Yang Zhen said with some sadness but helplessness: "As an agricultural country that has been fighting civil war for decades and has a weak industrial base and only some light industries, this country has never provided its army with any modern equipment, even...
Even if it is lagging behind, there is a sufficient amount of equipment. Including enough rifles and bullets as representative of an army's equipment."
"They lack modern communication tools, not enough cannons, aircraft, tanks and other modern equipment. They lack everything from pistols and rifles to light and heavy machine guns, helmets, gas masks and other equipment that a modern army should have. After a battle,
There are a lot of bullets available for use. Even most of the army has not experienced modern training."
"Many of them have never seen one, let alone know what a tank is and what a bomber is. Many of their troops cannot even equip themselves with the necessary rifles and bullets. They can only hold weapons from the last century in their hands.
Manufacturing, except for China, has basically eliminated the old-fashioned rifles that jam at every turn and is used to fight an army armed to the teeth. However, it is still impossible to have one per man."
"Because there were not enough anti-tank guns, the Japanese tanks could only use the most primitive tactics of meat bombs. Because there were not enough gas masks, there were a large number of casualties under the Japanese poison gas offensive. There was even a lack of adequate medical care, and a large number of
The wounded soldiers did not receive any medical care and died in pain. In many cases, they did not even have enough to eat and fought the enemy starvingly."
"But it is this army that you see that is full of countless flaws, an army that is supported by a country with almost no modern industry and almost lacks all modern equipment. It has resisted the beast army armed by a modern industrial country for four years alone.
attack."
"If we count from September 18th, we have been resisting for ten years. And now, even though they have fought many defeats, there are also many scum who are afraid of life and death, and covet glory and wealth. But they are still fighting unyieldingly.
They are still fighting powerful enemies with the broken weapons in their hands. Pearson has different political views, but we still believe in their passion as Chinese people."
"Pearson, do you know what a meat bomb is? It's a person's body covered with grenades, using his own body as a launching weapon to blow up enemy tanks. Sometimes it takes a whole shift to destroy a Japanese tank.
, even at the cost of one platoon person.”
"There are not enough supplies, modern equipment and training, and they don't even have enough food in their stomachs. There is no oil star in their diet for a long time. Their food can only barely sustain two meals a day, and they can only eat one meal per day.
It’s so thin. I can’t eat enough just yet, and I can’t open my belly to eat.”
"Long-term malnutrition has made many troops' faces full of food. Their skinny bodies cannot be compared with the strong, well-nourished and shiny faces of the Japanese army. Behind them is this huge, but weak
The state cannot provide them with modern equipment or even enough food to keep them going."
"Pearson, if the armies of other countries are allowed to fight with their food standards, including your American army, I'm afraid they will mutiny. Pumpkin, vines, sweet potatoes, and a little old rice of unknown age.
In the eyes of most of you, I'm afraid it's not even as good as fodder. But the Chinese army is currently relying on these things to survive and continues to fight."
"What supported them through the battle was not the meager food that day, nor the meager military pay that could no longer support their families due to inflation, but the passion to serve the country in their hearts. Despite the performance of this army on the battlefield,
, are not outstanding, and quite a few of them even appear to be clumsy. But they are still fighting, still fighting in front of powerful opponents, and have never given up resistance."
"Pearson, while you Westerners are criticizing this army, have you ever thought about how your American army, or the army that has been trained by your so-called Western training standards, will perform under such circumstances? According to
The performance of the British currently on the battlefield, as well as the performance of the French before, is probably far inferior to this army."
"Although they all participated in the civil war and were our former opponents, most of them fulfilled their obligations in this war where the whole nation resisted foreign humiliation. Although they suffered heavy casualties, they did not
He put down his weapons, not to mention accepting the financial temptation from the Japanese, and he still resisted."
"I think for such an army, as long as it obtains excellent equipment, at least keeps the soldiers well fed, and conducts some appropriate modern training, they will play their role on the battlefield that suits them. If you can provide assistance
Among the equipment provided to the British, several divisions of equipment were allocated to assist Chongqing."
"In particular, they urgently need gas masks, rifles, machine guns and other light weapons, as well as anti-aircraft weapons, anti-tank artillery, mountain guns and other artillery equipment that can compete with the Japanese army. They will play their real role in Burma. The British have the ability to provide
Each of our own citizens is issued a gas mask, but the troops of their future allies can only continue to be harmed by the poisonous gas."
"If the British can be more generous and transfer some of their excess equipment. Even if they transfer to them the second-hand artillery and machine guns they captured in Italy, as well as some other military supplies, they will get them in Myanmar.
The troops needed."
