?“ I am Zhao Zhi, and I am the commander of this unit" Zhao Zhi took out his rank of major from his pocket and gave it to Ma Dazhi, he did not report the number of the battalion directly under him. "Green" Zhao Zhi's answer made Ma Dazhi stunned, he didn't expect that this guy who looked like a little white face would be a major, and he was so young, he was just a small company commander at his age. Could it be that these people are the descendants of some of the bigwigs in the military department? Just look at their equipment and the trucks parked on the road, and you can see that this force is not ordinary.

"Forgive me, forgive me, it's my brother's clumsiness, where is Brother Zhao going? In front of us, our 22nd Division is exchanging fire with the Japanese troops outside Meng Gong, I'm afraid it's not very safe" Ma Dazhi secretly looked at Zhao Zhi's expression by lighting a cigarette for himself, and he was still guessing the real intention of this unit to come here. A unit without any number suddenly appeared in the place where it was exchanging fire with the Japanese army, and Ma Dazhi, as a rearguard force, had to be cautious, even if it was not pretended by the Japanese army, then it was necessary to figure out where they came from and where they went, and further on, it was the baggage accumulation field of their 22nd Division.

"We are going north, it will not affect your exchange of fire with the Japanese army" Zhao Zhi only answered Ma Dazhi's question in a few words, he suddenly hated this battalion commander a little, and always wanted to ask about his own details, as if the brothers in his battalion were all spies. However, this is someone's war zone, and interrogation is also a matter of course, but the tone of this horse battalion commander is really not flattering, and if you want to ask, ask openly, why bother with sneaky clichés, could it be that this kid was a spy before.

Ma Dazhi didn't know anything about Zhao Zhi's teasing in his heart, he was just pondering Zhao Zhi's answer just now, Meng Gong didn't have many Japanese troops to the north, but further north was Gaoligong Mountain, did they want to climb Gaoligong Mountain? Ma Dazhi couldn't believe his judgment, looked at the indifferent Zhao Zhi in disbelief, and after seeing Zhao Zhi nodding at his surprise, the ecstatic Ma Dazhi burst into tears and fought back, finally going back.

Ma Dazhi was a veteran of the Battle of Songhu, and after being wounded, he fell behind and hid in his villager's house to recuperate, and after he recovered from his injury, he could not find his own troops, so he followed the fleeing people all the way south, and was integrated into a defensive force after entering Sichuan. After being defeated by the Japanese army again, Ma Dazhi took his Hanyangzao all the way to Kunming, which was full of miscellaneous soldiers, and mixed into the new 96th Division. Fighting all the way, Ma Dazhi first followed a group of soldiers of the newly formed 96th Division to Daluo in northern Burma, and before he could gain a firm foothold, he received an order from the military headquarters of the Fifth Army, ordering them to turn to grapes and go to Yu Shao, the commander of the 96th Division.

When Ma Dazhi followed the group of routs of the 96th Division to rush through the sniping of the Japanese army and fled to Grape, the deputy division commander Hu Yibin was killed in battle, and less than half of the more than 3,000 people remained. And Ma Dazhi, who had the rank of second lieutenant, became the company commander who led more than 200 people, and followed the rest of the remnants of the 96th Division to return to Fugong County on the other side of the Nu River after a short rest in grapes. It was not until the expeditionary force organized a training camp in Ramgarh to draw troops from the country, and Ma Dazhi, who got the news, returned to the expeditionary force and was assigned to the 22nd Division as the commander of the baggage battalion.

For a long time, as soon as Ma Dazhi closed his eyes, he would see those brothers who were abandoned in the mountains and forests, without food or medicine, as long as they were sick, they had to wait for death, and many brothers were starved to death on the road. Often as soon as they wake up, there will be a few more corpses around them, and Ma Dazhi, who has long lost his physical strength, has no choice but to let the corpses of these brothers be thrown into the wilderness but can do nothing. The reason why he chose to return to the expeditionary force again was to avenge the brothers who died in the mountains in vain, so that one day he could return to his hometown with their bones.

