The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2291: One Step Forward

"The tall one is Houersai, and the one on the side of the road is Qingfeng Mountain." Two days later in the morning, a soldier pointed to a mountain not far away and said, Shang Zhen nodded.

There is a high ground in front of Qingfeng Ridge on the side of Houersai. Qingfeng Mountain is guarding the road, which is the same as what Xiaoboji had introduced to him.

"Sir, where else do you want to go?" the soldier asked again.

"Go a little further." Shang Zhen replied.

It is now the third day since Shang Zhen arrived at the southern foot of Dahong Mountain with the 226th Regiment.

Regiment commander Zhou Jingyong had already arranged the defense of their regiment and went to meet the division commander.

Zhou Jingyong was quite considerate. He did not assign any tasks to Shang Zhen's company, and just left them there as a reserve team.

But this is exactly what Shang Zhen wants.

Shang Zhentu certainly did not want the reserve troops to be idle, but he understood that the Japanese army's attack was about to arrive.

If the Japanese army attacks the position of the 226th Regiment, whichever position is in danger, why not pull their company up? Isn't that what the reserve force is for?

Shang Zhen doesn't want to fight a positional battle.

You have to know that for the National Army, positional warfare was basically the smallest combat unit. A division could be wiped out in a few hours on the Battle of Shanghai.

Even though the scale of the combat here is not large, it is common for an entire company to be wiped out in one battle.

That's why Shang Zhen was not idle. Since Zhou Jingyong didn't care about him, wouldn't he take this opportunity to look around and see the terrain? He was still used to taking the initiative to attack rather than passively defending.

He asked Xiao Boji to find a home for him. A soldier there would act as a guide to take him around. He was followed by his messenger Qian, Feng Xiaoga, Hu Sheng, Tang Li and a group of other people.

Now, hearing Shang Zhen say that they had to go a little further, the soldier said, "Sir, if we go further, we have to take a section of the road. According to intelligence, the Japanese devils will arrive today."

There was a natural hint of worry in his tone. Who wouldn't be afraid of a direct run-in with the Japanese devils?

"What are you afraid of? The Japs still have scouts and stuff." Shang Zhen smiled as he looked at the terrain on both sides of the road ahead.

After hearing what Shang Zhen said, the soldier had no choice but to move forward.

Fortunately, his family is local, but his wife is from the 226th Regiment. He knew clearly about how Shang Zhen and his men fought against the Japanese before the rotation.

He is a local soldier and cannot be considered a veteran, but he comes into contact with veterans of the 226th Regiment every day. It is impossible for those veterans not to admire Shang Zhen!

If you say that someone is not afraid of death when fighting the Japanese, the veteran soldiers will admire him but they cannot do it. However, unless the supervision team is forcing them with guns from behind, it is unrealistic to expect them to be not afraid of death when fighting the Japanese.

And the person that the veteran soldiers admire the most is of course someone like Shang Zhen. He can fight the Japanese and still survive, and he also saved his soldiers. This is really difficult. In the words of the veteran soldiers, Zhang Jidong's sworn brother is really awesome!

Now the soldier saw that Shang Zhen did not take the Japanese army's attack seriously at all. Because of Shang Zhen's record in fighting the devils last time, although he was worried, he had no choice but to lead him forward.

That's how the so-called prestige is gained!

Soon, they arrived at the foot of Qingfeng Mountain.

Shang Zhen looked up at Qingfeng Mountain. The mountain was only about four or five hundred meters high and covered a large area. From their location, they could even see the fortifications built halfway up the mountain. There were soldiers busy working halfway up the mountain, and dust raised by shovels could be seen.

The height of this mountain is just right, with heavy machine guns stationed halfway up the mountain and at the foot of the mountain.

However, Qingfeng Mountain, which is a strategic point, was not defended by the 226th Regiment, but by the 224th Regiment. Such a strategic point must be guarded by the main force.

I don’t know how strong this regiment’s combat capability is.

Shang Zhen was just thinking about it, and he whispered, "Wait a minute."

At this moment, about 20 to 30 meters away from them, someone suddenly shouted loudly: "Stop, which part are you from?"

Shang Zhen saw several camouflaged soldiers appearing from behind a large rock on the side of the road.

Because those people were hiding very close, Shang Zhen and his men could see at a glance that the rifles held by the soldiers were already loaded. The soldier who was guiding Shang Zhen was a little nervous and shouted quickly: "We are from the 226th Regiment. We are here to check the terrain ahead under the order of the regiment commander."

At the same time, he was curious, how did Shang Zhen know that there was a sentinel here?

But he didn't know that Shang Zhen also didn't notice the sentry hidden here, but he heard the faint sound of the bolt being pulled.

"What's the point of looking at the terrain at this time?" the officer muttered as he looked at Shang Zhen and his group.

Shang Zhen and his friends could only wait where they were, but those soldiers did not let down their guard and still pointed their rifles at them.

"This is the first time I've seen a real soldier." Qian Feng muttered in a low voice.

The two sides were too close, so the officer heard it and asked with a half-smile, "Why, aren't you guys in the regiment serious soldiers?"

If Qian Feng had not joined Shang Zhen's camp and had been hanging out with those old veterans, then you would be wrong to say that we are not serious.

The 226th Regiment's bad reputation has spread far and wide, so if they don't fight hard, won't they be criticized? How can you take all the good things?

But this time Qian Feng had become a soldier of Shang Zhen's company and won the battle, so he did not agree with the officer's opinion.

"We have killed more than a hundred Japanese soldiers ourselves. Do you think we are serious soldiers?" Qian Feng retorted.

The officer was probably just a platoon leader. He did not expect Qian Feng to say that. However, he heard that the 226th Regiment had fought a battle with the Japs in the north and wiped out more than Japanese soldiers. He was curious and looked at Shang Zhen and the others carefully.

He saw that Shang Zhen and his team were all double-gun generals!

They all had Kowloon belts and twenty-shot box guns on their bodies, but in their hands they all held Type 38 rifles.

As the saying goes, don't judge a book by its cover. Let alone his appearance, his equipment is better than theirs!

"What are you carrying?" asked the officer.

It turned out that except for Shang Zhen and Qian Feng, the other soldiers each carried a backpack on their backs, which looked bulging.

"Open it and let the brothers see it." Shang Zhen said.

The bag was taken off and opened, and it turned out that in addition to dry food, it also contained camouflage clothing.

The camouflage clothes were made of sackcloth or something, but they had some straw meshes attached to them.

"Are you going to look at the terrain? I see you are going to conduct reconnaissance. Wait here. I have to go back and tell my superior." The officer said, and his tone became polite.

The vegetation in the Dahongshan area is very good, with lush greenery everywhere, and this camouflage clothing is very practical.

The officer turned and left, but Shang Zhen had already said to a soldier opposite him: "Brother, take your finger off the trigger. Aren't you afraid of an accidental discharge?"

After Shang Zhen said this, everyone noticed this detail, and the soldier who was criticized by Shang Zhen blushed and quickly moved his finger away.

The officer who also heard Shang Zhen's words turned around and looked at his soldier. He couldn't help but glared at the soldier and said, "Put your guns down. They really went off!"

Then he asked Shang Zhen: "From the Northeast?"

"As long as we fight the Japs, we are all Chinese." Shang Zhen replied with a smile, his words already expressing his agreement.

The officer said nothing more and went up the hill.

A few minutes later, the officer came back from the mountain and waved to Shang Zhen and the others, saying, "Let them go!"