Tangcheng and the others, who had already assembled, had been waiting for the order for the commando to attack, but night had already fallen, and the order for the attack they had been waiting for had not yet arrived. "Sir, is there something wrong? Or maybe there is no need.
Are we on board?" Tan Fei, who was already waiting a little anxiously, moved slightly to Tang Cheng's side and asked in a low voice, "I just went out for a walk, and several veterans on this line of defense said that they killed and injured many brothers last night.
, I guess if they want to do it themselves, we don’t need them at all.”
Tang Cheng, who had been silent until now, tilted his mouth. In fact, he already agreed with Tan Fei's speculation. It was already past 2 o'clock in the morning. Even in August, the sky in Myanmar was very bright.
Morning, if it gets bright, the originally planned night attack will be out of the question. "Wait a minute, if we really don't need us, it will save trouble." There was a hint of anger in Tang Cheng's words, no matter who is here
After waiting for several hours in a position full of mud and water, you will get a little angry.
Mo Yue waited until three o'clock in the morning. The artillery deployed in the rear began to show off its power. Almost without warning, more than a dozen large-caliber howitzers began to bombard the Japanese position. Looking at the flames rising from time to time in front of the position, Tangcheng began to back up.
While pacing back and forth through the mud everywhere, the burst of artillery made Tangcheng realize that the planned night attack had come to nothing. Now that the artillery had taken action, the 38th Division would not agree to attack at night, otherwise the artillery fire would
fall on one's own head.
Sure enough, before the bombardment stopped, a messenger from the 38th Division handed over the order to end the raid to Tang Cheng. "Third brother, call the brothers to assemble. The raid has been cancelled. Let's retreat to the camp and rest." Read it.
After canceling the raid order, Tang Cheng's face looked a little ugly. He didn't think there was anything wrong with canceling the mission, he just didn't want to become a pawn played by the big bosses at will.
The commando team withdrew safely. Mike, who had been restless and waiting anxiously, was also very puzzled, "The order has been cancelled. I guess we were fooled. The focus of the attack at the headquarters should not be the direction we selected. If you don't believe me, wait.
Let's read the battle report at dawn." Mike obviously found it difficult to accept Tang Cheng's dry explanation. After arranging for Tang Cheng and his party to rest, Mike personally drove to the former enemy command bar to find out more.
The information Mike received from the former enemy headquarters was almost consistent with Tang Cheng's guess. The expeditionary force did not intend to attack the Japanese defense lines on a large scale. They just played a trick with the Japanese army of attacking in the east and attacking in the west, while mobilizing large-scale troops outside Myitkyina.
, but has secretly assembled a part of its troops. While the attention of the Japanese army in Myitkyina was drawn to Tangcheng and their side, the expeditionary force dispatched elite troops last night to finally recapture many positions that were attacked by the Japanese army. In other words,
Tangcheng and the others just played the role of waving the flag and beating the drums last night.
The sky was completely bright. According to the order of the headquarters, some troops outside Myitkyina began to mobilize. Mike's commando team was temporarily supplemented by Tangcheng and others, so they were also mobilized. "Tell the brothers to pack up, we need to change
We are here." Tang Cheng was not surprised by the defense order that Mike brought back. He just woke up Hou San and the others with a calm face, and then asked Hou San and the others to wake up his soldiers one by one to assemble.
The soldiers who were woken up consciously formed a column. Some sleepy-eyed guys were checking their weapons and ammunition while looking around at the people around them. "We are now implementing sound control. Don't speak loudly and don't smoke." Hou San
The leader of the team ordered, "We will go to a village two kilometers away, and then we will camp there. Let's go now!" The soldiers muttered and lined up to leave the current camp.
"I haven't felt this way for a long time, haven't I? So many people are marching together." Zhao Liang, who was walking a little ahead, suddenly whispered. Next to him was Tan Fei. After hearing this,
She couldn't help but look at him inexplicably, and when she was about to speak, Hou San, who heard the voice and came over, gave him a sharp look. He had just said that he wanted to control his voice.
Tan Fei and Zhao Liang quickly shrank their necks, smiled at Hou San, and made gestures to express that they would never dare to do it again. Seeing the two people acting like this, everyone couldn't help but chuckle, and suddenly
Hearing the sound of car horns behind them, a truck carrying soldiers passed by them and sped past. "Damn, I was covered in mud." Liu Shitou, who was following the team, couldn't help but jump away, but
Still didn't avoid the mud splashed by the car.
Lanni looked at the soldiers in the car and said, "They are guys from the 38th Division. That's what these guys are like."
"Why do they take a car and we have to walk? There are not many people in their car, why don't we let them pick us up?" At this time, Liu Shitou shouted loudly, and then walked on the road. After he shouted like this
, many people were crossing the road.
