The War of Resistance

It's late August, and even though it's already afternoon, the weather is still hot.

"It's so hot. If you can't hide in a shady place, you have to stay here." A soldier complained in a low voice on a bare mountain.

"That's right, that's right." Another soldier agreed, then he glanced at the squad leader lying down a few meters away and said, "Squad leader, how about I get some branches and leaves?"

"Whose big rock do you think can have branches and leaves growing on it?" the squad leader said coldly.

"It can't grow on rocks, but it can grow in the cracks of rocks. Not only can branches grow, but monkeys can also pop out!" the first soldier said.

"If you don't want to stay, just go back to the platoon. I didn't say you have to follow me up. Anyone can go back!" said the squad leader.

The two noisy soldiers looked around. There were ten people in their class including the squad leader, but no one except them paid attention to them.

The two people looked at each other and did not dare to go back. One of them took off the water bottle from his waist.

It's just that the weather is too hot. Although it's only less than ten in the morning, the temperature has already made the cold water he drank in the morning feel warm.

Northeastern people are accustomed to drinking cold water, especially in summer. The colder the water, the better. Although the water is so refreshing to drink at that time, it really quenches thirst and is not as good as the boiled water that can be drunk with sweat.

"Stay back if you want to drink water, or the kid will shoot you and burp your fart!" the squad leader scolded.

"How can it be such an inch?" The soldier drinking water said unconvinced but eventually shrank back.

They are soldiers from the 680th Regiment of the 337th Brigade and are currently performing security duties on the east bank of the Baisha River.

It has been more than half a month since the 337th Brigade arrived here.

Originally they thought there would be a battle when they arrived, but it was said that the Japanese army advancing westward was blocked by a Chinese army somewhere, so it was delayed.

Therefore, they have not seen the shadow of the Japanese army so far.

Naturally, the large force must occupy favorable terrain to dig fortifications, and their company is responsible for the security mission in front of the main position.

It's just that all the good places were occupied by large troops, so their squad as a guard post was sent to this bare rocky mountain by the company commander.

To say that this rocky mountain is a good place for the Japanese troops who may arrive at any time, it overlooks the open land ahead, and the east-west road is in the middle of that open land.

But the problem is that this rocky mountain is too far forward, and the short mountains behind are connected in a line. Only this mountain is left alone in front like a stray lamb.

Moreover, since it is a rocky mountain, not only is there no grass growing, but there is absolutely no place to enjoy the cool air. The rocks become scalding hot when the August sun shines on them. The two soldiers are afraid that they will be roasted when the sun is full. Cooked on top!

But they couldn't afford to offend their squad leader, Ge Changli.

Moreover, there were ten soldiers in their squad, one squad leader, and nine soldiers, but seven of them listened to Ge Changli's words. If the two of them dared to fight, they would be the only ones who would be punished and isolated in the end.

So the two of them could only endure it.

The entire Northeastern Army is "wandering" in the pass. No one has a wife or children. All they see every day are the faces of these men who are very familiar with them. If there is a falling out, not to mention the horror of military law, there will be no future. Why stay in this class?

Then transfer to another class, don't even think about it.

This is like a migrant worker. If you don't do well in this unit, your reputation will spread. But if you go to another unit, you can do well?

"Gu dong dong", the soldier hid behind the ridge and tilted his head to drink water. After drinking, he didn't forget to call squad leader Ge Changli: "Squad leader, would you like a sip?"

Squad leader Ge Changli was also thirsty. He glanced back but felt angry and said, "If you don't drink, I think you'll be buried!"

When the soldier was scolded, he muttered something in an almost inaudible voice and hung the kettle on his waist again.

But at this moment, a soldier suddenly said: "It seems like there are ghosts!"

Just this sentence frightened him, but the kettle almost fell to the big rock under him.

At this time, other soldiers had already picked up their guns and looked forward.

"There, there is reflection there!" said the soldier who noticed the abnormal situation.

The sun was shining, and sure enough, following the soldier's direction, the people in their class actually saw reflections at the other end of the open field.

In addition to the mirror that can reflect people's reflections, it is difficult to find anything that can reflect light in China nowadays!

Just because most reflective objects are metal objects.

But now they were lying facing the east, and it was afternoon again, so the sunlight naturally shined through when it hit the smooth metal surface.

"It's the little devil's helmet!" Ge Changli said in a deep voice.

Just as he was speaking, everyone noticed that the reflection was no longer in one place. Although it was not one area, it seemed that there were always more than a dozen people there.

"What should we do? Squad leader? Shoot now?" a soldier asked.

"Shoot?" Ge Changli asked in surprise.

Although they saw the reflection at the other end of the open field, it was still four to five hundred meters away from them. It was impossible to hit it with their marksmanship.

"Shoot as a warning!" the soldier said.

"What's the warning? We don't know how many troops the Japanese have come! Let's see again," Ge Changli said.

The soldier said "Oh" and stopped talking, and they continued to observe the shining spot.

Only after a while, those reflective light spots moved and headed in their direction.

After a while, due to the angle of sunlight reflection, those light spots were no longer visible.

But there was no need to see it, because they saw a figure stepping onto the open space in front of them.

Ge Changli took out the incomplete telescope he was carrying.

He had seized that telescope from the battlefield. The lens on the left was broken, and the focusing wheel was also broken.

Because of this, the telescope cannot be focused, and the lens tube on the right can only see clearly at a distance of more than 300 meters.

Ge Changli glanced at the position of the figure in front of him and then raised the telescope, which could only be used with a single hole.

After observing for a while, he said: "They are Japanese soldiers, but they should be here to reconnoiter the situation. There are twelve of them in total. There must be cover behind them. I don't know how many. I don't think there will be too many troops.

Tiezi, go back and report quickly. "

The soldier named Tiezi responded, put away his gun and ran back to report.

"What should we do?" asked the soldier who drank water earlier.

"What should we do? Let's fight!" Ge Changli said disapprovingly, "How can only a dozen or so Japs scare you into being like this?"

"Just hit, you've earned your life anyway." The soldier muttered habitually and pushed the gun bolt and started aiming.

He was afraid of hardship and the sun, but he was not afraid of death, just because he had seen a lot of dead people, and he knew that death was the only thing - fear of death was useless!

A few minutes later, when the Japanese scouts were more than a hundred meters away from the rocky mountain, gunfire rang out on the mountain.

Amidst the gunfire, although several Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, the remaining Japanese soldiers did not retreat in a hurry. Instead, they found a place to hide and started shooting into the mountains.

A battle that really couldn't be said to be large-scale happened like this, just like the prelude to a great war.