Chapter 56: Return
Several friendly soldiers who followed up also raised their thumbs to the dice, and roared in the tone of their squad leader: "Brother, good job!" "The dice just wanted to cry at this moment, and finally saw the living people, and finally saw the friendly troops. Because of the appearance of the dice, this short battle lasted less than five minutes before ending in a smooth manner, this time the battle killed a total of fifteen enemies, the friendly troops suffered only three casualties, and there were no casualties on the dice's side.
"Thanks to you, brother, which company?" The friendly army came from a squad, and when they learned that the other party had come out from Leduo to clear out the scattered Japanese troops here, the dice were busy returning to find Tangcheng and them. The squad leader of this class friendly army hurriedly stopped the dice and said, "Brother, where are you going?" It's still a mess everywhere now, and there are still a lot of skirmishers who have been scattered by the little devils, and you guys are not safe, so it's better to stay, follow us first, and talk about it when we get back to Ledo. ”
The dice thought about it, so they decided to stay, anyway, this squad was ordered by the company to occupy this place to clear the Japanese army, and they would not leave here for a while. The dice didn't go back, but just sent two scouts back to report to Tang Cheng, as long as they found their own troops, it would be easy to handle. "How many more of you?" Hearing the dice say this, the squad leader led by the friendly army gasped, although he didn't know what the joint force was that the dice were talking about, but when he learned that the dice had walked through the Savage Mountain three times, he was still taken aback.
After a few words of greeting with the dice, the friendly squad leader quickly reported to the company headquarters through the walkie-talkie, but received an order to hold on to the spot for at least one day. "Stick to the day?" When the squad leader heard this, he muttered in a low voice with some impatience. The squad leader looked at everyone and saw that everyone had a solemn look, so he had to sigh secretly. There is no way, this is the order of the company, and those of them who are soldiers can only obey it.
"Squad Leader Ma, isn't it just here for a day, no problem, when the people behind us come, just help you keep it for a day." When he met a friendly army, the dice were in a good mood, although the other party did not know about the joint forces, but the dice were still willing to help their own people. Knowing that the scouts who were exploring the way in front had encountered the friendly troops from the column, Tang Cheng and the others were very excited, especially worried that Tang Cheng who had been all the way could finally breathe a sigh of relief, and no longer had to worry that the Japanese army behind would catch up and entangle him, and the soldiers who were already exhausted also broke out, and the legs that were already tired and almost couldn't lift up seemed to suddenly have strength, and there was no need for Tang Cheng to urge them, and the speed of the troops was faster again. "Don, when you get to Ledo, I'll treat you to a drink, the best whiskey." It's not just those soldiers who have been struggling to hold on, but also George, a natural optimist, but this optimist broke his foot during the retreat and can now only lie on a stretcher.
When they saw the dice coming up from a distance, the soldiers who were already crying with joy couldn't help but cheer loudly. "You are from the 38th Regiment of the 114th Division? Do you know the command of the Sino-US joint forces in Ledo? Is it the courtyard next to Ledo Hospital? "The leader of the friendly squad was called by the dice to see Tang Cheng, but he didn't know anything about the joint force command that Tang Cheng said.
Tang Cheng's brows couldn't help frowning, his soldiers were not used to the radio and walkie-talkies, and when they re-entered the jungle, it was raining, and the radios and walkie-talkies equipped for Tang Cheng were all unusable due to the lack of waterproofing, and Tang Cheng and they never contacted Mike again. I thought that these friendly troops from the column should know about the courtyard next to the hospital, but the other party really didn't know anything, Tang Cheng, who had just relaxed, couldn't help but get nervous again, couldn't it be that something happened on Mike's side that he didn't know?
"Don, now is not the time for you to think about this, let's think about the things in front of you first. More than 200 people are counting on you to take them home, and you can't do anything. George, who had been sitting beside Tang Cheng, stretched out his hand and patted Tang Cheng's shoulder, Tang Cheng's mind he could guess, knowing the importance of Mike to Tang Cheng, but the most important thing at the moment was not to consider Mike, but to consider how to return to Ledo safely.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, I just remembered some things just now, and now it's much better." Tang Cheng twisted his face and smiled at George, then turned his gaze to the friendly soldiers. It can be seen that these friendly soldiers are all equipped with American-style weapons and equipment, the squad leader uses Thomson submachine guns, and the other soldiers use Garand rifles. Seeing the walkie-talkie on the back of one of the friendly soldiers, Tang Cheng couldn't help but feel annoyed, if it weren't for the carelessness of his soldiers, which caused the radio and walkie-talkies to be rained, he might have known what was going on on Mike's side.
