The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2388: Some are ready to fight, some are bound to fight

While Xiao Boji was thinking about how to eliminate the Japanese soldiers using grenade launchers, Hu Sheng, Hu Chengzi, Tang Li, Niu Jingrui and others were also moving forward under the cover of the woods.

They followed Shang Zhen and acted separately from Xiao Boji and the others.

Just as the dozen or so Japanese soldiers came down the mountain and had not yet fired their grenade launchers, they also discovered those Japanese soldiers.

Xiao Boji wanted to eliminate those Japanese troops who dared to come down the mountain.

Hu Sheng and his men were even more ruthless. They were thinking about whether they could snatch back some of the Japanese army's grenade launchers and grenades.

In terms of marksmanship, they were no match for Shang Zhen. Shang Zhen had already found a good position and began to observe the Japanese army with a telescope again.

Hu Sheng proposed to Shang Zhen that they wanted to seize the Japanese army's grenade launcher.

Shang Zhen thought about it and agreed, but he asked them to use the terrain as cover to move forward, while he did not move. He stayed behind and was responsible for shooting and protecting them.

Shang Zhen also said that you are already veterans and asked them if they dare?

When Hu Sheng and the others heard Shang Zhen say that he would not go with them, they felt a little nervous.

After all, ever since Shang Zhen became their company commander, he has always led them to fight.

But when Shang Zhen asked them whether they dared, this aroused their bloodiness.

The company commander has said that we are veterans, so how can we rely on him to fight the war?
So they really took advantage of the cover of the woods and moved towards the direction of the Japanese army.

They didn't know that Shang Zhen was looking at their backs as they left, seeming to be thinking about something.

After discussing with Zhu Weiyan, Shang Zhen did not let Zhu Weiyan's men move forward, but suggested that they act in the dark.

It is suggested that they observe the terrain and lie in ambush while it is still light, and then slowly move forward after dark.

So that we can launch an attack on the Japanese troops in Houer Pass from the closest distance tomorrow.

Zhu Weiyan and his colleagues actually have a lot to do.

For example, it is impossible to use human wave tactics when attacking upwards, so where is the safest position for the main force to hide?

For example, where were the soldiers who launched the first attack on the Japanese army hiding?

For example, where were the Japanese army's firepower points hidden in the staggered attacks halfway up the mountain?

For example, when their people attack up the mountain, they should consider whether there are any pre-selected hiding places on the hillside, or at least one or more footholds, which can not only be used to avoid the grenades thrown down by the Japanese army from above, but also provide cover for the attack of subsequent troops.

Battles have always been so complicated. Although Shang Zhen only gave a few examples based on his own combat experience at the time, this made Zhu Weiyan look at him differently.

Originally, Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji were moving forward separately. Shang Zhen and his team took the initiative to serve as the vanguard for Zhu Weiyan's team. Then, when the enemy and our side officially started fighting tomorrow, they would not participate in the attack.

After all, Shang Zhen understood that with such a strong attack, there would definitely be a lot of casualties on their side.

Why did he and Xiao Boji fight desperately in the rear of the Japanese army? Wasn't it to avoid positional warfare?

Shang Zhen and his men also saw Japanese troops coming down the mountain at that time. Although the Japanese troops sneaked around under the cover of the woods, they were still discovered by them in the end.

Originally, Shang Zhen, like Xiao Boji, thought that these Japanese troops came here to conduct intelligence reconnaissance.

As for these Japanese troops, Shang Zhen would certainly not expose Zhu Weiyan's large force.

Otherwise, if they attack the Japanese army tomorrow, wouldn't the Japanese army be prepared?

Shang Zhen would certainly not allow these Japanese troops to conduct any intelligence reconnaissance.

He took Hu Sheng and his men to figure out the route of the Japanese troops coming down the mountain, and also wanted to eliminate these Japanese troops.

In his opinion, his people did not have many troops in the battle with the Japanese army, and the Japanese army would never imagine that a battalion of Chinese troops had actually moved under their noses.

But when the Japanese grenade launchers fired, he realized that the Japanese thought Xiao Boji and his men's heavy machine gun was still there, and they were trying to destroy it.

Hu Sheng suggested to grab a few grenade launchers and even bring back some grenades. Shang Zhen of course agreed and even appreciated it.

In fact, Shang Zhen can provide them with cover or lead them to act together without providing cover.

Just when Hu Sheng suggested to rob the Japanese army's grenade launchers, Shang Zhen thought of Xiao Boji forcing those old soldiers to fight the Japanese army.

The blood of the soldiers is earned through fighting, or it can be said that it is inspired. Shang Zhen always felt that the soldiers like Hu Sheng were good in nature, but compared with the old soldiers under his command, they were still a little inferior, that is, the ability to fight independently.

