Although the military doctor's advice is not without purpose, the military doctor is just a military doctor, and the commander is Tang Cheng. We are already very close to Hongtu Slope. At this time, Tang Cheng is determined not to agree to stop the troops for a temporary rest. In Linzi
Staying here for one more day will increase the risk. The military doctor who was rejected by Tangcheng did not give up. He went to Mike and Rick again and told them the same reason. Mike and Rick did not say to stop and rest, but told them
Tang Cheng decided to stop first and let the military doctor take people to check the ulcers on the soldiers' feet.
"No, absolutely not, what a joke are you kidding? We are going south along the stream. The scouts I sent out have found traces of people taking water by the stream more than once. Do you dare to promise me that those traces will not be left by the Japanese army?
"?" Tang Cheng glared at Mike and the two of them, but his tone did not mean to be accommodating to the two of them. "I can't risk the lives of so many people. When we camp tonight, the medical officer can check those guys.
As for stopping to rest, don't let me hear these words again, they won't be funny."
In the end, Tangcheng did not agree to take a short rest, and the soldiers whose feet had ulcerated could only continue to march with a limp, secretly regretting their laziness. The scouts who came out once again called Tangcheng through the walkie-talkie.
, saying that another trace of someone had been found not far ahead, and signaled Hou San to take over his control of the company, Tang Cheng, Tan Fei and Liu Shitou quickly followed the trace left by the scout and went to the front to check.
The scouts sent by Tangcheng did not gather together to act in a unified manner. Instead, Wu Shan, Yanlong and Dice each led a team of scouts and divided into three groups to search forward. The one who used the walkie-talkie to call Tangcheng was the one walking in the middle.
Dice. When Tang Cheng found Dice and the others, Dice and one of his scouts were digging something in a flat field with an engineering shovel. By the time the three men from Tang Cheng came to them, Dice had already dug out a few pieces of paper from the pit.
Come with a cigarette box. There is no writing on the piece of paper dug out by the dice, but the cigarette box is familiar to Tangcheng and others. Veterans who have fought against the Japanese army will recognize that it is a Japanese cigarette box.
"The bloody Japanese have really been here, but I don't know if they came here to get water or for other reasons. We have to be careful." Dice dug a few more times with the engineer shovel, but no more valuable things were found.
Then he stopped. "I think we can't go along the water anymore. If it's just us, we can do whatever we want, but we also have the big noses of the Americans with us. If we are surrounded by the Japanese army in the woods,
Even if we don't suffer any losses by then, the Americans will probably give us little shoes to wear. As long as we don't airdrop supplies to us on time, our brothers will have to suffer from the northwest wind."
Tang Cheng did not speak, but took the pieces of paper and turned them over over and over. Although there was no writing on them, Tang Cheng was already sure that they were from the diary used by Japanese soldiers. "Then don't follow the water.
Let's go, find a place to cross the stream and walk directly towards Hongtu Slope. As long as we get to Hongtu Slope, it doesn't matter if we encounter the Japanese army. The terrain there will only be beneficial to us." After a moment of silence, Tangcheng finally descended.
He decided that in order to reach Hongtu Slope as early as possible, he would not take the wrong winding path along the stream, but would instead take a straight line through it.
By walking in a straight line, although the distance is shortened, the hardships and dangers involved have increased a lot, but at this time, Tangcheng can no longer take care of so many things. Use the walkie-talkie to recall the two scout teams of Wu Shan and Yanlong who came out.
, Tang Cheng expressed his decision in front of a group of officers. After Tang Cheng’s words came out, everyone’s reactions were quite different. There were those who agreed and those who opposed. Those who agreed with Tang Cheng’s decision
Most of them were veterans of the National Army who followed Tangcheng back and forth through Savage Mountain, and the opponents were almost all American troops from the Mai Detachment.
"Tang, I know that the decision you made may be correct, but you have to know that the continuous march has consumed too much of everyone's energy. It is easier to walk along the stream south, but if you cross the stream and enter the forest
Marching, I'm afraid that many soldiers will not be able to keep up with the speed and fall behind." The worry on Rick's face has already been seen by Tang Cheng. This is an obvious problem and cannot be solved by vague excuses.
The physical strength of the American soldiers is obviously better than that of the National Army soldiers under Tang Cheng. However, they are not adapted to the climate and environment in the jungle of Savage Mountain. In addition, they also have problems sleeping when camping at night. In the past few days, there have been many American soldiers.
Symptoms of fever appeared. If the military doctors had not led people to check quickly, there might have been American soldiers dying in the woods. "Chief Rick, I know what you said is true, but you have to know that if we still want to
If you go south along the stream, you will definitely encounter the Japanese army. Do you think the condition of your soldiers is able to withstand the siege of the Japanese army?"
