Chapter 120: Deliverance
Several veterans with submachine guns always rushed to the front to open the way, and under their strong strafing regardless of ammunition consumption, the soldiers of the direct company who followed quickly fell into the scuffle with the panicked large group of Burmese soldiers. Tang Cheng raised his gun to knock down a Burmese soldier in front of him, and then looked around looking for Tan Fei and the dice, but unfortunately his eyes were full of soldiers fighting together, and he couldn't see Tan Fei and the dice at all.
"Da Da" sideways to avoid a bayonet that pierced him, Tang Cheng pulled the trigger and knocked the two Burmese soldiers who tried to hit him together with a string of bullets to the ground. "Be careful" saw Mike in danger out of the corner of his eye, and Tang Cheng fired another string of bullets to relieve Mike, "Mike, you should stay on the mountain, you must know that those seriously injured still need your care and protection." Mike, who had just escaped, couldn't escape Tang Cheng's preaching, but he didn't take it seriously at all.
"Damn, I just saved you, shouldn't you say thank you to me?" Mike, who was rescued by Tang Cheng, didn't even say a word of thanks, just picked up the carbine that fell to the ground and rushed towards the next target, and the angry Tang Cheng followed behind and scolded. Under the cold light of the flares, Tang Cheng was finally able to see the situation of the battlefield clearly, and while gasping for air, Tang Cheng felt a burst of pride in his heart, and there was not much color in the Japanese army's earthy yellow military uniform in his sight.
Tang Cheng's calculation was good, the number of Japanese-Burmese mixed troops at the foot of the mountain was indeed not much, and originally a mixed brigade was transferred to besiege Tang Cheng and them. However, after the first few days of firepower confrontation, this Japanese-Burmese mixed brigade has experienced continuous air strikes from fighters and bombers, coupled with the troops killed by Tan Fei and them in the woods, the current Japanese-Burmese mixed brigade has less than 300 troops, and these 300 people also include a large number of wounded and useless Burmese soldiers.
The two night attacks after night have frightened the Burmese soldiers, although there are still the strong constraints of those Japanese veterans, but in the face of the combat effectiveness of the soldiers at this time, not only failed to help the Japanese army, but because of the panic of the Burmese soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese veterans did not play normally. The gunshots and screams continued one after another, and the soldiers of the direct company seemed to have reflected it, and they all focused their attention on the Japanese army.
In the chaotic battlefield, the figure of the Japanese soldiers has become less and less, Tang Cheng has always had the habit of not leaving Japanese prisoners, and there are many veterans in the direct company who can survive until now, and the veterans have little affection for the Japanese prisoners of war. The soldiers of the directly subordinate company who rushed into the war group like a whirlwind and clouds kept their hands and eyes, regardless of whether there was a dead corpse lying on the ground or not, they would replenish a bullet, and in the blink of an eye, the remaining 30 or so Japanese soldiers were surrounded by the veterans of the direct company in a corner of the battlefield.
The ferocity of the direct company made these desperate Japanese soldiers see what it means to be fierce, and they knew that there was no hope of survival, so some Japanese soldiers rushed over with their grenades, trying to pull the soldiers of the direct company to die together. "Grandma's, these are the leftovers of grandpa's play, and it's not easy to make it here." The purpose of replenishing the guns for the corpses was to avoid encountering the despicable act of exchanging lives for the lives of the wounded of the Japanese army, and seeing that the Japanese army was so clearly about to die together, how could the veterans of the direct company agree.
"Da Da" has the support of the material airdrop of the headquarters, and the direct company does not have the argument of saving ammunition, and the fire of more than a dozen submachine guns can be beaten into a sieve even if it is an iron plate, not to mention that there are only 30 or so Japanese soldiers who are mortal in the flesh. For the first time, the veterans felt that the gun flames in the night were so beautiful, especially the 30 or so Japanese soldiers who were shaking their bodies in the rain of bullets on the opposite side, which made the veterans even more intoxicated.
The Japanese-Burmese mixed forces at the foot of the mountain were completely defeated, but the battle was not over, the veterans of the company who had already killed the red eyes killed all the Japanese soldiers, and chased the fleeing Burmese soldiers all the way, if it weren't for the fact that the sky had not yet dawned, maybe these guys would have been able to chase all the way to Xinpingyang. Killed 1,000 enemies and injured 800 themselves, even if he successfully defeated the Japanese and Burmese troops besieging the mountain, there was not much smile on Tang Cheng's face.
"The direct company was really disabled this time, the 300 people at the time of departure, now there are less than 150 people left, and there are several wounded among these 150 people, the direct company can no longer withstand such a toss, and if it is fought twice, there will be no more people left in the direct company." With more than half of the casualties, Tang Cheng was very sad, and when he left Ledo, he swore that he would return to the country with all of them, but in the blink of an eye, half of the people under his direct command had already returned to the wilderness.
