The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2265: The Dragon is Seen from the Head but Not from the Tail (I)

Two Nationalist soldiers were looking out on a lush mountain. After a while, they saw three Japanese soldiers on horseback running out from behind a woods.

They were just lookouts placed here by the National Army. Although there were only three Japanese cavalrymen, the two of them had no intention of shooting and intercepting them.

"Go tell our people to go and see what that gunshot is about." A soldier said to his companion.

About half an hour later, a squad of National Army soldiers appeared on the other side of the river with full alert, and their guns were pointed at the three Japanese soldiers who were shot dead on the ground and a war horse standing nearby.

That was when one of the Japanese soldiers fell off his horse, and his horse ran back to look for its owner.

"Didn't the intelligence sent by the New Fourth Army say that the Japanese devils who were coming to raid the place would arrive tomorrow? What's going on with these guys?" an old soldier said in confusion.

"Maybe it was the Japanese outpost attacked by the Japanese devils!" a soldier speculated.

"Who fired the shot then?" The old soldier turned his head and looked at the endless Dahongshan area.

He could only guess that the bullet came from the other side of the river from the muzzle of the Japanese soldier's gun after he fell to the ground. As for seeing who fired the shot, that was simply impossible.

"Forget it, never mind. Let's go back and report to the company commander," said the old soldier.

So the military squad retreated.

More than an hour later, the old soldier appeared in front of a cabin on a mountain.

To be honest, that wooden house is not common in the Dahongshan area nowadays, because the walls of the house are made of round logs as thick as bowls stacked horizontally, and the roof is also paved with rows of round logs.

This type of house is very common in the Northeast and north of the Northeast, and is called a mulenzi house.

This log house was obviously built only a few days ago. The trunk is still green, and the branches and leaves are still standing.

"Is the company commander in there?" asked the old soldier.

"Yes," the soldier at the door replied.

Before the old soldier entered the house, a voice came from the wooden house: "Looking for me?"

A young officer walked out following the voice.

He was so young, younger than most of the company commanders in the National Army at that time.

"Captain, we saw three Japanese cavalrymen killed outside the Yu River, and we don't know who killed them.

No one knows the identity of the people who fired the shots, nor does anyone know how many people there were. They must have been shooting on this side of the river.

But our sentry said that only one shot was fired at first, and then there was a volley of gunfire, and it seemed that there were not many people." The old soldier reported.

"Oh?" The young company commander raised his eyebrows, he was curious, "Where did these Japanese gangs come from? Could they be from the New Fourth Army?"

"I don't know if he is from the New Fourth Army, but I have looked at the wound of the Japanese soldier who was shot. The wound is not big. It should be caused by a Type 38 rifle." The old soldier is indeed a veteran. He judged the weapon used by the shooter just by looking at the wound of the Japanese soldier who was shot.

As for the "gang" that their company commander mentioned, he has mentioned it more than once or twice and he has become accustomed to it.

"Oh." The young company commander nodded and said, "Tell our people to keep a close eye on the group of people fighting the Japanese to find out where they came from. You should also lead your squad to search more.

It's a rare opportunity to see something new like this. I should have gone to see it, but unfortunately, the Japanese are about to launch a raid. What's the point of being an official? An official has no control over his fate!"

He started out by giving orders, but then he started to complain about himself, as if he was very unhappy to be the company commander. The old soldier suppressed his laughter and said, "Yes."

The young company commander was indeed very busy, because the New Fourth Army sent them intelligence that a battalion of Japanese troops would launch a mopping-up operation on the Dahongshan area tomorrow, and their company was guarding the main road into the mountains, so he could not leave his post without permission.

However, according to intelligence, the Japanese army was conducting a sweep from the southern foot of Dahong Mountain, so how did they appear from the north? This really surprised the young company commander.

A day passed like this.

In the morning, the veteran led a squad of people to start searching their jurisdiction.

"Where can we find people? Oh my." A soldier couldn't help but complain.

The old soldier had deliberately brought them out later, but after just a short while, their shoes and leggings were soaked by the dew that had not yet dried.

"Has anyone of you asked our sentry? Have you seen any smoke from yesterday to now?" The old soldier did not scold the soldier for his complaint, but asked with a frown.

Except for the main peak, the other mountains of Dahong Mountain are not high.

But the problem is that if the mountain is not high, it must be at least several hundred meters. The geological topography is extremely complex, with valleys, rivers, peaks, huge rocks and even caves. So even if the mountain is only a few hundred meters high, can people easily cross it?

This is the landform that has been formed since the formation of the earth. How many mountains have humans climbed? Most of the mountains are only visited by birds and sparrows occasionally. I guess monkeys have never climbed up there.

"Sergeant, I asked, and they sent out flag signals on the mountain, saying that everything is normal." A soldier replied.

Since this is a mountainous area, even their sentries and lookouts are of course located on the mountains.

They certainly wouldn't climb to the top to ask if they just wanted to get information. Since the flag signals from up there said everything was normal, they naturally didn't see any fireworks going off anywhere.

The old soldier thought that the group of people who entered their defense zone might make a fire and cook something, so he asked this question.

But since our people at the high point didn't notice anything unusual, I guess they didn't start a fire.

Oh, it would be difficult to find it without this clue.

"Come on, there's no point in complaining, just follow me!" After thinking for a moment, the old soldier came up with an idea.

The soldiers had no choice but to follow.

But this time it was okay. He didn't lead anyone into the grass, bushes or woods, but instead chose to walk on the dry road.

The soldiers under his command didn't care where he went. As long as he didn't go into the grassland and didn't suffer, he could walk as much as he wanted.

But having said that, after all, this is a mountainous area, and the straight-line distance is actually not very far, only about two or three miles. However, by the time they reached the bank of the Yu River, they were already out of breath.

"What do you mean, squad leader?" Some soldiers didn't understand.

People have already entered their defense zone, so they should be searching inside the defense zone. If there was no river blocking them, they would have gone outside the defense zone. Why would they do that?

"Stop talking nonsense and walk along this river bank to see if you can find any traces?" the old soldier replied. This was his idea.

Those people were shooting at the Japanese soldiers, so they must be on this side of the river where they could see the Japanese soldiers.

They went to the other side of the river yesterday and saw that the dead Japanese soldiers were about 200 meters away from the river, so the place where those people were hiding should be on this side of the river.

But it’s hard to say whether they can still find any traces left by the other party.

The soldiers in their squad started searching along the river called the Yu River.