It was noon, the sky was overcast, there was no sunshine, the fog had not completely dissipated, and raindrops kept falling in the fog.
An iron-tower-like soldier on crutches slowly rolled down from the lowered stretcher and stood on the roadside, holding his hands on the shoulders of the soldier beside him.
Looking at the soldiers in front of them, they were all climbing a stone. A soldier grabbed the hands of the soldiers behind him and pulled them up one by one.
Standing at the bottom of the valley, the soldier paused in the wind and looked up to the high hill. It was so gray that he could barely see the sky. Under the gray hat brim, his face was blackened by smoke and fire, with strong lines and a forehead. He frowned deeply.
"Call the boy leading the way over here!"
Not long after, a young, silent soldier hurriedly came to his side: "Um, chief, your name is me?"
"First of all, are you sure you can get to the headquarters by taking this road?"
"Hey, that's definitely true. My old uncle is in the north. Before I joined the army, I would go to my grandma's house once a year. However, I used to take the main road on the mountain ridge. Now I have to go through the ravine to avoid the Japanese. We have to take a detour here, but we will definitely go the right way! Don’t worry, my brother is leading the way, so we can’t go wrong.”
"Where is your company commander? How far away are you from us?"
"He and Commander Lu were resting in the ravine ahead. They sent someone to tell us that we should go further to the mouth of the valley and wait for the fog to clear before leaving. They said that the leading soldiers found Japs marching on the ridge. The strange thing is , but the Japanese are heading south!"
"The Japanese are sweeping back and forth. They don't even know this." The soldier carrying the stretcher next to the company commander couldn't help but speak.
The soldier blushed and replied: "I have never seen a Japs, and I don't know what a Japs look like. I heard from the company commander that Japs also have one head and two legs, and are shorter than me. Is this true?"
"I said...you guys are so shameless. Wang Peng recruited little guys like you to use him as a bastard. He also gave all the good guns to your lousy regimental commander and stuffed you new recruits to make up for the loss. In addition to One...uh...two people, I think you are the most shameless, right?"
The soldier looked ashamed: "We, we have nothing to do. We stay in the mountains all day long. We don't have enough guns in the first place, and the army is developing so fast..."
"Come on, a little guy like you can join the army, your supplementary regiment is really shameless."
"That's what I took the initiative to join. I served as the company commander for half a month, sweeping the floor and cleaning the tables for them every day. The company commander saw that I was diligent and couldn't drive him away, so he let me join the army. Uh, by the way. How are your injuries? Aren't you always being carried by others?" The soldier was tormented by Gao Yidao's self-destructive words, but he was not as angry as expected.
Are everyone in Wang Peng's company such cowards? Gao Yidao, who was struggling to keep up with the team, couldn't help but be speechless.
It’s not surprising that the Japs were found on the mountain. Japs troops also entered the mountains from the east, but what is confusing is why the Japs ran south.
Not long after, an order came from the regiment headquarters, asking Gao Yidao to go over for a meeting.
Having to stay on the stretcher again, the two soldiers of the second company rushed forward through the rugged valleys.
Staggering around in a large area, Captain Lu squatted on a rock by the stream and pulled his hair. There was a map in front of him. The Independent Regiment plus Wang Penglian only had more than 300 soldiers in total.
The supplementary regiment shamelessly intercepted most of Wang Penglian's troops and stuffed two more platoons in. The leader of this regiment was poorer than the independent regiment. Apart from having more people, he had nothing. He simply traded his horse for the first horse.
Seeing Gao Yidao being carried over, Captain Lu raised his head: "...Hey, everyone is almost here. Let's talk about this situation. What do you think?... Lao Meng, you go ahead. "
"Well, we are all fighting guerrillas in the plains. It's really hard to eat in the mountains!" Lao Meng, who scratched his head and scratched his hands with mud, was embarrassed to answer.
It's not just about chewing bones. Where do you want to go?
Captain Lu stopped questioning Captain Meng and turned his head to stare at the person on the stretcher: "Gao Yidao, you follow me shamelessly. Now let's see how you perform?"
"Well, I don't know anything. I have nothing to say." Gao Yidao lay on the stretcher and pretended to be dead.
"Aren't you looking for a kick? I'm asking you what you think of the current situation. Don't think you are injured and kick you anyway!"
"If you really want to ask me what I think, I think we can just go north. There are Japs everywhere in the mountains. Just fight them wherever they come." Gao Yidao kept holding back his fart.
