Mr. Capa smiled, "I think you should know that." ”

Liu Fangwu also nodded, he thought to himself that this foreigner was quite interesting, completely different from the arrogant and invincible Britons before. But he didn't say much, and waved his hand to signal Kappa to go out first.

After dinner, the troops in the front began to scatter, leaving some units in the rear, such as regimental headquarters and artillery.

Compared with the fierce fight in the front, the back seems to be much easier. Many of the brothers went to the river to take a shower, but the weather was really hot and unpleasant, even at night, and they sat there without moving, and for a while they were covered with sweat, and the most terrible thing was that mosquitoes were rampant. During the march, many officers and men of the expedition contracted heat stroke and malaria, and some died before they could see the Japanese.

Fortunately, Liu Fangwu let each car carry a large amount of fresh water, otherwise the death of people from heat might be more serious than the attrition in battle.

Sanxi came over and called Mu Dan and said that he would go with him to the river to bubble.

Sanxi said: "The brothers around here are all watching, the water in the river is clean and cool, and the banks are full of round stones, bubbling in it, not to mention how comfortable." ”

Mu Dan remembered that the river was full of blood, and that when he crossed the river just now, many brothers were killed in this river, although the blood of the river had been washed downstream, but he still felt a little uneasy when he remembered it.

"Forget it, I won't wash it, you guys go down by yourselves." Mu Dan smiled at Sanxi, and after Sanxi said "Then we passed" with a hint of regret, he also took the other soldiers to go down the river.

Mudan did not go down. After washing his face, he lay down on the marching bed and hurriedly fell asleep.

The night was very heavy and fragrant. He thought he would have nightmares, for it was the first time he had seen such a murderous scene since he had been in the army, or rather since he was born, and he felt a tension and fear that he had never felt before when the brothers were beaten to the ground.

I thought I would have nightmares, but I didn't, and the tiredness of the past few days turned into a rest, and with the sound of snoring, the tiredness of these days disappeared.

Early the next morning, he woke up and learned that the artillery battalion not far from him had been firing continuously that night in order to attack the Japanese army, and several 75 field guns had intermittently knocked out two base ammunition overnight.

Mudan used to have insomnia, and it was sometimes difficult to fall asleep at night, but he was easily cured here. In the sweltering bamboo building like a steamer in Myanmar, lying on a marching bed that can't turn over with a face turned over, listening to the sound of cannons that can break the eardrums, I actually slept very heartily.

What a hell of a life! Mu Dan cursed in his heart and got up.

At this time, the head of Liu Fangwu came over, he put the jungle hat on his head, fastened the khaki military uniform buttons on his body, and said: "Pack up and get ready to go." ”

Mu Dan answered and went out with him, and when he reached the door, the troops had already begun to form a team.

Liu Fangwu said that he had obtained the news of Ringanqiang, and now he had to fight west along the road, and after breaking through the next line of defense, he would be able to find the besieged British, and then go west to the Ringanqiang oil field.

"The situation now is that the Japanese are surrounding the British, and we are surrounding the Japanese. Yesterday we crossed the river and tried to tear a hole, but the Japanese gathered their forces again and ate them all in the next battle. ”

Only then did Mu Dan know that Araki's troops had organized counterattacks many times last night, and the peripheral positions on the front line changed hands several times, but the 3rd Regiment relied on powerful firepower and mechanized armored vehicles to repel attacks again and again. After paying huge casualties, the Japanese army was never able to recapture it.

Needless to say, now the Japanese army must have begun to deploy heavy forces in the next step.

As soon as the troops were formed, they began to set off, and the long queue of armored vehicles, tanks and motorcycles began to move southwest.

Kappa was going to take pictures of the officers and soldiers, and when Liu Fangwu saw it, he knew that it was published in a foreign newspaper, so he asked the brothers to sing and sing the military song of the expeditionary force.

"You don't see it, the final army of the Han Dynasty, the weak crown is the captive, please Changying, you don't see it, Ban Dingyuan, the peerless light cavalry urges the battle clouds! The boy should be in serious danger, how can he let the Confucian crown miss this life......"

In a later report, Capa wrote: "They wore military uniforms suitable for jungle warfare, sang triumphant songs with passion, and every swarthy face was full of determination and fortitude ......"

Kapa and Mu Dan, as well as Miao Aman and Sanxi, all sat in the jeep driven by Liu Fangwu.

Although there are foreign friends, Liu Fangwu has not been able to restrain his habits, the car is still driving fast, and he still shouts at the heralds to convey orders, and sometimes scolds a few words.

The communications platoon commander had something to report, so Liu Fangwu pulled over the jeep. The communications platoon commander's car jumped out of the pocket of his motorcycle and reported to Liu Fangwu.

