Tanichuan, who had lost his arm strength, twisted his body like a maggot and squirmed by the river. It seemed that he didn't want to be captured alive by Tang Cheng and the others. He wanted to jump into the river and commit suicide. There was another gunshot, and he was shot this time.
It was Tanichuan's thigh. The screaming Tanichuan paused for a moment, then squirmed into the river again regardless, until he was half-submerged in the water and was stepped on by a big foot in the back.
"That little devil is so cruel. He's very cruel to others, and he's very cruel to himself too. He was shot three times in a row, and he even thought about drowning himself." said the bazooka shooter who dragged Tanichuan out of the river.
He kicked Tanichuan again nonchalantly. This kick was obviously a bit too hard. Tanichuan, who was lying on his back by the river, seemed to have begun to roll his eyes. How could Tangcheng let this Japanese major die so easily?
After a while, he called on his rescuers to work hard and rescued Tanichuan who was unconscious.
Tanichuan was stubborn and ignored Tang Cheng's repeated inquiries. However, he did not know that Tang Cheng could speak Japanese and could understand Japanese. He just found Japanese documents from Tanichuan and those Japanese soldiers.
The paper and diary were enough for Tang Cheng to get the information he wanted. "Company Commander, the radio station is intact, but the code pad was soaked in water and the words on it looked a bit blurry." Dice taught Tang the code pad.
Cheng, and then made a gesture of cutting his throat towards Tanichuan, who was lying on the ground waiting for death.
"No matter, take the prisoners and the radio, let's go back. Whether the code function can be used depends on whether the guys in the headquarters are capable. Our work is done." After briefly cleaning the battlefield, Tangcheng's group took Yixin with him.
Tanichuan, who was begging for death, and the captured Japanese radio station retreated back. They originally thought that their investigation into Tangcheng would be over for a few days, but they didn't expect that they would be back in half a day and bring back
A captured Japanese major and code book made Mike overjoyed.
The prisoners, the radio and the code book were immediately sent to the headquarters. Because of Tang Cheng's reminder, Mike did not go to the headquarters in person, but assigned Lanny to escort the prisoners and things. "Don't be stupid, your assault
The commando team has actually been crippled by the Japanese army. If it weren't for my people to support it, the commando team might have been disbanded. This is the time when the new army is at its peak. If there are supplementary troops, they will first stick to them.
, there is no source of troops, and your commando team will be withdrawn sooner or later, so you'd better have a good rest, this battle looks to be over soon anyway."
After hearing what Tang Cheng said, Mike was deeply shocked and didn't eat two meals in a row. He waited for Lanny to bring back the order from the headquarters for the commando team to rest on the spot first. Only then did Mike finally believe what Tang Cheng said. What happened next
For a few days, the commando team had no mission. All the expeditionary forces, including the headquarters, seemed to have forgotten that there was a troop also belonging to them stationed in the abandoned village on the slope. Of course, this troop
The number of people is a bit too small.
The sky has been gloomy, and the rainfall that has not been seen for many days has suddenly become more frequent. A stream behind the village that could originally see the river bed has regained its former vitality because of the continuous rainfall. The stream has now changed.
The turbid current is at least sixty yards wide. The turbid river water is mixed with sediment and trees washed down from the upper reaches, and rushes away at a rate of at least a hundred yards per minute. Looking up from the branches and leaves by the river, it is still hazy.
, this scene reminded Tang Cheng and others of the difficult trek in the jungle last year.
The expeditionary force besieging Myitkyina is still fighting a tug-of-war with the Japanese army. The disadvantage for the expeditionary force is the terrain here. There are many small rivers blocking the road outside Myitkyina. Most of these small rivers are dry ditches in the sunny season.
, but after being used by the Japanese army, it became an obstacle to the attacking troops of the expeditionary force. The Japanese army's defense in this area was very unique and tenacious. Sometimes they would form several positions along the ditch, and sometimes they would choose special terrain to build them.
Become a strong stronghold.
The Japanese army is particularly fond of some long strips and horseshoe-shaped swamps. The Japanese army is accustomed to using such swamps to build circular strongholds. Such strongholds have a 360-degree direction and look like bunkers in the grass. They can buy time. That is,
Even where there were no field fortifications, the Japanese army still resisted piece by piece in skirmish formations, fighting and retreating, but retreating no more than a hundred yards per thrust.
The field of vision in the bushes and grass is limited, so blocking the road with automatic firearms is very effective. If the expeditionary force wants to expel the enemy, it must send out troops to search. At such times, it can only deploy a part of its troops to defeat the enemy's resistance.
, the troops who went out to search could only advance a few dozen yards, then stopped to consolidate their positions, then sent out to search, and then deployed their troops again. Such a disorderly cycle had exhausted the soldiers' physical strength.
In such an area, the neat battle lines in military drills no longer exist. Both the offensive and defensive sides have formed countless large and small pockets in the woods. The artillery on both sides is very active; light weapons will never be fired easily within ten yards.