"Are you going to cross the Nu River?" Ma Dazhi wiped away the tears on his face and looked at Zhao Zhi with red eyes. The change in the commander of the horse battalion made Zhao Zhi stunned, but Zhao Zhi still nodded, looking at the face full of tears, Zhao Zhi really didn't have the courage to shake his head. "Okay, I'll go with you, there are 5 brothers by my side who followed me over Gaoligong Mountain" Ma Dazhi ignored Zhao Zhi's surprise and took out a map from his purse, "It's not okay to go from Menggong, there are small Japanese troops everywhere, let's go grapes, as long as the supplies can keep up, I promise that you will cross Gaoligong Mountain within 25 days and reach the Nu River before the rainy season comes"

Ma Dazhi's self-talk was a little funny, but Zhao Zhi had a dignified face, what does a good guide mean, he understands it very well in his heart, but this Ma Dazhi is already the battalion commander, but he can't be transferred at will. Xu saw what Zhao Zhi was thinking, Ma Dazhi grinned, "I, the battalion commander, is also the guard of the baggage, and the regiment commander is my fellow countryman, and I can go with you with a phone call in a while." As long as you take me across the Nu River, I am willing to be a small soldier."

Although Ma Dazhi said it very lightly, but Zhao Zhi knew the difficulties in this, as a major, Ma Dazhi wanted to follow him, but it was not something that could be solved casually with a phone call, and it was not possible to figure out that this guy wanted to leave the 22nd Division without permission with his 5 subordinates, which was a capital crime of killing his head and escaping from the battle. But Zhao Zhi didn't want to lose this guide, and after thinking about it, Zhao Zhi found Edward to tell Ma Dazhi about it, and asked Edward to contact the headquarters to see if he could transfer Ma Dazhi to the direct battalion through the headquarters.

For Zhao Zhi's unreasonable playing of cards for a long time Edward, who has long been accustomed to playing cards, went to send a telegram without saying a word, instead of arguing with Zhao Zhi for a long time, it is better to do something that he is good at. Edward's telegram shook the headquarters unclearly, and in only four days, the battalion under his command had already rushed to the periphery of Meng Gong, and the speed was fast enough, and now even the guide had been found. After deliberation and deliberation, the headquarters sent an order to the headquarters of the 22nd Division, asking the 22nd Division to transfer Ma Dazhi, the commander of the baggage battalion in the rearguard unit, to the headquarters. The commander of the 22nd Division, who was busy with the battle situation, still took care of this, and signed and agreed with a wave of his pen, so he agreed. Ma Dazhi became a major officer of the battalion directly under him.

Ma Dazhi got his wish and took his 5 brothers into the direct battalion, they are all veterans, so they naturally know how to get along with people, but in less than an hour, they are familiar with the old guns, if it weren't for the people who know the roots, they thought that Ma Dazhi was the dog leg who followed Zhao Zhi out of the jungle in the morning. Zhao Zhi was very satisfied with Ma Dazhi, at least in terms of how to get along with his brothers, he didn't give himself a headache, unlike the 400 reinforcements who came behind him were about to drive themselves crazy.

The reinforcements have been broken up and incorporated into the officers' respective subordinates, whether they can be taken well is not something that Zhao Zhi needs to consider at present, he still has more important things to deal with --- adjust the route of travel. Ma Dazhi said that the grapes in the northernmost part of Myanmar near the Gaoligong Mountain, from Meng Gong all the way through, trucks are not needed, only rely on a few mules and horses and two legs to trek all the way through. With Ma Dazhi, at least he will not take the wrong road, but in terms of time, Zhao Zhike does not dare to guarantee that he will be able to cross Gaoligong Mountain and reach the Nu River in May, after all, there is only more than a month to go.

Originally, Zhao Zhi wanted to rub the edge of Myitkyina and go straight to Gaoligong Mountain between and Tengchong, which was the closest route, but it was a lot more dangerous. Ma Dazhi's route is to go north first to the northernmost grapes, and then march along the mountain range to Tengchong after crossing the Gaoligong Mountain, so that although it is nearly half the way away, it is extremely safe, at least it will not encounter a large number of Japanese troops, but it is difficult to control the time, after all, the mountain road is not so easy to walk.

Zhao Zhi is entangled here now, and he wants to save time and avoid the Japanese army, it is really difficult to achieve the best of both worlds. "Sir, the telegram from the headquarters does not agree with us to change the route of travel, saying that it is too late in time. If we still act according to the original plan, we will pass from the north side of Myitkyina and go straight to Gaoligong Mountain," Zhao Yan hurriedly looked for it with a telegram. The headquarters' worries were not unreasonable, if Zhao Zhi and them were delayed because of the detour, then their army would not be able to play a surprise role, and at most it would become a small harassing force. If this is the case, it would be more effective for the headquarters to leave Zhao Zhi's direct battalion in northern Burma to harass the Japanese army, so why spend so much energy on formulating this plan.

