Mike was ordered to come to Ledo to take over Tangcheng's company. After supplementing the dozens of artillery and engineers he brought from Lambgar, Tangcheng's company directly affiliated with the headquarters already has a total of 300 soldiers. The directly affiliated company
The company commander is still Tang Cheng, Mike is just a consultant sent by the US military to directly affiliate the company, Hou San is Tang Cheng's deputy company commander, Dice and the others have become Tang Cheng's platoon commanders, although their military ranks are still only second lieutenants.
But there are many more soldiers under his control.
Cai Jincheng took away the military camp supplies that Wallace had brought, and Mike settled down in Lieduo, waiting for the arrival of the Mai detachment. Tang Cheng was on tenterhooks all day long, for fear that Cai Jincheng would smuggle the supplies.
Someone would be found to have tipped off the supplies during the shipment. Unexpectedly, not even a week later, Huang Hanju, who was once again carrying a batch of military supplies from Lambjia to Liduo, secretly told Tangcheng that Cai Jincheng had transported the goods.
A batch of supplies has arrived in Kunming.
"How did he do it? Didn't it mean that the border had been sealed by the little devils a long time ago? Besides, it was full of three warehouses." Tang Cheng was very surprised by Cai Jincheng's methods. He was originally there
I was secretly worried, but I didn't expect that Cai Jincheng had already taken the things back to Kunming.
"There are cats and rats, and the water here is deep. I actually don't know the specifics. Anyway, Cai Jincheng has many tricks. Otherwise, I wouldn't involve him in our plan." Huang Hanju didn't.
There were too many explanations to Tang Cheng, just a few cursory remarks. Even though he and Cai Jincheng were close friends, only Cai Jincheng and Mike knew the detailed content.
In any case, the batch of headless things was finally safely transported to Kunming. The stone that had been hanging in Tangcheng's heart was finally able to fall to the ground. The next step was to wait for the departure order from the headquarters. On the last day of February,
Mike, who had been waiting, finally received the order from the headquarters. The three detachments from the Mai Gao direction will arrive in Lieduo tomorrow. After a short two-day rest, Tangcheng's direct company will act as the guide for these three detachments.
Enter the Savage Mountain jungle and go south to Ma Gao.
The order to set off finally came, and the military camp in Tangcheng finally started to get busy. The military doctor and his ambulance soldiers began to prepare various medicines and anthelmintic powder needed to enter the mountain forest. The impatient Dice had already led a group of scouts to go first.
As for the artillery and engineers brought by Mike, they were all gathered by Liu Shitou to temporarily serve as the company's logistics porters. There are too many things to prepare for 300 people to enter the jungle. Fortunately, they have already passed through Tangcheng three times.
Jung Jung, Hou San, and Tan Fei all knew what they needed to prepare. The military camp looked chaotic, but the actual preparation speed was really orderly.
The troops were about to set off. Mike, who had only been fishing for many days, finally regained his energy and began to ask for various scarce supplies from the Lambgar command. After asking for individual soldier rations that were easy to carry, he also asked for various medicines. After asking for the medicines, he asked for
The headquarters repeatedly confirmed the airdrop matter, and finally, in accordance with Tangcheng's request, asked for two Japanese-style grenade launchers from Lamb's Garrison for the artillerymen. They had to check everything, but they did not ask Lamb's question.
Gana asked for ammunition supplies. Mike thought that they would have to be air-dropped anyway. Instead of marching with heavy ammunition, it would be more cost-effective to bring more food and water.
The three U.S. military detachments sent to Lieduo obviously didn't think so. The U.S. soldiers who came to Lieduo by train, relying on their strength and strength, actually brought a lot of mortars and light machine guns with them.
This made Tan Fei and the others who followed Mike to pick him up laugh secretly. The jungle of Savage Mountain is full of canes and bushes, and there will be muddy swamps on rainy days. Marching in the jungle with so many weapons is simply making trouble for themselves.
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Mike was very smart and did not remind the officers commanding the three detachments. Anyway, they looked at each other and did not take him seriously, so Mike calmly pretended not to know these things. In the past few months in Lieduo, Tangcheng has always believed that
He lived a fairy life, but after seeing the treatment enjoyed by these American soldiers, Tang Cheng became angry. Not only did these American soldiers have sufficient weapons and ammunition, but they also had an unlimited supply of cigarettes and beer, and they also had Coca-Cola.
Mike was speechless about Tang Cheng. Just because the US military detachment could enjoy unlimited supply of cigarettes, beer and Coke, Tang Cheng actually thought that he didn't care enough about his direct company. "Nonsense, isn't it? Why do we have to follow the supply when we smoke?
Why do they just smoke casually? Do you know how much Coke sells in Shanghai? Only when I am sick or have a birthday, Robert will buy me a bottle of Coke."
Tang Cheng mentioned Robert, and then Mike realized why Tang Cheng was angry with him. He dared to admit that Tang Cheng was just a child, and whatever came to his mind was what he thought. In order not to let Tang Cheng continue to argue with him, Mike drove to the US Army himself.
