The sun sets and the sun rises, the days pass day by day, Tang Cheng looks at the people who don't have four or six all day long, and they will only take Liu Shishi around the mountains to hunt, but in fact, Tang Cheng is already anxious. The rainy season in northern Myanmar is only between May and October every year, and it was June when they entered the valley in Tangcheng, which means that they have been living in this valley for almost three months. Except for the first time that the Lambgar side airdropped supplies to them, and then the weekly routine radio announcement, but it has been two weeks since September, and the radio station controlled by Mike has not received a reply from the Lambgar side twice.

There was no shortage of materials in the direct company, the weapons and ammunition were well preserved, and the soldiers were in good condition, Tang Cheng was just worried about whether there was something wrong with Lamgar's side, could it be that the command had really forgotten about their more than 200 people? Tang Cheng is not alone in worrying about the changes in the headquarters, many people, including Mike, seem to have this worry, and even the gold digging veterans who have gained a lot in the past few days are also so worried.

It's already September, less than a month before the end of the rainy season in northern Myanmar, and although the rules are not so accurate, the delay in replying from the command headquarters has caused a faint commotion among the officials of the immediate company. Shooting the arrow into the air again, Tang Cheng, who was annoyed in his heart, immediately threw the crossbow to Liu Shishi, but he bit a weed and found an open place to sit in a daze. Liu Shishi was heartless, he didn't seem to be aware of Tang Cheng's anxiety, and only cared about looking for his prey with a crossbow in his hand, but he forgot about Tang Cheng aside.

On the bank of the river, the dice and Hou San were using a stone crucible to sit in Rongjinsha, and Tang Cheng on the hillside was too eye-catching, and they had already seen it clearly. The charcoal used to melt the golden sand had no smoke, and the choking smoke came out when a handful of thatch was inadvertently added by the dice, and several people around the crucible retreated and glared at the dice. "You say, what are we doing sitting alone on the hillside over there? I guess it's a woman, right? The dice, who realized that he had done something wrong, wanted to change the subject, but found that the topic made everyone's eyes widen at him.

"You fucking just think about women all day long, but don't think of others like you, our chief won't think about women." Hou San used a wooden stick to pluck away the thatch added to the dice, and glanced at the dice with disdain. "You haven't seen Chief Mike have also had a gloomy face these days, I guess there must be something going on on at the headquarters, otherwise, Chief Mike would have been busy fiddling with the flowers and plants in front of his door, and I looked at the flowers and plants in front of Chief Mike's door should have grown into weeds."

With a new topic, everyone's attention was also diverted from the sand gold in the crucible, and they began to discuss the things that Hou San had just said. After talking about the things they were pondering with each other, Hou San and the others realized that something might really have happened, otherwise Tang Cheng and Mike would not have been so abnormal in the past few days. "Fuck it, I think it's good here anyway, we don't have to fight with the devil soldiers to eat and drink, and we can still pan for gold. Maybe by the time we leave here, the battle outside will have already ended, and we can go back to our hometown and become big landlords. ”

The dice smacked their lips and said that they were not in a hurry, but in fact they really wanted him to live in this valley for the rest of his life, maybe the dice would go crazy immediately, even if he gave him more gold, he couldn't agree. "You said it easily, it's not just a few of us here, and there are so many brothers, our chief can't let such a brother nest here without a future, right?" Glancing at the dice at random, Hou San had already seen the original intention of the dice, and said that he was willing to stay here, but in fact he was in a hurry to leave here more than anyone else.

"I don't care, I don't care so much, anyway, I only recognize our chief. If he stays, I will stay, and when he leaves, I will leave with him, and if this gold is not brought to life or death, as long as he can always follow our chief, I don't think he will lose us. Tan Fei was resolute, he had pinned all his hopes on Tang Cheng, and he didn't even care about the piece of gold that had been distributed to him.

Hou San and Dice didn't regard Tan Fei as an outsider at all, from the moment they followed Tang Cheng south, the fate of these people had been connected, hearing Tan Fei say this, Hou San and Dice also nodded again and again and said that it should be so. "Naturally, a few of us will always follow the chief, if there is no chief, a few of us may have been killed by the little devils, where can we still live as freely as we do now." Seeing that there were soldiers passing by here, Hou San deliberately lowered his voice, and these words could only be mentioned among his own people, and for the other soldiers in the direct company, the thoughtful Hou San was not at ease.

