There was a great military competition between the Allied forces in Licheng, and the arena was very lively.
As the landlord, the Eighth Route Army selected some military competition events mainly based on the army for this great competition between the Allied forces, and formulated fair and just corresponding competition rules.
The actual competition is based on groups such as individuals, squads, platoons, and companies.
When I heard the generals of the Eighth Route Army introduce it, it was an old tradition of the Eighth Route Army troops. While the troops were killing the enemy on the frontline battlefield, they were summarizing their combat experience on the battlefield.
When there is no large-scale war and the war situation is relatively stable, each base area will also hold some joint martial arts competitions, which can not only test the training results of each unit, but also benignly enhance competition within the unit.
The Allied representatives all marveled at this. This was indeed a good idea.
Especially when they linked these traditions of the Eighth Route Army with the Eighth Route Army's growing strength and demonstrated strong combat effectiveness.
This inevitably makes these allied participating teams from various countries feel even more pressure.
The powerful combat effectiveness of these Eighth Route Army troops has been vividly demonstrated in the battles against the Japanese invaders.
For this reason, in order not to lose face and to win glory for the country, the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom all brought their most elite ace troops and equipped them with the best sophisticated equipment to compete.
They all hope to show their faces in the competition to show their country's national prestige.
But they obviously went in the wrong direction.
This Allied Forces Competition is not about which army has better equipment, nor is it about which country's industrial level is stronger.
If the level of equipment could really replace combat effectiveness, in Li Yunlong's words: "Then those of us who dared to fight the Japanese with broken guns and a few bullets in our pockets would have been wiped out by the little devils long ago!"
What is the final comparison?
The comparison is based on the strength of individual soldiers' combat capabilities, as well as the five basic skills of infantry, namely shooting, bombing, demolition, soil work and assassination.
What is even more comparable is the coordinated operations of various arms and the high degree of tacit understanding.
And these soldiers who came from various bases of the Eighth Route Army to compete this time were all iron-blooded warriors and elite veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles under the real test of fire.
If the equipment is not good enough, then we will train desperately and involuntarily.
This time the Allied Forces Competition has not even begun yet, the soldiers in each base area are holding back their energy in their hearts to demonstrate the military power of our Eighth Route Army to these foreigners.
Representatives from Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union and other parties, including representatives from the Chiang Kai-shek Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army, also encouraged the participating soldiers before the start of the competition.
Everyone wants to work hard to get a good ranking.
According to the participating parties, there are mainly representatives from the Eighth Route Army, the Central Army, the Shanxi-Sui Army, the United Kingdom, the United States and the Soviet Union.
Of course, when it comes to specific individual competitions and team competitions, the Eighth Route Army has a large number of participants and troops, including teams from various base areas and units.
There are so many of them, if we were to rank them, I'm afraid we could rank them into forty or fifty.
The American representative encouraged him privately: "Gentlemen, you need to know what kind of team the Eighth Route Army here used to be. They lacked equipment support and lacked the supply of resources.
Not many of their soldiers have even gone to school, and basically have no cultural background, let alone the corresponding military schools to learn advanced military theoretical knowledge.
And you are the elite of our army, and you are the representatives of bravery and justice. You have the most sophisticated equipment, the richest knowledge, the most advanced and systematic study of military theory, and there are many famous generals in the military academy.
of teaching.
Even though this is the territory of the Eighth Route Army, you should completely defeat them in this competition and win the championship!"
The soldiers responded loudly and had high morale.
Doolittle also found some free time this time and came here to join in the fun. As a Yankee, he naturally stood behind the American delegation when the game started.
After the American representative finished speaking his encouraging words, he turned around and asked Doolittle with a smile: "Colonel, where do you think our soldiers can get in this competition?"
After a moment of silence, Doolittle replied: "Perhaps second place, of course it may be third place! I am referring to a series of competitions, including individual and group competitions."
"Colonel, why can't you be number one?" the representative asked in surprise.
Doolittle shook his head in silence, obviously not intending to explain, but the representative asked again and again, and he had to say: "We should be lucky that this is just a friendly competition between the Allies. If it were a real battlefield, it would not be the same."
No matter whether there is a second or third place, there will always be only the first who survives in the end.
