Finally, when the twilight was getting thicker, Tang Cheng ordered the troops to stop camping. Tang Cheng's veterans, who were no strangers to Savage Mountain, carved out a large clearing in the forest, first spraying insect repellent water, and then setting up tents and hanging mosquito nets. After seeing the power of snakes and insects in the jungle, these American soldiers who didn't take the jungle seriously finally understood what kind of environment they were in.

Tang Cheng was busy checking the map, and compared with the military map full of errors when the expeditionary force entered Burma last year, the military aviation map now issued by the Indian army is like a shotgun for a cannon. Judging from the map, the area of the jungle in Savage Mountain is not very large, but Tang Cheng knows that his group has not gone far today, if at this rate, if you want to get out of the jungle and rush to Magao, it will take at least twenty days.

The harsh environment in the jungle is easy to deal with, but it is the ubiquitous attack of the Japanese army, this is only the first day, Tangcheng they have been attacked by the Japanese army several times, if they can't change this passive situation tomorrow, maybe they will get out of the jungle for a longer time. Tang Cheng never understood why the Japanese soldiers in the forest could always find out the whereabouts of their group, until he saw a group of American soldiers fiddling with a pile of white striped cloth, Tang Cheng understood.

According to the practice of the US military, as long as the plane is contacted by radio and then an open place in the assembly area to open the white stripe to mark its location, the transport plane flying from the rear will drop the supplies. "Use the radio to contact the aircraft team and tell them not to follow us all the way, and they can't provide air fire support at any time, and it is easy for the Japanese troops in the forest to discover our whereabouts." Tang Cheng's words can't be said to those American soldiers, only Mike can be said.

This was the first night of entering the jungle, Tang Cheng just sent his own soldiers to serve as sentinels, but he didn't expect those American troops to follow and set up guard posts, but when Tang Cheng checked the sentry in the middle of the night, he found that most of the sentries arranged by the American army were sleeping. "I really don't know why Stilwell sent them to fight, these people are not materials for fighting as soldiers at all, if they serve as second-line troops, it is better to say, if this is against the Japanese army in northern Burma, I am afraid that it will not be as simple as killing a few people at that time." Mike, who heard the news, was also furious and scolded Stilwell for being too utilitarian.

"Forget it, we're just little minions, do you think the old men up there can listen to you? I'm looking forward to getting out of the woods sooner, and it's better to be separated from these guys than anything else. "Accustomed to all kinds of grievances in the national army, Tang Cheng has long been able to turn a blind eye to what Mike said. When these American troops set up camp, they deliberately or unintentionally distanced themselves from their subordinates, which was exactly what Tang Cheng wanted to see, he didn't want to get acquainted with these guys who didn't know what to do, it didn't do any good.

At dawn, the dice that had taken over from the rock dragon to search the way forward returned to the camp with a body of dew, saying that they had found traces of Japanese troops less than 3 kilometers ahead. After telling Hou San that they were standing by and not igniting the target, Tang Cheng personally led dozens of his men to move forward with the dice. Before dawn, the gray clouds overhead reflected the faint light of the sky, and a river meandered through the jungle, looking down from high up like a fluttering jade belt.

On the highest hill on the west bank, more than a dozen black shadows were squirming towards the top of the hill, and this black shadow was Tang Cheng them, and they climbed very slowly and carefully. The top of the hill they were going to was the most open place here, and when the day dawned and the vision cleared, the Tang City entrenched on the earthen hill was enough to control this section of the river bank and many high ground on the opposite bank. Although in the same way, the bullets fired from the high ground on the opposite bank can also hit them, Tang Cheng believes more in the power and range of the sniper rifles in their hands.

Slowly climbed to the highest point of the top of the hill, Tang Cheng slowly probed out from behind the bushes and looked at the opposite side, this position was very good, a shrub just grew on the ridge line of the high place of the mound. There are half-man-high grass on both sides, as long as you don't move, the Japanese troops on the other side will definitely not be able to find it. Even if it is counterattacked, the head shrinks down the anti-slope, which is a good place to attack, retreat and defend. Tang Cheng tried not to make a sound, and a few snipers under the dice even looked for a more suitable hiding spot, and when conditions permitted, they would try to keep themselves comfortable and relaxed.

The sackclothed barrel in the dice's hand had already protruded through the gap in the bushes, and the sight of the scope was unobstructed, and there seemed to be no movement on the other side. The sky finally brightened up a little bit, and their vision in Tang Cheng became clearer a little bit, on the river beach under the Tugang, a long-legged waterfowl was pacing and pecking on the shallows of the west bank, and a fish startled by the waterfowl jumped up in the river and fell back to the water. On the hillside in the distance, the birds were flying and perching to feed, and the treetops on the top of the mountain swayed gently in the wind, but Tang Cheng, who was lying in the grass, frowned, this didn't look like there were Japanese troops?

