As the sun sets and the sun rises, the days go by. Tangcheng looks at those who don’t have sex all day long and just take Liu Shitou all over the mountain to hunt. In fact, Tangcheng is already anxious. The rainy season in northern Myanmar is only the annual rainy season.
Between May and October, it was already June when Tangcheng and the others entered the valley, and it seemed that they had been temporarily living in this valley for almost three months. Apart from the initial airdrop of supplies to Lambga,
They then started to send regular radio reports once a week, but it was already two weeks into September, and the radio station controlled by Mike had not received a reply from Ramga twice.
There is no shortage of materials in the company directly under the company, the weapons and ammunition are also well preserved, and the soldiers are in good condition. Tangcheng is just worried about whether there is something wrong with Ramga. Is it true that there is something wrong with the headquarters?
Have they forgotten all about the more than 200 people? Tangcheng is not the only one who is worried about something happening at the headquarters. Many people, including Mike, seem to have this worry. Even those who have gained a lot in the past few days
The gold mining veterans in Feng also have such worries.
It is now September, and it is less than a month before the end of the rainy season in northern Myanmar. Although the customs are not so accurate, there has been no reply from the headquarters, but the people of the immediate company have faintly appeared.
There was a commotion. Once again, the arrow was missed. Tang Cheng, who was annoyed, immediately threw his crossbow to Liu Shitou, but he bit a weed and found an open space to sit in a daze. Liu Shitou was heartless and seemed to have no idea.
Sensing Tang Cheng's anxiety, he only looked for his prey with his crossbow, but forgot about Tang Cheng.
On the bank of the river, Dice and Hou San were melting gold sand in a stone crucible. The Tangcheng City on the hillside was so conspicuous that Dice and the others had already seen it clearly. The charcoal used to melt the gold sand was not there at all.
The smoke was accidentally added to the dice by a handful of thatch, and a choking smoke came out. The people around the crucible were so smoked that they stepped back and glared at the dice. "You said, our chief is sitting there alone.
What are you doing on the hillside? I guess you're missing a woman?" Dice realized that he had done something wrong and wanted to change the topic, but found that this topic made everyone stare at him.
"You fucking think about women all day long, but don't think that everyone else thinks the same as you. Our officers are not thinking about women right now." Hou San used a wooden stick to push away the thatch added to the dice, and there were all the things covered with it.
He gave the dice a disdainful glance. "You haven't seen that Commander Mike has a gloomy face these days. I guess there must be something going on at the headquarters. Otherwise, Commander Mike would have been busy fiddling with them.
The flowers and plants in front of Commander Mike’s door should have grown into weeds when I looked at them.”
With the new topic, everyone's attention shifted away from the sand gold in the crucible and began to discuss the things that Hou San just said. After everyone exchanged their thoughts with each other, Hou San and the others discovered that it might be
Something really happened, otherwise Tang Cheng and Mike wouldn't have been so abnormal these days. "What the hell, I think it's nice here anyway. We have food and drink, we don't have to fight with the Japanese soldiers, and we can still make money."
Gold. Maybe by the time we leave here, the war outside will be over long ago, and we can go back to our hometown and become big landowners."
Dice smacked his lips and said there was no rush. In fact, if he really wanted to live in this valley for the rest of his life, Dice might go crazy immediately. No matter how much gold he was given, he wouldn't be able to agree. "It's easy for you to say, here.
It’s not just us, there are so many brothers, our commanders can’t let such brothers stay here and lose their future, right?” After casually glancing at the dice, Hou San had already seen the original intention of the dice, and said
I am willing to stay here, but actually I am more anxious to leave here than anyone else.
"I don't care, and I don't care that much. Anyway, I only recognize our chief. If he stays, I will stay. If he leaves, I will leave. These golds will be taken with you whether you live or die. As long as you can continue to
Follow our commander, I don't think he will lose us." Tan Fei was determined, he had placed all his hopes on Tang Cheng, and he didn't even care about the piece of gold that had been allocated to him.
Hou San and Di Zi did not regard Tan Fei as an outsider at all. From the moment they followed Tangcheng south, their fates had been connected. After hearing what Tan Fei said, Hou San and Di Zi both
The people nodded repeatedly and said that was the way it was. "Of course we have to follow the commander all the time. Without the commander, we might have been killed by the little devils long ago. How could we live as freely as we do now."
Seeing soldiers passing by, Hou San deliberately lowered his voice. These words could only be mentioned among his own people. Hou San, who was very thoughtful, could not rest assured about the other soldiers in his direct company.
