12dz Chapter 108: The Civil Engineering Department wants to swallow up the 212th Division? (Please recomm
Chapter 108: The Civil Engineering Department wants to swallow up the 212th Division? (Please recomm
On January 1, 1944, the people of Qian rarely celebrated the Gregorian New Year at that time, so everything was as usual in the Xinwangping Village base, except that each officer and soldier was given an extra boiled egg at lunch in the cafeteria.
On the big playground, the new recruits were conducting vigorous drill and physical training, and the slogans they shouted were deafening.
Most of these recruits were refugees from Yunnan Province.
However, although they were called refugees from Yunnan Province, in this chaotic era, they were actually poor people from all over the country who fled to the rear cities such as Chuncheng and Shancheng to avoid war and famine.
Therefore, although the new recruits recruited from the refugees according to the elite standards were all tall, had no major illnesses, and had no bad habits, they were all somewhat malnourished due to long-term hunger.
People who have been hungry for a long time have weak gastrointestinal tract. If they eat directly in the cafeteria according to the food standards of the 212th Division, excessive intake of protein and fat will cause stomach upset or even death.
Therefore, Hao Xisan, the director of the 212th Division Hospital, prepared special nutritional meal standards for them.
After the recruits' physique and gastrointestinal tract gradually became stronger, Zhang Chi gradually increased their training intensity and the protein content in their diet.
However, even so, on the day when the new recruits began to eat in the cafeteria according to the standard meal standards of the 212th Division, the diet of canned meat, rice, white steamed buns, and plenty of vegetables still posed the biggest challenge to the toilet area of the base since its construction.
At this moment, Zhang Chi, sitting in the office, recalled what happened in those days and still vaguely felt that strange smell lingering throughout the base.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, catching Zhang Chi's attention.
"come in."
The head of the 1st Regiment, Hao Yi, pushed the door open and walked in. He looked around and found that the serviceman Xiao Qi and the secretary Zhang Guangsong were nowhere to be seen in the huge office. Only the division commander Zhang Chi was sitting behind the desk.
Zhang Chi pointed to the sofa and said, "Our great hero, Colonel Hao Yi, who killed Colonel Takamoto Takuma and wiped out the 114th Infantry Regiment, is here? Please take a seat."
Hearing this, the veteran soldier Hao Yi immediately put his legs together, knocked his heels together, stood at attention and saluted, shouting:
"No matter how great my achievements are, I will always be your soldier. I will just stand and listen to you. There is no need to sit down!"
No matter what Hao Yi was thinking, the attitude shown by his words made Zhang Chi very happy.
The serious expression on Zhang Chi's face disappeared instantly and he walked over with a smile.
"It's been three months since I went to the Ramgarh training base. This little White Eagle military salute is so spirited."
As he spoke, Zhang Chi pressed Hao Yi's shoulders and pushed him into the sofa, then sat down next to him.
"Old Hao, you've been with me since we retreated to Raminta Village. I've seen and remembered everything you've done along the way. Can we talk a little more intimately? A little more intimately..."
"Commander, I am flattered by your words."
Hao Yi suppressed his pounding heart, wondering what his teacher was up to today.
"The Ministry of National Defense is going to give out medals this time. I am a fourth-class Yunhui, you and Qi Quan are fifth-class Yunhui, and the rest of the officers will receive medals according to their ranks."
Hearing this, Hao Yi was overjoyed. The Yunhui Medal, as one of the army, navy and air force medals awarded in the 24th year of the Republic of China, was a third-level medal at that time, only below the Guoguang and Baoding medals. It was a great honor for him to receive this honor.
(Yu Zecheng is the only one in the entire Tianjin Station who has a third-class cloud banner. This item is quite precious.)
"However, originally they wanted us to fly to Spring City Camp to accept the honor in person. But I said the Japanese were right next to us and were eyeing our 212th Division covetously. So I informed General Stevenson that it was changed and you will go to the Ramgarh Training Base in Sindhu to accept the award on behalf of our division in the presence of a group of Allied officers and soldiers."
Zhang Chi said this lightly, but only he knew the murderous intent hidden in this awarding of honor.
According to the news passed on by his cheap father Zhang Xueyi, a high-level friend of his in the mountain city said that the big boss of the civil engineering department has set his sights on his highly combat-capable unit this time.
The awarding of honors this time is fake, the seizure of power is real.
After he, Zhang Chi, and several other officers flew to Chuncheng Camp to receive their medals, those who had left the army would be promoted one rank and then sent to places far away from military power, such as the Ministry of National Defense's War Research Institute, to read newspapers and drink tea.
As for the 212th Division, which has tanks, artillery and ships, it will be handed over to other direct generals of the Civil Engineering Department who were airdropped in, and they will try to return to the country by air and land transportation to expand the strength of the Civil Engineering Department.
In fact, in the Qian Kingdom at that time, an elite force like the 212th Division, which had the ability to fight against the Japanese elite at a 1:1 ratio, but whose commander himself did not have a strong background and belonged to neither a local faction nor a faction of the central army, was simply a delicious piece of fat meat in the eyes of major military leaders.
In addition to the Civil Engineering Department which took the first step, after this great victory, I wonder how many eyes are staring at this piece of fat meat.
In this situation, if Zhang Chi had no system and was still inexperienced, and although he graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he was not from the "Huangzhe Luyi" unit, he would either be wiped out, or he would have to wholeheartedly join forces with a local leader, or unite with other troops to keep each other warm in order to protect himself.
(French Roller, Sand Pot, New 1st Army Commander, Gastric Ulcer, these people from the original 5th Army were now a small faction that huddled together for warmth and would not be eaten. In the end, they all became corps commanders)
However, as a time traveler, Zhang Chi's favorite thing to do is to use force to defeat cleverness.
As long as he develops fast enough in Pegu, his military power is strong enough, and he has a rear base that can fully supply tens of thousands of troops, he will soon become a powerful warlord who can compete with him.
To this end, Zhang Chi specifically informed Stevenson of the Civil Engineering Department's idea through James, intending to deal with the current difficulties first, and then use a three-year plan to quickly develop and build his control area in Pegu and gain a firm foothold in Pegu.
After all, you, John, can take it, but I, Zhang Chi, can’t?
On the Allied side, Stevenson, as the theater commander and commander-in-chief of the Qian Kingdom's troops stationed in Shendu, was exhausted.
In the nearly one year since he came to Asia, he has come to understand the various twists and turns within the White Party. Although he is very disappointed with this, he still hopes to defeat the Japanese devils with the help of the expeditionary force.
However, the reality is that except for Zhang Chi's A unit, which has achieved impressive results as a surprise force behind enemy lines, the training plan of the XYZ unit has completely fallen into a quagmire.
Apart from the New 22nd Division and the New 38th Division, which fled to Sindhu after suffering a major defeat, the White Party actually refused to send more organized troops to the Ramgarh Training Base in Sindhu for training!