The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2183 Soldiers’ Will and Public Opinion

"Uncle, why do you think our regiment commander wants to arrest Captain Shang?" a soldier in the woods on the mountain asked his platoon leader.

There was a squad among this group of soldiers, all looking at the road not far away.

But he asked the wrong person. His platoon leader gave him a sidelong glance and said, "You know nothing, you little brat. If you don't understand, don't ask."

"I'm asking because I don't understand." The soldier muttered dissatisfiedly.

He called the platoon leader "Second Uncle". Even though he was not his biological uncle, he was still his uncle's uncle. They were related by blood. He was not afraid of the platoon leader like other soldiers.

The soldier was only in his early twenties and was a native of Shandong.

It was a coincidence that the platoon leader's father also went to the Northeast through the Guandong Pass. Once the Northeast Army went out of the pass and arrived in Shandong, the 586th Regiment where the platoon leader was located was stationed not far from his hometown.

So the platoon leader's uncle gave his son to his platoon leader's younger uncle and let him serve in the army here.

"Hey, nephew, do you admire Captain Shang very much?" At this time, an old soldier who was smoking spoke.

When the old soldier said this, their platoon leader glared at him fiercely.

But what is a veteran? Anyone who dares to talk back at the regiment commander in front of the platoon leader must have a life-long friendship with the platoon leader, so he would call the platoon leader's nephew "eldest nephew", and he is also the squad leader of this squad.

Moreover, they are neither in the company nor in the battalion, let alone the regiment, so what is there for these lowest-level soldiers to be afraid of saying?

"I've never met Captain Shang in person, but I'm not deaf. Captain Shang and his men were really fighting the Japanese. On the contrary, our regiment was hiding in the back like a nobody." When the young soldier saw the old soldier asking him questions, his courage came back.

"Fuck, you said that, have you forgotten that our company was beaten to a bloody pulp in the fight with Shang Zhenying? I remember you were also hit by a brick at that time, right?" The old soldier looked at the young soldier and then at their platoon leader, and said with a teasing look on his face.

"Let's put things in perspective. Fighting is fighting, beating up the little devils is the real thing. Anyway, I just admire Captain Shang and his soldiers." The young soldier was anxious.

When this soldier said this, the other soldiers also echoed him when they saw that the platoon leader did not say anything.

"Fuck!" Seeing the soldiers all saying this, the platoon leader had to speak again, "Shut up, do you want a beating? Only the Shang Zhen battalion can attack our regiment but not us? Didn't our regiment throw more than a hundred people in there just to protect the division commander?

The people in Shang Zhenying are human beings, but the people in our regiment are not human beings? "

Seeing that the platoon leader was getting anxious, the soldiers, including his eldest nephew, kept silent and could only continue to look at the road ahead.

But after a while, the young soldier muttered again: "They are just better at fighting than our regiment!"

However, his platoon leader knew that his nephew had such a character, and he was giving him face by not openly challenging him.

He understood the psychology of his soldiers very well, but as a platoon leader, he would not act rashly with them. If he did that, he would have no business being a platoon leader.

Yesterday they received an order to set up an ambush outside Xinjiaji and try to capture a skinny man on horseback who has good marksmanship!

This order is very strange. The person to be arrested doesn't even have a name. How can you arrest him based on this feature alone?

However, the order came from above. At that time, it was Zhao Tieying who called the company commanders to a meeting, and the company commanders knew specifically who to arrest.

They came last night and have been guarding here all day.

The soldiers naturally had complaints as they had to eat dry rations and drink cold water. But then a rumor came through that the man captured was actually Shang Zhen!

Shang Zhen had been missing for more than half a year in the battle with the Japanese army. Everyone thought he had been killed in the battle. Now there was suddenly news again, which was undoubtedly exciting.

But now the superior actually ordered to arrest Shang Zhen, which made it difficult for the soldiers to accept emotionally.

That's how these low-level soldiers started talking.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the platoon leader changed from squatting to standing and walked back, and the old soldier turned around and followed him.

