"I said, Lao Ai, can you please stop crying and crying. Although the backpacks assigned to you are a bit heavy, you can't just cry and cry all the way. Can you talk to me?" Tang came from behind again.
Cheng's voice sounded. Albert, who had been sullen and silent, had no intention of slowing down. Instead, he speeded up again, trying to leave Tang Cheng, who was following behind, far behind.
After successfully bypassing Mengguan, Tang Cheng seemed to have become a chatty person who especially liked to talk to Albert. At the beginning, Albert could still chat with Tang Cheng for a few words, but often he could not talk more.
, the two of them would have a dispute, and the final result would be that Albert became furious and stopped talking to Tang Cheng. In fact, Tang Cheng didn't say anything sensitive to Albert, he just briefly discussed Burma with Albert.
In the war, what really prevented Albert from stepping down was his own arrogance and persistence. Albert refused to admit that the defeat of the expeditionary force was caused by the British army's intention to preserve its strength.
Although Albert was only a captain, Albert, who came from a military family, was already a veteran. How could he not know the source of this defeat? It was just his pride as a soldier of the British Empire that prevented him from facing it.
He admitted the British army's mistakes to Tang Cheng. Since he couldn't defeat Tang Cheng, he had no choice but to avoid Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng always liked to chat with Albert during the march.
The story of you chasing after me is played out every day.
"Lao Ai, I find that you are just boring. We only have these dozen people and some mules snatched from the Burmese people. If everyone keeps their mouths shut like you, then wouldn't we all become
You must be mute. The purpose of having a mouth is not just for talking. Besides, it was just chatting between us. Why do you always get angry? Look at Allen. When Allen and I were chatting, Allen
But never like you." Tang Cheng, who was catching up from behind, continued to harm Albert while winking at Allen next to him.
Hearing the mention of Allen in Tang Cheng's words, Albert slowed down subconsciously, and glanced at Allen who looked dumbfounded from the corner of his eye. It was true that Allen was a reporter, but no one stipulated that being a reporter must
He can speak, and besides, Tang Cheng’s talkativeness has been practiced in Beiping City since he was a child. Even if Albert and Allen are tied together, they are no match for Tang Cheng. Allen, who was holding a wooden stick in his hand, saw Albert squinting.
Looking at himself, he immediately jumped aside and used his expression to indicate that Albert was none of his business.
"Tang, you are an officer, can you stop pestering me like a piece of dog-skin plaster? I admit that I can't talk to you, so should you talk to someone who can talk to you? Why do you always have to talk to me?
"Albert had no choice but to turn around and glare at Tang Cheng, but the latter looked unconcerned and simply ignored Albert's glare. "Tang, you are really behaving like this, belittling your status as an officer." Ai.
Bert sighed, turned around and continued on his way, while Tang Cheng pulled Allen and continued to follow.
"Lao Ai, since you said that the topics we talked about a few days ago were not serious enough, well, then I will ask you a serious enough question." Tang Cheng quickly caught up with Albert and walked together, deliberately correcting his expression.
Asked, "Lao Ai, the batch of German weapons and ammunition we found in the basement you found, were those things your British army secretly withheld from the supplies transported by our expeditionary force?" Tangcheng's
The question made Albert stop in his tracks. Allen, who was very professionally sensitive, had already secretly asked him such a question. This was the first time that Tang Cheng asked him this question.
Albert shook his head subconsciously, and the content of his answer was the same as what he told Allen, "Don, I tell you responsibly, those things were not taken from your expeditionary force by our British army.
, I can guarantee this with my reputation, and I don’t know why there are those German-made weapons and ammunition in the basement of that warehouse.”
Albert's answer obviously did not satisfy Tang Cheng, because when Hou San found the weapons and ammunition, the boxes containing the rifles were clearly marked in Chinese. The British army's own weapon boxes would never have Chinese characters on them.
"Old Ai, you and I both know that this explanation is unreasonable. A discerning person can tell at a glance that those things belong to our expeditionary force, and I don't think your British soldiers will use weapons made in Germany. After all, you two
The country is at war."
Facing Tang Cheng's doubts, Albert was speechless, because he really didn't know the reason, but those German-made weapons and ammunition were found in the destroyed warehouse of the British army. Albert was once again trapped in
Silence ignored Tang Cheng. Looking at the stubborn Albert, the helpless Allen couldn't help but shook his head. It had been a few days. Such scenes happened often, and each time it ended with Albert being silent. Tang Cheng was also watching.
Looking at Albert's back, Tang Cheng's heart is filled with joy. Teasing this stubborn British nose has become Tang Cheng's only entertainment at present.
