Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Strange Japanese Army
"I said, Lao Ai, can you not cry with a sad face, although the backpack assigned to you is a little heavy, but you can't walk all the way and cry all the way, can you talk to me?" Tang Cheng's voice came from behind him again, and Albert, who had been gloomy and didn't speak, didn't have the slightest intention of slowing down, but instead accelerated his speed again, trying to leave Tang Cheng far behind him.
After successfully bypassing Meng Pass, Tang Cheng seemed to have become a chatterbox, and he specifically liked to talk to Albert. At the beginning, Albert could still talk to Tang Cheng for a few words, but every time he couldn't talk a few words, the two would have an argument, and the final result was that Albert was furious and stopped talking about Tang Cheng. In fact, Tang Cheng didn't say anything sensitive to Albert, he just discussed some of the war in Burma with Albert, but what really made Albert unable to get off the stage was his own arrogance and persistence, Albert refused to admit that the rout of the expeditionary force was caused by the British army's intention to preserve its strength.
Although Albert was only a captain, Albert, who was born in a military family, was already a veteran of battle, how could he not know what the source of this rout was, but the pride of being a soldier of the British Empire made him unable to admit the mistakes of the British army in the face of Tang Cheng. Since it is said that Tang Cheng can't be said, he has to avoid Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng always likes to rush to find Albert when he is on the march, and the two of them come and go every day to stage the story of you chasing me.
"Lao Ai, I find that you are just boring, we only have these dozen people and some mules snatched from the Burmese, if everyone is like you and keep their mouths shut and don't speak, then we will all become dumb. It's not just to talk with a long mouth, besides, it's just small talk between us, why do you say you're always angry, you look at Alan, when I chatted with Alan, Alan has never been like you. Tang Cheng, who had caught up from behind, continued to damage Albert while squeezing his eyes at Alan beside him.
Hearing Tang Cheng's words mention Allen, Albert subconsciously slowed down, and glanced at Allen who was crying and laughing with the corner of his eye. It's true that Alan is a reporter, but no one stipulates that anyone who is a reporter must be able to say it, and besides, Tang Cheng's mouth has been trained in Beiping City since he was a child, and Albert and Allen are not Tang Cheng's opponents when they are tied together. Allen, who was holding a wooden stick in his hand, saw that Albert was squinting at him, and immediately jumped to the side, and signaled with his expression that Albert was none of his business.
"Don, you're an officer, can you not pester me like a dogskin plaster? I admit that I can't talk to you, so should you go and talk to someone who can talk to you, why do you always have to look for me? Albert was helpless, turned around and glared at Tang Cheng, but the latter had a non-caring face, and simply ignored Albert's angry gaze. Don, you really lose your status as an officer. Albert sighed, turned around and continued on his way, while Tang Cheng pulled Alan to continue to follow.
"Lao Ai, since you said that the topics we talked about a few days ago were not strict enough, then I'll ask you a strict question." Tang Cheng hurried to catch up with Albert and walked together, and asked with a straight face, "Old Ai, the batch of German-style weapons and ammunition we found in the basement you found, were those things stolen from the materials that your British army secretly seized from our expeditionary force?" Tang Cheng's question made Albert stop, such a question, Alan with professional sensitivity had already asked him secretly, and it was the first time Tang Cheng asked such a question.
Albert subconsciously shook his head, and the content of the answer was the same as what he told Allen, "Don, I sue you responsibly, those things were not seized from your expeditionary force by our British army, and I can guarantee this with my honor, and I don't know why there are those German-made weapons and ammunition in the basement of that warehouse." ”
Albert's answer obviously did not satisfy Tang Cheng, because when Hou San found those weapons and ammunition, the box containing the rifle was clearly marked with Chinese, and the British army's own weapon box would never carry Chinese. "Lao Ai, you and I both know that this explanation is unreasonable, a discerning person will know at a glance that those things belong to our expeditionary force, and I don't think that your British soldiers will use German-made weapons, after all, your two countries are at war."
In the face of Tang Cheng's questioning, Albert was speechless, because he really didn't know the reason, but the German-made weapons and ammunition were found in the warehouses that had been destroyed by the British army. Albert fell silent again and ignored Tang Cheng, looking at the stubborn Albert, the helpless Alan couldn't help but shake his head again and again, it has been a few days, such scenes often happen, and every time it ends with Albert's silence. Tang Cheng was also looking at Albert's back, but Tang Cheng's heart was full of joy, and teasing this stubborn British nose had become Tang Cheng's only entertainment at present.