After walking for a while, the two men reached the edge of the mountain top. The old soldier took out a cigarette and lit it for the platoon leader, and then he took out one and lit it himself. The two men leaned against a tree and blew smoke rings into the distance. "Hey, Lao Feng, you are the only old man left in this squad, right?" the platoon leader asked.

"Yeah." The old soldier responded.

When entering the customs, this platoon leader was still a squad leader, and this squad leader was just an ordinary soldier.

Ten years have passed since we entered the Pass. The squad leader has become the platoon leader, and the soldier has become the squad leader. As for where the original squad and platoon leaders have gone, is there any need to ask?

The old people that the platoon leader was referring to were the people in his squad when he was the squad leader. There were ten people in a squad, but now there are only four left.

"In fact, we are quite similar to Shang Zhen's gang." The platoon leader said with some emotion.

The old soldier looked over with some surprise when he heard what the platoon leader said.

"You don't know much about what's going on down there. I've heard about it all. It's said that when Shang Zhen and his men first came from our place to the border, there were only seven or eight of them.

This guy is really good at fighting, and he finally defeated a battalion commander, but there are only a few veterans left who entered the pass with him at the beginning." said the platoon leader.

They and Shang Zhen's battalion were from the same division, and originally from the same regiment. Naturally, the platoon leader had heard about Shang Zhen's affairs.

"Whether we can fight or not, and whether we kill more or less Japanese soldiers, our intention to fight the Japanese soldiers is the same.

The reason why they died so few people was because they fought cautiously and never fought head-on with the Japanese devils," said the old soldier called Lao Feng.

Shang Zhen is very well-known in the 113th Division. First, he has a lot of experience. When Liu Chengyi was the regiment commander, Shang Zhen served as the company commander of Liu Chengyi's guard company.

The second reason is that he is very capable and his marksmanship is very good, which is known throughout the division.

People who drink have circles, and in this circle they talk about who can drink the most and who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. The wine is very strong and can make a donkey drunk but it can't make the person who can drink the most drunk drunk.

There is a circle of people who play Pai Gow and Mahjong. In this circle, they compete to see who is the best at playing cards. No matter whether it is Pai Gow or Mahjong, people can remember the cards as soon as they are laid out. Looking at the upside-down Pai Gow and Mahjong is like looking at the open cards. So, do you think they are good?

What do soldiers talk about? Of course, who has the best shooting skills and who has killed more Japanese devils. Shang Zhen's shooting skills have become a legend in the entire 113th Division.

The third reason was that Shang Zhen and his men were very cunning when fighting and seldom engaged in positional warfare with the Japanese. They would just suddenly attack the Japanese and then run away.

Everyone is using guns, so if you concentrate your firepower and suddenly attack, it will of course cause great casualties to the Japanese army, while your own casualties will be very small, and the battle loss ratio is extremely low.

"They have autonomy and the division commander spoils them. How can we do that? If the regiment commander tells us to take the hits in our positions, we have to take the hits." Upon hearing Lao Feng talking about Shang Zhen's fighting style, the platoon leader felt a little unfair for himself and his people.

The old soldier smiled but said nothing. This kind of thing cannot be explained in a short time, and it would take three days and three nights to finish talking about it.

The old soldier looked into the distance thoughtfully. At this moment, he saw an old man riding a donkey appear in his field of vision more than 200 meters ahead. He did not take it seriously but asked again: "What if we run into Shang Zhen? Should we really catch him?"

"Whoever wants to catch Le can catch him, but I won't catch him!" said the platoon leader angrily, and at this time he also saw the old man riding a donkey towards the town.

"Then do you think the one in front might be Shang Zhen?" the veteran asked with a smile.

The old man was more than 200 meters away from them, and they couldn't see him clearly. They just felt that the old man was not very tall and seemed to have a white towel tied on his head.

"Come on, the company commander came back and said that Captain Shang came back on a horse." said the platoon leader.

After that, the two of them continued talking nonsense, while the old man in the distance rode his donkey slowly and finally disappeared from their sight.