Tang Cheng, who had been worried that the Japanese army would pursue him here, did not plan to stay too long in Hexi. However, the guys Zhou Chao led wandered in the woods for several days and only ate some bark and wild fruits.
If this would force them to leave, those people brought by Zhou Chao would not wait until they were hit by Japanese bullets. Just hunger would kill them. In the end, Tang Cheng failed to be cruel and had to order to stay here in Hexi.
Let these guys have two full meals a night, and maybe they won't be held back when they hit the road again.
For Tang Cheng and the others, it was an ordinary dinner, but to Zhou Chao and the others, it was like the most delicious feast in the world. Some people even couldn't wait for the rice porridge with dried meat to cool down, so they went there with their lunch boxes in hand.
He poured it into his mouth. "There are so many edible things in the forest. Did you just survive by chewing on tree bark along the way?" Hou San couldn't bear to see the embarrassment of Zhou Chao and others.
He has become worse than a beggar.
After eating the hot rice porridge with dried meat, Zhou Chao and others looked much better. They wanted to close their eyes and rest, but Tang Cheng drove them into the river to take a bath. "Wash yourselves clean."
, wash your military uniforms, those parasites and lice are far more terrible than the Japanese soldiers. If you get sick in the woods because of these things, I will have no choice but to leave you in the woods to die, because we don’t have any extra
The medicine is for you."
Although it was already May, the water in the river was still a little cold. Zhou Chao stood by the river shivering like a group of quails. In the end, Zhou Chao took the lead and was the first to jump into the river, and the rest
Then he gritted his teeth and jumped into the water. It would be cold at first when he jumped into the water, but as his body slowly adapted to the temperature in the river, he no longer felt how cold the water was. He was baked by the campfire.
The water vapor rising like mist rose in the woods beside the river. The roughly washed military uniforms were placed on the bonfire to bake. The shirtless Zhou Chao and the others could only sit around the bonfire and wait for their military uniforms to be wrapped.
Bake dry.
"Don't move, don't talk." Zhou Chao slept well after eating and taking a bath. However, as soon as it got light, Zhou Chao was woken up from his deep sleep and his mouth was covered.
He was awakened. He nodded to indicate that he understood. Zhou Chao moved the hand covering his mouth and turned around to see that the other people who were sleeping were also awakened in this way. The grudge in Zhou Chao's heart suddenly disappeared. "He
The Japanese troops are coming from across the stream. We don’t know the exact number yet. Everyone should move more gently and retreat into the woods first.” It was Tang Cheng who woke up Zhou Chao. I heard that the Japanese troops coming from the other side of the stream were woken up.
Everyone else looked towards the river subconsciously.
Not only for some reason, there was no mist like that in the forest on the river. Camping on the edge of the forest at night, they could clearly see the river dozens of meters away. They did not see the Japanese troops mentioned by Tangcheng.
arrived, but no one questioned Tang Cheng's words, because they saw that Man Niu had already set up the machine gun. The military doctor, Na Liang and the female soldiers were the first to retreat into the woods. Tang Cheng also sent two men to watch their physical strength.
h The soldiers who had not recovered yet went to protect them. Tang Cheng, who was still injured on his arm, should have retreated early, but Tang Cheng chose to stay.
Crouching behind a fallen dead tree, Tang Cheng quietly observed the opposite side of the river with his binoculars. The first person to notice the Japanese troops on the other side of the river was Dice. Dice, who got the good stuff, couldn't sleep well all night, and the sky had just turned dark.
Turning it on, Dice took the sniper rifle and looked around. The fleeting light in the grass on the other side of the river happened to be caught by Dice through the scope. Dice can be regarded as a veteran.
He was a veteran. After thinking about it for a moment, he guessed that the light he saw just now was the reflection of the helmet against the sun.
Dice simply changed his telescope and stared at the other side of the river. After a few minutes, Dice finally spotted the black and yellow patch in the grass at the place where he had just seen the light. Because he was too far away, he added
Under the cover of grass on the other side of the river, Dice could not determine how many Japanese soldiers were on the other side, but he was sure that there were Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river. Tangcheng and the others had never been afraid of small groups of Japanese soldiers since they crossed the river and headed south. He thought to himself
If a large group of Japanese troops came from the other side of the river, then the other side would not be so careful. Tang Cheng, who still had some concerns in his mind, immediately planned to have a fight with this group of Japanese troops here.
The Japanese army commanded by Kuroto was originally a full squad. Their mission was to pick up a sniper team that left the brigade and acted alone five days ago. However, they had been wandering around this area for two days, and there was not even a trace of a sniper.
None of them were found. Kuroteng actually didn't know that there was a group of defeated national troops hiding on the other side of the river in front of him. He was hiding in place just because he followed the steps. There was such a course in the infantry drill. When encountering unknown terrain
At this time, the commander must treat it calmly. With only half of the soldiers left around him, Kuroto has become more cautious.
The reason why half of the manpower was allocated was to escort the wounded of the friendly forces back to the group camp. The reason why Heiteng appeared by this river was also because of the intelligence provided by the friendly forces, saying that the sniper team he was looking for had been there two days ago.
