The first battle before the expeditionary force officially entered Burma was fought so neatly. After the count was made, only one person was killed, and several other horses were wounded. It is impossible to count the number of enemies destroyed, there may be one or two hundred people, and the wounded may be several times more. Of course, the Liangzi of the expeditionary force and the locals has been concluded since then.

When Liao Yaoxiang led the team to the front of the house, the remaining 5 people inside also helped each other out. The guards and Dai Anlan both had some minor injuries outside the skin, only Du Yuming and Chu Aiyun were intact, and all five of them ran out of ammunition. Before the cavalry arrived, the Independence Army had already broken through the gate and rushed into the house to fight the guards, and if the cavalry was 5 minutes late, it would be difficult to say.

The cavalry company arrived with 8 extra horses, but when the radio contacted them, it was learned that there were only 8 people, so they only brought so many. Liao Yaoxiang attended a military academy in France, and learned horseback riding during his studies, but did not learn the outdated cavalry combat. Therefore, he did not have a very intuitive estimate of the horse losses that might be caused by the high-intensity operation of running long distances at night and immediately engaging in battle. Now the surplus horses had to be distributed among the wounded horsemen. That's not enough.

Of course, this kind of miscalculation is exactly what Chu Aiyun is looking forward to, he knows that Lin Xiuxuan is nearby, and now is the best time for him to leave the team and return to 419.

He took the initiative to propose to Du Yuming that he could rush to the Xitang River on foot. Anyway, the enemy has been routed at the moment, and there is no danger in mind. Just walk an extra 20 kilometers, and expect to be able to cross the river after dawn. Du Yuming was worried that the British might blow up the bridge at dawn, and the deputy captain confidently patted his chest and told him that he had been born on the coast of Fujian since he was a child, and that he could swim back and forth from Xiamen to Kinmen Island. A few days ago, when I crossed the Xitang River, I saw that it was a not very wide river, and there was absolutely no problem. Of course, this is a lie, when he was a child, Kinmen was still in the hands of the national army, so it was naturally impossible to swim over.

Since he was in a hurry to show his personal heroism, Du Yuming couldn't say anything. So he repeatedly reminded him to be careful, and then he mounted his horse and led the brigade to the west. He thought that it would not be difficult to call Wavell after crossing the bridge and ask him to postpone blowing up the bridge.

In the end, only Chu Aiyun and the two cavalrymen who had volunteered to give up their horses to the generals and the wounded soldiers returned on foot. At this time, there were still 4 hours before dawn, and for them, the walking task time was quite tight. It was only the two companions who found out that the lieutenant had returned to the house and retrieved a backpack radio, which really touched them. Officers who cherish equipment so much are simply rare in the army. The three of them walked 10 kilometers, and Chu Aiyun suddenly proposed to let the two go first, and he had to have a routine call with his superiors at the point. The two were not members of the command, so they were not suspicious of this fabricated reason, and they didn't want to delay too much, so they went straight away.

Now, the co-captain is finally free from the last restraints, and in a way, it's not a lie, he does need to talk to his superiors routinely, but the superiors are 419. He hid in the woods and started calling, not looking for the channel, he knew that no matter what channel he was in, as long as his voice appeared, Lin Xiuxuan could find himself.

Lin Xiuxuan really immediately discovered Chu Aiyun's voice and began to search.

Lin Xiuxuan and his party didn't have time to rush to the battlefield, after all, they couldn't run on foot and on horseback. However, judging from the sporadic gunshots from the front at that time, the situation was already in his own hands, so he simply stopped and stopped waiting for Chu Aiyun to talk. After a while, the gunfire on the other side became sparse, and after another moment, the locals who had fled in twos and threes rushed past him, and it seemed that the deputy captain had saved him. What's next? Could it be that he turned back to the west and crossed the Xitang River for the third time?

Seeing the cavalry of the brigade heading towards the Xitang River Bridge, Lin Xiuxuan didn't know if Chu Aiyun was in it. They rested in place for a while, and the radio heard Chu Aiyun's voice, and he immediately spoke to him and took direction measurements.

At the end of the call, Chu Aiyun squatted alone in the jungle and waited, he didn't have a night vision device, so he didn't dare to go too deep. He could only let Lin Xiuxuan come to him, and from the exchange just now, he realized that 419 was not nearby this time, and there were not many people in the special group.

After a long absence, he also wanted to return to the 419 collective immediately. Come to think of it, just disappearing into Myanmar would be recorded on the list of missing in battle, and for the war-torn era, such an outcome would naturally not arouse too much suspicion.

The east has revealed the white belly of the fish, and several black shadows have jumped out from the depths, led by Ma Qiang wearing a low-light night vision device, then Xu Chong who is carrying a burden like a mountain, and the last one is Lin Xiuxuan, and there is no Lu Qingshan who he is most familiar with.

"I've finally found you." Ma Qiang pounced on him with a smile. ”

Chu Aiyun also greeted him, ready to come to a hug for a reunion after a long absence, but Ma Qiang's hand was tall, and he lifted his blue sky and white sun cockade military hat, smiled and brought it to his head, and then turned around to show Xu Chong. In the past few months, he has been deep in the rear, often thinking about one thing, how dignified the atmosphere will be to reunite with his comrades in the future, but he was disturbed by Ma Qiang, and his feelings were disappointed.

", why are you still wearing this hat, isn't it a big cap?"

"Don't make trouble, what about Lu Qingshan?"

