mesbooks Chapter 125 Stevenson: I understand, Zhang Chi is the CIA's waterline (450 gifts plus more)
Chapter 125 Stevenson: I understand, Zhang Chi is the CIA's waterline (450 gifts plus more)
"Isn't Zhang Chi really some illegitimate son of Stevenson? He has a tank unit, a heavy artillery unit, a boat unit, and now even an independent flying team." Bai Jianchu, commander of the new 22nd Division of the new 1st Army of the Indian Army, said indignantly while holding a John Wen newspaper.
"Look at what this newspaper says. The new 212th Division responded to the attack of a large group of enemy aircraft by dispatching hundreds of fighter planes. After a desperate fight, these aerial heroes shot down all the enemy planes with minimal losses."
"Hundreds of planes, Brother Zhongneng! How many planes did the Russians' aid-China air force have when we fought the Pengcheng Campaign? 150?" Bai Jianchu took off his gold-rimmed glasses and patted the newspaper neatly ironed by the orderly. "He had a major general in charge of a division, a miscellaneous division numbered over 200, and Stevenson gave him over 100 planes."
"What the newspapers say is just propaganda to boost morale, Brother Jianchu. Don't take it seriously." Kong Zhongneng, commander of the 38th Division of the New 1st Army, smiled wryly and shook his head. "It might just be a small air battle involving a dozen or so planes, but those reporters made it into a massive showdown involving hundreds of planes."
Kong Zhongneng was insincere and said things that he didn't even believe. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute of the United States of White Eagle in his early years and was deeply impressed by the exaggerated industrial production capacity of White Eagle.
Now the newspapers are saying that White Eagle is the Allied forces' chief arsenal, continuously producing weapons and equipment to supply the Allied forces of nearly 10 million people, with the annual production of aircraft alone reaching tens of thousands.
Kong Zhongneng was not sure how much exaggeration there was in the newspaper's claims about nearly ten million troops and tens of thousands of aircraft, but he knew that the wealthy White Eagles did not value a few hundred aircraft and a few hundred tanks. Therefore, Stevenson, who trusted Zhang Chi very much, might have really provided Zhang Chi with hundreds of aircraft.
"You mentioned Stevenson. He drags us here to train every day, saying that he wants to launch a counterattack and open up the Burma Road, but he doesn't trust us. The artillery, planes, and tanks of the Indian Army are all directly under his command as the army commander." Bai Jianchu picked up the bourbon whiskey on the table and drank it all in one gulp, his face full of melancholy.
"We're in a difficult situation." Kong Zhongneng poured himself a cup, his face full of sorrow. "People back home don't trust us. They're afraid we'll run away with the troops. The White Eagle guys don't trust us either. They're keeping a close eye on the weapons they're given, afraid we might resell them."
"Alas, we can obviously talk, why does Stevenson only like Zhang Chi? I heard that the 212th Division can get 500 tons of airlifted supplies every month. He is biased!" Bai Jianchu picked up the glass and clinked it with Kong Zhongneng, saying slightly drunkenly.
Is the configuration of the troops stationed in India good?
Speaking from the bottom of their hearts, the two division commanders, Kong Zhongneng and Bai Jianchu, are extremely good.
轻机枪下放到了班。一个师光白鹰M1919重机枪就有 108 挺，60mm迫击炮100门以上，75mm山炮24门，105mm的重炮也有12门。
Those soldiers in the country who only had straw sandals to wear, wore the same shabby uniforms all year round and had no food to eat, also received a complete upgrade.
Everyone has one set of summer combat uniforms, two sets of daily training uniforms, jackets and shirts, underwear, and sweaters and cloaks to keep warm in the plateau.
Every soldier was armed to the teeth, including rubber raincoats to protect against rain, canvas combat backpacks, shiny steel helmets, gas masks, ammunition carriers, field water bottles with canvas covers, calfskin belts, jungle combat boots, and canvas gaiters.
However, although it is good, it does not seem so good when compared with the 212th Division next door.
