On the mountain road in front of the ancestral hall, the corpses of Japanese soldiers lay prostrate. There were at least a dozen of them. Most of them were shot to death by crossbows and some were stoned to death.
The terrain here is too dangerous, and the mountain roads are steep and narrow. It can be said that one man can't get through it. Although four or five charges were launched, except for leaving a dozen corpses, there was no result.
When the Japanese withdrew again, Zhuge Hong and others breathed a sigh of relief!
In the fierce battle just now, although more than a dozen Japanese were killed, the hunters also sacrificed two, which allowed Zhuge Hong and the others to experience the cruelty of battle.
As long as there is fighting, people will die, not only the enemy will die, but also their own people will die. The bloody reality taught them a vivid lesson.
They relied on the advantage of the terrain to achieve such a result. If the terrain was equal between the two sides, it is easy to imagine the outcome.
The more Zhuge Hong thought about it, the more uncertain he became. What if he and his men ran out of crossbow arrows? Will they be able to defeat the Japanese with rifles with their hunting knives?
Although the Zhuge Crossbow is powerful, it is also troublesome to make, especially the crossbow arrows. It will take a skilled blacksmith half a day to make one, and this is only if the raw materials are sufficient.
There are no iron mines near the mountain village, and all the steel needed has to be purchased from outside the village. Since the Japanese came, steel, salt, and grain have been controlled, and private individuals are not allowed to buy and sell at will. This has caused problems such as steel in the mountain village.
The shortage of things has slowed down the production even more.
As hunters who often go to the mountains to hunt, Zhuge Hong and the others were allocated three boxes of crossbow arrows, each box containing twelve crossbow arrows. In this way, there are only thirty-six crossbow arrows in total, which is enough for hunting, but now it is a bit difficult to use it to kill Japanese soldiers.
We are stretched thin, living beyond our means.
In just the few battles just now, they had emptied one of their quivers, and only half of the quivers in their hands were left, which could no longer withstand several rounds of Japanese attacks.
The Japs at the foot of the mountain were each assigned 150 rounds of ammunition, which was enough to support them in several fierce battles.
Li Ran sat behind a stone and wiped the hunting knife in his hand. Just now, a Japanese soldier was stabbed in the chest by his hunting knife and rolled down the mountain.
When the hunting knife penetrated the devil's chest and spurted out hot blood, Li Ran felt his heart beat suddenly, and the sweet and fishy liquid splashed on his face and even the corners of his mouth.
Some were also stained on the sides.
At that moment, Li Ran realized that what he felt in his heart was not fear or nausea, but a feeling called excitement or even fanaticism.
Sticking out his tongue, Li Ran licked the sweet smell at the corner of his mouth, then grinned with an excited smile: he liked that taste.
The Japs pushed him down, but Li Ran still stared, patrolling the mountain road for traces of the Japs, hoping to see people who had not retreated, but he was disappointed. The mountain roads were clean and there was not a single soul in sight.
arrive.
Zhuge's crossbow was lying quietly on the grass beside him. The well-maintained crossbow shone with a unique metallic texture, and the handle of the crossbow, which had been used for a long time, was polished and smooth, making it very comfortable to hold.
Li Ran knew that he still had nine crossbow arrows in his quiver, and there were two more in his wolfskin backpack. He would not be like those other trash, who would shoot randomly without looking at the target, and lose precious arrows in vain.
Crossbow arrows.
He, Li Ran, always fires his arrows accurately, and every arrow will make the target bleed!
While he was wiping his hunting knife with his head lowered, Zhuge Hong appeared beside him and sat down, "Li Ran, the village chief and the others don't know what happened to them, alas!"
Li Ran paused for a moment, then he raised his head and looked at Zhuge Hong, "Is there any news about Yaomei?"
"No!" Zhuge Hong shook his head helplessly, and was very worried about his favorite girl.
Li Ran silently put away the animal skin, then inserted the hunting knife into the leather sheath on his waist, then grabbed his Zhuge Crossbow, turned around and left.
Zhuge Hong hurriedly grabbed him and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing, kid?"
"Looking for Yaomei!" Li Ran said calmly with an indifferent expression, turned around and was about to continue walking, but was pushed back to the ground by Zhuge Hong.
"Why are you running around like this?" Knowing that this brother had a secret affection for Yaomei, Zhuge Hong sighed, "Even after going down the mountain, do you know where Yaomei is?"
"I'm going to look for you no matter where you are!" Li Ran looked indifferent, but his stubbornness could be seen in his eyes.
Zhuge Hong has known Li Ran's stubborn temper since he was a child, so he knew that if he insisted on stopping him, the two sides would have to quarrel, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Confused, what if you go down the mountain and Yaomei happens to go up the mountain?"
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"how could be?"
"Why not?" Zhuge Hong snorted angrily, and then continued, "With the old village chief here, how could something happen to Yaomei? She might have gone to the mountains to work at this time. I think you should stay here.
Guard the ancestral hall, otherwise she will be unhappy when she comes back."
After Zhuge Hong said this, Li Ran hesitated, but finally stayed.
After resting for a while, the Japanese attack started again, but it was seen that they were much more cautious and did not dare to rush forward casually. Moreover, whenever they encountered an attack, they immediately retreated and used grenades and grenades to attack.
Firepower clearing.
In this way, Zhuge Hong and the others spent a lot of crossbow arrows in vain. In the end, they only shot three Japanese soldiers to death. It can be said that they did not take any advantage.
As a result, the two sides fell into a stalemate, and no one could do anything.
However, the Japs will not waste time like this. They have already sent people back to ask for reinforcements. I believe that the Japs' reinforcements will arrive soon, and Zhuge Hong and the others may be in trouble by then.
Of course Zhuge Hong didn't know these things. He was still racking his brains to think of ways to stop the enemy from charging up, and he didn't even have the awareness to pay attention to the enemy's movements.
Time passed by little by little, and another half hour passed by in a hurry. The Japanese were still pinned halfway up the mountainside, unable to make any progress.
On the hillside, Zhuge Hong took a long breath, smiled and whispered, "It seems that there is nothing the Japanese can do."
Before he finished speaking, there was a whistling sound, and Type 92 grenades flew from the bottom of the mountain and blossomed on the hillside.
This time the number of grenades was more than doubled, less than half of the top of the hillside was covered, the soil was emptied by waves, and the gravel was shot at a rapid rate.
Several hunters were unprepared and were hit by shrapnel and fell in a pool of blood.
Zhuge Shan was overturned by the air wave, and then jumped up again. Miraculously, he was not injured. He shouted to Zhuge Hong, "Third brother, Lao Jiu and Scud, the leopard is injured."
"Drag them behind." Zhuge Hong was going crazy because at this time the Japanese had taken advantage of the chaos and launched another attack, climbing up the mountain road.
Zhuge Shan responded, bent down and picked up a hunter, then put it on his shoulders, then picked up one with one hand, took long steps and ran away, as if he didn't have any weight.
Just after running two steps, a grenade whizzed over and landed beside Zhuge Shan. It exploded and Zhuge Shan fell over.
"Shanzi!" Zhuge Hong's eyes turned red at that time!
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