In the afternoon, the sun in northern Myanmar is like a fire, and the heat wave on the ground is rolling in the heat of more than 30 degrees, and the steaming heat makes the distant qiē shrouded in ethereal. In a stretch of riverbed three miles west of the camp of the direct company, almost everyone, including Tang Cheng, had already stripped off their shirts and wore shorts, and each of them had a wet hand towel on their heads, although everyone was sweating, but their faces were full of happy smiles.

Hou Sanzheng was carrying an iron horn and shouted loudly, "Everyone work hard, our company commander said that he gave the big guy stew meat at night, and now he is working hard for us." ”

Hearing Hou San's encouragement in the riverbed, the soldiers of the direct company in the riverbed, who were also shirtless and dressed in shorts, holding a bowl of tea in one hand and fanning the fan in the other hand, ran out again and added, "Suspend patrols tonight, add food and wine, everyone enjoys, there is only one, no drunken provocation and trouble!" ”

"Okay! Long live Old Mai! Amid the cheers of the soldiers, Mike, who was dizzy from the sun, hurried back to the shade. This section of the riverbed, which was crowded with soldiers of the direct company, was discovered by Cai Jincheng's men, and it was originally said that traces of gold mines had been found here, and the dice took two sappers to make holes and blast everywhere with explosives, but instead of finding the gold mines, they found a shallow vein of jadeite.

Tang Cheng's consistent purpose is to have money for everyone to earn together, seeing that the direct company is becoming less and less like a soldier, Tang Cheng was ruthless, so he transferred all the people who could still move here to help rummage for ore in the riverbed. As for how much real jade ore he could find, Tang Cheng didn't care at all, he just didn't want his soldiers to be idle and idle.

From a distance, watching a jeep drive along the improvised dirt road they drove from Tang City, Mike picked up the binoculars and looked at it for a while, and then shouted to Tang Cheng to come ashore, this jeep did not look like it was supported by the US Army Engineer Corps to the direct company. Tang Cheng rinsed his hands and feet in the stream, then Shi Shiran went up to the riverbank, took the tea handed by Liu Shishi and poured it first, and then put the military uniform on his body indiscriminately.

The jeep really came to look for Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng didn't know the officers who got off the jeep, but looking at the straight 42-style school officer uniform on the other party, Tang Cheng knew that the person who came must be from the 38th Division. The person who came obviously knew Tang Cheng's appearance from elsewhere, but after a little recognition among the few people standing on the riverbank, he walked straight in front of Tang Cheng and saluted, "Our division has ordered the humble post to come to pick up Company Commander Tang, and we will have a banquet for you at the military headquarters in the evening!" ”

"Master?" Tang Cheng gasped, now the troops controlling Xinpingyang are the 112th Regiment of the 38th Division, and the division seat that the people are talking about should be the commander of the 38th Division, Sun Licai. "Sun Liren invited me?" Tang Cheng's heart was filled with great excitement and at the same time he was quite surprised, the 112th Regiment had only been fighting Xinpingyang for a few days, and this Sun Liren had already arrived here from the rear, and the speed was fast enough.

Knowing that Sun Liren sent someone to invite Tang Cheng to a banquet in Xinpingyang, Mike and the others said that it was a good thing, but Tang Cheng's mind was very messy now. It was a misunderstanding when he put on the uniform of the national army, if it wasn't for his eagerness to get rid of the solicitation of the military commander, if it wasn't for the persecution of Xie Bo and Liu Goat, if it wasn't for his own half-push, he would have honestly gone south to Chongqing to escape the war.

All the way to the north and south, too many acquaintances have died on the battlefield, Tang Cheng has been tired of the war to the extreme, he only thinks about the war as soon as possible, and then go to live the life he wants. Sun Liren is the commander of the 38th Division, the favorite general of the chairman, and a senior general with a good future in the national army, he is just a small captain and company commander, Tang Cheng is now a little suspicious of Sun Liren's true intention to entertain him.

Xu saw Tang Cheng's worries, and Mike leaned over and whispered, "Tang, you already have a legal identity in the United States, not to mention that Sun Liren wants to embarrass you, even if Stilwell is here, he can't do anything about you." If necessary, I will inform the U.S. Military Observer Mission of your identity, and if it is a big deal, I will just take off this military uniform and go to the United States as a civilian. Mike's reminder made Tang Cheng full of confidence, yes, when he left Shanghai, he always carried the American passport that Robert had applied for himself, but he was waiting to take it out as a talisman when he was in danger.

Tang Cheng, who had lost the worry just now, was in a better mood, but he couldn't be sloppy when he went to see Sun Liren by himself, and the necessary military outfits still had to be taken care of carefully. When Tang Cheng, who was dressed in a U.S. military uniform, finished dressing up, Sun Liren's adjutant was stunned for a moment, and then cast a look of appreciation. Considering the problem of coming back, Tang Cheng did not take the jeep sent by the 38th Division, but asked Tan Fei to drive the two jeeps of the US Engineer Corps to help the company directly under him and send him to Xinpingyang to meet Sun Liren.

