Tang Cheng and others jumped out of the trench and ran not far when they saw shells fired by the Japanese army falling behind them. Fortunately, the Japanese army did not target them in the first round of shelling, otherwise more than a dozen of them in Tang Cheng would have been hit by the Japanese artillery fire.
Surrounded and running desperately, more than a dozen people still couldn't escape the sight of the Japanese army. The second round of Japanese artillery fire hit the field behind Tangcheng and the others. The air waves and splashing mud behind them forced Tangcheng and the others not to stop.
If they dare to stop, they believe that the next round of artillery bombardment will be adjusted by the Japanese army, but they will not be so lucky.
Under the pursuit of Japanese artillery fire, Tang Cheng and others started a life-and-death race with the Japanese army. The losers would be directly torn apart by the enemy's artillery fire. Only by running with all their strength into the woods ahead would they have a chance to survive.
There was a large forest a hundred meters behind the trench. After finally entering the forest, Lin found a tree and pressed his butt against the tree trunk. He supported his thighs with both hands, his waist and abdomen bent like a shrimp, and he was breathing heavily. At this time,
He really couldn't run a step further.
No matter how good their physical reserves are on weekdays, they have been in a state of half-hungry and half-full for a long time, and they have continued to run with a lot of exercise. The soldiers who entered the forest were all in a panic. The exhausted Tang Cheng heard a few breaths before he could breathe.
Some people were shouting in panic about artillery fire, and the artillery shells from the Japanese army followed closely, flying like meteorites through the branches and leaves at the edge of the forest and falling to the ground. The close-range explosion once again caused painful damage to Tangcheng's eardrums. Fortunately,
The tree trunks blocked most of the shrapnel and absorbed some of the impact, so these shells did not cause as much damage as they did on the flat ground.
The soldiers who followed Tang Cheng into the woods began to run into the woods like crazy. Tang Cheng had no choice but to drag his lead-filled legs to continue retreating. The shells fell one after another, and the unlucky ones were constantly being lifted up by the explosions, as if there were a lot of them.
Invisible big hands picked them up and threw them away, and the screams of the dying and injured were endless. "This way, run this way." Suddenly hearing Niu Laogui's voice, Tang Cheng suddenly felt a feeling in his heart.
Feeling an inexplicable sense of intimacy, he immediately ran towards Niu Laogui.
The steel helmet on Niu Laogui's head has disappeared. He rolled up his sleeves and was holding a flower-holding mechanism in his hand. Behind him were several soldiers from the Second Company who were also in a state of embarrassment. "Let's go, keep walking inside, little devil's
The cannonballs can't hit the forest, so it's safe inside." There was another explosion behind him, and Tangcheng passed over Niu Laogui and the others like rabbits, leaving only some vague shouts, as did Laodongbei and the others who were following Tangcheng.
In this way, he kept passing Niu Laogui and the others without any intention of stopping.
Niu Laogui and the soldiers around him had no choice but to join Tangcheng and the others. The group did not run too far and stopped under a big tree near the edge of the woods. Tangcheng and the others immediately seemed to be scattered.
They were sitting or leaning hurriedly like they were having a fight. The wounded soldiers Liu Shitou escorted into the forest were beside a big rock not far to their left. Tang Cheng, who was sitting on a stone and looking around, saw that there were only people from the Second Company here.
Su Datong's people and the people who retreated into the woods completely disappeared. This result made Tangcheng very angry.
"Su Datong's people withdrew into the woods early in the morning, and the common people followed them." Niu Laogui also had an angry look on his face. The Second Company fought to the death at the entrance of the village to block the Japanese attack. Those of them who escaped from danger in advance at least
They also need to help escort the wounded, but no one from Su Datong or the common people reached out to help the Second Company. If I had known this would be like this, no one in the Second Company should care about those soldiers.
The brother who died at the entrance of the village was considered to have died in vain.
"Get up and keep walking into the mountains. The Japanese troops will rush in if you say anything. You can't stay here." After regaining some strength, Tang Cheng staggered to his feet, grabbed the rifle from the hands of the two lightly wounded men, carried it, and the first one went to
They walked deep into the forest. Niu Laogui and others were stunned for a moment, then they all grabbed the belongings of the wounded and followed Tang Cheng into the depths of the forest. Laodongbei and the others, who were strong, were responsible for helping the wounded, Heizi
The two bandits who were still alive were at the end, carefully guarding against possible Japanese pursuers.
Not far into the depths of the forest, scattered common people appeared in their sights in Tangcheng. The further they walked in, the more and more people they saw. Most of these common people with families and families were exhausted. As long as they
If they can't see the shadow of Japanese soldiers or hear the sounds of shooting and explosions, they will stop and rest at any time. To them, the quietly approaching danger is like the unknown of tomorrow. They only focus on the present.
Seeing these people again, Tang Cheng no longer had the same mood as when he led his team to desperately block the Japanese army at the entrance of the village. Tang Cheng's eyes swept over these numb-looking people, and a surge of anger rose in his heart for no reason. Everyone's life belongs to themselves.
