Thangka's home is located on the remaining stretch of Yeren Mountain extending to India. It was originally defended by a thousand British troops, but now Yeren Mountain has been occupied by the search team of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. The Japanese army has been sneak-attacking the garrison near Liedou at Guimen Pass.
After the Indian army and road construction engineers were beaten several times by the 114th Regiment responsible for clearing them, the Japanese army turned around and attacked the British army at Tangka's house. The position of Tangjiaka cannot be said to be unimportant, but it is not important yet.
Stilwell was asked to dispatch the Mai detachment to rush to the rescue. After Mike discussed with Tang Cheng, he informed the U.S. military officers commanding these American soldiers about the incident.
Of course, the US military was unwilling to rush to Tangjiaka to rescue the British troops. This simply conflicted with their mission. I don’t know what they told Stilwell. Half an hour later, Mike finally received the order from the headquarters.
"The original plan remains unchanged. We don't have to go to Tang's house to get stuck." After carefully reading the translated message in his hand, Mike's face finally relaxed.
"We have to go quickly. If we go slowly, maybe the old man Stilwell has changed his mind again. Once we enter the woods, it will be impossible for us to change our route." Tang Cheng whispered to Mike, but his eyes were different.
When he looked around, his soldiers were just chatting and talking nonsense together, while the American soldiers were talking in low voices in groups of three and three, and all of them seemed to be frightened. It was obvious that they were a little afraid of the jungle of Savage Mountain.
"Then hurry up and go to the forest first." Mike nodded in agreement with Tang Cheng's suggestion. Even if Tang Cheng's soldiers were made of iron, it would be impossible for them to pass through the jungle of the Foreigner Mountain after moving to Tangjiaka. At Tang Cheng's signal,
Hou San and others began to assemble the troops, and the American soldiers also stood up and slowly gathered around their commander.
"Right away, we are about to enter the jungle of Savage Mountain." Mike, who was standing high on a stone on the roadside, glanced at the crowd solemnly. All the soldiers were looking at him silently, "I am an American. Are there any of you?
Chinese people also have Americans like me. The reason why we come together is to end this damn war. Entering the jungle of Savage Mountain, we will fight against the cruel environment and powerful and ferocious enemies. I ask you to look after each other.
Keep watch because we are fighting for each other."
All the soldiers' faces showed solemnity and solemnity. If they could see their own faces, they would definitely feel weird. They are used to hearing the impassioned battle mobilizations of their commanders. Every time they hear those meaningless heroic words, it means
They were about to go to the battlefield, and then they were defeated and fled... They no longer believed in the various guarantees made by Shangfeng, especially when they heard the helplessness and desolation in Mike's words. Once they entered the jungle, they could rely on
There is only each other, and they fight for each other.
There were no flower medals, no beer and women, and not even enough psychological preparation. Under the guidance of Tang Cheng and others, the American soldiers followed into Savage Mountain. Standing on the mountain ridge, Tang Cheng turned around and looked back, Goodbye, India
Goodbye, Ledo. When he regained consciousness, what he saw was a gloomy and dark forest, trees that blocked the sky, knee-deep swamps with rotting leaves, and pythons parading among the vines and grass.
The numb leeches and mosquitoes and the piles of bones on the roadside were all so familiar, and the nightmare came back. This was a memory they had tried hard to forget in Tangcheng. No one in the queue spoke, and everyone marched silently.
Follow the direction of the bones extending all the way south.
Compared with when Tangcheng and the others returned to Lieduo a few months ago, the forest in Savage Mountain seemed to be longer and lusher. It was still the same routine as before. Tangcheng sent a large number of scouts to block the front of the team. The three scouts
The group covered each other and searched forward. They had not entered this forest for several months. Tangcheng did not know how many Japanese troops there were in this forest, which had been tightly guarded by the 114th Regiment. The only thing they could do now was to be careful.
Be careful.
Behind the scouts came the vanguard. The scouts were more than 2 miles away from the main group, while the vanguard was only a dozen meters away from the front of the team. At the forefront was a leading group of five vanguards arranged in a wedge shape. Although the scouts who came forward were not
The Japanese troops were found, but the five men who served as the vanguard all walked very carefully, and the flat-end weapons in their hands were stretched as far as possible. This is one of the jungle tactics taught to them by the US military instructors. As long as they encounter the enemy, they can do it at the first opportunity.
For a while, the enemy opened fire first.
After following the traces left by the scouts for several miles, the five vanguards at the top of the wedge suddenly became nervous for no reason, and every nerve in their bodies was tightened. The veterans knew in their hearts that once they encountered an enemy, they were often the first to die.
They were all vanguards. A veteran in the vanguard suddenly stopped and raised his left hand. The other four people around him stopped. The veteran who stopped listened carefully to something. There seemed to be something strange in the woods ahead.
It's just that the veteran hasn't been able to distinguish what sound he heard.