That being said, do you think this first place still belongs to us?"
The representative was confused by the question and was speechless for a moment.
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Kong Jie was not idle at all.
At the same time as the competition, Kong Jie, as a representative of the Eighth Route Army's welcoming group, held discussions with representatives from allied countries.
He expressed the hope to continue to expand the types of industrial assistance and authorization of advanced technologies with allied countries, and further strengthen military, economic and other aspects of cooperation between the two sides.
At the same time, Kong Jie also submitted an application, hoping that the Eighth Route Army base areas would be included in the Allied production system. The Eighth Route Army could be responsible for providing resources and industrial products to the Allies and supporting the Allied operations nearby.
Of course, the benefits cannot be taken less. Anyway, it is a matter of win-win cooperation.
In addition, in order to further promote exchanges and cooperation between the two sides, Kong Jie said that the Eighth Route Army will subsequently send military visiting groups to the main battlefields of the Allied Forces.
Strengthen the military alliance between the Allied forces.
After all, it is not a good thing to work behind closed doors. Asking for advice humbly and learning from each other's strengths is the secret to continuous progress.
At the same time, Kong Jie also privately approached representatives from the United Kingdom and the United States and proposed to purchase a batch of oil refining equipment and mining equipment.
As for the intention.
When the former enemy general headquarters mentioned this matter, Kong Jie explained: "Our team must be completely strengthened, the base area must be further developed, and the further improvement of military industry levels must not be restricted.
That would require a large amount of resources such as oil, including the Japanese army, which is now almost at the end of its rope. With such a strong industrial system, after the lifeline of oil imports was strangled, many important fields such as the military and economy were directly in crisis.
This shows the importance of sufficient resources.
For the sake of long-term interests, I suggest that we negotiate with Jiang Jun and sell all Lancasters and B17s to Jiang Jun. This can be regarded as indirect reinforcement for frontal battlefield operations and at the same time exchange for control of the Yumen Oilfield.
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Anyway, the British side has privately agreed to sell Lancaster's latest improved production line to the Eighth Route Army. Naturally, the original production line that can be eliminated cannot be wasted and should be put to good use.
The United States has also privately stated that it can sell the B17 strategic bomber production line, and at the same time sell more B25 production lines, but it will require money and materials in exchange.
As for the reason!
Kong Jie believes: "The United States is probably preparing to launch a counterattack in the Pacific. It hopes to purchase materials directly from our side, assist the Soviet Union in holding back the enemy, and then supply its own materials to the European and Pacific battlefields."
At the same time, the Soviet Union also expressed its willingness to sell tank factory-related production lines, as well as aluminum alloy smelting production lines, and various industrial production lines, in order to obtain military supplies and money.
It is obvious that the Soviet Union is preparing for a major counterattack and needs more synthetic rubber, food, artillery shells and related supporting explosive raw materials, and even high-quality aviation fuel and other materials are in short supply.
The battle line is too long and is essentially a bottomless pit.
Even civilian light industrial products are required.
The Soviet representative made it clear: "Of course, it would be better if there were medicines, tea, drinks, self-heating food packages and so on!"
During this time, he saw many miracles while leading a delegation to visit and exchange in the Eighth Route Army base area.
Let's not go into detail, let's just say that with the supply of military tea, the probability of soldiers getting sick was surprisingly low for such a large team as the Eighth Route Army.
The Soviet representatives could not believe that given the Eighth Route Army's logistical and industrial conditions, the health level of the troops could reach such astonishing standards.
And during the battle in the Jiaodong area.
The Eighth Route Army's exaggerated logistical supplies, astonishing transportation efficiency, and military food such as self-heating food packs and energy bars amazed representatives from the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union and other parties.
How could they, representatives with extraordinary strategic vision, not understand that under the influence of this small amount of food, there would often be a huge gap in combat effectiveness, which could even interfere with the final direction of a large-scale war.
Kong Jie naturally had nothing to say about this. We, the Eighth Route Army, will give you whatever you need, as long as you can give us what our Eighth Route Army needs.
...Meetings between the competition and all parties are proceeding in an orderly manner.
Eighth Route Army Special Experimental Zone.
Kong Jie rarely found some free time, and took a leisurely stroll in the base area with his son Kong Xingguo, who resonated with his blood, in his arms.
