The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2370 Lucky Vanguard

Shang Zhen, Xiao Boji and his companions stayed in the forest for several days. At noon on the fourth day, when they had almost finished eating the horse meat they brought, they started to head towards the village ahead.

During the Japanese army's retreat, their harassment war had already been won, and Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji decided to quit while they were ahead.

The easier way to fight is to ambush the Japanese troops who are unprepared or slack.

If the Japanese army was prepared or even nervous, the risks and losses they would incur would be great.

They were almost out of food so they started to return.

After all, Shang Zhen and his men killed more than ten Japanese war horses last time, and the horse meat was all boiled and hidden in a cellar in the front village.

The entrance to the cellar was covered with wooden boards and covered with soil, so they were not worried about being discovered by the Japanese army.

And the cellar was deep enough. It was like a natural refrigerator in later generations. Even if fresh meat was dropped to the bottom of the cellar and left for ten days or so, it would not go bad. What’s more, it was cooked meat?

Two days and three nights had passed, and they estimated that the Japanese troops that had attacked Dahongshan should have withdrawn.

But even so, Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji still placed scouts in front of the team, but the placement of the scouts this time was, how should I put it, a bit strange.

This time, Shang Zhen sent out four female soldiers and one male soldier.

The four female soldiers were led by Xiao Laoqi. They were locals and knew the way. They were wearing ordinary people's clothes and the rifles they carried were hidden in a bundle of firewood.

But the bundle of dry firewood was again placed on the shoulders of the angry man.

Yes, it was the shoulder of Qibaozi. Qibaozi was the male soldier among the four female soldiers and one male soldier.

It was the Qibaozi's own request to be the vanguard.

Perhaps Shang Zhen's words of advice worked, no one expected him to volunteer.

Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji agreed.

But Shang Zhen said, you can't wear a military uniform, those four female soldiers are all civilians, you have to change into another one!

But this time, neither Shang Zhen nor Xiao Boji brought casual clothes with them.

But the angry guy also had a trick. He simply took off his military uniform and found a waistcoat underneath. The buttons on the waistcoat had all fallen off, so he simply left his arms bare.

He wore a pair of big shorts that were covered with dirt, so he looked like an ordinary person!
In order to commend Qibaozi's bravery, Xiaobuji asked the soldiers to give him a box gun, but the box gun was also tucked into the bundle of firewood.

Before setting off, Shang Zhen naturally told the five scouts how to be good scouts. Even if there were Japanese soldiers ahead, because four of them were women, it was unlikely that the Japanese soldiers would shoot but would plunder instead, which increased the chances of survival for the five scouts.

Five scouts disguised themselves as civilians and walked in front, and the others followed behind.

Since this march was relatively easy, Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji walked at the back and talked.

"It's really hard to lead this bunch of old soldiers. It would be great if our group was still here." Xiao Boji sighed.

"Alas." Shang Zhen couldn't help but sigh after hearing what Xiao Boji said, "My soldiers aren't much stronger. I can't go back unless I train them up."

Comparison is the thief of joy. Let alone the experienced soldiers under Xiao Boji, even Shang Zhen is not very satisfied with his own new recruits.

But he also understood that it was not up to him to decide what kind of soldiers to use, but he had to use the kind of soldiers that were available.

Even though his new recruits still lacked some combat experience, Shang Zhen knew that if they were placed in other armies, they would be considered veterans. There was no other way, as most of the national army was of this quality.

But no matter what, his soldiers were fighting against the Japanese. Shang Zhen certainly hoped that he could lead these soldiers out, that is, train them to fight, and then he could return to Shandong to be with his wife.

As for whether he could take the new recruits back, that was still to be decided. It was not something he could decide. Leng Xiaozhi wrote to him saying that she was injured, but had recovered, everything was fine, and she hoped he would come back soon.

Shang Zhen didn't know from the beginning to the end that Leng Xiaozhi was pregnant, but because of the injury, she lost the child in the end.

Thinking of his wife Leng Xiaozhi, Shang Zhen felt warm in his heart. Although he was still walking, he was already distracted.

When Xiao Boji saw Shang Zhen's expression, he knew that Shang Zhen was worried about something. He also guessed that Shang Zhen was thinking about his wife, so he didn't say anything else.

But he was looking at the endless green trees absent-mindedly, his mind flying to no where.

Shang Zhen and his companions walked for more than two hours. Fortunately, they were walking in the woods most of the time, and the shade from the trees made it not very hot.

"We are still four miles away from our village. Everyone cheer up." When the scouts walked out of the woods and saw a large open area, Xiao Laoqi said.

When he said this, due to the hot weather and the long march, Little Seven's face turned red.

The angry guy couldn't help but glance at Xiao Laoqi when he heard what he said.

But he only took a quick glance before hurriedly looking away, carrying the bundle of firewood and strode forward.

He was so flustered, as if he had seen something he shouldn't have, or maybe it was just like the saying "women are tigers"!

People are like this. When there are a lot of people, they become all kinds of weird. Who would have thought that among these old soldiers there would be such a hot-tempered guy?
Of course it makes sense for Xiao Laoqi to ask these people to cheer up.

It is said that women pay attention to details. The female soldiers who serve as vanguards for the first time naturally do their best when performing their vanguard mission.

They didn't know, and Shang Zhen couldn't tell them, that Shang Zhen actually didn't think there would be any more Japanese troops here.

The Japanese army is the Japanese army, and they are good at large-scale operations. Just imagine, if the campaign did not gain any advantage, how could there be only a few Japanese troops left after the large army left?

We are the stronger party, so there is no need for that!
Although Xiao Laoqi asked everyone to pay attention and observe, to be honest, not to mention them, even if the veterans were to serve as the vanguards, they wouldn't be able to see anything.

All you see is green, with trees, bushes and weeds everywhere. Who can see anything?
Xiao Laoqi and the others continued to move forward. They didn't know that just as they walked out of the woods, there were several black gun muzzles in the bushes in the distance pointing at them and moving with them.

However, no gunshots were heard. After all, they were all ordinary people. At least in the eyes of the gunmen, there was no point in shooting them.

When Xiao Laoqi and his companions walked forward for more than 200 meters and looked back, they saw that the large group behind them had not caught up, so Xiao Laoqi said, "Everyone sit down and rest for a while."

After saying that, she took the lead and sat down under a bush.

Although the bushes were short, they were taller than her waist, so when she sat down she could hide her body in the shadows.

The reason she sat down was not because she was lazy, but because Shang Zhen told them before they set off not to be too close or too far from the team.

If you are too close, the vanguard will be meaningless. If you are too far, the large team behind you may not be able to rescue you in time when you really encounter a situation.

The four female soldiers all sat down in the shade of the bushes.

And Qibaozi, who was walking in the front carrying firewood, also picked a bush and sat down.

This patch of bushes was not small, and Qibaozi seemed to be the little monk who really knew that "women are tigers". It was hard to say how far the place where he sat down was from Xiao Laoqi and the others, but it was at least ten meters away.

After a while, a large group of soldiers appeared behind them, and of course they also saw Xiao Laoqi and the others who were hiding under the bushes to avoid the sun.

One soldier looked back and saw Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji still behind them. He muttered in a low voice: "This bastard is lucky!"

The soldier did not say it explicitly, but the listeners understood. He was saying that Qibaozi was lucky to have four beautiful young girls and wives to accompany him.

But the soldier didn't know that at this moment, the muzzle of a rifle was pointed at him in the distance.