Tang Cheng, who had nothing to do, once followed Mike to the so-called front line for a while. At that time, Tang Cheng and Mike were hiding in a trench to watch the Japanese army. A veteran in the position suddenly pointed at the reeds on the opposite side and shouted.
stand up.
There were two Japanese soldiers crawling in the reeds and evacuating backwards. If Tang Cheng's soldiers encountered this situation, the most they could do was shoot a shuttle with a machine gun. But on the position Tang Cheng was in, it was directly
Mortars were used to annihilate the enemy. Tangcheng asked them why they didn't use machine guns. The veteran on the position replied in a calm tone: "This kind of target is a hundred yards away, so we usually only kill it with light mortars."
"
The veteran's answer left Tang Cheng speechless. The expeditionary force is really rich now, and they have to use a mortar to deal with just two dead targets. Have they all forgotten that last year, countless soldiers ran out of ammunition and food in the jungle?
Are you struggling to save life in pain? "Don't listen to their nonsense. Mortars are used to reduce unnecessary casualties. The hospitals in the rear are crowded with wounded soldiers sent from the front line every day. I heard that they are all fighting close to the Japanese army."
Casualties that occurred during the battle." Although Mike's persuasion was a bit dry, it also made Tang Cheng feel better.
Time passed like this day by day. On May 16, the left detachment of the Sixty-sixth Regiment and the US Army finally arrived in the suburbs of Michina. "How so fast?" When the news came, Tangcheng and others were still a little doubtful.
For several days in a row, the news Lanni brought back from the headquarters was still mixed and contradictory. On the 21st, the 65th Regiment had successfully landed at the airport, and the siege was in progress. The 40th Division of the 14th Division
The Second Regiment has received the order and is gathering at a certain air force base, ready to take off.
"Would you like to take a plane and go for a walk over Myitkyina?" Mike's suggestion attracted Tang Cheng's interest. After many days of depression, Tang Cheng was extremely tired of the current war and was used to intermittent battles with the Japanese army.
Tangcheng was very unaccustomed to this kind of positional warfare that was purely about attrition. One day in late May, a C-47 took Tangcheng and Mike to the sky above Michigan. When the fuselage tilted left and the engine speed slowed down, something in the cabin
Tangcheng was not very happy.
Because the Irrawaddy River that Mike talked about was just a wide turbid current through the plane window, and the trees on both sides were almost submerged in the water. And the airport they were preparing to land at was just a small forest.
On the sandy land, Tangcheng could barely see the streets of Myitkyina. The plane that slowed down seemed to sigh, and then landed on this sandy land, because it had rained heavily that morning and the plane's tires were in contact with the ground.
It also made water splash everywhere.
Tang Cheng jumped off the cabin and looked carefully at the airstrip under his feet. This yellow sandy land was actually quite large. There were two other transport planes on the airport. There were a bunch of shells piled around the airport. On the other side was the transport plane just now.
A bunch of supplies were brought down from the airport. Many people were running around the airport, and some were standing and wandering in the distance. All in all, the situation here was similar to that of the Xinpingyang Airport, except that the order seemed a little more chaotic.
"Let's take you to see Myitkyina." Mike took Tang Cheng to the small hills near the airport. Below the hills is the airport, and there is a chain of mountains to the northeast and northwest. At this time, the sun is shining in his eyes.
They felt dizzy, and the wet raindrops were still dripping down from the round-leaf trees on the hills. Due east, less than two miles away from Tangcheng, they were in Myitkyina, but they could only see Tangcheng on the hills.
To one or two white lead roofs, American planes hovering in the sky were conducting dive bombings over there.
Since the Sino-US joint forces attacked Myitkyina Airport in May, this unconscious bombing operation has continued non-stop. From Tang Cheng's point of view, the actual effect of aircraft bombing is far less than that of the big bosses at the headquarters.
It was meant to show off the force of the Japanese army. In fact, Tangcheng was very disappointed with this trip to Myitkyina. He did not see the whole picture of Myitkyina, nor did he see the life-and-death attack and defense between the troops on both sides.
I saw a few houses with white lead roofs and a pointless show of force.
Returning to the commando station, Mike tried to persuade Tang Cheng to go to the Myitkyina front line to gain new military exploits, but Tang Cheng refused to agree to anything. After seeing the fighting methods of the New First Army, Tang Cheng did not want to drag his brothers into it.
Go to that battlefield where victory is achieved purely by firepower. After defeating Tang Cheng, Mike went to do Hou San's work again, but without Tang Cheng's consent, not only Hou San, but also Yanlong who followed Mike to the front line last time.
Didn't agree either.
The siege of Myitkyina is still continuing, and all the expeditionary forces have suffered more or less casualties, but Tang Cheng and the others are still forgotten in the village by the headquarters, but this is exactly what Tang Cheng wants.
Whenever someone discussed the war in front in private, Tangcheng would ask military doctors to take them to the ambulance in the rear to help. After seeing the wounded soldiers sent from the front, there was no more discussion in the commando team. They were so angry.