Bach did not directly reject Chen Geng, but from the perspective of strategic intentions, just a rhetorical question completely dispelled Chen Geng's idea of trying to take the initiative. Chen Geng also knew that it was not yet ripe to take the initiative to find the Japanese army to fight at this stage, but he just wanted to fight the Japanese army first, and only in this way would he have an intuitive and comprehensive understanding of the situation of the Japanese army.

After much thought, Chen Geng and Bach discussed again in private, and finally decided to send a reconnaissance force to Mandalay first, in order to hide people's eyes, except for a few Burmese indigenous guides, the rest of this reconnaissance force are all Chinese. Whether it is the New Army or the Independent Army, their reconnaissance units are all trained separately by the foreign mercenaries of the umbrella company, not to mention that the reconnaissance force sent by Chen Geng to Mandalay is less than 50 people, but the weapons and equipment they carry cannot be compared to even the most elite German assault troops.

Ma Dacheng, who was only a sergeant in the teaching corps, never imagined that he would one day become the captain of a reconnaissance unit, and he also used the most modern weapons and equipment in the world today. In the Ruili training camp for more than a year, Ma Dacheng and many companions from the national army received the most rigorous training from the foreign instructors of the umbrella company, and now it is finally time for them to return to the battlefield, Ma Dacheng's heart is somewhat nervous and apprehensive.

"Captain, the outpost reported that three miles from our left front, it was found that about a squad of Japanese troops was chasing a group of British troops, and the outpost asked, do you want to attack?" The operator ran over quickly with the walkie-talkie on his back, and the eyes under the steel helmet looked at Ma Dacheng quietly. This place is already very close to Mandalay, so Ma Dacheng did not seem very strange that he would encounter the Japanese army, and after pondering for more than ten seconds, Ma Dacheng finally reacted.

"Tell the outpost to go back to the back of the Japanese army to carry out reconnaissance, and first confirm whether there are any backup troops behind this group of Japanese troops. The life or death of the British has nothing to do with us, as long as we are sure that there is no backup behind these Japanese soldiers, we will eat these Japanese soldiers, which can be regarded as a profit before the opening. Although Ma Dacheng is not a high-ranking officer of the Independence Army, he is still aware of the Independence Army's strategy of trying to control northern Myanmar first, and in such a situation, Ma Dacheng's decision will not appear to be contrary to the strategy of the Independence Army.

There are only three outposts of Ma Dacheng, and if this is still in the national army, let alone three outposts, even thirty outposts may not dare to attack one squad of Japanese troops. But Ma Dacheng and the others are all elite soldiers who have been trained by the foreign mercenaries of the umbrella company for more than a year, and once the three outposts equipped with two assault rifles and one Mauser sniper rifle are fully attacked, the Japanese soldiers of that squad will not be able to resist the attack of the three at all.

After receiving Ma Dacheng's order from the walkie-talkie, the three people lying in the grass were most afraid to move slowly to the flank, and in the sound of ping-pong gunfire, the three of them easily moved to the rear of those Japanese soldiers. There are about 40 British soldiers who were being pursued, and it is said that their number is far greater than that class of Japanese soldiers, but even so, these British soldiers who have been chased and have long lost the courage to turn back to meet the Japanese army, and their only thought now is how to get rid of these reluctant Japanese soldiers behind them.

A blonde British soldier who ran at the end of the line was shot and fell, and the bullet from behind pierced his right leg, and the blonde British soldier who fell on his back tried to call for help from his companions, but unfortunately everyone was only concerned about their own lives, and no one wanted to stop and help him. The blonde British soldier, who was full of resentment and helplessness in his heart, turned over with pain, picked up the rifle in his hand and shot at the Japanese soldier who was already very close.

Some of their comrades were shot, and the Japanese soldiers who were reluctant to pursue finally stopped, and in the chaotic gunfire, there were already Japanese veterans with rifles pressing up from both wings. Shot in the thigh, Edward continued to pull the bolt on the top of a bullet, and after another shot, Edward endured the pain of the wound, only used his elbows to exert force, and the whole person crawled towards a nest of bushes on his side. The grenade thrown by the Japanese exploded, and the dirt splashed everywhere with the explosion, but Edward took the opportunity to hide in the bush.

"Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" The bullets fired by the Japanese began to thin out, and they did not see the other side return fire, and the Japanese soldiers who were forced to stop thought that the damn blocker might have been killed. "Eight grid tooth road, he has already run, let's continue to chase." The Japanese veterans who pressed over from both flanks cursed, but they didn't know that Edward was hiding in the bushes on their sides at the moment.

Hiding in the bushes, Edward did not dare to move, and even held a grenade in his hand that had unscrewed the back cover, Edward did not have the belief and idea of a Chinese soldier who regarded death as home. The reason why he was holding a grenade with the back cover unscrewed was just to make his surrender look more dignified when he was discovered by the Japanese army. Fortunately for Edward, the Japanese did not spot him, and may have been in a hurry to pursue the other British soldiers, who quickly walked away under Edward's gaze.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who gradually disappeared from sight, Edward who was hiding in the bushes slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could completely exhale the breath in his lungs, a big hand stretched out from behind grabbed his neck, and the grenade in Edward's hand had been snatched by another big hand. "Don't move, don't make a sound, we are Chinese, we are here to help you." A voice came from Edward's side, and he turned his head vigorously, and a face appeared in front of Edward's eyes with bells and whistles that he couldn't tell his true face.

Edward screamed at the face, but his scream didn't get out of his throat, because his neck was still being pinched by the other man's big hand. Edward, with a frightened face, was dragged out of the bushes, and he realized that the man who had choked him by the neck was not a mandrill ghost, but a living person. He Meng stuck Edward's neck with one hand, and took out a piece of cloth marked with the blue sky and white sun flag from his pocket with the other hand to show Edward, "You fucking see clearly, Lao Tzu is Chinese, a Chinese soldier." ”

Frightened, Edward finally saw the blue sky and white sun flag logo on the cloth, which was considered to have given up the struggle, and the Chinese soldiers came, and Edward finally recognized what the cloth in He Meng's hand meant. When Edward was completely quiet, He Meng slowly let go of the hand that was stuck in the opponent's neck, took out the water bottle on his waist and threw it to Edward, He Meng raised the sniper rifle in his hand, and used the scope to observe the Japanese soldiers who had gone away.

The departing group of Japanese soldiers was very fast, and in just this moment, they were already five or six hundred meters away from here, He Meng did not move the place, he still had to wait for the two brothers who went to the back road to reconnoiter to come back. Although Edward bought them some time, these tired and thirsty British soldiers were not only already disoriented, but also physically exhausted, so they were chased by the Japanese army behind them.

"Bang" had already turned around and was about to shoot a British soldier who was shot and fell, but before he could pick it up, he was surprised to see a bush not far from him slowly moving towards him. "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" The exhausted British soldiers finally leaned together, and now there were only a dozen or so left of the original 40 people, and the only thing they could do now was to gather together and shoot back, praying that the Japanese soldiers who were pursuing them would leave on their own.

Naturally, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers who had been chasing all the way could not leave like this, and found that the British soldiers who were being pursued by them no longer ran away, but gathered together, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were overjoyed. "Kusakawa-kun, those white-skinned ghost animals are no longer running away, let's just catch them here." Cao Chang, who led the team, was reloading his rifle with bullets and laughing with his veterans, in his opinion, these British soldiers who had been chased without physical strength were no different from dead people.

Just as the dozen or so Japanese soldiers got carried away and laughed loudly, a loud shout suddenly sounded beside them, and more than a dozen gunfire suddenly burst out from the bushes next to them. The dense gunfire rang out in one piece, and a barrage of bullets like raindrops flew in, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who got carried away had no chance to dodge at all, just a photo, and they were swept away by a raindrop-like barrage.

"Oops, there's an ambush." Before the exclamation of the Japanese army Cao Chang could be released, a bullet fired from the front of him lifted the Tianling cover, and red, blood, and white ** splashed everywhere. The sound of gunfire like fried beans came and disappeared quickly, and to the British soldiers gathered around, it was like a dream. The dozen or so Japanese soldiers who chased them all the way were all dead bodies in the blink of an eye, which was too difficult for them to accept.

"We are Chinese, we are here to help you, don't shoot." There was movement in the grass that smelled of blood, a blue sky and white flag was raised, and under the terrified gaze of those British soldiers, several heavily armed figures slowly stood up from the bushes. After a few glances at the British soldiers who had been completely frightened, Ma Dacheng asked his scouts to clean up the battlefield, and at the same time informed the other reconnaissance team following behind him on a walkie-talkie.