The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2410 Epilogue
There was silence on the battlefield ahead for a while.

This time not even a spark of fire could be seen.

"Is the fight over?" Little Boji whispered while looking ahead.

"I guess the people above don't know." Shang Zhen replied and then whispered an order, "My people will spread out to both wings in groups of two.

Xiao Boji, your people should also stretch out to both sides behind my people, also in groups of two, to keep close watch.

No matter which direction you hear movement, you must ask for commands and be ready to fight at any time.

Let's just hold on like this and wait till dawn!"

At this point, Shang Zhen also felt that the battle was almost over.

He should have judged that his own people had won, but the ragtag army like the 223rd Regiment did not have the Japanese army's flares and could not illuminate the place as bright as day, so as the side with more troops, they could only choose to endure.

If there really were Japanese soldiers trying to escape in the dark, let them run away. That would be better than creating a fire and causing greater casualties on your side.

"In fact, we should build a few piles of fire around the monkey, so that even if some Japanese soldiers come down the mountain and see the fire, they will have to hide." said Xiao Boji.

"It's pitch dark, where can I find firewood? If you want to do it, you can do it yourself. I won't move anyway." Shang Zhen replied.

"You are the eldest brother, if you don't move, I won't move either, hehe." The little dustpan was unwilling to move either.

"Since the two commanders are unwilling to move, how about I take a few people to persuade them?" Ai Duidui came over and said.

Ai Duidui had just been appointed as platoon leader by Xiao Boji, so he was very enthusiastic about fighting the Japanese.

"Go if you want to, but be careful." said Xiao Boji.

"Yes." Ai Duidui left happily when he saw Xiao Boji agreed.

During the entire process, Shang Zhen and the others spoke in extremely low voices, so it was impossible for them to be heard farther away.

It was already past midnight, and the smell of gunpowder in the mountains had been blown away by the mountain breeze.

Suddenly, a beast-like roar came from the Japanese position on the mountain.

The sound came so suddenly that the soldiers, who were already a little slack, instinctively raised their rifles again.

Holding a gun was just a fighting instinct, but there was nothing they could do.

What was unexpected was that after the roar, no other sound was heard.

After the Chinese soldiers lurking in the darkness whispered to each other, they felt that the voice must have been made by the Japanese, and they felt a little more pleased.

After a while, several fires really started on the two wings below the Japanese position. They were caused by Ai Duidui and his men.

In the dark night, no one knew where Ai Duidui and the others found the dry firewood, let alone how they added firewood to the pile.

However, Xiao Boji thought that the veteran soldiers would not be stupid enough to expose themselves to the possible gunfire of the Japanese army when adding firewood, so he was too lazy to care about him.

This situation continued until the darkest period before dawn, when suddenly there was an explosion in the woods next to the lit fire, followed by the "bang bang bang" sound of box gun firing!
The sound of shooting was short and intense; even Shang Zhen and the others could see the red lines left by the bullets in the dark.

"Damn it, he finally caught one." Little Bojib cursed with a smile in the darkness.

Shang Zhen didn't respond, and no one said anything after that.

No one planned to go over to support Ai Duichou and the others. It was pitch black everywhere, and they just had to take care of themselves and not hurt friendly forces by mistake.

Another hour passed, and the sky finally brightened. Yes, it was bright, not just slightly bright. At this time, Ai Duidui appeared in front of Xiao Boji and Shang Zhen again and reported with some shame: "We killed two more devils, but——"

"But what? But our people also had casualties, right?" asked Xiao Boji.

"Yes, one of our people was killed by the Japanese with a grenade." Ai Duidui replied.

"There will always be casualties in a war. Learn from the lesson next time." Xiao Boji did not curse like he usually did, so Ai Duidui felt even more ashamed.

"Go up the mountain! Go up the mountain! Be alert! Search for the remaining enemies!" Shang Zhen shouted.

As he shouted, soldiers appeared from all directions, all holding guns and walking carefully up the mountain.

After fighting for most of the night yesterday, Shang Zhen could only judge that the Japanese position should have been taken, but that was just a judgment after all.

However, when they walked forward a few dozen meters, they clearly saw Chinese soldiers standing up in groups of three or four with guns.

As for the positions where the soldiers were standing, they were everywhere. Some were in front of the Japanese positions, some crawled out of the trenches, and some appeared behind the Japanese positions. At this time, Shang Zhen could clearly see the Japanese heavy machine guns.

Shang Zhen, Xiao Boji and others were searching, and the people from Zhu Weiyan's camp were also searching, but there was no gunfire. It was presumed that all the Japanese soldiers had been wiped out, and those who were not killed must have escaped.

"Could all the Japanese have run away? That doesn't make sense. We can't kill all of them. There must be some wounded, right?" Tang Li was surprised by the situation before him.

"It seems I really didn't see it." Niu Jingtongrui said as he glanced ahead.

"Maybe he blew himself up with a grenade. Don't underestimate the Japanese." Xiao Boji added.

Xiao Boji's words still shocked the soldiers' hearts. Would the Japanese be like this?

"Where is your Battalion Commander Zhu?" Shang Zhen asked loudly when he arrived at the place.

"Our battalion commander Zhu is here." A soldier replied, the voice was not very loud, and then it became even lower, "Our battalion commander was killed in action."

The soldier's words made Shang Zhen frown. When he walked to the front of the trench, he saw two soldiers carrying a corpse out and putting it on the ground. It was the body of Zhu Weiyan, the battalion commander of the 223rd Regiment.

Zhu Jingrui's body had already stiffened. Although there was dust on his face, one could still see the paleness from blood loss.

His eyes were half open, lifeless and without the agility of a living being.

Shang Zhen did not salute Zhu Weiyan. He stood silently in front of the body for a while, then squatted down and slowly closed Zhu Weiyan's half-open eyes with his hands.

When he looked up, he ordered, "Continue to clean up the battlefield, and be careful in the distance."

The soldiers responded in unison, “Yes.”

Shang Zhen’s caution was certainly justified, but in the end no bullets flew from a distance.

After a while, a soldier who was looking out in the distance suddenly shouted, "We have more people coming!"

Yes, Shang Zhen looked into the distance and saw that there were indeed more people coming down the mountain, and there were quite a few of them, at least a company.

Shang Zhen was too lazy to guess the identity of the team that came, but he guessed they were from the 223rd Regiment.

The battle here is over, so it's only right to come up and look for weapons.

But for some reason, Shang Zhen suddenly felt that Zhu Weiyan’s sacrifice was not worth it.

Of course, what he meant by "not worth it" was not that Zhu Weiyan's sacrifice in the battle against the Japanese invaders was not worth it, but that Zhu Weiyan did not want to give the spoils obtained after taking down Houersai to other battalions, but in the end, the battle was won, but he died.

Such an ending really left Shang Zhen speechless.