Time passed day by day, in a blink of an eye, the winter passed into the new year, Kunming here is like spring all year round, Tang Cheng, who is busy training all day, did not notice the difference between winter and the other three seasons. Just like what Huang Hanju told Tang Cheng in advance, the Nationalist Government was indeed going to send troops to Burma, and Tang Cheng could already guess some from the official documents in Huang Hanju's hands that frequently went back and forth to transport materials.

"This little devil's heart is really big enough, after the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor in December last year, which caused heavy losses to the US Navy, this began to attack Southeast Asian countries urgently, it seems that the little devil's mind is not only to invade our China." There were only two people in the study, Huang Hanju and Tang Cheng, so when Huang Hanju mentioned the war, he had no scruples when he spoke. The newspapers only reported that the Japanese army sent a fleet to attack the US fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7 last year, but there was no fact that the Japanese army had invaded South Asian countries in the following month.

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese army attacked Pearl Harbor, and in less than a month, the Japanese Southern Army successively invaded the Philippines, Thailand, Malaya, Guam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands, all the way to the vast area west of Midway. The United States, Britain and other countries soon declared war on Japan, and the Nationalist Government officially declared war on Japan on December 9, and established a war alliance with Britain and the United States.

All of the above were told by Huang Hanju to Tang Cheng, or Tang Cheng himself saw from Huang Hanju's writings, but he did not know that Chairman Chiang Kai-shek had sent a special person to the United States, and on January 1, 42, 26 countries, including China, the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain, signed a joint declaration in Washington to jointly oppose fascist aggression. The declaration stipulates that the countries participating in the signing of the declaration will promise to assist each other and not to conclude separate armistice agreements or peace treaties with enemy countries.

Tang Cheng is just a small captain officer, and his rank as a captain officer is still disdained by many people, so he will not care about any joint declaration, nor will he care about whether China can become a theater of war for the anti-war alliance, he only cares about the war in Burma now. On January 4, 42, the Burma War, which Tang Cheng had been looking forward to, began, and the Japanese army mobilized the 55th and 33rd divisions of elite divisions from Thailand to attack Dawei and Mawlamyine in southern Burma respectively.

It didn't seem to be what Tang Cheng expected, he originally thought that the British army in Burma was not very good at all, and at least he could fight with the Japanese army for a while, but the actual battle situation greatly exceeded Tang Cheng's expectations. On 31 January, the Japanese occupied Mawlamyine and the area south of it, and on 11 February, the 33rd Division broke through the British defense line on the Salween River and the Mi Lin River, defeating the 17th Division of the British and Indian Army.

On February 23, the Japanese 55th Division seized the only bridge over the Siddang River, broke through the defense line of the Siddang River, and coordinated with the navy and air force to attack Yangon. On March 6, the Japanese 55th Division crushed the counterattack of the British 7th Panzer Brigade near Bago. Alexander, the commander-in-chief of the Anglo-Burmese army, saw that the defeat could not be saved, and after ordering the destruction, he withdrew from Rangoon, and more than 3,000 British and Indian troops withdrew to Taungoo, and asked the Nationalist government to send troops to Burma to help in the war.

When Tang Cheng got the latest Burma war report, it was still March 2, and the Japanese 55th Division only set a trap near Bago to encircle and suppress the British 7th Armored Brigade, and Rangoon was still in the hands of the British army at this time, but Tang Cheng knew that the fall of Rangoon was only a matter of time, just like the city of Nanjing that day. Tang Cheng also did not know that the vanguard of the Nationalist Government's entry into Burma had entered Burma as early as mid-February, especially the 200th Division, the vanguard of the Fifth Army, was slowly advancing to the Tonggu line, preparing to take over the first division of the British army stationed in Burma to defend Tonggu.

"When are we leaving for Burma?" At this time, it was already March 3, but Huang Hanju, who was the deputy director of logistics of the Fifth Army, was still in Kunming, and Tang Cheng was somewhat puzzled. As the old saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, but Huang Hanju, who is in charge of the grain and grass, has not moved for a long time, which seems to be a bit abnormal. Huang Hanju replied positively, but the phone on the table rang suddenly, and after Huang Hanju took the phone, his expression immediately became a little weird.

"Originally, it was said that the chairman of the committee would personally take the oath for the troops entering Burma, and I was ordered to attend the pledge meeting, but why did he suddenly say that he did not want me to participate, and the above asked me to set off to Mandalay to take over the transfer of troop materials." Huang Hanju, who put down the phone, was full of doubts, and being able to participate in the pledge meeting meant that he might be received by the chairman. The Fifth Army clearly said this to itself at that time, but how could it be that it was approaching the day of the oath, but it suddenly wanted to set off into Burma as much as possible, could it be that the Fifth Army had other thoughts about the deputy director of the administrative department?

