After resting all night, Edward obviously recovered his spirits, and after a telegram battle with the headquarters, he finally brought good news to Zhao Zhi. The headquarters not only agreed with Zhao Zhi that they would only be responsible for the work of opening the road from Leduo to the jungle of Magao, but also prepared to airdrop some logging axes and explosives to Zhao Zhi today, so as to facilitate the smooth progress of Zhao Zhi's road opening work.

The plains were covered with airdrop signs made of white cloth shirts early in the morning, waiting for the arrival of supplies. The bored old cannon and the long hair found a few familiar British soldiers to play cards together, which they learned when they were bored in Ramgar, of course, the show must be present, otherwise the old cannon and the long hair can't understand English and always lose.

"Sir, look at them, they still look like our national army, mixed with foreign devils all day long, and the whole thing is like a slave" A second lieutenant under Jin Dapeng pointed at the old cannon and complained. Since the guys who fought the New First Army got on the plane, Zhao Zhi's people have never given them a good face. But it's no wonder, Zhao Zhi and they have been in contact with foreigners since they got out of the jungle, compared to the various tricks of the national army, the doglegs think that foreigners are easier to get along with, mainly because everyone thinks that foreigners are easy to deceive, and now almost all of their family funds are obtained from foreigners.

"Leave them alone, take care of your brothers, and don't cause trouble. I heard that this Zhao Zhi is not easy to get along with, don't commit it in his hands," Jin Dapeng warned his subordinates. Before leaving, Zhao Yuanzhi, a staff officer of the military department, specially looked for him and talked about Zhao Zhi. said that Zhao Zhi was arrogant and domineering, unforgiving, and difficult to get along with, so Jin Dapeng should be careful. Between Zhao Zhi and Zhao Yuanzhi, Jin Dapeng chose to believe in Zhao Yuanzhi, after all, he was a staff officer of the military department, and his family had a powerful future, and Zhao Zhi was just a major.

Throwing down the telegram in his hand, Zhao Zhi scratched his head, "Report to the headquarters, we still need a lot of chili, ginger and medicine." That stretch of jungle was littered with dead people's bones, and I was afraid there would be a plague or something, so it would be better to give us some gas masks or something. Snake medicine is also needed, there are a lot of them in India, and my medical officer didn't bring so much"

Edward carefully recorded the dangers in the jungle, he had already learned about them, and it was always good to be more prepared. "Zhao, there's something I want to talk to you about alone" Edward not only stammered to Zhao Zhi, but also avoided everyone's doubtful gaze, you know, there has always been no secret among the dogs.

At Edward's repeated insistence, Zhao Zhi followed Edward up the hill, and everyone was driven down the hill by Edward, except for the vigilant goat and machete. "Zhao, do you remember the valley we went to? The one 30 miles away from here, Edward didn't hesitate, and told Zhao Zhi bluntly that he had to be cautious about the little plan --- the gold in the valley.

When they retreated from the valley, the Burmese had left a large amount of gold and silver jewelry with them in the valley with their owners. Originally, Edward had forgotten about it, but the golden Buddha that Zhao Zhi picked up in the jungle evoked Edward's memory. In particular, he also received dozens of gold bars, and you must know that the annual salary of US soldiers is only a few hundred dollars. Edward offered to lead the team here, largely because of the gold that might exist in the valley, but after he landed on the plain, he realized that he had long forgotten the way to the valley. Now that Zhao Zhi is here, and the dogs who fought here that day are all there, there will always be people who still remember the road, so Edward will bring up such a mysterious old thing.

"Think about it, it's only 30 miles, we only need one day's time, that's a box carried by a dozen oxen" Edward, who had already fallen into the eyes of the money, was already full of copper smell at this time, and was trying his best to persuade Zhao Zhi. Goats and machetes don't matter, but having more money is a good thing, and the brothers can't fight for the rest of their lives.

