Chapter 166: Zhao Zhi's Worries
"Don't worry, our chief doesn't mean to blame you" Seeing the annoyance on the old cannon's face, Uncle Guo smiled, and the smile was very heartless. "The chief wants me to tell you that he has prepared a great gift for you," the uncle pretended to be mysterious, and went to his men with his rifle, leaving behind a stupid old cannon.
Just as the old cannon said, Ye Tian's people are not vegetarians, and the Japanese soldiers who originally rushed into the valley were numerous, and they kept pressing their beards and fighting with the old artillery. Even if the beard saw the old cannon and their predicament, he couldn't spare his hand to help, and the same was true for the old cannon. The addition of Company Commander Zhao and their new forces completely reversed the situation in the valley.
The 20 newly hired snipers on Uncle Guo's side also played a great role, and Uncle Guo could fire freely after saying something, and these novices got a bunch of bullet bridges from the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and they tinkled endlessly. Unable to find a target worth fighting, they looked for another hidden place and found a position on their own where they could hit the Japanese troops.
The reason why they are called novices is because these new snipers are completely undisciplined in their movements, sometimes shooting on the ground, sometimes charging with the troops, or hiding in some hidden corner to shoot black guns, and they are still completely ordinary infantrymen. Ye Tian's infantry battalion is also equipped with all-American equipment, and hundreds of Garand are also very fierce, and with the assistance of snipers, the infantry company has gained a foothold in the valley, and has also taken the opportunity to suppress the squadron under the tree around those wooden houses.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way" The old cannon and his men carried away the guys who were afraid of the wooden house on their shoulders. "That's it, set up the cannon" The old cannon picked a place, drew a circle with his feet, and ordered his men to set up Bazooka here. Just now, the old cannon was disgraced by the Japanese army, and he kept pressing the fire in his heart. When Lang Zhong bandaged everyone's wounds, he felt a rocket from the muddy water, and the old cannon couldn't wait to carry Bazooka to seek revenge on the Japanese army.
"Hey, hey, which of you will be a little Japanese?" The old cannon picked a place and shouted at the top of his voice. After shouting for a long time, a soldier from an infantry company came, and raised his hand in fear, "Sir, I will be a little" The old cannon squinted at this little chicken-like guy, "Then shout, tell them to surrender, otherwise Lao Tzu will bombard him with a dog" The old cannon waved his hand and asked the soldier to shout at the Japanese soldiers on the other side of the wooden house to persuade him to surrender.
"Sir, can they listen?" Lying on the ground and shouting a few times into the wooden house, the soldier looked back at the old cannon with a look of embarrassment. "If you shout, you can shout, and you don't care about the rest" The old cannon glared and waved his hands impatiently. The soldier shouted a few more times, but the Japanese did not reply, only fired a few bullets.
"Fuck, Mazi, reload Lao Tzu" Seeing that the Japanese army dared to fight back, the old artillery suddenly became angry, shouting for people to reload, and he had to bombard the Japanese army. Aiming at one of the wooden houses, the old cannon pulled the trigger on Bazooka, and with a "poof", a rocket dragging tail flame drilled out of Bazooka and flew straight towards the wooden house.
There was a bang, and the wooden house that had just returned fire turned into a big fireball, and several burning men ran out screaming. "Don't shoot, burn them, burn them" The old cannon reached out and pressed a few rifles aimed at the burning men. The screaming firemen struggled and then threw themselves on the ground and did not move, the fire was very loud, the air was filled with smoke and the disgusting smell of meat, and the soldiers who did not know the inside story were still looking around to see where the smell of meat came from.
"Damn, you don't have to be beaten to be honest" After the last rocket, the old cannon became a complete idler this time, so he had to hold his bazooka and gather behind everyone to watch others fight. "Old cannon, don't be idle, take your people to the valley mouth to carry stones, or open the valley mouth, when will they be able to come in," Uncle Guo walked over with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Lao Tzu is a wounded soldier now, why should I go?" The old cannon twisted his face to show Uncle Guo his injured arm and ear, the old cannon's left ear was cut off by shrapnel, and he was also shot in the arm, but fortunately it was not a major wound. "You don't pretend to be a dog, I don't know you yet, pretending to be like a calf" Uncle Guo squinted his eyes with a smile, kicked Lao Pao's ass with his foot dissatisfied, and continued to tease in his mouth, "You fought so badly just now, don't you look for a chance to behave well, be careful that the chief cleans you up"
The old cannon is a spirit, yes, why did you forget this stubble, as soon as he thought of Zhao Zhi's expression that seemed to be smiling, the old cannon was chilled. didn't care about arguing with Uncle Guo, the old cannon hurriedly got up, and suddenly took his people to the valley mouth to help move the stones. If he was really cleaned up by Zhao Zhi in front of everyone, he would not be able to raise his head in the direct company in the future.
Ye Tianying dispatched an integrated company to move stones outside the valley mouth, but the place where the collapse was too big, and there was no way to clear it for a while. Zhao Zhi is not in a hurry, anyway, the mountain cannon and sniper rifle have already arrived, and he will not spit it out again and hand it over to Ye Tian. Before the materials in the valley were handed over clearly, they still belonged to the US Army Engineer Company, and if Ye Tian wanted to pay attention to the materials, it would depend on whether his teeth were hard enough.
