The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2404: Living Towards Death (XII)
The only one who can be called Captain Zhang is Xiao Fanzi.

After their heavy machine gun was destroyed by the Japanese army and Lao Gu was killed, the battle had to continue, so Xiao Boji led his men forward.

During this process, he met Zhu Weiyan who was walking back. Seeing that Zhu Weiyan looked unwell, Xiao Boji thought that it was the Japanese heavy machine guns that caused great losses to Zhu Weiyan's men, so he didn't ask anything else.

Instead, Zhu Weiyan asked him where Shang Zhen was, saying that he wanted to discuss with Shang Zhen how to continue fighting the Japanese.

Xiao Boji asked Shang Zhen's men and pointed out the approximate location where Shang Zhen was hiding, and then he led his men forward.

During this process, Xiao Boji did not forget to tell the soldiers, "Look at my elder brother, isn't he awesome?" The battalion commander had to take the initiative to discuss with him how to fight the Japanese, and his words were full of pride.

Originally, Xiao Boji said that Shang Zhen was his sworn brother. That was because Shang Zhen had just arrived in their group, and in order to help Shang Zhen gain a foothold, he made up the excuse that Shang Zhen was his sworn brother.

But as time goes by, Xiao Boji is getting more and more comfortable calling Shang Zhen "big brother", and in his heart he has already regarded Shang Zhen as his real big brother!

But Xiao Boji was only happy for a while. When they were approaching the company under Zhu Weiyan’s battalion, they heard the screams of the wounded soldier in front.

After just listening for a moment, Xiao Boji guessed what was going on.

Seeing that the company didn't even rescue their own wounded, Xiao Boji became furious.

How difficult is it to save two wounded soldiers? The bushes are of suitable density, and the Japanese army may not focus on that place.

But after all, he is no longer the little dustpan he used to be. He did not act rashly. It would be inappropriate to save someone when others did not save him.

But he thought again, he was a member of the supervision team, so why should he care so much? Just go and save them!
We can't just go and rescue him directly. If we send people from Zhu Weiyan's camp to rescue him, and then attract the Japanese devils' firepower, and cause new losses to Zhu Weiyan, that would be a case of doing good with bad intentions.

Even though he was disgusted by Zhu Weiyan's camp's behavior of watching them die without helping, he still had to rely on them to fight the Japanese, right?
So his method was to take some people to ambush at the far end of Zhu Weiying's line, and then send Hu Sheng and a few others under Shang Zhen to the back of Zhu Weiying's camp.

The shot he fired attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and Hu Sheng and his men took advantage of the bushes to go out and rescue.

The advantage of this is that the location of Zhu Weiyan's camp will not be exposed, or in other words, they will not attract Japanese bullets to Zhu Weiyan's camp, and they will not be blamed.

Hu Sheng and his men went out directly from behind Zhu Weiyan’s camp and were closest to the location of the wounded man.

It's the best of both worlds.

This is the battle that belongs to the Chinese. Who says that battle is only about blood, rain, wind, swords and swords? Battles are often also about the human relationships between friendly forces!
It is not the case that when one side has casualties, they will be targeted by enemy snipers, unless people in later generations have seen too many legendary scenes like that.

Nothing dangerous happened during the process of Xiao Boji and his friends rescuing people.

The light machine gun and rifle at the small muddy field were firing intermittently at the Japanese troops in front of them, attracting their attention.

Hu Sheng led four soldiers and crawled over under the cover of bushes. It took them more than half an hour to drag back the wounded man in front.

When Xiao Boji stopped shooting at the Japanese and rushed over, Hu Sheng reported to him: "At first they said there were two wounded, one of them was his eldest brother. When we rushed over, his eldest brother had just died."

Xiao Boji then cast his eyes on the wounded man who had just been rescued. The wounded man was leaning behind a rock. His right thigh was covered in blood, but it had been bandaged with a leg bandage.

"Brother, I, Zhang Jidong, can only help you to this extent. Whether you can survive depends on your own fate." Xiao Boji said helplessly to the soldier.

"If I can survive, I will be Captain Zhang's soldier in this life. If I die, I will work like a slave in the next life to repay Captain Zhang's great kindness!" The soldier, who was now pale, said to Xiao Boji.

Xiao Boji waved his hand and replied: "No need to repay me, it's enough to fight the Japanese with the brothers." The wounded man did not expect Xiao Boji to say that. He was seriously injured and it was difficult for him to speak, so he could only look at Xiao Boji gratefully. However, when his gaze swept over the company commander of Zhu Weiyan's battalion, he closed his eyes.