"I heard that when the Central Army pursued the Red Army, it pursued but did not suppress, chasing all the way and taking over the territory of the warlords at that time. My earliest company commander once told me that the chairman of the committee was a man of great ability and strategy, and that he had always been determined to take over the central government by centralizing local power. Tang Cheng didn't care if his guess was correct or not, he just wanted Huang Hanju to know what to do now, and the end of violating the military order was very bad.

Seeing that Huang Hanju didn't seem to have turned his muscles a little, Tang Cheng immediately got up and walked out, and said as he walked, "Brother-in-law, since the order to let you leave immediately has come, I think you better pack up your things quickly." I'll go back now to gather Hou San and them, and I'll take them over to join you later, since the military order has been issued, there is no room for turnaround, and it must be obeyed. ”

The order that Huang Hanju received was too sudden, not to mention that Huang Hanju was unprepared, and even Tang Cheng himself was caught off guard. Hurried back to the shelter in the east of the city, Hou San and the others, who had already received the call, immediately surrounded them, "The order to set off has come, only a few of us will follow my brother-in-law, and Lao Mu will move to my sister's house with a few small ones." During the time we left, Lao Mu, you are optimistic about a few of them, they are not allowed to go to the black market, and they are not allowed to go out to cause trouble in the Huang family honestly, so wait for us to come back. ”

Tang Cheng used the truck from the shelter station to take Liu Shishi and them all to Huang's house, and on the way, Tang Cheng carefully told Liu Shishi a few more words. "Stone, it's not that I won't take you there, the number of people given above is only so much, you think about who can be left behind and replaced by you." Liu Shizheng, who was full of reluctance, was still annoyed, and after hearing Tang Cheng's words, he looked left and right at the other people sitting in the carriage, Tang Cheng was right, the few who were going to follow Tang Cheng to Myanmar were not good at stubble, and he couldn't change anyone.

Needless to say, Hou San and Dice were the top soldiers scouts in Tang Cheng, and they were especially familiar with mountain marching, and Burma happened to be a mountainous country, and these two people could not be replaced by Liu Shi. The Wild Bull is strong and strong, and is the best ammunition and machine gunner, in case of encounters with the Japanese army, people like the Wild Bull are also indispensable. Glasses Tan Fei is a college student, although he is the weakest among these people, but Tan Fei has a strong point that several other people can't match, that is, Tan Fei has learned Burmese with a Burmese border resident for half a year, and he can already talk to Burmese people in Burmese.

Liu Shishi finally fell on the two Yi men who were hired by Tang Cheng with a lot of money, in Liu Shishi's impression, these two Yi men have been training with their own people since they entered the military camp, as if they had never touched a gun. "Then leave them behind, and I'll go with you, they won't even use guns, and it's useless to follow you, so I'll be a person who can use guns." Liu Shishi's reasoning seemed to be good, but Tang Cheng didn't think so.

"You think it is good, but it's a pity that you didn't look for Hou San and them, but instead found the Yanlong Yanhu brothers, you deserve to be left to take care of Xiaobao and them." Tang Cheng hadn't spoken yet, but Tan Fei, who had been paying attention to what they were saying, opened his mouth. "The Yanlong and Yanhu brothers were specially recruited by the chief, and they have lived in the mountains since they were children, even if they don't have guns, they can live in the mountains with just a machete, can you?" Tan Fei's fall into the well made Hou San and the others all laugh, the skills of these two Yi men, they had all seen it that day.

The truck slowly stopped outside the gate of the Huang family, and the heavily armed Tang Cheng and others jumped out of the truck to join Huang Hanju, who had been waiting for a long time. Today, in minutes, her man, the father of her child, is leaving them for a dangerous battle. And her brother who went to the battlefield together, in order to bring her man back alive, when many gentlemen were still spending time in Kunming City, Tang Cheng had to protect his man into the battlefield.

"Sister, don't worry, I will bring my brother-in-law back with all the beards and tails, if there is a stubble, you will ask me when the time comes." Seeing that Tang Hongyi, who was seeing them off, was about to cry, Tang Cheng stepped forward and whispered a few words of comfort, hugged Huang Duoduo and Huang Xiaohu away, and left the last time for Huang Hanju and his wife to say goodbye. The farewell of Huang Hanju and Tang Hongyi was unexpectedly simple, so much so that after everyone got into the truck, Tang Cheng couldn't help but ask.

"Brother-in-law, I just saw that my sister stuffed something for you, take it out and show it to me." Huang Hanju didn't show Tang Cheng the things, nor did he talk to Tang Cheng, but just opened the gap in the tarpaulin and looked at the red on the corner of the street quietly.