The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2317 Pathfinding

No one questioned Shang Zhen's orders. Shang Zhen had now established absolute prestige in the minds of the soldiers.

However, Shang Zhen still explained to the soldiers why he did so.

It was from here that they headed towards Xiyazi's village and thus escaped from the Japanese army.

The Japanese army never expected that such a small Chinese army with amazing combat effectiveness would appear behind them, so the Japanese army suffered heavy losses.

Then the Japanese army will definitely take precautions this time.

If they marched in the woods during the day, do you know where the Japanese sentries would be hiding? As soon as the gunfire sounded, their team of 20 or so people would be surrounded and annihilated by the enemy.

That's why they changed to marching at night. Under the cover of darkness, they would not be discovered by the Japanese sentries.

And when daybreak came, they could climb up from the saddle.

Shang Zhen and his soldiers hid deep in the woods.

Going into battle, the soldiers looked at the green leaves and began to think in silence.

But just like that, only half an hour later, Shang Zhen randomly pointed to three soldiers and whispered, "You three follow me, let's clear the road first, and the rest of you must not make any noise."

The three soldiers were Tang Li, Xiao Ga and Ma Changgui.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese troops who might be hiding in the dense forest, the four of them camouflaged themselves with leaves and bushes, and then they disappeared from the soldiers' sight.

In the woods, at Shang Zhen's request, they walked extremely slowly. Yes, extremely slowly, not very slowly.

They moved forward in a cross-covering manner. It would be an exaggeration to say that they were as slow as a snail, but they were actually moving at a snail's pace.

They always made sure that there were no Japanese troops within sight before moving forward a little.

At their speed, a journey that was supposed to take more than two hours turned into more than six hours!

It was almost noon, and Shang Zhen, who was walking in front, noticed a long and narrow clearing in the woods ahead.

The first two times he passed by here, it was dark once and Shang Zhen did not notice it, but he noticed it once during the day.

However, the reason why it was a long and narrow open space was that it was really not wide. The widest place was twenty to thirty meters, and the narrowest place was only a few meters. Because it was long and narrow, even when Shang Zhen passed by during the day, his sight was blocked by the woods, so he had no idea how wide or narrow other places were.

It turned out that it was a waterway where mountain torrents flowed, and there were fallen trees in the middle. However, the waterway was not very deep, and the deepest part was not even knee-deep.

At this time, Shang Zhen signaled to Ma Changgui who was with him, but he retreated instead of moving forward, and the two of them walked back.

Soon, they met up with Tang Li and Xiao Ga behind them. Shang Zhen signaled again, and this time they turned inside and headed towards the mountains.

The terrain here is that there is a road in the middle of the mountains, and there are forests between the road and the mountains.

Shang Zhen walked upstream along the waterway, this time walking faster. Half an hour later, Shang Zhen saw the foot of the mountain and gestured to the three men to slow down.

After Shang Zhen whispered to the three people, he and Ma Changgui raised their guns and moved forward, while the two men followed them about ten meters behind them.

After initially confirming that there were no Japanese troops in the waterway at the foot of the mountain, Shang Zhen and Ma Changgui changed to crawling forward, and finally when they appeared in a small patch of trees at the edge of the waterway, they all lay down. The two of them continued to crawl forward, being careful not to touch the branches and leaves of the trees, until they reached the edge of the waterway.

At this time the waterway became wider, probably because the scouring force here was the greatest when the mountain torrents came down.

Ma Changgui carefully observed the other side of the waterway. When he confirmed that there were no Japanese troops on the other side, he turned to look at Shang Zhen. Only then did he notice that Shang Zhen was looking up at the mountain.

How could the Japanese hide in the mountains? Ma Changgui thought about it and looked up.

But when he looked up and saw the trees on the hillside, Shang Zhen whispered, "Don't move. There are Japanese soldiers up there. Back away slowly and don't knock the leaves off!"

Ma Changgui was startled, but remained calm on the surface and slowly retreated.

The forest was dense, and Ma Changgui only stepped back a step. The green trees above his head obscured the mountain. As the saying goes, "a leaf blocks the view of the mountain."

When Ma Changgui turned around, he saw Xiaoga and Tang Li lying behind a tree only a few meters away from him. He quickly gestured to the two men to keep quiet.

Half an hour later, Shang Zhen also retreated quietly.

After they walked back several dozen meters, Shang Zhen told them, "There is a Japanese lookout on a tree a few dozen meters up the hill."

After Shang Zhen said this, the three people looked at each other and felt fortunate at the same time. Their cautious and slow pace was finally rewarded, and all their efforts were worth it.

Now Ma Changgui, Xiao Ga and Tang Li all figured out why the Japanese troops were hiding here.

The Japanese were not stupid. They also knew that it was almost delusional to block the Chinese team active behind them in the woods. Even if the Chinese team was moving through the woods, they would not be able to find them unless they encountered them.

So the Japanese army went to the high point of the mountain and observed the narrow strip of land formed by the waterway.

If Shang Zhen and his men really went there in broad daylight, they might be discovered by the Japanese army.

"If we have to go there during the day, we have to find a place where we can't see the mountain. The shallow ditch is not a straight line. As long as we can't see the mountain, the Japanese on the mountain will definitely not be able to see us.

Either we have to go there after dark, but we can't say for sure whether there are Japanese ambushes where we climb the mountain.

Let's go back and discuss it with our people." Shang Zhen concluded.

When they returned, they were much faster than when they came. The final result of the discussion was that they walked further forward, closer to the waterway, and waited until night to sneak over there.

When they were on the move again and hiding in the woods, Sancai couldn't help but whisper to Shang Zhen: "Captain, do you think the Japanese are really on guard against us like this?"

Sancai was a little suspicious. Didn't Shang Zhen not allow people to talk? Then he could talk to Shang Zhen directly. Shang Zhen couldn't scold him, right?

Sure enough, Shang Zhen did not notice his little thoughts, but whispered: "If I blow up your two cannons, you will be anxious too!

Have you ever calculated it? Let alone others, let’s talk about our regiment. We blew up two guns at once and killed dozens of Japanese soldiers one after another. Is this easy? "

When Sancai said "Oh" honestly, Ma Tengteng followed up, "You guys are following our company commander and think it's easy to beat the Japs. If it were the same as before, our people would run away as soon as they saw the Japs!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Ma Tengteng didn't expect that Shang Zhen was not happy with what he said, "What do you mean our people have disappeared? What is the 224th Regiment doing? Is it so easy to defend Qingfeng Mountain? Why don't you go and defend it?"

Ma Tengteng didn't expect that he would be scolded by Shang Zhen just for what he said casually. He could only look sad and keep silent.

But at this moment, all of them heard a "boom" from the front and side. The sound of the infantry gun was much louder than that of the mortar.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. Are the Japanese devils attacking Qingfeng Mountain again?

Chapter 2281: Encountering the Enemy in a Roundabout Way