Tang Cheng asked Mike how he knew the meaning of this command. Mike laughed and did not answer. He just pointed to the items of mines and explosives in the supplies list to Tang Cheng. The latter suddenly realized that the Qingqing Command had given such a
The purpose of adding more explosives and landmines was to force the direct company to engage in a tug-of-war with the Japanese troops in Xinpingyang. With Mike's guarantee, Tang Cheng became more courageous. As new supplies arrived, Tang Cheng simply ordered the direct company to
The company is temporarily resting here for a week to allow its soldiers to recover and regain their strength.
Rest is rest, but necessary scouts still have to be sent out. In the absence of more ways to obtain information, sending multiple scouts has become the best choice for Tangcheng to guard against Japanese sneak attacks. Count the entire direct company,
Tangcheng did not count enough 200 people. In this battle, they really killed a thousand enemies and wounded eight hundred others. However, they only killed more than a squadron of Japanese troops. The direct company suffered as many as 60 dead and more than 50 people.
The cost of varying degrees of minor and serious injuries.
After looking at the roster of the direct company, Mike realized why Tang Cheng was always so uncommunicative yesterday. He probably wouldn't be happy if it were someone else who had to bear such a huge number of casualties. Tang Cheng was unhappy.
In the end, it was also infected with Hou San and the others. Even after learning from Kira Xiangcheng what the so-called treasure was about, Dice still couldn't be happy.
"Forget it, let's just do it. In a war, people will die anyway. It's them today, maybe it will be your turn tomorrow." Tang Cheng, who had been miserable for two days, finally regained his composure. With Mike's persuasion,
, and began to wander around with Liu Shitou all day long. The time during the rest period always passed quickly. It seemed that everyone had not fully recovered, and a week passed in the blink of an eye. "If it doesn't work, just take another rest."
It's a good week, anyway, there is no movement from the Japanese troops in New Pacific." Tang Cheng, who had become completely lazy, directly ordered to rest for another week, but Mike still said nothing.
Another week of rest period has passed, and the remaining members of the direct company have recovered. Except for some seriously injured people who have not recovered, the number of people in the direct company that can actually participate in the battle is less than 170. We cannot leave the seriously injured here.
But we couldn't take the seriously wounded to Xinpingyang to cause trouble with the Japanese army. Tang Cheng thought about it and discussed it with Mike, and finally decided to leave 30 lightly wounded people to stay here to take care of the seriously injured. The remaining 140 people will follow the original plan.
Plan to leave New Pacific beforehand.
Kira Shojo, who was captured by Dice, not only told Dice about the treasure, but also told a lot about the situation of the New Pingyang defenders. If Dice had not been quick to kill Kira Shojo, Tangcheng would still have thought about Kira Shojo.
I came here to ask about the situation in Xinpingyang in detail. According to Kira Xiangcheng's explanation, Xinpingyang is stationed by a Japanese-Burmese mixed force. The so-called Japanese-Burmese mixed force is actually made up of Japanese veterans and Burmese desperadoes.
A mixed mountain unit.
Taking advantage of Xinpingyang's superior terrain near Yeren Mountain, the Japanese army stationed in the Hukang Valley often sent small groups of troops through the jungle from here to attack the expeditionary force engineering troops paving the way. After being defeated several times by the 114th Regiment of the 38th Division, they were defeated by the 114th Regiment of the 38th Division.
The remaining small groups of Japanese troops that were broken up ran back one after another along the jungle, and temporarily stayed in Xinpingyang to rest and recuperate. As a result, the number of people increased, and slowly became more than 2,000 people now. In this group of people
Among the Japanese and Burmese mixed forces that already number more than 2,000 people, Japanese soldiers account for 70%, and Japanese veterans account for more than half of this 70%. The Okazaki Squadron that is chasing them in Tangcheng this time is one of the Japanese veterans.
The majority of the troops did not expect that the Okazaki Squadron was not the opponent of the direct company.
Ignoring the dissuasion of Mike and others, Tang Cheng decided to personally lead a scout team to set off early to clear the way for the follow-up troops. Moreover, Tang Cheng also gave up on the route he had already taken once, and instead chose to walk straight through the forest along the way.
Xinpingyang. Although the route directly into Xinpingyang is full of unknown dangers, it will at least save more than one-third of the distance compared to the original route. If Tangcheng and the others can find a new route to Xinpingyang
, whether fighting the Japanese army or retreating here, it is a good choice.
Not long after leaving the Tushan position, the scout team led by Tang Cheng discovered the corpses of Japanese soldiers in the woods one after another. However, in just half a month, the Japanese corpses, which were skinned like naked pigs by Hou San and others, had rotted into white bones and
A pile of carrion. Tang Cheng never believed that tolerance for the enemy was something that could only be praised, so he simply chose to ignore what happened to these Japanese soldiers. Since they were enemies, there was no need to feel guilty for their enemies.