"Beep, beep, beep," the truck behind kept honking its horn. "Hey, guys, get out of the way, let us pass!" The truck that was blocked finally stopped, and a head popped out of the cab and shouted loudly.
Shouting. The driver shouted for a long time, but Liu Shitou and the others stood in the middle of the road, but no one paid him any attention. The driver had no choice but to look at Lanni, who was standing next to Liu Shitou.
But Lanni smiled and shook his head and shouted: "Man, bring us along, and the road will be smoother." Then the soldiers on the road also started making noises.
The driver who poked his head out of the cab looked at Liu Shitou and his group who were blocking the road. It was obvious that these guys blocking the road would not give up until they achieved their goal, so he had to shout loudly, "Okay, damn it.
, you guys come up here!" Lanny took Liu Shitou and the others and climbed into the truck, while Tang Cheng, Mike and the rest continued to walk.
The destination is not very far away. It is only 2 kilometers away from Mike's original camp. If it were not for the slippery road conditions, Tangcheng and the others might be able to reach their destination in just an hour. But now, waiting for them to hike
When they arrived at their destination, Liu Shitou and the others who were riding in the car had already had breakfast with the logistics troops of the 38th Division. They were forced to stop for no reason. The driver of the 38th Division had already reported what happened on the road.
However, when they learned that the person who blocked the truck was the commando team directly under the headquarters, the logistics officer of the 38th Division who was supposed to come to Mike to ask for an explanation never showed up.
Although Mike's commando team has been disabled, they still have the title of direct subordinate to the headquarters after all. It is just a few drivers' complaints that the people of the 38th Division do not really want to offend Mike. After settling down at the destination, Tangcheng
Only then did I realize that the original distance traveled by 2 kilometers refers to the actual distance. If we talk about the straight-line distance to the Japanese position, it has only moved forward less than 500 meters.
Such an advance made Hou San and the others very dissatisfied. They had already assembled so many troops outside Myitkyina. According to Hou San and the others' ideas, they simply attacked Myitkyina head-on. How could they be so careful and cautious?
, At this rate, we are conquering Myitkyina, and we don’t know how long we will wait. “Watch your mouths, and don’t talk nonsense about good or bad things. We are not the only troops here. It’s indispensable for others to listen.
Another slap in the face." Tang Cheng warned Hou San and others with a cold face, which made Hou San and others stop talking in private.
"Don't talk about them. In fact, I also have this question in my heart. Our troops have obviously taken the initiative, why are we so careful to mess with the Japanese army? According to the intelligence we got, there are not many civilians in the Myitji, and the Japanese army has already
Myitkyina has been built into a large military camp, and even if there are Burmese people, they are all Burmese National Salvation Army helping the Japanese army, and they are still our enemies." Like Hou San and others, Mike is also dragging the headquarters.
There were complaints in his stomach, but he could only confide these complaints to Tang Cheng in private.
"Don't worry, even someone like you who doesn't know how to fight can see it. I don't believe there is no sensible person in the headquarters. General Sun Liren is not a freeloader. If it were me, such a good situation would not be wasted.
I guess the headquarters must have some new plan, otherwise it wouldn't be so unreliable." I met Sun Liren once in Xinpingyang, and Tang Cheng admired the combat effectiveness of the New First Army, especially the 38
In the impression of the division in Tangcheng, it was simply a model of invincibility and invincibility.
As Tang Cheng speculated, the top brass of the expeditionary force had disagreements on how to capture Myitkyina. Stilwell also wanted to use Myitkyina as a bait to attract the Japanese troops from Burma to come to the rescue. His
The idea was to use Myitkyina and the Burmese Japanese army to encircle the point for reinforcements, but Sun Liren, who actually commanded the battle, always disagreed with this plan. The 38th Division captured the Hukang Valley and severely damaged the 18th Japanese Division. The Burmese Japanese army had actually begun to evade and expedition.
In a head-to-head confrontation between the Japanese and Japanese armies, no one would be able to send reinforcements to Myitkyina if they were commanding the Japanese army in Burma. The siege of Myitkyina would simply be a waste of the expeditionary force's time.
Stilwell and Sun Liren insisted on their own opinions, and neither of them could convince the other. In the end, the British army made peace. Anyway, now that the expeditionary force had no shortage of supplies and materials, they simply besieged Myitkyina for a few days and looked at Myanmar.
Will the Japanese army send reinforcements? It is precisely because of this that a strange confrontation has formed between the Japanese army and the expeditionary force in Myitkyina. Today you sneak attack on me, and tomorrow I will sneak attack you again. Only then will Tangcheng and the others feel that now
They were fighting the Japanese troops in Myitkyina.