Agents of the Republic of China

It has been the fourth day, and the Tokuyama position no longer looks like it used to be. The casualty ratio has exceeded 70.00%, and almost everyone is injured. When the battle was the most intense, even Tom Hanks and others rushed On the battlefield, but Xiao En and the two American reporters, Lin Xiaotang still sent people to protect them in the safest place.

There was not a single intact tree on Gufeng Ridge. The bare rocks were riddled with holes from shells. The temperature is as high as early summer.

Company Commander Yu carefully helped Lin Xiaotang bandage the wound on his arm. It was scratched by shrapnel during an attack by the Japanese army in the early hours of the morning. Lin Xiaotang still had several wounds like this on his body, even his big head and buttocks were also hit by shells I was hit by a piece of debris, and ended up standing or sitting all day, and could only maintain a prone position.

When I got up early this morning, the air was filled with a strong smell of humidity, and the clouds in the sky were dark. An experienced veteran said that it was going to rain heavily. Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but feel a little blocked. After four days of fierce fighting, With 1000 troops against nearly [-] elite Japanese troops, most of the casualties, even the ammunition and food began to be tense. If it hadn’t been for the previous raid on the Toda Regiment and the seizure of a large number of supplies, I am afraid that by this time I would have run out of ammunition and food. , I can only fight the bayonet with the little devil.

Looking at the dark sky, Lin Xiaotang's heart was heavy. What the defenders urgently need now is to be able to obtain the necessary supplements. Originally, he had hoped that his plan would increase the Americans' attention to the Tokuyama line of defense. The air force airdropped Tokuyama, but now it seems that even if the Americans are willing to help, the current weather conditions simply do not allow this.

And the preparations he ordered Lao Zhao to make before are now coming to an end. The open space 50 meters away from the defense line has been covered with herbs like weeds. For a few days, Lin Xiaotang has been observing the wind direction in the mountain. He is waiting , Wait for the right wind direction, and then give the Japanese a fatal blow.However, it was still the weather. If it really rained, his plan would have to be postponed for at least one or two days. Maybe by then, Tokuyama would have fallen.

Tom Hanks crawled forward from the nearby trench and crawled into the trench where Lin Xiaotang was. He was wearing a Japanese soldier's helmet. His helmet was blown up by a Japanese grenade yesterday, and his head was also scratched. A piece of flesh was lost, but fortunately no vitals were injured, but his head was really big, and the naked steel helmet could only cover half of his head, exposing the gauze wrapped around his head, which looked nondescript.

"Don, you seem to have something to worry about?" Tom Hanks saw Lin Xiaotang's eyebrows tightly knit together, "Can you tell me?"

After a few days of getting along, Lin Xiaotang discovered that Tom Hanks is actually a veteran with a sense of responsibility and rich combat experience. According to him, he has ten years of military experience and has participated in the North African battlefield and the Pacific battlefield before. Countless battles, and recently because of the lack of airborne instructors of the US Air Force in China, he was transferred to the Chinese battlefield. I did not expect to receive such an errand when I first arrived.

Lin Xiaotang told Tom Hanks all his thoughts and worries. After hearing this, Tom Hanks smiled and said to Lin Xiaotang, "Don, you I am surprised, your thinking is very comprehensive, you have the potential of a field commander, your concerns are not unreasonable, but you underestimated the capabilities of the U.S. Air Force, especially the [-]th Air Force and our Sino-American Mixed Flying Regiment The ability of a madman."

Tom Hanks smacked his lips and said, as if reminiscing about the last lingering aroma of cigars. Lin Xiaotang learned from his bad breath and cigar-smelling mouth that the former American Volunteer Air Force had been adapted and reorganized into the Tenth Air Force of the U.S. Army The 23rd Brigade established an air base in Suichuan, Jiangxi. After that, the 23rd Brigade merged with the 16th Fighter Squadron of the US Air Force originally stationed in China to form the No.14 Air Force of the US Army, with Zhijiang, Hunan as the air force base, unified by Chennault command.

The "group of lunatics" mentioned by Tom Hanks refers to a group of American pilots of the original No.14 Air Force, also known as the Flying Tigers. The reason for saying this is because they created a miracle in the history of the development of the human air force.

After the outbreak of the Pacific War, with the onslaught of the Japanese army, the Philippines and Singapore fell one after another. Hong Kong and Myanmar are also in danger. The Japanese army began to bomb the Yunnan-Burma Highway, which once caused transportation interruption.

Therefore, in addition to assisting in the formation of the Chinese Air Force and fighting against Japan, the No.14 Air Force also took on the task of flying over the Himalayas and transporting strategic materials from India to China.This route is known as the "Hump Route".

The total length of the route is more than 800 kilometers, across the Himalayas. The altitude of the mountains along the route is between 4500 meters and 5500 meters, and the highest altitude reaches 7000 meters. , the airflow in the valley changes abnormally and violently, which often causes aircraft equipment and instruments to malfunction; in case of an accident, there is no flat ground to make an emergency landing. The interception of aircraft will also pose a huge threat to transport aircraft, so this route is a veritable "death route".

