Finally, as dusk grew darker, Tang Cheng ordered the troops to stop camping. The veterans under Tang Cheng, who were no strangers to Savage Mountain, opened a large open space in the forest. They first sprayed insect-proof water, then set up tents and hung them.
The mosquito nets were busy. The American soldiers in the Mai detachment followed suit and got busy. After seeing the power of snakes and insects in the jungle, these American soldiers who did not take the jungle seriously at first finally understood what kind of environment they were in.
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Tangcheng was busy looking at the map. Compared with the military map that was full of fallacies when the expeditionary force entered Myanmar last year, the military aviation map now issued by the army stationed in India is just a shotgun replaced by a cannon. From the map, the area of the Yeren Mountain jungle is not the same.
It wasn't very big, but Tang Cheng knew that his group had not gone very far today. If they went at the current speed, it would take at least twenty days to get out of the jungle and rush to Magao.
The harsh environment in the jungle is easy to deal with, but what is difficult to deal with is the ubiquitous Japanese attacks. This is only the first day, and Tangcheng and the others have been attacked by the Japanese several times. If they cannot change this passive situation tomorrow,
, maybe it will take longer for them to get out of the jungle. Tang Cheng never understood why the Japanese soldiers in the forest could always find the whereabouts of his group, until he saw a group of American soldiers playing with a pile of white strips of cloth.
At that time, Tang Cheng finally understood.
The U.S. military, which relies too much on airdrops from aircraft, actually brings signal cloths used to guide aircraft to targets. According to the U.S. military's practice, as long as the aircraft is contacted by radio, it will then find an open area at the assembly area and open the white strips to mark its position.
The transport aircraft flying from behind will drop the supplies. "Use the radio to contact the aircraft fleet and ask them not to follow us all the way. Since they cannot provide air fire support at any time, it is also easy for the Japanese troops in the woods to discover our whereabouts." Tangcheng's
These words cannot be said to those American troops, only Mike can say them.
This was the first night after entering the jungle. Tang Cheng only sent his own soldiers to serve as sentries. Unexpectedly, the US military also set up guard posts. However, when Tang Cheng checked the sentries in the middle of the night, he found that most of the sentries deployed by the US military were there.
Sleep. "I really don't know why Stilwell sent them to fight. These people are not soldiers at all. If they serve as second-line troops, it's okay. But if they confront the Japanese army in northern Burma, I'm afraid they will be killed by then."
It's not as simple as just killing a few people." After hearing the news, Mike was also furious and cursed Stilwell for being too utilitarian.
"Forget it, we are just little minions. Do you think the gentlemen above can listen to you? I just look forward to getting out of the woods as soon as possible. Separating from these guys early is better than anything else." He was used to seeing the national army.
Due to all kinds of injustices, Tang Cheng has already turned a blind eye to what Mike said. When these US troops set up camp, they consciously or unconsciously distanced themselves from their own men. This was exactly what Tang Cheng wanted to see. He didn't want to
There is no benefit in getting too familiar with these ignorant guys.
At dawn, Dice, who took over from Yanlong to search for the way forward, returned to the camp covered in dew. He said that he found traces of Japanese troops less than 3 kilometers ahead. He told Hou San and the others to stand by and not light a fire to expose the target.
, Tang Cheng personally led dozens of his men to move forward with the dice. It was still dark, and the gray clouds above reflected the faint light of the sky. A river meandered through the jungle, and when viewed from a high place, it looked like a fluttering jade belt.
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On the highest hill on the west bank, more than a dozen black shadows were crawling towards the top of the hill. This black shadow was none other than Tang Cheng and the others, and they climbed slowly and carefully. The top of the hill they were going to was the one with the widest shooting range.
At this place, waiting for daybreak to clear the view, Tangcheng and the others entrenched on the hillocks are able to control this section of the river bank and many highlands on the opposite bank. Although the same reasoning applies, bullets fired from the highlands on the other bank can also hit them.
But Tang Cheng believed more in the power and range of the sniper rifles in their hands.
Slowly climbing to the highest point of the hillock, Tang Cheng slowly poked his head out from behind the bushes and looked to the opposite side. This position was very good. A row of bushes happened to grow on the ridgeline of the high hillock. Both sides of him were half as tall as a man.
As long as you don't move around in the grass, the Japanese troops on the other side will definitely not be able to find it. Even if they are counterattacked, they will go down the reverse slope as soon as they shrink their heads. It is a good place to advance, attack, retreat and defend. Tangcheng and the others try not to make any noise. Dice's men
Several snipers are even looking for more suitable hiding spots. If conditions permit, they will try to keep themselves comfortable and relaxed.
The gun barrel wrapped in linen in Dice's hand had already poked out of the gap in the bushes, and the sight in the scope was unobstructed, and there seemed to be no movement on the other side. The sky finally lit up little by little, and the sight of Tangcheng and the others became clearer little by little.
On the river beach at the foot of the gang, a long-legged waterbird was pacing and pecking at the shallows on the west bank. A fish that was frightened by the waterbird jumped up in the river and flopped back to the water. Birds were flying and roosting on the hillside in the distance.
Looking for food, the treetops on the top of the mountain were swaying gently in the wind, but Tang Cheng, lying in the grass, frowned. This doesn't look like there are Japanese troops?
