Chapter 15 Escort of Prisoners of War
In the anxious waiting, time slipped quietly for several days, and the soldiers who were forced to blow up the mine by Tang Cheng gradually began to talk in private, they did not complain that Tang Cheng had cut off everyone's financial route, but that this kind of day of eating, sleeping, sleeping and eating was too boring and boring. Tang Cheng had no choice but to arrange for his soldiers to go to Myitkyina in batches to hang out, and Mike and Lenny, who were sent by Tang Cheng to find out the news, stayed in Myitkyina City for several days and did not return.
Tang Cheng began to scold, his temper gradually began to become irritable, everyone knew the relationship between Liu Shi and Tang Cheng, but Liu Shi had been scolded by Tang Cheng several times in the past few days, if he was someone else, I am afraid that Tang Cheng would have kicked it with his feet. Everyone began to avoid Tang Cheng very carefully, and the dice that had always been loud also learned to speak softly, and everyone didn't want to be the next person to be scolded by Tang Cheng.
For Tang Cheng at this moment, waiting is far more terrible than the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, and several days have passed, but there is still no news from Mike's side, and Tang Cheng's heart is in turmoil. The camp warehouse is piled up with jade ore that everyone has worked so hard to dig out of the mine, if it weren't for his own obstruction, most of these ores may have been transported back to Kunming by plane long ago, these are all the money for his brother Baiten to survive in the future, if it was because he smashed the pot, Tang Cheng might not even forgive himself for his stubbornness.
"It's back, Lao Mai is back." Most of the soldiers who didn't dare to dangle under the nose of Tang Cheng would hide outside the camp after dinner to bask in the sun, and they would see a jeep coming from afar, and those who knew it knew that it must be Mike and Lenny who had returned from Myitkyina, because among the people who could drive the team, Lenny was the only one who could drive the jeep like that. The soldiers, who were also holding back a fire in their hearts, followed the jeep back from galloping back into the courtyard of the camp, and the number one hundred and ten surrounded the jeep almost impassable, and Mike and Lenny in the jeep could not get out of the car.
"The chief is here" I don't know who shouted in a suppressed voice, and the guys who were originally asking Mike about it dispersed when they heard the noise, which made Mike and Ranny get out of the car proudly, and the soldiers looked back to see that Tang Cheng was coming out of his house. There were very few people who were called into the command post by Tang Cheng, all of them were the most reassuring people in Tang Cheng, and the guys in the courtyard had no chance to follow into the command post, so they found a place to sit in the courtyard and stared at the door of the command post.
"Drink water first, I've been waiting for the past few days, so I won't care about this time." The dice really wanted to ask Lenny about the retreat, but Tang Cheng glared at him, and several other people in the room had to stare at Mike and Lenny who were drinking water. A glass of water was poured into his throat, and Mike and Lenny, who were already dry-mouthed, breathed a sigh of relief, Tang Cheng looked at Lenny who was secretly stretching out his foot and kicking him, just in time to see Lenny's thumbs up at him, and he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart.
"It has been decided, three days later, Myitkyina will have a group of Japanese prisoners to be sent back to Kunming for detention, and our task is to escort these Japanese prisoners and withdraw to Kunming to rest by the way." After drinking the water and gasping for breath, Mike told the news in one go. The people in the supplies were all in unison, and then there was a burst of cheers, and Liu Shishi couldn't help but push the door and ran into the courtyard, and his eyes were full of moisture The good news was told to the soldiers waiting in the courtyard.
The laughter of everyone in the courtyard came into the house from outside the door, but Tang Cheng was already sitting on the wooden pier with trembling legs, waiting for too long, and the good news that Mike brought back made Tang Cheng ecstatic, and he only felt a little weakness in his body. "This matter will be so smooth, thanks to the 38th Division of the New First Army, if it weren't for the 55th Wing of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army against the 38th Division when attacking Yubang, maybe we would have to wait for another month if we wanted to withdraw to Kunming." When Tang Cheng lit the cigarette in his mouth, Mike gave the answer.
"After the 38th Division, he inspected the captured Japanese soldiers, and knew that the enemy was the 55th Wing of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, which was the former Kurume Division of the Japanese Army. After the defeat of the 55th Wing of the Japanese Army, the veterans of the 38th Division may have secretly made a ruthless move, but when the results were counted after the war, it was found that almost all the reported numbers were the number of Japanese soldiers killed, and the number of captured Japanese soldiers was less than 30, which attracted questions from the British and some reporters. ”
"I thought it might be that the command wanted to silence the reporters and the British, so they were going to send these prisoners to Kunming by land, so that the British and those reporters would have nothing to say." Mike's words made the Tang Cheng in the room widen their eyes, the Japanese soldiers killed so many ordinary people and national soldiers in China, even if they killed all these captured Japanese soldiers, they couldn't relieve their anger, why would anyone still help the captured Japanese soldiers speak? Could it be that all the Chinese people who died at the guns of the Japanese army died in vain?
