

But the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division that withdrew to India at the time had only more than 9,000 people in total, which was not enough for the establishment of a full-strength US Army division of 12,500 people.

Therefore, after the opening of the Ramgarh training camp, China sent a large number of soldiers to India for training by air transport.

Those who have the opportunity to go to India for training are all outstanding talents from various Chinese armies and divisions, as well as some outstanding recruits.

In the original drama, Zhang Lixian, the battalion commander of the special forces battalion under Yu Xiaoqing, once went to the Ramgarh training camp for training.

In theory, it is difficult for such a good thing to fall on the head of Lu Cheng, a regiment commander, not to mention that Lu Cheng was directly given a quota for a company.

But Lu Cheng's previous accurate prediction of the war situation made Stilwell very interested in him. In addition, with Catherine and Brigadier General William operating behind the scenes, Stilwell directly named the Chinese side and asked Lu Cheng to take a company to the Ramgarh training camp.

Although Lu Cheng's ability is definitely far superior to those American instructors in the Ramgarh training camp, the weapons and equipment provided by the United States and the logistical support provided by the United Kingdom are all difficult for Lu Cheng to get now.

Using other people's weapons, equipment and supplies to train his own soldiers, Lu Cheng naturally does not

will refuse.

Moreover, in Stilwell's plan, 30 divisions of troops will be equipped and trained in Yunnan, and weapons and equipment will be provided by the United States in the future.

The right to distribute and use the US aid materials to China is in the hands of Stilwell, the Allied Commander-in-Chief. Lu Cheng has already thought about it. After he goes there, he will persuade Stilwell to replace all his regiments with US equipment.

After receiving the order, Lu Cheng immediately began to call up the troops. For this training, Lu Cheng plans to bring most of the main members of the cannon fodder regiment in the original play, including Yao Ma, Bu La, She Pit, Mi Long, Cui Yong, Dong Dao, Dou Bing, Kang Ya, Krupp, A Yi, Li Liansheng, etc.

Meng Fan, the first battalion commander, needs to stay and guard the river defense with Long Wen Zhang, and did not participate in this training. Veterinarian Hao, who is in his fifties, also has to stay to take care of the wounded and give the opportunity to the young people.

Lu Cheng did not force veterinarian Hao to go, but left this opportunity to veterinarian Hao's son, Hao Xiangyang.

Shortly after returning to Zenda, Lu Cheng made many requests to the commander of the Sixth Army and asked for a lot of supplies, which made the commander very unhappy. Then he made a small request, which was to help transfer the son of veterinarian Hao from the Central Plains battlefield.

For this reason, Lu Cheng also wrote a letter and entrusted the female agent Luo Yifei to present it to his superiors, asking the military to help find it.

In the original play, the son of veterinarian Hao served in the Central Plains battlefield. Later, because his unit openly surrendered to the enemy, the son of veterinarian Hao was unwilling to surrender and become a traitor, and was shot by the traitor.

Veterinarian Hao was forced to serve as a soldier in order to find his son, but he served for several years and only learned that his son had died a few days before his death.

Perhaps, at that time, veterinarian Hao had already regarded all the members of the cannon fodder group as his own son.

Lu Cheng has always been concerned about this matter. Fortunately, everything went well. With the help of the military and the Sixth Army, after some effort, the son of veterinarian Hao was successfully found and sent to Zenda.

The father and son were naturally overjoyed to meet each other, and they wanted to salute Lu Cheng, but Lu Cheng quickly stopped them.

Afterwards, Hao Xiangyang joined the first battalion, and because of his good personal ability, he was soon appointed as a platoon leader.

In addition to the son of veterinarian Hao, there was also Dong Dao's younger brother Dong Jian, and all members of the special forces, including A Bao, were named by Lu Cheng to go to the Ramgarh training camp in India to participate in this training.

The 120 people selected were basically the most loyal to Lu Cheng and had outstanding performance.

After selecting the personnel, the group rushed to the airport and flew to India.

There were also personnel from some other nearby troops traveling with them.

With the current air transport capacity, under good weather conditions, about 450 to 600 soldiers can be transported to India for training every day. Lu Cheng's company was also the first batch of soldiers to fly to India for training...