The original retreat plan of the expeditionary force was to cross the Irrawaddy River and head north into Myitkyina to rest and replenish supplies, and then continue to look for opportunities to retreat. However, the Japanese troops who attacked north along the Irrawaddy River were like rainbows and mad tigers, and before the troops of the expeditionary force in confusion withdrew to Myitkyina, the Japanese forward troops in the north had already captured Myitkyina in succession and controlled a large area on the Bamo line.

Tang Cheng, who had mixed into the large army and went north, did not know this, and after consuming the fuel of the jeep and wooden carts, they could only walk on foot like other retreating expeditionary soldiers. One of the several routes planned by Tang Cheng was to cross between Bamo and Nankan, taking advantage of the convenience of his small number of people to avoid the search of the Japanese army and go straight to the border and return home. However, in fact, this plan of Tang Cheng could no longer be implemented, because the forward forces of the Japanese army had successfully controlled the area between Myitkyina and Lashio, including the Miwa Highway that had to be crossed in the Tang City plan.

It had only been a short time since he crossed the Irrawaddy River, and Tang Cheng had not yet thought about breaking away from the main army, but the closer he got north to Myitkyina, the more uneasy Tang Cheng became, and it was not until Japanese scouts began to appear on their flanks that Tang Cheng understood what his uneasiness was. The appearance of the Japanese army made the already panicked retreating troops even more chaotic, and as the commanders of the expeditionary force, Stilwell and Luo Zhuoying had already left Mandalay, and the current retreating expeditionary force troops were almost a situation of countless dragons.

Tang Cheng and others have always followed the military headquarters of the Fifth Army and a part of the new 22nd Division, not because Tang Cheng felt that he could be wiped out by following the military headquarters of the Fifth Army, but because there were many veterans in the new 22nd Division, and when they really encountered the Japanese army, these seemingly slippery veterans worked. Looking at the retreating troops in front of him, Tang Cheng returned to the time when he retreated across the river at the Xiaguan Wharf in Nanjing, and the national army he took back also discarded a lot of weapons and equipment in order to retreat across the river, and as a result, all those things were cheaper for the Japanese army that captured Nanjing.

After noon, the sky began to be overcast and it began to rain drizzly, the rain made the road slippery and difficult to walk, in order to prevent the personnel from falling behind, some officers began to order their soldiers to use backpack straps and leggings to connect long ropes, so that the soldiers could hold on to the long rope and march, so that there would be no personnel left behind. But even so, there were still many soldiers who fell to the ground as they walked, and the muddy roads and complicated terrain, coupled with the continuous marching days, had consumed too much of their body.

When Tang Cheng and the others followed the vanguard to a mountain pass, the sky was already dark, and both sides of the mountain pass were towering trees that covered the sky and sheltered from the sun. But Tang Cheng and the others, who had already been drenched in rain, had no intention of appreciating these, especially since Tang Cheng's sight had already been passed by other things, on the edge of this mountain pass, there were countless military vehicles parked on the road that was not wide, and light tanks and heavy equipment weapons that had been blown up abounded.

Looking at the vehicles, weapons, and the wreckage of the chariot that seemed to be in sight, Tang Cheng felt as if he had been pinched by someone, these were the real strength of the expeditionary force, and these precious weapons and equipment were exchanged for four years of bloody battles. "These old men can really get their hands on it, and if you don't want such a good thing, you don't want it, what a fucking loser." Hou San touched the broken and bent barrel of an American M1A1 75mm mountain gun, Tang Cheng took a closer look in the past, and found that the mountain gun with the foam on the ruler base that had not been removed turned out to be brand new, and this cannon with a broken barrel was not fired at all.

Thinking of the days and nights in Nanjing, a large number of Nationalist soldiers could only use their rifles to withstand the dense artillery fire of the Japanese army, and repeatedly fought with the Japanese army for every inch of position with their flesh and blood. Touching the cannon beside him, Tang Cheng couldn't understand that the weapon was for people to use, not to keep it to preserve its strength. If these artillery pieces and chariots had been allocated to the troops guarding Nanjing, then the Battle of Nanjing would probably have been a different situation, and the domestic war situation would certainly not have been eroded to the present level.

A gust of mountain wind howled by, and these vehicles with their inner tubes removed, the guns that had taken away the guns, and the vehicles that had been blown up, seemed to tell their tragic fate. There are only a few people in Tang Cheng who stay here, and most of the soldiers of the expeditionary force who follow up to the Guò Pass will only glance at this side a few times, but they will continue to move forward, in their opinion, these things have nothing to do with them, and Tang Cheng has seen something called panic in their eyes, just like the Nanjing Scattered National Army that was scrambling to cross the river.

