Chapter Seventy-Nine: Pretending to Sleep
To be honest, the soldier didn't expect to have such a good result last week, the soldier originally thought that even if he was on the third watch, he should be on the list occasionally and often fall off the list, but he didn't expect the fact that he was often on the list and occasionally fell off the list, and even stayed on the list in the later stage and never fell. This is all in favor of the lazy brothers who voted enthusiastically, and the soldiers thanked them.
A new week has begun, the soldiers continue to watch three more, and the brothers will continue to smash the tickets if they have them!
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"Fuck it!" As soon as he heard Zhang Chi's translation, Wang Mazi scolded: "If the British can fight, why did they go earlier?!" They don't fight themselves, and we don't give equipment when we come, what kind of is this! ”
"No, no......" Scott replied, "We didn't fight, we will fully cooperate with your attack......"
"The ghost only believes, it is my soldiers who go up, and it is the Chinese who die!" Wang Mazi unceremoniously interrupted Scott's words: "When the time comes, you will run away in the back, leaving us to die in front...... I don't eat your set! You're here ready to surrender, but don't fucking drag Lao Tzu into the water, Lao Tzu and his brothers still want to kill a few more devils, I've never seen you so unplanted! ”
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But no matter what Wang Mazi said and scolded, Scott said: "This is the equipment of the British army, they can cooperate with the squadron ** attack, but they can't give the equipment to the Chinese!" ”
Later, even Andy couldn't stand it, and he took the initiative to contact Slim, who was still in Chokbadang, and wanted to use Slim's order to pressure Scott, but Scott still refused.
Scott still had the same reason: the quality of the British 7th Armored Brigade was much better than that of the Chinese Engineer Corps, especially more familiar with tank operation, so the British army was fully competent for the task of fire cover.
This is not the first time Scott has disobeyed Slim's orders, and he has not agreed to cooperate with Chokba's attack before, and Slim is helpless against him.
In the end, Slim had to persuade the ** person in turn: "Or, try to coordinate with the Seventh Armored Brigade!" ”
But how could Wang Mazi agree, the war is not a joke, once the war starts, it is difficult to take it back and not start over. You must know that the total strength of the Japanese army in the direction of the 501 Heights and the Bin River Bridge is more than 1,000 people, which is equivalent to the engineer regiment, and if the British army acting as a fire cover retreats, the engineer regiment is in danger of being completely annihilated by the Japanese army. If you cooperate with the British, isn't that putting the lives of more than a thousand people in the engineering regiment into the hands of the British?
"Alas!" Zhang Chi sighed and got out of the argument.
He knew that he couldn't convince Scott, there was a saying that "you can't wake up a person who is pretending to be asleep", and now Scott is a person who is pretending to be asleep. In fact, he had completely lost his fighting spirit and did not believe that the Engineer Regiment could lead them to break through, so he was ready to surrender.
Zhang Chi leaned his rifle on his back, lit a cigarette and walked out the door, he didn't want to hear the noise in the headquarters anymore, he wanted to breathe some fresh air, even though the air in Ren'anqiang was filled with the scorching smell of the burning oil fields.
When Zhang Chi walked out of the headquarters, he couldn't help but be stunned, at this time there were already many British soldiers standing outside the door, and they heard the noise and movement of the headquarters and came to see the situation.
"It's you!" When a British lieutenant colonel saw Zhang Chi, he asked with a puzzled face: "Aren't you...... Chinese? ”
"Hmm!" At this time, Zhang Chi recognized that this British officer was Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey whom he had met at the headquarters of the 3rd Regiment of the British Army in Pingmanna, and he was already dirty and embarrassed at this time.
Zhang Chi smiled, and asked instead of answering: "It turned out to be Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey who transferred the front, how did you ...... Shifted the front to Ringanqiang? ”
Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey just snorted and didn't answer.
"You're that Chinese second lieutenant!" An Englishwoman sprang out from behind Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey and said to Zhang Chi in surprise: "It's me, Page, who took a picture of you and Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey in Pingmanna!" ”
"Oh, it turned out to be you!" It took a long time for Zhang Chi to recognize her as the reporter.
It's no wonder that Zhang Chi can't recognize it, you must know that when I saw them before, they were still majestic and white, but now I saw them trapped in Ren'anqiang for a few days and nights without eating, drinking, and being tortured, so naturally it would not be the same.
"Comrade Second Lieutenant!" Paige licked her chapped lips and asked a little embarrassed, "You...... Is there water? ”
"Yes!" Zhang Chi casually handed the kettle on his waist to Page.
Page was not polite, and took the kettle and poured it violently, and after a while handed the kettle to Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey next to him. Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey hesitated, looked at Zhang Chi, and his face was embarrassed, but finally took the kettle. At first, he still took a few sips, but it didn't take long for him to raise his head and pour it violently regardless of his demeanor.
"Thank you!" Page said.
"No thanks!" Zhang Chi replied: "Yes!" ”
"Are you here to save us?" Page asked.
"So to speak!" Zhang Chi was a little helpless.
"What is 'so to speak'?" Paige was a little confused.
"The reason is ......" Zhang Chi raised his head towards the headquarters: "General Scott is not cooperative, we hope to use the tanks of the British Seventh Armored Brigade to lead you to break through, but he refused." ”
Zhang Chi's words soon caused a wave of dissatisfaction among the British troops, and even Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey felt disgusted in his eyes.
You must know that not everyone in the British army has completely lost faith in the breakout like Scott, they all have parents and relatives, and they hope to return to their families as soon as possible instead of leaving their fate in the hands of the Japanese.
This made Zhang Chi realize that he could take advantage of their emotions, so he sighed and said: "Do you know why we Chinese are so heroic in the face of the Japanese?" ”
"Because you are warriors!" Page replied.
"Not exactly!" Zhang Chi shook his head and said: "Chinese have fought with the Japanese for several years, so it is very clear that surrendering to the Japanese will not end well, so they will not give you any prisoner treatment, but will do anything you can't imagine, especially ......"
Speaking of this, Zhang Chi looked Peppa up and down with lustful eyes, which made Paige shudder.
"And your commander!" Zhang Chi continued: "It is obvious that he is ready to surrender, and he may be able to sell some intelligence and equipment...... For example, you will get good treatment by handing over the tanks to the Japanese army intact, but what about you?! ”
The British officers could not help but be silent, and for a long time, they said one after another:
He's right! We can't let General Scott do that! ”
"We should give the equipment to the Chinese!"
"Yes, our armored units will only run away under the artillery of the Japanese, we can't rely on them to break through, that will harm us!"
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Page simply walked up to the officers and shouted, "What are you waiting for? Let's go to General Scott together! ”
Looking at the British officers who were rushing towards the headquarters with anger, Zhang Chi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief...... Let's give Scott a headache now, and see how he continues to "pretend to be asleep" in this situation.