I wandered around the river. After squinting and observing carefully for a while, Heiteng put down his telescope and finally made a gesture to continue moving forward. The soldiers, who were already thirsty and had smoke in their throats, immediately got up and rushed towards the river. Even Heiteng
Teng himself also subconsciously longed to drink water as soon as possible.
Everyone was drinking water to their heart's content. Only Heiteng was drinking water while looking at the forest on the other side of the river. Not far from them, there was a big tree bending across the river. Trees bending over the river like this are in northern Myanmar.
There are many areas, and Heiteng knew that this was a tree bridge made by the locals using the trees that grew along the river. In short, Heiteng felt very comfortable when he saw this tree bridge. At least he and his soldiers did not have to cross the river.
It's so troublesome to get your shoes and socks wet when the water crosses the river.
The scouts were naturally the first to get on the bridge. According to the infantry drill, the scouts were followed by the machine gunners. The scouts had to cross the river to explore the way, but the machine gunners had to cross the river first to stabilize their positions. Waiting for their 30 or so soldiers
Halfway through, Kuroteng, as the commander, carefully stepped on the tree bridge with one foot and stepped hard, but the thick tree bridge did not move at all. This big tree has been growing for an unknown number of years.
, very strong, Kuroteng's caution actually attracted the suppressed laughter of his soldiers.
Heiteng, who had never treated his soldiers badly, knew that these smiles were not mocking him, so he simply strode up the tree bridge and walked towards the other side. As soon as Heiteng reached the middle of the tree bridge, a group of people suddenly flew out of the woods on the other side.
Bird, Heiteng, who had been paying attention to the other side, narrowed his eyes fiercely, opened his mouth and was about to shout, but heard a gunshot in the forest opposite. Standing on the tree bridge, Heiteng felt a sharp pain in his chest.
, then his vision turned black and his body went limp, and he fell sideways into the river under the tree bridge.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack, cover up." "Chief Kuroteng has been shot and fell into the river." Gunshots rang out, and the Japanese soldiers at both ends of the tree bridge immediately panicked, shouting anything. Some veterans were shouting: enemy attack, cover up.
Some people were also shouting that the officer had been shot and fell into the river. Before the panicked shouts had dissipated, only a burst of gunshots could be heard, "pop", "pop", "ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta", and suddenly shots were fired from the woods on the other side of the river.
A hail of bullets caused sawdust to scatter on the tree bridge.
The two Japanese soldiers who were dragged back by their companions on the tree bridge were hit hard by the dense machine gun bullets and almost flew up. Their bodies with bullet holes in their chests and abdomen were hit hard on the ground, and they vomited blood from their mouths.
, he died before his eyes. Some Japanese veterans who were not afraid of death even jumped into the river and rescued Heiteng who was shot in the chest.
He was speechless, spitting blood from his mouth, and tightly grasped the hand of his sergeant, with a look of survival in his eyes.
"It can't be done, it can't be done. The bullet pierced Chief Kurotō's lung and he can't be saved." The Japanese veteran who checked Kurotō's injury had tears on his face and a long nose hanging from his mouth. As the squad leader,
Heiteng was with them when he landed from Yangon. These veterans have a very good relationship with Heiteng, especially at this time, several veterans surrounding Heiteng are fellow countrymen of Heiteng.
There was a crisp sound of "dang", and one of the veterans who was kneeling beside Kuroteng and crying fell down. A bullet hit his helmet. The Japanese veteran who was shot fell crookedly on Kuroteng's side.
On the corpse. Several Japanese veterans who were near him didn't bother to check his injuries. They all reached out and grabbed his clothes, dragging him back and moving him back. The people who killed Heiteng and the Japanese veteran just now were all dice, dice.
The opponent was very satisfied with the sniper rifle, but it was the first time he fought with this kind of gun, and he was completely unfamiliar with sniper rifles and could not shoot quickly.
"Retreat, all retreat into the woods." Tang Cheng, who had been crouching behind the broken tree, called out to Dice and the others lying on the ground in a hoarse voice. The sound of falling grenades came, and Tang Cheng was shocked. "Throw a grenade.
The tube is here, take cover." Tang Cheng was very embarrassed, dragging the dice that Yu Zi refused to leave and rolling them into the grass. Regardless of the locusts on him, he stretched out his hand and dragged Tan Fei in. The range could reach 200 meters.
The grenade was a powerful weapon on the bare river bank, pinning Tang Cheng and the others firmly in the grass on the other side of the river.
"Boom" "Boom" The Japanese army's 50mm-caliber grenades fired grenades desperately, and exploded in Tangcheng's hiding place. For a time, the river bank was filled with smoke and shrapnel flew. Tangcheng threw himself on the dice.
A wave of air rushed over his body, and Tang Cheng's ears buzzed. Just as he raised his head slightly to spit out the mud in his mouth, another grenade hit him, and Tang Cheng's mouth was filled with mud again.