CHAPTER XLII
Edward couldn't take it anymore, the unit was as vulgar and tattered as the rest of the Nationalist army, from commander to soldier. The soldiers even dared to joke with their commanders, which was not seen in the British army, where the hierarchy was very strict, and insulting the commander was punished.
However, after the team departed, Edward had to change his opinion. The soldiers who were still smiling a moment ago seemed to have changed at this moment, and the whole army was silent, just marching quickly, and everyone maintained a high level of alert. Edward thought they were almost as good as the well-trained British soldiers.
According to the speed of the dogs, 20 kilometers only takes 4 or 5 hours, but Zhao Zhi took everyone around in a big circle, walked more than 10 kilometers, and came to a forest outside the valley before dark. "Uncle Guo, do you still remember the small mountain bag we just passed by? Leave me two riflemen, and you take the rest away, and lie in ambush on that hill bag, ready to meet us" Zhao Zhi pointed to the hill bag behind him.
After arranging Uncle Guo, Zhao Zhi called Changmao, "Changmao, you will follow Uncle Guo in a while, plant mines behind them, and seal this piece for me."
"Then why are you coming back?"
"Thou shalt thou put twigs in the ground and give us guidance, go"
Patting the goat's back, Zhao Zhi quietly ordered, "Scatter your scouts and bring a grenadier in pairs." Tell them to blow up when they hear the gunshots, blow up and change places, and after firing five grenades, they will withdraw to the side of the uncle to meet us."
After arranging it together, everyone ate some compressed biscuits with water, and huddled together with guns and took a nap. Veterans are like this, they eat when they say they eat, and they sleep when they say they sleep. A burst of birdsong sounded, Zhao Zhi woke up the dogs, and everyone huddled together to play with the locusts and ants on their bodies. Burma's drought locusts and ants will fall from the trees and suck your flesh and blood while you are leaning against the woods, and many of the expeditionary force soldiers have died at their hands.
The doglegs had already cut a large pile of thatch, and they cut through the military uniform with daggers one after another, and inserted the thatch into the military uniform. "Major, what are you doing here?" Edward didn't understand Zhao Zhi's cooking. "Disguise, disguise, you know?" Zhao Zhi threw Edward a military uniform that was already covered with thatch, and motioned for Edward to put it on.
More than 20 hairy groups have already dived towards the valley in unison, and they must first touch the outposts on the periphery of the Japanese army before they have a chance to enter the valley. "Two open sentinels, two dark sentinels in the trees" The machete carefully observed a wooded area where there was a bonfire and two Japanese sentries who were already asleep. According to the meaning of the old cannon, he touched it directly, but the careful machete found that there were two Japanese secret sentinels on the trees next to the fire. The two secret sentinels squatting on the trees were smoking, and they probably didn't expect that there would be Chinese soldiers already lurking here, and the flickering cigarette butts provided the best guidance for the machete.
Nodding at the goat, the machete dived with two daggers. In the night, the machete traveled silently like a ghost, and with the help of the concealment of the trees, the machete approached the tree where the sentry was hiding. "Whoosh" and "Whoosh" sounded, and the two daggers that were thrown out by the machete were piercing the throat of the dark whistle. Before the corpse landed, the machete neatly pulled out the adjutant knife on his back and rushed to the sentry next to the fire, poof, poof, two knives, the severed head rolled out with a grunt, and the blood spurting out of the cavity extinguished the fire. The machete didn't care about wiping the blood on his face, and turned around to replenish the knife for the dark sentry who fell from the tree, and there could be no negligence, Zhao Zhi repeatedly asked Zhao Zhi before he acted.
Edward was completely shocked, and looked at the bloodied soldier in front of him with his mouth wide open. In less than a minute, he killed 4 Japanese soldiers, and he was alone, which is impossible in the British army. But the slightly thin soldier in front of him did it, and Edward suddenly became interested in this small army.
The body of the sentry was dragged into the grass, and Xiucai, who knew Japanese, temporarily changed into a Japanese military uniform with a dogleg, and sat around the rekindled fire pretending to be a Japanese sentry. The others followed Zhao Zhi and continued to sneak into the valley. After walking for about an hour, he completely entered the valley, and he could already smell the smell of the British army's barbecued food, and Zhao Zhi stopped. "Huang Mao, we can't stay for a long time, you go and contact them first, we'll follow behind" Zhao Zhi pointed to the fire in the woods in front of him and told Edward to go first.
The British army is estimated to have become a frightened bird now, and Zhao Zhi doesn't want his brothers to be mistakenly attacked by the panicked British army, so this vanguard is none other than Edward. Edward didn't know that he was being used by Zhao Zhi, and he burrowed into the woods, and after a short time, he heard the noise in the woods. The goat frowned, "Sir, these Brits are sick. Isn't calling it like this a message to the little devil? ”
"No matter, if the situation is not right for a while, we will withdraw" Zhao Zhi also had an extremely headache.