There was a gunshot, and one of the five vanguards was shot and fell. Before the second gunshot sounded, the other four vanguards had already ducked into the bushes. They had fought many times with the Japanese army, and they were too
I am familiar with the sound of the Japanese army's 38-gun firing. The soldier who was shot just now is lying on the ground. A bullet hole appears on his back. It is a wound caused by the 6.5mm standard Arisaka rifle bullet equipped by the Japanese army, and it is
Penetrating injury.
Hearing the sound of gunfire, the others following the vanguard also lay down. Without waiting for Mike or Tang Cheng's orders, the M1918A2 Browning light machine gun assigned to Tang Cheng's company had been fired. Bullets sprayed out of the barrel.
Cutting off tree trunks and branches, the grenades thrown vigorously by the soldiers exploded into clouds of fire in front of them. The enemy remained silent after firing a shot. Tang Cheng's soldiers did not distinguish the enemy's exact position and could not find the enemy's location.
Accurate position, machine gunners and bombardiers can only fire blindly,
"Cease fire! All cease fire -" Tang Cheng, who was catching up from behind, shouted to stop. The gunfire finally stopped. There was a dead silence in the forest that had been ravaged by bullets and explosions, and the trees that were smoking and on fire were crackling.
The fire was burning, thick smoke began to fill the forest, and everyone's visibility became worse. Tang Cheng looked ahead with a telescope for a while, and then used sign language to ask the sniper to stay in place and prepare to shoot. Let Hou San lead a team of people
To detour to the left, Tan Fei led a group of people to detour to the right, while the remaining people were completely on standby.
Seeing the sign language played by Tang Cheng, Hou San and Tan Fei each led a group of people to quietly disperse to the left and right. Soon, their figures disappeared into the forest mist. Tang Cheng looked back and saw that the dice had already been carried with them.
His snipers were ready to shoot at any time. Liu Shitou, who had taken off all the equipment on his body, was moving his legs and feet, and took turns extending three fingers to Liu Shitou to count. When he counted to three, Liu Shitou suddenly jumped out of his arms.
He rushed out from behind the tree trunk. Liu Shitou was here to act as a bait. Only by attracting the enemy to reveal their position and making well-designed equipment dice could they possibly kill the enemy.
Liu Shitou's running speed was not the fastest in Tangcheng's company, but there were not many faster than him. Liu Shitou ran out without stopping beside the soldier who was shot, but suddenly rushed in with all his strength.
In the bushes where the top soldiers were hiding, Tang Cheng did not hesitate to send Liu Shitou as bait. Unfortunately, the gunshots that Tang Cheng expected did not appear. The opponent did not fire, so Dice and the others could not lock on the enemy and shoot him. Without Tang,
Following the city's order, no one among the lying soldiers dared to step forward, not even the American troops who were following from a distance. All they could do was wait for the results of the encirclement and search by Hou San and Tan Fei.
Tan Fei and Hou Shangna, who had interspersed on both wings, returned to the main line smoothly. Unfortunately, they searched carefully but could not find any trace of the attacker. After searching the entire forest, they found only one casing containing a Japanese rifle bullet.
No more valuable information was found. Hou San was so angry that he jumped up and cursed the Japanese for being cunning. There was deep hatred in his curse. This was the first battle they fought against the Japanese army back at Savage Mountain.
One person was seriously injured by the other party but no trace of the other party was found. This was something that could not happen before.
Suddenly there was an explosion behind them, and the American soldiers who were also lying in the grass panicked. The Japanese soldiers hiding in the woods fired a grenade from a grenade. Although no one was really hurt, these American soldiers
However, they were frightened out of their courage. Faced with the Japanese troops that seemed to be everywhere, after Tang Cheng and Mike discussed it, they had to disperse his 300 soldiers into several small teams. Tang Cheng directly let the US troops walk in the middle, and his men
The soldier squad is scattered around the US troops. Once the Japanese army is discovered, his soldiers will be the first to open fire.
In the following time, Tangcheng and the others continued to advance toward the depths of Savage Mountain with more than a thousand American soldiers. However, the deeper they advanced into the forest, the more times they encountered Japanese attacks. The attackers who attacked Tangcheng and the others
The Japanese troops usually work in groups of three, wearing camouflage, and use tree tops, tree holes, grass and other camouflage that is not easy to detect to cover themselves, waiting for opportunities to attack Tangcheng and others, and at the same time causing panic to the American soldiers.
However, after seeing Tang Cheng's soldiers repelling several Japanese sneak attacks one after another, these American soldiers were finally able to relax. These Japanese groups, which were broken into pieces in the woods and fought independently, also caused great harm to Tang Cheng and the others.
Troubled, the Japanese 18th Division received strict jungle warfare training in Vietnam, and the soldiers were mostly composed of hard-working Kyushu miners. Not only could these Japanese combat groups endure the harsh environment, they even had the ability to survive even when supplies were cut off and they were far away from the main force.
Extremely strong will to fight.
Faced with the Japanese tactics, Tangcheng and the others were powerless and unable to stop and completely eliminate them. The troops searched and advanced for several miles along the way, but there were still remaining Japanese combat groups chasing them behind them.