Chapter 5 Helping the Battle
In the days without Mike, Tang Cheng resumed his life of sleeping lazily every day, and his waking time was either to take Liu Shi to find a place to hunt, or to go down to the river to fish, in the words of Huang Hanju, Tang Cheng is getting smaller and smaller. Tang Cheng didn't care about these at all, the monkey just wanted to live comfortably by himself, and besides, the guys in the direct company all went to mine with Cai Jincheng one by one, where is there anyone to practice for himself.
The direct company was very leisurely in New Pingyang until the end of June, when Mike, who had already formed a commando team on the front line, finally came to the news, the expeditionary force going south was preparing to attack Myitkyina, and Mike called the snipers of dice to Tang City and the scout team commanded by Yan Long. After receiving Mike's news, Tang Cheng suddenly discovered that the expeditionary force had taken the entire Hukang Valley and was preparing to move to Myitkyina.
Mike is now on the front line, and he can fight the Japanese army with nuclear energy at any time, so Tang Cheng did not immediately agree to Mike's request, but directly told Sù about this matter to Dice and Yanlong, and they still had to agree to this matter. Tang Cheng insisted on staying in Xinpingyang because he didn't want to see his acquaintances die on the battlefield again, but he couldn't stop his subordinates from making meritorious contributions to kill the enemy, and leaving the choice to the parties, Tang Cheng thought that this was the best decision.
"I've already told you what I need to say, and it's up to you how to do it. If you choose to stay, everyone will not laugh at you, but if you choose to help Lao Mai, you will risk losing your life, but you may also be promoted to glory to your ancestors. Tang Cheng looked at the silent dice and Yanlong, Yanlong didn't like to talk and couldn't guess his mind, but he knew that Dice had always wanted to glorify his ancestors, and war was not an opportunity for Dice to get such an honor.
Sure enough, after listening to Tang Cheng's words, the dice shook their eyebrows, and immediately expressed their willingness to help Mike. "I'm going, isn't it just to kill the little devil, we are also officers now, killing the little devil is what we should do, maybe when I come back, I can also mix with the captain and the company commander." The dice's words made the people present laugh, if the bigwigs in the command heard what the dice just said, maybe they would directly drive the dice back to China, this whole is an official fan.
"I'll go too, Huzi died in the hands of the little devil, I want to kill the little devil to avenge him." Yanlong also said that he wanted to go to Mike's, but his words made the hearts of those present a lot heavier. Since the death of the rock tiger, they have rarely mentioned the name of the rock tiger, not only because they are afraid that the rock dragon will be sad, but mainly because they have almost forgotten the rock tiger.
"Okay, it's your choice, I'll get back to Mike right away. When you arrive at the battlefield, the bullet has no eyes, so you must protect yourself. Tang Cheng was very happy, and when he heard that both the dice and the rock dragon had chosen to go to Mike's side, Tang Cheng did not stop them, but asked Hou San to choose the best weapons for the dice to take away. Knowing that both the dice and the rock dragon had agreed to come to their side, Mike, who was far away from Myitkyina, was very fast, and a day later, a convoy of all American troops drove to the camp of the company directly under them, and in everyone's farewell, the dice and their group of 40 people left in the car.
After all, he is an old man who has been following him, and Tang Cheng has not said much about the departure of the dice, but in fact, Tang Cheng's heart has been aching faintly. War is cruel, Tang Cheng has long known this, and they don't know how many people will come back alive when the time comes. After 40 people left, the camp with not many people seemed even more empty and lonely, and Tang Cheng no longer took Liu Shi to go out hunting often, but beckoned a sapper in the camp to make a very simple reclining chair for himself, and Tang Cheng now changed to nest in the camp every day to bask in the sun for fun.
The counterattack on Myitkyina was not very smooth, although the expeditionary force had made a lot of preparations before the start of the battle with the Japanese army, but the Japanese troops stationed in Myitkyina were not vegetarians, and the positional offensive and defensive battles between the two sides were staged several times a day. With the addition of 40 of them, Mike's commando team began to perform some difficult tasks, and occasionally Mike would send the battle report from the front to Tang Cheng on the radio, and at this time, Tang Cheng's command post would always be lit all night long.
Tang Cheng took the battle report sent by Mike and repeatedly deduced it on the map, and even Huang Hanju couldn't stand it anymore, so he would often use words to stimulate Tang Cheng why he didn't choose to take people to Mike's side directly. "I still want to live a few more years, Myitkyina is now a big killing field, and there are not enough people to fill in the holes, I don't want to be filled in myself, Sister is still waiting for me to Kunming." The reason given by Tang Cheng is very sufficient, and Huang Hanju can't oppose it, he doesn't want to offend his wife.