"Hey, sir, why are you looking at me like that?" Xiao Boji noticed that the company commander looked unhappy, so he laughed and said, "It's true that we are the supervision team, but we didn't shoot at you. We were the ones who destroyed the Japanese heavy machine gun!"

After hearing what Xiao Boji said, what else could the company commander say to Xiao Boji? It was because Xiao Boji's heavy machine gun appeared in time. If it weren't for that heavy machine gun, not to mention the company that rushed forward, their company would also have suffered heavy losses.

This is a huge favor, but as for the matter of the wounded soldier, it's just a drop in the bucket!
The company commander looked at Xiaoji and said with a smile: "I am looking at you with respect. How about I salute you now?"

"Come on, just let me live two more years." said the little dustpan.

The two looked at each other and then burst into laughter.

Now they are only one or two hundred meters away from the Japanese army. If it weren't for the rocks blocking them, would they still dare to stand there?

But even so, there might be a Japanese soldier aiming a gun at this place. If you want to kill someone, then you should salute him. It would be strange if the Japanese devils didn't hit the person who was saluted!

As the saying goes, the overall situation is more important. Zhu Weiyan’s battalion will definitely continue to attack upwards. It is still unclear whether this company commander can survive. How could Xiao Boji not have a good relationship with this company commander now?

I also knew the company commander, Xiao Boji, whose name was Zhan Chao, but we were not very familiar with him.

The two company commanders then started talking about the battle again, but then someone behind them said, "The battalion commander is back."

Everyone turned around and saw that Battalion Commander Zhu Weiyan was back, and with him came Shang Zhen.

However, everyone saw that Zhu Weiyan's face was not good, and it was even gloomier than when he left just now.

If his face was gloomy when he walked away because of the wounded soldier, now it was definitely covered with dark clouds. People who were familiar with him knew that it was not a storm, but hail!
Anyone with a little common sense knows that when clouds are as black as ink, it doesn’t mean it’s going to rain heavily, it means there’s hail!

"Captain Zhu, don't be angry. Do you really want to shoot down the monkey?" Compared with Zhu Weiyan's expression, Shang Zhen was as calm as ever.

"Of course, even if I only have one company left, I still have to shoot down the monkey and let that bastard see that I can't let him take advantage of the fat meat that is right in my mouth!" Zhu Weiyan would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but once he said it, his voice immediately rose octaves!

Zhan Chao saw what Battalion Commander Zhu Weiyan said. He didn't quite understand but he knew he couldn't ask any more questions so he could only listen.

However, Zhu Weiyan quickly told the reason for his anger. Their battalion did not have any heavy machine guns, and the only heavy machine gun was the one that Xiao Boji brought from the 226th Regiment.

Since the attack was blocked, Zhan Chao asked the regiment commander to send up two heavy machine guns.

But the two heavy machine guns were in another battalion.
Just when Zhu Weiyan found Shang Zhen and started to head back, the soldier who had gone to the regiment to ask for heavy machine guns came back and told him that the regiment commander had agreed to give them the guns, but the two heavy machine guns were in the Second Battalion, and the Second Battalion refused to lend them to them.

The commander of the second battalion said, either you, the first battalion, continue to attack Houersai, or if you, the first battalion, feel that you cannot take it down, you retreat and the second battalion will fight. As for wanting to borrow my heavy machine guns, forget it!
This is exactly why Zhu Weiyan was angry.

Now their battalion has almost lost two companies and suffered heavy losses, but isn't the Japanese army in the same situation? It is estimated that only half of the squadron is left. Why should they lead their troops to retreat and let the second battalion go and take advantage of the situation?
If he doesn't bring the heavy machine gun, he will also shoot down the monkey. In that case, I will not give a single hair of the spoils captured by my own battalion to your Second Battalion. If I let you get even a hair, I will write my last name backwards!
So now when Shang Zhen asked him if he really wanted to take down Houersai with the strength of his own battalion, his answer of course was that he wanted to take it down by himself.

"In fact, we should be able to take down Houersai even without heavy machine guns." Shang Zhen said.

"Do you have a good idea?" Zhu Weiyan asked anxiously.

"It's not a good idea, but as long as we are not afraid of death and fight the Japanese one by one, we will definitely be able to take over Houersai." Shang Zhen said confidently after all.