"Captain, there is movement ahead. Xiaoshui and the others said they found a place where bandits were hiding." After spending more than an hour, the exhausted Tangcheng and the others appeared on a hill full of miscellaneous trees. They climbed over the first
After the top of the hill, Tang Cheng divided his 25 regiment members into a three-pronged arrangement of left, right and middle wings as he had expected. When most of them were exhausted, news came from the regiment members who had been walking on the right wing that their efforts
It was not in vain, the right-wing regiment finally discovered the traces of the bandits.
The traces of the bandits were discovered, which made Tang Cheng, who was helpless, a little happy. He left a road sign for Liu Yangyang and others who were following behind. Tang Cheng moved the group members around him to the right side of the marching route. "Xiao Shui originally wanted to find it.
He was pooping somewhere, but he found that a piece of turf not far in front suddenly moved. The boy thought that his eyes were wrong, so he called Lao Zhao who was with him. As a result, Lao Zhao saw what Xiao Shui said.
The turf was peeled off, and Lao Zhao said there was someone hiding under the turf." The regiment member who came to report the news explained to Tang Cheng all the way, so that Tang Cheng could have an idea in advance.
There is such a master in the militia who can actually see the difference in the grass in the wild. Tang Cheng really didn't expect it, but if what the group member said is true, then the bandit hiding under the grass wants to continue to attack him.
Bo people? Doesn’t he know that it’s a joke to attack more than a hundred people by just one person? With full of doubts, Tangcheng and the others moved to the position where the right-wing regiment member was squatting, and followed the direction of the finger of the regiment member named Zhao.
Looking over, Tang Cheng saw a weedy field with low shrubs.
"Follow the bush on the far left and go 2 meters to the right, which is the place slightly higher than the ground." Tuan Ding surnamed Zhao pointed out the location for Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng couldn't see anything unusual. "Don't be anxious.
Just stare at it and don't change its position, you should be able to figure it out." Under the guidance of Lao Zhao, Tang Cheng stared at the piece of turf pointed out by him. Sure enough, two minutes later, Tang Cheng continued to
The grassy slope that I was watching slowly rose up. The grassy slope that was originally slightly above the ground now turned into a bulge.
"Are there any other discoveries? Use this to take a look around." Tang Cheng lowered his voice and looked at Lao Zhao beside him, and handed over his telescope, and at the same time motioned to the surrounding group members not to make any noise. Lao Zhao
With the envious eyes of the surrounding group members, he took the telescope handed to him by Tang Cheng and searched the surrounding area carefully at an extremely slow speed. After confirming again and again, he shook his head and returned the telescope to Tang Cheng, who was waiting for the answer.
city.
"It's easy to handle if there's only one." Without thinking too much, Tang Cheng slowly aimed his rifle at the bulge. After the target was set in the sight, Tang Cheng pulled the trigger. "Pop", the bullet fired out of the gun chamber.
Tang Cheng, who was lying on the ground, quickly pulled the bolt of the gun and pushed the next bullet into the gun chamber without even looking at the result of his shooting. Before the regiment members around him could wake up, "Pop!"
"The second bullet fired by Tang Cheng also accurately hit the bulge.
"I'll go." Before Tang Cheng could get up, Old Zhao beside him had already rushed over with his rifle. Less than a hundred meters away, the agile Old Zhao rushed to the bulge in only a short time.
Pulling out his bayonet and uncovering the piece of turf that he believed to be safe, Lao Zhao pulled out from under the turf a black-clad corpse that had been shot twice. After squatting down and inspecting the body, Lao Zhao turned around and waved to Tangcheng.
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"This man should not be a bandit from Beishan." Looking around the corpse on the ground, Tang Cheng, who was squatting on the ground, had some doubts that the corpse dressed in black was not a bandit from Beishan. The corpse was dragged out from under the turf by Old Zhao.
Nothing was found on him that could identify him. All Tangcheng could find was a government-issued Mauser rifle and 50 rounds of rifle bullets. The rifle was 80% new and had no markings. The only thing Tangcheng could find was a Mauser rifle issued by Tangcheng.
What is suspicious is the corpse's clothing.
Taking off the thousand-layer cloth shoes on the corpse's feet, Tang Cheng looked at the socks on the corpse's feet carefully, "This guy's socks are foreign goods. In Shanghai, these socks cost about one yuan. It's impossible in a small place like Mengcheng."
There are such socks for sale. No one sells these socks to Mengcheng, so the bandits in Beishan cannot obtain these socks by robbing roads. Moreover, the bandits are accustomed to walking on mountain roads, so they will not wear these kind of thousand-layer cloth shoes.
The guy wandering around in the mountains must be from outside the mountains, and he’s not even a native of Mengcheng.”
Just relying on the shoes and socks on the corpse's feet, Tang Cheng made such a big deal about it. Liu Yangyang who arrived later did not expect that while he was quite relieved, Liu Yangyang suddenly remembered what he found on the side road.