"What? Haven't made contact with the British yet! ”

"Yes, the British have not replied to us."

"Has the Expeditionary Force Command been contacted?" Liu Fangwu asked again.

"Contacted. I contacted the Allied Command through the Expeditionary Force Command, saying that the British side had been informed, but I don't know why the other party did not reply to us. ”

"Alright, keep in touch until you get in touch." After Liu Fangwu finished speaking to the communications platoon commander, he got into the car and continued.

"Staff officer Cha, you translate to Mr. Capa." Liu Fangwu suddenly said to Mu Dan.

Mudan translated the original words, and Mr. Capa picked up the notes in his hand.

"I've tried to contact the British many times in the past few days, but they haven't been able to get back to us. If we can coordinate with each other, it will not be a matter of driving away Araki's troops from inside and outside, and we can basically eat more than 10,000 Japanese troops. ”

Mudan felt that something was inappropriate, and it was not good to complain about the British in front of Kappa, especially in front of a reporter, and the impact would be even worse.

After thinking about it, Mu Dan translated: "Because of the inconvenience of communication between the Chinese and British armies, the communication between the Chinese and British armies was inconvenient, so many opportunities to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army were lost. ”

Liu Fangwu glanced at Mu Dan, "You didn't translate my original words?" ”

Mu Dan nodded, "The general translation has passed." ”

After hearing this, Capa asked Liu Fangwu: "Mr. Colonel, I want to ask you a question, why are you sure that your 3,000 men plus 7,000 British troops can surround and annihilate the 10,000 Japanese troops?" ”

Mu Dan translated this in the past, because he really didn't know how Liu Fangwu would answer this somewhat sharp question.

After Liu Fangwu heard this, he said without looking back: "You tell him, because we have 3,000 people participating in this battle!" ”

Mu Dan felt that Liu Fangwu's words were a bit arrogant, but in recent days, he has also been very troubled by the poor performance of the British, and judging from the actual combat situation, Liu Fangwu's words are indeed true.

Mu Dan translated the original words, and to his surprise, Capa did not get angry after hearing this, but gave a thumbs up and said, "Mr. Colonel, I have the same opinion as you. ”

"Really? There aren't many foreigners who hold your point of view. ”

"I think Mr. Colonel should mean that there are not many Englishmen who hold my view."

"Yes, yes, haha." Several people laughed as they spoke.

After marching more than ten miles to the front, the troops stopped advancing. It is said that the Japanese army has arranged heavy troops in front, and the first and second battalions have been prepared to encircle the Japanese army according to the original plan.

"Araki's troops are good at jungle warfare, and they are also very fierce in battle, and they are well equipped, and this battle allows the artillery battalion to shoot out all the remaining ammunition." Liu Fangwu also said: "Contact the headquarters and ask for air support." ”

After the deployment, Liu Fangwu abandoned the car and prepared to go to the front line to have a look. He invited Kappa to come with him, and Kappa readily agreed to go, and Mudan naturally followed him as an interpreter.

Capa asked, "Mr. Colonel, how long do you think it will take for us to crush the Japanese and join the British?" ”

Liu Fangwu put down the binoculars, looked at the Japanese position again, and frowned. Then he said to himself, "Why is it so strange? ”

Mu Dan saw that Liu Fangwu was a little distracted, so when he was free, he translated Kappa's words again.

Liu Fangwu came back to his senses and said, "Oh, I can't be sure if you tell him this." ”

After speaking, he shouted to the guard next to him, Sanxi: "Go and call the regimental staff officer, I have something to tell him." ”

The regimental staff officer ran over after a while, and he said to Liu Fangwu: "Old Liu, what's the situation?" I'm deploying an offensive down there. ”

Liu Fangwu handed him the binoculars, "Look for yourself, the formation and matrix of the Japanese army are a bit strange, how do you look like they are going to retreat?" ”

The regimental staff officer raised his binoculars and looked at them, and found that the Japanese troops were indeed about to retreat.

"It's strange, could it be that the Japanese army is going to play some tricks?" The regimental staff officer handed the telescope to Liu Fangwu.

Liu Fangwu was not down-to-earth in his heart, "It's a bit strange to send someone to reconnoiter and see the situation." ”

As he spoke, he shouted, and the herald hurriedly ran over. Before he could give the order, the reconnaissance platoon commander ran over and reported: "Regiment commander, the Japanese army has begun to withdraw." ”

"Is it really withdrawn? Why did the good Japanese devils withdraw? Didn't you fight very fiercely yesterday? "The regimental staff officer and everyone were confused, could it be that the Japanese were playing some tricks?

Liu Fangwu thought for a moment, and after wrapping the binoculars strap in his hand for a while, he walked over and said, "Herald, inform you, all of you will speed up and join the British army as soon as possible!" ”