"I feel something is not right." Heizi lay down by the river for a while, leaving his three men in the grass nest to continue observing, and then returned to the mountainside alone. Heizi's words were a bit meaningless, which made Tang Cheng
Somewhat confused, he followed the direction of Heizi's finger and looked through the telescope. Only then did Tang Cheng realize that Heizi was talking about the old men sitting under the big tree at the entrance of the village.
"Don't you think it's a little strange?" Tang Cheng didn't see any doubts. Heizi took the telescope and looked at the entrance of the village, "A village shouldn't have only old people and no children. I remember that when I was young, I always loved to play at the entrance of the village.
After squatting by the river for a while, I only saw a few old men at the entrance of the village, but not a single child. Don't you think it's strange that such a big village not only has no children, but also no women?
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Heizi's words made Tang Cheng frown. Indeed, when he used the binoculars to observe the village entrance just now, he did not see a child or a woman. "Then you mean there is something wrong with this Hexi Village?" Tang Cheng couldn't help but
If he didn't start to face Heizi's question, if there was something wrong with the village in Hexi, Erlian might be trapped and die here if he rashly went down the mountain and entered the village. This was the last thing Tangcheng wanted to see.
Heizi did not nod, but the suspicion in his eyes already showed his attitude. There is indeed a problem in Hexi Village. It is suspected that there is a problem in Hexi Village, but Tangcheng cannot order to leave yet. Their mission is to find and eliminate Japanese scouts in this area.
Since the troops have already suspected that there is a problem in Hexi Village, the only thing they have to do is to prove this suspicion. "Look, is that the group of guys we just rescued over there?" Liu Shitou suddenly pointed in the direction of Hexi Village.
After shouting in a low voice, Tang Cheng and Heizi turned their heads subconsciously and saw that it was not Su Datong and the others who appeared outside the small river outside Hexi Village.
"Look, the people who are helping us explore the path are here." Tang Cheng put down the telescope in his hand and whispered a few words to Heizi. He had already rescued Su Datong and the others once, and it was impossible for Tang Cheng to help again. This is a battlefield.
In a battlefield where life and death are fought, everyone can only be responsible for their own lives and have no time to care about others. You are suspecting that there is a problem in this Hexi Village. Tang Cheng also agrees, but he does not want to use his soldiers to explore the way. Su
The appearance of Datong and the others just solved this problem for Tangcheng. Su Datong and the others, who already had two machine guns, were not easy to deal with.
The soldiers of the Second Company with grass and shrubs stuck on their bodies and helmets were quietly hiding in the middle of the mountain. They watched Su Datong and his men stepping on the stepping stones in the creek to cross the river and enter Hexi Village. Su Datong and the others
I didn’t know that Tang Cheng’s group was halfway up the mountain outside the village. If Su Datong knew that Tang Cheng and the others were here, he would not have ordered his soldiers to enter the village to find food. Su Datong was different from Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng
He has been fighting in the field since Mengcheng. He knows the importance of food. The soldiers of the Second Company will prepare three days of rations for themselves before setting off.
Su Datong belonged to the 30th Army. The 30th Army fought bravely, but what they were good at was positional warfare and group warfare. Their ability in field combat was not as good as that of Tangcheng. When Tangcheng and others came to rescue, Su Datong's soldiers were already hungry.
After rolling, we followed the terrain all the way to Hexi Village. Wang Xiaoer and the others kept clamoring to go into the village to find food. Su Datong was actually a little hungry, so he simply agreed to the request of his soldiers, and everyone spent time together.
He went into the village to look for food.
"These idiots didn't leave anyone to watch their retreat. Damn it." Tang Cheng, who was looking at the entrance of the village with a telescope, couldn't help but cursed. Su Datong's people all crossed the river and rushed to the head of the village.
Under a few big trees, there was no one left on this side of the river. If there was really a problem in this Hexi village, Su Datong and the others who had crossed the river might be in dire straits.
"I'll go down and take a look." Heizi finished his sentence, carrying his rifle and walking down the mountain. The three men under him were still lurking in the grass nest by the river. Without them, Heizi would be nothing.
Tang Cheng wanted all the people from the Second Company to go down, but the movement of hundreds of people would definitely attract the attention of Su Datong and the others. Even if it did not attract the attention of Su Datong, it would be discovered by the villagers who have lived here for a long time.
Tangcheng still needs Su Datong and the others to explore the way for them. The existence of the Second Company cannot be exposed yet, otherwise the gain will outweigh the loss.
"Pa", "pa", "pa" gunshots rang out suddenly. Just as Heizi inferred, there was indeed something wrong with this Hexi village. Su Datong and the others, who had not learned the truth from the old men at the entrance of the village, entered the village with confidence.
During the meeting, intensive gunfire rang out in the village. At first it was just sporadic rifle shooting, but later, the sound of machine gun shooting had already resounded through the sky. "The fight is about to start." Heizi, who was lurking by the river, was happy, and then he
Caowoli turned around and looked back halfway up the mountain. He could not cross the river without Tang Cheng's order.
