Chapter 39: God Helps
The hesitant Tang Cheng did not immediately decide to take a detour, this is a jungle in Myanmar, not a forest the size of a few mountains like Jiangnan, and the slightest mistake will lead to disorientation. Losing their way in the jungles of Burma is a terrible thing, and it can cause them to travel long distances for no reason, or they will be left in the woods entirely.
Tang Cheng turned his head and whispered a few words to Tan Fei who was lying next to him, the latter nodded and slowly retreated and then turned to leave, Tang Cheng did not forget that there were two female soldiers in his team who belonged to the call class of the military department, and he wanted to know if those two female soldiers would use the radio. "The little devils are very tightly guarded, there are 2 machine gun positions I can see, I roughly counted, and there are at least 40 devil soldiers that can be seen." Hou San relieved the telescope in his hand and whispered to Tang Cheng who was lying beside him.
"Huzi, you want to take the third brother around to the south to take a closer look, I will take my glasses to the north later, and it is very important for us to find out the firepower configuration and activity rules of this group of devil soldiers." Tang Cheng pondered for a while, and then gave an order to Yan Hu and Hou San beside him. The Japanese army will set up a stronghold here, there will be no shortage of food, Tang Cheng has been seven or eight days since they left Mandalay, food is very important to them, if possible, Tang Cheng is ready to fight the Japanese army here.
"The devils cut down all the vegetation in front of them, there is no shelter, once they are discovered, it is difficult to get out of the way, if this group of devils still has mortars in their hands, then we will be even more troublesome." Hou San said with some concern. Hou San, who was familiar with Tang Cheng, knew that Tang Cheng was about to attack this group of devils, but before starting the fight, he had to inform Tang Cheng of what he could think of. Tang Cheng's telescope continued to observe, he could clearly see the two light machine guns on the opponent's machine gun position, and secretly thought that he also had a mortar in his hand, and only needed to use the mortar to bombard the front, and the little devil's stronghold would be very light and would be broken by himself.
"Glasses, did you notice, the devil's patrol was patrolling the ground. It seems that there are places that never dare to get too close to the ground, are there mines or traps have been set there? Tang Cheng turned his head and asked Tan Fei, who had just returned. Tan Fei took the binoculars and looked at it for a while, and couldn't help but curse in a low voice, the Japanese army was so tightly defended, they were blocked here, and they had only one way to make a detour, but the way to go was far, and no one could guarantee that they would not encounter the Japanese army's search force or other strongholds when they made a detour.
"What we need to do is to carefully write down the walking routes of the Japanese patrols, since they can move back and forth to patrol, there must be a safe road." Tang Cheng came up with a stupid solution, which was the only thing they could do until Hou San and Yanhu returned from the south. The two female soldiers who were taken in by Tang Cheng replied to Tan Fei that they could operate the radio, but they didn't know if the radio station of the Japanese army was the same as the radio station equipped by the national army.
About an hour later, Hou San took the rock tiger back from the flank, "The south side is a cliff. It's a pity that the little devil arranged a sentry post in the south to lookout, otherwise we could touch it from the cliff at night. There were a lot of trenches dug in their camp, and they looked at two bunkers, one of which was probably the radio station you mentioned, and I saw that there were all kinds of antennas outside, and there were people coming and going in and out frequently. The other bunker is probably a sleeping place, there are devil soldiers squatting outside that bunker and gossiping, the devil guard unit is about a small team, the good news is that I haven't seen them have mortars yet. â
Hou San squatted on the ground to draw Tang Cheng the layout of the trenches in the Japanese camp and the location of the two bunkers, and even the Japanese machine-gun fire points were marked. Tang Cheng can see from the simple map drawn by Hou Sanbiao that the two machine gun fire points of the Japanese army have completely sealed their front, and if they take a detour from the flank, the terrain is very unfavorable, at least after the Japanese machine guns change their firing positions, the flanks will also be covered by the Japanese machine gun fire. "Sir, are we still fighting?" Seeing that Tang Cheng was just squatting on the ground with Hou San, the anxious Yanhu urn asked.
"It's an important target, of course we have to fight. However, before we start fighting, we must discuss the question of how to fight, not to fight an unprepared battle, but to fight accurately and skillfully, so that we can be sure of victory and avoid unnecessary casualties. Tang Cheng replied to Yanhu with a smile, but turned his gaze at the thoughtful Tan Fei.
"I think we're still the old way, wait until the middle of the night when the little devil's defense is the most lax, and then make a move, quietly touch the devil's nose, and then launch a surprise attack." Hou San said slowly, when they left Zouma Mountain and went south, they had fought with the Japanese army like this, although the vision at night was not good, but the casualties of such an attack were minimal.
