The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2255 Gain and Lose Again

No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to find anything, and it won't take any effort at all!

Shang Zhen looked at Lao Du, Ma Changgui and other soldiers with great joy, and didn't know what to say.

In the end, he could only say self-deprecatingly: "If anyone says that there are no good people in the Independence Brigade again, I will be angry with him!"

Shang Zhen's statement made Old Dutou, Ma Changgui and the others burst into laughter. In the midst of the laughter, Old Dutou said, "According to Captain Shang, your recruit company doesn't count. These are the only good people in the independent brigade."

To be honest, what Old Du said makes sense.

If they are not that kind of people, even though the logistics officer told them to stay here last night, you said they should stay here, so why should they stay here? You knew you were running for your life, so what's the problem with our squad?

In fact, they can run.

But instead of running away, they began to carry food up the mountain on a moonlit night.

And when Shang Zhen appeared, they took the initiative to donate food!

"Okay, let's just accept you good people!" Shang Zhen laughed, and everyone present laughed too.

Shang Zhen quickly sent soldiers to find most of their company, and at the same time sent people to the top of the mountain to serve as lookouts.

At this time, since the others had nothing to do, they started counting the food that Lao Du and his men had moved to the hillside. After counting, they found that Lao Du and his men had actually carried up a hundred bags last night!

"Fortunately, the Japanese didn't search thoroughly. If they had, the grain wouldn't have been able to be preserved!" said Niu Jingrui, who came with Shang Zhen.

After Niu Jingrui said this, the people around him naturally expressed their agreement.

The Japanese army was probably in a hurry to retreat, otherwise if they really searched, they would not be able to catch Lao Du and his men, but the food would not be able to escape.

One hundred bags of grain, even if each bag contains one hundred kilograms, and each person eats one kilogram a day, that would be enough to last for about three months.

In fact, even if it is not enough to eat for three months, even if it is enough to eat for one month, it will solve Shang Zhen’s urgent need, and Shang Zhen will naturally find a way to get more food.

With guns, ammunition and food, everyone was naturally smiling.

But they didn't feel happy for long, because a lookout on the top of the mountain suddenly ran back and said, "Where's the company commander? Someone's coming!"

"There's nothing strange about people coming. We're here to move some food." Niu Jingrui said disapprovingly.

"No, no, it's people coming from the north, and they're on horseback!" the soldier said hurriedly.

When the soldier said this, everyone's face changed. Shang Zhen, who had heard the report, ran up from the bottom.

When he ran to the top of the mountain, before he saw the people coming from the north, another sentry who stayed on the top of the mountain said anxiously: "Captain, are they the Japanese? Or are they cavalry?"

When Shang Zhen looked again, it was not, was it? It was the Japanese cavalry, about thirty or forty people, riding tall horses, only about three hundred meters away from them!

If there were only thirty or forty Japanese cavalrymen, Shang Zhen would not be afraid, but when he looked into the distance, he also saw the figures of cavalrymen.

There is no need to ask, it must be the Japanese army.

Shang Zhen doesn’t have a telescope in his hand now, so if the other party is far away, he won’t be able to see the other person’s identity clearly!

"Tell our people to hide quickly and don't shoot easily. Let's see what happens first!" Shang Zhen said hurriedly, and then loaded the Type 38 rifle he was holding.

He really couldn't figure out how more Japanese cavalry appeared.

It can be said that Shang Zhen's brain was working quickly, but this time, no matter how hard he thought, he could not figure out a reason why the Japanese army had launched a counterattack.

But seeing that the Japanese cavalry were getting closer and closer, and were actually heading towards the burning granary, he really had no good solution except to let the soldiers hide for a while.

Now the question is not whether they can eliminate these Japanese troops, but how they can avoid being discovered by them. They need to protect the food that they have worked so hard to get!

It is unlikely that the Japanese will come up the mountain, Shang Zhen thought and observed.

Sure enough, these cavalrymen did not ride up the mountain, but went straight to the granary. The Japanese army did not go up the mountain, of course, because the mountain was densely wooded, even if the slope was not steep, the cavalrymen would not come up.

