Chapter Ninety-Eight: Double Happiness Comes to the Door

The Japanese unit numbers of the Burmese prisoners' confessions were sent back to the Ramgarh headquarters by radio, but Tang Cheng and Mike were not in a better mood, although they were lucky enough to escape an attack by the Burmese servants, but there were many such Burmese servant troops around Xinpingyang. Don't look at the fact that these Burmese people are using old weapons and equipment replaced by the Japanese army, but these Burmese people have lived in the mountains and forests for generations, and when it comes to the familiarity of the mountains and forests and the surrounding terrain, they can't compare to these Burmese people in Tangcheng.

Under Mike's arguments, Stilwell finally agreed to give Tang City a chance to provide them with an airdrop of supplies, but there was only one such opportunity, and if Tang City and they couldn't grasp the opportunity, Lambgar would not provide them with any help in the next few months. "It seems that Stilwell, the old thing, doesn't want to care about us at all, so now we can only rely on ourselves." Tang Cheng has lost hope in Stilwell, but the only airdrop opportunity must be firmly grasped.

After dealing with the Burmese captives who had not yet lost their breath, Tang Cheng and the others hurriedly went on the road, and it was impossible to return to the red soil slope by the same way, what they had to do now was to find a suitable place to be stationed, and the terrain suitable for the airdrop of the plane. The rock dragon tried to remember the terrain he had walked on the way here, but unfortunately he couldn't think of the terrain suitable for airdropping and garrisoning, and Tang Cheng had no choice but to order his troops to continue marching, hoping to find the edge of the woodland sooner, or find a suitable place to camp.

After two days of wandering around the woods, Tang Cheng discovered a valley in the jungle southeast of Xinpingyang. There is no help but the water source they need in Tangcheng in the valley, and the rock dragon they have also found a lot of edible wild vegetables and wild things in the valley, and most importantly, there is a large open area near the water source in the valley, which is a suitable place for airdropping. After choosing a high point and setting up a guard post, Tang Cheng led his soldiers to cut down a large number of trees in the valley, not only to build barracks, but also to expand the airdrop site.

The original panicked expressions have disappeared from everyone's faces, this place is definitely a blessed place where no one has set foot, even if there is no material dropped by Ramgar, even relying on wild vegetables and all kinds of wild things that infest the mountains and forests, Tang Cheng They can hold on here for half a year. After three days of busy work, before the next rain arrived, Tang Cheng and the others finally tried their best to dig a circular position halfway up the mountain. The numerous bunkers in the trenches were covered with stones and logs, which could not be defeated even by the infantry guns brought in by the Japanese, and these bunkers would be their residence for the next few months.

The heavy rain finally came, and it took three days at a time, and for three days, more than 200 of them in Tang Cheng could only hide in the warm bunker to sleep and chat. Drainage ditches had already been dug in the ring position, and the rainwater that had been flowing down the slope had flowed into the valley, but the bunkers with stones and rudimentary planks were very dry. If it weren't for the rain coming too early, the dice would have prepared to equip a fire pit in the bunker, so that everyone could bake rain-soaked uniforms in the bunker.

Compared with Mike, who looked helpless, Tang Cheng, who only cared about sleeping all day, was much calmer, and did not care at all about the supplies that were about to bottom out. After the heavy rain, a lot of wild vegetables will emerge in the valley to satisfy the stomach, even if the boiled wild vegetables can keep these more than 200 people alive well. The only thing that Tang Cheng couldn't bear was that because of the weather, the only few packs of cigarettes left in his backpack were all damp, and he always felt like he was smoking leaves when he smoked.

The telegram requesting the airdrop had been sent, probably because Stilwell was heartbroken, and Mike had included as much as he could in the list, not only for supplies, but also for many things that Tang Cheng didn't seem to need, such as a full set of woodworking tools and a coffee pot. Tang Cheng didn't care what Michael asked for Stilwell, in his opinion, the long list of supplies was just a way for Michael to vent his frustration with Stilwell, and as for whether Stilwell would give these things, only God would know.

"You should ask Stilwell for more cigarettes, there are more than 200 of us, do you want to smoke leaves all the time?" Tang Cheng's words reminded Mike, and half an hour later, Mike sent a second list of supplies to Ramgar, this time he not only asked for cigarettes, but also asked for poker and mahjong with confidence. Mike's actions made Don Cheng laugh and cry, and he could already imagine Stilwell's face when he saw Mike asking for a list of pokers and mahjong.

