Chapter 69: Duke
Tang Cheng originally thought that Mike was a person with great powers, but when he ordered the troops to leave the barracks, he saw Cai Jincheng in military uniform and a few strangers at the end of the team. "Don't pay attention to us, you can just be when we don't save zĂ i, these are all masters of jade identification in my family, how can you find jade without them." Cai Jincheng whispered a few words to Tang Cheng, and the latter understood the meaning of the other party's appearance in the barracks.
People die for money, birds die for food, this is too true, and at the same time, Tang Cheng can't understand the thoughts and thoughts of Cai Jincheng and the others, just for some money, he dares to commit danger, and he is really a guy who doesn't want to die. Mike was not too surprised by Cai Jincheng's appearance, this was obviously something that Mike and they had discussed a long time ago, and after thinking about the collusion in the middle, Tang Cheng, who had been kept in the dark, was a little angry.
"Get in the car and go." Tang Cheng glared at Mike who was nonchalant, turned around and got into the jeep, and thanks to the luck of those American GIs, Tang Cheng could take a truck to Ghost Gate. Without carrying too many heavy weapons and equipment, Tang Cheng's soldiers only brought weapons and ammunition with them. On this ordinary morning, more than a dozen trucks full of soldiers rumbled out of the barracks, and many soldiers looked back at the barracks where they had lived for several months, and when they left, the barracks would be handed over to the 114th Regiment to take over.
"Damn, what time is it, I'm afraid I'll have lunch in a while." The convoy stopped by the Ledo River and waited for the American detachment that had not yet appeared, and Mike, who was still good-natured, was also anxious. They had left the barracks early in the morning and had been waiting for the US detachment by the river for more than three hours, but the US detachment had not even seen a single figure. Mike had already sent several waves of people to the town to urge, and the reply he got was that it would be there soon, and seeing that it was almost noon, the American detachment still did not appear.
Compared with Mike's anger, Tang Cheng was not in a hurry, anyway, his company was just a guide for others and a bait to divert the attention of the Japanese army. Mike planned to urge the U.S. troops himself, but Tang Cheng took out his fishing rod from the jeep and sat by the river with Liu Shishi to prepare to fish.
"Coming, coming, the people we sent said that the American soldiers in the town had come out." Mike was about to start the jeep, but Tan Fei pulled the communication soldier and ran over with broken steps. After receiving the call handle from the communications soldier, Mike patiently talked to the person he had sent, and the look on his face looked better. The U.S. soldiers finally came out of town, said goodbye to the local women who were fooling around with them, retrieved the uniforms sent to the laundromat to be washed, and painted the boots on their feet, and the proud American GIs finally set out to join Mike and the others by the river.
Although it is still only March, the afternoon sun is still a little dazzling, and the place where there is no shade is steaming. Hou San and a bunch of people stood or squatted in the shade of the trees by the river, looking boredly at Mike who was still nesting alone in the jeep, if it weren't for the sweaty military uniform on Mike's body, Hou Sanyi and his gang would really suspect that he was not human. The dice yawned very depressedly, and habitually reached out to rub in his armpits, looking at Mike in the jeep and quipped, "Lao Mai is really solid, staying alone in the car, and not afraid of being sick by the sun." â
"You don't understand this, do you-" A veteran squatting next to him reached out and patted the dice on the shoulder, rubbing a grain of boogers on the dice by the way, and then said with a smile, "This is called staying in a state of readiness for war, you all have to learn a little, Lao Mai is an authentic US Army colonel, people don't want to mix with us rotten people, they are waiting to go to the battlefield at any time." "Rotten people is the name given to those veterans by the US military instructors when they trained Hou San, and this word has long become a common noun used by dice when they chat.
"Old Mike is really a bad sin, he was put on such an errand by the above......" The old soldier shook his head and sighed, glanced at Tang Cheng who was squatting by the river fishing from a distance, and asked the dice in a low voice. What is our chief's idea, Lao Mai Hu sits in the jeep city with his face and can't come down, and Chief Tang has gone to the river to fish, is it possible that we have to wait like this all the time? If the Yankees don't come on dog days, can we leave today? â
The dice slanted a glance and replied: "Lao Xie, you should have been mixed up for half your life and you are just a big soldier, if Lao Tzu is really the commander-in-chief of the Allied forces, the first order is to shoot you first." The commanders are not in a hurry, what do you say a big-headed soldier is in a hurry, and the hia who doesn't know thinks you are our commander. "A group of people were idling in the shade of the trees when they saw an American jeep speeding from the direction of Ledo Town. The jeep was driving fast, with the roar of the powerful engine and the billowing yellow dust behind the car.