"Someone is coming..." Just when Tang Cheng thought that there was an oversight in Dice's investigation, Dice who was lying next to him suddenly reminded him in a low voice. Hearing this, Tang Cheng picked up his telescope and looked to the west side not far from the hillock.
There is a path leading to the river in the direction, and Tangcheng's telescope is looking at that abandoned path. A soldier appears in the telescope, a soldier waving a machete to open the way. He is wearing a British military uniform and has a garrison seal on his arm.
Military logo. Tangcheng's telescope moved back, and a group of vigilant soldiers appeared in the field of vision. The soldiers held carbines or Garand rifles in their hands.
"These are our people." Tang Cheng on the hillock turned his telescope and once again carefully searched for the high ground on the other side pointed to him by Dice. Dice killed the Japanese army they found on that high ground. Before the expeditionary force was still there,
When there is no large-scale counterattack in northern Myanmar, apart from Tang Cheng and others, the only expeditionary force that can appear in groups in the jungle of Savage Mountain is the search force of the 114th Regiment of the 38th Division. Tang Cheng has not found the Japanese army that Dice mentioned yet.
There is no need to remind the soldiers of the 114th Regiment under the hillock.
The soldiers of the 114th Regiment who appeared here along the abandoned trail were indeed preparing to cross the river. The crossing point they chose was only more than 30 meters away from the mound. Tang Cheng's face was full of worry, which would have been normal.
, but the river beach in front of me is too wide. If the Japanese army on the opposite side chooses people from the 114th Regiment to cross to the middle of the river and start attacking, this group of people will be enough to defeat them. But until now, I have still not found any trace of the Japanese army on the other side. Could it be that
Have the Japanese troops withdrew or given up this opportunity?
The soldiers of the 114th Regiment that Tang Cheng was paying attention to were quite experienced. They did not rush to the river beach in a swarm. Instead, they first sent two vanguards to test the river. The others were still hiding on the mountain road. Just as Tang Cheng thought, the two soldiers
After testing the depth and ease of the water flow, a pioneer soldier began to set up a rope crossing. A thick rope was tied to the river bank, and then he swam to the other side to fix the rope. This was a typical US military swimming method. When the troops did not carry baggage, as long as
With such a rope crossing, it is enough for the troops to cross the river, without building a bridge at all.
The two leading soldiers of the 114th Regiment went on smoothly. After tying the thick rope on the other side, they waved their hands to indicate that they could cross the river.
Tang Cheng on the hillock seemed a little disappointed. Seeing that there were really no Japanese troops on the other side, he turned his head and glanced at the dice lying beside him. The dice did not relax at all. He was still staring at the high ground on the other side. 114 was hidden on the mountain road.
The regimental search team began to go down to the river beach, but the officer leading the team still did not let all the soldiers go down to the river beach. According to what the US military instructor taught, only a three-person machine gun team was sent out this time.
"First seize a machine gun fire position on the river beach, and then use machine gun fire to cover the remaining people crossing the river. These guys from the 114th Regiment are really careful." Tang Cheng on the hillock muttered to himself, these 114th Regiment
This guy is exactly like the US military. The three-man machine gun team that went down from the mountain road to the river beach stopped behind a big rock. The position they chose was enough to monitor the river beach and the other side.
Browning's light machine guns were facing each other across the river. The search team, which was hiding in the wounded, finally descended to the river beach. More than 30 soldiers were divided into three echelons to cross the river. Looking at the wide river, it is actually not very deep, and the center of the river is not very deep.
It was just barely above their heads. As long as they crossed the middle of the river, everything would be basically fine. Maybe this was the reason why they chose this place as the crossing point. The first wave of seven or eight soldiers held the rope with one hand and raised the gun above their heads, gradually approaching the other side.
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The first group of people were able to step onto the other side, and the second wave of anxious soldiers began to enter the water. As soon as the water was still flowing and they had not taken a few steps, gunshots like fried beans suddenly appeared. There was a violent gunfire, and Tang Cheng never found a trace.
The Japanese army finally showed up. The Japanese army's 38-type rifles and light and heavy machine guns fired at the same time. The rifles shot the third wave of soldiers on the river beach on the other side, and the machine guns swept the first and second waves of soldiers in the river. Suddenly, there was a sudden explosion on the river bank.
Flesh and blood flew everywhere, full of screams and wails.
The first wave of soldiers who were about to set foot on the other side only met each other once, and were all knocked down on the river beach by the Japanese gunfire. The second wave of soldiers who had already entered the water were all dumbfounded. They wanted to retreat but were stretched out by the other side.
The gun fire shot out a large blood mist. Tang Cheng was stunned for a moment, and immediately picked up the telescope and looked at the other side. On the high ground on the other side, there were several blazing flames flashing at the same time. The bright ones were machine guns, and the weak ones were probably rifles.
The sound of gunfire and the flaming red ballistics had already pointed the direction for Tang Cheng. Tangcheng ignored everything else and followed the sound of gunfire and ballistics to determine the location and number of Japanese machine guns on the high ground on the other side. Tangcheng had not yet given the order to fire, but the dice had already begun.
In the first shot, the bullet that escaped from the barrel hit a Japanese machine gun fire point, and the gun flame that Tang Cheng was watching immediately disappeared from sight.