The people sent a large number of canned food, candy, cigarettes, jerky, biscuits, and local products, and each truck that carried the soldiers of the second regiment was filled with the condolences of the people, and the cigarettes thrown into the car alone were as many as hundreds.
The most interesting thing was that several soldiers were smashed and swollen by canned meat thrown by overseas Chinese, and the windshields of several Opel trucks of the Fifth Army Automobile Regiment were not spared, and they were smashed by condolence materials full of friendship.
Zhang Wei refused the condolences to the old township sages who came to welcome them, and said that "no merit is not accepted" and "it is really ashamed to receive it", but those old and wise people in the township have to accept it, if they don't accept it, they will block the road and prevent the troops from advancing, and they will bow and kneel to Zhang Wei, a group of old men in their seventies and eighties will kneel down for themselves, how can Zhang Wei afford it and block the road.
Zhang Wei had no choice but to accept a huge amount of condolences and ask each car to gather the materials thrown by the people into a few cars, and hand it over to He Kun's baggage company to collect and store it in a unified manner, and distribute it for centralized use.
After the whole regiment stayed in Wan Town for more than two hours, it continued to advance with the enthusiasm and expectations of the people, singing the army song.
The troops left Wan Town, which also means that they officially went out of the country and stepped into the territory of Burma, and the simple patriotic enthusiasm and support of the people of Wan Town and overseas Chinese were not repaid by Zhang Wei, but only with the heads of the enemy Lashio, Myanmar.
The 2nd Supplementary Regiment entered the territory of Burma, drove from Wan Town to Lashio, and the British trucks took over the task of the 5th Army Automobile Regiment, and after the handover with the 5th Army Automobile Regiment at the border, hundreds of American-made GC 10-wheel trucks of the British Army, pulling all the men and horses of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment, slowly drove to Lashio.
As early as more than half a month ago, Chongqing had already laid the groundwork for the troops to fight in Burma, and set up an advance staff group of the Chinese Expeditionary Force, which was responsible for the handover with Zhang Wei's advance regiment, and was specifically responsible for the affairs of Zhang Wei's regiment.
In short, before the main force of the expeditionary force entered Burma, this advance staff group was the highest administrative affairs communication body of the national army in Burma.
The scale of the Chinese advance staff group is not very large, it is composed of a group of staff officers, translators, and confidential personnel, and is also attached to a platoon of military police, communications, and automobiles, and the head of the staff group, Zhang Wei, is not a stranger, it is the army major general Hou Teng, who once went to Myanmar with Zhang Wei to investigate, and can be regarded as an acquaintance.
Hou Teng, who originally served in Chongqing, joined the ranks of the Chinese Indo-Burma-Malaysia military expedition a few months ago, and during the three-month expedition, he worked with Zhang Wei and participated in the formulation of the expeditionary force's general operational policy.
Hou Teng himself is from the sixth phase of Huangpu and is Zhang Wei's senior, and during the inspection, the relationship between the two was quite good.
“turneft” “back” “turnright” On the outskirts of Lashio, more than 200 American-made GC military trucks stopped in rows and turned off, and several white British lieutenants and Burmese soldiers of the Anglo-Burmese Army held flags to give stop orders to truck drivers.
The soldiers of the 2nd Supplementary Regiment looked at the white-skinned and blue-eyed British officers with amazement and listened to the "bird song" Everything in Myanmar is new to these peasant children.
After all the trucks were stopped, the soldiers of the second regiment jumped out of the rear compartments, and a large number of supplies and equipment were also unloaded, and nearly 3,000 brothers got off the trucks together.
The advance staff group has prepared camps for the second supplementary regiment, and the officers and squad leaders of each battalion and company are blowing whistles and giving orders, gathering soldiers, counting queues, and then checking weapons and equipment.
