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"Hey, Ensign!"

Just when Zhang Chi was busy, a familiar cry came from behind him.

As soon as Zhang Chi turned around, he saw Page holding the camera and pressing the shutter on him at the right time.

"You should stay with Lieutenant Colonel Aubrey, Ms. Paige!" Zhang Chi said while busy carrying ammunition boxes to armored vehicles with his fellow villagers.

"I'm a journalist!" Ms. Page shrugged: "If I'm with them, I'll be out of work!" ”

"Unemployed?" Zhang Chi didn't understand.

"You're right!" Page smiled: "They're attacking in the other direction, I don't know how to portray them in the article!" ”

So that's the case, Zhang Chi couldn't help but smile and shook his head, maybe this female reporter has more courage than those British generals.

"Can you tell me where you're going?" Page asked.

"Go back!" Zhang Chi replied.

"Go back?"

"Yes!" Zhang Chi nodded: "Ping Manna!" ”

"But ......," Page was a little puzzled, "there are Japanese people everywhere behind us!" ”

"You're right!" Zhang Chi replied: "So we have to fight back!" ”

Page couldn't help but be stunned: "You mean...... We're going back with you too? To face those Japanese? ”

"How?" Zhang Chi asked, "Scared?!" ”

"No, no......" Paige was a little embarrassed: "I was just a little surprised!" ”

"You should be scared!" Zhang Chi said.

"You...... Will you be scared too? Page obviously didn't expect Zhang Chi to say that.

"Of course!" Zhang Chi opened the ammunition box, grabbed a few magazines from it and stuffed them into the bullet bag, turned his eyes to the soldiers beside him, and said, "It's not just me. He, he, and him...... will be afraid. ”

After checking the rifle in his hand, Zhang Chi continued: "But we all know that it is useless to be afraid, we must face it, because only in this way can we live!" ”

"That's a good point, second lieutenant!" Page looked at Zhang Chi with a blink of an eye, and suddenly asked, "Can I join you?" I mean, look how you guys fight! ”

"No!" Zhang Chi refused without thinking about it.

"Ensign!" Page was unwilling to persuade him: "I am a reporter for the Daily Mirror, and I can let your heroic deeds be published in the newspaper and seen by the whole world, which is good for your army and even your country......"

"Ma'am!" Zhang Chi interrupted Page's words: "For us soldiers, the most important thing is to save our lives, understand?" ”

Page couldn't help but be silent, and it was a long time before she nodded and replied, "Understood! ”

"Good!" Zhang Chi said, "You should go back to your team!" ”

"Okay!" Page nodded, walked a few steps and turned back to ask, "May I know your name?" Lieutenant? ”

"Zhang Chi!"

"Thank you, Second Lieutenant Zhang Chi, goodbye!"

"Goodbye!"

What Zhang Chi didn't know was that at this time, an article titled "We Are Not Heroes, We Just Want to Live" had already taken shape in Page's mind.

Although the article does not say it explicitly, it uses a clever way to compare the performance of British and Chinese soldiers on the battlefield in Burma: on the one hand, they are full of heroes and honors, but what they do is a shameful escape; Although the soldiers on the other side are just to live, they are worthy of respect and even great.

Of course, in fact, the actions of Zhang Chi and others are not so lofty, which Zhang Chi knows in his heart, because if he can stab the British, he will never hesitate, and they will do it out of helplessness...... Part of it was because of orders, and more about equipment and supplies.

So this can also be said to be a kind of sadness, the country is not strong enough, the industry is not strong enough, and the country can only produce a few dozen kilograms of gasoline a year...... As a result, strategic goods such as ammunition and gasoline can only be exchanged for the lives of soldiers.

After an hour of intense preparation, the troops set off at two o'clock in the morning.

The reason why they had to rush so much was because Zhang Chi and the others didn't want to delay the fighter.

There are two aspects to the delay fighter mentioned here:

First, the Japanese troops of the two wings in front could complete the task of extinguishing the fire at any time and launch an attack on Ren'anqiang, and by then it would be difficult for the Sino-British coalition forces to break through.

The other is that if it is postponed any further, it will soon be dark, and the dawn of the sky will be very unfavorable to the operation of the engineer regiment.

So although the preparations were not yet sufficient, there were still groups of British troops busy carrying ammunition to the cars...... But the soldiers were very fast, and the troops still took advantage of the night to drive south along the road.

At the forefront were forty tanks and armored vehicles loaded with soldiers of the engineering regiment.

These tank crews had previously trained in Tonggu and had experience in combat, so it was clear that they were the main force in this breakout.

Zhang Chi, who was sitting in an armored car, was one of them...... A company was placed at the forefront of the spearhead.

At this time, they can be said to be armed to the teeth, each platoon has a light tank and three armored vehicles, which is the standard configuration of the US mechanized troops at this time: a tank needs 4 tank crews, and an armored car including the driver can carry 9 crew members, so this multiplication and one addition is exactly a platoon of 31 people.

Needless to say, in terms of weapons and ammunition, Wang Mazi also took this opportunity to "requisition" dozens of Bren-type light machine guns from the British...... You must know that this is related to the question of whether nearly 10,000 British troops can break through, since the tanks have been given, where will the British army care about light machine guns. So the engineer regiment really implemented one light machine gun per squad.

Of course, Wang Mazi, who has used British equipment, knows very well that these things are bullet-eating machines, so the ammunition is loaded into cars one by one, and armored vehicles are also loaded ...... It seems unwise to load too much ammunition on an armored vehicle, because it takes up too much space and reduces the space for the fighters to move.

But no one objected to this behavior, and even Zhang Chiming didn't say anything when he knew this.

The Chinese soldiers have suffered too much from insufficient equipment and ammunition, so that they will definitely not let go of the opportunity to get more ammunition now, which is like a hungry person who has been hungry for a long time and let go of eating, although his stomach is full, he still has a great appetite and can't help but eat more......

At this time, the engineer regiment was like this, and a little more ammunition would give them a little more security and confidence.

And on the battlefield, a sense of security and self-confidence are perhaps even more important!