Chapter 82: Encounter
Originally, drilling in the forest was a pleasant thing for a northeastern man like Ma Wu, who was born in the white mountains and black waters, and there were too many wild things in the old forests in the northeast, which was too fun. Although the old forests in Myanmar are also so continuous and one after another, Ma Wu's heart does not have the fun and freedom of drilling forests in his hometown in the northeast, even if there are no Japanese soldiers chasing behind him, Ma Wu will say that this old forest in northern Myanmar is simply a place to eat people.
The most important thing to watch out for in the jungle is not the larger beasts, but the snakes and insects that emerge from the treetops, weeds, or bushes, or the grasshoppers that the defeated soldiers don't want to mention. The former can still be avoided as long as you pay attention, but the ubiquitous locusts in the mountains and forests of northern Myanmar are like silent assassins, and when you don't know it, they have quietly come on your body, and then get into your flesh and suck your blood to your heart's content.
Reaching out again and pressing the hard object in his underwear, Ma Wu, who was pale and his cheeks were sunken, stopped to rest against a rock in the woods, Ma Wu was not the vanguard, because he was the only officer in this small team formed by the gathering of routs. Although Ma Wu was only a small second lieutenant, he was still a second lieutenant in the telecommunications room who had not really fought and could only copy messages, but these gathered defeated soldiers still cared about Ma Wu's identity as an officer, so Ma Wu was arranged in the middle of the team.
The humid heat is also a big problem in the jungle, and in May it is the rainy season in northern Myanmar, and the occasional rainfall makes Ma Wu and others miserable. The heat and humidity meant that the painstaking mistakes could not be preserved for a long time, and it was not easy to find food in the woods, and after several routs died in succession from tasting wild vegetables, Ma Wu and the others were finally able to identify a few wild vegetables that could be found everywhere. But after all, you can't eat more wild vegetables, and if you eat too many wild vegetables, you can only have one end, that is, you will be pulled to death.
After leaving Mandalay, Ma Wu felt that he had been running for his life, because he would always chase the Japanese soldiers behind, but fortunately he was now in the forest, even if they encountered the pursuing Japanese army, they could escape with the cover of the forest. "Sir, let's keep going, maybe we can find a water source when we camp tonight." Ma Wu leaned on the big stone and stuck out his tongue to lick his chapped lips, and one of the routs who caught up from behind handed his water bottle to Ma Wu.
Ma Wu took the kettle and shook it subconsciously, there was still water in the kettle, but it was not much, looking up at the other routs who pretended to be unintentional, Ma Wu shook his head and returned the kettle to the rout who was responsible for keeping the drinking water. Then he gritted his teeth and got up and staggered on. More than half a month of life in the mountains and forests has made Ma Wu's originally round body very thin, and his face and hands are covered with blood cut out of the vine leaves in the forest. The beard on his chin is even longer and all over his face, except for a pair of red eyes that occasionally flash a little bit of human wisdom, he has long been no different from a wild man.
Ma Wu carried a telecommunication code for the expeditionary force, and did not destroy this telecommunication code when retreating, because Ma Wu was careful about himself, if he could find the military headquarters alive with this telecommunication code, maybe he would not be just a little ensign at that time. Ma Wu is good at playing smart, and it is this kind of cleverness that makes Ma Wu, a chaotic soldier of the original Northeast Army, become the current captain officer, so Ma Wu thinks that his choice this time is also correct.
The two defeated soldiers who served as the vanguard had already gone far away, and the following Ma Wu could only fall far away according to the marks left by the vanguard or the traces of broken rattans. Originally, Ma Wu and they were huddled together, but after being ambushed by two groups of Japanese soldiers one after another, for the sake of everyone's lives, the vanguard had to distance themselves from the rear team, at least when the vanguard encountered the Japanese soldiers, the rest of the rear team could find and change the route as soon as possible.
When it was finally time to rest in place, and when the two routers who served as the rear guard could keep up safely, Ma Wu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the Japanese soldiers chasing in the forest would not only ambush, but also kill them viciously from behind. Today's march is very smooth, and Ma Wu wanted to shout twice, and a group of people continued to move forward with expectations, and walked not far away, but the rout in front of them suddenly found that two guys who were in the vanguard were lying behind a big stone at this time, secretly looking ahead.
Hearing the movement behind him, the two pacesetters immediately waved desperately to the back, Ma Wu was shocked in his heart, and then carefully squatted down. Not far behind the stones where the vanguard lay lay there was a mountain stream that flowed silently, and according to the intention of the two vanguards, they were to camp by this mountain stream tonight, and at least enough drinking water could be replenished here. Ma Wu suppressed the panic in his heart, slowly moved his body forward, and carefully looked forward against a stone that could still cover his figure.
