"That's the thing. The command headquarters only allows my brother-in-law to leave alone. You and I must stay and retreat with the military headquarters. As for what will happen on the way out, to be honest, I don't know now. Anyway,
, I will take you back alive." Calling Hou San and the others together, Tang Cheng glanced at everyone present with some uncertainty, "If, I mean, if any of you want to leave early, I can find a way to
If you sneak into the wounded soldiers, as long as you are careful, you can leave early with the wounded soldiers."
"I thought there was some big deal to call us here. Don't count me out. I came to Burma just to see my machine gun and the devil's head, which one is tougher. I can't pretend to be a wounded soldier. You
It's better to find someone else, don't count me out." He accidentally saw Tang Cheng looking at him, and Man Niu, who was sitting next to Hou San, immediately shook his head like a rattle. Perhaps he was afraid that Tang Cheng wouldn't believe what he just said, and Man Niu would
He held out three fingers and immediately swore to God.
"Don't look at me either. You know what my temper is. It's not something I want to do. Even if you force me with a gun, I may not do it. But if it's something I'm sure about, I'm afraid you won't be able to drive me away."
." Hou San, who was sitting next to Man Niu, also shook his head repeatedly. Although he did not show Man Niu's expression or reaction, the determination in Hou San's eyes had already answered Tang Cheng's gaze.
"Look at what I'm doing. Do you think I'm more afraid of death than the two of them?" Dice is indeed a hot-tempered person. When he saw Tang Cheng's eyes falling on him, he immediately stood up, his face already red.
"I'm a rough man. Although I don't have any great skills, I followed you for thousands of miles and killed some useless little devils. I know who is one of my own, and I can
I don’t want to put my life in the hands of irrelevant people, you know what I mean.”
Of course Tang Cheng knew that Dice's face turned red not out of shyness, but out of anger. This bandit who had been following him all the way from Zouma Mountain had already expressed his feelings. He was as famous as Hou San.
Men would never be willing to stay just because of a few kind words from Tang Cheng. The reason why they chose to stay with them was because they regarded themselves as one of their own and could trust them with their backs on the battlefield.
of one's own people.
"I'll stay and leave you. I don't know where else I can go. Like Brother Dice, I'm not used to entrusting my life to people I don't know. Maybe I will be dragged into doing it when the time comes.
It's not worth it to be cannon fodder. I went to college." Tan Fei stretched out his hand to adjust his glasses out of habit, but as soon as he finished speaking, he was pushed to the ground by the dice people who came over.
After punching him hard a few times, he emphasized that he had gone to college, and he obviously looked down on illiterate old men like Dice.
The two Yanlong brothers, who had lived in the mountains since childhood and were surrounded by tigers, leopards, snakes and insects all day long, naturally had no objection. Compared with their previous life in the mountains, life with Tangcheng was much easier, and they did not
I think the Japanese soldiers will be much more powerful than those ferocious beasts, snakes and insects in the mountains. "You two brothers must stay, because our way back home may be cut off by the Japanese army. By then we will have to cross the mountains, so you two brothers
This is the guarantee for us people to return home safely."
Although the Yanlong brothers were found by Tang Chengxu with a lot of money, Hou San and the others got along very well with the Yanlong brothers these days. At least Hou San and the others did not treat the brothers as outsiders. People in the mountains have always been simple.
, whoever treats him well will be treated ten times and a hundred times better. Since Tang Cheng values his brother so much, the two brothers Yanlong and Yanhu immediately patted their chests and promised to be a good guide for Tangcheng.
"When I left Kunming, I asked for 6 gold bars from Shitou to take with me in case of emergencies. The people at the headquarters offered my brother-in-law 10 gold bars, which means I am still short of 4 gold bars.
.You are all people I trust. Now you are all helping to think of ways to see where you can get enough gold for 4 bars. If you miss this opportunity, my brother-in-law may have to travel across the mountains with us.
.”
The six gold bars that Tang Cheng took out and placed on the table made the Yanlong and Yanhu brothers dumbfounded. Although the brothers lived in the mountains all year round, they also knew that gold was a very valuable thing. Hou San and the others were already familiar with such things as gold bars.
It is no longer as rare as it was before. When he went south, Liu Shitou always carried a lot of gold bars in his small leather bag. When they had nothing to do, they often used those gold bars to look forward to their future lives.
"When I was hanging out with the guys from the New 22nd Division, we went to a temple not far south of Mandalay. As you told us, the Buddha statues there were all covered with gold. Why don't we just rob the temple?
Forget it, even though it’s just gilded, if you scrape it off and put it back into the furnace, it might not be less than 4 pieces of paper.” After all, he was a bandit, so Hou San wanted to rob the temple where the Buddha statues were all gilded, but
Tang Cheng shook his head to express his disagreement.
