The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2252 Virtual and Real

The round moon was still hanging high in the sky, but around the town where the independent brigade headquarters was located, the bright moonlight could no longer be seen. On the contrary, everything around the town was covered with a layer of red.

The reason was that many houses in the town had already caught fire, and in some houses the flames had shot up to more than ten feet high. The blazing flames directly turned the moonlight around the town into "fire color"!

The common people cried for their parents, and some were reluctant to leave their homes so they fetched water to put out the fire. However, when they brought the water, they blocked the Japanese army's way. As a result, when the Japanese soldiers were about to stab them with a bayonet, a puppet soldier gave them a rifle butt in advance. This was a blessing in disguise.

The Japanese army had already captured the town, and all the soldiers of the independent brigade who had not escaped surrendered without exception. They lined up with their hands raised and were escorted out of the town by the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Brother, are you still short of people?" someone from the independent brigade asked the puppet soldiers who were escorting him.

"Who the hell is your brother?" The puppet soldier glanced at the soldier who was asking the question, and then said with a "chuckle", "What are you thinking? If I don't kill you, you should thank your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

Just this one sentence made the members of the independent brigade who heard it look sad.

However, although they had sad faces, they had no intention of resisting. They would have raised their hands in surrender when they had guns, and now they were unarmed.

The reason why the Japanese army took the captured soldiers out of the town was that there was no such large open space in the town, but there happened to be one in the north. Besides, the fire in the town was too big and the weather was very hot.

The Japanese and puppet troops stood around, and the open space in the middle was filled with soldiers from the Independent Brigade kneeling on the ground.

"Do you think the Japanese can kill them all?" One of the puppet soldiers couldn't help but secretly ask his companions.

"Why shoot? Shooting will only waste bullets." His companion replied disapprovingly.

"Ah? Then use a bayonet?" the first puppet soldier said in surprise.

Because of the surprise, he spoke a little loudly, and the people from the independent brigade who heard it couldn't help but change color. The Japanese soldiers also heard the puppet soldiers talking. It was undoubtedly inappropriate for the puppet soldiers to speak in such an occasion. A Japanese soldier who heard the puppet soldiers talking pointed at the puppet soldiers and cursed "Baga"!

But before he finished shouting "Baga", a gunshot was heard. The Japanese officer was shot in the chest and fell down!

The Japanese army attacked the headquarters of the independent brigade late at night, and this battle can be said to be a great victory.

They captured so many prisoners at once and drove the remaining officers and soldiers of the independent brigade away in all directions. They were very arrogant at this time. They thought the battle was over, but they never expected that bullets would fly from the north!

All of a sudden, all the Japanese and puppet troops turned their guns to the north, and the prisoners of the independent brigade in the open space in the middle all lay down in unison.

"Bang", another bullet flew from the north.

This time, the Japanese army was not hit, but his approximate position was exposed. The Japanese and puppet troops opened fire and headed north.

But this would make life difficult for the prisoners lying in the middle.

In order to prevent any accidents, the Japanese and puppet troops of course had troops on all sides of them.

It would have been fine if it was the Japanese and puppet troops to the north of the prisoners, but the bullets fired by those Japanese and puppet troops to the south, close to the town, were flying "whoosh" over their heads!

But do they dare to run? Of course not. If they dare to move now, the bullets of the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely knock them down first!

Having a gun but not daring to resist is just to survive. Isn't that just to survive? Living like a dog, where is the dignity of a human being?

After a while, the Japanese and puppet troops finally stopped shooting.

But who would have thought that when the Japanese and puppet troops just got up, there was suddenly another gunshot from the north, and in this gunshot, another Japanese soldier was shot and fell down!

At this point, the Japanese and puppet troops lay down again as if facing a formidable enemy. Only then did they realize that the man who shot at them from a distance had such an accurate shooting skill!

But then something happened that made the Japanese and puppet troops angry. Their firepower became fierce and they couldn't fire a single bullet. When someone of them stood up again, he was shot again!

This is not to say that the Japanese soldiers' shooting skills are inaccurate, but they are now shooting with the burning house as the background.

There was a house burning behind the Japanese and puppet troops. If only someone stood up, they could see everything clearly. But on the contrary, they only knew that the man should be hiding in a forest in the north. With so many trees blocking the view, they couldn't find him at all!

Can the Japanese and puppet troops withdraw back to the town now?

Of course it is possible, unless they take the soldiers of the independent brigade back to the town or simply kill them!

The Japanese commander had no intention of killing these prisoners. His original intention was to put them on the train to serve as soldiers.

Therefore, under the order of the Japanese commander, the Japanese and puppet troops finally divided their forces into two groups and began to detour towards the woods.

At this time, Shang Zhen, who was lying in the woods, was watching the Japanese army from afar. When he saw that the Japanese and puppet troops no longer stood up, he became thoughtful.

After a while, gunshots were heard on his left and right.

How could the veteran Shang Zhen not understand what this meant? He stopped shooting at the Japanese troops and instead retreated deep into the woods with his gun.

More than ten minutes later, Shang Zhen led the soldiers to the east of the town.

When the Japanese troops who had detoured from both sides arrived at the woods, they naturally found nothing.

However, when the Japanese army retreated, gunshots were heard from the east of the Japanese and puppet troops.

What was different from the last time was that this time it was a volley of bullets, and another Japanese soldier was injured by bullets.

At this point, the Japanese officer in charge was already going crazy, but reason told him that it was useless for them to chase after them. A moonlit night was still night, and they could not possibly catch the other party.

So, under the order of the Japanese officer, they ignored the harassment of gunfire in the distance and began to retreat.

"Report to the commander, I have something to report." At this time, a soldier from the independent brigade who was lying on the ground outside the town spoke loudly.

"Whatever you say, just talk nonsense!" the puppet soldier said angrily.

"I know who the man who shot at you is. He is Shang Zhen, the company commander of our recruit company." The soldier from the independent brigade lay on the ground and said loudly again.

"Get up, I'll take you to see the lady!" The puppet soldier finally found the real boss, and he decided to report it to the Japanese army, although he didn't know what specific use this information would be to the Japanese army.

But the puppet soldier didn't know that what happened here made the prisoners lying on the ground regret their fate!

Their thoughts are all the same, which is, why didn’t I think of that?

This is called meritorious performance. Whoever reports Shang Zhen can join the puppet army and escape the fate of being captured.

Regardless of what would happen if the Japanese army got hold of some information about Shang Zhen, the attention of the Japanese and puppet troops had been completely attracted by the amazing yet extremely accurate shooting skills created by Shang Zhen in the north. However, they did not know that just to the south of the town, dozens of soldiers from Shang Zhen's company were crawling forward on the open ground.

But if you look down from a high altitude at this time, they are not moving in an orderly manner. They are more like a group of ants foraging for food on the earth.

After a while, soldiers continued to crawl back from the open ground to the woods in the south.

In the woods under the moonlight, soldiers kept reporting.

"I found a box gun, fifty dollars!"

"I recovered a rifle, two grenades, and no gold!"

"I found three box guns, four grenades, and two hundred dollars!"

It turned out that Shang Zhen led his men around to the north and shot at the Japanese army just to deliberately attract the attention of the Japanese army. His real purpose was to pick up the guns left behind by the guards battalion who were killed in the south of the town!