Since new recruits of the 212th Division often rotate to the Ramgarh Training Base in Sindhu for training, soldiers from both sides also communicate with each other privately on a daily basis.
The new recruits of the 212th Division have all the equipment of a soldier stationed in India, and more.
While the salaries of soldiers on both sides were nominally the same, both being paid by the White Eagles, the 212th Division's recruits always received their salaries in full and on time. They also enjoyed a generous supply of food and daily medicine, much to the envy of the other soldiers.
Not to mention military equipment, the New 1st Army lacks all of these high-quality equipment, including various types of aircraft, medium tanks, half-track vehicles, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, and amphibious vehicles.
Stevenson has the 155 heavy artillery, Sherman tanks, and air force, these major weapons of a great power, firmly in his hands.
Although ordinary soldiers would think that the new recruits of the 212th Division were bragging, Kong Zhongneng and Bai Jianchu knew immediately that Zhang Chi not only had a lot of these equipment, but was also actively training in combined warfare.
The two division commanders who had just accepted the White Eagle reorganization were overjoyed. After the reinforcement of the wealthy Stevenson, the combat effectiveness of their troops directly surpassed the main German-equipped reorganized divisions and training regiments of that year. Coupled with the M3A1 light tank units directly under the army, the combat effectiveness was close to that of the Japanese elite Type A division.
However, when the two learned about the organization of Zhang Chi's 212th Division indirectly, they were both discouraged.
What German-equipped reorganized divisions, what elite Type A divisions? The times are progressing and developing, these are already outdated.
The current elite standards are Hans' SS Armored Division, the Wehrmacht Armored Grenadier Division, the Soviet Guards Infantry Division, and the Tank Army (the Soviet Tank Army is smaller than the Armored Division).
Which commander doesn't want to command a combined force consisting of infantry, artillery, engineers, cavalry, vehicles and tanks?
Their small force is at best a light infantry division in Europe, which can only fill the flanks.
Zhang Chi's 212th Division, on the other hand, even has its own aviation unit and a large number of tanks, which can form part of the armored spearhead of a pincer attack even in Europe.
Comparing people will make you die, and comparing goods will make you throw them away. In the dead of night, the two depressed teachers could only drink alone.
"Those new recruits from the 212th Division come for training in groups of a regiment each time, and they are rotated every month. This is the sixth batch, right?" Kong Zhongneng asked drunkenly.
"That's 18,000 troops! Zhang Chi only has a division. What's he trying to do by expanding the army so much?" Bai Jianchu rubbed his hands together and spoke with a thick tongue. "Why are you thinking so much? Are you going to report him to the higher-ups?"
"Drink...drink..." Kong Zhongneng drank until the glass was dry. Even though he would still be the smart and capable major general division commander tomorrow, tonight he just wanted to indulge himself once and get drunk.
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On the other side, Stevenson secretly met with Jason, director of the Intelligence Department of the Office of Strategic Services.
Stevenson, a pure soldier who had been an infantry regiment commander during World War I, asked directly, "Do you want Zhang Chi to stay and fight the John people after driving out the Fuso people?"
"We will give him some support and stimulate his ambition. There are many strange factions within the White Party, and each has a strong tendency to be independent. I think this plan will be easy to implement, right?" Jason did not hide it.
The OSS currently has a close cooperative relationship with the military, and as the chief of the India-Burma theater, Stevenson is certainly qualified to know this.
"Oh, I understand. Please continue." Stevenson, who had mistaken the timing, thought that Jason had already contacted Zhang Chi and offered help.
In fact, he had long discovered through clues that the various technical weapons possessed by Zhang Chi's troops far exceeded what he provided, and Zhang Chi's financial resources were also frighteningly high.
Now that the OSS mentioned this, Stevenson immediately imagined that Zhang Chi had been secretly cooperating with the OSS for a long time, using a hidden fund to develop troops and purchase weapons.
Jason was stunned, "You understand?" You understood before I said anything. Are all the generals of the United States so sensitive in politics?
"Sorry, let's continue..." Jason, realizing his loss of composure, hurriedly continued his story.