There were dead people, but they couldn't stop in Tang City, and after hastily burying the corpses, Tang Cheng and they continued on the road. Under the onslaught of poisonous insects, disease, and lack of food and water, the only Burmese guide who knew the way had already stumbled and fallen off the cliff yesterday, and they could only march along the bones of the expeditionary force in Tangcheng. The bones of the expeditionary force in the jungle are Zhao Zhi's best signpost, and the sick and dead bodies under the big trees, in the shacks, and on the roadside in the jungle abound, which is terrible and shocking.

Because the path led by the Burmese guide was the same as the direction in which the corpses fell, as more and more corpses appeared, the expressions on Tang Cheng's faces became more and more solemn, because they recognized at least a dozen officers among these corpses. Without a guide, Tang Cheng and they can only walk and stop every day to confirm the direction, and they don't know how many dead bodies they saw along the way, but Tang Cheng and they are not in the wrong direction, and those corpses are the best road signs.

Occasionally, I would see a few wounded soldiers who were about to die, and these wounded soldiers, who could no longer be treated, either sat against trees or lay motionless on the side of the road, and only when people passed by them, did they let out a slight but chilling miserable moan. I don't know why the troops in front of them left so many wounded, but Tang Cheng and they didn't have the ability to save them, except to repay the tears full of sympathy or send them to leave early, Tang Cheng and the others had no other way.

The invasion of people by the disease is not discriminate, it will not let you go just because you are an officer, and whoever has no resistance or low resistance will take the opportunity to invade your body. Tang Cheng, who had always been well taken care of by Hou San and the dice, finally fell ill, because he always gave his share of food to the young Tan Fei and Zhao Liang. Tang Cheng was now sallow, weak, and lifeless, but he still insisted on marching by himself every day with a wooden stick.

Diseases are contagious, and there are more and more sick people in the ranks, and the speed of travel has dropped from dozens of miles a day to a few miles a day. It hadn't rained for two days, and the team marched to a large pond formed by rain, and Tang Cheng, who looked dazed, ordered the team to take advantage of the sunshine to rest here for two days and find some food.

According to the local method learned when he walked the rivers and lakes in his early years, the military doctor crushed the only half of the cigarette and soaked it in boiling water to feed Tang Cheng to drink. After a sleepy night, Tang Cheng finally had a fever, but Mike collapsed again. Mike was put over by two soldiers and placed beside Tang Cheng, who looked sideways and was suddenly startled. Mike, who was full of energy and eyes at first, is now blind, breathing unevenly, and his teeth are rattling. "I probably have malaria." Seeing Tang Cheng's inquiring eyes, Mike hurriedly stumbled to explain.

Tang Cheng couldn't help but gasp, thinking that if he had this disease, without special drugs such as quinine or cinchona cream, it would basically be a dead end. Not to mention that it's in the jungle now. Zhao Zhi, who didn't know how to comfort him, said hesitantly, "I can only sympathize with you now, we have no medicine, and the military doctor has no choice, you have to rely on your own will to defeat the disease like me." The sun shone warmly on Zhao Zhi's body, but Tang Cheng tilted his head to look at Mike's closed eyes, and his body was cold for no reason.

Mike, who was sallow and had sunken eyes, didn't speak, just tilted the corners of his mouth into a smile. Seeing Mike's appearance, Tang Cheng wiped away his tears, and for some reason, Tang Cheng felt an inexplicable irritability rise in his heart. Looking up at the sky, Tang Cheng thought about Robert, Xie Bo and Liu Goat, and Liu Shishi who was far away in Kunming. It may have been that the troops who walked through the jungle in front of them had all the wild things, and they couldn't bring back the dice that went out to search to eat, and the few wild vegetables that Yanlong was holding in his hand were not enough to stuff his teeth.

"Don't save rations, anyway, the jerky has been soaked in water, so let's cook all the jerky, everyone has a full stomach, maybe tomorrow the speed will be faster." The stagnant water, which had been filtered several times with socks, was poured into the dozen or so steel helmets that served as rice cookers, and all the jerky and the last bit of fried rice were also thrown into the steel helmets, and the aroma slowly diffused as the water boiled and the jerky was turned. Dinner was not sumptuous, everyone had a few pieces of meat and a spoonful of broth, and although there was less food, everyone sitting around the campfire ate it with relish. After drinking the broth and taking herbs, Mike fell asleep, and Tang Cheng, who had nothing to do, began to pray for God to bless Mike to be alive tomorrow.

