At the same time, Patton also called the commander and chief of staff of the 82nd Airborne Division to his office.

The commander of the 82nd Airborne Division was either Li Qiwei, and his chief of staff was Taylor. In another time and space, in the Korean battlefield ten years later, this pair of old partners caused great trouble to the original army of the Chinese People's Chronicle.

However, now, in terms of command experience, these two people are just young boys, even though they are more than one round older than Zhong Yi.

Patton said: "Li Qiwei and Taylor. I don't want to say more extra words. I just say one thing. I don't want to lose to the Chinese at all, especially the young boy who is not dry. Do you understand what I mean!"

Li Qiwei exchanged glances with Taylor and said, "General, don't worry, we won't lose."

"Yes, our 82nd Airborne Division will surely annihilate their defenders before the 1st Airborne Division." Taylor also said confidently, "There is no doubt about this."

Patton nodded and said, "I want to hear your specific thoughts."

"Nothing new, it's all taught in the military school class," Taylor said. "Col. Smith's A regiment will form a standard defensive formation."

"The three infantry regiments of our 82nd Airborne Division will be in standard assault formations."

"The 82nd Airborne Division's Mortar Regiment will provide strong artillery support."

"With absolute superior force, good training and advanced offensive tactics, we will win the final victory without any suspense, and the Chinese cannot beat us."

"That's it?" Patton had a vague premonition.

Li Qiwei shrugged and said, "General, it's mainly because we have never had contact with the Chinese team before, especially we have not had any contact with the Chinese team led by General Zhong Yi."

"So, we can't make targeted deployments."

Speaking of this, Li Qiwei suddenly said: "By the way, General Stilwell and General Zhong Yi are partners. He should know very well about General Zhong Yi's style and the characteristics of his subordinates. Why not send a telegram to ask him?"

"I've already asked Stilwell for advice," said Patton frowned, "but he can only provide some very general statements. He repeatedly said that Zhong Yi's command style is very radical, but very safe. I really can't imagine how the two words radical and safe are unified into a person?"

"There are also the army under Zhong Yi, who has a very tenacious style."

"But it is not without being cunning. On the battlefields of China and Southeast Asia, the Japanese army always suffers a great loss."

"So when you estimate the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, you must use the highest standards and exceed the German standards, and treat them as the most dangerous opponents."

"Is this... necessary?" Taylor looked at each other.

Li Qiwei said disapprovingly: "General, you said General Zhong Yi has very high command attainments. I believe that no matter what, he is a top student who graduated from our West Point Military Academy."

"But you have to say that the combat effectiveness of the Chinese team under his command is comparable to that of the German army."

"I can't agree with this, how could the Chinese team be compared with the German army?"

Patton insisted: "To formulate a combat plan according to the German standards and re-form the combat plan immediately."

"Okay, okay." Li Qi shrugged slightly, and said, "Then make a combat plan according to the German standards, although I don't think it is necessary."

...

Ten days later, the exercise finally began.

Senior generals such as Zhong Yi and senior US military generals such as Patton all came to the rostrum to observe on the spot, but none of the senior British generals such as Mike appeared.

On the one hand, it's because I feel angry.

On the other hand, it is also because this is an exercise between the ** and the US military, and it has nothing to do with their British military.

Zhong Yi and Patton didn't care. To be honest, from the beginning, Zhong Yi didn't count on the British team because the composition of the British team was too complicated.

There are minions from Australia and New Zealand.

There are minions from Canada and Southeast Asia.

More are the minions in India and Nepal.

Such a minion army has no sense of identity with Britain, so where does it have the combat effectiveness?

There will be no major problems when fighting against the wind, but once fighting against the wind, these armies will almost be made of sand, and they will fall apart as soon as the wind blows.

So Zhong Yi never had any expectations when he came to the British army.

On the contrary, Zhong Yi has considerable expectations for the US military.

Because facts have fully proved that the US military is also a force that can fight.

In order to facilitate the high-level generals to watch the battle, the rostrum is dozens of meters above the ground.

So if you look down from the rostrum, you can see the positions of the US A Regiment on both sides and the defensive positions of the **1 Regiment.

Seeing that the US A regiment and the 1st regiment dug a trench around the camp and introduced the sea water, Zhong Yi and Patton immediately showed tacit smiles on their faces.

In this game, both sides evenly matched.

The Chinese have a good brain, but Americans are not all stupid pigs.

Immediately afterwards, smoke and dust rose from the desert in the distance, but the main forces of the 1st Airborne Division and the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army came over.

Since it is an exercise, it is impossible to actually land on air combat.

Because the airborne in this era is very dangerous.

Even under the best weather conditions, the mortality rate of airborne is more than 10%!

If you encounter harsh climatic conditions, the mortality rate of airborne will even exceed 30%!

This means that just parachuting will lead to nearly one-third of the soldiers being killed!

With such a high mortality rate, of course, the airborne troops could not really jump during exercises, but could only imitate the airborne, so they came by a Dodge truck.

As soon as the US 82nd Airborne Division arrived at the battlefield, it immediately deployed its forces and surrounded the 1st Regiment from three directions, leaving only one side near the sea without encirclement, so it was actually equivalent to encircling on all sides.

However, the 1st Airborne Division did not rush to unfold after arriving at the battlefield.

By noon, the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army had completed its deployment and launched a fierce attack on the 1st Regiment.

I don’t know if it was because of the exercise, but the 82nd Airborne Division of the US Army was willing to spend money. As soon as it started, it charged at a battalion-level group. One battalion was "scattered" and immediately entered the second infantry battalion.

The engineers of the 82nd Airborne Division were also very brave and risked their "life risk" to jump into the trench that had flooded the sea water to build a floating bridge.
Chapter completed!