"Oh, he's got a little wounded and he's gone to the Andaman to recuperate. Rest assured, all 419 are here. ”

Ma Qiang was still fiddling with the military hat, Xu Chong rushed over, shook hands with Chu Aiyun, and then took off his burden and turned to leave, he had to immediately go to the nearby commanding heights to be on guard, the sky was almost bright, and the cover brought to them by the night was almost gone.

However, Lin Xiuxuan still has a somewhat literary tone, and came over to hug Chu Aiyun heavily.

"This parting can make us anxious. I'm waiting every day, night and night, waiting for you to appear on the radio. ”

"I miss you too, but it's a pity that there were some small mistakes in front of Dai Li, and I was afraid of being suspected, so I didn't dare to approach the radio station. Chongqing has been cracking the Japanese spy case, but the military commander is particularly suspicious of people from the Japanese-occupied areas. ”

"Well, now it's finally back together. We don't have much time, so we need to get down to business. Lin Xiuxuan said, pulling him to the side and sitting down on the stone.

"Running out of time? Team leader, what does this mean? Chu Aiyun stood in place, without the intention of moving the nest.

"Yes, the current situation may not be in our favor. The three Japanese traversers, who are in full attack, pose a major threat to us in all respects, and 419 alone may not be able to cope with this situation, so ......"

"So, do you need me to stay with Du Yuming?"

"Yes...... Before, they had been distrusted, but Asano, this guy, seems to have been eaten by the Japanese Navy and Army recently, which is unexpected, and he is currently involved in the Burma campaign. It may be that he wants to reverse history, take advantage of the big victory in 1942, take advantage of the situation to enter Assam, and completely cut off the international aid route to China. ”

"Is that so? Do you predict that it will reverse Japan's defeat? ”

"I don't think so, but it may make China's war of resistance more isolated and difficult, and it may buy them some time to salvage and use Kasugamaru's modern technology. So these conspiracies must be thwarted. And our biggest windfall is that your current position in the command of the expeditionary force should be able to play an important role. ”

"If that's the case, I'm afraid it's not optimistic. I'm just a lieutenant, I'm just in charge of translation, and this time I really saw the contradictions between the Chinese and British armies. So this battle is very difficult to win. ”

"In fact, an important reason for the failure of the expeditionary force is that the Burmese people are actively spying for the Japanese, while the expeditionary force is deaf and passive everywhere, so we will secretly help and send all kinds of information. Be sure to let you know the enemy's movements in advance. You may also be able to assassinate enemy generals in key positions. ”

"If the organization needs it, of course I don't have anything to say, but I must first remind you that Chen Zhiping of the Yangon Station of the Military Commander seems to have been paying attention to me, and he comes to the station of the officer corps every three or five times, and pretends to be other things to investigate telephone conversations and personnel travel records, maybe it's just that I am too careful, and it is their duty to monitor officers. But it is also possible that when I was in Kunming, I had a momentary gaffe when I talked to Dai Li. ”

"Gaffes?"

"Yes, I was chatting with him at the time, he asked me about my details, and I didn't know what to do, so I reported my alma mater, but there was a little mistake, I only knew that my alma mater was a century-old school, but I didn't expect this era to be a girls' school, so I missed a little timid, I don't know if he will chase after him."

Lin Xiuxuan stood up and walked back and forth twice. Experience had taught him that this should be considered a major gaffe, and that it might not matter to others, and that normal people would not care even if they heard something wrong, because the Japanese would not use such heavy losses to plant a spy whose potential value could not be predicted. However, intelligence chiefs are not normal people, they are inherently good at suspecting everything, and it is not difficult to secretly investigate, even if Fujian is now a occupied area, it is not difficult to find a person who knows the details to investigate.

"I don't think it's a big problem. Of course, if you feel the threat escalates, feel free to leave and we'll cover you. ”

He wanted to stabilize Chu Aiyun against his will. The role of the co-captain is now too much to be done, otherwise he will not see the possibility of winning the battle against Burma.

"By the way, you've lost your communications equipment?"

"Yes, I thought at the time that when I got off the plane, I would encounter an investigation, and it would be easy to expose my identity, so I threw it into the East China Sea."

"Well done and vigilant. I had Shuping on 419 do this. ”

As he spoke, he beckoned Ma Qiang over, and from behind him he went down something, which was a Japanese army's cowhide map cylinder.

"Shu Ping has changed it, the camouflage is good, it can communicate, the distance is not too far, but it is not easy to arouse suspicion."

Obviously, in order to stuff the communication equipment and batteries, it was necessary to use such a large object, which was found on the Chiuchi Maru, and he had this idea at that time.

Chu Aiyun took it and found that it was very good, the intercom device and the battery were hidden at the bottom, taking up a small space, and it was very hidden, and when the lid was opened, there were still a few volumes of maps inside.

"The map was obtained by accident yesterday, from an ensign before we attacked the Japanese paratroopers, and the update date is very new. Just to use it as a cover, you can tell your commander that you picked it up on the way back. ”

"Okay, it's appropriate for me to carry this thing, no one will notice."

"Then we'll break up, we'll cross the Sitang River downstream, and we'll wait near Yangon."

"Hey, I envy you for being able to move freely." Chu Aiyun sighed.

"Actually, I should envy you for being able to mingle in the headquarters, you don't have to run around in the mountains, if you can exchange, I will definitely exchange." Lin Xiuxuan said with a smile, this time it was not a lie, he really thought so in his heart.