Chapter 13: Attack on Myitkyina (2)

"Tang, everyone is tired, it's best to rest on the spot first, and then wait for the next order from the command before acting." Mike, who rushed to hear the news, called Tang Cheng to the side, and there was not much joy on his face. Tang Cheng glanced at Mike in surprise, it was Mike who kept shouting to give the Japanese army a good look a few days ago, and it was Mike who threw himself out early this morning to fight with the Japanese army, it would be time to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but Mike said to stop, could it be that there was a new change in the command headquarters?

Mike did not give an answer to Tang Cheng's question, but only emphasized that the action team could not fight tiredly, and Tang Cheng agreed to suspend the operation. A few houses that were still in good condition were used as temporary camps by the Tangcheng Towns, and although there was still a smell of blood in the houses, it was better than letting everyone sleep in the field. Tang Cheng, who had questions first, couldn't sleep, so he went to find the well-informed Lenny, and the two discussed it for a long time, but they couldn't figure out what was wrong with Mike.

Early the next morning, Mike, who had already rushed to the headquarters, sent a message asking Tang Cheng and them to continue to stand by and wait for new operational orders. Tang Cheng was completely confused by Mike's anomaly, since the big air raid on July 12, the Japanese army in Myitkyina has completely lost the power to fight back, and now it is the end of July, and it is the moment of the last attack, but why Mike always makes some delayed moves.

"You're crazy, why did you bring him here too? If the command knew that we had such a guy in the eyes of money, something might come up with it. Mike returned from the headquarters at noon, and Cai Jincheng, who had not been seen for many days, came with him by car, and when he saw Cai Jincheng, Tang Cheng immediately understood the reason for Mike's abnormality in the past few days, which must be inseparable from Cai Jincheng who was standing in front of him with a smile on his face.

Calling Cai Jincheng and Tang Cheng into his room, Mike explained the reason, "Do you remember the Japanese secret code book we handed over to the headquarters?" Although the content of the telegram could not be deciphered for a while, the Japanese army in Myitkyina has been in contact with the outside world very frequently in the past few days, and the command department has guessed that the Japanese army in Myitkyina may have to make a big move, and it will not be possible to defeat them if they continue to fight, and the Japanese army can only take the initiative to evacuate Myitkyina. ”

Mike only said half of what he wanted to say, and Tang Cheng finally understood Michael's intentions, since the Japanese army in Myitkyina had become a reservoir dog, there was no need for the action team to risk being bitten by a reservoir dog to go to this troubled water, just just wait for Myitkyina to be recovered. No need to fight means that there will be no casualties, such a good thing, of course Tang Cheng supports, but he has not yet understood the reason why Cai Jincheng appeared here.

"Chief Tang, I know you don't look down on people like me, but I'm also thinking about the future of my brothers, do you want to watch your brothers continue to live without enough to eat after returning to China?" Cai Jincheng looked at Tang Cheng with some sadness and self-deprecation, "I also have children who died on the battlefield in my family, although they don't have the skills of you, but they have all killed little devils, what is the result, the government only gave a pension enough to buy a bag of foreign noodles and it was over, and that little money couldn't even raise a child." ”

This is the first time Tang Cheng has seen Cai Jincheng, who is always cynical on weekdays, shed tears, a big man cried a handful of snot and tears, which made Tang Cheng not feel sad when he saw it, but just felt a little embarrassed, anyway, he couldn't make this picture. "The jade ore we got back in Xinpingyang last time is not a good product, and at most we can exchange it for tens of thousands of oceans, and the money can only be distributed to you forty percent. After careful calculation, each of the hundreds of brothers under your command, Company Commander Tang, can only get a dozen yuan, and according to the current price in Kunming, a dozen yuan of ocean is enough for a family of three to live for half a year at most. ”

Cai Jincheng's subtext is already very clear, the gold-making plan has been carried out so far, except for the Cai family's share and Mike and George's shares, there are not many people who can finally fall into Tang Cheng's hands. According to Cai Jincheng, if Tang Cheng terminates the gold-making plan now, the only people who can give his brothers a dozen yuan per person will be able to pay for half a year, and this money will be enough for them for half a year at most, and after half a year, they will still live in poverty.

"Tang, Cai's mention is right, the war is almost over, we have to give an explanation to the soldiers under us, Myitkyina is our last chance." Tang Cheng didn't speak, and Mike had to take the initiative to speak. "Myitkyina is the main source of jadeite in Myanmar, there are also good timber and even gold mines here, I have persuaded the US military observer group to let us stay in Myitkyina to rest, George will be transferred to Myitkyina airport soon, now it depends on your attitude."