Those horse hoof prints. "Remember those horse hoof prints we found on the fork in the road? Is it possible that this person is one of those riders? The guy coming from the direction of Bengbu." Tang Cheng also somewhat agreed with Liu Yangyang's view.
This just proves the surprise between the corpse and the bandits.
"Wait, take off his socks." Tang Cheng, who had turned around and was about to leave, suddenly stopped. Liu Yangyang suspected that the man in black hiding under the turf might be from the direction of Bengbu. Tang Cheng, who was full of suspicion, suddenly
Thinking of the Japanese spies intercepted outside the Zhonghua Gate. Tangcheng has encountered Japanese spies and infiltration troops disguised as Chinese civilians more than once. These Japanese soldiers disguised as Chinese can all speak fluent Chinese. If
Without careful identification, no one would think that the person facing them would be a Japanese.
Tang Cheng's words also stunned Liu Yangyang. He was also present when the group of Japanese spies were intercepted at Zhonghua Gate. "Are you suspecting that he is a Japanese soldier in disguise?" Liu Yangyang did not dare to express his suspicions loudly.
, just standing together with Tang Cheng and whispering in a low voice. The gang members around them were struggling to fight the bandits and it was useless. If they knew that the corpse lying in front of them belonged to the Japanese army, they would not be able to save these guys.
Now we can break up and flee back to the county town.
Tang Cheng did not directly answer Liu Yangyang's inquiry, but nodded gently. He was only doubting the identity of the body. Tang Cheng could not make an answer until he got definite evidence. The two were quick and agile.
At this time, the group members had taken off the shoes and socks of the corpse, and a pair of thick calloused feet were exposed to the sights of Tang Cheng and Liu Yangyang. "This guy is used to walking long distances. Look at the feet on his feet."
This layer of calluses." Liu Yangyang picked up a piece of wood on the ground and played with the corpse's feet, and Tang Cheng naturally saw those calluses.
Taking the wooden branch from Liu Yangyang's hand, Tang Cheng slowly inserted the wooden branch between the thumb and two fingers of the corpse's left foot. The result made Liu Yangyang and Tang Cheng look calm.
The gap between the two fingers is exactly the same as the Japanese spies intercepted by Tang Cheng outside the Zhonghua Gate. It seems that Tang Cheng’s guess is right. This guy may have something to do with the Japanese army. "This group of bandits really deserves to die. Why are Feiya and the little devil
Mixed together." Liu Yangyang stood up and looked at the mountains in the distance, the hatred in his eyes clearly visible.
"Tear off his clothes too." Tang Cheng threw away the stick in his hand and ordered his regiment men to pull off the corpse's clothes. The ignorant regiment men looked at Liu Yangyang, who raised his head and said nothing, and took off the corpse's shoes.
Socks were fine, but they were a little confused about stripping the corpse of its clothes. "Get out of the way" Seeing that the group members didn't take action, Tang Cheng used his shoulders to push away the group members standing beside him, and started to strip the clothes off the corpse himself.
Come down.
After careful inspection of the bare pig-like body, Tang Cheng's face was as ugly as Liu Yangyang's. The coat on the body was no different from that of ordinary Chinese, but his pants were not wearing big pants like the Chinese.
What Tangcheng saw was a piece of crotch cloth unique to the Japanese. Only Japanese men would wear crotch cloth. Chinese people would never wear such a thing. The bandits in Beishan actually had connections with Japanese soldiers.
, Tang Cheng was dumbfounded.
Tangcheng is not afraid of fighting the Japanese army. He is really worried about the regiments brought from Mengcheng around him. These guys have never fought in a war and have never seen the cruelty and bloodiness of the battlefield. What if someone really appears in Beishan?
The Japanese soldiers, these regiment members who were drawn by Liu Yangyang to receive actual combat training, were in trouble. Tang Cheng turned his face and looked at Liu Yangyang. He hoped that Liu Yangyang would order the retreat to the county, although he knew that Liu Yangyang might not necessarily make such a decision.
, but he still held on to a glimmer of hope.
The word "beat" Liu Yangyang obviously came out from between his teeth. Tangcheng knew that Liu Yangyang made this decision with great determination, leading a group of novices who had never been on the battlefield to face the possible Japanese army.
, I am afraid that any ** officer would not make such a decision. You are not afraid of losing in a battle, but you are afraid of collapse when fighting the enemy. Once the forward collapses, the entire defense line may collapse.
It's a mess, and when the time comes, as long as the enemy troops continue to move forward, all that awaits them is a complete rout and massacre.
"Okay, let's fight." Knowing that he couldn't make Liu Yangyang change his mind, Tang Cheng immediately gave up the idea and began to select the quick and agile people from the more than 50 people in the front team under his command to form a new team.
"I will take these people to go first, and the remaining people from the front team will walk on my flank. If we encounter bandits, we can have support for each other." Tangcheng followed Liu Yangyang's instructions and concealed Beishan.
He took the 24 regiment members he selected to leave first, and Liu Yangyang, who commanded the rear team, would follow them 300 meters away.