Chapter 59: Encampment

"I knew that your kid would live well, and when you came back, you didn't know to go to Lamgara to find me, and Mike and I have been worried about you." Tang Cheng waited in Ledo for three days, and did not wait for the airdrop that George said, but early in the morning of the fourth day, he ushered in Huang Hanju, who came from Lambga. Huang Hanju drove from Lamgara, but Tang Cheng didn't find Mike, Xu saw Tang Cheng's doubts, Huang Hanju and Tang Cheng made a look, and the two didn't mention Mike.

Waiting to be welcomed into the barracks by Tang Cheng, Huang Hanju had the opportunity to be alone with Tang Cheng, and the content of the conversation between them also changed. "Mike is still in Lambgarh, and we were transferred back to Lambgarh because the British are doing something behind their backs." Huang Hanju was a little helpless and threw a few cigarettes from Ramgar to Tang Cheng, "The main reason is still on you, when I sent you to advance into the Hukang Valley, the base camp didn't expect your speed to be so fast." After airdropping supplies for the construction of the airfield to you, the British excused themselves that they were not ready for a counteroffensive, and the matter turned out to be yellow, and the base camp ordered you to return to Ledo and stand by. ”

Huang Hanju's solution made Tang Cheng cry and laugh, should he have wandered around the jungle for a few more days? The forest is full of dangers and can kill people at any time. "It was also the intention of the British to let you return from the direction of Magao, and then suddenly they could not contact you, and the British insisted that you were entangled and exterminated by the Japanese army, and then doubted the combat capability of the combined forces. You know, although the Lamgar is dominated by the Americans, it is after all British territory, and the Americans sometimes have to listen to the British. ”

Tang Cheng didn't care about the bullshit British, it wasn't the British army who was chased by the Japanese army in Burma at the beginning, he only cared about people he knew well. "And what did you say about the Combined Forces after you were transferred back to Ramgarh? Could it be that we just stayed in Ledo and did nothing? Huang Hanju was also very helpless about Tang Cheng's complaints, but the command had been hesitant about the joint forces, and he and Mike had made suggestions many times, but Stilwell had never given a clear answer.

"Mike and I have made many suggestions to General Stilwell, but the old man has been hesitant and has never given a clear answer, and the command is also mixed, fortunately you came back alive, otherwise I wouldn't have been allowed to come and see you." Huang Hanju naturally came with good news on this trip, and handed the list out of his pocket to Tang Cheng, and Huang Hanju motioned for Tang Cheng to look at it himself. "This is the list of supplies, the supplies that are replenished to you will be transported to Ledo by rail, and the things on it are all for you, and the other troops temporarily stationed in Ledo have no right to call it. Mike told me to tell you that if there is no order from the command, you will be fine to rest in Ledo. ”

Tang Cheng took a closer look at the list of supplies, and the anger in his heart calmed down a little, Huang Hanju's trip not only brought three months' military salary, but also brought a large number of supplies to Tang Cheng. There are a lot of dense writings on the list, but Tang Cheng only cares about the part of weapons and ammunition, the main reason why Tang Cheng will withdraw to Ledo so much is because of the lack of ammunition, if there is enough ammunition, Tang Cheng will inevitably appear by the Ledo River with a batch of loot, instead of being pointed at by the stragglers in Ledo Town.

The weapons and ammunition listed in the list were enough to make Tang Cheng laugh, and the ammunition alone was enough for Tang Cheng's more than 200 people to train for a month, and Tang Cheng also found the words American mortars and light and heavy machine guns in the list. Without long-range firepower, Tang Cheng, who was only equipped with light infantry weapons, could only withstand the suppression of the Japanese army's long-range firepower forever, and if Tang Cheng had ordered to bring the two M2 machine guns buried in the loess slope when he had withdrawn into the forest, perhaps his soldiers would have died less.

"These things were all requested by Mike to General Stilwell, and although the old man has not yet expressed his position, you have made a deep impression on the old man by walking through the entire jungle in only two-thirds of the time you originally planned. I think his order to repatriate me and Mike was only a temporary submission to the pressure from the British, and that when the time came, Mike and I would be transferred back here. Huang Hanju stretched out his hand and patted Tang Cheng's shoulder, and his words carried the warmth that can only be found between relatives.

