Chapter Seventy-Two: The War Goes Badly

Thangka's house is located in the remnants of the Savage Mountains stretching into India, and was originally defended by a thousand British troops, but now the Savage Mountains have been entrenched by the search wing of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. The Japanese had been sneaking up on the Indian garrison and road construction engineers near Ledo Pass, and after being beaten several times by the 114th Regiment, which was responsible for clearing them, the Japanese turned around and pounced on the British troops at Thangka's house. The location of Tang Jiaka cannot be said to be unimportant, but it is not important enough for Stilwell's Mai detachment to rush to the rescue, and after discussing with Tang Cheng, Mike informed the American officers who commanded these American GIs about the matter.

Of course, the American troops were reluctant to rush to Tangjiaka to rescue the British troops, which simply conflicted with their mission, and I don't know how they told Stilwell, and half an hour later, Mike finally received an order from the command. "The original plan remains the same, we don't have to go to Tangjiaka." After carefully reading the translated message in his hand, Mike's face finally relaxed.

"Gotta hurry up, go slowly, maybe the old man Stilwell has changed his mind again, as long as we go into the woods, it won't be possible if you want us to change our route." Tang Cheng and Mike whispered, but when their eyes looked around, his soldiers were just gossiping together, and the American GIs were talking in small voices, all of them looking uneasy, obviously they were a little afraid of the jungle of Savage Mountain.

"Then hurry up and talk about the forest first." Mike nodded in agreement with Tang Cheng's construction, even if Tang Cheng's soldiers were iron, it was impossible for them to cross the jungle of Savage Mountain after switching to Tang Jiaka. At Tang Cheng's signal, Hou San and the others began to assemble their troops, and those American soldiers also stood up and slowly gathered around their commanders.

"Right now, we're going to enter the Savage Mountain jungle." Standing tall on a stone on the side of the road, Mike's gaze swept over the crowd, and all the soldiers were looking at him silently, "I am an American, there are Chinese among you and Americans like me, and the reason why we came together is to end this damn war." Entering the jungle of the Savage Mountains, we will face off against a brutal environment and a powerful and ferocious enemy, and I ask you to watch over each other as we fight for each other. ”

All the soldiers had a solemn and solemn look on their faces, and if they could see their own faces, they would have felt strange. They were accustomed to listening to the commander's impassioned mobilization for battle, and every time they listened to those meaningless heroic words, it meant that they were going to battle, and then they were defeated and fled ....... They had long since stopped believing in the assurances made by Shangfeng, especially the helplessness and sadness they heard in Mike's words. Once in the jungle, all they can rely on is each other, and they are fighting for each other.

Without flower medals, no beer, no women, and not even enough mental preparation, under their guidance in Tang City, the American GIs followed into Savage Mountain. Standing on the mountain, Tang Cheng turned to look back, goodbye, India; Goodbye, Ledo. When I came back to my senses, I saw the gloomy and dark dense forest, the trees that shaded the sky and the sun, the rotten leaves of the mud that did not reach the knees, the pythons paraded among the vines and grasses, the many leeches and mosquitoes that made people's scalps tingle, and the white bones on the roadside. This qiē was so familiar, and the nightmare returned, a memory that Tang Cheng had tried so hard to forget. No one in the queue spoke, and everyone marched silently, all the way south in the direction of the extension of the white bones.

Compared to a few months ago when Tang Cheng and they returned to Ledo, the forest in the Savage Mountain seemed to be longer and more lush, and it was still the same routine as before, Tang Cheng sent a large number of scouts to always hinder the front of the team. The scouts searched forward in groups of three, covering each other, and had not entered this forest for several months, Tang Cheng did not know how many Japanese soldiers were in this forest that had been strictly guarded by the 114th Regiment, and the only thing they could do now was to be careful.

The scouts were followed by the spearheads, who were more than 2 miles away from the group, and the spearheads were only a dozen meters away from the front of the group. At the forefront at this moment is a leading team of five spearheads. Although the scouts who came out did not search for the Japanese army, the five men who served as the spearhead walked very carefully, and the weapons in their hands were stretched forward as far as possible. This is one of the jungle tactics taught to them by the US military instructors, as long as they encounter the enemy, they can do it in the first place to open fire on the enemy.

Following the traces left by the scouts out of a few miles, the five pacesetters at the top of the wedge suddenly became tense for no reason, and every nerve in the body was tensed. Veterans know in their hearts that once they encounter an enemy situation, they are often the first to die and are usually the vanguard. One of the veterans in the vanguard suddenly stopped, Xie raised his left hand, and the other four around him all stopped in unison. The veteran who had stopped listened carefully, and there seemed to be something strange in the woods in front of him, but the veteran had not yet been able to distinguish what he was hearing.

