Chapter 312 - Plan the way back

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In the next few days, Zhao Zhi and the guys in the direct company canceled the outing, and all the people stayed in the camp honestly, and there were a lot of traps outside the camp by goats and people, and the big wooden sticks with the thickness of duck eggs were also prepared, but a few days have passed, and no one seems to have come to the camp of the direct company to look for trouble, it seems that this time it is a false alarm. Edward and Roger also increased the frequency of going to other units to inquire about news, but the only good news was that they learned from the airport that on 4 March, a group of mixed Chinese and American fighters attacked the Japanese airfield on Hainan Island, destroying more than 30 enemy planes.

A week later, the direct subordinates, who had been forgotten by the command for two months, were connected to an order that they would be sent to take over a position on the outskirts of Myitkyina. The second lieutenant who came to deliver the order threw down the order and ran away, and it was the kind of one who ran away without a trace, as if there was some man-eating beast in the camp of the direct company. The last time the company beat the second lieutenant, it was already rumored in several expeditionary units outside Myitkyina, and if it wasn't for the order to pass on this order, he wouldn't have come to this place.

"What do you all think?" Zhao Zhi spread the order on the table, and the officers of the direct company were in the camp, and Zhao Zhi gathered them together to discuss the order. This time the matter can be big or small, but such a calm reaction made Zhao Zhi and the other officers a little unsteady, and they always felt that this mission would be abandoned by the headquarters again.

"I know this place, it seems to be just a defensive position" Catherine, who was wandering around with Yuan Qingqing and Linda, happened to meet Zhao Zhi and they were in a meeting, so she picked up the order and looked at it, and the position on the order happened to be where Catherine had been. It seems that, at least for the time being, the command is not sending the direct company to any danger.

After the matter was hectic and chaotic, according to the time stipulated by the headquarters, Zhao Zhi and his direct company rushed to the position designated for them to take over, and the result was a great disappointment to everyone, and the position given to the direct company in the order was simply a big quagmire. There were only three or five soldiers in charge of the handover, and only a sergeant squad leader led them, and after leaving Zhao Zhi and them a rain-soaked defense map, the gang disappeared en masse. The rain for several days made this trench full of stagnant water, but there was no drainage ditch in this trench, so the stagnant water in the trench was full of garbage and feces and other things.

"What kind of place is this?" The old cannon who had just recovered from his wounds struggled to dig the soil with sapper shovels, and the original trenches were obviously useless, so Zhao Zhi and the others could only dig a new trench. This is a sloping area, and it is impossible to build wooden houses and tents, and the only place for everyone is to have shelter in anti-artillery holes and trenches. The reinforcements promised by the headquarters have not come, and Zhao Zhi's subordinates have always been the remaining dozens of people, but there are fewer people and fewer people, at least there is no need to dig so many anti-artillery holes.

For a whole day, Zhao Zhi and the people of his direct company were digging trenches in the mud, and finally dug a slightly more satisfactory trench before dark, but there was no time to make any anti-artillery holes, and all the people had to huddle in the trenches for the night tonight. The bonfire crackled and burned, Zhao Zhi sat between Yuan Qingqing and Linda wrapped in a military blanket, everyone sat around the bonfire and drank the bone broth cooked by Wang Dabao, chatting quietly with the people around him.

"It seems that we haven't gotten together like this for a long time" Yuan Qingqing took a piece of hoof tendon from his lunch box and gave it to Linda, Linda liked to eat something muscle-brained, so the hoof tendon in Yuan Qingqing's bowl and everything belonged to Linda. Looking down at Yuan Qingqing's lunch box with only soup and water left, Zhao Zhi gave her the pieces of meat in his lunch box, the direct company is not short of meat, but the rich man is used to saving it, and never lets the cook put more fresh meat when cooking soup, and the canned beans can be put as much as you want, and the fresh meat is to be exchanged with other troops.