Zheng Yiqun, the regiment attached to the regiment, the battalion commanders, and the commanders of the companies and platoons directly under them were all stepping up the reorganization of the team, loading and unloading materials, while Zhang Wei was taken away by Hou Teng, who had been waiting for a long time, and pulled into a big tent.
In the tent, there was already a table of good wine dishes, two bottles of red wine, a plate of curry rice, two plates of fried dumplings, a plate of mixed vegetables, a plate of salad vegetables and a pot of noodle soup, the dishes on the table were full of exotic customs, all of them were Burmese dishes, Hou Teng moved a stool and beckoned Zhang Wei to sit down.
Hou Teng took two military lunch boxes as wine glasses, opened red wine, filled them for Zhang Wei and himself respectively, and said in a very good mood: "Zhang Wei, your advance regiment has just arrived, and the head of my advance staff group has nothing else, so I will take this wine and food to you to catch the wind, foreign wine, Burmese food, it tastes good, close to our Chinese taste, much better than British food," "Thank you, senior, this dish can be eaten, but I still have troops outside of this wine, and I'm afraid of making a mistake if I drink too much."
Hou Teng waved his hand: "Foreigners' wine, don't go up, order until you go, and I have prepared a big gift for you today, if you don't drink it, I won't give it to you." ” "Well, since the senior is so gracious, I can't be embarrassed and drink" The two of them clinked glasses with military lunch boxes, drank them all, and began to eat and drink.
After a few drinks, the two began to talk.
"Senior, what is the situation in Myanmar now?"
asked Zhang Wei.
Hou Teng: "Alas, it's not very good, the British are now increasing their troops in Burma, and asking for help from our army, but the attitude towards our army is still not very good, our car was seized, and it has not been returned, and its transportation in Myanmar has occupied most of the transportation resources, which directly affects the transportation of our country's materials, many wagons for transporting our country's materials have been requisitioned by the British, and south of Mandalay, there are a lot of aid weapons and materials to be transported in warehouses, just waiting for the train wagons to be transported, these days into Burma, I have a lot of arguments with the British, they only value their own interests, and we, as allies, don't care about it at all" Hou Teng picked up the lunch box violently and drank it all.
"Senior, take it easy, take it leisurely, the stamina of this foreign wine is not small, don't overdo it, don't be too angry, the attitude of the British is not a day or two, you said that the British detained our trucks, grabbed the train wagons and affected the transportation of materials, then these trucks and materials to be transported by the British, what should I do now, I haven't thought of any way" "Hmph, what can be done, the truck can only be wanted, whether to give it or not depends on the attitude of the British, materials, only a little bit of transportation, before the Japanese army comes in, if you can transport some, just transport some, do your best, come, Zhang Wei, go one" After slamming the glass, the two of them had another drink.
The good wine entered the stomach, and after a while, most of the bottles of wine were wiped out, and both of them felt a burst of refreshment, and Hou Teng roared happily.
"Okay, let's not talk about those bad things, this is your brother's reception banquet, don't spoil the fun, say something good, Zhang Wei, do you know what this gift I prepared for you is" Zhang Wei shook his head and said: "What is the gift you prepared for me, how do I know that I am not a fairy, could it be a Burmese woman?"
"Don't talk nonsense to tell you the truth, it's a weapon" "Weapon, senior, what kind of weapon is it" Zhang Wei asked with wide eyes, and when he heard that it was a weapon, he instantly became energetic.
Hou Teng smiled.
"Although the British are not easy to deal with, but there is a clause in the Sino-British Yunnan-Burma Road Coordinated Defense Covenant, the British side wants to provide a certain amount of weapons and equipment to the Chinese side, this is black and white, the British did not play sloppy on this point, more than a week ago, I applied to the British for a batch of weapons and ammunition, the British are rare and refreshing, I approved it without thinking about it, I plan to strengthen the firepower of the advance force, the things are in the back of the warehouse, and when the drink is finished, the things will be taken directly by your soldiers."
"Remember, you've got to drink all of these two bottles." ：。
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