The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2015 Missed Rescue Opportunity
The Japanese captain roared and swung his command knife several times in the air.

Xu Lang, who was standing next to the Japanese captain, was already trembling with fear. In his eyes, this Japanese captain, who was not as tall as him, had become like a jackal or a tiger. He was afraid that the blade of this guy's Japanese sword would turn and chop him again!

As he was thinking about it, he saw the knife in the Japanese captain's hand suddenly change direction!

I was right next to him, and Xu Lang was so scared that he closed his eyes!

But after a while, eh? Nothing happened!

Xu Lang did not notice anything unusual and opened his eyes again, only to see that the Japanese sword in the captain's hand had disappeared and appeared in the scabbard at his waist.

So he put away his knife! Xu Lang breathed a sigh of relief.

The interpreter told him that the Japanese officer was a captain. In Xu Lang's eyes, the captain of the Japanese army was definitely an officer of a high enough rank!

At least for now, he had not heard of the Eighth Route Army actively attacking a Japanese battalion. Even the National Army, whose weapons and equipment were much stronger than those of the Eighth Route Army, had to have a division to dare to fight against a Japanese battalion, and the result was still a draw.

"What is the Grand Master saying?" Out of fear, Xu Lang cautiously asked the interpreter beside him.

The translator glanced at Xu Lang with disdain and said reluctantly, "Move the troops over. He suspects Shang Zhen is just ahead."

His attitude showed such disdain, even though he was also a scum of the Chinese, and even though he looked down on Xu Lang, it was just the pot calling the kettle black.

After hearing what the interpreter said, Xu Lang's face turned even paler. What he was thinking was, we must not let Shang Zhen know that he had become that person, because that would be a fatal mistake!

Just after dawn, not long after the Japanese troops chasing Shang Zhen came out of the village, Xu Lang was led out of the village by the Japanese captain and the remaining Japanese troops.

At that time, Xu Lang learned through the interpreter that this large group of Japanese troops had come all the way here with only one target, and that was Shang Zhen and Shang Zhen's direct battalion!

If I had known this, what would I have asked Shang Zhen and the others to send me in the first place? Others were hiding from the God of Plague, but I, on the other hand, invited a God of Plague!
Otherwise, wouldn't he have already returned to the Eighth Route Army base?
It seems that Xu Lang is regretting his decision so much now.

And just now, when he and the Japanese captain arrived at this location in the woods, he heard sudden gunfire in the front. The sounds of machine guns, rifles, and box guns mixed together. It is no wonder that the Japanese captain suspected that Shang Zhen was in front.

Xu Lang didn't know what others were thinking, but he knew what he was thinking. Now he was afraid that the small Japanese soldier in front of him would chop him to pieces, and he was also afraid that he would be given a Type 38 rifle and asked to charge to the front!

If you want to survive, it's not easy to be a fence-sitter. You might be blown down by strong winds!

Xu Lang's traitorous heart was like a bucket in a well, hesitating and thinking. He saw a Japanese soldier running over, standing at attention in front of the Japanese captain, and then mumbling something.

Xu Lang really didn't take it seriously.

Since he became a prisoner of the Japanese army, hasn't this been the way Japanese soldiers report to their officers? Xu Lang is no longer surprised.

But then he saw the Japanese captain suddenly yelling again, and pulled out his command knife that was shining with a cold light!

What's going on? Are you crazy again?

Xu Lang became scared again. Although the Japanese army did not tie him up this time, there were still Japanese soldiers next to him. In Xu Lang's eyes, these Japanese soldiers were all looking at him!
But then Xu Lang looked at the Japanese captain again. This time, the knife did not malfunction. Instead, he suddenly turned the knife in his hand around and pointed it towards him!
This frightened Xu Lang so much that he fell to his knees with a plop! Was he going to stab me to death this time?

As Xu Lang was thinking subconsciously, he saw that the Japanese sword with a cold glow did not stab towards him, but was just pointing in his direction. Then the Japanese captain shouted again: "****".

Xu Lang didn't understand Japanese, so he naturally didn't know what the Japanese captain meant, but he saw that all the Japanese soldiers and the translator moved.

If the Japanese move, they must move. As a prisoner, they must have the consciousness of a prisoner. Xu Lang got up from the ground in a mess and hurriedly grabbed the interpreter and asked, "What's wrong with this?"

"Shang Zhen has been discovered!" the interpreter replied impatiently.

"Ah?" Xu Lang was stunned for a moment. It turned out that Shang Zhen was not in the place where the gunfire was intense.

But before Xu Lang could think about it, a Japanese soldier next to him pushed him, and Xu Lang was so scared that he ran away.

At this time, deep in the woods, where the gunfire was earlier, Hu Zhuzi's loud laughter came from a big pine tree: "How was it? Did you enjoy the fight?"

"It's so enjoyable!" The soldiers from their battalion nearby answered in unison.

Now they have about half a company of soldiers, all in a state of combat. Although there are soldiers behind the trees aiming their rifles at the front, there are also four light machine guns in the bushes, but the bushes in front of the muzzles have disappeared. Instead, there is a patch of bush debris in front of the machine guns, as if it was swept by a hurricane, which was just hit by the machine guns.

