"Brother-in-law, I know you are also very dissatisfied with the people in the headquarters, but we are just members of the logistics force. Besides, you can't command those gentlemen, so why bother yourself because of them." Huang Hanju looked depressed at the sight of his frown.
Smoking one cigarette after another, Tang Cheng had no choice but to sit down and wait for Huang Hanju to feel better before he said what he wanted to say.
"Xiaocheng, do you think we will be defeated again this time? 100,000 people, 100,000 elites are going to be defeated, and I won't accept it." When Huang Hanju looked up again, Tang Cheng, who was sitting next to him, could already see
Seeing the tears on Huang Hanju's face, Tang Cheng was just a young boy in his 20s. Even though he knew how sad Huang Hanju was at this moment, he couldn't think of the right words to comfort Huang Hanju, so he had to take a cigarette and accompany him silently.
Huang Hanju was smoking in the room.
"Just tell me if you have anything to say. I'll be fine in a minute. You don't have to worry about me." Knowing that Tang Cheng came to him with something to say, Huang Hanju finally threw away the cigarette butt in his hand and reached out to wipe away the stains from the corners of his eyes and face.
Tears were waiting for Tang Cheng to speak. Originally, Tang Cheng spoke after the screening, but as he sat silently with Huang Hanju and smoked a cigarette, Tang Cheng felt a little hard to say. After all, what he wanted to say to Huang Hanju was listening.
Not a good thing.
Seeing that Huang Hanju was already waiting for him, Tang Cheng had no choice but to cough twice before speaking, "Brother-in-law, what I want to say may not sound very good, but you have to wait until I finish everything before speaking.
Okay?" Tang Cheng's seriousness was somewhat beyond Huang Hanju's expectation. Seeing that Tang Cheng didn't look like he was joking, Huang Hanju straightened his face and nodded in agreement.
"Through the battle reports and news you brought back from the headquarters these days, I infer that the Pingmanna battle planned by the headquarters may not be successful." Seeing Huang Hanju glared and looked like he was about to have a fit, Tangcheng opened.
Huang Hanju explained the map at hand, "Brother-in-law, you see, the Japanese attack route to the north is divided into three routes. The British troops on the west route can no longer be counted on, but the right wing of our center troops will also be exposed to the Japanese army."
.You have never fought with the Japanese army. What the Japanese army is best at is infiltration and outflank operations. Once they carry out a large outflank operation from the western front, do you think we can still stop them in Pingmanna?"
Before Huang Hanju came back to his senses, Tang Cheng's finger slowly moved to a position close to Lashio on the China-Myanmar border. "This is the only way for Zhe to return to his country. If the Japanese army sends troops to attack here, let alone capture Lashio."
Even if the Japanese army occupied the area around Lashio, do you think we can safely return to the country along the same route? If I were the commander of the Japanese army that attacked Lashio, if I could not capture Lashio, I would
I ordered the troops to destroy the roads and bridges from Lashio to Mandalay, so that you who are eager to return to the country can only walk on two legs."
Tang Cheng's words made Huang Hanju sweat profusely. After understanding what Tang Cheng said, Huang Hanju was really scared. Once the Japanese army cut off the retreat route of the expeditionary force back home, the 100,000 elite soldiers who had entered Myanmar would be killed.
It's all over. "What should we do? What should we do?" Huang Hanju reached out and grasped Tangcheng's chest tightly. "We have to do something. We can't let so many people die here and not be able to return home." Huang Hanju's
His voice was hoarse, and it could even be said that he was a little hysterical.
Tang Cheng couldn't help but have water vapor in his eyes, but he calmly slowly opened Huang Hanju's hand and grabbed his own, "It's useless, brother-in-law, no one wants to listen to us. You are just a person who is not taken seriously."
The deputy director of logistics who is being squeezed out, I am just a small captain. There are a lot of military positions like ours in the expeditionary force, and the gentlemen in the headquarters don’t look down on us at all. We can only worry about it now.
For my own sake, I promised sister that I will take you home alive."
Be prepared to retreat in advance. This is what Tangcheng wants to tell Huang Hanju alone. Although Huang Hanju is squeezed out by those guys in the military department, he is just an under-appreciated deputy director of logistics, but this position also has its benefits.
Compared with others, Huang Hanju, the deputy director of logistics, had an easy time getting back some supplies that Tangcheng needed. "Our weapons were all prepared before we left Kunming, but I still need some ammunition. It's best if I can give them back."
I'll bring back a Japanese grenade launcher."
"Medicines, mainly medicines. Since we set aside half of the place to accommodate wounded soldiers, I have secretly saved some medicines, but they are not enough. Once there is an evacuation, medicines are the most important thing." Seeing Huang Hanju, he was already very careful.
