The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2156 Captain Shot

The team continued to move forward, heading towards another village that Shang Zhenying was responsible for protecting.

Li Shan emphasized discipline again. No one spoke and the atmosphere of the march was dull.

It is said that Chen Hanwen was not the only one who sacrificed his life. Everyone has questions in their minds about how Secretary He died and what the specific circumstances were, but no one dared to ask. Even Hu Zhuzi, who was always a fierce opponent, remained silent.

An hour later, their two platoons met up with the third platoon, and more than half an hour later, these three platoons met up with the fourth platoon.

The villages in this area are relatively concentrated, and of course there are dirt roads connecting the villages, but after all, they are not in a straight line. However, they all took shortcuts in the fields to meet up with their own people, and did not collide with the Japanese army.

When they met up with the two platoons, Li Shan just said that the plan had changed and didn't allow anyone to ask.

But just when they were running towards the fifth village, someone finally spoke. It was Xu Lang.

Xu Lang panted and asked, "If we all unite now, will the people in each village still be protected?"

Who else could answer a question like Xu Lang's? The people in Shang Zhenying were not of high enough rank, so they could only listen to Li Shan.

At this point, everyone in Shang Zhen’s camp felt frustrated about fighting this war. They had no say in how to fight, and they also had to protect the civilians. How could they fight the Japanese if they were dragging their feet like this?

But still no one could say anything.

"The large Japanese army is not coming to target the civilians. If we gather everyone together and defeat some of the small Japanese, the small Japanese will naturally come to us. How can they possibly harm the civilians again?" This was Li Shan's answer.

Hearing what Li Shan said, Xu Lang was speechless, while the people in Shang Zhen's camp looked at each other. The meaning in every soldier's eyes was, it should have been like this long ago!

But at this moment, they suddenly heard a gunshot from the front!

As everyone was looking forward, the gunshots became chaotic.

"Hurry up!" Li Shan shouted, and everyone ran forward.

Here is the village protected by the last platoon, and this village is actually the most important.

The reason is that this village has the most advantageous terrain for defense among the five villages, with mountains and forests on all sides.

And precisely because the terrain is conducive to defense, there are several horse-drawn carts here, and Wang Laomao is also here.

But who would have thought that a battle would take place here.

However, this also shows from another perspective that the Japanese army put a lot of thought into dealing with Shang Zhenying this time and even changed its previous rigid tactics.

These people were running from east to west, and now they were naturally heading towards the hills in the east.

The Japanese troops returning from the mopping-up operation came from the southwest to the northeast. As for which direction the Japanese troops where the gunfire was coming from were coming from, they had no idea.

After all, the Japanese army has formed many small forces, and who knows where they came from.

Once they reached the top of the hill in front, they could see the village. Most of the soldiers in Shang Zhen's camp were veterans, so they didn't need to be told. Naturally, some of them took advantage of the terrain and hid nearby, aiming their rifles at the top of the mountain.

We are now very close to the village and no one knows what is happening ahead, so it is better to be careful.

If the Japanese occupied this hilltop, there would be no covering firepower, which would be exactly what the Japanese army wanted. Now it was time to fight again.

Upon hearing the gunshots ahead, Chu Tian did not ask Li Shan for instructions this time, and directly assigned tasks and said: "Qiao Youzi, you lead a squad to the southern hilltop, Chen Hanwen, you lead a squad to the northern hilltop.

You must be careful, but you must not let the Japanese take over the hilltop!"

Chu Tian had been to this village before and knew the terrain here. The village was located in a valley surrounded by mountains.

Although it is surrounded by mountains, the mountains here are not very high and the area of ​​the valley is not very large.

According to Chu Tian’s estimation, the shortest distance from east to west or from north to south is only two or three hundred meters, and the farthest distance will never exceed five hundred meters!

The two hills are facing each other, so they can shoot at each other.

Once the Japanese army seizes the surrounding hills, the village will be completely suppressed by enemy firepower!

Li Shan did not raise any objection to the order issued by Chu Tianxia, ​​but just led the way and ran towards the top of the East Mountain.

As they ran, the veterans of the Eighth Route Army and Shang Zhenying could see the difference. Although Chu Tian and Qian Chuan'er followed Li Shan in front, the ones following behind were all soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

As for the veterans of Shang Zhen’s camp, as they ran forward, people kept stopping, taking advantage of the terrain to cover them, and pointing their rifles forward.

"Hey!" Xu Lang shouted at this situation.

In his subconscious, he was just thinking, "Why are the soldiers in Shang Zhen's camp afraid of death?" He didn't realize that he had actually fallen behind.

However, when Xu Lang looked back again, he saw that the soldiers of Shang Zhen's camp who had stayed behind to provide cover had already rushed up with guns in hand.

It’s just that Xu Lang shouted so loudly that Li Shan in front heard it and turned around.

He didn't understand why Xu Lang was shouting. Seeing that the soldiers from Shang Zhen's camp were chasing him from behind, he frowned and said nothing, then continued to run forward.

Soon, they rushed up the hill in front.

At this time, someone was calling them from the hill and the woods. It was the voice of the Eighth Route Army sentry: "Captain, we are here!"

With that shout, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At least for now, this hilltop belonged to the Eighth Route Army.

The soldiers in Shang Zhen’s camp who were responsible for providing cover at the back no longer provided cover and all rushed up the mountain.

Li Shan was undoubtedly the first one to rush to the top of the mountain.

"What's going on?" Li Shan asked breathlessly after rushing into the woods.

"The hilltop in the east is occupied by the Japanese. It seems that they don't have many troops and are exchanging fire with the people in the village!" the sentry replied.

Li Shan followed the sentry and ran forward.

When they ran to the top of the mountain, they could see the village below and the hill opposite.

The hilltop opposite was similar to this one, with both woods and bushes. When they reached this location, they could already hear clearly that the gunshots came from both the opposite hill and the village.

The troops on the opposite side must be the Japanese army, and there must have been Eighth Route Army sentries on that mountain. Of course, they might also have been sent by Shang Zhenying.

But the hilltop has already been occupied by the enemy, so the sentry must have died.

Li Shan looked towards the opposite hill. Although it was winter, there were trees on the opposite hill. The two hills were the longest distance apart. Not to mention him, even if it were someone else, they might not be able to see where the Japanese army was hiding.

But at this moment, Li Shan suddenly remembered that he was carrying a telescope.

As for the telescope, it was Chu Tian who gave it to him.

He quickly took out a telescope from his cross-body backpack and looked across.

"Be careful!" Chu Tian reminded quickly.

Li Shan responded and moved himself behind a tree and continued to watch over it.

You know what, the telescope really comes in handy. When he adjusted the focus, he really saw a Japanese soldier hiding behind a tree and shooting at the village.

"There is one over there!" Li Shan held the telescope in one hand and pointed out with the other.

But at this moment, there was a sudden gunshot from the opposite side, and then Chu Tian, ​​who was with him, saw Li Shan let go of the telescope and fell down directly!

Chu Tian's head buzzed, and he quickly lay down, stretched out his hand to drag Li Shan back, and shouted: "Hurry up, the captain has been shot!"