Chapter 264: All for the sake of going back

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? Zhao Zhi, who returned with a full load, came back triumphantly with a truck borrowed from the train station, but as soon as he entered the camp, he saw that all the people were extremely weird, as if they were comparing something with themselves, but they didn't seem to dare to move too much, was they afraid of being seen by others? Zhao Zhi's back couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, why did he forget the two aunts and grandmothers, but it was too late, Yuan Qingqing and Linda held the doors on both sides of the jeep respectively, Zhao Zhi had no way to escape, so he had to be obediently restrained.

Zhao Zhi was a little carried away by going to the train station for a few days to fight the autumn wind, and every day he ran away at dawn and disappeared, and he would not camp until it was dark, anyway, Yuan Qingqing and Linda couldn't come back in the hospital, and Zhao Zhi, who had just recovered from a serious injury, was like a wild horse with a bird out of the cage. It's completely unattended. In fact, Zhao Zhi's injury was not as serious as Yuan Qingqing said, they just wanted Zhao Zhi to recuperate for a while, so as not to stay at the root of the disease in the future. 3 months is enough for Zhao Zhi and other wounded to recuperate, anyway, now that the war is going well, the headquarters will not need the direct company for a while, so Linda simply made a certificate for Zhao Zhi that his serious injuries have not healed.

"I won't dare in the future, you can spare me this time" Zhao Zhi raised his hands from the steering wheel, with a pleading look on his face, and begged Yuan Qingqing and Linda for mercy pitifully. How could he not know the thoughts of these two women, but the thoughts and arrangements of the headquarters bosses, how could they guess clearly, it should always be wrong to take precautions and make some preparations in advance.

"Come and see what I got back, you like it" Zhao Zhi saw that the plea for mercy was ineffective, and his eyes rolled and he took out a leather bag from the back seat of the jeep. Inside the leather bag were the stockings that the fat dispatcher at the train station got from the US military, and a few pieces of gold and silver jewelry that Zhao Zhi asked Yan Shijun to get from the town. Sure enough, Yuan Qingqing and Linda liked the things in the purse very much, so they left Zhao Zhi with the purse, twisted their small waists, and went back to the house together.

"Gather people to unload the car first, and then notify the officers to gather for a meeting" Zhao Zhi threw a bottle of wine to the rich man, and went into the canteen in the middle of the camp first. This time the camp was rebuilt, similar to the previous one by the river, with a large canteen made of logs and thatch in the middle of the camp. Zhao Zhi and the officers usually like to get together to play cards and brag about maintaining weapons, this bright canteen became the best place, and finally it turned into Zhao Zhi's conference room, anyway, the canteen is surrounded by open space, and at a glance, they can't even hide a fly, and they are not afraid that someone will come to eavesdrop on them.

"What's the matter with a meeting? What kind of wind is this little white face? The old cannon, who stepped on a pair of straw sandals, was shirtless, and the goats and a few of them were together and whispered. After more than 2 months of training, the old artillery still looks like a flicker, not an officer at all, if it weren't for his horizontal flesh and scars all over his body, it is estimated that the recruits would have fried the pot and refused to listen to him a long time ago. The biggest harvest of training recruits is goats and machetes, these two guys were originally taciturn people, training recruits for 3 months, they have faintly had some officer's demeanor and momentum, and staying with the old cannon was immediately revealed.

"Shut up" Uncle Guo, who had just come back from the river, rubbed a mud egg from his muddy feet and threw it at the old cannon, causing a large number of strange screams. The direct company has been too comfortable recently, especially Uncle Guo, who goes fishing every day, fishing, cooking fish soup and drinking, this is what Uncle Guo has been doing recently. Dozens of new snipers have long been dumped by him to Roger, Da Niu and Cao Yan, Roger is responsible for teaching sniper tactics, Da Niu is responsible for field tactical application, and Cao Yan is responsible for the snipers' rate of fire and terrain use.

"Yo, isn't this a dead old man? What's going on today," the old cannon smiled and came to Uncle Guo's side, carried the fish basket on the ground and fell to the ground and tossed vigorously with his hands. A few half-dead fish were tossed by the old cannon, and they rolled their eyes in unison, and the fish's mouth was wide open, and they were all dead when they saw it. "Oops, this is rolling your eyes, what kind of fish is this, why are you so resistant to tossing? Cook, cook, take it and throw it in the pot to stew a pot of fish soup, let's finish the meeting in a while, just drink the fish soup" The old cannon put the fish into the fish basket and stuffed it to Wang Dabao, who heard the sound.

