Chapter 124: Dread
The losses in this battle were astonishing. The forces and weapons of both sides were a huge number. In this battle alone, nearly 30,000 people died and 100,000 people were missing. The losses of Britain, as the main force of the attack, seemed to be a little small, but due to the different basic national strengths of the two countries, the losses were actually quite heavy.
The casualties of the Night Dire brigade made Phillips feel very distressed. After the main battle, the Night Dire brigade, whose pressure on his shoulders, was recalled again. After counting the number of people, Zhang Yang took advantage of the opportunity of recruiting troops in the 107th Infantry Brigade to select a group of members again and restocked the number of people to 500.
In this battle, the changes in the Night Dire brigade were also huge. The second group of team members who joined before were already familiar with each other and their combat effectiveness had improved a lot. Although it was behind the scenes, most of the people's ranks were basically moved upwards. Of course, the main officers such as Zhang Yang and Perez had not had low ranks, and it was not enough to climb up, so there was no big change.
Perez is very open-minded about this issue. Anyway, he is now at the level of a lieutenant colonel. Even if he does not make great contributions, he can survive until the colonel by relying solely on his qualifications. In addition, the secret operation of the Rockefeller family is at least a brigade general guaranteed. Rockefeller's appetite is not limited to a colonel. However, since Perez is a deputy and Zhang Yang is the main commander of Night Sight, the promotion of the military rank has been suppressed invisibly. Unless Zhang Yang is transferred from Night Sight, Perez's rank is really not easy to move.
At this moment, many people in the US Army began to notice Night Dire. Zhang Yang also came into their sight, which immediately gave them a headache.
The reason for the headache is also very simple, that is, Zhang Yang’s racial problem.
Although the identity of this body is American nationality, it is a Chinese after all, which is fundamentally different from whites and blacks. As of now, there has not been a yellow American general in the United States. In history, Fu Luren and Jonathan and Yuan, two American Chinese generals, are still underage at this moment, and there is still a long distance from the general.
If the first precedent is set, then there will be a second one. The third one is that although the United States is not very wary of China at this moment, anyone with a little brain can understand that China, which has a large population and vast land resources, once it is freed from the quagmire of war, it will inevitably usher in rapid development and one day it will become the enemy of the United States.
Against this background, even Zhang Yang formed the Night Dire Group, which set a precedent for the first formal special forces in American history. He also had outstanding military achievements on the battlefield, but was still intercepted by racial issues. If it were Perez, it would not take long to award the rank of colonel.
In addition, Zhang Yang is an ordinary soldier, has no background, and has no experience in studying in a military academy, so it is quite difficult for Zhang Yang to become the first Chinese general in American history in this world.
Fu Luren, who was mentioned earlier, was a major general of the U.S. Army before retirement and served in the U.S. ** for more than 30 years. Jonathan Yuan was a tragic US Navy and studied at West Point Military Academy as an exchange student. The historical status of West Point Military Academy is like the Whampoa Military Academy during the Republic of China. The students who graduated from this school are basically officers of the direct military unit of the US military. Without this level of identity, Zhang Yang's future is even more difficult.
However, it is worth breathing a sigh of relief that Zhang Yang's main purpose here is not just to become a general, but to make some preparations in the future Marvel world. Whether it is the three future wineries acquired in France or the formation of the Night Dire team, it is all for this purpose.
At least for now, Zhang Yang is probably one of the few Chinese school officials in the United States, and he is not embarrassed to speak.
Zhang Yang threw the promotion to the senior management of the US Army for a headache, and he did whatever he should do, without any concern. After adding the third group of team members, the army once again gave more than half a month of rest time to allow the Night Diff Team to accumulate strength. Zhang Yang threw the training task directly to several other squadron leaders, and he took Perez. The two took this opportunity to find General Spatz, and set off from Britain with the plane of the Eighth Air Force, broke through the German blockade line eastward, and passed the Soviet Union. After a week, he entered China from the northern part of Heilongjiang.
During this period, the two of them were in danger. The previous Normandy landing completely reversed the situation of war. The Allies controlled the air supremacy of most parts of Europe, and then arrived at the Soviet Union without any danger. If not, it would take at least half a month to reach China by land.
Northeast China, Harbin.
It is already early August, and the temperature in Harbin has risen. Instead, I have eliminated the work of wearing leather jackets and cotton pants. Zhang Yang spoke Northeastern dialect for half his life, and took Perez, who disguised as a Frenchman, to find ways to move south. Their purpose this time was to go to Shanghai and Hong Kong to receive the assets left by Uncle Ma, and finally head south to Myanmar and leave with the help of the Flying Tigers.
