A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 259 The team grows

"Do you think you are eagles? Why don't you look in the mirror? Do you look like an eagle? Where is the gun in your hand? Do you have food in your stomach? Do you really think your two thin legs are wings? You are not even as good as a sparrow. Can you walk home like this?

I'll tell you how to get back. Have you ever seen wild geese flying in the sky? They know how to fly in two lines. How about you? You all look listless and look like you've lost your soul. Do you still want to go home?

You have to learn to be like wild geese, with hundreds of wings combined into two large wings, so that you can fly farther than an eagle, more than 10 times farther. Only in this way can you go back. Do you want to go with us? We have fought big battles. Look, the Japanese mortars, grenade launchers, and Type heavy machine guns were all captured by us. There are so many that we can't carry them all.

Come with us, we will have food to eat, water to drink, and victories to fight. Come on, come on, we are all brothers, we are from the Northeast, the Central Plains, Shandong, Shanxi, Yunnan, we are all fellow villagers, we are all one family.

Come with us, we will take you home, you don't have to die of thirst, hunger, illness or exhaustion. We have military doctors, medicine, food and drink, and a commander who takes care of everything. Come quickly, there will be no more shops after this village..."

On the way of retreat, whenever he encountered deserters, Long Wenjian never stopped talking. He ran back and forth, encouraging those deserters to join them and become a part of them.

Those defeated soldiers who had fled here from farther away had long since been chased by the Japanese and had abandoned their weapons and armor. They had lost all their energy and spirit and were just walking blindly towards home, not knowing when they would collapse on the road.

Some people were bitten by poisonous insects, snakes and ants in the jungle, and could not get any effective treatment, so they could only wait to die. Some people ate up the last food, drank up the last water, and were accidentally poisoned while eating leaves and grass. Some people suddenly shot themselves while walking.

To be honest, the expeditionary force that was selected to fight in Burma was relatively outstanding among most Chinese armies at that time. Although they were not elite, they were basically veterans who had fought in many battles.

After all, this is an alliance with Britain and the United States. If the quality of the soldiers is too poor, the principal will be embarrassed.

Therefore, even though these defeated soldiers are in a miserable state now and look like zombies, as long as they are gathered together and trained, they can soon become an elite force.

Therefore, Lu Cheng asked Long Wenjian to use all his abilities. As long as he could convince those defeated soldiers to join them, he would be given the position of deputy regiment commander in the future, and would be allowed to lead a reinforced battalion directly, with all light and heavy weapons equipped to him.

Long Wenjian naturally worked extra hard and his lips were almost worn out.

Just like this, they marched along the way, fought along the way, and recruited defeated soldiers along the way. Lu Cheng's team grew larger and larger, 600 people, 700 people, 800 people...

In the original drama, Long Wenjian led a group of disheveled troops, recruiting people along the way. When he arrived at Nantianmen, he had accumulated nearly a thousand soldiers.

Now, Lu Cheng's battalion has more than 400 people at the beginning. They are well-trained, well-organized, and fully equipped. Each of them carries two or three guns, and they have no shortage of food and drink. It is obvious that they are a wealthy family.

Canned food, drinking water, medicine and other supplies were very attractive to these defeated and wounded soldiers.

In addition, the various weapons of the Japanese devils also proved that they did kill a lot of Japanese devils. The fact that each of them carried two or three guns was the best proof.

With these favorable conditions, it would naturally be easier to gather those defeated soldiers.

As for the commando team led by Lu Cheng, after clearing out five or six ambush points of the Japanese devils and annihilating more than two hundred Japanese devils, they walked for a long time without finding any trace of the Japanese devils.

After entering the depths of the jungle, the terrain became increasingly complex. The Japanese sidecar motorcycles and bicycle teams were unable to take advantage and could only rely on their short legs to pursue the expeditionary force.

Moreover, every time they encountered the expeditionary force, a certain degree of fighting occurred between the two sides, which would more or less slow down the Japanese marching speed.