The speeding jeep was only a few meters away from the dice, and they were only a few meters away from the driver's kick to the brakes, the tires locked, and the screams grinded green smoke on the ground. The dice squatting in the shade of the trees and the others jumped to the side of the road in shock, and the choking yellow dust brought by the jeep annihilated everyone, and a frightened pale veteran patted his chest and scolded, "Dog, Lao Tzu believes in your evil!" What the fuck are you driving a car or a plane? â
A tall American soldier jumped out of the car and walked up, this thing with a stubble on his face and a flat wine jug in his hand, and a pistol hanging loosely in his right crotch. Everyone saw the Star-Spangled Banner emblem on the man's armband, and a group of people looked at Tan Fei, and Tan Fei knew a few words of pidgin English among them. Tan Fei glanced at the armband of the American army, and knew that this person was a sergeant major of the American army, not an officer, and he was still a second lieutenant. Before Tan Fei could speak, the US military sergeant major, who was full of wine, opened his mouth first with a snort of alcohol, "Who among you is an officer?" Sorry, I can't understand the ranks of officers in your Chinese army. The sergeant major raised the flask and took another long sip of wine, which was like drinking water.
Tan Fei, who was pushed out by everyone, cleared his throat, stepped forward and said, "I'm Second Lieutenant Tan Fei, who are you?" â
"Where did you learn English? A smell of sorghum flowers. The drunken US military sergeant major glanced at Tan Fei and asked with a smile. Tan Fei's mouth couldn't be closed, and the team was stunned, saying that this guy was a foreigner? What this thing just said was actually an authentic Beiping official dialect!
"Uncle, he even heard this......" Tan Fei, who was watched by everyone around him, swallowed with difficulty, "The teacher who taught us English in the university was originally from the countryside of Shaanxi, and he spoke Chinese with a sorghum flower flavor, let alone English." The sergeant major Xiaolu ordered Tan Fei and them to be dumbfounded, Mike, who had been sitting in the jeep and did not speak, got out of the car, and the sturdy US military sergeant major could ignore Tan Fei and them, but he could not ignore Mike, the colonel officer, who was a genuine brand, and after saluting, he said that the US military detachment would arrive later.
"This thing is here to make trouble with us, right?" Tang Cheng, who had received the report, also came back from the river with Liu Shishi, and glanced at the sergeant major who was talking to Mike in a low voice, Tang Cheng's face did not look very good. In the confrontation between the other party and Tan Fei just now, the dice had already been learned to Tang Cheng by 1510, and Tang Cheng naturally did not have a good mood for such an American who could ignore the officers of the national army.
"You're their commander?" Maybe he felt that he had gained Mike's trust, or maybe the white man had taken the sense of superiority that had been ingrained in his bones, and the drunken sergeant major found Tang Cheng who had just returned from the river. In his opinion, Tang Cheng should be only a second lieutenant at most at such an age, he has been a soldier for several years before he is only a sergeant major, Tang Cheng is already a captain at such a young age, and the sergeant major, who is extremely unbalanced in his heart, wants to find fault and embarrass Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng didn't speak, just squinted his eyes and looked at the other party, although this arrogant and unreasonable American sergeant major staggered when he walked, his eyes were even more misty and unfocused, and he looked a little drunk, but Tang Cheng saw this from the bottom of the other party's eyes. This product is deliberately pretending to be drunk, Tang Cheng has already seen a trace of clarity in the eyes of the other party, pretending to be drunk and then taking the opportunity to keep himself from getting off the stage, Tang Cheng seems to have understood the other party's intentions.
It is difficult for Duke to describe how he felt when facing Tang Cheng at this time, Tang Cheng's sharp black eyes were cold and piercing, full of calm, calm and death, ruthlessness and sadness, all kinds of contradictory and complex feelings mixed together. Duke seemed to see the soul of fire and ice, love and hate in the depths of these eyes. This is a man who has truly experienced darkness and killing, and this is a man who truly understands the cruelty of war. The words that Duke was about to blurt out could no longer be said, such a person was not something he could afford to provoke, not to mention that the other party was still a captain.
Tang Cheng didn't speak, and Mike, who came over, didn't know about the two of them making eye contact, and the two just looked at each other but neither of them spoke, so Mike had to take the initiative to make peace. After introducing the two to each other, Duke's face softened, but Tang Cheng was still cold, ignoring Duke's initiative to show goodwill.
Mike is a cunning person, just looking at the expressions between Tang Cheng and Duke, it is not difficult to guess what must have happened just now, otherwise Tang Cheng, who has always been easy to talk, would not still have such an expression after he came forward, but what happened just now, Mike really couldn't figure out what was going on.