With a "snap" of a gunshot, five of the top soldiers were shot and one fell, and before the second shot rang out, the other four soldiers had already shrunk into the bushes. Fighting against the Japanese army many times, they are too familiar with the sound of the Japanese army's 38 big cover firing, the sharp soldier who was shot just now is lying on the ground at the moment, and a bullet hole appears in his back, which is the wound caused by the 6.5mm standard Arisaka rifle bullet equipped by the Japanese army, and it is a penetrating wound.

Hearing the gunshots, the others who followed the spearhead also fell down, and before Mike or Tang Cheng could order, the M1918A2-type Browning light machine gun equipped for Tang City's company had already been fired. Bullets from the barrels of the guns cut through the branches and leaves of the trunks, and grenades, which were vigorously thrown by the soldiers, exploded in flames in front of them. The enemy remained silent after firing a shot, and the soldiers under Tang Cheng did not distinguish the enemy's exact position, and could not find the enemy's exact position, and the machine gunners and bombardiers could only fire blindly, "Cease fire!" All ceasefire--" Tang Cheng, who had caught up from behind, shouted to stop. The gunfire finally stopped, and there was a dead silence in the woods, which had been ravaged by bullets and explosions, and the trees that were smoking and on fire were crackling, and the smoke began to fill the forest, and everyone's visibility became worse. Tang Cheng looked ahead with a telescope for a while, then made a sign language to keep the sniper in place and ready to shoot. Let Hou San lead a team of people to make a detour to the left flank, Tan Fei to lead a team of people to detour to the right flank, and the rest of the people are completely on standby.

Seeing Tang Cheng's sign language, Hou San and Tan Fei each led a team of people to quietly disperse to the left and right, and soon, their figures disappeared into the forest mist. Tang Cheng looked back again, the dice had already taken his snipers ready to shoot at any time, Liu Shishi, who had already unloaded all the equipment on his body, was gearing up to move his legs and feet, stretching out three hands to Liu Shishi in turn to count the numbers, and when he counted to three, Liu Shishi rushed out from behind the trunk. Liu Shishi is going to be used as a decoy, only by attracting the enemy to take the initiative to expose the position, and they can kill the opponent with the dice that are well designed and equipped.

Liu Shishi's running speed was not the fastest in Tang Cheng's company, but there were few faster than him, and Liu Shishi, who ran out, did not stop beside the soldier who was shot, but suddenly rushed into the bushes where the soldiers were hiding. Tang Cheng did not hesitate to send Liu Shishi to be the bait, but unfortunately the gunfire that Tang Cheng was expecting did not appear, the other party did not shoot, and they could not lock on to the enemy and shoot the other party. Without Tang Cheng's order, no one dared to raise their heads among the soldiers lying on their stomachs, even those American troops who were following from afar, and they could only wait for the results of Hou San and Tan Fei's joint search.

Tan Fei and Hou Shang Na Shun, who were interspersed with the two wings, returned to the division, but unfortunately after they searched carefully, they could not find any trace of the attacker. After searching the entire forest, I found no valuable information except for a bullet case with a Han rifle bullet. Hou San was so angry that he jumped to his feet and scolded the Japanese for being cunning, and there was a strong hatred in that scolding. This was the first battle they fought against the Japanese army when they returned to Savage Mountain, and they were seriously wounded by the other side but did not find any trace of the other party, which was impossible to happen before.

There was a sudden explosion behind him, and the American GIs, who were also lying in the grass, panicked, and the Japanese soldiers hiding in the forest hit a grenade with a grenadier. Faced with the seemingly ubiquitous Japanese army, Tang Cheng and Mike had to disperse their 300 soldiers into several squads after consulting with Mike. Tang Cheng directly let the American troops walk in the middle, and his squad of soldiers were scattered around the American troops, and once the Japanese were spotted, his soldiers would fire first.

In the following time, Tang Cheng and his team continued to advance towards the depths of Savage Mountain with more than 1,000 American soldiers, but the more they advanced into the depths of the woodland, the more they encountered Japanese attacks. The Japanese troops who attacked them in Tangcheng usually worked in groups of three, dressed in camouflage, and used the camouflage of tree tops, tree holes, and grass to cover themselves, waiting for an opportunity to attack them in Tangcheng, and at the same time causing panic among the American soldiers.

However, seeing Tang Cheng's soldiers repelling several sneak attacks by the Japanese army one after another, these American GIs were finally able to put their minds at ease. The 18th Division of the Japanese Army had undergone rigorous training in jungle warfare in Vietnam, and most of its soldiers were hard-working Kyushu miners. These Japanese combat groups were not only able to endure harsh conditions, but also possessed a strong will to fight even when supplies were cut off and far from the main force.

In the face of this tactic of the Japanese army, Tang Cheng was powerful and had nowhere to go, and they could not stop to completely eliminate them. Along the way, the troops searched and advanced for several miles, but there were still remnants of Japanese combat groups chasing them behind them, and they couldn't figure out when they would be shot in the back.