Tan Fei, who served as the striker, shook the small flag in his hand again, and the team that had been dragged into a long snake stopped to rest again. The further north he went, the more careful Tang Cheng became, not only sending scouts to the front, but also specially arranging for Tan Fei to serve as the link between the forward scouts and the rear team. When encountering uncovered terrain, the rear team must stop and hide until the scout has completed the search, and only after the scout is safe and sound can the rear team that receives the striker's signal continue on the road, and the speed must be fast.
Tang Cheng was glad that when he was circumnavigating Mengguan, Dice led people to get a dozen mules from the local Burmese village, otherwise they really couldn't take away the supplies they found, and if they didn't have these provisions, they might have been reduced to Huazi a long time ago. When he stopped to rest, Albert deliberately stayed away from Tang Cheng, and the latter was not in the mood to chat with Albert at this time, and at this time, Tang Cheng was always the most nervous, for fear that a Japanese search team would suddenly appear around.
Picking up the telescope on his chest, Tang Cheng crouched on a small dirt bag to carefully observe the surrounding terrain, at this time, Tang Cheng always likes to determine the next hiding point first. "Lao Ai, Lao Ai." Tang Cheng on the small dirt bag suddenly turned around and shouted Albert, the expression on his face and the hurried tone didn't seem like a joke. "Take your people to protect the military doctor and those mules to find a place to hide, and the rest of the people are loaded and ready to fight, we are in trouble."
Albert did not follow Tang Cheng's orders, but hurried to Tang Cheng's side, grabbed the binoculars, and immediately commanded his British soldiers to drive the mules to the earthen ditch not far away. The dice and the rock dragon who were the scouts were running back as if they were desperate, although they didn't know what was happening, Tang Cheng had already felt that something was wrong, he had never seen the dice so panicked.
"Japanese army, Japanese army." The dice that rushed back collapsed beside Tang Cheng, took the kettle handed by Hou San and poured it first, and then handed the kettle to Yan Long, who was also panting, before continuing. "We didn't dare to look closely, anyway, we saw that there were a lot of devil soldiers, and our eyes were all yellow, and we saw a lot of trucks." What the dice said did not satisfy Tang Cheng, but the more he listened, the more confused he became, and when Yanlong slowed down and added a few words, Tang Cheng understood the reason, and they found that the Japanese army was resting in the hollow not far ahead.
Although Tang Cheng said that they had to avoid the possible Japanese army along the way, they did not dare to get too far from the road, if they were too far from the road, Tang Cheng was afraid that he would lose his way. According to Dice and Yanlong, this group of Japanese soldiers should have come down from the road to rest, but why didn't they rest on the road? With this question, Tang Cheng quietly touched it with the dice and prepared to find out, the dice said not far away, but it was actually more than 2 miles away, and after bypassing a bush, Tang Cheng finally saw the Japanese army that the dice said.
Indeed, as the dice said, the number of Japanese soldiers in this group is not small, and when you look at it, it is indeed the earthy yellow color of the Japanese military uniforms everywhere, but if you count it carefully, there are only about 50 Japanese soldiers in this group. Tang Cheng carefully held a telescope wrapped in strips of cloth and weeds to observe this group of Japanese soldiers, the largest rank in these Japanese soldiers should be a short and fat Zhongzuo, the others are ordinary soldiers and military cao, the real officers are only Nakazuo and two second lieutenants. Tang Cheng couldn't help but be dumbfounded, it is said that the Japanese army's search team should not be such a staffing, could it be that the Japanese army's Nakazo began to directly command the second lieutenant and ordinary soldiers?
With greater doubts, Tang Cheng carefully observed the firepower configuration of this group of Japanese soldiers, except for the things on the truck, all Tang Cheng could see was the bayonets on the waists of these Japanese soldiers, as for the rifle machine guns or anything, he did not see them, and what was even more strange was that Tang Cheng did not even see the grenade on the waists of these Japanese soldiers. Tang Cheng, who was not in a hurry to leave, continued to lie down for a while, and these Japanese soldiers sitting on the ground only cared about eating and drinking, but did not notice Tang Cheng and the dice that were only 200 meters away from them.
"Dice, you go back and ask everyone to come over with weapons, these Japanese soldiers are a little weird, let's beat them, maybe there will be a big gain." Originally, Tang Cheng still wanted to avoid the Japanese army, but when he saw one of the trucks with the tarpaulin lifted through the binoculars, Tang Cheng changed his mind. Tang Cheng didn't think deeply, he just speculated that this group of Japanese soldiers should be the baggage troops of the Japanese army, and they had been observing for more than ten minutes, but Tang Cheng didn't even find a single escort of the combat soldiers, so Tang Cheng wanted to beat them and get some benefits by the way.