After the team walked in the forest for more than half an hour, Captain Zhu said to Yuesong: "Captain Luo, after passing this forest, the Japanese rarely come here. Next, I will lead the way as the troops march."
The speed can also be increased a bit.”
Yuesong weighed it in his mind and couldn't say that Captain Zhu's words were unreasonable. After all, the Japanese army needed a large number of troops to defend the Nujiang River. There were only a small number of Japanese troops in Longling City. The Songshan Fortress, which was of great strategic value, only had 1,500 troops.
After passing the Burma Highway, the mountains and forests to the south were of little strategic significance, and it was unlikely that the Japanese army would divide their forces and come here frequently.
"Captain Luo, is there anything else that makes you feel uncomfortable?" Captain Zhu spoke again.
"Captain Zhu, that's what I think. Not only did we successfully pass through the gap between the Japanese Songshan Fortress and the Jiang Defense Force last night, but we also killed a Japanese search team without firing a single shot. But we lurked at night
Don't you think it was too quiet when we arrived? The Japs didn't even send troops to step up the search. The old Japs Jin Guangming knew we were in that long, narrow and dangerous passage." Yuesong seemed to be analyzing Captain Zhu, more like
It's self-reflection.
Captain Zhu nodded and said, "It's a bit inconsistent with the little devil's style."
"Also, in the morning we successfully reconnoitered a key defensive position of the Jiang Defense Force. No one interfered with us, as if we didn't exist?" Yuesong continued to analyze.
"In such a big forest, it's impossible for the Japanese to watch everywhere. There are only a dozen of us," Captain Zhu said.
"Also, when we crossed the Burma Highway, we encountered Japanese soldiers, but they were a heavily escorted transport unit. They obviously weren't coming for our special forces. Is it possible that the old Japanese soldier Jin Guang is so kind and shows weakness like this?"
"He's not showing weakness, he's being insidious," Captain Zhu said.
"Yes, insidious people like to play dirty tricks." Yuesong said with certainty.
"Could the Japs ambush us?" In Captain Zhu's eyes, the Japs attack fiercely and generally would not ambush us.
"It's not like we haven't ambushed our special forces. Let me ask you, if we want to return to Longwangmiao Village on the west bank of Longchuan River, how many ways can we take?"
"As for the roads that people often walk, there are only two small roads. One is a little closer and more people walk, but it has to climb a mountain; the other is a little farther, has a lot of twists and turns, and there are fewer sections to climb the mountain.
If there are many, people who carry burdens often take this route." Captain Zhu is very familiar with the terrain here.
"Is there a place where two roads cross? Or is it a section that must be passed through?" Yuesong asked eagerly.
"Yes, in the Butterfly Spring area, after passing Butterfly Spring, the mountains behind are not that high, and there are far fewer shrubs in the forest, so it is connected in all directions."
"Look, I'll just say that the old devil Jin Guang is holding back the bad things." Yuesong said firmly.
Captain Zhu still didn't understand, and asked doubtfully: "How did Jin Guang know that we were going back to the west bank of the Longchuan River? He didn't even know that we lived in Longwangmiao Village!"
Yuesong simply squatted down, picked up branches and drew on the ground while saying: "Let's start from here. When we get here, it is the first highland of Songshan Fortress. Brother Chao and I made some noise. Then we arrived at the third level of the fortress.
Erfeng, the commotion this time must have been loud enough. Jin Guang will definitely predict our route. As a result, we killed the wolf dog on the edge of the Nu River and passively attacked the patrol team of the Jiang Defense Force. Then Jin Guang predicted us
It would pass between their two armies, and the purpose he had predicted was to reconnoiter the river defense position. After coming out of the gap, if these two points were connected, it would be the line of the Burma Highway. Captain Zhu
, have you noticed? Isn’t this just a walk around Songshan Fortress?”
"To the west is the Nu River. It is impossible for us to return to the east bank of the Nu River from the Nu River. As a reconnaissance team, we will not go back easily." Captain Zhu was also analyzing.
"Yes, it's even more impossible to go north. We won't go back. Who will go back after struggling to get out of the Japs?" Yuesong said.
"It's not easy to go west. You have to take a long detour along the highway to get back to the west bank of the Longchuan River, and it's even more dangerous along the highway."
"So this is the only road left that we have planned for a long time. If nothing happens, the Japanese will probably defeat us at Butterfly Spring." Yuesong threw the branch on the ground and stood up.
"What should I do?" Captain Zhu suddenly became nervous.
"Grassroots, order the troops to rest where they are and strengthen their vigilance. I have to smoke a cigarette."