Looking at those people running towards their position, all of them were wearing military uniforms... No... one of them was wearing a suit, and the soldiers were surrounding him and running towards them, it seemed that that guy
He should be a big shot.
Thinking of the order given by his regiment leader on the phone just now, Lei Xiangdong became anxious. He picked up an MP40 submachine gun and roared: "Everyone's maximum firepower output, suppress the Japanese, and the mortars continue to fire smoke grenades!"
After scolding, Lei Xiangdong continued to yell at the people in front: "Come here quickly... we will cover you with all our strength!" After saying that, he also picked up a Schmeisser submachine gun and fired fiercely at the Japanese position!
Harry and Goss picked up the injured driver and ran forward desperately. McLaren was running behind with a briefcase in one hand and a suitcase in the other. The lieutenant named Tom was holding a Thomson gun.
The submachine guns fired at the back while running. Behind them were two orderlies carrying huge backpacks, a staff major carrying a wooden box and five or six followers.
As a pampered professor, Harry swore that he had never run on such a difficult road. The bumps along the way and the catastrophic landing made him exhausted, and now he had to run on a bumpy battlefield.
He felt that he was exerting all his strength to feed himself. His lungs were burning as if he had eaten several burritos with too much chili pepper, and his heart was about to beat out of his chest.
Just when he was out of breath, an officer appeared from the trench ahead and shouted at him desperately.
"Hurry...we'll be there in less than a hundred meters!"
Other soldiers in the trench also stopped shooting on the second floor, and people kept sticking their heads out to wave to them and cheer them on.
When Harry and the others were less than twenty meters away from the trench, the smoke bombs covering them had gradually dissipated, and at this time it was obviously too late to use smoke bombs again.
The Japanese bullets kept whizzing past them, hitting the position and raising clouds of dust and smoke.
There were even several grenades exploding around them with loud noises, and the shock wave knocked these people around.
Lei Xiangdong became anxious when he saw this, and quickly said to several soldiers around him: "Follow me, you guys, get these people over! And don't stop, keep shooting!"
After saying that, he jumped out of the trench and rushed towards Harry and his party. With the help of Lei Xiangdong and several soldiers, Harry and his party finally rolled and crawled the last ten meters. When Harry plunged into
While in the trenches, there was a burst of cheers and laughter in the trenches.
The Japanese positions in the rear stopped shooting when they saw Harry and others entering the position, and the gunfire gradually stopped.
Harry sat down on the ground leaning against the trench. The aftereffects of strenuous exercise also appeared. At this time, he felt like a dog sticking out its tongue under the scorching sun.
Just when he felt his whole body was weak, a water bottle was lowered in front of him and said, "Drink some water, you will feel better."
"Thanks!"
Harry took the kettle and took a gulp of it. He didn't stop until he drank all the water in the kettle.
After finishing the bottle of water, he felt better.
The people who entered the trenches with Harry were all similar to him. Goss, the US ambassador to China, was worse than Harry. He was lying on the ground and foaming at the mouth. The staff officer was retching. The soldiers around him gave them a thumbs up when they saw this.
He handed over the kettle. After receiving the kettle, these guys all began to drink water desperately.
"Thank you so much." Harry returned the empty kettle to the other person and said thank you.
"You're welcome, I was also ordered to meet you." Lei Xiangdong took the kettle and hung it on his waist with a grin.
Only then did Harry have time to look around, but he was not only shocked when he saw this, he couldn't help but blurt out: "My God, did we crash-land in the German Empire's military camp?"
The officer in front of him was wearing a standard gray-green German Army Type 36 uniform, limestone trousers, and a German Type 35 steel helmet on his head. The armband on his shoulder had a base plate composed of four silver twisted wires, and two base plates.
With a golden four-pointed star, anyone familiar with the German army can tell at a glance that this is a standard army captain.
Look at the surrounding soldiers. They are all wearing standard German Wehrmacht field uniforms and Army field leather boots. They are all holding German standard 98K rifles and MP38 (actually MP40) submachine guns. Harry even
I also saw a machine gun bunker less than five meters away, containing a machine gun that looked like an MG34.
If it weren't for the yellow skin and black hair of this officer and the surrounding soldiers, as well as the blue sky and white sun badge representing the Chinese army on their helmets, he would have thought that he had broken into the German army's position.
McLaren and others also saw this situation, but they did not ask any more questions. Everyone knows that China and Germany had a very close relationship as early as the 1930s. They imported a lot of German machinery and equipment from Germany. Now we see Germany here.
There's nothing surprising about this guy's stuff.
After drinking water and resting for more than ten minutes, everyone finally regained some strength. Harry turned around and asked, "Is everyone okay? No one was shot, right?"
"Professor Harry, we are all fine, we just couldn't bring George and Johnson out." The driver said somewhat depressed.
"It doesn't matter. We will ask General Gao to find a way to get their bodies out after we meet him." Harry patted McLaren on the shoulder.
After finishing speaking, Harry said to Lei Xiangdong in front of him: "Mr. Captain, I am Harry Hopkins, the commissioner sent by the U.S. government to China. This is Clarence Edward Gaoth, the U.S. Ambassador to China. We have entrusted
President Roosevelt ordered us to come to Liantai Militia to negotiate some matters. Can you please take us to the headquarters where General Gao Hongming is located?"
Lei Xiangdong looked a little strange, "Hello, Commissioner Harry, we are indeed the Liantai Militia, but our Chief Gao Hongming is just the leader of a militia, not a general. Are you mistaken?"
"No... I'm not mistaken." Harry said solemnly, "Facts have proved that the Liantai Militia is China's first-class in terms of size and combat effectiveness, so there is no problem in calling him general."
"Okay!" Lei Xiangdong didn't want to argue with him about these things, "Commissioner Harry, I have just received the order from the senior officer to escort you safely to the headquarters. Now please pack your things and come with us.
Go to the headquarters in the rear."
"No problem at all."
Harry obviously didn't want to stay in such a dangerous place. It was less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position. A random shell could kill them. It was better to leave as soon as possible.
Soon, they arrived in Yangping Town in three Willys jeeps and two trucks, escorted by a squad of soldiers...