Chapter 12: Waiting
As the morning fog cleared, the early risers of Ledo began to gather to talk about the gunfire that had been heard in the middle of the night since the previous night, and Wallace had come to the hospital early in the morning, and he had come to George to inquire about the situation outside Ledo. Knowing that Tang Cheng was going to cross the river with his defeated troops to clear out the remnants of the Japanese army, Wallace was 10,000 willing, and even when the colonel of the expeditionary force headquarters asked him for inquiries, he patted his chest and said that this plan was formulated yesterday.
As a reward for Wallace's righteous commitment, Tang Cheng did not really carry Wallace's British soldiers when he crossed the river this time, and the 100 British soldiers who crossed the river with Tang Cheng were actually only stationed on a high ground one mile away from the wooden bridge, temporarily serving as Tang Cheng's rear road guard. You don't have to fight with the Japanese army under your own soldiers, but you share your share in the final battle, such a good thing is not every day, although he has never really been on the battlefield, but Wallace is not a fool, so he immediately agreed to support Tang Cheng with some ammunition and supplies.
"George, do you think Tang can they take out those Japanese rob heads on the periphery of Ledo?" Although Wallace was already in the same league as Tang Cheng, he was still a little panicked in his heart. Tang Cheng was able to hold Ledo, Wallace always thought that it was the credit of the 40mm anti-aircraft gun, and Tang Cheng still had a lot of light and heavy machine guns in his hands at that time. But going out to clear the Japanese army is another matter, at least when they fought in the mountains in Tangcheng, they couldn't carry heavy firepower weapons like heavy machine guns.
"My dear Mr. Colonel, you have to have faith in Don and them, isn't Ledo also guarded by them. When we were walking through the jungle to Ledo, I saw them constantly destroying the Japanese Rob Head, and even once, Tang killed an entire squad of Japanese soldiers with only a dozen men. George did not panic, but comforted Wallace, who was a little flustered. Don still has a lot to do, you just need to let your soldiers defend the wooden bridge and Ledo, maybe they will return to Ledo tomorrow in victory.
George has always had confidence in Tang City's combat effectiveness, which is all due to what George saw with his own eyes on the way through the jungle. "Sir, I've noticed the little devil's movements." While George and Wallace were talking and laughing in the Ledo Hospital, Tang Cheng's group had already appeared outside a valley more than 20 miles away from Ledo. After leaving Ledo, Tang Cheng sent more than a dozen scouts led by dice to search, but in addition to finding a dozen stragglers of the Japanese army who had fallen behind, they could no longer find any traces left by other Japanese troops.
Tang Cheng was in a hurry, and moved forward with the scouts who returned to report the news, until he moved to the position where the dice were lying down, and Tang Cheng stopped. The dice and his scouts lay in a fan-shaped shape in the field outside the valley, and the camouflage covering the scouts concealed their figures, and Tang Cheng and the dice were at the very front of the entire fan. "There is a sentry post 200 meters ahead, but fortunately I saw smoke coming out of there just now, otherwise we people would be in trouble." The dice were still a little scared when they remembered the thrill just now, but when he talked to Tang Cheng, his tone was full of disdain for the Japanese army.
Hearing this, Tang Cheng raised his telescope and looked in the direction that the dice said, if there was no guidance from the dice, Tang Cheng would not have been able to see where the Japanese army's outpost was. With the reminder of the dice, Tang Cheng was very light to distinguish the suspicious earthy yellow hidden behind a few shrubs, the earthy yellow is the color of the Japanese army's uniform, Tang Cheng didn't believe that there were people here who liked to wear clothes of this color. Tang Cheng kept staring at the suspicious shrubs with a telescope until half an hour later, one of the shrubs finally moved, and the suspicious earthy yellow that Tang Cheng had discovered finally appeared in its original form.
A small Japanese soldier stood up from behind the bushes, looked left and right for a while, and then galloped to a hollow not far from the bushes. After a while, the Japanese soldier hurriedly returned again while sorting out his pants, and Tang Cheng, who was holding a telescope, laughed secretly, daring to love that this thing was going to the toilet. "Keep watching, it's still early, let's wait until it's dark before we do it, just so that the brothers can take turns sleeping and recuperating." Tang Cheng said a few words to the dice, and then slowly retreated and waited for dark.
If the traces of the Japanese army have been discovered, they can no longer light the fire, and everyone, including Tang Cheng, can only eat cold canned food. The bellies were filled and the soldiers began to take turns sleeping, waiting until it was getting dark, and the dice that watched the enemy were replaced by their scouts. "I'm afraid that the little devil of the dog day will not eat, I saw the devil soldier hiding behind the bushes digging grass roots and wild vegetables, the Japanese are barbaric, they don't even cook it, they just fill it into their stomachs raw, and they are born by cattle and sheep." The words of the dice caused the routs to snicker.