Uncle Guo has long been surprised by Lao Pao's banditry, anyway, he wants to drink the fish soup for a while, so he nodded at Wang Dabao and agreed. Zhao Zhi suddenly convened a meeting, and Uncle Guo's heart was also bottomless, and the two aunts and grandmothers blocked the news of the front-line war to Zhao Zhi a while ago, and the direct company knew about it, especially these officers. If anyone secretly talked about the war to Zhao Zhinian, after a while, Yuan Qingqing would take the female soldiers to the door.

These women are so ruthless that they will search all your cigarettes, liquor, and little coffers, leaving only dirty clothes and unlucky people who want to cry without tears. It was because Yuan Qingqing's methods were so vicious that the people in the direct company did not dare to talk about the war with Zhao Zhi, and many guys who smoked and drank simply ran away when they saw Zhao Zhi in the end, and they couldn't afford to hide from it. But what kind of wind is Zhao Zhi pumping today, he actually wants to convene a meeting, is it possible that the headquarters will transfer the direct company again?

Zhao Zhi has been smoking, and he sees the suspicions of the big guys. Coughing lightly, the canteen fell silent, and the soldiers of the direct company had long been strictly ordered not to approach the canteen in the center of the camp, so except for the breeze, there were more than a dozen officers sitting in the canteen in the middle of the camp. As officers, Yuan Qingqing and Linda were of course also present, and since they couldn't stop Zhao Zhi from going out, they had to grasp his behavior after he went out.

"I'm going to the train station again today, and we've got enough supplies for us, 35 Springfield sniper rifles, 8 bazookas, and 2 flamethrowers," Zhao Zhi took out a list and threw it on the table, which detailed the number and type of supplies he had brought back from the train station these days. When the direct company was withdrawn from Shinpingyang, Kane and the rich man were desperate to bring everything back, and finally gave up some of them because there were not enough vehicles. But even so, they still got back a lot of Japanese-style 50 grenadiers and 60 light mortars, which Zhao Zhi has recently used to exchange supplies with other troops.

Zhao Zhi did not have Japanese-style artillery shells in his hands, it did not mean that other troops did not, after the 38th and 22nd divisions entered Burma, they fought with the Japanese army one after another, and they were very annoyed by the Japanese artillery fire. However, the long-range firepower in his hands is too small, and often a company only has 1 or 2 mortars, and this kind of artillery fire is really not enough to stuff people's teeth. Therefore, the Japanese-style mortar in Zhao Zhi's hand has become a fragrant bait, although the caliber is smaller, but it is better to be flexible and mobile, if the number of mortars is large enough, it can shoot a salvo, and the power is still not small.

Zhao Zhi naturally didn't just go to the train station to exchange supplies, he wanted to inquire about the latest battle situation, at this time Meng Pass had been taken, the headquarters had moved forward to Xinpingyang, and Leduo had become the real rear. There were fewer troops in Lieduo, and all that was left were the wounded and a large number of supplies, and there were a small number of garrison troops, the largest of which turned out to be Zhao Zhi's direct company. The direct company has been forgotten by the command, and they have become second-rate troops who eat and wait for death, at least in Ledo.

The Japanese forces in northern Burma were now retreating, and most of their forces had shrunk to the Mong Kung line, preparing to use the terrain to resist the expeditionary force one by one. However, the mechanized troops of the expeditionary force have already moved into northern Burma, and the bomber group of the US army hovers in the sky all day long, as long as they receive target guidance on the ground, no matter how many Japanese troops there are below, throw a bomb first, and then say, the current Japanese army has been beaten by the expeditionary force and has no temper. Zhao Zhi's careful thinking began to be a little lively again, the mountainous terrain of northern Burma has been occupied by the expeditionary force, the passage into Burma has been completely opened, and mountain combat units like the direct company are almost useless, and he is ready to find another way.

"Today, at the train station, I received a message that the 20th Group Army of the Expeditionary Force formed in China is about to start forcibly crossing the Nu River" Zhao Zhi looked around at the officers, and sure enough, as he thought. As soon as Zhao Zhi's words were shot, the officers couldn't sit still, except for Linda, who didn't know what was going on, Yuan Qingqing and Cao Yan were also staring at Zhao Zhi with red eyes, waiting for him to say what he said next.

The Nu River has always been a pain in the hearts of the soldiers of the expeditionary force, and after the Nu River is Tengchong, which is the land of China. If Tengchong is controlled, the Yunnan-Burma Highway will be connected, and those materials that are still hoarded in India will continue to enter the country through the Yunnan-Burma Highway. After the surprise, the officers looked at Zhao Zhi one after another, the domestic troops forcibly crossed the Nu River, what does this have to do with themselves? Is the direct company still in India, and it is still far away from the Nu River?

