Chapter Eighty-Three: Untitled
"Ahem, our chief is not willing to be a robber, if you want me to say, what's wrong with being a robber, and now the Americans are still sending us guns and supplies to be robbers, if such a good thing had been encountered by me a few years earlier, Lao Tzu would have become a well-known bandit leader in the two lakes." The night was already very deep, but the dice still couldn't fall asleep over and over, since they couldn't sleep, the dice simply played Hou San and Tan Fei together, and chatted with him in the clouds.
"You know a fart, your mind is either fighting and killing people or robbing things all over the world every day, and when a guy like you is finished, I think sooner or later he will be cut off and hung on the city gate." took the cigarette handed by the dice and lit it and smoked, and Hou San, who was holding back his sleepiness, glanced at the dice. "You think about it yourself, since we followed the chief south, we have encountered a lot of dangers, but now we are more tough than being bandits? Once upon a time when we were on the mountain, did anyone look at us? ”
Dice and Hou San are both from bandits, and they naturally understand the meaning of Hou San's words, if they can't live anymore, who would be willing to be a bandit. "What the third brother said is reasonable, we were willing to follow the chief, but it was just to be able to fight devils. Now that there are devils to fight us, we don't have to trouble us to get weapons and ammunition ourselves, and occasionally we can leave a little floating wealth, I hope to live a life like this. Tan Fei nodded to meet this Hou San, and also squinted his eyes at the dice.
"What do I mean by saying you two, I didn't say that I had to be a robber, and I didn't say that I wouldn't follow the commander to continue fighting devils." was squinted by Hou San and Tan Fei, and the dice were angry, so they almost rolled up their sleeves and pounced on these two goods. "I want to say, why didn't our chief directly agree to that Cai Jincheng to find the jade mine cave that we sealed with explosives, it is a jade mine cave, how much money should be able to be made, it's a pity."
Hou San and Tan Fei laughed in unison when they finally twisted their fingers to make some money-like movements, and seeing no one left and right, Tan Fei signaled Hou San and the dice to approach, and then said softly. "You don't know, that Cai Jincheng is too fucking calculating, and the few people he brought only estimated the jadeite we found at 50,000 oceans. There is a veteran in our company who originally ran a pawnshop at home, and that guy only looked at a piece of jade the size of a duck egg, and asserted that that piece alone can be worth 20,000 oceans, and the price Cai Jincheng gave us on dog days was too low, and our chief didn't want to partner with the surname Cai anymore. ”
Hou San and Dice suddenly realized that Tang Cheng refused Cai Jincheng today because Cai Jincheng had suppressed the price of this batch of jadeite. Seeing that Hou San and Dice had been successfully deceived by themselves, Tan Fei, who had told a lie, secretly had fun in his heart, don't look at him following Tang Cheng all day long, why Tang Cheng rejected Cai Jincheng, Tan Fei really didn't know. Tan Fei was secretly happy, but the smile on his face couldn't help but be seen by Hou San, who knew that he had been deceived by Tan Fei, Hou San shouted angrily, and threw down Tan Fei properly, and the two of them tossed for a while, making Tan Fei laugh and almost lose his breath.
When Tan Fei and the three of them were discussing this matter without sleeping, Tang Cheng in the remote artillery hole was also telling Mike about it. "It's not that I don't agree to him, it's that it's really inappropriate for Cai Jincheng to propose to find the mine now. Think about it, Rick and they haven't left yet, how can I have an excuse to send people to find the mine, at least after Rick and they leave here, I can't do this, Cai Jincheng is too anxious, this will cause trouble. Tang Cheng knew that Mike was encouraged by Cai Jincheng when he talked about it, so he didn't hide it and made it clear.
"No one is afraid of a lot of money, but to get money, you have to talk about means and routines, and you can't run around like a headless fly. There are not only Japanese troops here in Magao, maybe the forward troops of the 114th Regiment will also appear near Magao, and if they collide with them at that time, you say that you will not explain. As soon as Tang Cheng said this, Michael remembered that the troops of the 114th Regiment had advanced to the front line of the Nanrong River, and the southward troops of the 114th Regiment were all trying to help the American detachment attract the attention of the Japanese army.
"You know now, we are still soldiers in the end, which is more important, and after Rick and the others leave, we should also play our role and try to attract the attention of the Japanese army in this area. As long as the headquarters continues to airdrop supplies to us, this area of Hongtupo will be our theater of operations, in other words, we must be prepared to attack the Japanese army in this area for a long time. Tang Cheng and Mike talked late, and when it was almost dawn, the two of them fell asleep.
