The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2362 Grenade
The Japanese army was really moving very slowly. When Shang Zhen led his men to the top of the hill, the sentry on duty, Cheng Sanduo, pointed at the woods below the hill and whispered, "I just saw some Japanese soldiers showing their heads in that woods."

Shang Zhen hid behind a tree and began to observe the terrain carefully.

This is a mountainous area with a lot of forests.

Shang Zhen had also walked the road from the back village to the front village. Most of the road was in the woods.

Because the woods were too dense, they couldn't place sentries inside the woods as that would limit their vision.

It can be imagined that if the Japanese army really came, by the time they were discovered, they were already very close to the sentry, and there would be no room for maneuver unless they fired warning shots directly.

But it was obvious that the enemy was strong and we were weak, so we couldn't just fire the gun casually.

Due to the above reasons, the terrain chosen by their sentinel now is this low mountain.

There are not many trees on the slopes of the low mountains on both sides of the road and in the valleys, mostly dense shrubs.

In this way, even if the Japanese army really came up from here, the sentries would be able to see it.

However, the wide view is only about four or five hundred meters. At the end of the valley there are endless trees, and on both sides of the road there are trees every one or two hundred meters.

The only area they could see clearly was a large open space in the sea of ​​trees.

"It has been about seven or eight minutes since you discovered the Japanese. Why are they moving so slowly?" Shang Zhen said in a low voice. He seemed to be asking Cheng Sanduo but also seemed to be asking himself.

"I'm alone and I can't see both sides. I don't think it's normal. Can the Japanese sneak over from the woods on both sides?" Cheng Sanduo also analyzed in a low voice.

Whether it was Xiao Boji or Shang Zhen, the sentries they arranged on the periphery were in groups of two.

In this way, if one person discovers the situation, the other can go back and report it.

When Cheng Sanduo discovered the Japanese army, he stayed here and asked the other one to go back and report.

When Cheng Sanduo said this, Shang Zhen couldn't help but glance at him curiously.

Xiao Boji had mentioned to him many times what the soldiers under his command were like, and Shang Zhen had also seen it. They were all veteran soldiers who were good at charging and then retreating to escape. There were not many soldiers like Cheng Sanduo who dared to stay here and not retreat!

However, Shang Zhen was only beginning to be interested in Cheng Sanduo, and he had no time to talk about anything else now.

"Little Leopard, if a fight breaks out, can we escape from the mountain on the left?" Shang Zhen turned around and asked Little Leopard.

Little Leopard is from the former village and is a local resident, so of course he is most familiar with the surrounding terrain.

"We can run away without climbing the mountain." Little Leopard guessed Shang Zhen's intention and replied quickly.

Sure enough, after he answered, Shang Zhen began to arrange the battle plan.

"Ma Tengteng, Lu Yong, Ma Changgui, Niu Jingrui, you four are Cheng Sanduo, right? The five of you stay here and keep an eye on the Japs on the opposite side. Be sure to hide!

I will lead half of the people, Husheng, and you will lead the other half. I will go left and you will go right. Let's each advance one hundred meters and see if there are any Japanese soldiers approaching us.

If there really are some Japanese coming here, and if there aren't many of them, just kill them!
"We must strike steadily, accurately, ruthlessly and quickly, and retreat after the fight. Let's go up the mountain on the left and lure the Japanese over there."

Under Shang Zhen's order, everyone began to act separately.

"Captain Shang, can I go with you?" Cheng Sanduo suddenly said at this time.

"Why?" Shang Zhen asked curiously.

"Our company commander said you are very good at fighting the Japanese, I just want to see it with you." Cheng Sanduo replied. "Follow me." Shang Zhen said, and took the lead to the left.

Shang Zhen didn't walk fast, but Cheng Sanduo ran a little faster in a hurry.

"Slow down, pay attention to the front, and provide cross-cover." Shang Zhen ordered in a low voice.

Just as Shang Zhen said, from the time Cheng Sanduo discovered the Japanese army until now, the Japanese army is still in the woods below, which is already very abnormal.

From observing the terrain just now, if the Japanese army really came around from the woods, they would not be far from here.

And that is exactly what happened next.

Shang Zhen and his companions were advancing in the dense woods, but at this time Shang Zhen, who was walking behind, saw Qian Feng in front of him suddenly make a hidden gesture.

In a flash, everyone hid behind the dense trees, with their box guns pointed forward at their shoulders.

However, this group of people does not include Shang Zhen, but Shang Zhen has already carefully raised his gun and moved forward.

There was no way. Shang Zhen was not very confident in his soldiers and always felt more comfortable when he went to the front in person.

When Shang Zhen got close to Qian Feng, he stopped moving forward and hid behind a dense sapling.

He looked at the leaves of the small tree in front of him that blocked his view but did not reach out to push them away. Instead, he began to examine where he could not see.

After a while, he changed from squatting to lying down, looking forward through the gap at the roots of the small tree in front of him.

Although the field of vision is still limited, the front is finally a little more spacious.

Shang Zhen discovered that the trees in front were not very dense, which could be seen from the number of tree trunks. After he observed for a while, he suddenly had an idea and pointed his gun over, because he saw the tip of a big-toed shoe sticking out from the root of a tree about 40 meters ahead!

Shang Zhen wondered if there were more Japanese soldiers coming. However, he looked carefully and could only see the dark green tree trunk. He could not find the tip of his shoe.
However, what is certain is that the Japanese soldiers who made a detour were certainly not the only ones he saw. There must be more behind them. Shang Zhen could imagine that the Japanese soldiers with Type 38 rifles were hiding behind different trees and observing as carefully as they were.

As for why the Japanese army did not continue to move forward, I think it was because the gap between the trees ahead was relatively large and the Japanese army was unwilling to take the risk. Of course, it is also possible that they were frightened by their own people.

Although scaring the Japanese army would certainly enhance our military's prestige, fighting the Japanese would become more and more troublesome!
Shang Zhen let out a light breath and looked around. Only then did he realize that the soldiers behind him were all looking at him.

They were all looking at me without warning, haha? Shang Zhen was surprised at first, then he realized that he had moved forward before he saw the tip of a Japanese soldier's shoe. They couldn't see anything except the tree, so didn't they have to wait for his order?
Shang Zhen just glanced at the soldiers behind him, but he raised his head and looked up into the sky.

The sun hasn't risen yet, but that doesn't stop it from being a sunny day.

Since the tree where he was hiding was a small tree with a not very large crown, he could see the blue sky between the leaves.

Don't fire the gun yet, Shang Zhen murmured in a voice that only he could hear, then he took out a grenade from his waist and threw it forward, but his left hand pointed at the blue sky that appeared between the trees.

What he meant was of course to throw the grenade forward, but not to throw the grenade onto the crown of the tree.

The branches of the tree are thick, so if a grenade hits them, it will bounce back, which would be an own goal!

The soldiers undoubtedly understood what Shang Zhen meant. Those who had a grenade took out one and pulled out the pin, then watched Shang Zhen doing the same action.

At this time Shang Zhen had already stood up.

He didn't say anything, but when he knocked the fuse of the grenade against the tree trunk, seven or eight soldiers did the same.

There was no need for the order to start fighting, everyone threw the grenades fiercely towards the blue sky in front of them!