"We are ready to return to China" Zhao Zhi only said six words, just these four words made the canteen explode in the canteen, and the officers had already dreamed countless times that one day they would be able to fight back to the country, and they would be able to fight back with their heads held high. However, the direct company and the Japanese army are fighting in the jungles of Burma, and they have nothing to do with returning to China at all, and the last wish of many brothers before they die is to go home, and now Zhao Zhi suddenly proposed to return to China, and everyone is not frying the pot.

"Come and see" Zhao Zhi opened a map at the dinner table, on which Zhao Zhi had already drawn a red line with twists and turns, from Leduo directly to the Nu River. "We are here" Zhao Zhi pointed to Ledo's position with his finger, "Now that the expeditionary force has broken through the Hukang River Valley and is fighting fiercely with the Japanese army in the Menggong River Valley, the next step is to advance to Myitkyina." We just want to find a shortcut, stick to Myitkyina all the way north to Gaoligong Mountain, and then follow Gaoligong Mountain to Tengchong" Zhao Zhi's hand finally pointed at Tengchong's position.

"Obediently, are you letting the big guy walk to Tengchong? Thousands of miles of land, I'm afraid that before I get to the place, the people will be tired to death" The old cannon's words are not alarmist, not to mention the jungle of Burma, even the Gaoligong Mountain is not something that can be walked if you want to, not to mention that there are still a lot of small Japanese troops on it. And what to do with the food of hundreds of people? It's hard to walk thousands of miles with food on your back, or eat wild vegetables and leaves every day.

"This is easy to do, I have bought some of the guns we brought back today to the local Indians, and they can provide us with a sufficient number of mules and horses at any time" Zhao Zhi proudly took out a piece of paper from his arms, which was the contract he signed with several local leaders. Weapons and ammunition are now hard currency, and there are many Japanese-style machine guns and ammunition in the warehouses of the directly subordinate companies, and the directly subordinate companies with all-American equipment now do not need these things, so Zhao Zhi simply replaced them with mules and horses. The number of mules and horses is enough to carry enough materials for all the people in the direct company to consume along the way, and Zhao Zhi is going to fight the Japanese army again in the near future, he still needs to get more mules and horses, and he can't let the soldiers really go back to China.

"If everyone agrees that we will return to China by the same route, then we will start preparing every day, everything is for the sake of going back" Zhao Zhi slapped the table with both hands, looked at everyone with cold eyes, and said in a decisive manner. When Zhao Zhi was still at the train station, he contacted Wallace on the radio, and learned that the headquarters also intended to send a force to climb the Gaoligong Mountain to attack the Japanese army from behind, and Zhao Zhi had told Wallace that he would use his headquarters connections with Edward to help his direct company win the mission. Of course, Wallace didn't work in vain, and the price Zhao Zhi paid was the batch of gold bars buried in Ma Gao.

Knowing Zhao Zhi is not a day or two, Zhao Zhi's personality Wallace is very clear, there are good errands, this big nose is never soft. The most important thing in Zhao Zhi's hands now is money, and the business of profiteers in Kunming is getting bigger and bigger, and the military supplies squeezed out of the direct company are continuously sent back to Kunming through Catherine, and then the profiteers exchange money for money and deposit it in foreign banks. It is estimated that with Zhao Zhi's current net worth, everyone can spend the rest of their lives comfortably anywhere.

It is estimated that the order from the headquarters will be sent to Zhao Zhi in a few days, but Zhao Zhi can't rest, he still needs a batch of equipment and locals in exchange for more mules and horses. After leaving the Hukang Valley, you can no longer ride in a car, you can only rely on mules and horses to march, a large number of supplies in the direct company need to be hauled by mules and horses, and the soldiers can not always march on foot, it is better to have more mules and horses as mounts, even if they can't reach the speed of the cavalry, it is better than walking back to Tengchong on two legs.

The direct company that had not been in battle for a long time had already turned like a machine, and the officers who had worked hard led their soldiers to attack and train everywhere, and on the way to Gaoligong Mountain, the air force would airdrop supplies and supplies, so they almost didn't need to bring anything. And Zhao Zhi with his uncle and the old artillery they are planning a training plan, the direct company will be ready to receive 400 supplementary soldiers this time, the total strength will reach nearly 800 people, the soldiers of good and bad still need to be trained, with such a guy and the Japanese army to fight will only be sent to death, Zhao Zhi wants to use this time on the road to train the soldiers. ~