Zhao Zhi has always understood the truth of the poor Kou Mo chasing, so when Tada fled, it was only Ye Tian who sent troops to chase him, and Zhao Zhi did not ask his own people to move at all. Originally, according to Roger's intention, let the goats and machetes chase after the scouts, but the fighting is fierce here, and there must be a guard in other directions. In case the Japanese army still has hidden troops, a surprise attack, the direct company and Ye Tianying will have to be in danger.
"Sir, what about the captives? "Yan Shijun came back with a small notebook, which was a record of Yan Shijun's interrogation of the prisoners." "Kill, we don't have extra food to feed them" Zhao Zhichong Yan Shijun squeezed his eyes, he remembered that he forced Yan Shijun to kill the prisoners in front of Xiucai's grave.
Yan Shijun gasped, his commander's courage was getting bigger and bigger, it was dozens of prisoners, and he would kill them. "Don't dare or don't you want to?" Zhao Zhi looked at Yan Shijun, who was hesitant, and didn't explain too much, just asked in a very light tone.
Yan Shijun paused for a moment, then subconsciously shook his head and turned to leave. "He's still softer, his heart isn't hard enough, not ruthless enough, he's too young" Roger looked at Zhao Zhi thoughtfully. Since Zhao Zhiqiang forced Yan Shijun into the advance camp, almost all big and small things will be handed over to Yan Shijun once, how can Roger not understand the purpose of this.
"No one is born a qualified leader, the experience on the battlefield is all from fighting, and how to go depends on him, it's useless for you to be anxious" Roger patted Zhao Zhi's shoulder and comforted Zhao Zhi. Roger has always disagreed with Zhao Zhi killing prisoners, but since he knew that the wrench was actually a surrendered Japanese soldier, Roger didn't know how to figure it out.
Zhao Zhi smoked a cigarette depressedly, remembering a private conversation between Edward and himself before setting off from Ledo. Edward often got some information from his friends in the headquarters, and the information that his friends leaked this time was very important, the Japanese troops stationed in Burma had been massively pumping troops to Southeast Asia, even the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, known as the Jungle Tigers.
The large-scale deployment of Japanese troops can only show one thing, the current situation of the war has changed, and they need enough troops to hold Southeast Asia, because it is the base from which the Japanese army can obtain resources. The Indian Command of the Expeditionary Force was slow to issue a counteroffensive order, and the Japanese troops stationed in Burma also had some peace of mind, so they would send Japanese troops from Burma to Southeast Asia.
However, Zhao Zhi knew that the headquarters' counterattack on Burma was bound to succeed, so a large number of young students were sent from China to Ramgarh for training. These young men are strong, educated, and intelligent, and can master American equipment very well.
This is also what Zhao Zhi is most worried about, the guys who follow him are almost all illiterate. Although most of them have become officers, one day Zhao Zhi leaves, and everyone disperses. He wants to find a successor for himself, someone who has brains and can lead others to find a way to live.
Originally, Zhao Zhi was interested in Xiucai, Xiucai is smart, knows Japanese and English, fights bravely, and gets along well with everyone. As a result, before Zhao Zhi could teach Xiucai out, he died at the Ghost Gate, which became a big regret for Zhao Zhi. The people who followed Zhao Zhi, Zhao Zhi secretly observed it, and at present, Yan Shijun is barely able to do it.
Zhao Zhi doesn't need his successor to be able to fight, he just needs to have a clear mind and be able to take everyone down when he is in danger. Dare to do things for everyone that others dare not do, can lead everyone to find a way to live, at least can keep everyone alive until the war.
This battle of the valley is enough to prove Edward's intelligence, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army has dropped very much, if it had been placed in the past. The Japanese army brigade besieging the valley in front of him, with only Ye Tian's infantry battalion and his direct company, was not enough to fight. But now the battle situation is reversed, and the whole battle is smooth and a little beyond Zhao Zhi's imagination.
When he was in the artillery position, Zhao Zhi asked Yan Shijun to inspect the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese soldiers were young, and the ratio of veterans was very low. The canned food captured by the Japanese army was no longer real meat, but some kind of substitute, like soy products. The Type 99 rifle that Edward said about the Japanese army was not found on the battlefield, and the soldiers of this unit still used the 38 rifle.
According to the signs that Zhao Zhi was looking for, what Edward said about the war would be over very quickly, and it seemed that it was indeed true. Zhao Zhi and Yuan Qingqing had already discussed that after the fight against Burma, Zhao Zhi would be transferred back to Kunming. Relying on his cheap brother-in-law and a lot of gold, I think it's just a spare job in Kunming, which is also good.
Zhao Zhi will not tell the dogs about these things now, otherwise the direct company will break up immediately. Zhao Zhi has been throwing profiteers in Kunming in order to leave a way out for the dogs, and the large deposits in foreign banks and the military and political officials who have befriended the profiteers are the last guarantee for everyone.
Zhao Zhi was escorted all the way back from the jungle by the doglegs, and he couldn't leave the doglegs alone, this was his responsibility. In this troubled world, everything is fake, only his own life is real, and the brothers around him are the most real, and Zhao Zhi can't discard them. /AUT