These friendly soldiers who met with the dice received an order to stay here for a whole day, and the dice had boasted about Haikou before, and Tang Cheng, as the company commander of the dice, could only help the dice fulfill his promise, and it happened that his soldiers could also rest here for a while. Knowing that there were other troops of the 114th Regiment around here, Tang Cheng let go of his worries and only let his soldiers rest in place, and did not ask them to dig the trenches that they had to dig when they set up camp.
Waiting for the sun to be noon, there was a faint burst of gunfire in front, and the always belligerent dice hurriedly rushed to the front with his scouts panting to seize the commanding heights. Waiting for the scouts to rush up and occupy the battle positions in all directions, the gunfire in the distance had stopped, although there were still sporadic gunshots coming from the bottom of the ridge on that side, but it didn't last long before it disappeared.
While the soldiers resting at the bottom of the slope were talking and laughing, one of the scouts under the dice ran over from a high place and said to Tang Cheng and them, "You retreat to the east first, it looks like a little devil is coming, and our captain said that I will come to meet you in a while." With that, he turned around and ran back to the heights. The scout sent back by the dice to report the news said that he was clueless, did not say how many Japanese troops came, and did not say whether he wanted to stop the Japanese army or ambush the Japanese army, Tang Cheng was a little uneasy, so he beckoned Hou San to bring a team of people over to help the dice them.
Hou San was originally an acquaintance with the dice, where would he not know what the idea of the dice was, and when he took someone to meet the dice, the Japanese soldiers mentioned by the dice also happened to appear in the scope of the dice. "That's what you're talking about?" Hou San only glanced forward with his binoculars, then turned his head and smiled at a serious dice. It was the Japanese army that appeared in the binoculars, but unfortunately there were less than 10 Japanese soldiers, and they were also Japanese soldiers who fled in a hurry who were chased.
The dice that were ridiculed by Hou San couldn't help but laugh a little, and explained while laughing, "When I saw it just now, there were no less than dozens of devil soldiers, who knew that these little devils really couldn't help fighting, and only the few you saw were left after being chased." Catch a few devils that are also devil soldiers, there is no difference between killing a few and killing dozens, if you don't have enough bullets or admit that your marksmanship is poor, you can dodge, don't stop me from killing the little devils. ”
Hou San knew that the dice couldn't pull his face, so he turned around with a smile and went down to the high point, he wanted to tell Tang Cheng about this matter, so that Tang Cheng really organized the evacuation of manpower, and the province was laughed at by the friendly army at that time. "Don't worry, when we go back to Ledo, I'll settle the ledger with him one by one." After listening to Hou San's explanation, Tang Cheng couldn't help laughing, although he said that he would rectify the dice when he went back, but Tang Cheng didn't think so in his heart.
The friendly squad leader who talked to the dice earlier was right, there are indeed many small units of the 114th Regiment around here, since the engineering troops entered Ledo and began to survey the road into the Savage Mountain, they have been suffering from the sneak attack of small Japanese troops, and the engineering troops suffered heavy casualties, and the expeditionary force headquarters of the courtyard Ah Ramgarh sent the 114th Regiment of the 38th Division to enter Ledo in advance, and their only task was to protect the engineering troops, and take the opportunity to clear the scattered Japanese troops between Savage Mountain and Ledo.
The friendly army that the dice met belonged to the 114th Regiment, which was one of the many troops that had recently been driven out of Ledo, and they joined forces with the friendly forces, and they never waited for a Japanese army in hot pursuit. I don't know if I met other clearing troops of the 114th Regiment halfway, anyway, Tangcheng helped the friendly troops of that squad to hold on here for a whole day, and they didn't see any Japanese troops appear.
Falling asleep and howling, Tang Cheng woke up in the morning when the sun was already high, and the soldiers around him had already woken up. Looking up at the sky, it will be a good weather today, because the sky is very blue today, a large mass of white clouds is low in the sky, and the morning fog in the forest at the end of the pole has also dissipated. Tang Cheng, who got up and sat up, glanced at the soldiers around him who were looking scattered, and the joy in his eyes was clear, almost half a month of jungle life was coming to an end, although he couldn't bring back all the people who left Ledo alive, but he at least brought most of them back alive.
After having breakfast in a hurry, Tang Cheng, who was anxious in his heart, politely refused the proposal of the friendly squad leader to return to Leduo after joining up with the large force of the 114th Regiment, but asked his soldiers to pack their own bags, and then hurriedly set off in the direction of Leduo along the route provided by the friendly squad leader, he couldn't wait to rush back to Leduo.