"You mean what we encountered was not bandits, but this damn small force of the Myanmar Independence Army?" Tang Cheng looked at the second lieutenant standing in front of him with disbelief. The other party's army
His position is two levels lower than his own, so why would he know something that should be classified as confidential?
Xu could see what Tang Cheng was thinking, and the second lieutenant named Ye smiled, "The Burmese Independence Army in Kunshan has been around since the Japanese army came. Maybe people who have just come from China don't know it yet, but those of us who have entered the country long ago
It is not a secret matter for Myanmar’s military. The Myanmar people are very poor, and they do not have the ability to equip so many weapons and ammunition. Apart from the Myanmar Independence Army, I can’t think of any other country in Myanmar.
People will sneak up on people wearing *** military uniforms."
As expected of the elite valued by the Chairman, Tang Cheng couldn't help but secretly praise the Fifth Army in his heart. The opponent was just a small second lieutenant. He spoke and acted with the spirit of an elite army. Tang Cheng was about to ask those captured
How to deal with British weapons and ammunition? Huang Hanju, expressionless, came out of the Fifth Army's headquarters in Mandalay and said, "Xiaocheng, let's go. The place assigned to me by the Fifth Army is not here. The place above is.
I work at the material distribution field outside Mandalay."
In front of the second lieutenant, Tang Cheng couldn't say anything. The two of them walked out silently. Before Tang Cheng could ask, Huang Hanju, who was walking in front, shouted angrily. "The people in the Fifth Army are too arrogant.
It’s so irritating. I, Huang Hanju, was the one whom Commander Du had given me the nod over. They actually only sent a lieutenant colonel at the same level as me to convey orders to me. Not only did they not let us enter the city, they also deliberately arranged for us to go there.
In the temporary camp 20 miles outside the city, it is obvious that they want to give Huang Han a show of strength."
Huang Hanju's complaints made Tangcheng dumbfounded. There were many factions in the Communist Party of China. Even if the Fifth Army was sent by the National Government to Burma to help the British army fight, some people would inevitably form cliques in private. Huang Hanju was a member of the Southwest Administrative Office.
It is inevitable for the people of the Fifth Army to show off their power. What is there to be angry about? "Forget it, brother-in-law, just stay outside the city. If you don't get entangled with them, it may not be a bad thing." Tang
After Cheng persuaded him for a while, Huang Hanju's expression improved a little.
Although the people of the Fifth Army gave Huang Hanju a modest blow, they still lacked the courtesy they should have. When they learned that Huang Hanju came in a truck, they assigned a truck according to Huang Hanju's position and military rank.
The jeep sent by the British army. The Ford truck that took Tangcheng and the others all the way to Mandalay belonged to a transportation company. When Tangcheng and the others were brought to Mandalay, they had to transport supplies back to Kunming. This jeep arrived in time, otherwise, in the future,
If Huang Hanju needed to go into the city, he could only ride a bicycle.
Tang Cheng and Tan Fei both knew how to drive, so Huang Hanju did not ask for the driver sent by the Fifth Army. Instead, he asked Tang Cheng to drive the jeep. There were four people in the jeep. As the owner, Huang Hanju naturally took the seat next to the driver in front.
, Manniu and the officer responsible for taking Huang Hanju and the others to the camp outside the city were seated in the back row. Hou San and others still followed the jeep in the two Ford trucks, although they were very disappointed about not being able to enter Mandalay.
There were some complaints, but after being appeased by Tang Cheng, Hou San and others didn't say anything more.
Tang Cheng, who was driving, looked at the officer in the back row from time to time in the rear mirror. He was a guy with half his arm bandaged. Although his military uniform was quite neat, Tang Cheng could not find the officer's rank mark.
The road to the material distribution point outside the city was a bit bumpy, but the bandaged guy didn't say anything except for humming a few times at first. When he spoke again, it was when he gave directions to Tangcheng.
Huang Hanju said that the material distribution point he wanted to go to was 20 miles outside the city, but Tang Cheng, who was driving, felt that it was not that far away, so he followed the direction pointed by the officer in the back seat and walked around for a while before arriving.
The so-called material transportation point. The so-called material transportation point is just a temporary camp with only a few rows of wooden houses and a few scattered trucks. The extremely busy material transportation scene that Tangcheng imagined was not there at all. If
Those piles of things covered with tarpaulins can be considered supplies, and this supply distribution point is extremely crude.
Huang Hanju in the jeep did not get out of the car, but just stared at the piles of things. Even the handover here was conducted by Tang Cheng and the officer in the back seat. Until the officer left, Huang Hanju in the jeep was still
There was no word. "Xiaocheng, do you think we have been outcast?" After a while, Huang Hanju, who got off the jeep, laughed twice as if he was self-deprecating, but Tang Cheng didn't know what to do.
How to comfort Huang Hanju.
