Chapter 64: Waiting and Hope
Now the dice are not rare for the worthless trophies on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and they also look down on the weapons and ammunition of the Japanese infantry, if it were not for Tang Cheng's orders, they may not even ask for the grenades on the waists of the corpses of the Japanese soldiers. The skeptical engineer unit quickly sent a team of men to the mountains and forests on the other side of the mountain road, and the Japanese soldiers who attacked them were indeed killed, and if you count the corpses that had been torn into pieces by bullets, more than 30 Japanese soldiers died in the mountains and forests.
"His mother's little devil is too poor now, and there are more than 30 people to find this grenade, what the hell is enough for it." The dice took the backpack handed by the sapper, and took a cursory look at the less than 40 grenades in the backpack, and the disdain on his face became even more obvious. "Okay, that's it, the little devil has already killed you for you, then we'll go back." The dice didn't have the heart to stay with these guys who built bridges and paved the road, so he drove away with his snipers in a hurry, "See, what I'm talking about, each of these guys is a murderer without blinking." I heard that if they hadn't run out of ammunition last time, they might have to play with the Japanese in the woods for ten days and a half. The lieutenant officer who had been waving to the dice earlier boasted to his soldiers, but unfortunately what he had just said was also told by others in the tavern of the town.
"Okay, let's go back and rest with all your people, don't you have to train tomorrow." When Dice led the people back to the town, they were just in time for Tang Cheng and Wallace to go out to the tavern in the town, and when they learned of this, Dice naturally did not want to go back to the barracks to stay idle. "Go, go cool, didn't you fucking say that foreign wine is like horse pee, fuck off." Pushing and kicking drove away the dice gang, Tang Cheng personally drove Wallace to the tavern.
Tang Cheng and Wallace didn't just go to the tavern to drink, Tang Cheng accidentally found out that Wallace's gang actually sold a batch of arms in his hand to a few local Indian leaders, and he couldn't bear Liu Shishi's repeated arrivals, Tang Cheng planned to let Wallace also introduce himself to a channel to resell military supplies. The Mook's bar in the town indicates that it is a British bar, but the actual owner behind it is a local Indian head family, to which Wallace's batch of arms was sold, and Tang Cheng came with him this time just to explore the way.
Mike had already shown weakness in front of Stilwell that he would no longer be entangled in the affairs of the American detachment, and in return, Stilwell was also very generous in giving them instructions on supplies in Tangcheng. But Tang Cheng and they have not been compensated for a long time, and the whole company is still the more than 200 people who walked out of the forest, and the materials and supplies that have been transported from Ramgarh have already filled the warehouses in the barracks, and Mike, who is unwilling to be kicked out, secretly ordered Tang Cheng to find an opportunity to sell the extra materials.
The advent and continuation of the war has made medicine and munitions the hard currency of the region, second only to food and clothing. Tang Cheng, who is already wealthy, is not short of these things, and of course American-style weapons and ammunition cannot be sold, but as long as the people introduced by Wallace have enough gold in their hands, Tang Cheng will even order Hou San to take the initiative to attack the Ghost Gate Pass to clear out the Japanese army, and then resell the captured Japanese weapons and ammunition to the Indians.
The backpack of Japanese-style grenades that Dice brought back from the Ghost Gate Pass became a stepping stone for Tang Cheng, and the manager in charge of Mook's bar was surprised by Tang Cheng's generosity, and quickly sent someone to ask the boss behind the scenes for instructions. With a backpack of Japanese-style grenades as a stepping stone, coupled with Tang Cheng and Wallace's introduction, Tang Cheng quickly negotiated the content of Hunger Oh Yi with the other party, and at the same time negotiated a more reasonable price for his Japanese-style weapons and ammunition that had not yet arrived.
"Don, I always thought you were wrong to do this, I just sold them a batch of things that were about to be destroyed last time, but you want your soldiers to risk your trade, it sounds crazy." After leaving the tavern, Wallace, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had the intention to persuade Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng directly reciprocated him. Tang Cheng, who was driving by himself, kept rolling his eyes at Wallace, who was chattering, and said in his heart that you are embarrassed to educate Lao Tzu, you are about to put away all the weapons and ammunition of your soldiers and sell them to the Indians.
Tang Cheng, who returned to the barracks, gathered Hou San and the others together, and threw a piece of gold brought back from the tavern on the table, "Starting tomorrow, every day, a platoon will be set aside to go to the Ghost Gate Pass to clear out the Japanese army, and all the loot will be brought back." Weapons, bullets, grenades, even bayonets will be brought back to me, the Indians have a lot of money in their pockets, they want everything, and they will pay in gold. Tang Cheng's order obviously came too suddenly, but Hou Hou San and their attention at this time were all focused on the piece of gold on the table, what Tang Cheng said, they just nodded.
