Chapter 24
Because it was early in the morning, there was enough light in the hut and the visibility was quite high, so I gestured to the soldiers to prepare for battle, and then used my fingers to express "three, two, one..."
Then I suddenly lifted the iron pot... The two soldiers with submachine guns were not slow in their movements. Almost as soon as I lifted the iron pot, they fired a few rounds of bullets into it.
Immediately afterwards, the bayonet was drawn, two grenades were thrown in...
The screams in the tunnel were completely covered up by the explosion of grenades.
The guy with the bayonet was also stupid. He was about to jump into the tunnel with the rifle in hand, but I pulled him back in time.
"You're crazy!" I looked at this silly boy in disbelief: "Aren't you going to die if you go in?"
Bayonet was stunned for a moment, scratched his head and said: "I thought... this was about to charge..."
Looking at his look, I couldn't help but feel angry and amused. I don't know how many Japanese soldiers were lurking in this tunnel. In addition, the location they designed was so good that even a group didn't know if they could storm in, but this guy didn't know.
I don’t know whether to live or die and want to break into the tiger’s den alone.
"Squad leader..." The scholar said to the entrance of the tunnel with some confusion: "Then...what should we do now?"
I was speechless for a moment, and actually I didn’t know what to do.
"What's going on? Who shot?" At this moment, Captain Li hurried over with Scar in his hand.
"Report!" I hurriedly stood up and replied: "I found a Japs tunnel. We had a fierce battle with the Japs just now... I should have killed a few Japs!"
"The Japs died in the tunnel!" The scholar added: "So I don't know how many were killed, but we all heard the screams."
"Hmm!" Captain Li walked over, looked at the still smoking tunnel entrance, and nodded to me: "Our army has suffered miserably from these Vietnamese Japs. You can still fight for us, so that we won't be killed."
It’s such an ugly loss!”
"Company Commander, then at the entrance of the tunnel..." I'm kicking the ball to Captain Li.
Captain Li couldn't help but be stunned. After thinking about it, he replied helplessly: "Blow it up! Just don't let the Japanese come out and cause trouble for us again!"
"Blowed up?" When I heard this answer, I felt a little unwilling: "It just blew up... Isn't it too cheap for these Japanese traitors?"
"Then what can you do?"
"I..." I was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer.
"Blow it up!" Captain Li left without looking back.
"Squad leader!" After the company commander left, the scholar asked tremblingly: "We finally discovered the entrance of this tunnel, and then it exploded like this. Isn't it a pity?"
"Then what can you do?" I replied angrily.
"I..." The scholar scratched his head innocently.
So when we evacuated the tunnel, there was a loud bang behind us, and the entire hut was broken into several pieces and turned into ruins amidst the explosion.
So our current problem is that even if we find the entrance to the tunnel where the Japanese are hiding, there is nothing we can do against them.
Rush in? Fighting against the defensive Vietnamese army in a narrow tunnel can almost be said to be a death sentence.
Don't you want to rush in? It seems that the only way to do that is to throw grenades in or blow up the entrance of the tunnel, but the damage to the Vietnamese army will be minimal...
The tunnel entrances discovered next all suffered the same fate. Some soldiers tried to use flamethrowers or smoke to smoke out the Japanese soldiers inside, but there was no doubt that it had no effect.
Who are the Yue Japanese? They have been fighting for decades. They dug tunnels without thinking about how to prevent fire and smoke? I even think there are no shortage of measures to prevent waterproofing and poisoning.
But in fact, it is not completely impossible. The old man clearly said about this battle before... that is to send people to sneak in.
How to sneak in? I remember that the old man tilted his head and said calmly: "Wear disguises as Yue Japs and sneak in. The Yue Japs can pretend to be us and cause trouble. Why can't we pretend to be Yue Japs? And it's even changing."
No need to wear military uniforms..."
At first, I didn’t understand why I didn’t even bother to change my military uniform. I didn’t dare to ask at the time, so I just kept it in my mind. I don’t know how long it took me to suddenly think of it and it suddenly dawned on me: Oh, the Vietnamese Japanese are not pretending to be the People’s Liberation Army.
Are you here to cause trouble? Then let's pretend to be those Yue Jies pretending to be the People's Liberation Army...the kind who return to the tunnel after completing the mission. Doesn't that mean we don't even need to change into military uniforms?
