The War of Resistance

Several Japanese cavalrymen were still observing a bush. The reason was of course that there was a horse standing there, and under that horse lay one of their companions.

The Japanese cavalrymen had already raised their horses and rifles, but they were more concerned about the woods in the distance, because since someone killed their Imperial Japanese Army, it only made sense that they should flee far into the woods.

So they didn't notice that just on their flank, some Chinese soldiers were "crawling" along a low-lying river.

It is actually inaccurate to say crawling. When crawling, most of the body must be close to the ground.

But these soldiers are not. If we have to accurately describe their current marching posture, they are really like four-hoofed dogs, with two feet in the water, two arms in the water, and their bodies are almost touched. The water surface was crawling forward so slowly.

But the soldiers were just following the same example, just because their commander Shang Zhen climbed over like this before.

If Shang Zhen's movements were compared to what they wanted to compare, his posture was the same, but the advantage was that he was fast. Shang Zhen's movements gave the soldiers the feeling that if Shang Zhen's butt was put with a backrest, he would be one. A four-legged lizard swimming through the water!

Seeing the last soldier climbing up from the water, Shang Zhen, who was already on guard with a gun, waved his hand, and the soldiers quickly circled behind the hill.

They finally reached the back of the hill and the Japanese soldiers. The soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But Shang Zhenxin issued another order: "Continue to go west."

Yes, they only escaped these four Japanese soldiers. Along the way, they saw the Japanese cavalry searching for them. They were divided into groups of four. They have now eliminated one group and escaped one. group, but won’t there be Japanese troops coming later?

This time Shang Zhen and the others aimed at a larger hill more than 200 meters away. There were trees on the hill and it covered a large area.

According to He Gui, there are no high mountains in this area. The highest mountain to the north of this location is called Tea Mountain, which is only more than 200 meters high. Of course, it is also one of the main positions of the Chinese defenders.

But in any case, no matter how small a mountain is, it is still a mountain, and where there are mountains, there are trees. As for the plain washed out by the water in the middle, although there are no natural dangers here, it still provides a lot of convenience for the Chinese defenders. .

Everyone's shoes were filled with water and soaked, and they were still making "chirp" and "chirp" sounds when they came, but who cares about this? Shang Zhen took the lead and ran out again, and other soldiers also took out hundreds of I had the energy to sprint and ran there as hard as I could.

Although there are only four Japanese soldiers who have arrived so far, they are still searching. Of course, everyone should be as far away from the place where Shang Zhen and Lao Qiuzi killed the Japanese soldiers as possible.

When everyone ran to the bottom of the hill panting, Shang Zhen, who was waiting here again this time, pointed to his side and made a hidden gesture.

Everyone doesn't know what's going on ahead, so they can only follow Shang Zhen's command. Of course, even if they know what's going on ahead, they still have to follow Shang Zhen's command.

Li Qingfeng, who was lying next to Shang Zhen, saw Shang Zhen's frown getting deeper and deeper. Then Shang Zhen whispered another order: "Go up the mountain! Hurry, hide in the woods, don't be discovered by the little devil."

There might be another Japs ahead, the soldiers thought, so they had no choice but to run up the mountain.

This mountain was different from the hill they hid on before. Only then did the soldiers realize that if the previous hill was nothing, then this mountain was so big!

The terrain of this mountain is complex, with ditches, ridges, pits and highlands. However, there are a lot of trees. Although they are not strong, they are intertwined. If this mountain is used as a position to defend, it will save the need to dig out fortifications.

Fortunately, although the terrain was complicated, there were trees that could be climbed. As the soldiers were climbing up the mountain, they heard the faint thunderous sound of horse hooves.

And when they used all their energy to climb to a high point on the top of the mountain and looked west, they immediately felt like they could see all the mountains at a glance, but that was all. A shadow of horses was looking towards them. They were rushing in this direction, and they were all Japanese cavalry!

Who knows how many cavalry there are, the soldiers are estimated to be at least a hundred.

Not to mention the galloping of thousands of horses, even when a fierce horse gallops past you, you are afraid that the horse's hooves will step on you, and you will tremble with fear. But what about the momentum of the hundreds of galloping horses?

When the Japanese war horses rushed through the shining puddles of the small river to the west, they splashed thousands of mercury stars, and when they ran to the dry ground, they rolled up a cloud of smoke and dust, giving people a kind of sky-blocking sun. Feel.

Since the Japanese cavalry did not run under this hill, the soldiers who subconsciously lowered their heads were not worried about being discovered by the Japanese for the time being.

But then the veterans finally understood why Shang Zhen asked them to go up the mountain.

Although a large group of Japanese cavalry came to the west, the terrain to the west has been relatively flat. At least there are fewer trees on the hills within two miles. There are fewer trees on the hills, but there is more water and light!

If they wanted to continue walking west, they would really have to wade through water. Such a march would definitely slow down, and they would most likely be discovered by the Japanese army.

"It's better not to go west at first." At this time, Li Dabai finally couldn't help but whispered.

It's just that this time he kept his voice very low. He didn't want the veterans to glare at him anymore. He realized it later. This was one of the reasons why Li Da Ming didn't want the veterans to see him.

Is it really the best option to just go east instead of west?

At this time, the soldiers were not at the highest point of the mountain, but slightly upwards halfway up the mountain. They could see the way forward as long as they avoided the trees blocking their view.

But when a soldier looked back, he said "Yeah" in a low voice.

"What are you yelling at?" Lu Yifei scolded the soldier dissatisfied, but the soldier stretched out his hand and pointed slightly at the way he came.

At this time, as long as they could see the soldiers there, they would find that there were more people in the open space on the hill in the distance. It was not just the Japanese cavalry that had just emerged, but there were also more people.

"They are puppet troops. There are always about a hundred people." Lu Yichun said, holding a telescope.

The puppet army, the puppet army actually came to make trouble.

What's more, it's better not to go west. If we go east, we will directly collide with the puppet army.

Just look at the fierceness and tenacity of that puppet army. Those puppet soldiers who were born as bandits are by no means easy to deal with.

Even if their fighting power is weak, it’s okay for three of them to beat one of us, right?

At this time, the soldiers discovered that there were obstacles in front of them and pursuers behind them. Their situation was really not good!

"Just hide on this mountain and wait until dark before going out." Shang Zhen finally spoke.

It's not far from dark now, and it will probably be dark in another hour or so.

Of course, the key is how to survive the period before dark, hoping that the Japanese and puppet troops who will definitely search will not find them.

When Shang Zhen spoke, it was the final word.

"Where should we go after dark?" Lao Qiuzi asked.

"Where should we go further west?" Shang Zhen turned to ask He Gui.

"It's not far to the west from Liujia Lake." He Gui replied.

"Then go west." Shang Zhen said without hesitation. It was obvious that he had already thought about this question, otherwise he would not have answered so decisively.

"Why?" This time, several veterans asked at the same time.

"Think about it carefully, the answer is only three words." Shang Zhen replied.