Just now they ambushed the Japanese army here. The more than 20 Japanese soldiers lying in a mess in the open space with sparse trees in front are an example!
Now these soldiers are from Shang Zhen’s camp, but not from the company where Hu Zhuzi is located, which is the Chutian company.

In order to find Shang Zhen, all the Japanese troops were scattered in the woods, and Chu Tian's company also threw in to support Shang Zhen. When the two company commanders saw that the Japanese army was powerful, they transferred some people from their respective companies.

The two companies of reinforcements happened to run into Hu Zhuzi who was being chased by the Japanese army.

As soon as Hu Zhuzi saw the reinforcements coming, he ordered them to set up the light machine gun directly in the bushes!
The dense branches and leaves of the bushes would of course block the view, but blocking the view is also a "double-edged sword". The machine gunners ambushing in the bushes could not see the Japanese army, but the Japanese army could not see them either.

The machine gunners of Shang Zhen’s camp could not see the Japanese army, but they had Hu Zhuzi, who had climbed up a big tree to serve as a lookout, to command them. Hu Zhuzi was the eyes of the machine gunners!
Hu Zhuzi was on top of a tree, watching the Japanese soldiers chasing him getting closer and closer. He told the machine gunners the location of the Japanese soldiers. When the Japanese soldiers rushed to the open space with sparse trees, Hu Zhuzi shouted "Fight!"

At this time, the machine guns in the bushes turned their direction directly, and the soldiers hiding behind the trees also appeared and fired. It is conceivable that the Japanese troops were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of the Northeast Army soldiers.

This battle was not to show how smart Hu Zhuzi was, but he had been with veterans like Shang Zhen for a long time, so an ambush that seemed complicated and tedious to others was simple for him.

This situation is like a person with average IQ following a group of people with high IQs and copying their homework every day. After copying for a long time, the basic ideas will become good.

The most crucial point here is that the machine gunner hid in the bushes and did not even show his gun.

The Japanese army never expected that the Chinese soldiers would be so bold and hide within their sight!

"Have the Japs retreated?" a soldier asked at this time.

They ambushed the Japanese army, and when the Japanese saw that too many people had fallen in front of them, the remaining ones retreated.

Because they were in a forest, the tree trunks eventually blocked the view of Shang Zhenying's soldiers. Even if Hu Zhuzi hid in a tree and looked out, the distance he could see was ultimately very limited.

"Are we taking another detour?" the soldier in front asked, and the soldiers behind him guessed.

The Japanese army also had a routine when fighting. Cannons and machine guns would lead the way, and then the infantry would charge. If they couldn't charge forward, they would make a detour on both wings. The veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression were all aware of this, so the soldiers behind them made such a guess.

Just as the soldier finished asking the question, a voice came from the left wing: "No Japs were found!" And soon after, a voice came from the right wing, also saying that no Japanese troops were found.

There’s an old saying, “We are all Chinese medicine practitioners—don’t try your hand at using those folk remedies!”
For the veterans in Shang Zhenying, the Japanese army’s tactics were just a “secret remedy”!
"The Japanese won't use small cannons, right?" a soldier speculated again.

In the understanding of these soldiers, the Japanese devils have a strong revenge mentality and will seek revenge if they suffer a loss.

Under normal circumstances, our Chinese army, especially Shang Zhenying's side, would take advantage and run away.

But today is different. Today they are here to pick up Shang Zhen. So far, no one has seen where the battalion commander Shang Zhen is, so there is no way they can take advantage and run away.

That’s why the soldier guessed that the Japanese might use a grenade launcher, but his guess was immediately refuted by another soldier: “This is a forest, so it’s a grenade, it will explode when it hits a tree halfway up!”

After all, the grenade launcher is too small and is an ultra-light mortar. The grenade is not an artillery shell after all. It will explode if it hits a tree before reaching the target, and its lethality will be very limited.

"The explosion will be more powerful if it's on a tree." Although the soldier who was refuted was a little unconvinced, he lowered his voice because he knew that the other person was right and he was just quibbling.

"Fire a few more shots and make some noise, so that the Japs will think that the battalion commander is with us. Only then will he have a chance." Hu Zhuzi proposed again in a very convincing manner.

Hu Zhuzi's initiative naturally received a response from the soldiers, and the chaotic sound of gunfire rang out again.

At this time, Hu Zhuzi, who was riding on the tree branch, felt a little complacent.

"Humph, you don't have to call me Hu Zhuzi all the time. I'll show you the battle I command later!"

The "you" he was referring to were of course old people like Qian Chuaner, Qin Chuan, and Ma Tianfang.

But at this time, not to mention Hu Zhuzi, even the other soldiers did not know that all the Japanese troops in the woods had already withdrawn from the battle, and they were heading in only one direction, which was the direction where Shang Zhen fled!

The officers and soldiers of Shang Zhen’s camp eventually missed an opportunity to rescue Shang Zhen!