The rice wine brewed by the villagers is not intoxicating, but at this time, Hou San and the others are already a little drunk. In terms of personal affairs, Tang Cheng rarely interferes with Hou San and the others, as long as it is not too excessive.
Tang Cheng has always turned a blind eye to his actions. "Tang, I admit that you are a very powerful commander, and most of the soldiers under your command are also very powerful soldiers, but you can't let them get drunk. What if they come to Japan?"
Luobutou, we people are in danger." Almost everyone was enjoying the joy. Only George, who insisted on wearing a flight jacket, slightly criticized Tang Cheng.
"George, didn't you see that everyone is very happy now? Why do you have to deprive everyone of this joy?" Tang Cheng smiled and handed George a bowl of rice wine, but he grabbed a meat bone and lowered his head to gnaw on it.
Seeing that George was still glaring at him, Tang Cheng had no choice but to put down his bones and said, "George, you are a pilot, and you are a complete layman when it comes to ground combat. Haven't my people been able to prove their own strength? Or are you really
Think they're drunk?"
Tang Cheng spoke a little quickly. George, who was not very proficient in Chinese, thought about it for a while, then turned to look at Hou San and the others who were already confused, and then nodded heavily to Tang Cheng. "I think, these people under your command
The soldiers are already drunk. Look at how they look now, how different they are from the British drunkards on the streets of London." The expression on George's face made Tang Cheng laugh a little, but he was moved by the seriousness of this American.
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He took out a cigarette and forced it into George's mouth. Tang Cheng put his arm around George's shoulders and helped George, who still had a stern face, light the cigarette. "George, you are a pilot who dares to fight against Japanese aircraft. Are you?
Didn't the teacher teach you mathematics? Have you never counted how many soldiers I have? Can't you see that there are some missing soldiers here? I have set up at least 5 sentries around the village where we are staying.
Of course, I can't tell you where they are."
"Tang, you are a bad person. God will never forgive you for teasing a gentleman like me." Knowing that he had made a joke out of his kindness, George, who felt a little embarrassed, simply turned his head and ignored Tang Cheng, muttering "God"
I will punish Tang Cheng, this evil-minded commander.
"George, God will not blame me. I have been watched by God since I was a child. There is no more devout believer in the world than me." Tang Cheng felt that chatting with George was very relaxed, which was a bit like talking to him when he was young.
The meaning of Robert's quarrel is that he and Robert were speaking English at the beginning, but now they are speaking Chinese to George. Knowing that there is such an unknown side of Tangcheng, he has made up his mind to ignore Tangcheng.
George immediately became interested and asked questions again and again regardless of what happened just now.
"I was abandoned by my parents when I was very young. My adoptive father raised me. Unfortunately, my adoptive father was a priest from the United States. I was raised by a priest. Naturally, I wanted to live.
In the church, that's why I said that I grew up under God's watch." Seeing that George didn't seem to believe what he said, Tang Cheng recited several passages from the Gospel of Matthew to him one after another, completely
The dumbfounded George had to admit that what the "annoying" guy in front of him said was true.
"I was adopted by my adoptive father when I was still an infant. We lived in the church until I was almost nineteen years old. It was not until the day before the Battle of Songhu in 1937 that everything changed." Tang
Cheng took out a cigarette and lit it. He didn't know why, but he was a little reluctant to mention Robert's death. This memory was no less than earth-shattering for Tang Cheng. After Liu Yangyang also left him,
Tang Cheng has buried these memories deep in his heart, and every time he mentions them, it is like opening a scar, causing Tang Cheng unbearable pain.
Fortunately, George did not ask about Robert, so Tang Cheng continued, "Later on, I accidentally became a soldier. I was a soldier of the 88th Division of the Chinese Army. In the later stages of the Songhu Battle, my regiment and I were ordered to retreat.
We gathered the wounded, and then went to Nanjing to assist in the defense. In Nanjing, we never retreated a step in the face of the Japanese army that was attacking like a tide. If the troops in Nanjing were not fighting in isolation and there were no reinforcements, I would not have followed me.
The commander was forced to evacuate.”
George did not expect that the young boy in front of him was a veteran who fought in Songhu and Nanjing. Although Tang Cheng only mentioned these wars in a few words, George knew the cruelty of the battlefield and could
The soldiers who survived such a war were not simple people. No wonder this guy was already a captain at such a young age. "Then what happened later, I knew about the Battle of Nanjing. I heard that when the Nanjing Battle retreated, your national army's troops
Most of them are messed up?"