The "Hump Route" passes through tropical rainforests, alpine snow peaks, canyon glaciers, frigid virgin forests and other landforms, and passes through areas occupied by the Japanese army. Strong air flow, low pressure, hail and frost are the obstacles that aircraft must face crashing and hitting mountains at any time during flight. Dangerous, the rate of plane crashes is astonishingly high. Some pilots said that when the weather is clear, they can fly in the valley along the reflection of the debris of the previous crashed planes. The name is called "Aluminum Valley".

In this short period of time, the Chinese and American air forces transported 20 tons of strategic materials to the Chinese battlefield through this route, but the air force also lost hundreds of aircraft and sacrificed more than 300 people. As for the missing persons, there are countless , It is conceivable that as this route continues to operate, more pilots will pay the price of their lives for it.But it was this "death route" that became an important life supply line to maintain China's war of resistance in addition to the Burma Road.

The "lunatics" in Tom Hanks' mouth are those pilots who participated in the "Hump Route" transportation. It has to be said that they created a miracle in the history of aircraft transportation. Tom Hanks sighed and said: "Don, please believe Me, those lunatics, there is no sky where they can't fly, and they don't need to act according to the face of the sky!"

Suddenly, the smile on Tom Hanks' face froze. He pressed his hand down and shouted, "Quiet!" This startled Lin Xiaotang and Datou and others who were listening to his story attentively. Lin Xiaotang just He hurriedly made a gesture to order the soldiers on the ground to keep quiet.

What was extremely discordant with this was that a soldier from the command headquarters stumbled over from the rear of the position. He ran towards Lin Xiaotang, but he accidentally fell down beside Lin Xiaotang. Lifting a face full of dirt, with an expression of ecstasy on his face, he raised a letterhead in his hand towards Lin Xiaotang, "Sir, the US military is calling!"

Trembling, Lin Xiaotang took over the signed letter, with only nine words on it: "Dear Tom, here comes the lunatic!"

Tom Hanks on the side opened his mouth wide, "These lunatics, they're really here!"

In the cabin of the huge U.S. C47 transport plane, the roar could almost burst people's eardrums, but the three U.S. pilots in the cockpit didn't pay attention at all. They chewed the gum in their mouths and piloted the plane skillfully. Navigate through the clouds flexibly.

One of the pilots looked out the window, "Hey, Kobe, the Japanese monkey's reaction is slow enough, until now no plane interception has been arranged."

The co-pilot Kobe responded casually: "O'Neill, I think you must have not sobered up yesterday. Are you daydreaming? In such bad weather, except for us, those Japanese monkeys may not even dare to leave the house. Even if they come, there are guys from Adam and Eve Squadron and Hell's Angels Squadron waiting to entertain them, keep their monkey asses beaten to pieces!"

After finishing speaking, he laughed and bumped fists with O'Neill and an American officer behind him.

O'Neill seemed to think of something, "Captain Parker, is the present for old Tom ready?"

Officer Parker nodded with a smile on his face, "Of course, a box of cigars, and a signed photo of Ms. Vera Lynn (American star during World War II, known as Soldier Britney) in a swimsuit."

Kobe pretended to frown, "Oh, Captain Parker, you remember wrongly, poor old Tom likes Miss Francis Langford (American star during World War II)."

Parker looked enigmatic, "What do you know, Chinese friends told me that old cows like to eat tender grass!"

The three laughed strangely.

"Also," Parker said with a wicked smile, "I also prepared a dozen underwear for old Tom."

"Why?" Bryant and O'Neal asked curiously at the same time.

Parker looked at the transport cabin at the back and lowered his voice, "I got up to go to the bathroom at two o'clock in the past few nights, but unexpectedly found that Old Tom was washing his underwear."

O'Neill and Kobe let out a strange cry at the same time, "Oh, no, poor old Tom, he must be under the quilt... Oh, God, it's so pathetic!"

Parker continued: "So, I prepared a dozen for him, and we must not let Chinese friends see old Tom's jokes!"

The cockpit was instantly filled with Yin Dang's laughter.

Under the sky, behind the Deshan line of defense, a huge column of black smoke rose into the sky.

Half an hour later, after the U.S. warplanes shot down two Japanese planes, they protected the airdropped transport plane formation and walked away in a grand manner.

In the trenches, Tom Hanks looked at the gift in front of him, so he opened the letter paper in his hand dumbfounded.

"Dear Tom, I'm so glad you've read this, and first of all, we all miss you, so hurry up and get rid of those nasty Japanese monkeys. Bring that Sean guy back among us, O'Neill has brought two more bottles of good wine, which are the private collection of Chief Chennault, we are waiting for you to come back and share them together, and most importantly, everyone will be confined together again."

"Your favorite cigar is attached to the package. This is a gift from all of us. As for the underwear, it will allow you to sleep well, and you don't have to get up in the middle of the night to wash your underwear. On this point, I believe Vera Miss Lynn will be happy to help you too!"

At the end of the letter is a very cool Flying Tigers logo, and the signature is: Loving you madmen.