"Give it to them, Ramgar didn't have it, so I asked Kunming for it, since it was Mike who wanted it, I gave it to them." Unlike Tang Cheng's imagination, Stilwell, who was far away in Lambgar, seemed to be very generous, anyway, Lamgar's warehouse was already full of all kinds of supplies, even if Mike asked for more, Stilwell didn't care. Maybe because of Stilwell's concern, the materials that Mike asked for were prepared quickly, but the flight team was a little dumbfounded, not that the person receiving the supplies was just a company-level unit, but these things were enough to fill two transport planes.

Stilwell's attitude and the speed of material preparation were transmitted by Huang Hanju to Tang Cheng's side by radio, surprised by Stilwell's attitude, Tang Cheng and Mike were excited about the upcoming supplies at the same time. If the Lambgar side really prepared the materials according to Mike's list, the direct company would be developed by now, and those materials would be enough for more than 200 people in Tang City to consume for half a year. The heavy rain that had been falling for three days finally ended, and the soldiers who had been holding in the bunker and were about to get moldy poured out of the bunker to prepare the pyre according to Tang Cheng's requirements, and when the transport plane arrived, Tang Cheng had to use the smoke to guide the airdrop of the plane.

In the open field at the bottom of the valley, three huge pyres in the shape of a pint were ready, and the ones that were still carrying water vapor were obviously not lit. Hou San led people to dismantle all the bullets that had captured the Burmese servants, and bundled the gunpowder taken out of the bullets into small packets. The telegram requesting the airdrop had already been sent, and all that was left was a long wait, and taking advantage of the good weather after the rain, Tang Cheng and his soldiers built a dam on the stream in the valley, trying to make a suitable inlet for bathing.

Mike didn't bother to go with Tang Cheng and the others rolling in muddy water, so he could only watch the pyre by the stream with his hands behind his back and look up anxiously at the sky, trying to spot the figure of the transport plane in the low clouds in the sky. Different from Tang Cheng's busyness and Mike's anxiety, Cai Jincheng is the most leisurely one in the whole valley, and I don't know where to get a few sewing needles, Cai Jincheng made a few rudimentary fishing rods with sewing needles and wooden sticks, and he will take his people to sit by the waterhole in the upper reaches of the stream to fish.

The dam built by Tangcheng Exploration is very simple, that is, the dam built by stone is used to force the stream to be forcibly diverted, and then a depression is used to artificially create an inlet in the middle of the stream, so that the problem of everyone bathing and washing clothes is solved. "Mike, come and get a hand, this rock is too big for me to move alone." Xu saw that Mike was too anxious, and Tang Cheng, who was fiddling with stones by the stream, beckoned Mike to come over and help him.

"Look how good this stone is, I'm going to lay it right on the edge of the inlet, and when I'm done, I'll be able to lie down on it and bask in the sun, as Robert said." Mike was very reluctant to help Tang Cheng move this big stone slab to the inlet, but he laughed at what Tang Cheng said about sunbathing, sunbathing is something that dares on the beach, this is just a small valley in northern Myanmar, where does sunbathing come from.

Seeing that Mark seemed to have something to say, Tang Cheng continued to tease Mack's already fragile nerves, and the two finally broke out into an argument by the inlet. "The plane is coming, I hear it, it's the sound of the plane." Just as Tang Cheng and Mike were arguing indiscriminately, Cai Jincheng, who was sitting in the upper reaches of the stream and fishing silently, ran over laughing. In the blink of an eye, there were more than a dozen people shouting that they heard the sound of the plane, and Tang Cheng and Mike also stopped arguing, listening to the sound in the air with their ears sideways like everyone else.

"Ignition, hurry up, it's the plane coming, it's coming to airdrop supplies to us." Tang Cheng and Mike shouted almost at the same time with ecstatic faces, and the soldiers guarding the pyre immediately took out their lighters and lit the gunpowder that had been spilled on the pyre. There were no flames, only white smoke, and although the people who rushed down the valley were choking on the smoke and coughing, none of them wanted to leave, and all of them looked up at the planes in the sky that were getting clearer and clearer, laughing wildly.

The smoke rising from the valley provided the best guidance for the transport planes in the air, which first circled the valley and then lowered the altitude and threw a series of boxes out of the cabin. "I saw it, I saw it, it's two transport planes, two planes, we won't be short of supplies." Mike pointed to the two transport planes in the sky and shouted loudly, as if in response to Mike's shouting and joy, one of the transport planes that had been airdropped even shook its wings at the people in the valley.

Huge umbrella flowers bloomed in the air, slowly falling towards the valley with boxes one by one, and the whistling and cheering soldiers ran everywhere, constantly chasing the boxes that fell into the valley. Cai Jincheng pulled one of his men to find Tang Cheng, and this guy who followed the stream upstream to investigate brought back a good news that made Tang Cheng ecstatic, there seemed to be a gold mine in the upper reaches of the stream, and this person under Cai Jincheng had already found the deposit of sand gold in the upper reaches of the stream.