The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2264 All the way south

The villagers became worried.

The Shang Zhenlian "ran away", carrying the grain bags sewed for them by the women in their village, but they left most of the food behind.

To be honest, there was quite a lot of food, and each family could get a bag. But the problem was that everyone knew that the Japanese devils were heading for their village.

Will the "runaway" Shang Zhenlian turn their village into a battlefield?

In the villagers' perception, the National Army generally could not defeat the Japanese devils, so the Japanese devils would enter their village, and after entering their village, the food they had just obtained would definitely be snatched away.

Then how could the villagers not be worried?

Just when the villagers who still had labor force at home were about to run out carrying the food that Shang Zhenlian had given them, they heard gunshots.

"The Japanese have been led away!" There was a brave villager watching at the entrance of the village, so he shouted.

The villagers looked again and saw that something was wrong. They saw some Japanese devils fell down three or four hundred meters away from their village. They must have been knocked down by bullets, and the remaining hundreds of Japanese devils rushed to the right with guns in hand.

As the Japanese soldiers were running towards that end, two more of them fell to the ground amid the gunfire.

There is no doubt that the Japanese troops were led away by Shang Zhenlian.

"What a good man!" Some older villagers were moved.

The villagers were moved, but at this time Shang Zhen had already started to flee desperately with a squad of people.

"Company commander, you made a great grain bag!" Even when he was running around, he didn't forget to praise Shang Zhen.

At least in Hu Sheng's opinion, with this bag of food, they can survive for a few days.

Although it is a bit heavy for one person to carry more than ten kilograms of food, it is not unbearable for young people like them.

"Of course, he is our company commander!" Sancai also followed suit and praised.

"You are so careless!" Shang Zhen said to them unhappily, but his eyes were looking at the woods ahead.

"That's right. Our company commander is such a good fighter that we don't even need to do anything." Niu Jingrui also started to be naughty.

Shang Zhen didn't have time to deal with these three guys and just ran desperately.

When they entered the small woods in front, the Japanese troops appeared behind them, and their bullets followed them in, but they only hit the branches and twigs in the woods.

Seeing that Shang Zhen and his men were outnumbered, the Japanese set up a light machine gun behind them. The Japanese troops in front did not stop but continued to chase them.

At this moment, the sound of volley gunfire was heard from the left front of the Japanese army, and a mess of bullets flew over from a small hill.

The bullets were not very accurate, but after all, they were fired by a platoon of thirty or forty people, and several Japanese soldiers were knocked down, either dead or injured.

Gunshots were heard from the other side of the woods. Since only one squad was firing, the sound was naturally sparse, but these shots resulted in one Japanese soldier being killed and one being injured.

This was the crossfire of the Chinese army, and the Japanese army could only find cover on the spot and start counterattacking.

But then the gunfire from the high ground stopped, but another shot was heard from the other side of the woods, and this shot was much more accurate. A Japanese soldier who had not hidden well was shot and although he was not killed, he began to struggle.

There were some Japanese soldiers nearby who came to rescue, not many, only two in total, but they were shot and fell down one after another.

It turned out that the people being beaten were the rescuers, and the one who was injured at the beginning became the bait.

"*** Shang Zhen!" a Japanese officer shouted and pointed his command knife over?

Then bullets rained down like rain, and the leaves in the forest fell to the ground like rain hitting banana trees.

Seeing that the enemy's firepower was suppressed, the Japanese commander raised his sword, and those Japanese soldiers who were hiding began to crawl up one after another.

But at this time, there was another gunshot from the opposite side, and on the Japanese side there was a "bang" sound, and the command knife in the hand of the Japanese commander was hit by a bullet.

Due to the impact of the bullet, the Japanese officer's hand went numb and the command knife fell to the ground.

The Japanese soldiers who had just climbed up could only lie down again and shoot.

At this time, Shang Zhen, who was hiding on one side of the woods, climbed up under the cover of the trees and turned around to start running again.

"I used to think the company commander was as thin as a stick, but now it seems that he is really not an ordinary person." Looking at Shang Zhen who was running towards this side, Hu Sheng, who had already met up with a platoon of soldiers, whispered.

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In the next few days, Shang Zhen's company was once again pursued by the Japanese army.

Shang Zhen led his men all the way south. There were two reasons for running south, one was that the Japanese army came from the north, and the other was the terrain.

The terrain where the village is located is a plain with some hills. If the Japanese army continues to chase them like this, especially if the Japanese army sends out cavalry, they will be in a passive position.