"Don, it's not your fault, they are soldiers, soldiers deserve to die on the battlefield, this is their fate and glory." Mike, who had been stabbed in the thigh, limped over to comfort Tang Cheng a few words, and Cai Jincheng, who was also hanging an arm over there, also came over. Cai Jincheng dared to follow down the mountain to attack the enemy camp, which was a bit unexpected for Tang Cheng, hearing Liu Shishi say that Cai Jincheng had also killed two Japanese soldiers just now, Tang Cheng began to have a better impression of this guy who only talked about money.
"Company Commander Tang, I'll discuss something with you." Cai Jincheng still came to Tang Cheng's side with a familiar face, probably because he saw that Mike was also there, and when Cai Jincheng spoke, he didn't have the kind of constraints when he was alone with Tang Cheng on weekdays. "The dice they captured a lot of Burmese soldiers, I saw that those Burmese monkeys surrendered anyway, it's a pity to kill them, why don't you hand them over to me?"
took the cigarette handed by Cai Jincheng and lit it on fire and smoked it, Tang Cheng's heart was full of contempt for Cai Jincheng, his impression of this product had just changed a little, and this product came to him again to find benefits. For the sake of Cai Jincheng's brave killing of the enemy just now, Tang Cheng pretended to be silent for a while, and then nodded and agreed to Cai Jincheng's request, and Cai Jincheng, who was originally hopeless, was full of praise for Tang Cheng.
The battle was over, Tang Cheng took out some soldiers who still had body and scattered them to gather the veterans who had gone out to pursue to return, and then hastily collected some grenades from the battlefield, and returned to the mountain with the exhausted soldiers. The sky has not fully lit up, it is very dangerous to clean up the battlefield now, Tang Cheng's direct company has already suffered more than half of the casualties, and he doesn't want the only hundred or so people under his command to be lost in cleaning the battlefield.
Mike originally wanted to report the battle record to the command headquarters as soon as he returned to the mountain, but he was stopped by Tang Cheng, the battlefield had not been cleaned, the enemy's unit number could not be confirmed, the number of enemies killed was not easy to define, and the spoils of war were not counted.
After a big victory, everyone did not feel sleepy, and waited for the sky to brighten, and then Tang Cheng ordered the soldiers who had recovered to go down the mountain to clean up the battlefield. Including the corpses scattered in the forest, Hou San and them got them out of the forest, and after carefully checking the pockets of all the corpses, Tang Cheng and they were finally able to determine that among these corpses were officers, those were Japanese soldiers, and those were Burmese. The officer commanding this mixed brigade was a Japanese soldier Nakasa, and Nakasa's command knife had been hung by Mike on his waist, and Nakasa's southern gun was snatched into his hand by Cai Jincheng.
After a busy morning, before lunch, Mike finally sent the battle report to the headquarters by radio. "Now, what else do you have to say?" Stilwell, who received the battle report, couldn't help but frown, and slapped the translated message vigorously on the table, Stilwell looked around at the officers present. "The Japanese-Burmese mixed force in Xinpingyang is only more than 2,000 people, and now almost half of the strength has been eaten up by the directly subordinate company on the periphery of Xinpingyang, if your 38th Division can't make a decision, I will directly order the direct company to seize Xinpingyang, what do you think?"
Stilwell's words undoubtedly gave a resounding slap in the face to the officers present at the 38th Division, the entire 38th Division had more than 10,000 troops, and the direct company was just a harassing force with only 300 people. The reason why the 38th Division has not been moving south for a long time is that it is afraid of the rainy season in northern Burma, and the other is because the Japanese army has deployed heavy troops to guard the line of the Nam Rong River, and the 38th Division is unwilling to go head-to-head with the Japanese army to increase unnecessary casualties. However, the situation in Xinpingyang has changed dramatically, and a small force that was originally only responsible for the task of raiding and harassing accidentally killed half of the Japanese army's troops in Xinpingyang, so that the 38th Division, which has more than 10,000 troops, is very self-conscious.
"Now it's okay, the command has finally started, and the southbound troops of the 38th Division are about to start moving." After receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Mike was overjoyed, and even Tang Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief as if he had been released. If the 38th Division had not moved south, the company with less than 150 men would have to hide in the woods again, and the current company would no longer be able to continue fighting with the Japanese and Burmese forces in New Pingyang.
"I want supplies, I want ammunition, I want new uniforms, I want new military shoes." Tang Cheng stretched out his hand to grab Mike, staring at the other party with an evil expression. "Tell the command, I want anything, even if they send me a cannon, I dare to ask for it." Tang Cheng's righteousness made Mike agree very much, and the direct company paid heavy casualties to win a big victory, and it was indeed such a reasonable reason and confidence.