Chapter 15 Section 2 American Military Uniform China Heart

The hatred for the Japanese and the penetrating sense of the domineering attitude of the Americans, combined with the lonely life far away from the motherland, made the officers and soldiers of the New 1st Army in American uniforms have a strong sense of national attachment At the beginning of the establishment of the New 1st Army, there were two divisions under its jurisdiction, the New 22nd and the New 38th. The establishment, equipment and training methods of these two divisions were carried out in full accordance with American methods. According to regulations, each division of the New 1st Army has 3 regiments of infantry, 2 battalions of artillery, 1 battalion of engineers, 1 battalion of communication troops, 1 battalion of heavy troops, 1 company of special forces, and 1 field hospital.Each regiment has 3 battalions of infantry, 1 company of mortars, 1 company of flat-fire guns, 1 communication company, 1 health team, and 1 special agent platoon. The whole regiment has about 3,000 people.In addition, the troops under the command of the General Command of the Chinese Army in India with Stilwell as the commander-in-chief include: 3 artillery regiments, each with 36 heavy artillery pieces; 1 automobile regiment with 400 trucks; 2 engineering regiments; There are 2 heavy mortar regiments, each with 48 heavy mortars, 1 mule and horse transportation regiment, 1 secret service battalion, and 1 communication battalion.

Under the call of Chiang Kai-shek's "one hundred thousand youths and one hundred thousand soldiers", the supplementary soldiers of the New 1st Army are composed of high school students or college students. The soldiers have strict requirements on height and weight, and are in good physical condition.After they came to India from China, their staple food was canned food and bread, with high nutrition and perfect medical conditions. Although each regiment has a health team, there are very few patients who are usually sick. Although the original attempt to replace the Chinese officers was unsuccessful due to the fierce opposition of the Chinese officers and Chiang Kai-shek, Stilwell still held on to the power of the force.Powers such as command, training, personnel, guards, and especially the distribution of materials were all concentrated in the general headquarters, while the military headquarters of the New 1st Army used the method of compressing the establishment (at least 30 to 40 people) to weaken the army. long effect.

For the training of the soldiers, Stilwell tried to deepen the relationship between the instructors and the soldiers through the training ground to achieve the purpose of controlling the Chinese soldiers. Therefore, the instructors at the Lambjia base were all served by American military officers at first.But not long after that, a problem that caused Americans a lot of trouble came one after another: they armed Chinese soldiers with their own thinking patterns, and they wanted Chinese soldiers with little cultural knowledge or even illiterates to accept the mechanics principles and mathematical equations they taught!The Chinese soldiers didn't understand, so they pretended to be deaf and dumb and fell asleep in class. They called the Chinese soldiers "idiots", and the Chinese soldiers retorted, calling them "elm lumps and dead brains"!

When operating a real gun, the American military officers mechanically decompose the shooting of the gun into more than a dozen actions, like assembly line work. One instructor teaches one action, and the American military officers are like "operators" on this assembly line, while Chinese soldiers are Like the "parts" on this assembly line, it is taught step by step.If the procedure is qualified, a green sign is used to indicate OK; if the procedure is unqualified, a red sign is used to prohibit it from entering the next "process". This makes it difficult for Chinese soldiers to accept.When they were trained in China, whether it was throwing bombs and shooting or stabbing and fighting, everything was simple and easy to learn. How could there be so many troublesome procedures?As a result, they did not buy into the American account and did not listen to what the Americans said. Conflicts between the two sides occurred from time to time, and the order of the training ground was chaotic from time to time. Stilwell finally had to ask Chinese generals to participate in the management, and the situation gradually eased.

What makes the Chinese people even more angry is that in order to create a false impression of Chinese military officers, the US liaison officers often directly mobilize troops below the battalion and directly lead the company to the training ground.In the regiment headquarters directly under the general command, the Americans can do whatever they want.If the liaison officer thinks that a certain officer is not good, he only needs to report to the general headquarters, and he can be replaced at any time, and sent to the plane to return to China. The Chinese army commander will know afterwards.Military power is sovereignty. Of course, the Chinese are unwilling to create such a situation where the officers do not know the soldiers, so they argued with the US side. As a result of the dispute between the two sides, Stilwell also made concessions, stipulating that the liaison officers of each unit should transfer troops to the training ground. , should contact the Chinese army commander in advance and report to the division headquarters.

Stilwell's chief of staff, Baldnau, was even more power-hungry. He once insisted that the chief of staff had the right to directly command the troops. The military headquarters of the New 1st Army was originally assigned a car. Baodenuo thought that the military headquarters was not large, and the Lambjia training base was not large. It was enough to use a jeep instead of a car. Taking a car was a waste, so he transferred the car to Back to headquarters. Once, Chinese Foreign Minister Song Ziwen visited Ramgarh by the way to attend the New Delhi Conference, and the Chinese generals arranged a row of honor guards to welcome Song.Afterwards, Baldnow questioned at the meeting of senior generals of China and the United States, saying: "Who ordered the guard of honor to be sent to meet Minister Song? If we send troops casually without the consent of the commander-in-chief, then our American military officers will go back."

The house is ready." Baldnau was sitting next to Stilwell, and Stilwell nodded, also expressing his support for Baldnau. This remark offended Liao Yaoxiang, a native of Hunan, who immediately stood up and retorted: "The former A few days ago, when a governor of India (British) visited Ramgarh, the general headquarters sent a battalion of guards of honor to greet him. Now the Chinese minister came from afar to inspect, and we used a platoon of guards of honor. Is there anything excessive? "Baudenau was left speechless by the question, and Stilwell also looked embarrassed. National hatred for the Japanese and a keen sense of the domineering attitude of the Americans, combined with the lonely life far away from the motherland, this makes the officers and soldiers of the New First Army have a strong sense of national attachment, and the officers also seize the opportunity to carry out patriotic activities at any time. Education, "playing military power" and "fighting back to the motherland" have become the unanimous wish of officers and soldiers.Qijun sang:

Don't you see, the Han Dynasty ended the army, and the weak crown was tied to the captives to ask for long tassels; Don't you see, Ban Dingyuan, Jueyu Qingqi urges Zhanyun! A man should be in danger, how can he let Confucianism miss this life? Kuang Nai's country is in peril, and the struggle between feathers will never stop! Abandoning my old pen, writing my wartime lapel, calling out more than one hundred thousand comrades, singing war songs and joining the army. Qi joins the army, cleans up the dust, and vows to sweep the Japanese slaves regardless of their own lives! Forbearance lightly breaks homesickness, and generously serves the country.

Going to the battlefield with a proud smile, the flag is flying, the sun is dark, the air is blowing too white into the moon, and the long arrow is shot at the sky wolf. After a period of quarrying, Jinling was restored, Jilu Jihei leveled again, the boats broke through the waves and went out of the Liaohai Sea, and the sky was covered with iron birds and Tokyo! The Japanese slave cave was smashed overnight, the Pacific Ocean was completely red, the Han flag was flying on the top of Mount Fuji, and the concubine was drunk under the cherry tree. When you come back, thousands of people look at the road, blossoming flowers are thrown in front of the horse, the door lintel is shining with smiles and white hair, and the house is jubilant and proud.

The first meritorious service in the history of the country, China has been called the Changxiong since then, and there is still power to punish injustice, so that all human beings around the world can enjoy the greatness of the Han Dynasty!