The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1950 Chapter 1912 A big battle!

"It's already dawn, why aren't the Japanese attacking?" Xu Lang asked.

But no one answered his question.

This was the second question Xu Lang asked, and no one answered his first question.

His first question was, why did the Japanese come here to attack Wujiaopo?

The people around him included Shang Zhen, Wang Chuan, Qian Chuaner, Captain Zhang of the district team, and Shang Zhen's messenger Shen Mugen.

When a person does not understand something, or thinks he understands something, he will always say something that everyone knows to prove that he is an expert.

But this time Xu Lang did the opposite.

The two questions he asked were really tricky. The people next to him didn't mind answering them, but they couldn't, because what Xu Lang asked was beyond what these people knew, so naturally there was no answer.

In the Eighth Route Army, Xu Lang has the highest rank, so Wang Chuan and Captain Zhang naturally would not surpass him.

  Shang Zhen was a calm and steady person and was too lazy to say anything to him. Qian Chuaner was not the kind of person who would argue with others!

If veterans like Wang Laomao or Qin Chuan were present at the scene, they would probably say to him, "Who are you asking? Are you asking me? I also want to ask you!"

Seeing that no one answered his question, Xu Lang felt a little embarrassed, so he continued, "Do you think the Japanese also like what Chen San cut?"

This is the third question. If his previous two questions were too profound, then this third question is too childish.

Qian Chuan'er glanced at Xu Lang with a smile, but he couldn't help complaining in his heart.

  The Japanese mobilized a large army to launch a sneak attack at night just to get the bandits' gold, silver, treasures, guns and ammunition? You really can flatter the bandits!

It is possible that the Japanese devils were coming for our battalion commander, after all, our battalion commander was wanted by the Japanese devils.

  But when we came to Wujiaopo, who leaked the letter?

Qian Chuan'er certainly had his own thoughts. Although he also thought that it might be Zhao Tieying who did it, he always felt that Zhao Tieying should not be able to do such a despicable thing.

"Shen Mugen, rifle!" At this time, Shang Zhen suddenly put down the telescope in his hand and shouted.

Shen Mugen quickly handed over the rifle. Shang Zhen didn't say anything, he just pulled the bolt and aimed forward.

No one else had a telescope, so they didn't know what Shang Zhen had discovered.

Logically speaking, Shang Zhen must be fighting the Japanese army.

But the problem is that they are still about 200 meters away from the deep ditch ahead, and even if there are Japanese troops hiding on the hillside at the foot of the mountain, they must be four or five hundred meters away from them. What did Shang Zhen discover?

Wujiaopo is a natural terrain that is conducive to defense.

There are steep slopes on three sides and a gentle slope on one side, and there are large and small rock cracks on the gentle slope. Only the road in the middle is passable.

The deep ditch runs across the line from the hillside to the top of the mountain. If people come down the mountain but don't walk to the top of the mountain, they can't see the deep ditch at all.

It was also for this reason that the Japanese troops who launched a sneak attack last night fell directly into the deep ditch and were shot back by quick-reacting veterans like Shang Zhen with their box guns.

There are still more than 20 Japanese soldiers' bodies on the other side of the ditch. The Japanese soldiers did not come to retrieve the bodies last night, so it is even more impossible to do so now that it is daybreak.

People coming down the mountain cannot see the terrain on the top of the mountain unless they reach the edge of the mountain. If the top of the mountain is a platform and there is no commanding height, then if people on the mountain want to see the situation below, they will inevitably have to go to the edge of the mountain.

But there happens to be such a commanding point on the top of Wujiaopo Mountain that can be used as a lookout tower, which is where Shang Zhen and his friends are now.

The terrain here is much higher than the surrounding area. Chen Sankan also built a small lookout tower on the top. Shang Zhen and his team are now hiding behind the stone wall outside the lookout tower.

Two meters behind Shang Zhen and the others was the wooden platform.

But Shang Zhen not only did not go up himself, he also did not allow others to go up.

The reason for this is of course that the Japanese soldiers were very accurate in their shooting. Shang Zhen felt that the Japanese soldiers could not kill a target about 500 to 600 meters away with one shot, but they could always hit it with a few more shots.

Since they could just barely see the hillside below from the stone wall, there was no need for them to take the risk.

Shang Zhen did not speculate on Xu Lang's first two questions: why the Japanese army attacked Wujiaopo and why they did not attack now.

He didn't have any evidence in his hands, and he wouldn't even say what he was thinking.

He had been observing the mountain with a telescope, but he had no idea how many Japanese troops had arrived.

Just now, he only discovered a Japanese soldier hiding behind a rock more than 400 meters away through the telescope.

Now that you have seen it, shoot if you can.

He wanted to see if there would be any changes in the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain after the gunshots, so that he could get some clues.

Without the telescope, the Japanese soldier now appears very small with the naked eye.

If he hadn't observed carefully just now, he would not have been able to discover this Japanese soldier.

Shang Zhen felt that this Japanese soldier must be an officer because he saw through the telescope that he was also looking up the mountain with a telescope.

A moment later, the gun successfully locked onto the Japanese soldier.

For Shang Zhen now, the whole action of shooting is almost instinctive, just like counting one, two, three, four.

He took aim, steadied himself, and then pulled the trigger.

The sound of gunfire broke the silence on the mountain, but for most people on both sides, no one knew what exactly happened in that shot.

Neither of the two parties knew this because the Japanese soldier shot by Shang Zhen was shot in the head, and Shang Zhen put down his rifle and needed to use his telescope to confirm the results of the battle.

When Shang Zhen found the Japanese soldier again with the telescope, he saw that the guy was lying on the rock where he was hiding, and the telescope that was originally hung around his neck was also hanging on the rock.

It seemed that he was beaten to death by himself, Shang Zhen was sure of it.

However, just as he was about to use the telescope to search for the next target, he suddenly heard a whistling sound coming from far away in the sky.

That was - Shang Zhen hesitated for a moment, but then he shouted: "It's a cannon!"

As soon as Zhang Zhen finished speaking, the Japanese artillery shells exploded.

The explosion point was just over 40 meters in front of them, where there happened to be a shed built by the bandits.

Then, with the sound of the explosion, the shed broke into pieces and flew into the sky.

"Yes, it's a cannon, the Japanese's infantry cannon!" Qian Chuan'er also shouted, his voice full of shock.

Previously, Xu Lang said that the Japanese army came to attack the bandits' lair and steal their belongings. That was like using anti-aircraft guns to kill mosquitoes - a waste of talent.

But now the Japanese army has brought all the infantry artillery here, this is really a big deal! Could it be that Chen San has hidden a mountain of gold and silver?

"Let's retreat quickly. This is a test firing by the Japanese. The next shot will probably be aimed at us!" Shang Zhen shouted again.

At this point, Shang Zhen suddenly realized that the Japanese soldier he had just shot dead with a rifle was not an officer at all, but an artillery observation post of the Japanese army!

  No wonder the Japanese army didn’t attack yet, it turns out they were waiting for their ultimate weapon!

Sorry for the typo, I will fix it tomorrow morning