"As long as you wear military uniforms, you are all soldiers regardless of whether you go to the battlefield or not, and not going to the battlefield now does not mean that you will not go to the battlefield in the future, and you will die in the war. Your instructors are strict with you, I don't think there's anything wrong with that, it's better to be tired and miserable now than to lose your life on the battlefield in the future. If you can't complete the training, you will be hungry or scolded, but if you go to the battlefield, a small negligence will cost you your own life and even affect the brothers around you. ”

With the development of the training of the supplementary soldiers, more and more supplementary soldiers have come to Tang Cheng to complain, and even some veteran ruffians who were not favored by Tang Cheng before are among them. The training content of the supplementary soldiers was formulated by Tang Cheng, and the defeated soldiers who were previously integrated by Tang Cheng in Ledo were also trained, how could Tang Cheng not know the hardships of training, but he didn't think that the training content he formulated could exhaust people to death, so these supplementary soldiers who came to him to complain were all blocked back.

Every day when the sun rises, the supplementary soldiers must start running laps with weights, regardless of wind or rain, Hou San and others, who supervise their training, laugh and call it an appetizer in the morning. If it's just a morning run, it's okay, but this kind of weight-bearing running is done three times a day, once a day in the morning, noon and evening. The most infuriating thing is that every three days, the weight in their backpacks will increase by one kilogram, and the distance of the lap will be increased by one kilometer.

Recruits who fail to complete the weight-bearing march training three times in a row within the specified time will be fined half of the food for one day, which is the punishment prescribed by the instructors for the negative training of the recruits, and the recruits did not care much at first. Although the training in the supplementary camp is hard, the food is really good, and no one will starve to death if he eats half full for only three meals. But the reinforcements who have really experienced the punishment of starvation don't think so, they still need to undergo other training when they are hungry, and they are not allowed to hold back, otherwise a whole team of reinforcements will have to be punished.

300 supplementary soldiers were trained by Tang Cheng for less than half a month, and they were rectified by Hou San and others who served as instructors. Hou Sanhe, who was born as a bandit, and Dice are experts in the whole person, plus an eccentric Liu Shi and a scheming Tan Fei, where will these commanders play some clever supplementary soldiers will be their opponents.

More than half a month of weight-bearing training finally made these originally unruly supplementary soldiers much stronger, and the training content of the 20-kilometer rapid march with a weight of 20 kilograms formulated by Tang Cheng was also completed by the supplementary soldiers, and the rigid instructors on weekdays finally showed a hint of joy. "Uniforms, guns." The reinforcements finally heard the news like gospel, and after more than half a month of bitter training, they were able to wear the same American military uniforms as the instructors, and carry the M1 rifles that could fire in bursts.

"It is also for your good to train your burden-bearing marches, and our combined forces are not destined to act with the larger forces. That is to say, when encountering the Japanese army, it may be an American detachment together, or our national army detachment itself is facing the encirclement of the Japanese army. We don't have many people, so I won't ask you to fight the Japanese army hard, but I don't want to be a rout myself, so when I can't fight, I usually order the troops to retreat and move. At this time, your body has become a life-saving straw, and if you can't escape from the pursuit of the Japanese army, you will only become dead. ”

Most of the supplementary soldiers could not accept Tang Cheng's words, only the veterans with the longest military experience would nod frequently, and when the shape was not equal, they would use their own lives to fight the Japanese army, which was something that only people with long brains would do. Myanmar is not a country, why should we take our own lives to defend the land for the Burmese people, and when we can't fight it, it is the right solution to save the lives of our own people first, and only in this way will we find the opportunity and possibility to attack the enemy again.

The veterans knew this, but they didn't dare to say it, because they were just big soldiers. But Tang Cheng didn't care, when Huang Hanju left Kunming, he had already brought his American passport, and that thing was now in Mike's hand, with this thing, Tang Cheng didn't care about any more people from the expeditionary force headquarters looking for trouble. "We have few people, so we have to fight and leave quickly, so that the Japanese army can't figure out our intentions, and fight a positional war with them, just our manpower is simply not enough for people to stuff their teeth."

When Mike convened a meeting of the officers of the two detachments, Tang Cheng made no secret of his experience of fighting guerrilla warfare when he crossed the Yangtze River, and he admired this kind of guerrilla warfare that fought quickly and walked quickly. "The performance and power of American weapons are obviously higher than those of the Japanese army, but the other side has a numerical advantage, and the Japanese army's positional warfare tactics are not bad. What we can do is to take advantage of the characteristics of small groups of troops that are easy to move, intersperse with the Japanese army, and hit them ruthlessly when we find an opportunity, until their deployment is completely disrupted. ”

According to the command headquarters, the joint forces will enter the northern part of Myanmar before the other units, opening up a suitable site for the follow-up troops to establish an airfield for the advance. Tang Cheng had no objection to this, but he insisted that while searching, the surrounding Japanese troops should be cleared, and it was best to use the kind of frog-jumping tactics described by the American detachment to cross the line and attack the Japanese troops, so as to attract the attention of the Japanese troops in northern Burma in other directions.