The gunfire in the village gradually became denser and very rhythmic. Tang Cheng knew that it was the sound of machine guns firing, and hearing the gunfire, more than one machine gun was firing. "Boom" and "Boom" explosions were mixed in.
Appeared amidst the sound of gunfire, the smoke rising in the village gradually appeared in Tangcheng's telescope, but even though the gunfire sounded like rain and explosions like thunder, no villagers appeared in Tangcheng's telescope.
There were only shadows of Su Datong and the Japanese army.
This discovery made Tang Cheng believe in Heizi's inference even more. At the same time, he was worried about Su Datong and the others who had already entered the village. "Get the grenades ready. Lao Dongbei will go down with two machine guns to help." Japanese troops finally appeared in the telescope.
With their khaki military uniforms, the Japanese soldiers he had seen a few times before were all fleeting, but this time Tang Cheng had firmly locked onto the Japanese soldiers who appeared in his sight.
The number of Japanese soldiers who appeared in Tang Cheng's telescope far exceeded his estimate. Although Tang Cheng did not see all the Japanese soldiers, he locked the Japanese commander in the village through his telescope, who was a major. According to
Tangcheng's understanding of the Japanese army's organization was that the troops commanded by a Japanese major were usually at the squadron or squadron level. After this conversion, Tangcheng came to an answer. The Japanese army in Hexi Village now would not be less than a squadron.
If there had not been any losses from the Japanese ambush, Su Datong and the others might still have the ability to fight to the death with the Japanese army in the village. However, after they were ambushed by the Japanese army just now, Su Datong's company only had just over a hundred people left.
If they can continue fighting, this small number of people cannot defeat a Japanese squad. Although Tang Cheng didn't understand why Su Datong's company didn't return to the 30th Army's defense line to rest and recuperate after a quarter of the casualties, he couldn't watch Su Datong from a distance now.
Datong and the others were all killed here by the Japanese troops in the village.
"I've been waiting for you to say this for a long time." After getting the order from Tangcheng, Lao Dongbei, who had been waiting impatiently for a long time, together with several machine gunners under his command, went down the mountain with two light machine guns. Niu
Lao Gui secretly glanced at Tang Cheng with some surprise. Ever since he left Wuhan, this little company commander had behaved strangely, and most of the decisions he made seemed a bit procrastinating. He was not at all like Tang Cheng who was quick and decisive in Macheng.
This meeting in Tangcheng restored the same decisiveness as in Macheng. Niu Laogui was quite pleased. With such a commander, perhaps the days ahead would not be too difficult.
"The company commander said he wanted us to help." He took his machine gunners and machine guns to the hiding place of Heizi and the others. Lao Dongbei just said one sentence, grabbed an MZ42 machine gun and started loading the ammunition chain. Test firing in Sanli Town
When the mz42 machine gun was used, Laodongbei was impressed by this powerful machine gun. Now that he had the opportunity to show off his skills, how could Laodongbei miss the opportunity. Hearing the order from Tang Cheng, Heizi and the three men under him
With a wink, the four of them went directly from the hut to the river and reached the other side.
After finding a suitable hiding place, Heizi turned around and made a gesture to Laodongbei and the others. With little effort, Laodongbei and the others and the machine gun also crossed the river and lay down on the river bank. The fighting in the village was still going on, but
Obviously, Su Datong and the others were not good at street fighting. Under the watchful eye of Tang Cheng, Su Datong, whose face was charred, led dozens of his soldiers to withdraw from the village. The Japanese soldiers who had exchanged fire with them followed closely behind them.
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"These bastards don't know how to run in both directions. They insist on blocking my shooting range. They deserve to be chased everywhere by the little devils." Su Datong, who was defeated, blocked his own shooting range and had already done it.
Lao Dongbei, who was ready to fire, couldn't help but cursed in a low voice. Unfortunately, he was by the river, still some distance away from Su Datong and the others at the entrance of the village. His words would not be heard by Su Datong and the others, so Lao Dongbei's shooting range
The front was still blocked by Su Datong and the others.
"Grenade" Laodongbei and the others on the bank of the river heard Su Datong's roar, and then they saw the soldiers who had retreated to the entrance of the village throwing grenades in unison. "Boom" "Boom" Su Datong and the others threw out
The grenade exploded into pieces, and the entire village entrance was shrouded in smoke that dispersed after the explosion. Su Datong, who seized the opportunity, led his surviving soldiers and ran towards the river. The company that originally had more than a hundred people now only has a few left.
More than 70.
"Da da da da da da" several strings of bullets were fired from the smoke-filled village. Some of the Japanese soldiers behind Su Datong were shot and fell to the ground one after another. This was in line with the usual style of the Japanese army. They would not just watch what had happened.
The bitten man escaped easily. "Spread out, spread out, don't block my machine gun." Seeing more and more Su Datong's soldiers being shot, Lao Dongbei, who was lying on the bank of the river, became anxious and simply decided to
Su Datong and the others, who straightened up and rushed in a panic, shouted loudly.