While listening to himself speak, Tang Cheng then said something that he had considered for a long time and that Huang Han had to do. "Brother-in-law, I heard that the British have built many strongholds in Myanmar to store supplies. There are weapons and ammunition in them, as well as
Food and medicine, I need to know the location of these warehouses north of Mandalay."
"This matter is not easy to handle. If I just get some ammunition and medicine, I can do it. But the British are very arrogant and unreasonable. It is really difficult to get their things." Huang Hanju was told by Tangcheng.
He was shocked by the plan. He did not expect that Tang Cheng was secretly plotting something against the British.
Huang Hanju's reaction was obviously within Tang Cheng's expectation. He smiled at Huang Hanju, Tang Cheng came closer and said softly, "Brother-in-law, haven't you heard of the old saying that money can make the world go round? Whether it's the British
The Chinese are all the same in essence. I don’t believe that the British will not be moved when faced with the golden nuggets. As long as you bring the British Major named Johnson to visit us, I will find a way to get rid of him.
We can get what we want there."
Of course, Huang Hanju knew that the British Major named Johnson was the adjutant of the British General Alexander, but he knew that this guy named Johnson also had the identity of a British nobleman. Huang Hanju had very little hope for Tang Cheng's plan to bribe a British nobleman.
"Haha, brother-in-law, don't you know this? Do you think that the British aristocracy is the same as the Manchu royal family here? You think too highly of the British. Johnson's title of aristocracy has long been in his generation.
He's almost ruined. Don't say that I spent money to buy him some irrelevant words. Even if I spend money to ask him to eat shit, I guess that guy will agree without hesitation."
Huang Hanju, who had always looked bad after hearing Tang Cheng's metaphor, couldn't help but laugh. "Brother-in-law, you don't know, I had a lot of dealings with foreigners when I was in Shanghai. Don't look at those big-nosed foreigners."
Everyone looked at the five and six people who talked about fairness and justice. In fact, the most important thing is to obtain benefits. As long as we can get the price that Johnson thinks is appropriate, maybe that guy will really eat shit according to our orders. After all
He will have a secure life for the rest of his life." When Tang Cheng said that the British value interests, Huang Hanju couldn't help but nodded.
After roughly listening to Tang Cheng's explanation, the anxious Huang Hanju didn't even bother to have lunch, and immediately drove into the city with a military doctor who was taking care of the wounded soldiers to ask for medicine and supplies. "The battle ahead is very unfavorable, and the speed of the Japanese army moving north is also slow.
Soon, Mandalay may also be raided by the Japanese army, so we must be prepared to withdraw home at any time. You guys should make more preparations in the past few days, but don't be seen by those in the new 22nd Division.
Everything must be done quietly." After seeing Huang Hanju leave, Tang Cheng summoned Hou San and others who had been waiting for a long time.
Hou San and others are not very surprised to withdraw their troops and go home. Tang Cheng has been sitting in his room these days playing with the maps and the battle reports Huang Hanju brought back. Hou San and others already have an understanding of the war ahead, not to mention the current situation in the camp.
There are also a lot of wounded people who have been evacuated from the front line. "The headquarters is planning to have a large-scale battle with the main force of the Japanese army heading north in the near future. I estimate that the possibility of a battle is very small, because the British troops have been defeated one after another.
, completely exposing our right wing to the Japanese army."
"Starting tomorrow, all of you are prohibited from going out. Not only that, everyone including me will resume training starting tomorrow. You two brothers, Yanlong Yanhu, must familiarize us with the mountains and forests here in Myanmar in the shortest possible time.
." Tangcheng's next arrangement was a bit beyond everyone's expectations. The withdrawal of troops naturally followed the original route and returned to Wanding. But why did Tangcheng suddenly mention that the Yanlong brothers would take everyone to familiarize themselves with the mountains and forests?
"Do you think the Japanese army are fools and can just let us go back to Wanding the same way we came? Don't even think about it. As long as those who know the Japanese army are not fools, they will definitely know to send troops to take a detour to attack Lashio.
, as long as Lashio is taken, it will cut off the retreat of our 100,000 people." Xu Shi saw the doubts of Hou San and others, Tang Cheng smiled coldly, but it is such an obvious thing, in the headquarters
But those people just can't see it.
"What the hell kind of war are you fighting?" Dice, who had the most violent temper, scolded him. He carefully calculated the time. It was less than a month since they drove all the way from Kunming to Mandalay. This is
Thinking about the withdrawal of troops, Dice really couldn't figure out how this battle could be fought like this. Could it be that these bastards just came to Myanmar to go around and go through the motions.
"Don't think about those things that we can't control. Those gentlemen naturally don't care about the lives of us soldiers. Now we are the only ones to consider for ourselves. We came with the commander, and naturally we will follow the commander all the way home." Mu
Before Lian Shan came, Hou San was the eldest among them. Without Tang Cheng saying anything, Hou San had already scolded him.