The U.S. military has always been proud, not only do they look down on the British and Nationalist troops who were driven out of Burma by the Japanese army, but they also look down on the Japanese army, and if it weren't for the heavy lesson taught the U.S. military in the Pacific theater, perhaps there would not be a joint force formed by Mack. Captain Weir, who commanded the US detachment, was specially transferred from the Pacific Theater, and his opinion coincided with that of Tang Cheng, but the US military's tactics relied too heavily on logistical support, and Will made it clear that without ensuring logistical support, it would be difficult for the US detachment under his command to attack the Japanese army over a long distance.

"The command ordered that in March next year, the engineering unit will march into Ledo and implement the paving of the improvised road for Ledo to cross the Savage Mountains into northern Burma, so as to prepare for the subsequent counterattack of the large army in Burma. Our task was to find a suitable place for the construction of the advance airfield within the Hukang Valley before the engineering troops marched into Ledo, and to clear the surrounding Japanese troops and ensure that the airfield was built smoothly. Michael's words made Don City and Will frown at the same time, it was now the end of October, which meant that there were less than 5 months left for them.

"Don't worry so much about logistics, as long as the terrain conditions allow, I will arrange planes to airdrop materials to you, and even arrange a fleet to carry out fire support for you." Seeing Tang Cheng and Will's concerns, Mike finally told the good news that as long as the supplies along the way could be guaranteed, Tang Cheng would be able to pass through the Savage Mountains again and enter the Hukang Valley along the way.

After the meeting ended, Huang Hanju, who followed Mike to the Ramgarh meeting and accepted the task, stopped Tang Cheng, "Don't blame Mike, he is not favored by the command to form this joint force, in order to prove the ability of the joint force to the gang of bosses, Mike only has to take over this task, otherwise you will have to be split by the command." From Huang Hanju's mouth, Tang Cheng learned that the command had such a mission, but it was actually because he was not optimistic about Mike and the joint forces, no wonder he would let a force of less than 500 people enter the Hukang Valley in advance, and he dared to think that the gang of bosses in the command headquarters were making trouble.

"Your sister asked me to sue you, if you can beat it, you can beat it, and if you can't beat it, you will withdraw it. Our family's money is enough to spend, it's a big deal not to be a soldier, our family took a passport to go to the United States to open a farm, and we can't put our lives into it. Huang Hanju's comfort made Tang Cheng's heart warm, and there were still people who were thinking about him. Nodding vigorously, Tang Cheng said goodbye to Huang Hanju and returned to his camp, and when he learned that Mike had helped Huang Hanju's family obtain American passports, Tang Cheng was happy for several days, but he didn't expect that his sister had long been thinking about going to the United States to open a farm.

"That's the task, from today onwards, I will arrange for someone from the U.S. military detachment to conduct tactical training for the brothers, especially sign language and bazooka training, as well as the use of walkie-talkies and radios, not to mention that everyone can use them, at least the people in the company must be able to use these two things, maybe we will have to rely on them to save our lives at that time." Returning to camp, Don City summoned a meeting of all his officers and informed him of his new assignment.

Hou San and the others had different reactions to this, some said that if they crossed the Savage Mountain now, they could train the supplementary soldiers while walking, and when they got out of the Savage Mountain, they could train those supplementary soldiers almost the same. Of course, there are also those who say that if they wait for the training of reinforcements and then set off with the American detachment, at least they will take care of each other, so that they will not be isolated when they encounter the Japanese army. Tang Cheng did not express his position on either reaction, but only told the content of the next supplementary soldier training, and then announced the adjournment of the meeting.

"I also think we should prepare early, time is running out, not only do we have to cross the Savage Mountain, but we also have to open up the land needed to advance the airport in the Hukang Valley, and only four months may not be enough at all." When only Hou San and Tan Fei were left in the war room, Tang Cheng finally said his plan worriedly.

"The number of our detachment is 200 people, and we can't stay in Ledo to train those reinforcements all the time, and besides, there are no casualties in the detachment, and the trained reinforcements can't be replenished. Therefore, I plan to wait for the company personnel to be proficient in the operation of walkie-talkies and radios, and then drive into the mountains, and after October, when the rainy season in northern Burma ends, we will seize this opportunity to cross the savage mountains and enter the Hukang Valley to establish an advance base and wait for the large troops. ”