Chapter Twenty-Four: The Final Return

Tang Cheng didn't notice anything wrong with Xiao Yalan, but Xiao Yalan, who accepted the task, felt a little sorry for Tang Cheng from the bottom of his heart, after all, Tang Cheng still treated her as a good friend. As the days passed, in addition to going back and forth between the Huang family and the military camp in the west of the city, and then accompanying Xiao Yalan to walk around Kunming City, he didn't care about the domestic war and the current war situation in Burma.

Tang Cheng and their return to China at that time was after the opening ceremony of the Sino-Indian Highway was held in Wan Town, and after leaving the expeditionary force, Tang Cheng no longer cared about the war in Burma, but he heard Huang Hanju say that the expeditionary force had already controlled the war situation. In fact, since the return of the Western Yunnan Expeditionary Force, the New First Army and the 50th Division continued to move south, of which the New First Army successively captured Xinwei and Lashio, and the 50th Division also conquered Nandu, Xibao, Nanyan, Kyaukmai and other towns. Since the new 50th Division crossed the Irrawaddy River in 1944, it advanced 600 kilometers in more than three months, killing and wounding more than 3,500 Japanese soldiers. On March 30, the Chinese Expeditionary Force conquered Qiaomei and joined forces with the British in victory.

At this time, the Japanese army had long since lost its advantage, and the Japanese troops stationed in various parts of Burma had long been fighting their own battles, and a large number of southward infiltration troops of the expeditionary force attacked one after another, and did not stop attacking and harassing the Japanese army and cutting off the Japanese army's transportation lines. Judging from the content of the telegrams sent by Michael, the U.S. troops who hurried to the airport in Myanmar sent to Myanmar sent several telegrams, and judging from the content of the telegrams sent by Mike, the gains they gained from returning to Burma this time were not small.

"What are you thinking?" Accompanying Xiao Yalan to enjoy the flowers in the backyard of the Huang family, Tang Cheng had a ghostly expression, Xiao Yalan couldn't help but ask. It's been a few days, Tang Cheng always looks like he can't lift his spirits, and Xiao Yalan's heart has always been very strange, she once thought that it was Mike and those people who left Tang Cheng and returned to Myanmar that caused Tang Cheng to do this.

Tang Cheng just shook his head, "I didn't think about anything, I heard my brother-in-law say that the Japanese army in Burma was about to withdraw, I was wondering when the Japanese army in China would surrender, and I heard that in the Pacific theater, the Japanese army was also losing and retreating." Xiao Yalan didn't know that Tang Cheng was missing the church in Shanghai, and that Robert's ashes were still stored in that church, and Tang Cheng promised to send his ashes back to the United States.

The loneliness on Tang Cheng's face was clearly seen by Xiao Yalan, the defeat of the Japanese army has appeared, this is an indisputable fact, otherwise the military commander would not have started to arrange a plan to send people to infiltrate the CCP in the central base area now. Tang Cheng didn't see the little aunt The meaning that suddenly flashed in his eyes was hesitant, even if he saw it, he wouldn't know that Xiao Yalan almost relented just now and said his true purpose as a military commander.

After more than 2 months of contact with Tang Cheng, Xiao Yalan seems to have returned to the time when she was in Shanghai, and she also knows that Tang Cheng has always regarded herself as a good friend, but the more this is the case, Xiao Yalan always feels guilty when she faces Tang Cheng. But getting close to Tang Cheng to understand Tang Cheng was an order issued by the military commander, if it wasn't for the funding of the military commander, he might not even be able to afford to go to school, Xiao Yalan had already made up his mind, and he must not betray the military commander.

Before the final showdown, Xiao Yalan has not revealed his true identity, although Hou San has doubts about Xiao Yalan, but Tang Cheng still pretends not to know anything, even if Xiao Yalan has any other identity, Tang Cheng hopes that Xiao Yalan can take the initiative to say it himself. The days passed like this, and Mrs. Huang was happy to see Tang Cheng and Xiao Yalan tired of being together all day long, anyway, the money earned by the Huang family was more than enough to feed a few idlers.

On April 12, Mike and his party finally returned to the camp of the Western Army in Kunming, they left Kunming with 30 people, but when they returned, only 23 people remained, including 4 American soldiers and 3 scouts under Yanlong. "What did you tell me when you left? What did you tell me? Looking at the canned food box containing ashes that was taken down from the carriage, the furious Tang Cheng directly threw Mike, who wanted to explain to himself, to the ground, "You said that a lot of people can come back alive, but there are 7 fewer fucking people at once." ”

If it weren't for Mike's insistence on returning to Myanmar, these 7 people would not have died, Tang Cheng now doesn't think that this matter is Mike's fault, but feels that it is his own fault, if he refuses to be more resolute at that time, maybe Mike and they can change their minds. Knocked over Mike, Tang Cheng still felt angry, and before he could reach out for the grenade to destroy the boxes that had been unloaded from the truck, Hou San, who was surrounded by him, was stretched out and hugged.