"After the Dunkirk evacuation, the British purchased 500,000 rifles, 80,000 machine guns and a large number of submachine guns from the United States because they could not replenish their losses in a short period of time. As far as I know, this batch of equipment was
After the British's own production met their needs, they were withdrawn from the British frontline troops due to caliber and obsolescence, and are now equipped with what the British call militia units that are not even considered reserve forces."
"The United States currently still has a large inventory of rifles, machine guns, artillery and other equipment produced during World War I. I think if the United States persuades the British, it will use this batch of equipment that they have no practical use for and use its own inventory
Transferring it to Chongqing will greatly increase their combat effectiveness."
"After all, an infantry division that doesn't even have enough rifles and even fewer light and heavy machine guns can't be as effective as a fully manned infantry division. Since neither you nor the British have this batch of equipment.
If they are of use, why can't they be handed over to people who need them urgently?"
"You must know that your batch of M1917 rifles are not your standard equipment. They are just emergency products during World War I. Although they are products of World War I, most of them are still in use due to their excellent production quality.
It's in pretty good condition and ready for use."
"For the British, this batch of equipment is just for emergency use. The combat effectiveness of the so-called Home Guard Reserve Forces in the UK, which ranges from sixty to twelve and a half years old, is not even scum. This
Giving this batch of equipment to them is simply a huge waste."
"Since it is no longer useful for the British to keep it, storage still takes up space. The most important thing is that the caliber is different, and it is still very harmful to use it. If Chongqing gets these urgently needed equipment, I think the combat effectiveness will be greatly enhanced.
.At least it will play a considerable role in defending Myanmar."
"Instead of fighting with me here, the British might as well transfer their useless equipment to Chongqing, and replenish Chongqing's troops as much as possible to increase their combat effectiveness. In order to allow Chongqing to fight in the future defense war of Burma.
, meeting the requirements of the British."
"As long as they have sufficient and good equipment, I think Chongqing will fight to the death to defend Myanmar. For Chongqing, which has lost all its coastal ports and the Yunnan-Burma Road is almost the last channel for external blood transfusion, they will not spare any effort.
of."
"As for the United States, as long as it can preserve the Burma Road, its interests are also quite huge. China's own military-industrial capabilities are far from meeting the standards for sustaining a war. Once China is defeated, the United States will face many difficulties in future wars.
We are not just facing hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops."
"Not only will the Japanese army in mainland China be transformed into a force to deal with the US military. But once the Japanese army arms the Chinese, the pressure on the Americans will be imagined. The Japanese, who have obtained China's mineral resources and agricultural resources at the same time, will also gain strength.
A huge enhancement.”
"If the Americans want to disperse the strength of the Japanese army, they must maintain the most basic combat capabilities of Chongqing, which means to provide blood transfusions to the severely malnourished Chongqing army. Not only weapons and equipment, but also military production raw materials. Once
The Burma Highway is lost, how can the Americans transfuse blood to Chongqing?"
"You must know that all the troops in Chongqing, like their finances, are now severely malnourished. Without all the blood transfusions from outside, they simply cannot sustain themselves for too long. There is no source of military raw materials that currently support the war.
.This already anemic army will fall into an even more embarrassing predicament."
"Once you lose Myanmar, what should you Americans do to make Chongqing meet your requirements? Rely on air transport? Let's not talk about whether you have so many transport planes and such a large air transport capacity. Let's talk about the Japanese aviation first.
, are they all idiots? They will turn a blind eye to your airlift operations and will not intercept them. They will watch you giving blood transfusions to their enemies?"
"Not only will the Japanese aviation force cause great damage to your airlift operations, but the peaks of six or seven thousand meters above sea level in western China will also become obstacles to your airlift. Pearson, don't tell me that your planes can fly
Being so high, I turned a blind eye to those peaks."
"Therefore, there is currently no real war between the United States and Japan. Increasing the combat effectiveness and equipment level of the Nationalist Government's army as soon as possible and preserving Burma, the Nationalist Government's only external channel, will only benefit you and the United States in the future battlefield, but will not
Any disadvantages."
"Pearson, I know that your US government still has internal disputes on this matter. But since we are in this turbulent era, we do not have the right to wait passively for everything. Everything depends on man-made things. This is my
concept. As long as we work hard, there will always be corresponding results waiting for us. But if we only wait passively, then we will achieve nothing."
"When you return to China this time, use your influence to do high-level work in the United States. Arming the National Government is far more beneficial to the United States than mobilizing us from thousands of miles away to Southeast Asia. And we stay in the Northeast and attract
The two major strategic groups of the Japanese army make it impossible to divide their forces. This is the most beneficial plan for all four parties at present."