"Yes, you are right. When we were crossing the river and retreating, there were very few ferries along the river. Most of the soldiers were stuck in the city and on the riverside. Most of the troops who could withdraw across the river were disorganized."
When George asked about the crossing of the river, Tang Cheng seemed to see the ballistic missiles flying across the river and the blooming blood in front of his eyes. His ears were also filled with harsh shouts and the screams of shells piercing the air. Tang Cheng
He couldn't help but reveal a weird smile at the corner of his mouth. If it hadn't been for Liu Yangyang and Jiu Jin, he might have become a floating corpse on the river.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about you. It seems that I only know your name and the identity of the pilot, but I know nothing about other things about you. This is not the polite way to make friends." Tang
Cheng shook his head subconsciously, clearing all the scenes he recalled in his mind, and then pretended to be relaxed and changed the topic to George. George was not very smart, but at least he was not stupid.
, it can be seen that the young Tang Cheng is a person with stories. Seeing that Tang Cheng seemed unwilling to mention it, George had no choice but to follow the topic of Tang Cheng and tell some of his own things.
"My family has a farm in California. I also have an older brother and two older sisters. However, when I was 18 years old, I moved to Los Angeles alone. You know that Los Angeles is a free city, especially there are many beauties." George is like a flower.
The young master boasted to Tang Cheng about the benefits of Los Angeles, but he didn't know that Tang Cheng was not interested in these. What he wanted to know was how a playboy like George became a fighter pilot.
"You mean flying a plane?" George paused for a while, as if he was reminiscing, "My father had a small plane that sprayed pesticides on farms. When I was very young, my father took me on a plane.
After I was 16 years old, I was responsible for all the pesticide spraying on the farm. Maybe it was at that time that I fell in love with the feeling of flying in the blue sky. Later, I moved to Los Angeles to live a free life."
"Joining the Flying Tigers? It was an accident. I was working in a film company in Los Angeles at the time. In order to recruit enough pilots, General Chennault gave speeches in many cities in the United States. Of course, I admit that it was General Chennault who
The salary attracted me, and I can also travel to the magical China for free, so I came. You know, I like flying airplanes." George's answer made Tang Cheng curl his lips, this guy only does it for money.
Come to be a pilot.
"The damn Japanese have ruined everything for me. You know, this is the first time I've actually flown a fighter jet into the sky for combat." George suddenly said angrily. He didn't expect that his first real combat would be like this.
He would be shot down by Japanese pilots. If he returned to the Flying Tigers, he would be laughed at by the veteran pilots. Maybe he would never get a chance to fly in the future and be transferred to an unknown ground crew.
George's complaint was in English, but he forgot that Tang Cheng had been able to speak English since he was a child. Tang Cheng also did not expect that this guy who survived the catastrophe actually fought against Japanese fighter planes for the first time. "George,
You are a lucky man, God is with you." Regardless of whether George understood what he meant, Tang Cheng reached out and patted George's shoulder comfortingly, then stood up and went to the entrance of the village, where there was a sentry posted by Tang Cheng.
At this time, it was time to change the guard, and Tangcheng was going to change the first guard.
It was Zhao Liang who was guarding the entrance to the village. The newbies who had joined halfway had become more and more like Dice and the others. Whether he was marching or in his spare time, Zhao Liang always looked cautious and alert. "Go back and rest, Ma Dazhuang will give it to you."
Keep the broth and drink it before going to bed." Taking the rifle and flashlight from Zhao Liang, Tang Cheng gave a few careful instructions and then chased Zhao Liang and another defeated soldier away. A few minutes later, George thought he had drunk
The drunk Hou San also came to the village entrance carrying a rifle. He and Tang Cheng also had to stand guard at the village entrance for three hours.
"Privately tell the brothers, don't be too careful about this George. This guy is also a money-loving guy. Maybe when we need him in the future, we can give him some sweetness at the right time." I learned that George has a plan to establish.
The film company's dream of making a movie gave Tang Cheng a new idea in his mind. Robert told Tang Cheng that Los Angeles was originally a city of immigrants. If he really wanted to take the Huang family to the United States, Los Angeles might
It will be a good place.
Hou San didn't care about that. As long as it was decided by Tang Cheng, he would just do it. Facts have proved that since following Tang Cheng, he and Dice have become much less comfortable and majestic than when they were bandits. Tonight's night seems to be dark.
It was exceptionally clear, with no wind, no rain, and no fog. Tang Cheng held his rifle and looked up at the stars in the night sky, but his thoughts suddenly flew back to when he was a child and looked up at the stars with Robert.
, the night sky seemed to be so clear at that time.