"I think we should pay special attention to the Japanese patrols, if our actions are discovered by them, we will be under the blow of all the Japanese firepower, not to mention the failure of the operation, it may be difficult for us to withdraw if we are entangled by them." Feeling Tang Cheng's encouragement, Tan Fei, who rarely spoke in the formulation of the action plan, took the initiative to speak, although his words did not get to the point, Hou San and Tang Cheng still nodded in agreement.
After returning to find the dice, Tang Cheng said that he wanted to kill this group of Japanese soldiers, and the dice and the wild bull naturally had nothing to say, but Zhao Liang and Ma Dazhuang were still a little apprehensive. "I will announce the mission, after dark, the third brother and I will set off as the lead to touch the open area in front of the devil's defense. After solving the night guard of the devils, you must immediately follow up, and then we will pretend to be a patrol and go inside and take out their machine-gun fire. Remember to use the knife as much as possible, if it goes along with the lĂŹ, we will immediately rush in as fast as possible, dice you take the bull and the tiger to block the bunker on the left where the Japanese army rests, I and the glasses and the third brother go to the bunker on the right, and the rest of the people guard the two wings. â
"This group of Japanese soldiers has at least one squad of troops, and they are outnumbered, and there must be a lot of people in the bunker, so don't rush in after blocking the door, and throw grenades as much as you can. The third brother and I need to attack strongly, I speculate that it should be the Japanese army's radio station inside, and there should not be many devil soldiers in it, so we must attack it to ensure the integrity of the radio station. Tang Cheng stopped the gesture in his hand, looked up and looked around at the still people, except for the two female soldiers who were a little flustered, the others were all expressionless.
"I think, it's better for me to go with the dice to touch the camp, and you can command the whole team in the back." Hou San said softly, and the dice and Tan Fei who were squatting next to him also nodded in agreement. Although Hou San and the others all know Tang Cheng's skills, who can say clearly what happened on the battlefield, Hou San didn't believe Tang Cheng, he just didn't want Tang Cheng to be injured again.
"There's nothing to fight about, carry out the order, this time it's a big scene. The key lies in our speed, not to give this group of Japanese soldiers time to react. All of you should be careful, especially those who follow up, to keep in mind the location of what could be a minefield, as we will be exposed as soon as we have struck. As soon as it is exposed, I will order everyone to charge, but we will not be able to afford such casualties, do you understand? Tang Cheng shook his head and rejected the kindness of Hou San and the others, as a commander, if he didn't even have the courage to go to the battlefield, how could he let his subordinates fight with their lives.
"Hurry up and look at the map, and then eat something and take a good rest, although this place is far away from the Japanese army, but also to silence, let alone move around at will, so as not to expose our location, okay, let's arrange it separately." Tang Cheng threw away the wooden stick in his hand, got up and moved out of the way, and the dice gathered around to carefully look at the simple map drawn by Tang Cheng on the ground, and would discuss a few words in a whisper from time to time. If it weren't for the poor conditions and the time was tight, Tang Cheng would have thought of getting a simpler sand table for the dice, but the map carved with a wooden stick on the dirt floor was indeed rudimentary.
Tang Cheng was also resting, and found that he was a little thirsty, so he picked up the kettle and drank a sip of water, but he was still thinking about his plans for the night. If it was possible, of course, he hoped that none of his men would have suffered any casualties, but in reality it was difficult to be defended so closely by the Japanese that he estimated that it was likely to turn a sneak attack into a strong attack at night. Just as he was about to hand the kettle to Hou San, who was sitting beside him, Tang Cheng suddenly felt a little cold in his hands, and looked up at the sky, the sky was unconsciously covered with dark clouds, and it looked like it was going to rain. Tang Cheng and Hou San looked at each other and smiled, excitedly wanting to shout loudly, "God help me." Now they are looking forward to the rain getting heavier and heavier.
Myanmar is a rainy country, and now it is May again, it is the season of the rainy season in Myanmar, Tang Cheng and Hou Sangang saw that the dark clouds are not very big, just half an hour, the dark clouds in the sky have already covered the sky and pressed over, and in another half an hour, the rain has begun to fall dripping. Tang Cheng stretched out his hand to feel the raindrops, and sighed in his heart that this was really God's help, with the help of the rainy day, the offensive operation at night might be a complete victory.
Dice had already taken Tan Fei and Manniu to build a shelter in the forest with a large piece of oilcloth and raincoat, although it didn't look very good, but people couldn't get caught in the rain at all. After hastily gnawing some jerky, the Yanlong brothers changed into raincoats and moved forward to reconnoiter the movements of the Japanese army, but Tang Cheng and Hou San sat together and closed their eyes to recuperate, waiting for the sky to completely darken.