Just as they climbed over a mountain ridge and entered another forest, Yanlong, who was walking in front of the team, suddenly stopped, squatted down and made a dangerous gesture. Several scouts behind him immediately spread out and looked for cover. This kind of
The formation has long been something that the scout team often encounters. Once the vanguard makes a dangerous gesture, other soldiers must respond and cover the vanguard. Tang Cheng, who was walking in the middle of the team, was forcibly pushed into a tree by Liu Shitou and Tan Fei.
Later, Tang Cheng glared at them with dissatisfaction, picked up the telescope on his chest and looked at the movement of Yanlong. After a few minutes, Yanlong, who found nothing unusual, finally stood up, and the alarm was lifted.
, it seems to be a false alarm, but no one dares to be careless. In war, one step leads to life and the other to death.
Back on the road, the advancing scouts still did not dare to let down their guard. They all stared at the movements in the forest with their eyes wide open, for fear that a few Japanese soldiers would suddenly rush out and attack them. "Hide, hide" Yan, who was walking at the front,
Long suddenly turned around and ran back, lowering his voice to signal everyone to be careful and take cover. The place where Tangcheng and the others were crouching happened to be downwind, and the breeze blowing from the upwind had a vague smell, and Yanlong smelled it.
The smell quickly subsided. At this time, Tangcheng also smelled the smell. It was the smell of cigarettes that everyone is familiar with. It was the smell of cigarettes. Someone was smoking in the upwind vent.
War is cruel and torturous. You will live today and die tomorrow. Even new soldiers will learn to smoke without any guidance after fighting a few battles. It not only kills time, but also relieves stress, so cigarettes and weapons
It is equally important in the eyes of the soldiers. If someone is smoking in such a barren place, it must be that there are Japanese soldiers in front. I grabbed a few grass blades, simply made a grass ring and put it on the helmet. Tang
Cheng climbed forward with a telescope and crouched behind a piece of rotten wood. The terrain here is slightly higher and the view will be better. Yanlong handed over a smaller grass circle and put it on the telescope. At least it would not cause any problems.
The mirror of the telescope reflected light, which alerted the other party. It was afternoon, the light was very good, and the telescope could see very clearly. Tang Cheng slowly looked around at the suspicious places bit by bit, but found nothing.
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Not finding anything suspicious does not mean that the danger does not exist. The smell of smoke in the air is a good proof. Therefore, Tang Cheng, who was lying behind the wooden section, was not in a hurry. He just made a warning gesture to the scouts behind him and said to himself
However, they were lying on the spot without moving. After seeing Tang Cheng's gesture, the scouts who were lying behind also checked their weapons, and quietly spread out along the two wings by taking advantage of the terrain to rush forward.
Quite a few. Once engaged with the enemy, the scouts on both wings can serve as surprise troops, firing on the center flank at any time and suppressing the enemy.
Ten minutes passed quickly, and the danger that made both Tang Cheng and Yanlong feel palpitated was still lingering, but no one noticed the existence of danger. Fortunately, Tang Cheng has been greatly polished by the war.
Be patient. Since no dangerous place has been found, Tang Cheng plans to fight with the opponent to see who is more patient. Another ten minutes passed, and Liu Shitou was not far away from Tang Cheng.
He couldn't help but move his body, but Tan Fei beside him stretched out his hand to hold his lower back. Liu Shitou was very puzzled, and turned his face to meet Tan Fei's series of gestures.
Liu Shitou had never read a book, but he was not a brainless person. Liu Shitou mastered all the combat sign language taught by the US military instructors after just a few lessons, so he was very familiar with the gestures Tan Fei made at this time.
Tan Fei was telling Liu Shitou that if there was a situation, he should be ready to fire at any time. Liu Shitou blinked to indicate that he already knew, and slowly pulled the trigger of the gun to put the bullet on fire. Liu Shitou, who was lying next to Tan Fei, held his breath and waited.
The appearance of enemies.
Tang Cheng never thought about ambushing the enemy or having an encounter with the enemy here. The terrain here is really too bad, especially for Tang Cheng and the others. It has been half an hour, and Tang Cheng and the others are still lying there.
They moved to the nest, but the enemy that he and Yanlong had been waiting for never appeared. "Something's wrong." Tang Cheng slowly turned around and made a series of gestures to Yanlong, who also nodded and agreed with Tang Cheng's view.
"Retreat, retreat." When unable to make a decision, Tang Cheng wisely chose to retreat. Liu Shitou and the others retreated first with Liu Shitou, who was very puzzled, when suddenly someone came from the upwind position.
The sound of talking was followed by several guys in khaki military uniforms emerging from the bushes upwind. The familiar khaki military uniforms on the other party made Liu Shitou and the others point their guns at him without even thinking.
"Damn, when did these Burmese people start wearing Japanese military uniforms?" Tangcheng was the first to notice the anomaly. Although these guys who came out of the bushes were wearing Japanese military uniforms, they were actually all Japanese soldiers.
Tang Cheng, a Burmese, also happened to see the tattoo exposed on the back of one of the opponent's hands, otherwise he would not have known that these were Burmese and not Japanese soldiers.