The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2215 An Acceptable Compromise

"Look at him, he's getting married and celebrating the New Year at the same time." When the march started again, a strong man looked at Shang Zhen with envy as he was carrying a rifle.

"There's no point being jealous. He earned it with his own ability." Hu Sheng, who was still tied up, spoke up for Shang Zhen.

The strong man had nothing to say.

Not only did that able-bodied young man have nothing to say, but even the other able-bodied young men could not find any fault with Shang Zhen.

Shang Zhen got married and celebrated the New Year at the same time, which meant good things came in pairs.

Last night Shang Zhen only revealed his identity as a veteran, and this morning after dawn he fired a shot and showed off his skills.

When Shang Zhen fired that shot, both the soldiers and the able-bodied men were watching.

With one shot from more than 200 meters away, a bird perched on a branch was turned into a ball of blood!

Even though these able-bodied men had no idea about the quality of marksmanship, they could guess from the expressions of those soldiers who were also holding guns that even though there were more than 200 people in this national army, no one could have the marksmanship like Shang Zhen.

Shang Zhen thus regained his freedom, and the battalion commander also gave Shang Zhen the best rifle, a Type 38 rifle that he had seized from the Japanese army when he rescued these strong men a few days ago.

But as Hu Sheng said, this was earned by Shang Zhen with his own ability, the able-bodied men cannot envy him!

Moreover, the able-bodied men were not only not envious, they had to thank Shang Zhen.

It was precisely because of Shang Zhen's excellent marksmanship due to his status as a veteran that the battalion commander spared the lives of those conscripted men who attempted to escape.

Of course, this was also the result of Shang Zhen's plea, but it was also a guarantee Shang Zhen made to those able-bodied men, promising that they would not run away again.

If these able-bodied men run away, Shang Zhen will be held accountable!

The lives of the ten strong men who were nearly shot were saved, and those who wanted to escape but were not shot did not have to be beaten.

And many of those people were from Hu Sheng’s town, so for them Shang Zhen was a life-saving grace.

If they dare to run again, it will harm Shang Zhen. At least the strong men like Hu Sheng, who were originally in the same group, will not run back.

In this way, at least in the short term, this is an outcome that both parties can accept.

All in all, the reason for this result is Shang Zhen's superb marksmanship, which is extremely rare at least in the Chinese army.

Although Shang Zhen is still in the same outfit now, he has turned back into a soldier, so naturally he walks with the soldiers.

The soldier who disliked him and wanted to beat him was called Yao Jindou, the platoon leader was called Qian Feng, and the battalion commander's surname was Liu. Shang Zhen naturally didn't ask their specific names.

Shang Zhen had no choice but to show his identity as a veteran this time.

After all, his hands were tied, and Yao Jindou disliked him. He would not be able to bear it if he plotted against him.

He didn't dare to say that he was actually a battalion commander. He only said that he was a squad leader and all his brothers were killed in the battle.

Yao Jindou was also an old soldier. As much as he bullied the weak in normal times, he was afraid of the strong at critical moments. When he saw that the battalion commander valued Shang Zhen, this thin man, his attitude towards Shang Zhen immediately changed.

Shang Zhen just laughed it off. He had met all kinds of people.

Shang Zhen asked again about the origin of this team, and platoon leader Qian Feng did not hide it from him.

It turned out that at that time, China and Japan were fighting a big battle at the junction of Henan and Hubei. Their unit was a temporary formation without a number, it was called an independent brigade, and was ordered to carry out the task of containment and harassment in the outer areas of the battle.

And their brigade commander was also very smart. Anyway, their brigade was not carrying out any particularly important tasks. Of course, even if there was an important task, it would not be called an independent brigade. In fact, it was just a mob.

So the brigade commander split up part of his troops and asked them to capture some able-bodied men outside the battle range.

The current national army is of mixed quality, and their treatment is naturally also very different.

The Central Army will replenish its vacancies after the battle. As for those miscellaneous troops that are not from the Central Army, don't even think that the National Government will give you soldiers. If you go to other people's territory to conscript men, the local people won't agree.

Why is it called a ragtag army? Let’s take the Northeast Army as an example. Your Northeast Army’s territory was in the three northeastern provinces, which have now become Manchukuo. Where can you get reinforcements?

The ragtag army is still a large force, they always have some foundation. A team like the independent brigade is upgraded from a local militia. What can you do if you have so many people but no one? That's why the brigade commander came up with this idea.

No one knew where Captain Liu got the news that the Japanese army had a large number of able-bodied men building fortifications in the rear.

Captain Liu is originally from Henan. His subordinates have no other special skills, but many of them are Henan natives and are very familiar with the terrain and roads.

The battalion commander named Yao was also very brave. He hid during the day and moved at night, and he really managed to sneak past them.

The Japanese army was also careless. They never expected that such a national army would come from the south, and they were caught off guard.

The reason why they fought that battle so quickly was that they stuffed the grenades directly into the bungalow where the Japanese soldiers lived.

Various factors contributed to everything, including the Japanese army's complacency and Captain Liu's risky surprise attack. They were able to capture hundreds of strong men.

What Captain Liu said about letting the able-bodied men do some work was nonsense. They were just trying to recruit soldiers.

Things have come to this point, and the dispute is over.

But even though it was over, it could not change the tragic fate of the able-bodied men. They had to drink only a little thin porridge every day and travel long distances under the scorching sun. The fat ones became thin and the thin ones became exhausted. On the first day after Shang Zhen regained his freedom, three more able-bodied men collapsed due to heatstroke.

Shang Zhen was free now, but all he could do was to take the able-bodied men to carry the man who had suffered from heatstroke to the shade of a tree to cool down, and then he had to continue his march. As for whether the able-bodied man would live or die, that was up to fate.

Shang Zhen knew that this was not the right approach, but he also understood his own position. He couldn't say too much, as if he did, he would be like a clay Buddha crossing the river and unable to save himself.

Of course, the reason why he said he was like a clay Buddha unable to save himself when crossing the river was that he could not run away.

He now has a gun with him, although Captain Liu only gave him ten bullets in total, but with these ten bullets if he really wants to run, who can stop him?

But can Shang Zhen run away? He is a man who values ​​friendship and loyalty. He can't just leave Hu Shengniu Jingrui and the others alone.

However, as the saying goes, there is always a way out. At around two o'clock in the afternoon, Shang Zhen's opportunity to improve the treatment of able-bodied men came.

They were traveling on the road when they suddenly received an order to get off the road and hide in the fields.

After asking, Shang Zhen found out that a puppet army had appeared in front of them, and the number of puppet soldiers was about fifty or sixty.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the person who came back to report the news said that the puppet army was sitting on the troika!

Isn't this a coincidence?

Shang Zhen appeared in front of Captain Liu.

"Boy, do you have something to say?" asked Captain Liu.

"Battalion Commander, do you want to eat meat?" Shang Zhen asked in a seemingly serious tone but with ulterior motives.