One after another, the troops who arrived later crossed the mountain pass, but Tang Cheng and a few of them walked through these materials discarded by the vanguard troops, and Tang Cheng, who was used to living a hard life, tried to find something that could still be used from these destroyed things. As long as you put your heart into it, you will definitely reap the rewards, and the first to find the available supplies was Tan Fei, a guy with the same gloomy face as Tang Cheng found a box of explosives under an overturned jeep, and then pulled out a box of grenades.

"Look, let me tell you, these old men are all losers, and such a good thing is thrown away in vain." The dice muttered loudly as he took the explosives and grenades handed by Tan Fei and stuffed them into his backpack. Mo about an hour of searching, so that Tang Cheng and each of them had a few more kilograms of weight on their bodies, and the soldiers passing by the mountain pass looked at Tang Cheng and them like fools, and almost all of them were trying to reduce the burden, but these few fools were stuffing those things that were not needed into their backpacks.

Seeing the reaction of the passing soldiers, Tang Cheng couldn't help but sigh, most of the expeditionary forces were northerners, and the northern soldiers who lacked jungle survival experience and necessary equipment rushed through the primeval forest lightly, and the terrible consequences made Tang Cheng not even dare to think about it. These people have no idea of the dangers of the Burmese jungle, and it is a luxury to want to return home safely in a state like this. It is better to walk slower than to throw away the materials that can save your life, this is the attitude of Tang Cheng, a long-distance march in a place like Burma, if there is no necessary materials, then the end is only to become a corpse buried in the wilderness.

In the drizzle, Tangcheng and their northbound troops with more than 4,000 people were once again lucky to get rid of the outflanking attack of the Japanese scouts, but the Japanese scouts who followed behind did not dare to pursue boldly, so they could only carry out frequent harassment in an attempt to slow down the march of this northbound expeditionary force, so as to create a chance for the large Japanese army that came to follow up to get out of the encirclement and annihilation. The expeditionary force, which was trying to get rid of the Japanese scouts, naturally did not dare to stop for a moment, and advanced day and night along the muddy roads, and even the meals were done on the march. Seeing that the troops were about to collapse, the officers, who also had two panda eyes, began to gather together to study how to stop the troops and rest for a few hours.

Tang Cheng also gathered Hou San and a few of them under a big tree on the side of the road, and took a cigarette roll that had become damp from Tan Fei's hand, Tang Cheng lit it and said thoughtfully: "Everyone has seen it, in the past few days, our road is getting narrower and narrower, and the more we walk, the more complicated and difficult the road is, since last night, we have found overturned vehicles on the side of the road from time to time, I believe it will not take long, and there will be no road ahead." ”

Tang Cheng's words made everyone present feel refreshed, a few of them didn't want to follow these guys who had become like lost dogs, if they marched separately from these guys from the new 22nd Division and the military headquarters, maybe a few of them would have rushed to the Miwa Highway long ago. Tan Fei glared and looked at Tang Cheng with an incredulous gaze, "Sir, didn't the people from the military department say that they were about to arrive at Myitkyina, wouldn't it be troublesome for us to separate from them at this time?" ”

In fact, Tang Cheng couldn't prove that his judgment was correct, so he could only say in a deep voice: "Didn't you notice that the forest was getting denser and denser?" What does it say about the overturned vehicles on the side of the road and the bullet holes in the driver's body? What does it mean that those bullet holes and the bullet casings that we have found one after another are left by the Japanese Arisaka rifle bullets? It shows that the military headquarters in front has encountered the Japanese army, and there must have been a firefight with the Japanese army, "Everyone was stunned by Tang Cheng's words, and the corpses with bullet holes began to increase since yesterday afternoon, if it is really like Tang Cheng speculated, it means that the closer to Myitkyina, the more likely the Japanese army will appear."

Moving closer to the military department has always been the expectation in everyone's hearts, and Hou San and their hearts all know that the troops retreating in a panic at this moment are like a lonely boat in a storm, and the military headquarters and the large army are their havens, but now I am afraid that the harbor is difficult to protect itself. Everyone was silent, in fact, all the people didn't have the heart to speak, the battle was like this, and they just fled, and the so-called arrangement was nothing more than how to escape faster.

After a brief rest, the troops set out in a whole formation, and after half a day of recuperation, the mental state of the troops was much better, and according to the report of the broken reconnaissance team, the vanguard of the Japanese army seemed to have stopped the pursuit. "Japanese army, the day is coming, we are surrounded." Just when everyone was happy that the Japanese scouts behind them were no longer pursuing, there was a sudden shout from the front, and then Tangcheng and they heard the familiar strafing sound of the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun.

The soldiers, who were already about to become frightened birds, were completely panicked, and in order not to be coerced by the rout, Tang Cheng could only move to the woodland on the side of the road. With the appearance of the Japanese grenadiers, the routs who rushed into the woodland completely overwhelmed Tang Cheng and others.