This line of action directly ran through most of China, from the northmost to the southmost. Due to the victory of the Normandy landing, the Allies successfully opened up the second battlefield, and Germany fell into a dilemma of two-sided combat, which eased the pressure of the Soviet army on the one hand, and the United States also freed up time to mobilize some troops to fight against Japan on the Pacific battlefield. In addition, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party jointly launched a comprehensive counterattack against Japan, which led to Japan being too busy at this moment, with internal and external troubles, and the situation on the battlefield became increasingly unfavorable.
However, this situation was beneficial to Zhang Yang. The Japanese army's turn from attack to defense directly led to a much relaxed blockade in various parts of China, which facilitated Zhang Yang and Perez's journey south.
The two of them went south little by little through various methods. After spending more than a week, they finally arrived in Henan. During this period, Perez's French identity could avoid some trouble. In addition to the war zone, there were still French concessions in major cities. The rash arrest of Perez may cause protests from the French concessions. Moreover, Perez did not make any trouble, so he was not detained by the Japanese army along the way.
On the contrary, in order to prevent the Kuomintang and the Communist Party from killing him and Perez as enemies, Zhang Yang had already contacted General Chennard of the Flying Tigers through Spaz before arriving in China. Then he contacted the Kuomintang in Chongqing and then obtained a certificate. When he was surrounded by the Chinese team, he took out the documents to clarify his identity, and then went south with the help of the other party's cover.
Although the experience along the way is not as exaggerated as the TV series, and the Eighth Route Army or ** often tear up the Japanese, the elusive and devilish scenes of the Chinese team are real. Although Zhang Yang and Perez have also conducted infiltration and disguise training behind enemy lines, they are still targeted by the ubiquitous underground personnel of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Fortunately, although there are some misunderstandings along the way, they did not cause any death.
Perhaps he was curious about Zhang Yang's identity. The intelligence personnel of both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party secretly inquired about Zhang Yang and Perez's identities, but they were disappointed at Chennard. Although the Flying Tigers were formed by the United States to aid China, Chennard knew the importance of the Night Dirench Team behind Zhang Yang. Coupled with Spatz's repeated instructions, he naturally did not dare to leak the news casually. You must know that at this moment, the spies and intelligence personnel of both China and Japan are simply pervasive and infiltrated each other. If you accidentally fall into the hands of the Japanese army, the identities of Zhang Yang and the two are in danger.
After all, he is also a person who has registered at the top of the army. It is very necessary for Zhang Yang and Perez to exist. If it weren't for this, Chennard would not have easily agreed to Spatz's request and agreed to take the two out of Myanmar afterwards.
At present, Zhang Yang and Perez were riding in a donkey cart and heading south along Guanlu. They were accompanied by two agents from the Military Control Commission, one man and one woman. They were husband and wife on the surface, but no one knew what was actually going on.
"Mr. Morpheus, I didn't expect you to speak German."
The female agent is Xu Jingman. She is just in her early thirties. Although she is not as beautiful as the world, she is also beautiful and dressed up a beautiful woman. But for some reason, she joined the Military Control Commission and tried many times along the way to get information from Zhang Yang and Perez.
The male agent Yao Hu was tall and big, but he looked calm and didn't like to talk. At this moment, he dressed up as a groom, holding a whip and driving a donkey cart outside. He was familiar with the route nearby. Moreover, in order to hide, they had all had ox carts and donkey carts along the way, and they seemed very careful.
"Miss Jingman, I didn't expect you to speak three foreign languages, which really surprised me. Are all the people in your Military Control Commission so versatile?"
Perez smiled harmoniously, but there was a hint of fear in the depths of his eyes when he looked at Xu Jingman.
Zhang Yang, who pretended to close his eyes and rest, moved his eyelids, but he still did not interrupt the two. During the contact along the way, Zhang Yang was shocked to find that this Military Affairs Agency agent named Xu Jingman was proficient in French, German and Japanese foreign languages. Including the native Chinese language, as well as the other party's standard Shanghai dialect and Cantonese, this woman was also very powerful. Among them, both Japanese were good at listening, speaking, reading and writing, while German and French were limited to oral communication, but even so, it was enough to make Zhang Yang and Perez look at her differently.
Learning a foreign language is not that easy, and not everyone is a genius in learning a foreign language. In addition, the current environment is not as good as that of foreign languages abroad. If you want to speak a foreign language with a straightforward verbal word, you must have a person who is proficient in the language to be carefully taught. Obviously, there are not only Chinese people in the Military Control Commission. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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