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In order to get more food and supplies for his troops, Lu Cheng tried every possible means. On the one hand, Lu Cheng kept applying for supplies from the Sixth Army Headquarters, and sent the Japanese collar badges, sabers and other things seized in the previous crossing of the river, which indeed exchanged for some food and canned food. On the other hand, Lu Cheng explained his current situation to the Allied Command and begged General Stilwell to send a batch of American canned food and Indian rice. At the same time, Catherine, who stayed in India, also purchased food and supplies from various parties through her own channels and requested the aviation department to transport them to western Yunnan. At the same time, the special operations platoon sent to the west bank of the Nujiang River was also responsible for investigating the Japanese material warehouses. When necessary, Lu Cheng did not mind going to the Japanese warehouses to buy for free.

It was precisely because of these efforts that the six or seven thousand soldiers of the entire brigade were able to eat well while maintaining high-intensity training.

After the spring of 1943, the second batch of trainees led by Long Wenjian and Meng Fanle also successfully graduated from the Ramgarh training camp and returned to China.

The return of this batch of soldiers also made the overall structure and daily training of Lu Cheng's brigade more perfect, and the basic skills of the soldiers were constantly improving. Compared with the surrounding friendly forces and even the vast majority of the forces in China, the training and equipment of Lu Cheng's brigade were counted.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng selected a group of capable soldiers and sent them to the Ramgarh training camp for training again. During this period, Lu Cheng would occasionally go to Ramgarh and stay there for a few days to get in touch with the Chinese students who were trained in the training camp, select some promising talents, and persuade them to join his army.

At the same time, the special operations platoon and the sharp knife company led by Xia Chen also achieved good results on the other side of the Nujiang River, and beat the Japanese patrols within a few dozen miles around the entire Nantianmen so that they dared not show up.

As long as they encountered a Japanese patrol with no more than a hundred people, the special operations team and the sharp knife company could quickly annihilate them in a short time, leaving no time for the Japanese large forces to rescue.

If the Japanese sent a large force to carry out a sweep, the special operations team and the sharp knife company would break up into small pieces and hide in the mountains and forests, or directly cross the Nujiang River and return to the east bank, leaving the Japanese completely confused.

The guerrillas on the other side of the Nujiang River also continued to grow and develop with the help of the special operations platoon, from the initial eight or nine people to thirty or forty people, and their equipment and training were also incomparable to the past.

One day, Lu Cheng had just finished his work and was about to go to the Nujiang River to take a look when he heard a guard running over to report: "Commander, Platoon Leader Xia is back with two people. He said he has something important to report to you."

"Tell them to go to the conference room."

"Yes."

Soon after, when Lu Cheng arrived at the conference room, he saw Xia Chen standing there with two thin, sallow-faced men in tattered clothes.

"Xia Chen, who are these two?"

"Commander, these two were originally overseas Chinese mechanics from Southeast Asia. They had been transporting goods on the Burma Road. Later, after the Burma Road was cut off by the Japanese, many overseas Chinese mechanics from Southeast Asia were stranded in Myanmar. Some were captured and killed by the Japanese, while others mixed with the scattered expeditionary soldiers and formed guerrillas to fight the Japanese behind enemy lines..."

After listening to the two's origins, Lu Cheng was immediately in awe and saluted them: "Overseas Chinese brothers from Southeast Asia, you have worked hard."

Overseas Chinese mechanics from Southeast Asia are a group that has made outstanding contributions to China's war of resistance, and are also a group of heroes that should not be forgotten.

Back then, the Japanese army began to blockade China and the Burma Road began to be built. Since most of the young and middle-aged men went to fight against the Japanese, and China's industry was backward and lacked machinery, it was the old, weak, women, children, aunts and sisters in Yunnan who used their own hands and spent nine months to build the more than 1,000-kilometer-long Yunnan-Burma Highway.

It can be said that the aunts and sisters in Yunnan are also heroes who have made outstanding contributions to the war of resistance.

After the Yunnan-Burma Highway was built, the Allied forces had already transported supplies to Myanmar, but China did not have enough drivers and mechanics to drive the supplies from Myanmar back to China.

In this era of poverty, backwardness and lack of education, car drivers and mechanics are scarce professionals.

So the government found Mr. Chen, a famous overseas Chinese in Nanyang, who immediately responded to the call and gathered more than 3,400 talents in nine countries in Nanyang to form the Nanyang

The overseas Chinese mechanic team was responsible for transporting supplies on the Yunnan-Burma Highway.

Among these Nanqiao mechanics, many were from wealthy families, and some were even rich ladies dressed as men. There were also many bosses and managers of some companies, all of whom were willing to stand up and support the domestic war of resistance.

The Yunnan-Burma Highway was built with many twists and turns, and the terrain was very complex. There were mountains on one side and cliffs on the other side, and driving was also very dangerous.

Moreover, the Japanese planes would bomb from time to time, and those drivers had to hide during the day and go out at night. They drove their cars into the woods during the day and only dared to drive at night, which made the risk factor even higher.

In addition, there were a lot of mosquitoes in the tropical rainforest, and the drivers who were engaged in transportation had to endure the troubles of diseases such as malaria.

Because of the lack of medical care and medicine, many mechanics could only drive their cars into the woods after getting malaria, and died of illness while guarding a car full of supplies.

According to later statistics, from 1939 to 1942, the Nanqiao mechanics transported at least 500,000 tons of anti-Japanese war materials into China through the Burma Road, making a huge contribution to the war.

However, the Nanqiao mechanics who made such a great contribution to the war did not receive fair treatment for a long time.

Since the Burma Road was cut off, some Nanqiao mechanics were stranded in Myanmar, and many were stranded in China. The Southwest Transportation Office really abandoned these Nanqiao mechanics stranded in China.

Except for a small number of Nanqiao mechanics who were retained, most people could only fend for themselves.

At this time, the entire Southeast Asia had been occupied by the devils, and those Nanqiao mechanics had no homes and no way to survive in the country. Many of them died of starvation and disease.

After the victory of the War of Resistance, more than 1/3 of the more than 3,000 overseas Chinese mechanics died.

A text in a history book may be the lives of hundreds of unknown heroes.

Seeing Lu Cheng salute them, the two Nanqiao mechanics were also a little excited, and the younger one even had tears in his eyes, like an abandoned child who was recognized.

"Two overseas Chinese brothers, if you have any requests, please tell me. I will do my best to meet them."

"Brigade Commander Lu, we have many brothers stranded in Myanmar, and they are also fighting guerrilla warfare with the Japanese in the jungle. It's just that we lack training, equipment, and are not very good at fighting. Supplies and medicines are even more scarce. I hope Brigade Commander Lu can help us."

"No problem. I will dispatch some supplies and medicines and let Xia Chen send them to you. In addition, I will let the soldiers of the special operations platoon serve as instructors for you and teach you how to fight. At the same time, some weapons and equipment can also be distributed to you.

I will have someone set up a special training camp in Zenda. If the overseas Chinese brothers stranded in the country are willing to come to me, I will take care of them. If you are willing, you can also send people to the training camp to participate in learning and training. I will not forget your contributions to the War of Resistance, and my fellow Chinese compatriots will not forget it either."

Even though he is not very rich at the moment, Lu Cheng is willing to contribute to these heroes.

Moreover, these overseas Chinese mechanics are also talented in the automotive field, and many of them have received higher education...