Tang Cheng's rhetorical question left Rick speechless. When he received mountain training in Lambgar, his soldiers were not in the condition they are now. Rick's inability to answer Tang Cheng's rhetorical question does not mean that those US military officers
They would agree to the decision proposed by Tang Cheng. As a peacemaker, Mike could only convince them one by one. These US military officers could ignore Tang Cheng, but they could not also ignore Mike's existence. After all, Mike was still a member of the US military observation group.
"These big American noses are really annoying. I shouldn't have agreed to take them with me in the first place. If it was just us, we would have rushed to the Red Soil Slope long ago." She didn't care that Duke was still standing next to her.
Then, Dice's fiery temper broke out again. Looking at his posture, if Tang Cheng hadn't still been standing here, maybe Dice would have opened up his posture and started a fight with those stubborn US military officers.
"Okay, just calm down for a while. You are really capable of criticizing Americans in front of Duke." Tang Cheng scolded the dice with a sullen face and asked Liu Shitou for a moment.
The pack of cigarettes was thrown to the expressionless Duke. Duke, who had no acquaintance with dice, was an anomaly among this group of American soldiers. Ever since the troops left Lieduo, this guy had been hanging out in Tangcheng whether he was marching or camping.
In the company, Duke can speak fluent Chinese and get along well among the soldiers of the Chinese army.
Duke did not refuse the cigarette that Tang Cheng threw to him as an apology. He first put the cigarette into his military uniform pocket, and then Duke said to Tang Cheng expressionlessly, "You don't need to pay attention to me, to be precise.
He said, I am not a real American. Although my name sounds very American, my ancestors are actually Irish. When the western United States was developing, my ancestors settled in the United States after building the railroad.
Like you, I hate those Americans who only paid my ancestors a small salary but made them do a lot of work."
Duke's words made Tang Cheng dumbfounded. This guy is not an authentic American. Dice and the others were even more interested in this matter. Before Tang Cheng came to his senses, Dice and the others had already pulled Duke.
He went to the side and was asking in a low voice what Duke had just said. Just like Westerners are quite curious about the mysteries of China, after spending time with American soldiers for a long time, the people under Tang Cheng were also very interested in things in the United States.
of curiosity.
Tangcheng didn't care about these things at the moment. After a short stay, Mike finally convinced Rick and the others. The troops went back on the road, but they crossed the stream directly and plunged into the forest that covered the sky. The soldiers wailed.
Lian Lian had to drag his tired body through the jungle. In order to worry about what Rick said about the soldiers falling behind, Tangcheng had to arrange for Hou San and Tan Fei to lead the group again.
They take care of it.
Wu Shan and his fellow Burmese natives have never been to Hongtu Slope, but they have a good sense of direction after living in the mountains and forests. After eliminating the danger of getting lost, Tangcheng now only needs to worry about whether they will encounter Japanese soldiers and scouts.
Being sent out one after another, relying on the efforts of the scouts and the contact with the walkie-talkie, Tang Cheng already knew the situation in the surrounding 2 miles radius. Even if he encountered the possible Japanese army, relying on his grasp of the terrain, Tang Cheng
The city has every opportunity to take a preemptive strike instead of passively defending.
I don’t know if it was God’s favor. After crossing the stream, Tangcheng and the others walked in the jungle. Not only did they not encounter the Japanese army, but few soldiers fell behind due to lack of physical strength. In order to save some energy, Tangcheng probably stayed away from the road.
When the stream reached more than 30 miles away, the order was finally given to stop camping. The bonfires were lit one after another, and the water in the cauldron was boiled. Canned meat and dried vegetables were tumbling in the cauldron, releasing the mouth-watering aroma.
The exhausted soldiers sat around the campfire and roasted their insoles and socks. No one dared to be lazy this time.
"If there is no deviation in the direction of our march, I think if we speed up a little tomorrow, we might be able to reach Hongtu Slope before dark." After crossing the stream, we did not encounter the Japanese army, which kept Tangcheng tense.
Their nerves relaxed a little. Although the route they were taking now was not the same as when they entered the jungle from the red soil slope, with the guidance of Wu Shan and the others, Tang Cheng had already made a rough decision on the rest of the journey.
"It's great. I can finally walk out of the woods. My feet hurt so much. If I keep walking like this for a few more days, I think my feet will rot." Mike kept complaining. If it wasn't for every camping trip,
Sometimes, Tang Cheng urged him to bake socks and insoles, and maybe he would be able to limp on the march. When he learned that he was about to walk out of the woods, Rick and the other US military officers were also very happy. Rick also
To celebrate, he took out a small bottle of whiskey that he had always been reluctant to drink.