I don't know if it was the spoonful of broth that worked, or if the military doctor and Zhao Liang found the right herbs, Tang Cheng was worried that Mike, who had been worried all night, was still alive the next day, which made Tang Cheng, who didn't believe in God, praise God in his heart. Mike was still alive, but his mind was already a little confused, and Tang Cheng had to arrange for four defeated soldiers to carry him on stretchers. After a morning's hard work, the mountains in front of them looked not very high, and the trees began to thin.

Everyone's mood suddenly improved, and it seemed that they were about to get out of the jungle. After another afternoon, when it was dark and encamped, the poisonous insects in the jungle began to become fewer, and the terrain seemed to have become flat. Tang Cheng guessed that he was really about to get out of the jungle, this guess made everyone happy, and after flowing in the jungle for dozens of days and nights, he was finally about to be freed, and everyone seemed to have endless strength in their bodies.

The good news is that it will make people feel happy, so when they set up camp in the evening, Tang Cheng and George argued with each other, and finally asked George to take out the last few boxes of canned food that were left for emergency and cook them into broth for everyone to share. The next day, after walking for most of the day, the rugged mountain road under our feet disappeared, and through a small forest, a flat open field appeared in front of everyone. The open field was full of herringbone shacks, mostly made of thatch and banana leaves, and some of the shacks were covered with tattered raincoats, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force were scurrying around in tattered clothes. In the past two months, in addition to the jungle that covers the sky and the sun, the mountains are steep, and the sudden appearance of shacks and people makes everyone feel novel.

"Holy shit, Lao Tzu finally came out." Tang Cheng's legs were weak and immediately fell to the ground, Tan Fei reached out to pull it but didn't pull it, and he also fell to the ground. The guys of the new 22nd Division even knelt on the ground and wept bitterly, if they hadn't met Tang Cheng and them halfway, these guys might have starved to death in the forest. Maybe I've seen too many expeditionary soldiers coming out of the woods, and the guys walking or squatting next to the shack didn't express much surprise, because their situation didn't look much better than Tang Cheng and the others.

The stumbling dice pulled a rout and smiled, "Brother, what is this place?" How far is it from Ledo? The rout, who was stretched out by the dice, looked at the dice, plucked his nostrils, and said angrily, "I also just arrived here yesterday, and I heard that there are still more than 50 miles from here to Ledo." However, the chiefs of the neighborhood would send food every morning and at noon, and the brethren who had just come out of the woods would rest here. ”

I heard that there are only more than 50 miles away, and there are people here to deliver food, everyone is very happy, Tang Cheng decided to rest for a few days first, and then rush to Leduo when everyone has recovered some body. "It's a pity, if our radio hadn't been thrown away, I could have sent a telegram to the flight team to drop food to us right now." George, who was lying on his back on the open ground, complained to Tang Cheng, if Tang Cheng hadn't ordered the radio station that had become a burden, he would have been able to give these defeated soldiers a hand.

"You rest, everyone was hungry at that time, who still has the strength to carry that radio? You're an afterthought now, so when I let you throw the radio, why didn't you say you had to carry it yourself? George, who was ridiculed by Tang Cheng, was not angry, but only laughed a few times and fell asleep in the sun. The person waiting for the food to be delivered did not appear, and the hungry dice took Zhao Liang and Tan Fei to the neighborhood to see if there was anything to eat. In the evening, Dice returned with Tan Fei and Zhao Liang, and they also brought back a corbel and two chickens, which Dice exchanged with the locals with his captured southern pistol and two watches.

Originally, the man had taken a fancy to the dice's sniper rifle and was willing to trade a cow for it, but the dice didn't want to lose their baby bumps. "Change, continue to change tomorrow, take grenades, pistols, and watches to change, don't we already have four binoculars, take two to exchange for meat and come back." A beef leg and two chickens were eaten by Tang Cheng and them, and Tang Cheng also sorted out more things that could be exchanged for meat. Tang Cheng can't take care of so much now, what's the matter, it's important to fill his stomach first.

It's so fucking comfortable, Tang Cheng was lying on the soft military blanket exposed to the sun and rubbing his bulging belly, this time he was really full. "George, we're out of the woods, we can go slower. When we get to Ledo, I'll take the rest to you, get Mike to the hospital first, and get us some clean uniforms. Tang Cheng, who was cross-legged, picked his teeth leisurely, and teased George by the way.

"I know, I know, you've said it many times, even if you don't say it, I know what to do." George, who was also rubbing his stomach, rolled his eyes at Tang Cheng impatiently, but he didn't want to be looked at by Hou San next to him. Hou San, who was thinking about how to consume food, could let go of this opportunity, and threw himself on George with a shout, and the two immediately twisted on the lawn. Tang Cheng didn't stop him, he only acted as a spectator with a straw pole in his mouth, and from time to time he would reach out to help George, otherwise George would have been ravaged to death by Hou San.