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Chapter 298 Actively Prepare for War
After settling the two overseas Chinese mechanics, Lu Cheng asked Xia Chen and the special operations platoon to find the overseas Chinese mechanics scattered in Myanmar and provide them with full support and shelter, as well as training and equipment support.
Before leaving, Lu Cheng took out two Webley revolvers and gave them to the two overseas Chinese brothers.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng found two female agents and assigned them a new task: "Second Lieutenant Tan, First Lieutenant Luo, I have a task for you to complete. There are many overseas Chinese mechanics who have stayed in western Yunnan and nearby areas. I want you to use the intelligence of the Military Control Commission to contact these overseas Chinese mechanic brothers and tell them that our 42nd Brigade in Zenda is willing to accept them and welcomes their arrival.
In addition, I will arrange for the guard company and the logistics department to cooperate with you to post notices in various places in western Yunnan to welcome the arrival of overseas Chinese mechanics. "
Tan Wanying saluted without any hesitation and said, "Yes, Commander. I will do it right away."
Luo Yifei was a little hesitant: "Commander, should we consult our superiors about this matter? There should be quite a few overseas Chinese mechanics stranded nearby..."
"No need to ask for instructions. They are all fellow brothers who have made outstanding contributions to the war of resistance. We should receive them well."
After arranging the tasks, Lu Cheng left directly.
Tan Wanying waited until Lu Cheng walked out of the room before she retracted her gaze and started working. Luo Yifei, who was standing by, glanced at her colleague, frowned slightly, and reminded him, "Tan Wanying, don't forget what we are doing here."
"Of course I haven't forgotten. We are here to be in charge of liaison. As for the rest, isn't it enough for Brigadier General Lu to stand firm?"
"How do you know he's firm in his stance? He's not from that side?"
"At least Brigade Commander Lu has not had any contact with them. He has been busy training and preparing for war."
"I think you have been bewitched by Brigadier General Lu and have forgotten your identity, right?"
"Sister Fei, of course I haven't forgotten who I am, and I haven't forgotten that I'm a soldier."
"Well, you better remember that."
Compared to Tan Wanying, who came here right after graduation, Luo Yifei has experienced more brutal struggles and seen more sinister human hearts. She will never trust anyone easily, nor dare to betray her boss easily.
Since coming here, although Luo Yifei did not find that Lu Cheng had any contact with that place, she always felt that some characteristics of Lu Cheng were very similar to those of the people there.
In summary, apart from the shortcoming of being "lustful", Lu Cheng's aura is too righteous, so righteous that it is somewhat different from most officers and some people Luo Yifei had met before.
Lu Cheng never had much time to care about the two female agents. His daily work was already busy enough for him, so how could he have time to care about other intrigues?
Moreover, with Lu Cheng's own strength and a group of loyal elite soldiers under his command, even if any problems occur in the future, they will be able to deal with them calmly.
What's more, after coming into contact with the Nanqiao Machinery Workers, Lu Cheng also had new ideas. Perhaps he could avoid some troubles in the future and find other ways of development and solutions.
Shortly after Lu Cheng posted the notice, Nanqiao mechanics scattered across western Yunnan began to move towards Zenda.
Lu Cheng sent out the brigade's transport troops, carrying some supplies and manpower, to set up a rendezvous point on the road to Zenda to pick up the Nanqiao mechanics who came from all over the place.
By the end of March, four to five hundred Nanqiao mechanics had arrived in Zenda one after another and were settled down by Lu Cheng. They were allowed to rest for a while before finding jobs for them.
At the same time, the superiors sent Lu Cheng the latest transfer order.
The headquarters of the Chinese Expeditionary Force was established in Chuxiong. It mobilized 12 armies and 31 divisions from Hunan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan and other places to conduct intensive training in Yunnan to prepare for the counterattack on Burma.
Lu Cheng, the deputy chief instructor of the Ramgarh training camp, was naturally transferred here to serve as an instructor to assist the commander-in-chief and deputy commander-in-chief, formulate and adjust training plans, and arrange training camps.
After Lu Cheng demonstrated his extraordinary fighting ability, the commander-in-chief and the deputy commander-in-chief valued Lu Cheng even more and asked Lu Cheng to mobilize 50 capable officers from his brigade to serve as instructors in the training camp.
Lu Cheng naturally agreed to this and immediately asked the second regiment commander Xia Shouzhong to select a group of people to serve as instructors.
At the same time, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in India also began to take action. General Sun sent the 114th Regiment under his command to advance into the Savage Mountains to assist the joint road construction team formed by the Allied forces to build a road from India to China in the Savage Mountains.
In order to counterattack Burma and drive the Japanese invaders out of Southeast Asia, China reached an unprecedented cooperation with Britain and the United States. China provided a large number of soldiers, and Britain and the United States provided a large amount of military supplies and weapons and equipment, and the training of the entire army was initiated.
However, compared with the Expeditionary Force in India, the Chinese Expeditionary Force in western Yunnan was much inferior in training and weapons and equipment.
Moreover, due to years of fighting, countless young and strong people were killed and wounded. Among the 16 divisions that came to western Yunnan for training, there were many child soldiers under the age of . Some of the children were not even as tall as the guns, but they went out to fight.
The soldiers of this era have experienced too many failures. They don’t know when the war will end, or how much sacrifice it will take to end it. Facing powerful enemies and bloodshed that may come at any time, even the children are united in their hatred of the enemy and are determined to kill the enemy to the death.
What Lu Cheng can do is to assist his superiors as much as possible, formulate the most reasonable training plan, and enhance the soldiers' ability to survive on the battlefield.
In May 1943, the Yunnan Cadre Training Corps was established in Kunming. All officers above the rank of Expeditionary Corps and below the army level were required to come to the Yunnan Cadre Training Corps for training, learning large-scale troop combat and command skills and receiving ideological education.
During this period, one of Lu Cheng's brigades had also completed basic training. The special operations platoon under his command took turns leading company-level combat units to conduct guerrilla warfare across the river, on the one hand training the soldiers' ability to cross the river and on the other hand making the soldiers familiar with the environment on the other side.
While strengthening the soldiers' combat capabilities, they also continued to eliminate small groups of Japanese invaders and weaken their strength.
At the same time, the Battle of Guadalcanal, which lasted for several months in the South Pacific battlefield, also ended. The Japanese army was defeated and forced to withdraw.
In the Battle of Guadalcanal, the Japanese army lost 5 soldiers, 24 warships, 14 transport ships, and eight or nine hundred aircraft.
After this battle, the Japanese navy and air force suffered unprecedented losses. Coupled with the previous suppression by the Flying Tigers, the Japanese army in Southeast Asia also lost its air force advantage.
With China, Britain and the United States making intensive preparations, the counterattack in Southeast Asia is about to begin. The soldiers on the Nujiang River have already been gearing up, ready to cross the Nujiang River to fight at any time...