"Someone is coming......" Just when Tang Cheng thought that the dice had made a mistake in their investigation, the dice lying beside him suddenly reminded in a low voice. Tang Cheng picked up his telescope when he heard this, and there was a path leading to the river in the west direction not far from Tugang, and Tang Cheng's telescope looked at the abandoned path. A soldier appeared in the binoculars, a soldier wielding a machete to clear the way, wearing a British military uniform and having the logo of the Indian Army on his arm. Tang Cheng's binoculars moved back further, and a group of vigilant soldiers appeared in view, armed with carbines or Garand rifles.

"It's our people." Tang Cheng on the mound turned his binoculars and once again carefully searched for the high ground on the opposite bank that the dice pointed to him, and the dice bit to death the Japanese army they found on that high ground. When the expeditionary force had not yet launched a large-scale counterattack on northern Burma, the expeditionary force that could appear in groups in the jungle of the Savage Mountains was only the search force of the 114th Regiment of the 38th Division, except for Tangcheng, and Tangcheng had not yet found the Japanese army mentioned by the dice, so there was no need to remind the soldiers of the 114th Regiment under the earthen gang.

The soldiers of the 114th Regiment who appeared here along the abandoned trail were indeed preparing to cross the river, and the crossing point they chose was only more than 30 meters away from the earthen hill. Tang Cheng's face was full of worry, if it was placed in normal times, it would be fine, but the beach of the river in front of him was too open, if the Japanese army on the opposite side chose the 114th Regiment to cross to the center of the river and start to attack, this group of people would be enough. But until now, I have not found any trace of the Japanese troops on the other side, has the Japanese army withdrawn or given up this opportunity?

The soldiers of the 114th Regiment who were concerned by Tang Cheng were quite sophisticated, and they did not go to the river beach in a swarm, but first sent two vanguard soldiers to the river beach to test, and the others were still hidden on the mountain road. As Tang Cheng thought, the two vanguards began to erect the rope ferry after testing the depth of the water. A thick rope is tied to the river bank, and then the swimmer takes the rope to the opposite bank to fix it. This is a typical way for the US military to swim across the river, and in the case that the troops do not carry baggage, as long as there is such a rope crossing, it is enough for the troops to cross the river, and there is no need to build a bridge at all.

The two pacesetters of the 114th Regiment proceeded very smoothly, and after the thick rope was tied to the opposite bank, they waved their hands to this side, signaling that they could cross the river.

Tang Cheng on the mound seemed to be a little disappointed, seeing that there were really no Japanese troops on the other side, he turned his head and glanced at the dice lying on his stomach, but the dice did not relax at all, still staring at the high ground on the other side. The 114th Regiment search team, which was hidden on the mountain road, began to descend to the river beach, but the officer leading the team still did not let all the soldiers go down to the river beach, and according to what the US military instructor taught, this time only a three-person machine gun team was dispatched.

"First seize a machine-gun fire position on a river beach, and then use machine-gun fire to cover the rest of the people crossing the river, these guys of the 114th Regiment are really careful." Tang Cheng on the mound muttered in his heart, these guys from the 114th Regiment are completely a routine of the US army. The three-man machine-gun crew, which had descended from the mountain road to the river beach, came to a halt behind a large rock, and they had chosen a position sufficient to monitor the river beach and the opposite bank.

The Browning light machine guns faced each other across the river, and the search party that had hidden the wounded began to descend to the river beach, and more than 30 soldiers crossed the river in three echelons. Looking at the very wide river, the water is actually not deep, and the position in the center of the river is only about to pass the overhead, as long as you cross the center of the river, everything is basically fine, which may be the reason why they chose this place as the crossing point. The first wave of seven or eight soldiers pulled the rope in one hand and raised the gun above their heads in the other, gradually approaching the opposite bank.

The first group of people stepped on the opposite bank, and the second wave of soldiers, who were a little anxious, began to enter the water, and before they had taken a few steps in the water, the sound of gunfire like fried beans suddenly appeared. The Japanese army's Type 38 rifles and light and heavy machine guns opened fire at the same time, and the rifles fired at the third wave of soldiers on the opposite bank of the river, and the machine guns swept the first and second waves of soldiers in the river, and the river bank was suddenly full of blood and flesh, full of screams and wails.

The first wave of soldiers who were about to set foot on the opposite bank were all knocked down on the river beach by the Japanese gunfire, and the second wave of soldiers who had already entered the water were dumbfounded, and wanted to retreat but were shot out by the gunfire extending from the opposite bank. Tang Cheng paused for a moment, and immediately picked up the telescope and looked at the opposite bank. On the high ground on the opposite bank, there were several flickering flames at the same time, the bright ones were machine guns, and the faint ones were rifles.

The sound of gunfire and the fiery trajectory had already pointed out the direction for Tang Cheng, and Tang Cheng did not care about anything else, and followed the gunfire and trajectory to determine the position and number of Japanese machine guns on the high ground on the opposite bank. Tang Cheng had not yet given the order to fire, but the dice had already fired the first shot, and the bullets that burst out of the barrel of the gun flew into a Japanese machine-gun fire point, and the gun flame that Tang Cheng was watching immediately disappeared from sight.