The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2279: Fighting the Reinforcements (I)

There were three Japanese soldiers on the mountain heading towards the Japanese troops to the north.

However, these three Japanese soldiers did not know that when they appeared, there were not just a dozen guns pointed at their backs in the mountains, but more than an entire company's worth of guns pointed at them from all directions.

"There really are some Japanese soldiers!" Qian Feng, who was hiding in the woods, whispered, and then asked, "Who are those people on the mountain?"

"It looks like it's Hu Sheng and his gang!" a soldier answered.

"It's amazing that they weren't discovered by the Japanese." Qian Feng praised sincerely.

"Maybe they didn't search the mountain after they passed by." A soldier nearby disagreed.

"Do you think it's you?" Qian Feng retorted to the soldier, and the soldier shut up.

At this time, on the mountain behind the three Japanese soldiers, Hu Chengzi asked Hu Sheng: "Brother, should we shoot?"

"Don't shoot. The company commander is on the hill next to us. If it's time to shoot, he will shoot first." Hu Sheng glanced at another small hill road more than 200 meters away from them.

Yes, Shang Zhen is on that hill at this time.

Compared with the mountain that Hu Sheng and his team are responsible for, the mountain where Shang Zhen is located is a little shorter, but it covers a larger area.

Shang Zhen must have more ideas and foresight about the battle than ordinary soldiers. Considering his marksmanship, he would of course choose the ideal mountain that Hu Sheng and his men were responsible for, because the view there was the widest and most conducive to his use of marksmanship.

But Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji had previously selected eight suspicious targets. The highest mountain, which was where Hu Sheng and his team were searching, was quite far away from the other seven targets. However, the small hill where Shang Zhen was located could still take care of several targets nearby. This was the main reason why Shang Zhen chose this place.

But at least for now, Shang Zhen did not expect that the Japanese army only left three people here!

That shouldn't be the case. In Shang Zhen's opinion, the Japanese army shouldn't have only these three people. There must be a few remnants of the Japanese cavalry or something. Could it be that those remaining cavalry went back to get reinforcements?

However, Shang Zhen glanced at the Japanese troops heading towards the Yu River in the distance and immediately put this trivial issue behind him.

He picked up the telescope and began to observe the Japanese troops rushing over.

As luck would have it, the Japanese troops that came this time were still around a hundred people, but what was beyond Shang Zhen's expectation was that the Japanese troops actually had two horse-drawn carriages!

Horse-drawn carriage? It was understandable that the Japanese army had cavalry to come over for a long-distance raid, but it was quite difficult for the horse-drawn carriage to come over.

Shang Zhen ran all the way here. How could he not know that there were several rivers in the middle? Although the rivers were not big, war horses could pass through, but it was really not easy for the carriage to pass through.

Not knowing what good stuff the Japanese had brought him this time, Shang Zhen pointed the telescope at the two carriages.

It seems that the Japanese army has also heard the gunfire on the south bank of the Yu River and has now removed the tarpaulin covering the car.

That is - Shang Zhen carefully identified it, the heavy machine gun is still Maxim, how could it be Maxim? This group of devils is interesting! Why don't they use the Type 92 but the Maxim? Is it because they know this is the Yu River and it is easy to find water to cool down?

In addition to the two heavy machine guns, there are also pipes. Are they mortars? They should be. There are also shell boxes next to them!

These are all good stuff and powerful weapons. I haven’t seen mortars and heavy machine guns for a long time.

Shang Zhen felt drooling.

However, at this time, the three Japanese soldiers who ran away were already very close to the approaching Japanese soldiers.

Shang Zhen put down the telescope and reached for the rifle, but just after he pushed the bolt to push the bullet into the chamber, he thought about it and turned off the safety and put the gun down.

He couldn't fire the shot yet, because he knew that everyone around him, including Xiao Boji, was watching him. What's the hurry? We must grab the enemy's heavy machine guns and mortars!

Except for the platoon that stayed behind on the south bank, the rest of his and Xiaoboji Company's troops were all scattered in several hiding places on the north bank.

The ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law eventually. She can no longer control the soldiers who are fighting on their own. This time it's time to see the truth.

The Japanese army was getting closer and closer to the river, but Shang Zhen did not take any action, so the other groups naturally remained silent.

And then, the scene that made Shang Zhen feel that his wait was not in vain finally happened.

The three Japanese soldiers had already joined the Japanese brigade, and then the Japanese brigade stopped. The place where they stopped was right next to the hill where Shang Zhen and his group were hiding. Shang Zhen and his group on the top of the hill could even hear the Japanese soldiers' chattering.

The Japanese army began to move mortars from the carriage, two in total.

A soldier next to Shang Zhen said nervously, "Will the Japanese bring their artillery up the mountain?"

"Don't talk. Wouldn't it be better if we bring it up?" Shang Zhen replied in a low voice, "Did you see that iron lump the Japanese put on the mortar? That thing is called a scope. Be sure not to damage it when we start fighting!"

Shang Zhen's calmness gave the soldiers calmness.

The Japanese artillery stayed, and it seemed that the artillery position would be set up at the foot of the mountain if not on their mountain.

The Japanese infantry continued to advance and the carriages also started moving, just as the Japanese were setting up artillery at the foot of the mountain.

After a while, the Japanese army naturally set up their artillery, and the advancing Japanese army stopped beside the mountain where Hu Sheng and his men were.

Some Japanese soldiers began to move the heavy machine guns and bullets from the carriage down the mountain.

It looks like the Japanese army is going to set up a heavy machine gun position on that mountain.

No wonder, at least the mountain on the north bank is high enough, making it ideal for strafing the opposite bank with heavy machine guns.

However, Shang Zhen, who was observing through a telescope, felt that the Japanese soldiers carrying the heavy machine guns were a bit tall. Could they be puppet soldiers in disguise? He had never seen the Japanese use Maxim rifles, so who cares? They were enemies anyway!

At this time, a soldier gently touched Shang Zhen. When Shang Zhen turned around to look at the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain, he saw two Japanese soldiers climbing up the mountain. One of them was holding an artillery observation mirror, and the other was holding two flags.

It seems that the Japanese army set up mortars at the foot of the mountain, but the observation post was to be placed on the mountain.

"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. They won't make any noise. Just retreat and hide." Shang Zhen said in a very low voice.

There were cannons on one side and heavy machine guns on the other, but the Japanese infantry seemed impatient and had already dispersed and pressed towards the bank of the Yu River without waiting for the fire cover to begin.

The Japanese army did not know that two Chinese army companies were watching them at this time. Who knows whether the two Japanese artillery observation posts would reach this mountain first, or the Japanese soldiers with heavy machine guns would reach the mountain in front first.

The battle is about to begin.

But this time even Shang Zhen did not expect that this time the battle would not be started by him, but on the other side of the river!

"Snap", "Snap", "Snap", "Thump, thump, thump", "Thump, thump"

Gunshots suddenly rang out on the south bank of the Yu River

As soon as he heard the gunshots, Shang Zhen knew that it was the platoon that Xiao Boji left on the south bank of the Yu River that opened fire.

Although that platoon was still some distance away from the Japanese troops that were heading towards the river bank, this did not prevent several Japanese soldiers from being shot and falling down. The battle actually began like this!