Chapter 109 What is lost in you must be found somewhere else!

For these defeated soldiers, it is enough to have enough food, high military pay, and be equipped with sophisticated weapons.

As for whether or not they would lose their lives, that was not their concern.

In these uncertain days, everyone wants to live one more day at a time.

Therefore, no one cared whether they would die if they went into Burma to fight.

Anyway, staying in Zenda will not lead to a much better outcome than entering Myanmar.

It would be better to follow the supply battalion to Myitkyina. At least we can have enough food, get some money, and get American equipment. Killing the Japanese is as easy as killing a chicken.

This is the true thought of all the soldiers in the supplementary battalion.

Not only that, the rest of the defeated soldiers in the shelter learned that the replacement battalion was going to cross the river to Myitkyina, and they also spontaneously followed the replacement battalion.

Not for anything else, just to have enough food to eat and to eat meat.

They don't want to continue eating grass.

Banana leaves are not for human consumption.

Who wants to eat grass when you can eat meat?

Xing Jiuhong frowned slightly as he looked at the defeated soldiers following closely behind him.

"Battalion Commander, do you want to send someone to drive them back?" A second lieutenant looked at Xing Jiuhong's expression and asked after hesitating for a while.

"Forget it. Let the commander worry about it when we get to Myitkyina. I don't know if he can feed so many people." Xing Jiuhong looked at the defeated soldiers behind him and finally did not give the order to drive them away.

"Last time I heard, the regiment commander sold a lot of weapons and equipment in order to pay his brothers. This is the first time in all these years that I have seen an officer pay his brothers' salaries out of his own pocket." The second lieutenant sighed.

"But now that our Sichuan Army has the support of the Americans, we should not be short of money for salaries."

"Well, there shouldn't be a shortage, otherwise the regiment commander wouldn't have allowed our reinforcement battalion to cross the river." Xing Jiuhong nodded, agreeing with the second lieutenant's words.

"I don't know if our Sichuan Army suffered heavy losses, but we need to replenish so many people at once."

"It must be quite a lot. I heard that the commander of the 200th Division was killed, and the rest of the officers were injured. There are only a few who are intact, and most of them are left in the Savage Mountain." The second lieutenant's words were a little sad, but everyone thought it was normal.

In war, people always die.

For them, they have already let it go.

"Well, I just hope the losses are not too great. Let the brothers be prepared. There will definitely be tough battles when we arrive in Myitkyina. We need to raise soldiers for a thousand days and deploy them for a moment. The commander has been very good to the brothers. If anyone gets diarrhea by then, don't blame me for being rude." Xing Jiuhong reminded again.

"Don't worry, battalion commander. Our brothers have already put their heads on the line and have become indifferent to life and death. We don't know if we can change to American equipment once we arrive in Myitkyina." This is what the second lieutenant was most worried about.

"It should be all of them." Xing Jiuhong said uncertainly.

After all, he didn't know what the Sichuan Army was like. He just heard that it was directly under the Allied Command, but he didn't know anything specific.

On the other hand, the fighting in Myitkyina temporarily stabilized.

The Japanese heavy artillery regiment suffered two severe blows and suffered heavy losses, especially the 150mm cannons, which were almost completely lost. They were unable to fight back against the 155mm howitzers of the Sichuan Army.

Forced to retreat, the Takeuchi Regiment on the front line suffered heavy losses from anti-aircraft artillery, with one-fifth of the troops lost. In desperation, Takeuchi Renzan could only order his troops to retreat and build a new line of defense.

Even so, the Takeuchi League still suffered artillery bombardment every night.

At one point, Takeuchi Renzan was very frustrated and wanted to retreat, but he did not receive any orders from the division headquarters and did not evacuate on his own.

There was no choice but to use his civil engineering skills to start digging new fortifications.

After the Fifth Army rested for three days and its morale was partially restored, Du Yuming began to lead the main force back north to southwestern Yunnan.

After the failure of the Myitkyina offensive, the Japanese army turned its attention to southwestern Yunnan, preparing to use this to open a gap.

Therefore, Du Yuming had to lead the Fifth Army back to China to support southwestern Yunnan.

"Sir, the weapons and equipment of this regiment are now handed over to you. There is also an artillery battalion, which includes 6 105mm howitzers, 2 155mm howitzers, 6 120mm heavy mortars, and 10 81mm mortars." It has to be said that Cun Yunsheng's work still shocked Du Yuming.

Zhu Maoqin next to him was so shocked that he was speechless.

Is this an artillery camp?
This is not much inferior to his artillery regiment.

Suddenly, for a moment, Zhu Maoqin wanted to stay in the Sichuan Army Corps and serve as the battalion commander of the artillery battalion.

"Isn't this too much?" Du Yuming couldn't help swallowing. It was really too much, so much so that his body was shaking a little.

"Not much. We also have to thank the brothers from the Fifth Army Artillery Regiment for their help these days. Without them, we probably wouldn't have been able to destroy the Japanese heavy artillery regiment so quickly." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

It's really not much for him. Not to mention the upcoming military aid from the US military, even the golden finger can occasionally drop a wave of equipment, which is enough for the Sichuan Army to use for the time being.

What's more, the Sichuan Army's focus will be on reorganization, so there will not be much demand for artillery.