Therefore, the closer to the Chinese border, the fewer Japanese devils there are.

At the same time, a large number of Japanese troops were also rushing towards the Chinese border along the road outside the jungle, wanting to take advantage of the expeditionary army's rout to directly cross the Nujiang River, invade western Yunnan, and begin to invade China from the south, echoing the Japanese troops in the north.

"Captain, we have walked seven or eight miles and have not encountered any more Japanese soldiers. Is there no more Japanese soldiers ahead?"

Lu Cheng glanced at the soldier beside him, then turned and said, "A Bao, tell Hu Zi about your discovery."

"Yes, Captain. Brother Huzi, when we passed by a small dirt slope just now, I picked up a few shell casings. Come and have a look."

"Hey, is this the Arisaka bullet shell of the Type 38 rifle? Does that mean there are still Japanese soldiers ahead?"

"Of course, but this may be the vanguard of the Japanese army running in the front. There shouldn't be too many people."

"Then why don't we just chase after them?"

"We have been running for a whole day. If we chase too hastily and lose our strength, we will be at a disadvantage when we encounter the Japanese. Brother Huzi, not every brother has your good physical strength."

"That's right. I gained my physical strength by working on the land at home. We didn't have any animals at home, so my father and I usually pulled the plow together, with my mother holding the plow from behind. Later, my father and mother got old, and I grew up, so I could pull the plow by myself."

The soldier's name is Wang Hu. He is honest and straightforward, but strong and brave enough to fight. After some more training, he will become a fierce general.

As they were talking, they walked another two or three miles. Lu Cheng finally found the enemy's traces on the thermal sensing radar, and then he heard some faint gunshots.

The group immediately sped up and rushed towards the place where the battle was taking place.

After chasing for more than two miles, they finally saw a vanguard of twenty or thirty Japanese devils in front of them. They were chasing after a group of expeditionary troops and shooting at them.

Lu Cheng and the commandos didn't hesitate at all and opened fire at the group of Japanese devils.

Dozens of submachine guns fired at the same time, and a large number of the Japanese soldiers were knocked down immediately. A few of them turned around and wanted to fight back, but were also killed by the Thompson submachine gun in Lu Cheng's hand.

In a short moment, all the panicked Japanese soldiers who had been chasing the expeditionary force were killed.

The expeditionary force that was fleeing in front did not stop running when they heard the gunfire behind them stop, but continued to run forward desperately.

Some expeditionary soldiers who were killed or wounded were left behind along the way. The commandos did not pay much attention to those who had died.

Along the way, they had seen so many dead bodies that they couldn't even count them.

As for those injured, Lu Cheng checked their conditions and performed some simple treatments to prevent them from bleeding to death. They were then handed over to the military doctors in the large army behind them.

It is worth mentioning that among the defeated soldiers who were gathered before, there were also several more professional military doctors who were much better than veterinarian Hao.

Lu Cheng asked them to form a temporary medical team to rescue the wounded along the way.

At this moment, Lu Cheng suddenly heard an urgent cry for help from the front: "Xiao Jian, Xiao Jian, you will be fine, brother will definitely take you home. Who can help? Save my brother!"

Lu Cheng walked over in three or two steps and checked the condition of the wounded man. The bullet pierced his chest and he was bleeding profusely. Fortunately, his internal organs were not damaged and he was not incurable.

Lu Cheng first gave the wounded man a life-saving pill, then gave him a few injections to stabilize his condition. He then took out some medicine powder and sprinkled it on the wounds on his chest and back to temporarily stop the bleeding. He then bandaged him simply and said, "Your brother can still be saved. My men are right behind us. When they arrive, I will perform a simple surgery on your brother to save his life first."

"Thank you, thank you sir!"

"Stand up, we are all compatriots, no need to be so polite, what is your name?"

"Sir, my name is Dong Dao, and this is my brother, Dong Jian."