Every soldier has his own opportunity. Shang Zhen cannot guarantee that he will survive even after fighting for so long. Hu Sheng and the others should also have their own path to growth.

Think about it, this group of Japanese soldiers who came down the mountain are looking for death. If Shang Zhen can be considered as one of them, then Xiao Boji, Shang Zhen, Hu Sheng and the other three groups are all targeting this group of Japanese soldiers.

The final battle started with Xiao Boji and his men.

When Xiao Boji and his men reached the rubble, they were less than a hundred meters away from the Japanese army using grenade launchers.

At Xiao Boji's command, the box guns in their hands poured dense bullets at the Japanese army, although they could only see one or two Japanese soldiers in the gaps between the trees, the rest of the Japanese soldiers were blocked by the woods.

"Find a place to hide quickly!" After only firing a few short shots, Xiaobuji shouted loudly.

Xiao Boji didn't know how many Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded in their attack, but he knew that the Japanese retaliatory fire would arrive soon, whether it was the group of Japanese soldiers using grenade launchers or the Japanese soldiers on the mountain.

If they reacted slowly, all of them would have been in danger.

Sure enough, just as Xiao Boji and the soldiers hid in the gaps between the rocks, the firepower of the Japanese army on the mountain poured down on them. The momentum of the Japanese army was much stronger than before.

A small group of Japanese troops came down the mountain. How could the Japanese troops on the mountain not prepare powerful firepower?

Rifles, light machine guns and heavy machine guns all fired intensively again.

For a moment, Xiao Boji and the others could not describe the feeling of hiding among the rocks. There was the clanging sound of bullets hitting rocks everywhere, and they could not tell how many ricochets were splashing in the cracks between the rocks!

And in this sudden gunfire, in addition to the enemy and our side involved in the battle, Zhu Weiyan, who was hiding in the valley at the foot of the mountain, looked at the reactions of his many soldiers.

By now, not only Wei Yan, but all the soldiers under his command no longer had any problem with Xiao Boji and Shang Zhen and the others.

Of course, they disliked Shang Zhen and his people at the beginning, and even hated them.

I let me charge forward and go to the front to die in your presence, and you are behind us pointing guns at our butts and shooting. Anyone would hate me!

But now, as the main attacking force against the Japanese army, they have not done anything yet, but the supervision team is fighting the Japanese army on the mountain very vigorously, with both sides fighting back and forth. Is this the opposite of the situation?

The fierce gunfire also stirred the mood of another bystander, Zhou Jingyong.

Although Zhou Jingyong could not see which group of soldiers were exchanging fire with the Japanese army from his position, he suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart and turned to look at Menzi.

Menzi didn't look at him, but stared at the mountain with his rifle in both hands.

Menzi seldom speaks and is indeed a dull person, but Zhou Jingyong sees a kind of eagerness in Menzi's shining eyes, the same eagerness that brought him the same life-and-death battles with him back then!

Should I also fire a few shots? At this moment, Zhou Jingyong even had the urge to shoot.

He hasn't fired a gun for a long time since he became the regiment commander. Even the index finger and the base of his right hand, which used to have calluses from pulling the trigger, have become white and tender.

How did Zhou Jingyong become the head of the regiment? He could not say that he was the bravest among the three armies, but he could still be the bravest among the first division.

But when Zhou Jingyong turned around and saw his eldest nephew Zhou Li, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

His eldest nephew Zhou Liqian was holding a box gun in his hand. The gun was not loaded, but his hand holding the gun was shaking slightly.

Zhou Jingyong sighed slightly in his heart. The brave man who was once the bravest in the whole division faded further and further away in his mind. Then he became the commander of the 226th Regiment who didn't want to make progress and just wanted to maintain the status quo and survive in the war.

The Japanese army never expected that a small group of Chinese troops would dare to show up and harass them, so of course their firepower was very fierce. But while the Japanese army was shooting, a Chinese soldier at the foot of the mountain began a "silent" counterattack. That was Shang Zhen.

The reason why Shang Zhen’s counterattack was said to be silent was only a contrast to the noisy firepower of the Japanese army.

The Japanese bullets were like a torrent rushing down the mountain, and he, hiding in the dark and wearing camouflage clothes, became the only Chinese soldier who could launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.

He fired one shot, then he fired another shot, then he fired another shot.

If the Japanese army was a giant beast, then Shang Zhen's counterattack was like stabbing the Japanese army with a needle from a distance. This needle, of course, could not take the beast's life, but the beast itself knew whether it felt pain or not.

A valley refers to a low area between two mountains, but the terrain of the valley here is too complicated.

A single leaf can block one's view of Mount Tai, and in this valley with complex terrain, there are too many things that can block one's vision.

In such an asymmetric battle, the Japanese army did not know that a small group of Chinese soldiers were getting closer and closer to the Japanese troops using grenade launchers. They were Hu Sheng and his men.