After everything was prepared, Captain Zhu led the way. Caogener followed closely behind Captain Zhu and was responsible for protecting Captain Zhu. The others were divided into two groups. Yuesong personally led one group, including machine gunner Huineng, assault gunner Shihong, and grenades. The little prince Tiedan and the rifle shooter Douzi; the second group was led by Sun Ren first, and naturally Wang Hong and other brothers followed, and Shaoqiu, who was familiar with the jungle, was also brought along.
The free man is the veteran sniper Chao Ge. In this way, Captain Zhu and Cao Gen'er are leading the way in front. Yuesong and Renxian each lead a group of people. The three groups of people are like horns, plus a calm and experienced sniper behind them. , although this team is not large in number and does not wear American military uniforms, it is not at the same level as Captain Zhu's local guerrillas.
The team walked through mountains and forests, crossed rivers and streams for two or three hours, and arrived at a hilltop on the east bank of the Longchuan River. Captain Zhu finally stopped.
Captain Zhu squatted under a tree, wiped his sweat and said to Cao Gen'er: "Comrade Cao Gen'er, go and invite Captain Luo over. This is an ideal spot for peripheral reconnaissance."
"Hey, okay, Captain Zhu, let me remind you. As you know, our team is a bit special. Most of us are special forces of the Fifth Division of the New Fourth Army, but there are also national army agents like Yingzi. We are in the team, and we were borrowed by Commander Du of the Fifth Army of the Expeditionary Force from Commander-in-Chief Li Zongren of the Fifth Theater Zone, so we are now directly affiliated with the 20th Army and belong to the national army series. We generally do not mention the party branch. We don’t call each other comrades, we mostly call each other brothers. For a big-head soldier like me, you can just call me Cao Gen’er from now on.” Cao Gen’er still has a certain degree of political consciousness.
"Oh, that's it. I'll pay attention in the future, brother grassroots." Captain Zhu smiled awkwardly.
"Hey, Captain Zhu, I'll go over first."
After a while, Yuesong came over, and so did Renxian.
"Captain Luo, the hilltop closest to Songshan Fortress is that hilltop. This is a place with a better view. Take a look." Captain Zhu said to Yuesong.
Yuesong smiled and nodded, raised his sniper rifle, and carefully observed the hilltop more than 800 meters away through the sniper scope. There was nothing strange on the hilltop. Except for the dense branches and leaves, it was just branches and leaves, and it was vast and vast. Apart from occasionally seeing a few birds flying from the tree crown, basically nothing could be seen.
"You can't see anything, Captain Zhu, are you sure that hilltop is a Japanese stronghold?" Renxian said, looking into the distance with his telescope.
"It shouldn't be wrong. We sent a guerrilla to dress up as a mushroom picker. We didn't go very far to the foot of the mountain when he was shot by a gun from the mountainside. The member died on the spot. The Japanese's marksmanship was very accurate. ." Captain Zhu said.
"Isn't this Biaozi's telescope?" Yuesong asked Renxian.
"Yes, I borrowed it from Captain Hu to facilitate reconnaissance." Ren first put away the telescope.
Yuesong took out a cigarette and held it in his mouth. Renxian immediately stopped Yuesong and said, "Captain, we don't dare to smoke here."
"I don't know yet. You can't hold it in your mouth to stimulate inspiration. Don't interrupt if you don't understand." Yuesong didn't even see a hair on the Japanese stronghold, and felt a little irritated.
Yuesong raised his sniper rifle and looked forward to the left. He saw a higher hilltop, so he asked Captain Zhu: "Captain Zhu, have you been to that hilltop?"
"I've been there. Although the top of the mountain is higher, the trees on the top of the mountain are too dense and the view is not as good as here." Captain Zhu replied.
Yuesong took the cigarette in his mouth and knocked it on the butt of the gun, and began to think of new tricks in his mind.
Ten minutes passed, and Yuesong didn't say anything. Cao Gen'er felt that everyone had almost rested enough, so he couldn't help but ask Yuesong: "Captain, why don't we go over to the higher mountain to have a look?"
"Let's go, you and Captain Zhu will lead the way, you go first." Yuesong said.
"Yes." Cao Gener agreed, and he and Captain Zhu set off first.
After a few minutes, Yuesong and Renxian each returned to their own groups and continued to move forward following Captain Zhu's route.