"Okay, don't be idle. You've already seen it. This is a camp like this. Come on, be more energetic and don't let the people of the Fifth Army underestimate us." Let Manniu accompany Huang Hanju in the
While wandering around the camp, Tang Cheng called Hou San and the others together. "Some people wanted to see our jokes, but we just didn't give them the chance to see our jokes. When we first arrived in Kunming, there was still nothing. But what happened next?
In this way, we live a more comfortable life than the garrison in Kunming. The reason is because we are united and we work hard. Only by working hard can we live a good life, and it is the same here."
After giving careful instructions and seeing that everyone was in much better spirits, Tang Cheng took Tan Fei to walk around the camp and check carefully, while Hou San and the rest of the group were busy unloading the things they brought from the truck.
"Brother-in-law, I've seen it all. The terrain here is quite good. The surrounding terrain is flat, which is convenient for us to defend. There is a branch of a small river not far from the camp. It is very convenient for us to use water and other things. Maybe we can also catch fish.
Maybe." After looking around in the camp, Tangcheng was more satisfied than Huang Hanju. This place was much better than the original Dabanqiao.
Tang Cheng and the others were not the only ones in the camp. There was also a platoon from the Fifth Army here. After asking their platoon deputy, Tang Cheng knew that this was originally the location for the logistics troops selected by the Fifth Army. As a result, before the Fifth Army could do this,
While the camp was being completely built, the British army had already provided a renovated logistics camp for the Fifth Army. After weighing things up, the Fifth Army headquarters immediately suspended the construction here and instead transferred most of the supplies.
After going to the new camp for storage, only one platoon of troops was sent here for daily defense.
"So you, the captain and company commander, became my guard squad leader, and I, the lieutenant colonel, automatically became a platoon leader?" When he learned that a platoon stationed here only had a platoon deputy and no platoon leader, Huang Hanju couldn't laugh or cry even more.
Since the Fifth Army didn't want to see me, why did they agree to transfer me to Myanmar in the first place?
"Brother-in-law, you can't say this. I can only say that you are unlucky, but you can't say that the Fifth Army deliberately targeted you." Tang Cheng had already guessed the meaning behind this matter. "The Fifth Army didn't do anything at all.
I want your administrative office to send someone to step in. Don't say it's you. If someone else from your administrative office comes in, I'll make sure they still behave like this. No matter who it is, they won't like someone putting a spoon into their bowl.
Come here to grab food, if it were me, I might do even better."
"Forget it, you've already arrived. You can't just become a deserter and run back to Kunming now. Now that you've arrived, make peace with it and endure it." Huang Hanju, who originally wanted to come to Myanmar and have a good career, was already discouraged.
Leng, he just wants to go back to Kunming safely and alive, and no longer thinks about other things. Huang Hanju has put his mind in order, and Tangcheng is naturally much more relaxed, at least he doesn't have to think before speaking.
The consequences of what you said.
Although the camp is simple, the barracks are already ready. Tangcheng and the others can move in directly after just packing up, which saves a lot of effort. After successfully moving in, the next step is to understand the material situation in the camp. Those piles of covers
The large pile of oilcloths was nothing else. They were all military uniforms, military boots, helmets and uniforms sent by the British army. The Fifth Army was a newly promoted direct descendant of the Communist Party, and of course it could only be worn according to the standards of the Communist Party, so the British army sent them
Naturally, these clothes can only be piled up here and wait to rot, but Tang Cheng did not think so.
"The cowhide military boots are a good thing. They are much better than the military shoes we have on our feet. We will distribute them to the brothers at the rate of two pairs per person, as well as those military blankets." One after another, I found that they could be used.
Tang Cheng was in a good mood. After asking Huang Hanju, Hou San and others immediately put on new cowhide military boots. Each of them received several new military blankets that had not been used in the water, especially
Liu Shitou and Dice wished they could replace the mattress under them with a military blanket.
"Sir, if the superiors knew that we had tampered with these things sent by the British big nose, they would be in big trouble. Although the military commander didn't say anything, the people in the military department are very strict about military discipline. They might take it.
Military law governs us." The platoon of soldiers who stayed in the camp never dared to change into military boots like Hou San and others, and some even came to persuade Tang Cheng to order Hou San and others to change back to the military shoes originally issued by the government.
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"Nonsense, why can't I wear the shoes if they are ready-made? The shoes of my brothers have long been so rotten that the toes can stick out, and they are specially worn. Is it possible that my brothers should go barefoot? How do bare feet look good?
Whoever wants to say it can say it. If the worst happens, I will be transferred back to Kunming. I really want to be transferred back." Tang Cheng is not afraid that people from the Fifth Army Headquarters will come to make trouble. On the contrary, he is still a little bit eager to be transferred back. Since
Knowing that this was a show of force exerted by the other party, Tang Cheng did not have the good temper to continue to smile and be careful with the other party.