The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2316 Learn Another Trick

With Xiaoyazi and Yaomei leading the way, Shang Zhen and his men once again took a shortcut and got ahead of the Japanese army.

Just looking at the long lines of Japanese soldiers on the mountain road made me feel powerless.

There were many Japanese reinforcements this time. Since the roads were in the mountains, the soldiers had limited vision. However, the only road they could see was

Although this is a mountainous area and the roads they can see are limited, the road between the two mountains they can see now is at least 700 to 800 meters long. What they see now is that the Japanese army has filled up this 700 to 800-meter mountain road.

Japanese soldiers carrying rifles, Japanese officers riding on their backs, Japanese trucks rumbling forward, and even dozens of horse-drawn carriages behind them!

"The Japanese devils are determined to win!" Xu Defeng, who was wearing glasses, muttered in a low voice.

"We're trying to snatch rations from the Japanese, but there's too much of it. We can't eat it all!" Ma Tengteng muttered.

When Ma Tengteng said this, some of the soldiers naturally agreed.

Of course, even if Ma Tengteng didn't say it, the soldiers could think of it.

However, Tang Li disagreed with Ma Tengteng's opinion and retorted: "Don't boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Follow our captain and use your brain to think about what kind of battles can't be fought."

Tang Li brought up Shang Zhen, and there was nothing wrong with what he said. It was difficult for veterans like Xu Defeng and Ma Tengteng to refute it at the moment.

Shang Zhen was right in front of them observing the Japanese army, so they couldn't say anything else about the company commander. Moreover, at least for now, the battle Shang Zhen was leading them to fight was impeccable.

"How do you use your brain?" Ma Changgui asked with some dissatisfaction after a while.

"For example, we buried nails in the ground to pierce the wheels of the Japanese devils' cars, or we shot and killed a few horses to stop the Japanese devils' carriages, or we found a suitable terrain to ambush the Japanese devils, or -" You have to admit that Tang Li's service as a soldier was not in vain. He had a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

"The Japanese also have scouts in front. Some of their infantry are walking in front of trucks. Do you think the nails you planted will pierce the Japanese's shoes first or the wheels of their trucks first?

It's okay to shoot a horse, but except for our company commander, none of us can hit the horse. It's a mile away!

Suitable terrain, little boy!" Ma Tengteng called the little boy, and when the little boy looked over, he asked, "Is there any terrain nearby where we can fight the Japanese? We can run away after we fight them."

"It seems there is none nearby." Just as the boy was answering, Ma Tengteng suddenly remembered, "I remembered again, what's the use of just shooting? Even if we kill a hundred Japanese horses, can we take the horses or the things on the carriages? What will we eat?"

To be honest, what Ma Tengteng said made sense. Tang Li didn't know what to say, but Niu Jingrui intervened and said, "The Japanese devils are stronger than us. If you say so, we should stop fighting the devils and just raise our hands and surrender!

I don’t want to listen to your unmotivated words! ”

Niu Jingrui's words made a whole different story. The soldiers who had been attracted by their debate began to express their opinions. There were twenty people left, and more than half of them agreed with Niu Jingrui.

For a moment, Ma Tengteng and other old hands, who were originally just discussing the matter at hand, wanted to argue but couldn't, and they also had to consider Shang Zhen's attitude so they could only shut up.

This is the sorrow of the old veterans in Shang Zhen’s company. They are always in the minority and never have a say.

However, Ma Tengteng and the others didn't hold back for long, as Shang Zhen in front of them turned around and asked, "Are you done?"

This time no one answered him, so no one said anything, but didn’t that mean everything was said?

"Let's go, retreat, let's go back to Qingfeng Mountain." Shang Zhen said. "Ah?" Shang Zhen's words stunned the soldiers, whether it was Ma Tengteng or Tang Li.

"Are we not going to fight the Japanese anymore?" several soldiers asked in unison.

"Didn't you say it just now? There is no good way now. We might as well go back over there. Otherwise, what will we eat?" Shang Zhen asked in surprise.

"No, Captain, I, I think you must have a good idea." Tang Li was dumbfounded.

"I'm not a god, and I don't have any good ideas now. We have to eat." Shang Zhen answered as a matter of course, then he shrank back habitually, stood up and walked back with his back hunched.

The soldiers looked at each other and of course followed.

Instead, Ma Tengteng said in a very low voice: "I learned another trick."

"What new tricks have you learned?" Ma Changgui asked in the same low voice.

"I think that our company commander has been fighting the Japanese for more than ten years. If he keeps fighting like this, he would have killed countless Japanese soldiers and he himself would have lost count of how many times he has performed heroic deeds.

It turns out that people won’t fight unless the situation is right.” Ma Tengteng analyzed.

In any case, Shang Zhen led them back, and the soldiers' mood gradually improved.

Only the little boy and the youngest sister pouted. They did not expect that they had become soldiers but had not fought in the war.

At dawn the next day, Shang Zhen's soldiers were already hiding in the woods on one side of the road.

Although the trees blocked their view of what was outside, they knew that outside the woods was their former battlefield, where the bodies of their companions still lay.

If Shang Zhen and his men wanted to return to their own camp, they had no choice but to go back the same way.

According to the boy, if they took a detour, they could of course go back to Qingfeng Mountain.

But it would take too long and they would have to take a detour. Shang Zhen certainly would not take a detour. One reason was that they really had no food, and another reason was that he wanted to send back the news of the Japanese reinforcements in time.

Even if the New Fourth Army sent intelligence to their division, the Japanese army's weapons, configuration, and manpower were not as detailed as what he saw with his own eyes.

Shang Zhen did not hide in the woods with the soldiers. He was camouflaged and carefully observing the situation of the Japanese army through a telescope. Just as the soldiers thought, Shang Zhen even saw the body of one of his own soldiers lying on the open ground across the road through the telescope.

Shang Zhen would not express the kind of compassionate sentiment about why humans would kill each other, but he noticed that the Japanese army had increased the number of sentries.

And this is still bright, what about the dark ones?

It seems that the return journey this time will not be so easy. After all, I have given the Japanese army a hard time, and the Japanese army will definitely be on guard.

Thinking of this, Shang Zhen regretted bringing people back. He wondered if the original saddle road was still passable?

It is impossible to climb that steep mountain wall at night, so should I lead my men back now?

After thinking for a moment, Shang Zhen said to Xiao Ga beside him: "Go back and pass the message. We will stay here during the day, go to the foot of the mountain after dark, and climb the mountain again at dawn tomorrow."