"All you have to do now is rest and train, and when I get back, I'll try to send you a batch of reinforcements. The instructors that Mike found for you will arrive tomorrow, these U.S. military instructors are all acquaintances of Mike, they only come to Ledo because of their personal friendship with Mike, you must not speak ill of each other when you get along with them, these instructors have great skills. When he heard that Huang Hanju was going to come to the U.S. military instructor to help train him under the tree, Tang Cheng's face finally showed a smile, which was indeed good news.

Tang Cheng has basically not slept very well these nights, waiting for the response from Ramgar's side is one aspect, and on the other hand, Tang Cheng is also reviewing himself. When they left Ledo, Tang Cheng's soldiers also had a short training distance in Ledo, and they were all equipped with American-style weapons, but in this case, they suffered more than 100 casualties, which was unacceptable to Tang Cheng.

It's not that his soldiers don't need to die, or that the weapons and ammunition that Mike issued to him are not strong enough, Tang Cheng found that there was a problem with his on-the-spot command after careful consideration. As a commander, he did not pay attention to the coordination of firepower between soldiers as taught by the US military instructors, and once he encountered the Japanese army, he still exchanged fire with the Japanese army as if he had used domestically made weapons. Although this method was handy for Tang Cheng, it limited the power of American weapons in some ways.

Not to mention the radios and walkie-talkies that Mike allotted to himself, if such equipment were placed in other troops, it would be like a baby pimple. But in his own hands, he didn't get a trace of attention, otherwise he wouldn't have been wet by the rain and became useless scrap. After Tang Cheng pondered carefully, he found that it was not only that he did not pay attention to it, but that he and the hundreds of soldiers under him did not pay attention to these things, and this time the instructor came again, Tang Cheng planned to train his soldiers well.

Huang Hanju did not disturb Tang Cheng's contemplation, but followed Liu Shi around the camp, and by the time Huang Hanju turned back again, Tang Cheng had already regained his former calm. "Mike wants me to sue you, you don't have to worry about the affairs of Ramga, you just need to take them to rest and train in Ledo, Mike is already contacting the upper echelons of their country, so they can't just say nothing." Huang Hanju was a little vague when he conveyed Mike's meaning, but Tang Cheng knew that the upper-level people that Mike was talking about should be those congressmen in the United States.

Huang Hanju only had lunch here in Tang Cheng and left in a hurry, he is now a grasshopper tied to a rope with Mike, and he came to visit Tang Cheng only for Mike to get a benefit from Stilwell, and Huang Hanju is now Mike's assistant. "It's all understood, the supplies given to us may be delivered to the train station in the next few days, and I will contact Wallace later to contact the matter of borrowing a truck, glasses, you have been staring at the train station with a stone for the past few days, and as soon as the thing arrives, we will pull it back directly, and the other troops here in the province are red-eyed."

informed Hou San of the contents of the list of supplies sent by Huang Hanju, and everyone couldn't help laughing in unison, these materials were enough for them to consume for 2 months, no matter what, they no longer had to wear the scummy uniforms of the British army. "Third brother, the logging thing can't be stopped, we not only have to strengthen the wall of the camp, but also build barracks in the camp, we only have more than 200 people, and we can't let the brothers still sleep on the Chase bunk."

"I'm afraid we won't need to continue cutting trees, the wood we have cut down in the past few days is enough, but it will take some time to break the wood into wood. It's even easier to repair the walls of the camp, and with enough tools, I can fix the walls of the camp in just one day. Hou San gave Tang Cheng a satisfactory answer without thinking. Huang Hanju's visit made Tang Cheng completely let go of the stone pressed in his heart, and also made Hou San and others down-to-earth, these things arranged by Tang Cheng were not a difficult thing, more than 200 soldiers worked together, and it might not take a few days to complete the work.

"That's good, the base camp is still hesitant about us, but anyway, we're still here. We don't care what others think of us, let's rest the camp first, even if we live by ourselves, it's more comfortable. It's all devils, why do other people look at everything in the barracks, we can only live in this shabby place, since the upper side ignores us, then we have to rely on our own hands. Tang Cheng's words resonated with Hou Sa and others, especially the dice shouting the loudest.

"Yes, when we first arrived in Kunming, it wasn't like nothing, what was the result? In less than half a month, we built a large courtyard in Dabanqiao, and in more than a dozen shelters in Kunming, it is our comfort to live in shelters. Now that the Americans are giving supplies and Wallace's big nose is helping, if we can't repair this barracks, it will be a shame. "The dice made such a fuss, but it made Hou San and their hearts angry, and Tang Cheng didn't need to say anything at all, just Hou San and a few of them got together, and they had already come up with a lot of plans to rest the camp.