Hou San's caution made the dice very unconcerned, among the more than 200 people left in the entire direct company, Dice didn't think that anyone would dare to stand up and question Tang Cheng, if it wasn't for Tang Cheng, I'm afraid these guys would still be squeezed into the mud by the Nanrong River with the people of the 38th Division and staring at the Japanese troops on the other side. "There's always nothing wrong with being careful, you can make sure they're of the same mind as us? You don't see the kind of faces of some guys when they pan for gold, I think they hate to live here and see the gold panders. Hou San whispered a few words to the dice, and the latter lowered his eyes and did not look around at the soldiers of the direct company.

When Hou San and the others gathered around the river to discuss this matter, the same anxious faces had already found Tang Cheng sitting idly on the hillside, and Mike also had the same worries as Tang Cheng, and it was better to come to Tang Cheng just to have someone to talk to, than to fidget alone. "Stilwell doesn't know what he's doing, he hasn't replied to the radio twice in a row, I'm similar to what you think, maybe it's not Stilwell's fault, it's the command that has a problem."

Mike sat down next to Tang Cheng, and reached out to touch the cigarettes in Tang Cheng's pocket, Tang Cheng always won when playing cards these days, and almost all of Mike's cigarettes went to Tang Cheng's pocket. "I just contacted your brother-in-law, and you don't know what happened to Lamgar, but he has already taken the train to Lambgar, if it is a good thing, we may be able to get an accurate answer tomorrow night." Knowing from Mike's mouth that Huang Hanju, who was staying in Ledo, went to Ramgarh to inquire about the news, Tang Cheng's expression was slightly better all the time.

Although Huang Hanju has not stayed in Ramgar for a long time, he can understand the relationship between Guò Mike, and Huang Hanju also has many acquaintances in Ramgar, as long as he can know what happened to Lamgar, he can also know what the headquarters will do next to take the direct company. Slowly exhaling the smoke inhaled into the lung cavity, Mike, who was still sad, confided in Tang Cheng a more shocking news, "I tried to contact Rick's radio station, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to contact them, I'm wondering if the abnormality of the command these days has something to do with Rick and them." ”

The new news brought by Mike made Tang Cheng feel a kind of creepy feeling, the US military detachment was Stilwell's heart, and it was his bargaining chip to prove to the Chinese military the strength of the US military and his own ability, if it was really the US military detachment that had a problem, Tang Cheng thought that Stilwell would definitely mobilize troops to rescue regardless of it. At present, the expeditionary force's real counteroffensive against Burma has not yet been launched, and the 38th Division going south is only confronting the Japanese army on the line of the Nam Rong River, and in addition to the US military detachment, there is only his own direct company left in northern Burma.

Patting Tang Cheng on the shoulder, Mike whispered a little indistinctly, "Maybe it will be like that then, once something happens to Rick and them, the closest to them is us, Stilwell is very stubborn, he will not allow anyone to disobey his orders." Tang Cheng's worries have already been clearly seen by Mike beside him, how can Mike, who has been engaged in intelligence work for a long time, not have the ability to observe words and emotions at all.

"I don't want to disobey military orders, and if it's really like I think, I'll have to do what I want. But as you can see, it's so comfortable here, the brothers haven't practiced for more than 2 months, and I really don't know how many people will survive in the end if they take them to find trouble with the Japanese army. "In front of Mike, Tang Cheng has no reason to pretend, and besides, Mike is also one of the many idle people in this valley.

"It's not over yet, the rainy season is coming to an end, and it's still too late to get them back to training, it's better than rushing around when the time comes." Mike turned his head to look into Tang Cheng's eyes and said slowly, word by word, "If you want most of them to survive, then you have to be ruthless enough to control them, otherwise you will lose their lives." ”

Mike's words and points made Tang Cheng have an epiphany, they are all soldiers, and it is impossible for soldiers to evade their due responsibilities as soldiers, and it is impossible to avoid this war, since they can't avoid it, they can only face it calmly. "I'll resume training from tomorrow, and I'm announcing the order at dinner, so forget it today, and it should be their last vacation." Reaching out to stop Tang Cheng, who was about to get up, Mike's face showed a trace of bitterness.

Looking down from the hillside, the soldiers who didn't know anything were laughing and playing, but Tang Cheng and Mike's hearts were already heavy. Before they got accurate information, none of them knew what kind of situation the direct company was about to face, if they continued to stay in the valley, the time for the direct company to recover its combat strength would be sufficient, but if it was another result, it would not be good.