"Tang, these two are geological experts sent by the command, and they will conduct a geological survey of this red land to see if it is suitable for building a large airport." After a few words of greeting with Tang Cheng, George, who reunited with his old friend, did not forget to introduce Tang Cheng to the other two parachuted geological engineers. Obviously, the two big-nosed foreigners who are also Americans can't speak any Chinese, but fortunately, Tang Cheng can speak English, otherwise he would have to rely on George to translate.

Just like when George was rescued by Tang Cheng, the two American engineers who were parachuted down were also quite curious about Tang Cheng's standard English, and when they learned that Tang Cheng had an American adoptive father and was still a priest, the engineer named Thomas had a good impression of Tang Cheng for no other reason, Thomas's uncle was a priest. Handed over George and the three of them to Tan Fei to take with him, Tang Cheng hurried up the dirt mountain, and he hurriedly went to check what was in the airdropped supplies.

The newly dug trenches were still damp, and I don't know who lit them in a few anti-artillery holes, and then put the red-hot charcoal in the trenches one by one, although the heat was not very high, but it was enough to make the guys sitting in the trenches smile and bake their military shoes and socks around the carbon pile. Liu Shishi squeezed around in the pile, hearing all the topics that the soldiers were talking about, everyone sitting around the carbon pile had a smile on their faces, and even Tang Cheng's face was a little softer.

30 boxes were filled with a section of trenches, and this was also the place where the most soldiers gathered, and everyone was waiting for Tang Cheng to appear, and only when Tang Cheng came, these boxes could be opened. "If you want me to say, this must be a canned food with a big nose in the United States, and I can smell the fragrance of canned meat through the box." A guy with a steel helmet on his head reached out and slapped a box in front of him, swearing that his judgment was absolutely correct.

"Cao Lao Liu, don't be embarrassed there, get out of the way, be careful that Lao Tzu kicks you to death." Hou San's loud voice made Cao Laoliu, who was bragging about the people around him, shrink his neck and slip away, causing several soldiers around him to laugh. In the whispering of the surrounding soldiers, Tang Cheng pried open the first box with his own hands, in fact, Tang Cheng didn't need to do it himself, this was just the result of everyone cheering in unison.

The first box that was opened by Tang Cheng himself was a Browning M2 heavy machine gun with a tripod, and the dark and heavy 12.7 caliber barrel was terrifying to look at. "Ours, this is ours." The machine gun squad, which had never been useful, rushed up, and according to the English signs on the outside of the wooden box and Tang Cheng's prompts, they pushed and lifted the three heavy machine guns and two five-port boxes full of bullets. The M2 heavy machine gun has the advantages of high firepower, stable trajectory and extremely long range, with 450 to 550 rounds per minute and a firing range of more than 1,300 meters, making it the best choice for Tangcheng to defend its position.

Under the eager eyes and waiting of the soldiers, the boxes in the trenches were pried open one by one, except for a few boxes that contained small arms ammunition and bazooka and ammunition that Mike had prepared for him in Tang City, the remaining boxes were all supplies that Tang City lacked. took out a cigarette from the box and put it in his satchel, Tang Cheng handed over the chaotic scene to Hou San to deal with, "Third brother, each person will be given a pack of cigarettes, and the rest of the food and use will be put away first, and then distributed after dawn tomorrow." ”

Among the more than 300 soldiers under Tang Cheng, only half of them could smoke, and there were fifty or sixty cigarettes dropped by air, and the endless cigarettes naturally became the private collection of Tang Cheng and others. The cigarettes, candy, and chocolates that were distributed made the soldiers scream for joy, and their pockets, which had been deflated for a long time, could finally be filled with something. Tang Cheng, who had a full line of cigarettes in his stomach, was a little flustered, and finally waited for the airdropped supplies, and he no longer had to worry about the soldiers under his command because of the lack of supplies.

The airdropped group has returned safely, but Mike in the war room is still pacing back and forth, waiting for a reply from Tang Cheng, who has received supplies. As long as Tang Cheng received the airdropped supplies, even if Japanese troops appeared on the red soil slope, Tang Cheng could hold on for at least a week with more than 300 soldiers and that batch of supplies, and during this week, Mike could also use planes to provide air fire support for Tang Cheng.

After a night's rest, the soldiers were apparently refreshed, and after a telegraph battle with Ramgar's headquarters, the two engineers who had already surveyed the red clay slope during the night finally brought good news to Tang City. The command not only agreed to build a large airfield here on the Hongtu Slope, but also ordered Tangcheng to be responsible for the security and defense of the Hongtupo within 50 kilometers of the Hongtupo, and also prepared to airdrop more materials and equipment to Tangcheng within a week after today, so that their preparations for the new airfield could be carried out smoothly.