Tan Fei, who was in the vanguard, once again waved the small flag in his hand, and the team that had been dragged into a long snake stopped to rest again. The further north they went, the more cautious Tangcheng became. Not only did they send out the
The scouts also specially arranged for Tan Fei to serve as the link between the forward scout and the rear team. When encountering terrain without cover, the rear team must stop and hide before the scouts complete their search. Only after the scouts ensure that it is safe and sound, can the rear team retreat.
The rear team can continue on the road after receiving the signal from the forward, and the speed must be fast.
Tangcheng was fortunate that when they were detouring around Meng Pass, Dice led people to get more than a dozen mules from the local Burmese village. Otherwise, they would not be able to take away the supplies they found. Without these supplies, they might have been there long ago.
He became a beggar. When he stopped to rest, Albert deliberately stayed far away from Tang Cheng, but the latter was not in the mood to chat with Albert at this time. At this time, Tang Cheng was always the most nervous, for fear of being around
A Japanese search party will suddenly appear.
Picking up the telescope on his chest, Tang Cheng lay down on a small dirt bag and carefully observed the surrounding terrain. At this time, Tang Cheng always liked to identify the next hiding spot first. "Lao Ai, Lao Ai."
Tang Cheng, who was sitting on the little dirt bag, suddenly turned around and called to Albert. The expression on his face and the urgent tone did not sound like he was joking. "Take your people and protect the military doctor and the mules to find a place to hide, and the other people will have bullets."
Load it and get ready to fight, we're in trouble."
Albert did not follow Tang Cheng's orders. Instead, he quickly ran to Tang Cheng and grabbed the telescope. After just one glance, he immediately ordered his British soldiers to drive their mules to a ditch not far away.
Inside. Dice and Yanlong, who were the forward scouts, were running back like crazy. Although they didn't know what happened, Tang Cheng had a premonition that something was not going to happen. He had never seen Dice be so panicked.
"The Japanese army, it's the Japanese army." Dice, who was running back, collapsed beside Tang Cheng, took the kettle handed by Hou San, raised his head and drank a sip, then handed the kettle to Yanlong, who was also panting, and then continued.
"We didn't dare to look carefully. Anyway, there were a lot of Japanese soldiers. Everything we looked at was khaki, and we saw a lot of trucks." What Dice said did not satisfy Tang Cheng. Instead, the more he listened, the more confused he became.
After Yanlong calmed down and added a few words, Tangcheng finally understood the reason. Daqing Dice and the others found that the Japanese army was resting in a depression not far ahead.
Although Tang Cheng and the others wanted to avoid possible Japanese troops along the way, they did not dare to stray too far from the road. If they strayed too far from the road, Tang Cheng was afraid that they would lose their way. According to Dice and Yanlong, this group of Japanese troops
They should have come down from the highway to rest, but why didn't they rest on the highway? With this question, Tang Cheng took the dice and quietly touched it to find out. The dice said it was not far away, but it was actually more than 2 miles away.
Far away, after bypassing a bush, Tangcheng finally saw the Japanese army that Dice mentioned.
Indeed, as Dice said, the number of this group of Japanese soldiers is not small. At a glance, it is true that the khaki color of Japanese military uniforms is everywhere. But if you count carefully, there are only about 50 Japanese soldiers in this group. Tangcheng needs to be careful.
Holding a telescope wrapped with strips of cloth and weeds to observe this group of Japanese soldiers, the one with the highest official rank among these Japanese soldiers should be a short and fat lieutenant colonel. The others are ordinary soldiers and sergeants. The only real officer is
As for the lieutenant colonel and the two second lieutenants, Tang Cheng couldn't help but be dumbfounded. Normally, the Japanese search team shouldn't have such a personnel configuration. Could it be that the Japanese lieutenant colonel began to directly command the second lieutenants and ordinary soldiers?
With greater doubts, Tangcheng carefully observed the firepower configuration of this group of Japanese troops. Apart from the things on the trucks, all Tangcheng could see were the bayonets on the waists of these Japanese soldiers. As for the rifles and machine guns, there were no weapons.
They didn't see it. What's even more strange is that Tang Cheng didn't even see the existence of grenades on the waists of these Japanese soldiers. Tang Cheng, who was not in a hurry to leave, continued to lie down for a while. These Japanese soldiers sitting on the ground just ate and drank.
, but did not notice Tangcheng and Dice at all, which were only 200 meters away from them.
"Dice, you go back and ask everyone to come over with weapons. These Japanese soldiers are a little weird. Let's hit them. Maybe we will get a big harvest." Originally, Tang Cheng wanted to avoid this group of Japanese soldiers, but when he saw it through the telescope
After one of the trucks had its tarpaulin lifted off, Tang Cheng changed his mind. Tang Cheng didn't think further. He just speculated that this group of Japanese troops should be the Japanese army's supply troops. He had been observing them for more than ten minutes, but Tang Cheng continued to
None of the escorting combat soldiers were found, so Tang Cheng wanted to beat them and gain some benefits along the way.