"It's not surprising, think about what it was like when we first walked Savage Mountain, these Japanese soldiers can get out of the woods is already a great ability, where will there be extra food. It's good enough to be able to eat grass roots and wild vegetables, and maybe in a few days you should just eat grass. Tang Cheng was also laughing, but the Japanese army's lack of food was good news for him, as long as these Japanese soldiers were driven back to the forest, maybe they could starve to death.
After more than half a day of recuperation, Tang Cheng and the others regained their spiritual energy that had been guarded for a long time, and according to the guidance of the scouts, Tang Cheng quietly moved forward with a dozen or so defeated soldiers who were responsible for the assault. Crossing the front of the scouts, they were only less than 200 meters away from the Japanese outpost, and Tang Cheng and the others began to be more and more cautious. Gesture to Hou San beside him, Tang Cheng, who was lying in the field, slowly lifted the camouflage he was wrapping on, kicked the ground with his left foot and bent his right leg, ready to impact.
With Tang Cheng's gesture, there were more than a dozen defeated soldiers who were ready to attack, and everyone remained silent, waiting for Tang Cheng to give the order to attack. But Tang Cheng has not moved, everyone's front is pitch black, and everyone's eyes are wide, as if some monsters and beasts that devour people's lives will rush out of the darkness at any time.
Time seemed to pass very slowly, Tang Cheng was oozing sweat from his hands holding the gun, and his throat rolled a little, but his saliva had already been dried, and his mouth was dry and a little bitter. Tang Cheng finally moved, and with the vigorous swing of Tang Cheng's arm, the assault routs who had already sneaked to the distance of less than 50 meters away from those bushes got up and rushed over quickly. There were no beasts and monsters that everyone was worried about, and there was no dense barrage that Tang Cheng was worried about, until the two Japanese soldiers who were hiding behind the bushes and napping were captured alive, all of Tang Cheng's worries did not happen.
Finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, Tang Cheng left more than a dozen defeated soldiers who were responsible for the assault to guard in place, but he took Zhao Liang, who also spoke Japanese, and the two Japanese soldiers who were captured alive retreated to the forest at the place of departure. This was the first time Zhao Liang had seen Tang Cheng's methods of interrogating prisoners, and after the bloody interrogation was over, Zhao Liang had already vomited and could barely walk in the dark. "The Japanese have always been our enemies, and we can't be soft on them, and being soft on them is being irresponsible and indifferent to the robes around us." Tang Cheng's alternative explanation failed to make Zhao Liang feel better, and Tang Cheng had no choice but to leave him behind to follow those scouts.
"The situation is like this, there are indeed Japanese troops in the valley, and the number is not small, there can be more than 50 of them, and the leader is a Japanese soldier. However, they have two grenadiers and a light machine gun, and most of them are veterans, so we can't fight this battle. Tang Cheng, who returned to the outpost, wiped the blood from his hands while summoning the rout soldiers who were in charge of the assault to gather together to discuss countermeasures. The only good news is that the Japanese army is indeed running out of food, and if we don't come, they will prepare to start sweeping the surrounding villages tomorrow to get food. ”
The routs gathered together all looked at Tang Cheng, they were good at fighting, but when it came to commanding the battle, none of them dared to say that they were stronger than Tang Cheng. "I think so, the prisoners explained that the Japanese troops in the valley are all concentrated in a cave to hide, and I don't know if there is a strange passage in that cave for the time being, so let's treat this cave as if there is only one exit. Tonight, let's take off the little devil's sentry first, as long as the devils in the cave don't come out, we won't take the initiative to attack, and after dawn, we will directly pile up firewood and smoke these Japanese soldiers to death. ”
Tang Cheng's plan made the defeated soldiers applaud repeatedly, which was the safest, not only did everyone have to fight to the death with the Japanese soldiers, but also could solve the Japanese soldiers in the valley with leisure. It's just an extra night, but for Tang Cheng, the most important thing they need now is time. With the help of the starlight and hazy moonlight in the night sky, Tang Cheng and a dozen of them scattered and sneaked into the valley, and removed the other two sentry posts arranged by the Japanese army one by one.
In the night, the valley was still quiet, and it seemed to be calm, but under the cover of calm, there was an upcoming battle, and perhaps it would be the easiest battle in Tang City's life. As the minutes ticked by, the two routers who served as machine gunners and sub-shooters were the most nervous, and they kept staring nervously at the front, although they couldn't see clearly in front of them, they knew that the entrance to the cave was less than 30 meters in front of them.