Hou San's caution made Dice very unconcerned. Among the more than 200 people left in the entire direct company, Dice didn't think anyone would dare to stand up and question Tang Cheng. If it weren't for Tang Cheng, I'm afraid these guys would still be with the 38th Division.
The people were huddled in the mud beside the Nanrong River and staring at the Japanese soldiers on the other side. "You can never go wrong if you are careful. Can you ensure that they are of the same mind as the rest of us? Have you not seen some guys digging for gold?"
With that kind of face, I think they wish they could live here forever and see the gold diggers." Hou San whispered a few words to Dice, who then lowered his eyes and stopped looking around at the passing soldiers of his direct company.
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When Hou San and others gathered around the river to discuss the matter, the same anxious faces had already found Tang Cheng who was sitting on the hillside. Mike also had the same worries as Tang Cheng and came to Tang Cheng just to have someone to talk to.
Talking is always better than being alone and restless. "Stilwell didn't know what he was doing, but he didn't reply to the radio twice in a row. I'm thinking the same thing as you. Maybe it's not Stilwell's fault, but
There is a problem at the headquarters."
Mike sat down next to Tang Cheng and reached out to touch the cigarettes in Tang Cheng's pocket out of habit. In the past few days, Tang Cheng always won when playing cards. Almost all of Mike's cigarettes went into Tang Cheng's pocket. "I
I just contacted your brother-in-law, and you don’t know what happened to Ramgarh, but he has already taken the train to Ramgarh. If everything goes well, we may be able to get the accurate answer tomorrow night." Mike said.
After learning that Huang Hanju, who had stayed in Lieduo, had gone to Lambjia to inquire about the news, Tang Cheng's expression, which had been in a trance, improved a little.
Although Huang Hanju did not stay in Lambgar for a long time, through Mike's relationship, Huang Hanju also had many acquaintances in Lambgar. As long as he could know what happened in Lambgar, he would also know the next step of the command to take the direct company.
What would he do? Slowly exhaling the smoke that had been breathed into his lungs, Mike, who was still looking worried, revealed an even more shocking news to Tangcheng, "I tried to contact Rick's radio station, but unfortunately, I couldn't.
After contacting them, I was wondering if the abnormality in the headquarters these days has something to do with Rick and the others."
The new news brought by Mike gave Tangcheng a creepy feeling. The US military detachment was Stilwell's darling, and it was his bargaining chip to prove the strength of the US military and his own abilities to the Chinese military. If there was really something wrong with the US military detachment,
Tangcheng believed that Stilwell would mobilize troops to rescue regardless. At present, the expeditionary force’s real counterattack against Myanmar has not yet begun. The 38th Division going south only faced off with the Japanese army on the Nanrong River line. Apart from the U.S. military who really penetrated into northern Myanmar,
The only remaining company in the detachment was his direct company. Tang Cheng no longer dared to think about it anymore. He was afraid that if he guessed correctly, Stilwell would really mobilize his direct company to rescue the American detachment.
Patting Tang Cheng's shoulder, Mike whispered vaguely, "Maybe it will be like that then. Once Rick and the others have a problem, we are the ones closest to them. Stilwell is very stubborn.
, he will not allow anyone to disobey his orders." Tang Cheng's worries had already been clearly seen by Mike beside him. How could Mike, who had been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, not have the ability to observe words and emotions.
"I don't want to disobey military orders. If it turns out to be what I think, I will have no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the orders. But you have also seen that it is too comfortable here. The brothers have not practiced for more than two months.
Let's take them to find trouble with the Japanese army. I really don't know how many people will survive in the end." In front of Mike, Tangcheng had no reason to pretend, and besides, Mike was one of the many idle people in the valley.
one of them.
"It's not over yet. The rainy season is about to end. It's still too late for them to resume training. It's better than being in a hurry when it comes." Mike turned to look at Tang Cheng's eyes and said slowly word by word, "If
If you want most of them to survive, you have to be ruthless to control them, otherwise you will cause them to lose their lives."
Mike's words and suggestions made Tang Cheng realize something. They are all soldiers. As soldiers, it is impossible to evade the responsibilities that soldiers should have, and it is impossible to avoid this war. Since it cannot be avoided, it can only face it calmly.
."Training will resume from tomorrow. I will announce the order during dinner. Forget it today, just treat it as the last holiday for them." He stretched out his hand to stop Tang Cheng who was about to get up, and there was a trace of bitterness on Mike's face.
Looking down from the hillside, soldiers who still knew nothing were laughing and playing, but Tang Cheng and Mike's hearts were already heavy. Before getting accurate information, none of them knew that their direct company was about to
Faced with any situation, if we continue to stay in the valley, the direct company will have enough time to restore its combat strength, but if it is another outcome, it will not be good.