Mike put the initiative in Tang Cheng's hands, but Tang Cheng didn't feel much excitement, there were many factions in the expeditionary force, and people with backgrounds and strength than them abounded, if you want to snatch food from the mouths of those big guys, you have to think about the consequences of offending people first. Rich and dangerous, since Mike has arranged everything, it is impossible for Tang Cheng to stop Mike and Cai Jincheng, and the helpless Tang Cheng finally nodded, and Mike and Cai Jincheng laughed.

Tang Cheng agreed to Mike's plan, and in the next few days, George was transferred to Myitkyina, and Huang Hanju, who had remained in Xinpingyang, also rushed to Myitkyina with the soldiers of his immediate company who had recovered from his injuries, and the number of the team suddenly increased from more than 100 to 200. In the last few days of the end of July, the expeditionary force besieging Myitkyina exchanged fire with the Japanese army several times, and the Japanese garrison in Myitkyina was on the verge of a desperate situation.

At this time, if the retreating Japanese army guards the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, it will be their last chance to survive. Minakami Genzo, who commanded the Japanese army, had no choice but to acquiesce in this construction, and immediately ordered a retreat from August 1, and the river crossing was carried out in batches on the nights of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. After the Japanese troops successfully crossed the river as planned, they assembled in the tropical jungle one by one, and the number of surviving Japanese soldiers had been reduced to about 800 Mizugenzo, in order to prevent the expeditionary force from discovering the retreat and crossing the river that he had formulated, he organized a large number of wounded soldiers to take the initiative to attack and sneak attack the defense line of the expeditionary force, and in just three days from August 1 to the early morning of August 3, the Japanese army in Myitkyina launched more than a dozen active attacks on the positions of the expeditionary force. Many of them, knowing that they had no hope of survival, asked for grenades or explosives from their superiors, and tried to use suicide bombs to fight the expeditionary soldiers.

I have to admit that Minakami Genzo's hand is quite good, although the expeditionary force has deduced in advance that the Japanese army in Myitkyina may take the initiative to retreat, but the Japanese army in front of it suddenly took the initiative to attack, and the expeditionary force did not see through the other party's true intentions at first. When it was discovered that the Japanese army in Myitkyina was secretly withdrawing its troops, it was already the early morning of August 4, although the troops placed in the forward position of the expeditionary force immediately launched an attack, but they were still desperately resisted by the Japanese army, and about 800 Japanese troops successfully escaped across the Irrawaddy River.

The last few days of fighting were not part of the battle, and the houses they captured became the team's station, and they spent the whole day secretly discussing the new station they wanted to obtain after Myitkyina was recovered. At noon on August 4, the last plaster flag in the city of Myitkyina was slowly lowered and replaced by the British rice flag and the blue sky and white sun flag of the national army, which also indicated that Myitkyina had been successfully recovered.

With his back to the big tree to enjoy the shade, Tang Cheng never doubted this, the combined forces besieged Myitkyina for many days, and all the soldiers of the participating troops were exhausted to the extreme, and in such a situation, Stilwell also had to order all the participating troops to temporarily rest in Myitkyina. Relying on Mike's relationship with the U.S. Military Observer Group, the team finally secured a new location that had been carefully inspected by Cai Jincheng and his men, and it was said that there was a vein of emerald ore in a river not far from the new station, and it was not very far from Myitkyina Airport.

With a station, things were much easier to do, and Tang Cheng and Mike didn't even participate in the spoils distribution operation carried out by the US military in the city of Myitkyina, so they quietly went to their new station with the task force. Tang Cheng and Mike had privately deduced the approximate time of the end of the war in Burma, and if the combined forces could maintain their current combat effectiveness and condition, perhaps they would be able to wipe out the entire territory of Burma in half a year.

Staying in Myitkyina, and then getting as much money as possible in half a year, this is Mike's Jianyi, and it is also the Jianyì that Tang Cheng can't refuse, because Mike has already persuaded Huang Hanju and Hu San to them. No one expected Japan to surrender now, but whether it was the Burma battlefield or the domestic battlefield, the Japanese army's advantage was gradually dissipating, especially the Japanese army in the Pacific theater had already fallen into adversity.

The American soldiers who can stay in the team include Lenny, who have survived brutal battles, and a large part of them have lost interest in the war, especially now that the defeat of the Japanese army has become apparent, and the veterans have to think about their future lives in advance. It was precisely because Mike and Cai Jincheng captured the psychology of the veterans that they could convince all the soldiers of the squad so easily, and if Tang Cheng wanted to prevent the continuation of this plan, he would have to face the questioning of all the soldiers in the squad of the squad if he wanted to prevent the continuation of this plan.

"I'm being forced by you to live, if something happens at that time, you can't think about pushing Lao Tzu out to take the blame, anyway, Lao Tzu won't admit it at that time." The helpless Tang Cheng became a shopkeeper when he arrived at the new station, and he took Liu Shishi and Tan Fei around all day long, either hunting in the mountains or going into the water to fish, but the days were idle.