"30 people, no more, all have to be my people, I don't worry about other people" Zhao Zhi squatted on the ground and discussed the details with Edward, since he was going to go, he had to be foolproof. For the candidate, Edward naturally has no problem, he believes in doglegs more than in foreign soldiers, and most importantly, he believes in Zhao Zhi.

"The gold found is evenly distributed, and my people want everyone to have a share whether they go or not" Zhao Zhi's proposal seemed to be a bit excessive, and it was difficult for Edward to accept. If you go to 30 people, Edward can get one-thirtieth, but Zhao Zhi asks the dog-legged people to have a share, and Edward only gets one-sixtieth, which is twice as much. "God, Zhao, you are a Grande" Edward shouted and went down the mountain in a huff, Edward, who did not agree to it, didn't know what Zhao Zhi said in his ear, and finally agreed to Zhao Zhi's spoils sharing agreement, but he was still very angry and scolded Zhao Zhi for being Grande.

As soon as Zhao Zhigang descended the mountain and entered the temporary camp, he ordered the dog to notify everyone to gather. "Our first step has been completed, and the headquarters now requires us to mark the route in the jungle along the line from Magao to Ledo, and then there will be sappers to pave the road according to our markings, and directly pave the road from Ledo to Magao or Menggong."

The foreign GIs at the bottom exploded, didn't they just come to pick up the joint team? How did it become a jungle again? In particular, the soldiers of the combined team have long been tortured by the jungle enough, and they swear that they will never enter the jungle again in their lives. Dozens of doglegs around the "quiet" venue shouted in unison, and the 200 or so people in the venue were stunned. Zhao Zhi nodded at Uncle Guo, obviously satisfied with this effect, "Today, there will be another airdrop from the transport plane, and this is the last airdrop we will have before we reach Liedo." The members of the joint team still need to rest for two days, so let's wait for the airdrop and then find a place to camp, and then set off into the jungle in two days."

"Sir, there is a situation" Just as Zhao Zhi gathered all the officers for deployment, a machete with a sweaty face rushed into the tent. "The brothers in the scout team have traveled about 7 or 8 miles, and they have noticed the movement of Japanese troops, do you want to go and see it?" the machete reported, drinking water. Zhao Zhi laughed secretly in his heart, this machete will not lie at all, once he lies, his thirst, Uncle Guo will really send someone. The officers were stunned, in this kind of plain terrain, there was no place to hide, and if the Japanese army really came, they would have to wait for death.

"Wallace, you take everyone to dig trenches in situ and set up machine guns on the high ground to guard the sky. Edward and I took the scouts and some of the gunmen to go up to have a look, before dark, we haven't come back, you will lead people to retreat to the jungle and camp on the edge of the jungle" Zhao Zhi instructed Wallace while putting equipment on his body, looking like he was about to start a war with the Japanese army.

Jin Dapeng stood up and asked Zhao Zhi to fight, "Sir, I also want to take someone to see, we have also fought little devils in China" The dog glanced at Jin Dapeng contemptuously, "We are just going to investigate, not to start a war" Zhao Zhi saw that the two were already glaring at each other like fighting cocks, and quickly separated them. "Major Jin, you still stay in the camp with your people, after all, you are not familiar with the mountains and forests here" Zhao Zhi patted Jin Dapeng comfortingly, and rushed out of the camp with more than a dozen gunmen, including scouts and Uncle Guo, and went directly to the east.

"Zhao, is the valley to the east? How do I remember not" Edward asked Zhao Zhi as he ran. Zhao Zhi looked at Edward with disdain and said, "Idiot, do you want the people in the camp to know that we are not going to investigate?" Let's go east for 3 miles, then turn back to the north, but it's just 3 miles more."

"Alright, well, I'll admit you're right" Edward, whose confidence had been hit, finally decided that it would be better to walk by his uncle's side, at least the old fellow wouldn't blow himself from time to time.