The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2283: Joining the War After All

A mountain blocks the entrance to the valley in front, and the valley is full of lush trees. On the left side of the valley is a taller mountain, and on the right side is a shorter mountain.

The high mountains were too steep to climb, but the low mountains were gentle, with light machine guns firing from time to time, still in the hands of the National Army.

But when Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji brought some soldiers to the valley entrance, they noticed not only these, they noticed more about the wounded.

Yes, dozens of wounded soldiers are in the woods outside the valley. Not many of them are screaming loudly, but groaning due to pain is inevitable.

Shang Zhen deliberately turned around and glanced at the soldiers following him. Fortunately, although a few soldiers looked pale, they were still calm.

This time, Shang Zhen brought the combat backbones of his company, or the soldiers he thought had the potential to become good soldiers.

At this point, Shang Zhen believed that the soldiers he led could be called soldiers, at least according to the current requirements for Chinese soldiers, after the previous ambush.

However, it is still far from what he requires of his soldiers, so these soldiers still need to be tempered, and he has to let them go through more brutal battles.

This situation reminded Shang Zhen of the time when farmers planted persimmons, cucumbers, etc. when he was a child. They would soak them in water in the house, let them germinate, and then plant them in the house. This was called "tying seedlings."

When the seedlings are strong enough, they must be transplanted into the soil outdoors so that the seedlings can receive real sunlight and rain.

To put it another way, the flowers in the greenhouse will sooner or later have to go outside to experience wind, frost, rain and snow.

Of course, from Shang Zhen’s own perspective, he just wanted to let the soldiers see it, he didn’t want his own people to charge into battle!

You should know that this is the 38th Regiment of the 114th Brigade of the 226th Division of the th Army, which is also the home ground of the regiment where Xiao Boji is located.

I have already wiped out more than a hundred Japanese soldiers with my company, but your regiment can't even deal with more than a hundred Japanese soldiers who are resisting stubbornly. Do you still expect me, an outsider, to be your cannon fodder? No way!

However, Shang Zhen will not sit idly by. As for how far he can go, he can only wait and see.

"One company has been crippled. I heard that you have seized heavy machine guns and mortars. That's perfect. Set them up and kill these little Jap devils!" While Shang Zhen was deep in thought, someone in front of him had already spoken.

But the man became more and more excited as he spoke, and finally he started to roar loudly.

The man's name was Zhou Jingyong. Through Xiao Boji's private introduction, Shang Zhen already knew that the man was Xiao Boji's regiment commander.

On the way here, Xiao Boji had already analyzed the situation with Shang Zhen.

According to the temperament of their leader Zhou Jingyong, he would not let Shang Zhen or Xiao Boji Company rush to the front. After all, this group of Japanese troops was blocked here by their two companies, which was already the first merit.

So Zhou Jingyong wanted them to come over for one thing, which was to ask them to bring the captured heavy machine guns and mortars to help.

Now it was indeed the case. Zhou Jingyong shouted, but the soldiers under Xiao Boji looked at the officer in front of them in embarrassment. One of them even asked, "Captain, where is the rack?"

"Just put it here. By the way, where should we put it?" Zhou Jingyong was very imposing at first, but then he turned around and asked the small dustpan again.

"The mortar is useless. We don't know where the Japanese are hiding! Put the heavy machine gun on that mountain!" Xiao Boji stretched out his hand and pointed to the low mountain on the right, which was the mountain originally occupied by Shang Zhen and his men.

"Let's do it!" Zhou Jingyong shouted.

"We have to get the guns on the mount. The Japanese will panic once the guns fire." An officer behind Zhou Jingyong said.

After all, Zhou Jingyong was the head of a regiment. Beside him were the chief of staff, three battalion commanders and several company commanders.

"No, how can the Japanese be frightened? Our regiment only has two guns, and the few shells we seized are useless as firecrackers." Xiao Boji was unhappy. As a bystander, Shang Zhen did not know the officer who was talking, and he estimated that he was a battalion commander or something.

"You can see the Japs with a heavy machine gun?" the officer retorted.

"I can't see it either, but there are more heavy machine gun bullets than artillery shells!" Xiao Boji shouted again.

This time, Xiao Boji shouted again, and the officer remained silent.

This is quite interesting. Shang Zhen thought, how come Xiao Boji, the high-ranking regiment commander, has no say?

Although what Xiao Boji said is definitely correct, military command does not mean that the superiors have to listen to you just because you are right. If that were the case, how many fewer defeats would the Chinese army have suffered?

In fact, just as the officer and Xiao Boji argued, the Japanese army was now hiding in and behind the woods, or even in the rather complicated terrain behind the woods.

Since Shang Zhen had been on the low hill on the right before, he knew that all he could see on that hill were dense tree canopies, making it impossible to tell where the Japanese troops were hiding. Even if he moved the heavy machine guns to the hill now, it would only serve to provide boost.

As for using mortars? Forget it, it would be better to use grenade launchers.

Now from the perspective of the 226th Regiment, these two mortars are the most powerful weapons, but cannons are useless against mosquitoes, so it is better to save them for the future when they can be used in greater detail.

This is also the reason why Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji were unwilling to launch a strong attack on the Japanese army and instead wanted to use static tactics to overcome dynamic forces.

The higher-ups were just giving blind orders, but Zhou Jingyong listened to them. If you were told to take the city in two days, you would take it in two days? Shang Zhen was helpless, and he couldn't help but think of the famous saying "One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers".

When Xiao Boji and Shang Zhen were leading their men toward the mountain on the right, someone came back from the front again, but this time he was carried back in a car, and the person being carried was an officer.

No one knew where the officer was injured, but his body and the body of the soldier holding him were covered in blood.

The former must have been seriously injured, and the latter was stained with the blood of the former.

"The company commander of their company." Xiao Boji whispered to Shang Zhen.

"Captain, we've finished the company." Shang Zhen heard the officer say without turning around.

"How many Japanese soldiers are left? How many were killed?" Xiao Boji couldn't help but ask.

"We pushed forward and I saw about twenty or thirty Japanese soldiers killed," the officer replied.

Shang Zhen frowned without even looking back. This was the price of a strong attack. A company of the National Army had more than a hundred people. It was over. Even the wounded soldiers who didn't die would most likely lose their lives. The National Army was outnumbered by the Japanese Army in such a tough fight!

But Shang Zhen was walking forward when he suddenly heard someone behind him say, "Brother, please stay."

Shang Zhen turned around and saw that the person who spoke was the injured company commander.

"It's difficult to fight in the woods. I see you guys have a lot of grenades. Can you give them to us?" said the company commander as he looked at the grenades hanging on Shang Zhen and the people around him.

Everyone can understand what the company commander said. The woods in the valley are all mixed trees and are very dense. When you can't see where the enemy is hiding, of course throwing grenades or hand grenades will be the most effective.

The company commander said so. Shang Zhen glanced at the officers of the 226th Regiment in front of him, and weren't those officers looking at him?

"You guys attack from this side of the valley, and our people will attack from the right side of the woods. We will use the grenades ourselves." Shang Zhen replied.

Are you kidding me? Shang Zhen thought, why should we give you the grenade? If we give it to you, the credit for destroying the Japanese army will be yours. If we use it ourselves, at least we kill the enemy, and we feel balanced.