"Inform the officers to come to my meeting" Zhao Zhi had no choice but to convene the officers again for discussion, which was related to the lives of hundreds of brothers and could not be treated with caution. "If you want me to say, let's go according to the original plan, or the headquarters will not give us airdrop supplies" The rich man is still most concerned about the logistics and supply of the troops, when he came out, the directly subordinate battalion only carried supplies for a week, if he could not get the airdrop support from the headquarters, and if he did not wait for the direct battalion to fight hard with the Japanese army, he would have to starve to death.

"You have to believe me, as long as 25 days, I can take you over Gaoligong Mountain, walk along the mountain range, and 10 days of kung fu can be designated to reach the periphery of Tengchong" Ma Dazhi was a little anxious, he thought that everyone didn't believe him. But the officers don't care what official position you have, they only listen to Zhao Zhi, and let what you say is in vain.

"Look," Edward pointed to the spread map, "we are now on the periphery of Mong Gong, according to our original plan, we will walk through the Mong Gong Valley and the north side of Myitkyina, which is the focus of the Japanese defense" Edward's hand drew a large circle around Meng Gong, almost including the entire Mong Gong Valley, "Let's stick to the edge of the Mong Gong Valley, far away from Myitkyina and walk in the direction of Tengchong." Although it's all jungle and mountain, you've forgotten our housekeeping skills, and we're the best at mountain warfare in the expeditionary force, so it's not hard for us."

That's right, how did you forget the housekeeping skills of the direct company, and Zhao Zhi, who had been entangled in the route and time, suddenly realized. When we were still fleeing all over the mountains, we could march twenty or thirty miles on foot every day, but it was still a time when we lacked medicine, but now we have everything, and the plane on our heads gives directions, so we have to walk forty or fifty miles every day. Once the Japanese army finds out that there is a firefight, as long as they drill into the woods, no matter how many Japanese soldiers come, they are not afraid, and they fight mountain warfare, and the direct company is the master of the Japanese soldiers.

"This big nose that grows up eating meat every day is smart" The old cannon patted Edward with satisfaction, the fights between the officers have long been commonplace, Edward just raised the middle finger at the old cannon, but did not chase and scold back. "That's it, Zhao Yan sent a report to the headquarters and asked what the truck we brought was done? Whether to leave it to the 22nd Division or let them return to Mengguan on their own" Seeing that everyone had no opinion, Zhao Zhi made a decision to march according to the previous plan, but in terms of details, he marched in the mountains and forests according to what Edward said.

The officers scattered in a hurry to go about their own affairs, only Ma Dazhi was still squatting in place and did not move, his original intention was to follow Zhao Zhi and them to re-walk the grapes, so as to take the opportunity to collect the bones of the brothers, but they were unwilling to change their course, and their hopes were doomed to fail. I am now a member of the battalion directly under him, and the headquarters has prepared a case, and if I want to open my mouth to go back to the 22nd Division, I will be scolded to death by these guys in the battalion directly under him.

"Old Ma, I also have a lot of brothers left in the jungle, but we still have a task, only by killing these Japanese soldiers, can we really be worthy of those brothers who died in battle" Ma Dazhi's heart pain, Zhao Zhi is deeply experienced, why didn't he grab this mission in order to be able to take the ashes of the brothers home, "When the battle is over, let's take these brothers home together" Zhao Zhi patted Ma Dazhi on the shoulder a few times, this is the only thing he can do to Ma Dazhi at present, It doesn't matter whether the promise or the motivation is, as long as Ma Dazhi still has hope in his heart and does not cross it before the end of the war.

More than 700 soldiers in full armor and backpacks had already assembled, and they stood in front of Zhao Zhi in a neat queue, and Zhao Zhi also shaved his head according to the old rules of the direct company, not only him, but also everyone in the old direct company. "Brothers, haven't you been wondering what we're doing here?" Zhao Zhi stood on the jeep with his steel helmet in his arms, looked at the soldiers below, pointed to the northeast and shouted in a deep voice, "Then I'll tell you now, we have to cross the Gaoligong Mountain on foot from here, we have to cross the Nu River and fight back, and fight back to our own home."

"Call back? I'm going to fight back," Cao Daman muttered to himself a few times, followed by a burst of bitter tears, as did the other reinforcements. Most of them left their hometowns to join the army to fight, and some had not returned home for a long time, because it was still occupied by the Japanese army, and there was still a plaster flag of Little Japan. Now that they are finally going to fight back, how can they not cry with joy, at this moment they really feel that they are a soldier. ~ To see the first ad-free, please go to "Green"

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