While chatting with Li Yunlong.
This cub is not yet full years old, but he is very cute. Even a carefree guy like Li Yunlong seemed cautious when he picked him up.
In the words of Lao Li: "Lao Kong, your son is really good-looking. When he grows up, he will be just like our Lao Li, who is also a handsome young man from all over the country.
Fortunately, his looks are more like his mother. If he looked like you, Lao Kong, you, the father, would have to worry about how to find a wife for this kid!"
Kong Jie responded directly: "Bah! Lao Li, you are the only one who is a talented young man? How many years have you been bragging about this sentence since our old comrades got to know each other?
If you are really a handsome young man, as for being a bachelor for so many years, in the end even Xiuqin will have to have me worry about you and help you match up?"
Li Yunlong said: "Can you blame me? If we weren't fighting every day, if we weren't all bachelors and all men in the team, even the pigs raised in the backyard were all male, I might have a bunch of children now.
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What, Lao Kong, you don’t believe it?
If you don’t believe me, just wait and see, when our son is born, he will definitely be a handsome boy too!”
Kong Jie said: "That has nothing to do with you, Lao Li, it's all about Xiu Qin's appearance!"
Ha ha ha ha--
"Come on, Lao Kong, we are evenly matched, no one should laugh at the other!"
After exchanging a few words with each other, the old comrades talked about the development of the international war situation.
Li Yunlong sighed: "I heard from international news that the Soviet army was locked in a deadly fight with the German army in Kursk. The US-Australian coalition forces were fighting in New Guinea in the Pacific with the Japanese who had strengthened their fortifications and deployed their troops.
After these wars, the overall international situation has basically become clear.
Lao Kong, it seems like what you said, this war may not last too long, so we should work harder to completely overwhelm this little son of a bitch."
Li Yunlong said, looking at Kong Xinguo in his arms with love: "If you work harder, maybe when a kid like our godson can run around on the ground, our new China will be officially established.
Even though we, Lao Li, have been fighting all his life, his eyes will light up when he sees a kid, but to be honest, I really don’t want to see these little brats go to the battlefield like us again!"
Kong Jie deeply believed in this. Without experiencing fire and sacrifice, it would be difficult to appreciate the preciousness of peace.
Li Yunlong actually didn't finish the rest of his words.
Changes in the international situation, especially the evolution of this series of wars, are always unexpected.
The North African campaign ended not long ago.
It ended with the victory of Britain, France, the United States and other Allied countries.
The Italian side was defeated and surrendered.
But one thing is unexpected, like a butterfly flapping its wings, which produces a special effect.
I don’t know the specific situation, but in general it seems to be that since the Eighth Route Army rose to power and Britain, the Soviet Union, the United States and other parties began to vigorously assist the Eighth Route Army, the German side also began to pay attention to such a legendary armed force native to mainland China.
Then the Germans obtained some tactical information and new equipment information of the Eighth Route Army from the Japanese.
Then after some research, I found out that there was a very talented Xiao Dezi who used some amazing and sophisticated tactics invented by the Eighth Route Army on his own battlefield.
In the middle and late stages of the battle, seeing that the situation was over, the German side directly used the golden cicada to escape from its shell, smearing the soles of its feet with oil, and then made the Italian side a scapegoat. The main force of the German side was basically retained.
As for the British side, as the main force of the Allied forces this time, although they won the final victory, they suffered a disastrous defeat and suffered a serious loss of vitality.
There is quite a cause and effect to this matter.
To sum it up in Kong Jie’s words: “The main force of the German side is retained and the allies have not collapsed. I am afraid that the little devils will still have to deal with it for a while. This is actually detrimental to our entire nation.”
The Chinese people, who have experienced the vicissitudes of war and persecution, can't wait for the war to end in the next moment.
"But from another perspective, because of the German threat, the Soviet Union may not have the energy to recycle its troops in a short period of time, and will focus on the Kanto region.
Their final strategic counterattack will most likely continue to be postponed.
For us, the Eighth Route Army, perhaps this gives us enough time to continue heading north..."
Kanto is a big cake. If there are too many guests, the host will not have much to eat. It is better to close the door and eat slowly by yourself.