The stream, which had been accidentally discovered by the vanguard, was not too big, but it formed a small waterhole less than 50 meters away from Ma Wu. Just as the waterhole was surrounded by dead bodies, a group of Japanese soldiers were rudely cleaning up the scattered things. The Japanese soldiers seemed to be particularly wary of the fallen corpses, and they would first stab the corpses with their bayonets, and only after they were sure that the person was really dead, would they start to loot the corpses.
The smell of blood in the air made Ma Wu's face pale, and he subconsciously reached out to cover his mouth, exposing everyone because of his heavy panting. Ma Wu was born in the Northeast Army, but when he was in the Northeast Army, he was just a service soldier who specialized in pouring tea for the commander and taking care of trivial matters, if it weren't for his literacy and verbal ability, he wouldn't have become the current second lieutenant officer, but such a bloody scene in front of him had already made Ma Wu's legs weak.
There was a killing field in front of it, and the veterans in the rout could tell from the terrain and the range where the corpses were scattered that it should have been a premeditated war of annihilation. But what puzzled them was that whether it was the corpses on the ground or the people who were cleaning the battlefield, they were all wearing the same khaki yellow Japanese military uniforms. "I met the Japanese soldiers." A rout with the same panicked eyes made up his mind, and the routs who could not see the situation ahead were ready to turn around and flee.
"Don't be busy first, although these people who clean up the battlefield are wearing the military uniforms of little devils, but I don't look right, when did I hear that the Japanese killed their own people." One of the two front-runners turned around and glared at the rout who had made up his mind, then whispered thoughtfully to the others. As soon as he said this, the other defeated soldiers nodded again and again, fighting devils for so long, and they had never heard of Japanese soldiers killing their own people.
"What's wrong with this, it's been a few days since we retreated from Mandalay, have you ever seen one of our people wearing the military uniform of a little devil pretending to be a Japanese soldier? It's not that you haven't seen the people of our national army being chased and beaten by Japanese soldiers in the woods, is it possible that you still think that the Japanese soldiers in front of you are pretending to be from our national army? The rout who was glared at by the vanguard was already moving backwards and waiting for an opportunity to escape, "It's too dangerous here, let's leave quickly, saving our lives is the most important thing now, and ignore the rest." ”
There began to be different opinions among the routs, and there was no shortage of cowards among the routs, although several veterans wanted to stay and take a closer look, but the few routs crouching on the flanks were already quietly retreating. A rout crouched on the outermost side also wanted to retreat, so he tried to move his body backwards with his hands on the ground, but he didn't want to slide his right hand and knock a stone next to him and roll to the side. But at this moment, a strange thing happened that made the hair stand on end, but the overturned stone rolled a hole in the ground under the terrified gaze of the rout, and then fell into the hole and disappeared.
There were also several other routs who saw this scene, and when everyone was at a loss, a head suddenly stuck out from the hole in the ground that was forced out of the stone, "You have all been fucking watching it for so long, you should have seen it clearly, right?" It's a good thing you didn't really think of us as Japanese soldiers, otherwise the gun in Lao Tzu's hand would have been sent back to your hometown a long time ago. And he said, Where are you, and are there any officers among you? The head sticking out of the hole looked around at Ma Wu and the gang, his eyes full of disdain and ridicule.
A human head appeared from the hole in the ground that had been rolled out of the stones, and the two leading soldiers crouching at the front were taken aback, and then reflexively drew their bayonets from their waists and pounced. But before the two of them could get their bayonets on, a black hole came out of the hole and pointed it at them, "You guys are fucking crazy, why don't you understand what Lao Tzu said?" Listen clearly, Lao Tzu is also a national army, not only am I a lone soldier, but the brothers who clean the battlefield in devil uniforms are also national soldiers. ”
The routs were so lightly convinced that they were about to pounce on each other after a glance, but before they could make a move, three more muzzles came out of the grass around them. "I advise you not to move, the place where you are standing now is within the range of Lao Tzu's firepower, and our submachine guns only need one salvo to ensure that you guys are all dead and can't die again." Before Tan Fei in the cave finished speaking, Tang Cheng, who had been hiding in the grass, came out with dice and a rock dragon.
The veterans carefully looked at Tang Cheng who was out of the grass, not to mention that Tang Cheng was so secretive that they were hidden in Tang Cheng had already made these veterans afraid, just the submachine gun in Tang Cheng in their hands surprised the veterans. Tang Cheng took a British submachine gun, which is rare in the national army. "I'm Tang Cheng from the Fifth Army's Logistics Shelter, these are brothers who want to return to China, I don't know which unit you are?" When introducing himself, Tang Cheng, who was holding a submachine gun, was also secretly observing the group of unclothed and wolf-looking national army routs in front of him.