Sitting in the steamer-like car, Tang Cheng's back was instantly soaked with sweat, and after a few words of homely conversation with the adjutant who accompanied him, Tang Cheng learned that Sun Liren was inspecting defense on a high ground on the outskirts of Xinpingyang at this time. "Then let's go to 01 Heights and have a look." Tang Cheng's actions made Sun Liren's adjutant stunned, and then set his eyes on Tang Cheng. For example, this one next to him dared to use less than 200 troops to hang more than 1,000 Burmese soldiers in a melee, this courage is not ordinary, and it is no wonder that after the patriarch heard about this, he had to see what this little company commander was like.

The 01 Heights that Sun Liren is inspecting are located less than 5 miles southeast of Xinpingyang, and the 112th Regiment only took Xinpingyang, but the 112th Regiment, which had suffered large casualties, was unable to continue to move south, so it could only temporarily enter Xinpingyang for troop recuperation.

In the command post of the 01 Heights, Tang Cheng finally met Sun Liren, who commanded the 38th Division to fight south, about 170 cm tall, a pair of tiger eyes that were not strict and self-imposing, thick two lying eyebrows, a yellow shirt with a button and a patch, a pair of shorts full of wrinkles, plus bare feet wearing a pair of leather shoes that could hardly be seen, this was Tang Cheng's first impression of Sun Liren.

Sun Liren, who was studying the deployment with his staff officers, did not notice Tang Cheng's arrival, but lit a cigarette with a frown, took a sharp puff, and pointed to the map with the cigarette to talk to the staff officers around him about the southward war and the importance of Xinpingyang. Although the 01 Heights are guarded by the 112th Regiment, the officers in the command post at this time have the lowest rank of major.

At this time, the staff officers in the command post had already noticed this special existence of Tang Cheng, and Sun Liren, who noticed that his subordinates' expressions were wrong, turned around and found a captain in American uniform standing at the door. Seeing this, Tang Cheng stood up and saluted: "Tang Cheng, the commander of the company directly under the headquarters of the expeditionary force, is ordered to come!" "Sun Liren didn't feel like a general to Tang Cheng, and Tang Cheng felt like Sun Liren was really unworthy of the name, when he first heard the achievements of his direct company, Sun Liren thought that Tang Cheng was at least a rude man like the battalion and company commanders under him, but he didn't want to be just a little guy who didn't look too big.

It may be because he suddenly saw Tang Cheng appear in his command post, Sun Liren did not greet Tang Cheng immediately, and whenever he looked at Tang Cheng with scrutinizing eyes, he only made Tang Cheng uncomfortable. Seeing this, Sun Liren's adjutant hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words to Sun Liren's ear, and the latter eased his complexion and signaled his adjutant to beckon Tang Cheng to wait outside, he didn't want outsiders to know the content and intention of the 38th Division's next troop deployment.

was invited out of the command post by Sun Liren's adjutant, Tang Cheng's original expectations also came to naught, daring to feel that he was afraid that he would hear the so-called military secrets, the corners of Tang Cheng's mouth unconsciously tilted, and his heart was full of disdain for the 38th Division and Sun Liren. "Company Commander Tang, don't worry too much, our division seat has always been like this, when the staff officer is called for a meeting, even I, the personal adjutant, have to leave." Sun Liren's adjutant whispered to persuade Tang Cheng, and seeing that Tang Cheng didn't seem to believe it, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the soldiers who were cruising outside the command post, "These are all people from the division guard company, every time the division has a meeting, these guys will put the cordon 100 meters away." ”

Tang Cheng naturally couldn't refute Adjutant Sun Liren's face, everyone had already tried so hard to persuade himself, and Tang Cheng couldn't keep a cold face anymore, just laughed a few times and no longer remembered what had just happened. Sun Liren's meeting was still going on, and Tang Cheng naturally couldn't really wait outside the command post, so he beckoned Tan Fei to wander around the 01 Heights, but secretly kept an eye on the state of the officers and soldiers of the 38th Division.

Compared with the directly subordinate companies, the troops of the 38th Division can be described as strong and strong, and Tang Cheng and Tan Fei have seen the presence of large-caliber artillery on the 01 Heights more than once. Tang Cheng heard Xie Bo say that the best defense is to attack, since the rainy season in northern Burma has ended, the 38th Division should gather heavy troops to continue to move south, but depending on the situation on the 01 Heights, the 38th Division has the meaning of standing still. Tang Cheng couldn't see through Sun Liren's combat intentions, and he naturally wouldn't know that Sun Liren was just waiting for the Japanese army in the Hukang Valley to show his flaws, and then he would take the initiative to attack and fight the Japanese army.

"Company commander, this thing is good, do you want to discuss with Commander Sun Liren, and get a few back for us, this thing is much more comfortable to ride than a jeep, and this sidecar also has a lot of things." Tan Fei finally found something interesting on the 01 Heights, and before Tang Cheng could also ride this three-wheeled motorcycle for a lap, the meeting on Sun Liren's side was just over.