, the people of the Second Company sacrificed their lives for their safety at this time, but these people did not know that danger was approaching them, and instead chose to stop and rest. Once the Japanese army broke into the mountains and forests, none of these unarmed people would run away.
No.
"Go, don't stop." Tang Cheng has no intention of paying attention to these helpless people now. He is the commander of the second company, so naturally he has to be responsible for the soldiers of the second company behind him. Although he staggered, the wounded
Still in the old Northeast, they continued to follow Tangcheng with support. The Second Company, which retreated into the mountains and forests, passed the common people scattered in the forest and moved deeper into the forest without looking back.
Tang Cheng didn't calculate how far he had gone. He was just walking in the direction of Macheng, but the mountains here were high and the forests were dense. Not long after he walked, Tang Cheng had already lost his way. It was almost like Tang Cheng was panicking and couldn't choose the way.
They had time to pay attention to all this and just immersed themselves in the road. After crossing a hilltop, the exhausted Erlian finally touched the edge of the forest. When they walked out of the forest, they could see the road.
Tang Cheng stopped again. There was a road outside the forest. Although Tang Cheng didn't know where he was coming from, he knew that before walking out of the forest, he had to have a general understanding of the surrounding terrain. He could see the vague sight.
On the road, the wounded tried their best to control their screams of pain, so as not to expose the Second Company to possible Japanese troops because of their screams of pain. Lying down against a tree stump, Tang Cheng took out his binoculars and observed the road down the slope.
, apart from the sound of the wind, the only sound left in Tang Cheng's ears was the breathing sound of the Second Company soldiers trying their best to suppress it.
A soldier near the edge of the woods suddenly screamed, and the sound of metal friction was faintly heard. Everyone in the woods became nervous out of instinct. Tang Cheng also turned his binoculars and looked into the distance along the avenue.
, at this time, their position has reached the westernmost side of the large forest. They will soon exit the forest by heading west or north. Outside, there is a hilly terrain with small rolling hills. The deserted road forms a curve in front of it.
, the sound of metal friction came from the other side of the curve.
As the sound of metal friction gradually became clearer, a Japanese armored force appeared at the other end of the avenue. The tanks marked with plaster flags were not moving very fast, so the sound of the tracks slightly overshadowed the roar of the engines. Tang Cheng could not help but frown.
Come to think of it, he had seen the power of Japanese tanks outside Nanjing, but they were just a few tanks, but now there were at least 15 Japanese tanks in his sight, and each one was equipped with several infantrymen.
There are also some armored vehicles and trucks towing artillery at the rear of the queue.
After all, their two legs couldn't outrun the enemy's wheels. Looking at this powerful Japanese armored force, Niu Laogui and the others fell into despair again. With the current combat power of the Second Company, they could not defeat their opponents anyway. They rushed out of the woods without mercy.
It is different from being a living target for Japanese tanks, but if you continue to stay here, you will soon be surrounded by Japanese follow-up troops. At that time, you will either fight to the death or surrender. There seems to be no other way out.
Thinking of this, Niu Laogui leaned against the big tree helplessly and silently stared at Tang Cheng who was observing the enemy's situation with a telescope. Tang Cheng was the commander of the second company. In the end, it was the company commander Tang Cheng who gave the order whether to fight or flee.
Tang Cheng, who was staying at the edge of the woods to monitor the movements of the Japanese armored force, ran back quickly with his back bent. Judging from his expression and tone when talking to Lao Dongbei, the situation did not seem to be too bad. Niu Laogui couldn't help but wonder.
stand up.
"Wait until they pass and ask everyone to be patient for a while." After muttering with Lao Dongbei for a while, Tangcheng moved all the machine guns to the front. Placing the machine guns at the front was just a defensive measure in case the Japanese armored force discovered them.
, with the help of machine gun cover, the Second Company, which had been forced into a desperate situation, would not be completely wiped out here.
The roar of machinery coming from the road gradually weakened, until finally nothing could be heard. It seemed that this Japanese armored force was rushing forward to outflank, and had no interest in searching for Japanese remnants along the way. According to the time of sunrise,
Lin En estimated that it was only around 9 o'clock in the morning. Although the Japanese armored unit just passed by, it did not mean that the Japanese infantry unit behind would not enter the woods to search.
The roar of machinery has faded away, but Tang Cheng is still lying in the grass nest looking around with binoculars. Tang Cheng will not order the Second Company to rush out of the forest before he is absolutely sure that the Japanese troops have left.
After about ten minutes, Tang Cheng put down the telescope in his hand, turned around and waved to Niu Laogui and the others who were hiding behind, signaling everyone to hurry up and go downhill into the woods on the opposite side of the road.
Niu Laogui and the others swarmed forward, carrying the wounded men of the Second Company with straps on their backs, down the woods to the avenue. Before Lao Dongbei and the others, who were carrying many weapons behind them, could rush out of the woods, Tang Cheng, who was standing on the avenue, suddenly looked confused.
He looked up. There were white clouds in the clear sky, but Tangcheng, who looked up, had no time to appreciate the various clouds. What he saw were the small black dots that suddenly appeared in the sky.