The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2205 Covering

In the next few days, Shang Zhen noticed that Hu Sheng was always chirping when he was with those young people.

In order to avoid suspicion, he did not get closer. He was not the kind of person who did not know the situation. He should not act as fierce as their second tiger. If he and those young men really tricked him, he would have no place to cry. If the old soldiers under his command knew about this, wouldn't they laugh their heads off?

Another day came to an end, and one of the exhausted young men screamed while they were eating. No one knew which unlucky young man had offended the Japanese army, but that young man was also tied to a stake at the entrance of the barbed wire and then had his leather shoes dipped in cold water.

The young men had no idea what was going on and were afraid that the Japanese soldiers would send their large wolfhounds to bite them again, so they ate their meals in fear.

The Japanese army was merciful if they provided these strong men with a shelter from the wind and rain, but how could they have a shelter to eat in? The scene was a little chaotic for a while.

And in this chaos, Shang Zhen noticed that Hu Sheng had an extra thing in his hand. That thing was more than one meter long and was an iron crowbar used for work.

There are many able-bodied men. The foundation of the artillery tower has been dug, and now they have started to lay stones inside, so the crowbar is used to pry the stones.

The scale of the Japanese army's infrastructure construction this time was very large. It was not just about building artillery towers, it also included digging trenches and so on. The more work, the more tools needed.

Anyone who has worked on a construction site knows that with so many people doing all sorts of work, who wouldn't want to have a tool that suits their hand? So after finishing their work, each team would take their tools back to their own shed and put them outside.

However, the foreman only asked the strong man to take the tools back, but he was not allowed to take them to the shed.

This kid is holding a crowbar? Shang Zhen only needed to think about it for a moment before he knew Hu Sheng's intention.

The door of the work shed faced a corner tower built by the Japanese army at the outer barbed wire fence, and Japanese sentries stood on the tower every night.

This time, in order to prevent the able-bodied men from escaping again, the Japanese army actually turned on the lights at night. The power source during the day was a diesel generator that would hum at night, and the power source at night was batteries.

Since the Japanese army's lights could illuminate the door of the shed, it would be impossible for Hu Sheng and his men to escape. So the crowbar should have been used to pry open the wall of the shed and open the door so that people could escape without being discovered by the Japanese army.

Of course, escaping is not that easy, and the Japanese army's big wolfhound also has to be dealt with.

There are now two barbed wire fences outside the shed. The inner one is the area where the strong men move around. They eat, drink, defecate, urinate and sleep all within the first barbed wire fence.

At the entrance to the barbed wire fence, there was a Japanese army corner tower with guards on it, and between the two barbed wire fences was the most hated Japanese army's big wolfhound.

At night, the big wolf dog was let loose. The dog could not get into the inner circle due to the barbed wire. The dog would not pay any attention if the people in the inner circle got up to relieve themselves in the middle of the night.

But when the people in the inner circle approached the barbed wire inside, the dog would pounce on them, barking and screaming ferociously.

The reason why Shang Zhen didn't run away now was that he hadn't figured out how to deal with the big wolfdog, that is, how to beat the big wolfdog to death without making a sound before it died.

It turned out that his subordinate Bai Zhan did have that ability, but that bastard didn't want to follow them and suffer the hardships of fighting the Japanese, so he ran off to who knows where.

But Shang Zhen couldn't figure out how Hu Sheng and his gang would deal with the wolfdog. Could it be that there were thieves among them who were good at dealing with dogs? Shang Zhen was puzzled.

Although Shang Zhen had no contact with Hu Sheng and the other young men, now that he saw Hu Sheng about to take a crowbar into the shed, he guessed that Hu Sheng and the others had already thought of a way to silence the big wolfdog, but he didn't know what their method was.

Would Hu Sheng and his men lead the dog to the barbed wire inside and then smash the dog to death with the crowbar?

Okay, even if that's the case, you dare to bring the weapons into the shed before it gets dark. Aren't you afraid that the Japanese and their running dogs will see it?

If you insist on taking it, you guys should provide cover! Shang Zhen is definitely more experienced than Hu Sheng in this kind of thing. When he saw Hu Sheng holding a crowbar, he turned his head to look at the Japanese sentry holding a rifle on the corner tower.

The sentry was watching their people below beating the strong man and was not looking over here. Shang Zhen's eyes turned quickly and he saw that the foreman in charge of their shed was looking towards this side of the shed.

It's not okay to let the foreman see this! When the foreman asked Husheng to bring a crowbar into the shed, Ben thought that there was no other use for it. Could he hug a crowbar instead of his wife when he went to bed at night?

Shang Zhen straightened his body, his original intention was to provide cover for Hu Sheng and block the foreman's gaze for Hu Sheng.

But when he moved, he saw a shovel next to him. He suddenly had an idea and reached out to pick up the shovel.

His action happened to be seen by the foreman, who immediately showed a questioning look on his face and turned around and ran towards him.

Shang Zhen pretended not to see the foreman carrying the shovel and walking towards the northwest corner.

"Stop! What are you doing with a shovel?" the foreman yelled.

Shang Zhen pretended not to hear and ignored him and continued to walk towards the northwest corner. The door of the shed faced south, and when he walked like this, he immediately attracted the foreman's attention to himself.

"Are you deaf? I'm calling you!" The foreman had already rushed over, still holding the whip that he never let go of.

Shang Zhen guessed that the foreman was already next to him and was about to beat him up, so he turned around and pretended to have just heard it and said, "Sir, I'll go there!" and pointed to the northwest corner.

"What are you doing there?" The foreman was curious about Shang Zhen's behavior.

"Report, report to the commander, the smell is too strong, I'll bury it with soil." Shang Zhen hurriedly replied

The foreman was very surprised by Shang Zhen's words, and then he praised him, "Damn, the work didn't tire you out. Go ahead, put the shovel back where it was when you're done."

Shang Zhen nodded quickly in response.

Why did Shang Zhen want to go to the northwest corner, and the foreman didn’t find it strange?

It turned out that the northwest corner of the shed was where the strong men urinated and defecated.

Originally there was a pit toilet there, but there were too many strong men trapped in the barbed wire, and the squat toilets were not enough. As a result, feces and urine naturally overflowed, so the smell was very strong!

But nowadays, the able-bodied men have no idea whether they are alive or dead, and they are exhausted from working under whips and bayonets all day. Who has the time to care about the smell of feces and urine?

Now, seeing that this skinny young man still had the energy to clean up feces and urine, the foreman thought he was too weird, but he was also happy to reduce the smell near the shed, so he naturally no longer doubted Shang Zhen's behavior.

What he didn't know was that while Shang Zhen was making trouble, Hu Sheng had already taken the crowbar into the shed, and the foreman naturally didn't notice anything.

Shang Zhen pretended to work there for a while, but as dusk fell, visibility decreased. He glanced at the Japanese sentry on the corner tower, knowing that if he didn't go back, the lights would be turned on, so he picked up the shovel and walked towards the shed.

The Japanese sentry had already seen him cleaning up feces and urine, but he didn't think much of it and let him go into the shed with the shovel.

Shang Zhen entered the shed. He always slept by the door. Just as he put the shovel down along the wall, he heard someone talking next to him: "Kid, thank you very much before dark. Which village are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"

When Shang Zhen heard what others said, he naturally remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he couldn't help but exclaimed, there are still smart people among these ordinary people!

From what he said, it was obvious that he had seen me covering for Hu Sheng before dark.