"It may not be possible to rob the temple. The military police in Mandalay City are not vegetarians. Besides, the military discipline of the expeditionary force is very strict. If they find out about us robbing the temple, the management committee will directly shoot a few of us. This will
If the method doesn't work, it's not cost-effective to exchange our lives for money." Tangcheng didn't agree with his method, so Hou San had to give up. If the city's military police or people from the Military Law Office knew about this, it would be really embarrassing.
Not cost effective.
"I think it's better to find a way with the local people. Don't we still have those captured British weapons and ammunition? Find a few local leaders and sell those weapons and ammunition directly to them. We still have 30 guns."
With those ammunition and the like, I guess I can exchange them for some gold, but if that doesn't work, we can also sell them some of our extra weapons." After all, Tan Fei's mind was spinning so fast. When everyone was at a loss, he could only
The method Tan Fei came up with is quite feasible.
"Since there is no other way, let's do what the glasses did first. The headquarters only has 2 days left for us. If we can't reach an agreement with the leaders, we will have to find another way." He was anxious.
Tang Cheng held up the sun before it set, so he hurriedly drove out of the camp with Tan Fei and Dice and went straight to the home of a local chieftain in the east of the city.
"I need gold. I can provide you with weapons and ammunition, and even military boots and military blankets. They are all good things." Tang Cheng put a British rifle he had brought on the table in front of the chieftain, with Tan Fei next to him.
He was talking to the chieftain in Burmese, which he was not very proficient in. The chieftain, who was over fifty but still energetic, looked at the rifle on the table with an unclear expression, then looked up at Tangcheng, and mumbled something to Tan Fei.
Datong and Tangcheng couldn't understand what Chieftain said, so they could only turn around and wait for Tan Fei's translation.
"He said that these are leftovers from the British and are not worth much at all. If we can get machine guns and mortars, he would be willing to sell some." Seeing that Tang Cheng was a little disappointed, Tan Fei turned around again.
I talked to the chieftain for a few words. "I told him that we have 30 rifles like this and a large amount of ammunition to sell to him. He said that 30 rifles plus the ammunition can give us up to 10 ounces of gold. If it is a machine gun
, one machine gun will give us 10 ounces of gold.”
Myanmar has been occupied by the British as a colony for many years, and the unit of measurement of gold has always been the ounce used by the British. Tan Fei did not know what the unit of measurement was, but Tangcheng, who grew up with Robert, was no stranger to the unit of measurement of the ounce.
The ounce is converted into the international weight standard, but it is only about 31 grams. This means that the 30 British rifles they seized in Tangcheng can only be sold for 310 grams of gold including ammunition.
The people at the headquarters asked Huang Hanju that the gold bar he wanted was a standard 10-pound large yellow croaker, which converted into a standard weight of 312.5 grams. Although Tangcheng did not expect these British rifles to sell for a good price, 30 rifles plus
The lack of ammunition can only be exchanged for the price of a gold bar, which is somewhat unacceptable to Tangcheng. If these weapons and ammunition were placed on the domestic black market, they would have to be exchanged for at least three times the current price.
"Promise him, you tell him, I can also sell him some grenades and a light machine gun, but the price cannot be cheaper." 30 British rifles and a light machine gun can be exchanged for two gold bars.
Tang Cheng simply gritted his teeth and added the three boxes of grenades that Huang Hanju had just brought back from the city. After a while of bargaining by Tan Fei, the old fox-like chieftain finally agreed to pay the equivalent of four gold bars to buy them from Tang Cheng.
30 British rifles, one Czech light machine gun and 3 boxes of grenades.
The rifles and grenades were both ready-made, but the light machine gun Tang Cheng was talking about was the one that Man Niu regarded as his own eyeball. Man Niu was just unwilling at first, holding his own light machine gun and shaking his head without saying a word.
, and then Dice leaned over and whispered to him for a while. Manniu then reluctantly let go and handed the light machine gun to Tang Cheng, who looked apologetic. "What did you say to Manniu? What did he do?
I just listened to you and am willing to take out the machine gun." Tan Fei asked the dice in confusion.
Dice smiled slyly, "Actually, it's nothing. I just said that I would follow you later and secretly write down where the chieftain lives. When we actually retreat, I will take him and knock on the door.
Get his machine gun back." Tan Fei laughed out loud at Dice's words. Just like the sly fox they traded, he was determined to move after receiving this batch of arms. Even if Dice brought the barbarian bull with him,
If you go to the door, I'm afraid you won't even be able to see the toast's face.