This answer left everyone speechless.
Before the new news came, Captain Lu had no idea. He met several Japs along the way. Fortunately, the soldiers found out early, otherwise they would have been with the Japs. Fighting the Japs is not the most important thing now. There were also enemy planes in the mountains, the explosion of bombs and fierce gunfire. I don’t know which army encountered the enemy. It felt like it was not far away. There were mountains and mountains, but I couldn’t see anything in the mirror.
Finally, Commander Lu once again turned his eyes to Wang Peng, who was sitting and wearing leggings: "Captain Wang, you are more familiar with the situation here than I am. Can you tell me what you think?"
"Yes! Our current location is northeast of the division headquarters. Judging from the large number of Japs appearing there, it should be the Japs entering the mountains from the west. He must have occupied the division headquarters. Then, most of those who exchanged fire with the Japs yesterday They are the retreating troops from the division headquarters. We can either go to reinforce them now. However, there is no movement now. The soldiers sent have not returned yet and the situation is unknown. Or we can go directly north and find a way to get to the headquarters. After all, the division's orders It is to reinforce the headquarters at all costs.”
"To put it lightly, there are Japs everywhere on this mountain ridge. We are hiding in the ravine and can't move, and we still need to reinforce the headquarters?" Gao Yidao, who has a foul mouth, interrupted again.
"What you said makes sense. All we have left is to reinforce the place where the battle took place yesterday. Maybe the division headquarters is surrounded."
"Reinforcements? Are we the two or three hundred? What kind of reinforcements are there? Are the Japanese on the mountain vegetarian?" Gao Yidao couldn't help but sneer at the Japanese he met on the road, who were all squadron after squadron.
Wang Peng didn't expect to meet a arrogant person.
Gao Yidao naturally didn't give Wang Peng a good look because he and Zasui were wearing the same pair of trousers, and he wouldn't be polite just because they were friendly forces.
"Asking your opinion on the current situation, why go so far?" Commander Lu knitted his eyebrows and glared at Gao Yidao. The guy stopped talking. The commander looked at Wang Peng again: "Captain Wang, this area was originally You should know the Beishan Regiment’s defense area and terrain better than we do!”
"Go directly to the headquarters to the west. When we came here, we found that the road was full of Japanese soldiers and it would definitely be impossible to pass. I thought... should we not go east again? We should bypass the group of Japanese soldiers in front of us first. That side is far away from the division headquarters and even further away from the headquarters. Far, far is far, you can still go around to the north."
"According to what you say, if we take a few more days of detour, the headquarters will be defeated by the Japanese. Let me tell you again, if we encounter the Japanese, we will just fight them. They were originally reinforcements, but now they can't even get through the perimeter. The reinforcements What kind of support?" The spirit is everywhere.
Wang Peng was not angry at Gao Yidao's strange annoyance: "We have a big problem now. Along the way, there were villagers in the mountains, but none of them disappeared. In my opinion, those villages have not been burned by fire. They probably retreated voluntarily. The common people should have no problem, but the guerrillas and militiamen here are nowhere to be seen, which is very strange."
"Hehe, what's so strange? The division issued an order. Most of them went to the support headquarters. Ordinary people, naturally they went to the deep mountains. This mountainous area is so big. You can only see ghosts if you can find them. "Zhang Jing got to the point this time.
Unfortunately, Lao interrupted and made Captain Lu angry: "Shut up and speak properly. If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute."
I couldn't figure out whether I should shut up or speak properly, so I fell into silence again.
"Report!" A soldier panted and ran over: "Report to the captain, the group of Japanese on the ridge to the west has more than a hundred people, almost a squadron, and there are probably more behind them! They are constantly sending messengers running back and forth."
Captain Lu frowned and looked at the map carefully.
After a long while, he said: "It seems that it is impossible for us to go to the reinforcement headquarters. We can't get through to the division headquarters. Well... Captain Wang, is it possible to go east from the valley we just came from?"
"Okay, I've walked that road before." The person who answered was a platoon leader under Wang Peng.
"Is there a way north?"
"Yes, but it's not easy to walk."
"That's good. Order, the troops retreat and all turn eastward. I still don't believe it. The Taihang Mountains are so big, the Japanese can suffocate us to death!"
After issuing the order, Captain Lu stared blankly at the map in front of him for a while. He wanted to scream to the sky, looked up at the sky, shook his head, stopped talking, and stood up.
Xiao Bing immediately stepped forward and put away the map.