The Japanese army and the troops of the expeditionary force have been fighting on the periphery of Myitkyina, not to mention that the expeditionary force is already a large army pressing the border, but the Japanese army has been resisting with the fortifications they have built in Myitkyina. Under the attention of Tang Cheng and the worries of the commanders, the Battle of Myitkyina lasted for more than a month, and finally at the cost of repeated bloody battles paid by the expeditionary force, at the end of July, all the outlying positions of Myitkyina were finally successfully taken.
The news of the breach of Myitkyina's outer positions was sent back to Xinpingyang by Mike as soon as possible, and the direct company cheered in unison from top to bottom, and Huang Hanju even ordered the whole company to add food and wine. Of course, God will not only bring them good news to Tang City, the day after Tang City and they learned that the outer position of Myitkyina has been fully conquered, Mike sent another telegram to Xin Pingyang, saying that more than half of the 20 scouts brought by Yanlong have been killed and wounded, and even the dice have been seriously injured and are being treated in the field hospital.
This news was like a thunderbolt from the sky, which made Tang Cheng and them panic, although when they chose to go to Mike's side, everyone was ready to face the news of death, but when the news finally came, Tang Cheng and they still couldn't help but shed tears. The direct company was able to defeat the Japanese army in the jungle one after another, and the biggest reliance was on Yan Long and the scout veterans under him, if the scouts hadn't discovered the enemy situation early in the morning, Tangcheng and they might have been killed by the Japanese army in the forest.
The snipers under the dice are naturally another killer weapon of the direct company, including the snipers, each of them has at least a dozen Japanese soldiers in their hands, and they are the well-deserved backbone of the direct company. Sending telegrams is not as smooth as making a phone call or talking in person, but Tang Cheng still sent long messages to Mike one after another, and the messages were full of cursing Mike, and the messages before and after could be at least about 1,000 words.
"Why don't we go over and have a look? Anyway, the periphery of Myitkyina has also been knocked down, and the bigwigs in the headquarters will not let the new army go, but just toss our garlic, right? "Hou San and Dice have the best relationship, hearing that Dice was seriously injured, Hou San, who was already a little restless, asked the whole team of Yì's direct company to go to Myitkyina to visit Mike and them, but the actual meaning was to see how the dice were injured.
Tang Cheng didn't say that he was going or not going, he just glanced at Hou San with slanted eyes, and Tan Fei and the few guys who were about to echo saw that something was wrong, so they all shut up. "When Mike sent the telegram, I told Sù Sù and Yanlong that the roads were all chosen by themselves, and it was impossible for all roads to be flat." Tang Cheng stretched out his hand and tapped the map of Myanmar on the table, "Take a good look, there are many cities in Myanmar, one Myitkyina is nothing, if you really choose to go to the front line, don't complain about being used as cannon fodder when the time comes." ”
Tang Cheng's words made Hou San and the others a little confused, and they didn't know how to answer Tang Cheng for a while, only Huang Hanju guessed Tang Cheng's thoughts, but he didn't speak, just quietly looked at the expressions of Hou San and the others and laughed secretly. Hou San, you look at me, I look at him, but no one spoke, and Huang Hanju, who had been a bystander, finally couldn't hold back his laughter. He smiled like this, Hou San and the others realized that they had already made a decision in their hearts to love Tang Cheng.
"We have to go, but we can't all go, although the quality of the jadeite vein found by Cai Jincheng is not very high, it is also a way to make money, and the money we will support our families in the future will still point to that mine." I have already discussed this matter with George, and the US troops at Xinpingyang Airport will send some people to our camp, saying that this is a peripheral air defense position at the airport, but we will share with them in the end. As soon as Cai Jincheng heard this, he immediately objected, these low-quality jadeites were not very valuable, and they had to be distributed to the US troops at the airport, and in the end, he only took a strength money.
Everyone who wanted to go to the front line unanimously ignored Cai Jincheng's opposition, and dared to dig a mine 10 miles away from Xinpingyang, if this was known by the command, no one would be able to run from top to bottom, especially Hou San, who was worried about the dice, even said that it was better to close the mine directly. After some discussion, Huang Hanju, who was already in the new Pingyang, agreed to stay and take care of the mine, and in addition to 30 people, including Cai Jincheng, also stayed, and finally decided to follow Tang Cheng to the front line to meet Mike.
"Others fight wars, the bigger the officer, the bigger the soldiers, the more soldiers, I was a company commander before crossing the south of the river, and now I am still a company commander, but the soldiers under me are fighting fewer and fewer." Tang Cheng, who finally determined the number, was not without emotion, but he also knew that the 60 people under his command might not lose even against the first squadron of the Japanese army.
Mike, who was also injured and was recuperating in the field hospital, was overjoyed to receive the news that as long as Tang Cheng brought people to Myitkyina, his disabled commando team would be able to resume its formation. With Mike's repeated assurances, when Tang Cheng and his group of more than 60 people left Xinpingyang, they did not carry heavy firepower such as machine guns and mortars, and under Tang Cheng's strict orders, Hou San did not even bring the handy bazooka, and a heavy weapon was waiting for Myitkyina, and Mike found a way to equip them.