However, Shang Zhen had already asked the villagers, and they knew that if they continued south they would reach a mountainous area called Dahong Mountain.

The villagers said that although Dahong Mountain is not very high, its terrain is very complex and it covers a large area. Its length must be at least hundreds of miles.

Dahongshan was guarded by the National Army, and the New Fourth Army was also active in that area.

So, for Shang Zhenlian, the Dahongshan Mountain area is the best hiding place.

The reason why Shang Zhenlian had not been able to escape the pursuit of the Japanese army was of course because the Japanese army dispatched cavalry again.

The terrain was too flat, and the scattered Japanese cavalrymen rode everywhere, and some of them even overtook them and ambushed them in advance without them noticing.

Although it was impossible for the few Japanese cavalry to attack them, they were never able to escape the Japanese army's sight.

Sometimes, Shang Zhen and his men had not spotted the Japanese army for a whole day and night, but on the morning of the next day, they were caught up by the Japanese army again.

The enemy and us continued to fight. Although one side started to flee and the other side started to chase after a few shots from a distance, Shang Zhen's company still suffered casualties. The four older soldiers marched slowly and were eventually killed by the Japanese army.

However, at this cost, Shang Zhen and his team finally reached the edge of the Dahongshan area after seven days.

"Once we cross the river ahead, we will be able to get rid of the Japanese. Let's hold on." Shang Zhen said to the soldiers.

Under Shang Zhen's gaze, the soldiers cheered up again, but correspondingly, the food bags they carried across their shoulders had deflated.

They had to eat during the seven days. Except for two days when they dug a camp stove and had hot meals, they had to eat raw rice the rest of the time when they were hungry.

There is no way, this is a battle, there is always a price to pay if you want to stay alive.

Dahong Mountain was already very close, but a river appeared right in front of them.

The river didn't look very wide originally, but it rained heavily yesterday and the river became more than 30 meters wide. As for its depth, who knows?

"Swim across with guns!" Shang Zhen gave the order, and then he saw embarrassment on the faces of most of the soldiers.

There is no need to ask, most of them don’t know how to water!

Just when Hu Sheng was about to explain to Shang Zhen in some embarrassment, Shang Zhen ordered: "Untie your legs and tie the ropes. I will swim over first."

After he said this, the soldiers' worried expressions turned into joy. How could walking or swimming over with a gun in hand be the same as walking over with a rope in hand?

A few minutes later, Shang Zhen, who was soaking wet, had already put his rifle to his shoulder on the other side of the river. The soldiers were grabbing the ropes made of leggings to cross the river, but the shadows of Japanese cavalry had already appeared in the distance.

There were still not many Japanese cavalrymen, only about five or six.

There were just some trees by the river, so the Japanese army did not discover that Shang Zhenlian was sneaking across the river, but they were getting closer and closer to here.

"Hurry up, hurry across the river, the Japanese are coming!" Qian Feng, who had also crossed the river, said in a low voice.

When they heard that the Japanese were coming, the last soldier who couldn't swim was the last to come down because he was afraid of the water.

As soon as he got into the water, he started to panic. When the water reached his nose, he slipped and choked.

People who don’t know how to swim are the same. They panic when they choke on water.

If someone is choking, the more panicked they are, the tighter they will hold on. He did not let go, but when he tensed up and tilted his neck, he opened his mouth and shouted "Help!"

If those Japanese soldiers continued to ride their horses towards this side, we wouldn't be able to hear it because of the sound of horse hooves.

But those Japanese soldiers had originally planned to stop searching this place, but when the horse didn't move, there was no movement, and they just happened to hear this sound.

The leading Japanese soldier said something, and several Japanese soldiers urged their horses to rush to the river again.

"Hold the rope!" Qian Feng got angry when he saw the situation was critical, and then shouted, "Pull him over!"

At this moment, Shang Zhen's gunshot rang out, and the Japanese soldier who was in the lead was shot and fell off his horse.

Just as Shang Zhen was pulling the bolt of his gun, something unexpected happened. The first Japanese soldier fell off his horse, but the remaining Japanese soldiers did not rush forward. Instead, they turned their horses' heads and tried to run back.

I guess he was afraid of Shang Zhen's marksmanship.

At this time, chaotic gunfire rang out, and two Japanese soldiers fell off their horses. The remaining three Japanese soldiers on the horses ran faster because bullets had grazed the horses' buttocks!