kingnovel Chapter 279 Ramgarh Training Camp
Chapter 279 Ramgarh Training Camp
Since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Pacific War broke out.
On April 1942, 4, Lieutenant Colonel Doolittle of the U.S. Army led 18 B16 bombers, took off from the aircraft carrier Hornet, and successfully bombed Tokyo, winning the first victory of the United States in World War II.
On May 5, while the Japanese army was making good progress in Southeast Asia, a naval battle broke out between the Japanese navy and the US navy in the Coral Island waters, with both sides suffering heavy losses. This battle was tactically inconclusive, but strategically, the United States successfully curbed Japan's continued expansion at sea, which greatly boosted the morale of the Allied forces.
On June 6, the Battle of Midway broke out. The US fleet successfully sank four Japanese aircraft carriers, one cruiser, and 3 aircraft, causing Japan to enter a strategic defense in the Pacific battlefield.
The Battle of Midway was also a turning point in the Pacific War.
On August 8, the United States launched a local counterattack in the Pacific battlefield and launched a long battle for Guadalcanal.
When Lu Cheng analyzed the world situation for William and his subordinates in this series of battles, he had made bold predictions.
Now, all of this has come true one by one. After listening to Colonel William's analysis of the situation, the Allied Commander-in-Chief naturally wanted to meet Lu Cheng, who had foresight.
Moreover, the Allied Commander-in-Chief was also preparing for the Ramgarh training camp at this time, so he took the opportunity to propose to the Chinese side to dispatch Lu Cheng and one of his company to participate in training at the Ramgarh training camp in India.
Ever since the Allied forces suffered a defeat in Southeast Asia in May and had to retreat to India, Allied Commander-in-Chief Stilwell had been thinking about the reasons for the failure and was determined to fight back to Burma to avenge the previous defeat.
During the fighting in Burma, Stilwell saw the valuable qualities of hard work and fearlessness of sacrifice in the soldiers of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, but he also saw their disadvantages of lack of training and backward equipment.
Therefore, Stilwell believed that if the Chinese army could be equipped with advanced weapons and provided with professional training, a powerful army could be built.
To this end, Stilwell went to the mountain city many times to negotiate with the Chinese side, with the British army taking charge of logistics, the US army providing equipment, and China providing soldiers, so as to train a powerful Chinese army in India.
At the beginning, the Chinese side was not quite agreeable. In order to support Stilwell's plan, the United States promised China that it was willing to transport 5000 tons of strategic materials to China every month through the Hump Route.
Finally, the two sides reached an agreement to set up a Ramgarh training camp in India and invite American instructors to train the Chinese army.
In fact, the reason why the United States and Britain are helping China so unremittingly is to curb the further expansion of Japan.
The expansion of Japan in Asia has seriously affected the interests of the United States and Britain. If China is occupied by Japan again, Japan will sweep across Asia, and then open up the Middle East and successfully join forces with Nazi Germany.
If that time really comes, it will be greatly disadvantageous to the Allied forces.
It was in this context that Stilwell set up the Ramgarh training camp in India, and Chennault and his Flying Tigers also transported strategic materials to China via the Hump Route.
According to Stilwell's plan, at least 10 expeditionary forces should be trained in India, and the training should be carried out completely in accordance with the US military's organization.
However, the new 38th Division and the new 22nd Division that were withdrawn to India at that time had a total of more than 9000 people, which was not enough to form a full-strength division of the US Army.
Therefore, after the Ramgarh training camp opened, China sent a large number of soldiers to India for training by air.
Those who have the opportunity to go to India for training are outstanding talents from various armies and divisions of China, as well as some outstanding recruits.
In the original drama, Zhang Lixian, the battalion commander of the special forces battalion under Yu Xiaoqing, once went to the Ramgarh training camp for training.
It stands to reason that such a good thing would hardly fall upon Lu Cheng, a regiment commander, not to mention that Lu Cheng was directly given a place in a company.
However, Lu Cheng's accurate prediction of the war situation made Stilwell very interested in him. With Catherine and Brigadier General William behind the scenes, Stilwell directly asked the Chinese side to ask Lu Cheng to take a company to the Ramgarh training camp.
Although Lu Cheng's ability is definitely far superior to those of the American instructors in the Ramgarh training camp, the weapons and equipment provided by the United States and the logistical support provided by the United Kingdom are difficult for Lu Cheng to provide now.
Naturally, Lu Cheng would not refuse to use other people's weapons, equipment and supplies to train his own soldiers.
Moreover, according to Stilwell's plan, 30 divisions of troops will be equipped and trained in Yunnan, and the weapons and equipment will be provided by the United States in the future.
The right to distribute and use the US aid materials to China was in the hands of Stilwell, the Allied Commander-in-Chief. Lu Cheng had already made up his mind. After he arrived there, he would persuade Stilwell to replace all his regiments with US equipment.
After receiving the order, Lu Cheng immediately began to recruit soldiers. For this training, Lu Cheng planned to bring most of the main members of the cannon fodder group in the original drama, including Ma, Bula, Shepig, Milong, Cui Yong, Dong Dao, Doubing, Kang Ya, Krupp, Ayi, Li Liansheng and so on.
Meng Fan, the battalion commander, had to stay behind to guard the river defense with Long Wenjian and did not participate in this training. Veterinarian Hao, who was in his fifties, also had to stay behind to take care of the wounded, giving the opportunity to the young man.
Lu Cheng did not force Veterinarian Hao to go with him, but left this opportunity to Veterinarian Hao's son, Hao Xiangyang.
Shortly after returning to Zenda, Lu Cheng made many requests to the commander of the Sixth Army and asked for a lot of supplies, which made the commander very unhappy. He then made a small request, which was to help transfer the son of veterinarian Hao from the Central Plains battlefield.
For this purpose, Lu Cheng specially wrote a letter and entrusted female agent Luo Yifei to present it to his superiors, asking the Military Control Commission to help find it.
In the original drama, the son of veterinarian Hao served as a soldier on the battlefield in the Central Plains. Later, because his unit openly surrendered to the enemy, the son of veterinarian Hao was unwilling to surrender and become a traitor, and was shot by the traitor.
Veterinarian Hao was forced to join the army in order to find his son. However, after serving as a soldier for several years, he only learned that his son had died a few days before his death.
Perhaps, at that time, Veterinarian Hao had already regarded all members of the cannon fodder group as his own sons.
Lu Cheng had also been thinking about this matter. Fortunately, everything went smoothly. With the help of people from the Military Control Commission and the Sixth Army, they successfully found Veterinarian Hao's son after some effort and sent him to Zenda.
The father and son were naturally delighted to meet each other, and wanted to give Lu Cheng a great gift, but Lu Cheng quickly stopped them.
Afterwards, Hao Xiangyang joined the first battalion, and because of his good personal abilities, he was soon appointed as platoon leader.
In addition to veterinarian Hao's son, Dong Dao's younger brother Dong Jian, and all members of the special forces including A Bao were named by Lu Cheng to go to the Ramgarh training camp in India to participate in this training.
The 120 people selected are basically the most loyal to Lu Cheng and have outstanding performance.
After selecting the personnel, the group rushed to the airport and boarded a flight to India.
Also travelling with them were personnel from other nearby troops.
With the current air transport capacity, under good weather conditions, about 450 to 600 soldiers can be transported to India for training every day. Lu Cheng's company is also the first batch of soldiers to fly to India for training...