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Chapter 550: The U.S. Military Staff Observer Mission (Part 2)

As the only senior Chinese general accompanying Brigadier General Wicks to inspect, Shen Yingxiong, the chief of staff of the Youth Army, almost said nothing, allowing Brigadier Wicks and his party to inspect the New First Army's staff operations plan, etc. The outline of the combat plan and tactical training textbooks of the Youth Army stunned the US military staff. Infantry and artillery coordination, ground-to-air joint attack, special ammunition volume, saturation attack, joint cluster breakthrough of the Infantry and Tank, battle-level artillery movement, ground-to-air joint control command, etc., many things made these US military staff officers feel a shiny feeling.

Americans who worked behind closed doors finally realized that the US military, as a national-level armed force, seemed to have lagged behind the development of the entire world's strategic strategy. As expected, the best way to learn about war is to learn about war in war. The Chinese army has come to the forefront of the US military in some aspects, which makes the US military staff who were still arrogant before extremely ashamed.

Brigadier General Wicks first inspected the new division of the Hero Division. Since the Youth Army was reorganizing, he only randomly inspected the troops of a regiment. He completed the assembly within three minutes to make the Americans look at it. Even if there is a notice, this speed is amazing, not to mention that the regiment is carrying out barracks construction.

In addition to ragged clothes and straw sandals, the Chinese soldiers were also full of weapons, which shocked the American officers responsible for inspecting weapons. As if they had approached the museum of old-fashioned weapons, the US Army was still using the backward rifle of the Springfield M1903, but obviously the Chinese army seemed to be more backward, and the calibers were different. A regiment actually had seven or eight caliber ammunition. Although the weapons were old, they were wiped cleanly. The rifles that even the rifles were smoothed out made the Americans sigh. One regiment had only two heavy machine guns, one infantry platoon had only one light machine gun, and only the light machine gun was still advanced. The entire regiment had only five mortars as heavy firepower. No wonder the Chinese army fought with the Japanese army and suffered casualties. Gao Fei was able to command such an armed force to fight against the Japanese army in Nanchang, which was simply a miracle.

Then Brigadier General Wicks randomly checked the regiment's tactical skills, individual bomb drops, tactical shooting, poison gas protection, alternate cover of combat teams, infantry squad attack, infantry platoon attack, infantry company attack, infantry battalion and even infantry regiments to conduct inspections of more than 20 subjects, including the blood sacrifice of mountains and rivers.

Faced with the normal subject drills of the Chinese army, Brigadier General Wicks was extremely surprised. The quality of the Chinese army had long surpassed the US military. The feasibility of its training outline had exceeded the tactical training standards of the US Army infantry. Moreover, its attack awareness was extremely strong, which was completely different from the image of Chinese soldiers described by the outside world. The relationship between officers and soldiers was very harmonious. In addition to the dilapidated weapons, it reflected extremely high individual soldiers and overall qualities. The officers and soldiers were all very patriotic and had a strong sense of perseverance.

Many soldiers even speak simple English, and some officers can even speak fluently in English? This is what shocked Brigadier General Wicks the most. For this reason, Brigadier Wicks decided to check several regiment-level combat units in the Youth Army to see if the Youth Army is consistent, because when he came, the Chairman of the Joint Conference Marshall once warned him that the Chinese people like to do expressive skills the most, so they need to interlude the methods of surprise inspection and temporary spot inspection to evaluate the real combat effectiveness of the Chinese army.

This assessment will be used in the future to consider the overall strategy of the Chinese National Government. Because the so-called US-produced weapons and technical arms of the US, and the concept of China's army cooperating with the army, made the Americans very happy because China showed a sense of international responsibility as a great power. Although China is still invaded by Japan, overall, the Japanese have no hope of completely strategic China. The resistance of the Chinese behind enemy lines and the huge depth of the territory have put the Japanese in a quagmire.

Brigadier General Wicks checked five regiments of the Youth Army in a row. In addition to the extremely backward weapons and equipment, the quality of Chinese soldiers is not as vulnerable as rumored outside. At least the Youth Army is a powerful brigade, with backward weapons and equipment alone for 27 days, fighting against the joint attacks of the Japanese elite troops on the ground and air, and killing more than 40,000 enemy troops. Such a record is simply an unimaginable miracle.

Then, the excited Brigadier General Wicks inspected the Mountain Infantry Brigade and the Special Operations Brigade. As a result, Brigadier Wicks opened his mouth for almost an afternoon, and the word shocked could no longer describe the mood of Brigadier Wicks at this moment. The qualities shown by Chinese soldiers really brought him too many surprises. Moreover, as a soldier, he could feel the majestic and mighty aura of the lions in battle from these officers and soldiers wearing tattered military uniforms and straw sandals.

An army with faith and steel will cannot be defeated. At least Brigadier General Wicks thinks so, so when Brigadier General Wicks returns to Gaofei's headquarters, the first thing he said when he meets was to ask about the specific scale and expansion plan of the Youth Army. For Brigadier Wicks, if the Youth Army has thirty divisions, it will not only effectively restrain the Japanese army in China's front battlefield, but also restrain the Japanese army that invades Indochina, and even drive the Japanese army out of Indochina.

The fragrance of tea is intoxicating guests from all over the world, and the leisure and leisure brings spring breeze to all sides! The refreshments of the Mingxuan Teahouse are unique in Kunming, so Gao Fei used tea to entertain Brigadier General Wicks here, which also made Brigadier General Wicks feel very novel. Unlike the luxurious Western-style cocktail party in Chongqing and local areas, sitting in the ventilated teahouse, eating snacks with different tastes and drinking authentic Chinese tea, Gao Fei immediately understood the thoughts of these foreigners.

Brigadier General Wicks also had a passionate talk. Since both sides were soldiers, they drank Pu'er and went on a long trip to inspect. Brigadier General Wicks and others had already been so hungry that they were screaming. So Gao Fei arranged dinner in the teahouse, big stewed meat, whole chicken, and whole fish, and started drinking with a big bowl.
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