Chapter 53
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Dear readers, due to the rapid changes in the international situation, the author, after careful consideration, has decided to update some of the plot and the names of the characters in the novel. Q and follow the new, which caused readers to read when not happy, the author expresses his apologies! However, there is nothing that can be done about it.
Dr. Sun Yat-sen once said a classic sentence. I don't know if you all remember it, but the trend of the world is vast and mighty. Those who go with it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish! Alright, let the novel continue.
When I saw the smug faces of the Americans when we were signing the contract, I felt disgusted. However, we had no choice. For our country, we had to pay the price.
Fortunately, these guns and ammunition were not included in the loan. Otherwise, we would have suffered a huge loss. I brought back so many good things, hired American instructors, and trained you for such a long time.
Now you're giving me such a sentence. What do you mean by that?
Did you even put in the effort? Seeing President Li Liangshan's anxious expression, Li Xiucai hurriedly explained to him.
Fourth Brother, training troops to fight is not a simple matter. First of all, you have to understand the situation of our army. Our army was established during World War II to resist the Japanese invasion. The early days of its establishment were not smooth. It was mainly small skirmishes and guerrilla warfare.
It was only after the Japanese retreated and the Allies landed that we were able to develop rapidly. Due to the small size of our army, in order to better cooperate with the Allies in seizing cities, we recruited a lot of people in that special era. The rapid recruitment resulted in serious problems in the later stages.
The most important point was that the composition of the personnel was complicated. There were bandits, hooligans, landlords' servants, thugs, triads, and a large number of people who were just there to make up the numbers.
The most prominent problem was that there were comprador landlords and triads who had infiltrated the army. This was because many of these people had a lot of influence and rallying power in society. There were also many outstanding representatives in the earthquake. These soldiers who had infiltrated the army were not good people.
Delaying the army's training progress was their masterpiece. Out of our 390,000 soldiers, 210,000 have not fully mastered the use of American weapons and equipment.
The specific analysis was even more complicated. The entire army's proficiency with the M14 rifle was only 70%, the American grenade was 40%, the M60 machine gun was 80%, the mortar was 95%, and the flamethrower was 100%.
Wait, why was the proficiency of the grenade so low?
Cough, cough, cough, this, this, this is because...
It was rather troublesome to explain things to a layman. And to the president, who was a layman in military affairs but wanted to know everything. Li Xiucai had no choice but to carefully explain to the other party.
Many of the troops at the grassroots level responded that they were not used to using American-style grenades. They felt that the grenades were too heavy, too powerful, and unsafe to use. They felt that they were not as good as the original Japanese grenades.
Li Liangshan was furious when he heard this. Wasn't it good to be powerful? Wouldn't a powerful grenade be able to kill more enemies?
It's already rare that I don't despise them, but they're still doing this to me. How hateful!
We can't blame them. We can only blame our lack of industrial production capabilities. We are an agricultural country and don't have the conditions to produce these things. Li Xiucai smiled helplessly.
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