The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2308 Soldiers of the Great Waves (I)

"Boom" the Japanese army fired another flare, but this time it was fired towards the direction of the highway.

The faces of the soldiers hiding in the woods were cast with mottled shadows of the trees, and the situation was as changeable as each soldier's mood.

Shang Zhen was also among them. At this time, he had of course already met up with his soldiers. The shadow of the tree also fell on his face, so he, who usually did not show his emotions, looked equally gloomy and uncertain.

"A total of twelve people did not catch up. Eight of them were confirmed to have been killed. Two of them were injured and did not catch up. We don't know about the remaining two." Qian Feng said.

When he was organizing the soldiers to rush out, he shouted loudly, but he was not a noisy person usually. Now his voice would be an exaggeration to say that it was low, and it sounded depressing no matter how you listened to it.

This is no wonder. Shang Zhen brought out a platoon, and they were selected from their company. They were elite at least, although they were only the elite of their company.

However, a total of thirty-three people came out, ten were killed, two were missing, and Hu Sheng who went back to report the news, there were a total of twenty people left, which means that one third of the people were killed.

But this is not the point. The point is that the most dangerous job of blasting the artillery was done by Shang Zhen and Hu Sheng. They were just "watching" behind the grove, and when they withdrew, they encountered the Japanese army.

If the Qingfeng Mountain defenders had not provided them with brief but powerful fire support with mortars and heavy machine guns, their casualty ratio might have been reversed, and they would have been lucky to have survived with only ten people.

"Captain, what would happen if the old soldiers under your command encountered this situation?" At this emotional moment, Sancai asked without any tact.

Shang Zhen glanced at Sancai and did not answer, but turned his gaze to one of the soldiers.

That soldier was the one who ran back from the rear, and everyone called him "Cui Ya".

There are generally two possibilities for a boy to be associated with the character "丫". One is that he is a bit effeminate in normal times, and the other is that the boy was raised as a girl when he was very young. Although he has grown up to be very masculine, his original nickname or nickname remains.

Cui Ya belongs to the latter.

"Cui Ya performed well." Shang Zhen praised.

"Ah?" Cui Ya didn't expect that the company commander Shang Zhen would praise her. She opened her mouth in surprise, and the others were also stunned.

After a while, Cui Ya realized that the company commander was praising her and quickly replied shyly, "I'm just lucky."

"Is it just luck?" Shang Zhen asked in a low voice, and then a teasing expression appeared on his face, "I'm not in front of you, but I can imagine your general situation.

You were hiding in a good place, at least the Jap's bullet didn't hit you directly.

You react faster than others and you can hide yourself.

You used a box gun and fired a number of short bursts, successfully suppressing the Japanese devil hiding in the dark.

Moreover, our people blocked the bullet for you, or at least they attracted the attention of that Japanese soldier for you.

Then you are lucky.”

"Ah?" Cui Ya opened her mouth again after just closing it, and after a moment she murmured, "Captain, you are amazing. How come it's as if you were right in front of me at that moment?"

The other soldiers also looked at Shang Zhen with admiration. It was Cui Ya and the three soldiers who covered them as they rushed out. Whether it was a breakout or a retreat, they really didn't pay attention to what was happening behind them.

But when they ran across the road, under Qian Feng's command they provided fire cover to Cui Ya and others, but they really didn't notice that there was a box gun firing on the other side.

"For an old soldier like me, I can survive sometimes by luck, but you don't know when the magic of throwing will work, so you have to rely on yourself.

This is like not taking medicine when you are sick, but relying on fate. Aren't you stupid?" Shang Zhen seemed to be counseling the soldiers and sighing at himself.

The soldiers were silent as they all tried to understand what Shang Zhen said. If it were any of the old soldiers who were straightforward, they would definitely not understand Shang Zhen's state of mind.

With Shang Zhen's current experience, everything he says makes sense, but he just doesn't think about what he's saying specifically, nor does he say anything else.

Just like Sancai asked himself just now, how do their current soldiers compare to their original veterans, how could Shang Zhen possibly say that, in fact, their soldiers are far inferior to those veterans!

Not only are their combat skills and survival skills poor, but their fighting will is also poor.

But the air can be inflated but not released, so can he say this?

So he changed his perspective and boosted morale by praising Cui Ya.

After Shang Zhen said this, the remaining soldiers finally started talking at once.

Just as they spoke, gunshots were suddenly heard from the other end of the road.

After they successfully crossed the road, although the Japanese army fired flares, no one caught up with them, and the two heavy machine guns of the Japanese army also stopped. They thought that the Japanese army had admitted defeat this time!

However, when they looked out through the gaps in the trees, they did not see any human figures. Instead, they saw red lines produced by Japanese bullets. Judging from the direction, they were fired towards the northeast of the Japanese army. As for the bullets going in the opposite direction, they did not see any.

"What the hell are the Japs doing? There are no one of ours over there," a soldier whispered.

"Then where are our people?" a soldier asked.

"How come there are none? Aren't there two who disappeared?" Xing Lei suddenly said.

"Who are those two people?" Shang Zhen asked.

"One is Man Dou, and the other is Erhunzi." A soldier answered.

"What should we do? Should we go back and rescue them?" said a naive soldier.

No one with a little common sense would say this. After all, the Japanese army was only besieging and killing their two soldiers. It was impossible for the remaining people to go back and rescue those two people, otherwise they would be sacrificed.

The soldier said this because he had a nickname called "Silly Cow".

A soldier nearby poked Hanniu, and Hanniu glanced at the silent Shang Zhen and quickly shut his mouth.

"Being in the army is like a test of time. You have to work hard to hone your skills and be able to endure hardships that others can't. And in the end, you have to be lucky." Shang Zhen said with emotion.

Just as Shang Zhen finished speaking, they suddenly heard gunshots coming from the direction of Qingfeng Mountain.

Shang Zhen and his men are now hiding in the woods. They can see the movements of the Japanese troops across the road, but they cannot see the situation in Qingfeng Mountain.

No one understood what was going on, and since they couldn't rush to the road to see what was going on, they naturally turned their attention to their backbone Shang Zhen.

Shang Zhen listened to the gunshots and said after a while, "It's possible that Hu Sheng ran into the Japanese."

Shang Zhen's judgment surprised the soldiers again, but having learned from the previous experience of not rescuing Man Dou and Er Hunzi, they kept silent this time.

"Company commander, I want to go." But someone spoke up, it was Hu Chengzi.

Hu Sheng and Hu Chengzi are cousins. Brothers fight together, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. This saying will never be wrong.

But this time, before Shang Zhen could answer, something unexpected happened again. Shang Zhen said, "Retreat quickly, the enemy is coming."

"Ah?" Others were fine, but Hu Chengzi was stunned.

"You can't save him even if you go, and you might get yourself killed. You often have to face the enemy alone, and you can't count on anyone." Shang Zhen whispered, then raised his voice a little, "Retreat!"