Tang Cheng and they are all veterans of battle, as long as their eyes are widened, they can't help but have a sense of anger and killing intent on their bodies, Mike has only fought a few tailwind battles, and the murderous aura exuded by Tang Cheng and their bodies, Mike can't resist it. "These are all my own pondering and inquiry, anyway, the order of the command is like this, if you think about killing those captured Japanese soldiers in the middle of the road, the matter of our return will be in vain, you can weigh it yourself." Mike confessed, and he went out of the house to find a place to sleep.
Hou San and the others were all looking at Tang Cheng, as long as Tang Cheng gave the order, these guys would definitely kill all the captured Japanese soldiers in the middle of the road, but Tang Cheng knew in his heart that this would not work. If they really hacked these captured Japanese soldiers, everyone in the action team from top to bottom was afraid that none of them would be able to get out of it at that time. "Okay, let's prepare for retreat, I have my own measure in this matter." Tang Cheng couldn't make a decision immediately, so he could only vaguely coax Hou San and them out of his house first.
It was time to return home, and the soldiers in the camp began to prepare for their outings according to Tang Cheng's orders, and all the things they could take away were washed and wiped, and the kitchen men even wiped down their cauldrons, just waiting to bring these pots back to Kunming when they returned. Tang Cheng also started to get busy, he had to take Mike and Ranny to the airport, the whole team of people was almost 200 people combined, they couldn't walk all the way to Wan Town, Tang Cheng needed those trucks and jeeps that were idle in the airport.
Naturally, there are no idle trucks and jeeps at the airport, but George is at the airport, so there are trucks and jeeps that Don Town needs, and Tang Cheng only paid a few gold bars and some Burmese-style gold and silver jewelry for it. On the third day, the compound of the camp was full of people, all the soldiers were dressed in their cleanest uniforms, and their weapons were carefully maintained and wiped.
"Lizheng" Under Hou San's command, all the soldiers in the compound stood solemnly. "Report to the chief, all the personnel have been assembled, please give the chief a lecture!" Hou San saluted Tang Cheng and reported with a glance. Tang Cheng, who was also heavily armed, swept away the decadence and anxiety of these days, and the whole person was full of sharpness from the inside out, and the soldiers who were swept by Tang Cheng's gaze couldn't help but straighten their bodies, this gaze reminded them of the days when they fought with the Japanese army in the jungle.
Tang Cheng walked to the front of the queue in a few steps and saluted the soldiers in front of him: "Brothers, we all come from various units, and for various reasons, we have become brothers of life and death who eat in the same pot. I promised you that I would bring you back alive, but of course, there are some brothers who remain here forever, so I can only bring back those of you who are still alive. Many of you crawled out of the mountains of corpses and blood, and many of you followed me out of the vast savage mountains, and now our relatives are waiting in the country for us to return and reunite. Now I only have one word, and what I said has finally been done, and I will take you home. ”
"Go home" "Go home" The soldiers in front of Tang Cheng raised their arms and shouted loudly, and at the same time vented the depression that had been suffocating in their hearts. Tang Cheng was the last to get in the car, the camp was already empty and empty, and finally glanced at the camp, Tang Cheng jumped into the jeep and stopped talking, Tan Fei, who was driving, stepped on the accelerator under his feet, and the jeep roared and galloped away. George helped Tang Cheng get 8 trucks and 4 jeeps from the US troops at the airport, and Cai Jincheng densely laid a layer of jade ore and wood at the bottom of the truck compartment.
The convoy left the camp and went to the prisoner of war camp outside Myitkyina, this was the first time Tang Cheng had come to the prisoner of war camp, saying that it was a prisoner of war camp, but in fact it was supposed to be a temporary military camp built by the Japanese army on the outskirts of Myitkyina. In order to transport these hundreds of Japanese prisoners of war, the command had to mobilize a number of trucks, and their task in Tangcheng was only to prevent these Japanese prisoners of war from escaping or being killed by the troops of the expeditionary force under the pretext of transporting these hundreds of Japanese prisoners of war.
If it weren't for the opportunity to return to China, Tangcheng would not have accepted such a task, and when they received these Japanese prisoners of war, Hou San not only handcuffed all the Japanese prisoners of war, but also specially used long chains to connect the Japanese prisoners of war in the same truck, so that even if they wanted to escape, they couldn't escape.