"It just so happens that the Fifth Army also has to return to support southwestern Yunnan. Without heavy artillery support, they will definitely suffer losses facing the Japanese artillery fire. So we might as well give them more artillery so that the brothers of the Fifth Army can kill the Japanese and wash away the shame in Mandalay." Cun Yunsheng's words made Du Yuming sigh lightly. He didn't say much, but patted him on the shoulder lightly.

"Yunsheng, I won't say much to thank you. The brothers in the Fifth Army will be grateful for your kindness."

Cun Yunsheng smiled carefreely, and then watched the people of the Fifth Army marching towards the north.

I sighed in my heart, wondering how many people would be left when we meet again. The battlefield in southwestern Yunnan was no easier than that in Burma.

The Japanese army was also very crazy.

"Commander, Shangguan Jieci wants to see you." It was not until the Fifth Army had gone far away that Meng Fanle told him that Shangguan Jieci wanted to see him.

Hearing this name, Cun Yunsheng's heart skipped a beat, and then he asked expressionlessly.

"what's up?"

"It seems to be about those orphans." Meng Fanle knew that the situation of this woman was a bit complicated, and he also knew what his own commander was thinking, but on the surface he pretended not to know.

"Didn't I let Lin Yi solve it? How come he didn't solve it?" Cun Yunsheng frowned slightly.

"I don't know. You should go and see for yourself. Commander Ayi has been on the front line recently and has no time at all." Meng Fanle said expressionlessly.

"Okay, let's go and take a look." Cun Yunsheng nodded and then walked towards the military orphanage.

After occupying Myitkyina, Lin Yi had a courtyard cleared out to house the orphans, and recruited some Chinese women to take care of the orphans' daily lives.

When I came outside the courtyard, I could hear the sound of reading from inside.

What the orphans were reciting was the Three Character Classic.

Cun Yunsheng stopped immediately and enjoyed the tranquility of the moment.

After a long time, Cun Yunsheng spoke slowly.

"This is the duty of our generation of soldiers. To ensure that the next generation of children can live a stable and peaceful life and that everyone can go to school. This is the meaning of our struggle as soldiers."

"It's annoying, what do you think?"

Hearing this, Meng Fanle shook his head and spoke honestly.

"Commander, I don't have such a noble moral integrity as you. I just want to survive."

"Hahahaha." Cun Yunsheng patted Meng Fanle's shoulder and joked.

"If you want to survive, you shouldn't give up literature and take up martial arts. Go to school and become a teacher, and you can live well, right?"

"Even in the Japanese-occupied area, as long as you teach honestly, you can live well."

"So, why do you have to deceive yourself? Where did your passion go?"

Meng Fanle was really fed up with his own regimental commander. Every time he said that, he would hit his heart directly, making his heart, which had finally become numb, beat again.

He just wants to live in numbness, is it that difficult?

"I have to say, you recited the Three Character Classic very well. By the way, is your father a master of Confucianism?" Cun Yunsheng looked at Meng Fanle's silence and knew that the other party was broken by what he said again. He did not continue with the previous question, but brought up other topics.

"Master of Confucianism? Haha, he is just a corrupt scholar, a stinky corrupt scholar who only cares about himself." When Meng's father was mentioned, Meng Fanle's mood suddenly became very bad, and he seemed unwilling to mention it at all.

In the original novel, the things that Meng's father did were indeed terrible, and it would not be an exaggeration to even shoot him on the spot, but at this time, Meng's father had not gone to that step yet.

In other words, it is entirely possible to rescue the situation.

After all, the Japanese army had not yet occupied Heshun Town, and those tragedies had not happened.

But seeing Meng's annoyed look, it seemed that he didn't want to talk at all.

"These orphans are in the stage of exploring this world, so they need knowledge. You all know the people in the Sichuan Army Corps, a bunch of rough guys." Before Cun Yunsheng finished his words, he was interrupted by Meng Fanle.

"Commander, you don't want my father to teach these orphans, do you? What's so good about those Confucian classics? Can they defeat the Japanese army?"

"There's really nothing much to learn, but Confucian classics teach people the most basic thing: respect teachers and honor elders." Cun Yunsheng nodded in agreement with Meng Fanle's words, but he couldn't completely deny it.

Hearing this, Meng Fanle did not refute. This point really could not be refuted.

"These orphans need to form correct values, and Confucianism can help them improve their values. At least, it can let them know what it means to be a human being and what it means to respect teachers. Only after they understand the basic principles of being a human being can they learn other things."

"What's more, your father needs to get back what he lost from you." Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

"Aren't these orphans perfect for this?"

"Commander, don't tell me this. I have lost contact with my family for several years and have no idea where they are." Meng Fanle said gloomily.

He didn't know how Cun Yunsheng knew all this, but he was too lazy to ask.

Anyway, he had lost contact for a long time and had no idea where his father was.

"You don't know, but I know. Last time when it happened in Bamao, I asked my uncle to send someone to investigate. Guess what happened?" Cun Yunsheng said with a smile.

Hearing this, Meng Fan's eyes lit up and his whole body trembled. He wanted to open his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

"Your parents are actually in southwest Yunnan, because they found a letter from your parents to you in the mail from the rear. Unfortunately, you were in the shelter at that time, and the letter deliveryman couldn't find the address, so he sent it back to the rear." Cun Yunsheng's words made Meng Fan tremble even more violently.

He always thought that he had completely cut off contact with his family, so he lived in a numb state. Who would have thought that his family had been writing to him all the time, and the two sides were so close.

For a moment, tears flowed down my cheeks.

(End of this chapter)