"There are fewer and fewer of our old brothers, and now there are only a few of the more than 50 people who followed me at the beginning, maybe it will be my turn one day" Zhao Zhi deliberately teased Yuan Qingqing and Linda, as long as he said such a thing, he would definitely be blamed by Linda and Yuan Qingqing. Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Zhi's words fell, Linda dropped her lunch box, and the soup in the lunch box splashed Zhao Zhi's body.

"If you want to talk like this again in the future, don't think about seeing the two of us" Linda's temper has not been small recently, it doesn't matter if she drops the lunch box, and she dragged Yuan Qingqing to the female soldier's side, without looking at Zhao Zhi. Linda's movement of dropping the lunch box was not small, and Uncle Guo and they all saw it, but no one could tell anything about these men and women, so they had to pretend that they didn't see it, and let Zhao Zhi and them mess around.

"Have you ever wondered what to do when the battle is over?" Wrapped in a military blanket, Edward squeezed to Zhao Zhi's side, and after Edward was injured, his wound was already infected due to the humidity and heat in the mountain forest. Although the wound has healed under Linda's treatment, Edward's wound hurts badly on a rainy day, so this stubborn American is going to retire, and the war is no longer suitable for a soldier like him who drags on his wounds.

"Is the war over? I haven't figured it out yet," Zhao Zhi handed Edward a cigar and took one in his mouth. "Now is not the time to think about the future, let's withdraw from this quagmire first" Zhao Zhi looked around at the quagmire stretched out, and couldn't help but smile bitterly. You don't have to guess to know that the direct company was sent to garrison here, and there were people in the headquarters who were playing tricks, whether they continued to be stationed here or disobeyed the order, Zhao Zhi and the direct company would not be happy, which was also the real purpose of those people.

"I mean, what are you going to do with the two of them?" Edward pointed at Yuan Qingqing and Linda, who were laughing with the female soldiers, with a cigar, "Zhao, there will always be a day when the war will end, you must know that Linda's family has a lot of connections in the army, and her family has some influence in the local area, if you don't handle the relationship between you well, I'm afraid their family will forcibly separate the two of you, not to mention that you have a Yuan Qingqing by your side."

What Edward said was the truth, Zhao Zhi had been thinking about this issue recently, although he was innocent with these two women, but the guys in the direct company had already treated them as his own women, if he failed the two of them, it was estimated that the anger from within the direct company alone would be able to roast Zhao Zhi. The people who bothered Zhao Zhi the most, Yuan Qingqing and Linda didn't care about each other's existence at all, and they all wanted to marry Zhao Zhi, but who would be the wife and who would be the aunt's wife, this was a difficult problem, and it was also the most distressing for Zhao Zhi.

In China, it doesn't matter if you marry a foreign woman, but if you marry a foreign aunt, it will make you famous. Yuan Qingqing's family will not allow their daughter to become someone else's aunt, not to mention that Yuan Qingqing is still a captain officer. Xu saw the worry in Zhao Zhi's heart, Edward threw his small wine jug to Zhao Zhi, and then gave Zhao Zhi an idea, "Zhao, if you really can't do it, you can take them to West Asia, there are many countries where men are allowed to marry several wives at the same time, it is legal, as long as you can obtain their nationality."

"When you get married and have children, I don't think their families will say anything, not to mention that you are not short of money now. After you have obtained the citizenship of those countries, you can move directly to the United States and be my neighbor, how about we buy a large piece of ranch together? Edward lay down wrapped in a blanket, looked up at the starry sky, and began his longing and reverie for the pasture again. Reverie about his ideal pasture every night has become almost Edward's bedtime chorus, and it is almost every day.

"Is there really such a country where there are several wives? Are you *** joking with a little white face? The old cannons who had already pricked up their ears to eavesdrop on the conversation between Zhao Zhi and Edward also squeezed over, talking about women is always an endless topic among men, and these veterans who have fought hard are no exception. Especially the place where Edward said that he could marry several wives, everyone was particularly interested, but everyone didn't know if Edward was joking or real.