At the detachment station, we got a few boxes of Coke back from Tangcheng. Coke is not a rare thing in the United States, but for more than 90% of Chinese people, it is as rare as beer. The excuse is that Hou San and the others are not used to drinking it.
Coke, Tang Cheng happily moved all the boxes of Coke to his room, intending to keep it and drink it slowly.
Stilwell gave the American detachment two days of rest. Although the large and small taverns in Lieduo were crowded with American soldiers for two days, he also gave Tangcheng and others the opportunity to observe these American soldiers up close. After getting drunk, they got into fights.
Teasing women, these behaviors that are not allowed by the expeditionary force, were all performed by these American soldiers in the small town of Lieduo. If Wallace and the others had not been transferred, the three American detachments brought to Lieduo by train might have
Most of them were captured by British gendarmes at night.
Seeing the unbearable performance of the American soldiers, Tang Cheng and others secretly shook their heads. No matter how much Mike guaranteed the bravery and tenacity of the American soldiers, Tang Cheng was already disappointed with these hairy guys. "Mike, I'm not saying they can't do it. You
I also saw with my own eyes how powerful the Japanese soldiers were in the woods. The Japanese army did not have weapons and equipment like theirs, nor did they have unlimited beer, cigarettes, or Coke to drink, but they relied on the 38-meter rifles in their hands to keep going.
After shooting every living creature that dares to roam the woods, do you really think these guys can get out of the woods alive?"
Mike looked in the direction of Tang Cheng's finger and happened to see a shirtless American soldier holding on to a tree and vomiting. Then, as Mike watched, the shirtless American soldier who had vomited completely looked like that.
He fell asleep relying on his own vomit. "Mike, you should remind General Stilwell that the jungle of Savage Mountain is not the back garden of their home. All those who despised this jungle died in the forest. He should not take it.
A group of ignorant people are going to die." Tang Cheng also knew that there were some things that were beyond Mike's control, but by bringing such a group of people into the woods, he was afraid that it would drag down his men.
Mike was also very embarrassed. After returning to the military camp, he sat alone in the room for a long time. He wanted to remind Stilwell as Tang Cheng suggested, but now Stilwell was full of ambitions and simply refused to listen.
No one was allowed to say anything against him. Stilwell wanted to command the troops to counterattack Burma, and then win a big victory. It would be best to drive the Japanese army into the sea in one go, so that his title of famous general would be well deserved. As for
How many people would die during this period was completely out of Stilwell's consideration. Who had ever heard that no one would die in a war?
Mike actually went to talk to the American commander who commanded these three detachments, but the other party looked down on the Japanese army from the bottom of his heart. He always believed that he would defeat the Japanese army with the new weapons in his hands. As for some shortcomings of the soldiers, they did not consider them.
"Forget it, we are leaving tomorrow anyway. No matter how much we talk, it will not help. Let the facts teach them some things then." Seeing that Mike returned without success, Tang Cheng felt better, at least for himself.
Mike and I have tried our best, but these proud American soldiers didn't listen.
"Tomorrow we will set off south in accordance with the command of the headquarters. Just like our previous arrangement, Third Brother and I will each take half of the people. I will take Wu Shan and the others to lead the way and go ahead. Third Brother, you will follow with glasses and stones.
Finally, the stragglers were rounded up, and Dice's snipers were divided on both wings. Once anything unusual was discovered in the forest, we would immediately use the walkie-talkie to contact us. Remember, we are just guides, and we are only responsible for guiding these American soldiers south and out of the woods. Our people should try to exercise restraint.
Don't conflict with them." The night before departure, Tang Cheng not only recalled the dice that had been played, but also called all his officers together for a meeting.
Tang Cheng has been telling his officers not to conflict with the US military. Although Dice and the others still disagreed, they still nodded and agreed to restrain his soldiers. "I just said that you should not conflict with them, but I didn't say that you would be beaten by others.
You have to be patient when the bullying comes to a head. As long as there is no blood, I allow you to fight back appropriately, but you are not allowed to make the matter a big deal. If it becomes a big deal, I will also file a lawsuit with you."
Tang Cheng was determined to teach these arrogant American soldiers a lesson in the woods. Mike, who had been watching, never spoke. Ever since he joined Huang Hanju's gold-making plan, he had been tied to Tang Cheng and the others.
Originally, the follow-up plan formulated by Stilwell was very unfair to Tangcheng and the others. Mike had no obligation to take responsibility for those American soldiers. If he needed to worry, he might as well worry about his own safety and that of Tangcheng and the others first.
When the sky was slightly bright, Tangcheng had already woken up, and the whole military camp immediately became noisy. Standing at the entrance of the military camp and looking in the direction of Lieduo Town, the originally quiet town was already very lively with people shouting and horses, no need to ask anyone.
I knew it was the American soldiers who were making preparations for departure.