"Lao Mai is also for the good of the brothers, and the brothers who decided to return to Myanmar at that time were also voluntary, and the bullets on the battlefield are not long-sighted, who knows if they will be shot." The bloodshot dice under his eyes came over to persuade a few words, and Mike, who had been lying on the ground for a long time, was also helped up to explain a few words to Tang Cheng, and Tang Cheng gave Mike a hug angrily, no matter what, it would be good to come back alive.

Mike always thinks that brothers should fight with each other freely, and if Tang Cheng doesn't even want to deal with him just now, that is Mike's sadness. It is irretrievable that people are dead, the important thing at the moment is that they are still alive, large and small boxes have been moved into the warehouse in the barracks one by one, Tang Cheng has already closed the gate of the barracks, and no one else knows that Mike and their truck is full of private goods.

"When I left, I said that I would bring more people back, and what happened, the good things were cheaper than those guys in the military department. If we hadn't been lucky enough to find a Burmese temple, we might have been dragged to the front line as cannon fodder. "After taking a shower and changing into a new military uniform, Mike and his gang finally recovered some spirits, on the way back from Burma, they basically drove these trucks back in non-stop rotations, ignoring the mysterious atmosphere that the dice deliberately created, Tang Cheng was just talking to Lenny in a whisper, he wanted to know the most accurate situation of the war in Burma." "The expeditionary force is pressed down from Burma as a whole, and the Japanese army can't keep up with both logistics and supplies, but we even went to Yangon, and I heard acquaintances in the headquarters say that the Japanese army in Burma has already withdrawn from Thailand." ”

"After driving out the Japanese troops in Burma, the next step for the expeditionary force should be to return home." Knowing the Shun lĂŹ of the war in Burma, Tang Cheng felt like there was a fire in his heart. Among all the national army units that Tang Cheng has come into contact with, only the national army unit of the expeditionary force has the strongest combat effectiveness, as long as the expeditionary force is transferred back to China to participate in the war, the end of the Japanese army in China is approaching, and at that time, he can return to Shanghai to see Robert.

Tang Cheng had discussed with Huang Hanju that he would move to the United States when the war was over, so Tang Cheng would work so hard to get money, and Mrs. Huang had already privately settled accounts with Tang Cheng, if the Huang family's current property was exchanged for US dollars, it would be enough for them to go to the United States to buy a big ranch. Tang Cheng didn't care what he was doing in the United States, he went to the United States mainly to return Robert's ashes, but this matter could not be implemented until all the Japanese troops were driven out of China.

"Guess what we got back this time?" Mike sat next to Tang Cheng, and when he saw that Tang Cheng had a wandering expression, he bent his arm and pushed Tang Cheng up. Mike and his party drove back several trucks, and many wooden boxes of all sizes were unloaded from the compartments, judging from the number and weight of those wooden boxes alone, Tang Cheng already knew that Mike and their harvest this time should be not small, otherwise Mike would not have come to his side with such a jubilant face.

Mike waited to surprise Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng was silent and uncooperative, and in desperation, Mike had to ask Lenny to hand Tang Cheng the prepared list of supplies. Burmese temples generally have a lot of Buddha statues, and Myanmar produces gold and gemstones, so Burmese people will put gold and gems on these Buddha statues in the temple, and even more will directly use gold to cast Buddha statues, robbing a temple of Mike, how can they return empty-handed.

Tang Cheng couldn't help but gasp when Lenny handed over the list, and then looked up and glanced at Mike and them, if all these things recorded in the list were brought back, these goods would be very successful bandits for a while. On the list of materials recorded by Ranny, there are more than a dozen Buddha statues cast in gold alone, Tang Cheng has seen the golden Buddha statues brought to Ledo by the rout of the expeditionary force from Burma, don't look at the size of the golden Buddha statues of Anxie, but the weight of each one is not very light.

"You're going to rob the Burmese palace, aren't you?" Seeing that Lanny counted the gems and jadeites in boxes when he recorded them, Tang Cheng couldn't help but gasp again. The jadeite ore of poor quality brought back from Myanmar last time was sold for hundreds of thousands of oceans, and Tang Cheng couldn't think of how much money the dozens of boxes of finished jadeite would sell this time.

"Bullshit Burmese Palace" When he heard Tang Cheng mention the Burmese Palace, the dice couldn't help but spit on the ground, "We have also been to the Burma Palace, but it has long been blocked by those guys from the military department, Lao Mai has found a lot of connections, but people just won't let us in, and besides, there is nothing left in it, I heard that it has long been emptied by the little devils when they retreated." The things we brought back happened to intercept a group of little devils' baggage team, otherwise those brothers would not have died. ”