Damn! It’s so complicated with all the pretense.
But I dare not say anything about this method. If I tell anyone about it, my superiors will immediately say: "Okay! This method is good! You came up with it, right? Then I'll leave this task to you!"
Just kidding, sneaking into the enemy's tunnels... Aren't I asking for trouble?
Besides, if history develops as the old man said, then others will think of it even if I don’t say it, right?
So I just waited. No matter how others tried, I had an idea in my heart that I just wouldn't say.
But after all this fussing and tossing, I realized something was wrong. The soldiers kept blasting the tunnels without any change in strategic direction.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, I couldn't help but secretly complain: If it gets dark and the Japanese come again like they did last night... I might not be able to save my life.
We were fine last night, but that can only be said to be luck. The main reason is that the scope of the Yue Japs' troubles did not reach our class. Otherwise... we were fighting Yue Japs. The People's Liberation Army thought we were Yue Japs, and we
Thinking that the People's Liberation Army is a Japanese army... Who can guarantee that they are still alive after this mess?
And I’m also worried about something: Could it be that the reason why this has developed like this in history is because I came up with this method?
What a fucking headache. Anyway, I'm going to die anyway, so I'd better fight!
Thinking of this, I put my rifle back, ran up to Company Commander Li in a few steps and said, "Company Commander, I would like to make a suggestion!"
"Yeah!" The company commander was looking at the map and marking something on it very seriously, so he replied without even looking up: "Say!"
"I think..." I gritted my teeth and continued, "I think fighting like this is not an option. Can we... send an army to sneak into the tunnel!"
"Yeah!" The company commander nodded absently. When he realized what I said, he raised his head and looked at me in surprise and asked, "What? What did you say?"
"Report to the company commander!" I stood up and said, "We can pretend to be evading the Japanese and sneak into the tunnel!"
"You...you're crazy!" The company commander looked at me in disbelief and said, "Do you know how dangerous this is?"
"I know!" I said: "But there is a saying that if you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch the tiger's cubs. The Vietnamese Japs can pretend to be us, why can't we pretend to be the Vietnamese Japs? What's more, the most important things in the tunnels are food and ammunition.
Once we can successfully enter the tunnel and blow up their ammunition depot, the tunnel will become a graveyard for the Japanese!"
The company commander lost his voice when I said this. He walked back and forth for a few steps and then nodded and said, "It's still interesting. You go down first and I'll study it later..."
Without looking back, he went to the phone and started shaking it, thinking that he would report this method to his superiors.
I walked out uneasily. The reason why I was uneasy was not because I was worried that this method would not be adopted by my superiors, but because I was worried that my superiors would assign this task to me...
Who knew which pot would not be opened and which pot was picked up? Before I could return to the camp, I was called back by the guards.
As soon as the company commander saw me, he said excitedly: "Comrade Yang Xuefeng, the superiors approved your suggestion and ordered us to seize the time to prepare before dark. I heard that you can speak Vietnamese? I don't know if it's true.
of?"
"Well, um..." I hesitated for a moment, knowing that this must be the news leaked by the Vietnamese sniper I captured earlier.
Are you lying? Looking at the expression on the company commander's face, it seems that he already knew about this. The reason why he never said it, I think, is entirely because he was worried that I might be a spy of the Vietnamese... After all, there are not many Chinese who can speak Vietnamese.
Especially the younger generation like us.
So I thought about it and told the truth: "Report to the company commander, my mother is Vietnamese, so I have learned some Vietnamese since I was a child, but I am not very familiar with it!"
"Well, very good!" The company commander nodded with satisfaction: "Considering that the task of pretending to be a Japanese enemy and entering the tunnel requires soldiers who can speak Vietnamese, so this task is assigned to your class. What do you think?"
What is supposed to come will always come, and I couldn't help but scream in my heart.
The company commander's arrangement really kills two birds with one stone. If I am a Japanese spy, then I can try out my true identity. If not...then either complete the mission or sacrifice myself in the tunnel!
But I didn't dare to show any of this on my face. I pretended to be very straightforward and answered: "Yes, I promise to complete the task!"
At this time, I really didn't know whether it was right or wrong to speak out this method, and it seemed that I was not just pushing myself into the pit of fire... or rather the pit of earth, and my brothers were also going down with me!
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Chapter completed!