When Tang Cheng woke up again, it was already dark, and the American soldiers who had slept in the trenches all night were digging up the two heavy machine guns and ammunition they had buried deep in the red soil mountain under the command of Mike. Even if the command headquarters uses airdrops to support itself with some weapons, mountain artillery and field artillery cannot be airdropped by airplanes. Mike, who lacked artillery fire, could only regard these two heavy machine guns as distant firepower in his hands, Tang Cheng, who drilled out of the anti-artillery hole, was still a little dizzy, rubbing his eyes vigorously, Tang Cheng stood in the trench and stretched his waist greatly, and finally left the hot and humid jungle, so Tang Cheng felt very comfortable. Perhaps relying on this not very high red clay mountain to meet the Japanese army was not a good choice, after a simple breakfast, Tang Cheng sent a scout team to the east, north, and south according to custom. While searching for the Japanese army, they should search the surrounding terrain in as much detail as possible, so that Tangcheng could change the location of the troops at any time.
Before lunch, the airdrop that Rick had been waiting for finally arrived, and Stilwell gave great hope to his American unit that would be the first to cross the jungle of Savage Mountain, and couldn't help but send three transport planes to carry out the drop, and six more fighter planes to escort the transport planes. Nearly 30 tons of supplies will be dropped from the air by transport planes, and Rick has been arranging his American GIs to wait for the airdrop since breakfast, and the large plain under the red soil mountain has become the most suitable airdrop site in Rick's eyes.
The transport plane lowered its altitude and began to hover over the Red Clay Plain, umbrella flowers bloomed in the air one after another, and the American GIs on the ground who had been waiting for a long time began to cheer and run to chase the umbrella flowers falling from the sky. Leaving Ledo's suitability, Rick's American soldiers have already carried all the infantry light weapons, and now they are parachuted in with all the heavy firepower weapons and ammunition that Rick urgently needs, and of course, the daily supplies of the troops.
"Look, you said you were going to send someone to cut wood in the woods, so I said it was necessary. Rick doesn't need these boxes anymore, so let's just open the boxes, so we don't have to worry about the wood we need. The parachute landed, and the wooden boxes tied under the parachute were gathered by the American soldiers one after another, seeing that there were more and more wooden boxes piled up, the joy in Tang Cheng's eyes became more and more intense, and the wood obtained from unpacking the boxes was enough for them to use to strengthen their positions.
The people who collected the parachutes and boxes were all American soldiers under Rick, and except for the scouts who had been sent out, the rest of the people under Tang Cheng had already been pushed to sleep by Tang Cheng after breakfast. During that time in the jungle, they had consumed too much of their body and spirit, and now was the time to rest, and Rick's side would definitely not let his men help, and the US army would definitely worry that his men were hiding their supplies.
As the old saying goes, there is no need to panic when there is food, and Rick, who has already gotten rid of the supply dilemma, began to get angry, and Mike just asked him about the box, and Rick nodded and agreed. "Don't be in a hurry to split the box, the rock dragon has gone to the southeast and walked around and has returned, less than 20 miles from here, there is a place that is very suitable for us to camp, I think after Rick and they leave, move the camp there, there is water and mountains over there, it is very suitable for us." The empty boxes were sent by the U.S. military one after another, and seeing that the empty boxes were piling up more and more, Mike was anxious to disassemble the boxes, but was stopped by Tang Cheng.
The last time I left the laterite slope, Tang Cheng carefully pondered the topography here, although the flat river under this laterite mountain is very flat, but the lack of water here is very unsuitable for long-term holding. Although Tangcheng also brought streams from the forest to surround the mountain, as long as the Japanese army cut off the stream and then transferred troops to surround the red soil mountain, there was no need for the Japanese army to take the initiative to enter, just the lack of water would cause Tangcheng's side to be in chaos and have to risk breaking through, which was not what Tangcheng expected.
A fixed water source has been found in the place where Iwalong was found, and even if it is surrounded by Japanese troops, there will be no chaos due to lack of water. In addition, the place where Yanlong discovered had a large valley, which was very suitable for airdrops by aircraft, so Tang Cheng chose it as the final position. Mike didn't object to Tang Cheng's suggestion, especially after Tang Cheng described the terrain there for him, whether it was going south to Magao or holding on to the spot, the place Tang Cheng said seemed to be very good.
"Don't worry, wait for Rick and them to leave, let's do what you said, don't be in a hurry now, there are many people here and if the news leaks, we can't get out of it." All morning, Tang Cheng didn't pay attention to Cai Jincheng who tried to talk to him, if it weren't for Mike's constant hints, Tang Cheng would have the heart to drive this mercenary guy back to Ledo. Tang Cheng heard Huang Hanju say that the Cai family was a big family with a name and surname in Kunming City, but he didn't ask for their Cai family, so Tang Cheng thought that he didn't need to be kind to Cai Jincheng like Huang Hanju and Mike.