"What's the good news?" Knowing that the headquarters was going to drop the equipment for building the airport to him here, Tang Cheng, who got the telegram, was very puzzled, his detachment was a serious combat unit of 800, and it was not an engineering unit, so why should he let himself be responsible for taking care of these equipment and tools. Knowing that there would be an airdrop of supplies during the day today, the soldiers who couldn't stay idle used last night's parachute to spread a patchwork airdrop logo in the field early, waiting for the arrival of the supplies. The bored Hou San and Zhao Liang found a familiar George to play cards together, which they learned when Ledo was bored, of course, Tan Fei must be present, otherwise George will always use English to scold people when he loses.

"Sir, look at them, they still have a bit of a military look." A second lieutenant under Tang Cheng pointed at Hou San and them, complaining quietly. Tang Cheng knew that this second lieutenant was not giving a small report again, this second lieutenant who was born in the descendant of the national army just couldn't see those soldiers lying around lazily, and this young officer who was only dedicated to serving the country just hated iron but not steel.

"Hengyan, I know you have good intentions, but you must know that the brothers have just come out of the jungle, and yesterday I forced them to dig a position for a whole day. We are now alone, and these more than 300 brothers are our support, and we can't force them to push too hard, and we should loosen up when we should loosen, otherwise it will backfire. Leave them alone, just take care of your brothers, and do some things to do, and don't rush to this time. ”

Since Hengyan and the other officers from the descendants of the national army entered their detachment, Tang Cheng has rarely talked to them in such a pleasant way, they dare not dare Hengyan, and Tang Cheng does not want to or has no time. Before he was transferred to Ledo from Lambga, the staff officers of the military department had specially sought out Hengyan and a few of them. said that Tang Cheng was an arrogant and domineering person, and it was difficult to get along with, so let Hengyan and them be careful. In the middle of Tang Cheng and the military department, the four of them, who had never been masked with Tang Cheng, chose to believe in the military department, after all, the person who came was a staff officer of the military department, and Zhao Zhi was just a small major appointed by the US military.

Hengyan, who was standing side by side with Tang Cheng, subconsciously squinted at Tang Cheng, and now it seems that Tang Cheng and the arrogance mentioned by the military department have nothing to do with it, at best, they don't like to take care of people. Tang Cheng naturally didn't know what Heng Yan was thinking, he was also waiting for the arrival of the second batch of supplies, and when the second batch of supplies was airdropped, Tang Cheng would have to implement his next plan.

The airdrop arrived on time in everyone's expectation, and the scouts who had already been sent out did not notice the appearance of Japanese troops around the red soil slope, which made Tang Cheng's heart fall all the time. Most of the materials dropped by the second batch of airdrops were the materials needed to lay down the airfield, and under the strong orders of Tang Cheng, the soldiers who were still lazily lying in the sun were all driven down the mountain and helped to pile up the airdropped materials according to the instructions of the two American military engineers.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone was moving things under the dirt mountain, Tang Cheng secretly called Hou San to a place where there was no one and told him, just looking at the expression on Hou San's face, he knew that what Tang Cheng and Hou San had just explained would not be a fair and honest thing. "Can we do this? What if those two big noses know? What if there are little devils around us? Hou San didn't have complete confidence in what Tang Cheng wanted to do, and he was a little worried about the safety of this temporary camp.

"Third brother, the scouts have already searched out to a place 50 kilometers away from us, and they haven't even found the hair of a Japanese soldier. Besides, the two U.S. military engineers who came with George were just engineers, and they were not good at fighting wars, and the explosives dropped this time were just what we needed, and if we waited for more materials to be dropped, we really didn't have time to go out. Tang Cheng's persuasion finally moved Hou San, and now he is just sending a few people out, strictly speaking, it shouldn't affect the safety of the camp.

"Otherwise, I'll take the stones with them, and you might as well stay. I'm fine, I'm just worried that I can't do without you here, and what if those two big noses and George have something to do with you then. Hou San agreed with Tang Cheng's suggestion, but said that he would take Liu Shi and them out to handle the matter, and he thought that Tang Cheng, as the commander of the detachment, should stay in the camp to stabilize the morale of the army. Tang Cheng had no choice but to agree to Hou San's request, anyway, this matter was for the sake of them, and whoever led the team in the past was the same, especially Hou San was still the person he trusted the most.