But the problem is that there are trees on this mountain.

Shang Zhen is now looking at the situation in the north, but it is impossible for him to turn around and see the situation in the granary!

Firstly, the top of the mountain is the highest point of the mountain, which is correct, but it is not a point, it is a plane.

The second reason was that there were also trees on the top of the mountain, so if he wanted to observe the situation of the Japanese army, he could only get up and turn south.

When he turned to the south side of the mountain top where he could see the position of the Japanese cavalry, he saw that they had already stopped outside the granary.

How could Shang Zhen know what those Japanese soldiers were thinking?

Soon the Japanese cavalry separated, and four or five of them rode their horses towards their mountain again.

The other Japanese troops split into two groups and circled around the granary that was still on fire, one on the left and one on the right.

"What are the Japanese doing?" Niu Jingrui muttered in a low voice and glanced at Shang Zhen.

But what else could Shang Zhen say? He thought to himself, I still want to know!

But then Shang Zhen couldn't help but whispered: "It's broken!"

"What's wrong?" everyone around asked.

"Our people come to move the grain." Shang Zhen replied in a low voice.

When Shang Zhen said this, the others were dumbfounded. That was indeed the case. They found that the Japanese troops were hiding, but Shang Zhen had previously sent people to notify the people from the recruit company to come over.

Shang Zhen led a squad of people on a forced march here. The people from the recruit company were walking towards this end from behind, and Shang Zhen sent people to urge them. As a result, the Japanese cavalry might just collide with the people from the recruit company.

The soldiers next to Shang Zhen looked to the south. As the saying goes, what you fear will come true. While they were still looking, they saw the people from the new recruit company really appeared.

The reason why they and a group of Japanese cavalry heading south did not discover each other was simply because there was a forest between the two sides.

But wouldn’t it only take a blink of an eye for the enemy and us to collide?

"It would be better if I could shout out!" Niu Jingrui said with regret.

"What nonsense! Do you need me to tell you? What's the difference between shouting and shooting a gun?" Xu Defu, who was wearing glasses and was with Shang Zhen at this time, said angrily.

Niu Jingrui glanced at Xu Defeng's glasses and curled his lips: "What can you see with those big glasses? Shut up!"

Niu Jingrui is now braver.

Originally he was a new recruit, so of course he was afraid of the veterans of the Independent Brigade. Now the Independent Brigade is seeing its bankruptcy, and you, Xu Defeng, have joined our recruit company. We have become local residents and you are here to seek refuge. So what is he afraid of?

Xu Defeng was a man who loved to talk, but just as he was about to refute, he heard a gunshot beside him.

At the sound of the gunshot, a Japanese cavalryman who had already reached the foot of the mountain on their side fell off his horse!

Shang Zhen's gunshot also represented the beginning of a new battle.

He fired. You have to know that their people were still on the hillside below them. Old Dutou, Ma Changgui and Sancai were all watching the grain there.

Of course, they also discovered the Japanese troops right under their noses, and the bullets were loaded. As Shang Zhen's gun fired, their guns also fired.

Their shooting skills were certainly not very accurate, but the problem was that they were all using rifles and were very close to the Japanese soldiers. If they fired a volley of rifles, either the horses would be shot or the Japanese soldiers on the horses would be shot. In any case, there would be no Japanese soldiers left on the horses at that moment.

Shang Zhen was of course aware that there were his own people below, but he had no time to care. He looked over and saw that the Japanese cavalry in the south had already turned their horses and ran back. Then he looked over and saw that the people in their recruit company had already quickly run into the woods after the gunshots!

At least, the recruit company did not collide with the Japanese cavalry.

"When enemies come, we will fight them; when water comes, we will build earthen forts." Shang Zhen couldn't help but mutter.

This was an encounter with the Japanese army. The situation was complicated and Shang Zhen didn't know how the situation would develop.

But one thing is certain, that is, the food that has just been obtained cannot be preserved.

You know, it's not just the Japanese cavalry in front of you. Once the gunshots are heard, the Japanese cavalry behind will definitely rush up!