Chapter 282 Deputy Chief Instructor
Chapter 282 Deputy Chief Instructor
Perhaps it was to surpass Lu Cheng in some skill so as to restore face for the American instructors, or perhaps they wanted to see where Lu Cheng's limit was. For the next period of time, the group watched Lu Cheng use mortars, infantry guns, and rapid-fire guns for precise shooting, and drive jeeps, trucks, and armored vehicles to skillfully complete various difficult movements.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng also gave some theoretical lessons to the American instructors, explaining some special operations tactical techniques and so on.
Except for some time-consuming sand table simulations and military exercises that did not involve competitions, Lu Cheng had an inhuman performance in the rest of the basic training subjects.
If these abilities demonstrated by Lu Cheng were put into later film or television dramas, they would most likely be criticized as miracle dramas.
Even in this training camp, if the American instructors had not seen it with their own eyes, they probably would not be willing to believe that there are such perverted soldiers in the world who can do everything to the extreme.
Especially after learning that Lu Cheng was also proficient in medicine and familiar with various mainstream languages in the world today, everyone had only one word to describe Lu Cheng, "genius"!
And he is an evil genius.
In the military camp, strength has always been the key. Lu Cheng relied on his own strength to win the respect of the American instructors, and even made them willing to become his students.
Originally, in the Ramgarh training camp, all the instructors were Americans. The Chinese military, whether ordinary soldiers or officers at all levels, had to remove their original military ranks and participate in training as trainees. Even a colonel was just a soldier here.
As for the senior generals of the Chinese military, they were only responsible for managing the military appearance and discipline in the barracks. As for training, command, personnel, and sanitation, they were all the responsibility of the US military.
It can be said that the senior generals on the Chinese side have basically been sidelined.
In fact, there is a reason for this. In the previous Burmese battlefield, the generals at all levels of the Chinese side did not obey Stilwell's command, but obeyed the command of the Shancheng side, which led to chaos in the command system and many orders could not be executed.
This was also one of the main reasons for the failure of the previous Burma Campaign. Therefore, the Allied Command wanted to keep the command firmly in its hands.
With his excellent military qualities, Lu Cheng impressed all the American instructors in the military camp. With the support of Commander-in-Chief Stilwell and British Brigadier General William, he successfully became the deputy chief instructor in the Ramgarh training camp, serving as the deputy of Colonel Arms and responsible for coordinating the training and practice of various training subjects.
This appointment also greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese soldiers, allowing them to see that China also has a super instructor who can impress the American instructors.
Just after the appointment was announced, General Sun of the newly formed 38th Division and General Liao of the 22nd Division found Lu Cheng together and had a chat with him, exchanging military skills and command experience.
Both of them have studied abroad. General Sun was a top student at the Virginia Military Institute in the United States, and General Liao also studied at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy in France. He and Lu Cheng, a German student, have some common topics.
"Lu Cheng, I never thought that after serving as soldiers for so many years and fighting in so many wars, we would end up being students of a young man like you. However, you were able to convince those American instructors, which is a real skill and can be regarded as bringing glory to the country. Even if the higher-ups knew about it, they would be very happy."
"Yes, there is no order of learning, and the one who is more accomplished is the teacher. Lu Cheng, Lao Sun and I will have to learn from you in the future."
"Generals, you are too polite. We are all Chinese soldiers, and you are my superiors. Whether we are talking about learning or not, we can just have a good exchange. If we really want to talk about learning, I, who has just been in the army for a short time, should learn from you two seniors."
"You're welcome, aren't you? Look after each other, look after each other..."
General Sun was a rather straightforward person. He did not like to curry favor with the powerful, and he could not stand those who fawned on him. Although he had advanced military knowledge, he was not well versed in the ways of being an official or the ways of the world at home.
General Sun admired Lu Cheng, a young officer with real ability, from the bottom of his heart and wanted to communicate more with Lu Cheng.
As for General Liao, he was more like a nerd. When he was studying, he wanted to be the first in everything, even in running, and eventually he ran himself into a pulp. In the subsequent battles, he also suffered a great loss because of his stubbornness.
Of course, for the moment, we are all Chinese compatriots living overseas, and we should indeed communicate more with each other.
When Lu Cheng demonstrated his personal strength, although his performance was far beyond that of ordinary people, he was actually still reserved.
As for when communicating with American instructors, we must be more cautious and not pass on advanced skills and concepts to them, lest we suffer losses in the future.
For his own people, Lu Cheng would talk a little more and teach more.
After chatting with the two generals, the three of them got along better and better, and even changed their ways of addressing each other.
"Brother Lu, in my opinion, your position as deputy chief instructor is high and low at the same time. The Americans have the final say on how much power you have. You should be mentally prepared in advance."
"Don't worry, Brother Sun. I understand this. The Americans are not kind people. The reason they are willing to help us is based on their own interests."
"I'm glad you understand. I've been in the United States for many years, and I'm very familiar with the habits of the Americans. Of course, Commander-in-Chief Stilwell is a very good person. No matter what the reason or position is, he is very good to us. You can also communicate with him more. This old man is very generous."
In the hearts of the expeditionary soldiers, Stilwell, the commander-in-chief, still has a very high status.
In order to prevent officers at all levels from embezzling the wages and supplies of ordinary soldiers, Stilwell implemented measures in the training camp to supply to the company and to the individual, insisting that every penny of wages and every item of supplies be delivered to every soldier so that the soldiers could fully enjoy the best welfare benefits.
In order to provide the soldiers with nutrition, in addition to the normal three meals a day, Stilwell would also distribute an additional ration to ordinary soldiers every day, including 1 can of beef, 2 biscuits, 2 cereals, etc.
Seeing that the Chinese soldiers were generally thin and malnourished, Stilwell transferred a batch of high-tech products, vitamin tablets, from the United States and distributed them to every soldier.
It is worth mentioning that these vitamin tablets are the best nutritional supplements for those who are hungry and cold in this era of food shortage and clothing shortage. They can also strengthen the body even if you are not sick.
Because of this, these vitamin tablets were sold at very high prices on the black market, and some officers tried every means to deduct vitamin tablets from soldiers.
After the American instructors found out, in order to prevent the vitamin tablets from being withheld, they would personally watch the soldiers take the vitamin tablets.
However, the American instructors underestimated the greed and shamelessness of some officers. Some officers even asked the soldiers to put the vitamin tablets in their mouths, put them under their tongues, and pretend to eat them. After the American instructors left, they asked the soldiers to spit out the vitamin tablets, wipe them clean, and sell them.
As for those officers, Lu Cheng really wanted to kill them one by one, but they were not his subordinates after all.
As for his own company, Lu Cheng not only would not withhold any soldier's salary and material supplies, but he would also often use his position as deputy chief instructor to obtain some supplies from the logistics department to provide the soldiers with additional nutrition.
These soldiers have enough food to eat every day, have meat every day, and have a balanced nutrition, so their physical fitness and physical fitness can naturally be improved rapidly.
On the third day after Lu Cheng arrived at the Ramgarh training camp, a familiar figure came to the gate of the military camp.
Soon, Lu Cheng, who was leading the soldiers in training, received news that his girlfriend had arrived.
"Dear Lu! I finally see you again."
"Catherine, long time no see..."
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