"Why am I lying to you?" Edward, who was interrupted by the old cannon and they interrupted his reverie, was a little annoyed, but he couldn't beat so many guys, so he had to obediently sit in the trench and tell the old cannon them in detail. "My neighbor is the United States, who immigrated from West Asia, and in their country, a man can marry several wives at the same time, as long as you can afford to support them."

The dog looked at Edward with some envy, and asked with a smile, "Then how many wives does your neighbor have?" ”

"They have become American citizens, of course, they can only be one wife, some West Asians who come to the United States to do business have several wives, but I haven't seen them" Edward pushed away the old cannon that was pressing him, and moved his butt to Zhao Zhi's side.

"What Edward said, I've heard a few guys from the headquarters talk about, some of them in the British army who served in the navy have been to those West Asian countries, and the local men can marry many wives, but I heard that it's very hot there" I don't know when, Roger also joined this warband.

"Okay, let's find a place to sleep, and we will make an anti-artillery hole tomorrow" It was not too early to stop the time, Zhao Zhi dispersed the group of enthusiastic guys, but he called Edward to guard the post in the middle of the night. No matter what time it was, the direct company was arranged to have a sentry, even when it returned to Ledo and Xinpingyang, and most of them were guarded by officers in the first half of the night.

"Are those West Asian countries you mentioned really like that?" Zhao Zhi secretly elbowed Edward, there were many people just now, he was embarrassed to ask, it would be only him, Zhao Zhi simply opened his mouth and asked. Zhao Zhi and the doglegs got so many gems such as gold and jadeite, and they also greedily sold military supplies in the black market, and a guy like them who has no backstage will have an accident sooner or later. Zhao Zhi: They are only fighting to survive and have food, the country is now like this, they have fulfilled their duties as soldiers, and it is not a shame to consider the future in advance.

Edward took advantage of the light of the bonfire to draw a map of the world with memory on the ground with a branch, "You see, the West Asian countries I am talking about are here" The branch in Edward's hand fell on the Arabian Peninsula, "Almost all of them are countries near the sea, I remember that Yuan Qingqing doesn't like water very much, it should be a good choice to go here." I have the impression that there are some countries that have signed treaties of friendship with the United States, and even if you become a citizen of these countries, you should be able to enter the United States to do business or something."

"So, we just need those national identities, just to help in getting married, we can go to the United States and be neighbors with you, right?" Zhao Zhi's brain turned extremely fast, just listening to Edward's head, he could already understand Edward's other meanings.

"Very yes, as long as you get married, their families can only bless you, and they can't stop you anymore, if you can have a few children as soon as possible, it will be better" Edward looked at Zhao Zhi with a wicked smile. The best topic in the direct company is Zhao Zhi, Yuan Qingqing, and Linda, and even Linda's brother Roger will bet on which of them Zhao Zhi will talk to first every morning, this kind of game, Edward also often participates.

"Is it troublesome to go to the United States?" Zhao Zhi asked a more practical question, he was thinking about whether to get the profiteers to go to the United States first, after all, he has been managing everyone's money bags, in case he does anything in the Kunming black market, the loss will not be small.

"It's not a hassle, you can guarantee assets or invest in the United States, as long as you live in the United States for a certain period of time, you can apply for permanent residency in the United States. Like Mao Tou, as long as he marries Catherine, he can apply to live in the United States, he is the spouse of an American woman, a direct relative, and meets the regulations of the Immigration Bureau" Edward took the trouble to count those rules and regulations for Zhao Zhi.

"That's the case" Zhao Zhi, who had some understanding, blinked his eyes, and he began to calculate in his heart, but before he straightened out all the things, he would not tell anyone about his intentions. The war in northern Burma is changing every day, the Japanese army is almost retreating, judging from the news that Edward went to the headquarters to get back, the domestic battlefield is also in the stage of a major counteroffensive, the Japanese army has lost a lot of strategic points, seeing that the war is nearing the end, Zhao Zhi had to find a way back for these brothers who followed him from birth to death in advance. ~