"Now it's good, when the war is over, Lao Tzu will have enough money to buy land and build houses. Yao Dahu on the dog day, Lao Tzu wants to buy more land than his family, look at the little cubs of Yao Dahu's family and dare to call Lao Tzu a bandit stinky for food. Staring at the gold on the table with straight eyes, the dice couldn't help but tell the little secret in his heart, if it wasn't for the oppression of a big family, he wouldn't have become a bandit.
"Look at your fucking appearance, didn't the chief say that he would take us to Burma to dig gold mines, and then a little more gold will make you happy like this, and if you really get more gold in Burma at that time, you won't have to go crazy directly." Hou San taught the dice in his mouth, but his eyes were also fixed on the gold nuggets on the table. Since following Tang Cheng, Tang Cheng has never been short of the salaries of a few of them, and they all know about the gold mine and the jade mine. It's a pity that most of the money they received was from the ocean, and the gold mines and jade mines were still nowhere to be seen, so they couldn't compare to the gold nuggets in front of them.
"You all want to go there, I asked you to go to the Ghost Gate Pass to clear out the Japanese army, I was afraid that you would slow down after not fighting with the devil for a long time, not to ask you to go to the gold." Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and knocked on the table with some dissatisfaction, and among the people, only Liu Shishi, who was often in contact with the black market and traded gold bars, could still look as usual, and several other people, including Tan Fei, were still fascinated. Seeing that everyone was like this, Tang Cheng had no choice but to put away the piece of gold first, and everyone returned to normal.
"No wonder there is always a master who wants money and doesn't want to die in the play, if I really move a mountain of gold to put it here, I'm afraid I can become the same god who wants money and doesn't want to die like them." Tang Cheng accepted the gold nuggets on the table, and the dice reached out and scratched his head with some embarrassment.
"The order from Ramgarh's side is almost down, and until then, I want each of you to save your own life. If you can't even solve the sneaky and unsightly Japanese soldiers on the Ghost Gate, I guess you will be killed even if you follow me to northern Myanmar by then. After lecturing Hou San and them, Tang Cheng drove the guys who were still paying attention to the piece of gold out of his room.
Ramgarh would order the mobilization of the company in Don City, according to a message from the far away town of Lambgarh, McTonguò Cai Jincheng, whose command intended to send a field-trained Merrell commando into Burma in February. While the troops of the 38th Division entered Burma from the Savage Mountains, they waited for an opportunity to infiltrate the rear of the Japanese army from the northern part of Burma and cut off the logistics supply and communication lines of the Japanese army.
Stilwell's attention to the Merrill Commando naturally has his own careful thoughts, and he has always wanted to prove his ability in front of the commander of the National Army, and the Merrill Commando, who has received mountain combat training and is carefully equipped, is the best help to prove his ability. When Mike learns of this plan, he goes to Stilwell, who doesn't know how well the Merrill Commandos are fighting compared to the Japanese, but he knows that since Stilwell has entrusted the commando team with important responsibilities, he will not sit idly by and watch the other side get into a predicament.
Michael suggested that Stilwell's reliance was on the fact that they had already walked through the jungle of the Savage Mountains three times in Tangcheng, and that Stilwell hoped that the Merrill Commando would penetrate the Japanese defense line while the 38th Division advanced into northern Burma and confused the Japanese army, but before that there was a premise that had to be resolved, that is, the Merrill Commando, who was relied on by Stilwell, must first pass through the jungle of the Guò Savage Mountain. Only by first passing through the jungle of Guò Savage Mountain can Merrill Commando infiltrate and infiltrate the Japanese rear line.
Mack suggested that Donald's company would be the best guide for Merrell's commandos as they traversed the jungle, and Mike assured Stilwell that he would personally command Dontown's company when the time came. Where would Stilwell know that Mack's move was to facilitate the excavation of the gold and jade mines near Magao in preparation, and the second half of Mack's suggestion was also the part that impressed Stilwell, that is, after guiding the Merrill Commando out of the jungle, Tangcheng's company would rush to the vicinity of Magau to attract the attention of the Japanese army and facilitate the infiltration of the Merrill Commando.
Mack took advantage of Stilwell's emphasis on the Merrell Commando to finally achieve his goal, and also found an opportunity for Tang City's company to return to the Northern Burma Theater, and now Tang City is just waiting for Lambgar's order and Mike's arrival. For all these things, Tang Cheng could only tell Hou San and them a rough idea now, and he didn't really wait for the orders of the Ramga headquarters, and the one qiē that he had discussed with Huang Hanju and them was still just a plan, far from the time to confess the whole plan to Hou San and them.