"Sir, someone is coming" The machete pointed ahead, and a few people faintly came out of the woods. "Hello, I'm Captain Wallace, temporarily commanding these soldiers in the valley. How many of you came? The person who came was not polite at all, speaking an awkward Chinese, and looked at Zhao Zhi who was covered in grass very arrogantly, as if he was looking for something that could prove Zhao Zhi's identity.
Zhao Zhi smiled slightly, but he was not angry, he took out the rank of deputy major from his pocket and shook it to Wallace, "Are you looking for it?" "Hello sir, I didn't know you were a major" Wallace immediately changed his face and hurriedly saluted, and the dogs around him grinned with guns. He followed Wallace into the woods, and didn't go far when he saw the British soldiers scattered in the woods.
The guy who hadn't seen a foreign devil looked unscrupulously at the British soldiers in the valley who were already lost and depressed. Some of them wore boat-shaped military hats, some had round felt hats, and some wore red cloth scarves wrapped around their heads. The upper body is a tattered military uniform, but the lower body is military shorts, and the exposed arms and thighs are covered with blood stains and wounds, which are estimated to have been tossed by locusts and poisonous insects.
While the doglegs were looking at the British soldiers, the downcast British soldiers were also looking at the doglegs, and they were also looking at the two dozen or so strange thatched guys. Against the backdrop of the bonfire, the British soldiers couldn't see Zhao Zhi's appearance clearly, but they were just surprised by the thatch on their bodies. "Sir, there are still 214 soldiers in the valley, there is no food, only a small part of ammunition and guns" Edward, who came in a hurry, reported to Zhao Zhi.
"Gather all the soldiers, it is strictly forbidden to make loud noises" Zhao Zhi didn't have the heart to listen to any report, but he just wanted to evacuate quickly. The British soldiers were extremely reluctant to grind, procrastinating and gathering, and it took half an hour to gather together. Zhao Zhi was strange, it stands to reason that he should be happy to learn that he was saved, but why are these yellow hairs reluctant. In fact, Zhao Zhi misunderstood the British soldiers, they were not reluctant, they were hungry.
Zhao Zhiyi, who learned the truth, waved his hand, and the doglegs untied their backpacks and gave each of the British soldiers a compressed biscuit. The soldier with food in his stomach finally stood up straight and looked like a soldier. Zhao Zhi looked at his watch, it was half past four in the morning, and there was still less than an hour left, and the sky was about to start to light. "Go" Zhao Zhi commanded the direction of the British army, "Wait" Wallace stopped Zhao Zhi.
"Major, there are more than 100 Burmese locals here, bring them" Wallace looked at Zhao Zhi eagerly. "No, I received an order to pick up you, not any Burmese," Zhao Zhi withdrew from Wallace and continued walking. "Mr. officer, please stay" A voice floated over, a pure Yunnan accent.
Zhao Zhi turned his body, followed the firelight, and looked at the two Burmese people in front of him. Dressed in shorts, he was in his 20s, well-groomed, with a parted head, a light blue shirt, beige British shorts, and knee-length stockings over his legs, completely dressed as an English gentleman. The older man next to him was wearing white trousers and a British military uniform, and his face was extremely rich.
"Is there anything wrong?" Zhao Zhi smiled slightly, and changed to a tone of a child of a family, which made the two people opposite stunned. "Mr. Officer, what about the people here when you leave?" The old man had a strong tone, probably because he was used to calling people. Glancing at the man, Zhao Zhi didn't bother to pay attention to him, in fact, when Zhao Zhi just entered the woods, he saw the Burmese gathered together. If they were Burmese overseas Chinese, Zhao Zhi would take them on the road whatever he said, but those Burmese people were just secretly looking at Zhao Zhi and them. It wasn't until Zhao Zhi was about to leave with the British army that they jumped out impatiently, and Zhao Zhi was very disgusted.
Pouting, Zhao Zhi muttered slowly, "I only take soldiers away, are you soldiers?" ”
"Sir, take us with you, we will give you money, a lot of money" The young man kept pleading with Zhao Zhi. Zhao Zhi glanced at Wallace, "Captain, how much money did you charge to bring these Burmese?" Wallace blushed and kept his head down. Zhao Zhi, who was helpless, patted his head, and only after half a sound came out, "How much money do you have?" I'll see."
Four cows with their mouths tied were brought over, and on the back of the cows were piled up several suitcases, which were full of gold, silver and jade, and the dogs who looked at them were stupid. "Damn, hillbilly, let's go, hurry up" Zhao Zhi kicked the dogs in a daze one by one, urging everyone to go on the road, and in less than half an hour, the sky will be bright. The team of more than 300 people pulled a long column in the woods, and Zhao Zhi, who had no choice, arranged the Burmese behind. Go to his gold, silver, and jewelry, for the lives of the brethren are more important than that. Of course, if all goes well, Zhao Zhi doesn't mind receiving some honorarium, which is why Zhao Zhi allows the Burmese to follow.