In summer, the wind is strong in the mountains, and the miasma in the valleys is blown away. The rotten branches and leaves still emit a musty smell, which is not pleasant.
By evening, the troops had only advanced thirty miles. As they moved northward, the road became increasingly difficult. The narrow paths were strongly occupied by plants, and the marching team had to use broadswords to clear the way.
There were forty or fifty marching teams, divided into a few scattered teams. The distance between the front and rear teams was not too far. There were no traces of the wild beasts that should have been in the mountains. Occasionally, you could hear tigers roaring and wolves howling, venting their anger against the intruders.
The atmosphere in the team was tense, and the number of people on crutches continued to increase. The lonely Ninth Company was struggling to move forward on the rugged mountain roads covered with thorns. Pan Zhuzhu, wielding his beloved sword, acted as a vanguard, walking at the forefront with sweat dripping from his back, followed closely behind. It was the special agent team who continued to clean up the branches and leaves of the bushes.
Be careful to prevent the sharp branches that may be poisonous from scratching the skin after being cut by the sharp blade, and the forward speed is very slow.
The team was halfway up the mountain, the light was fading, the sunset revealed a hint of warmth, and the cold and gray clouds broke out. The dyed clouds were just above the head. The mountain suddenly lost its proper green, like a giant gray beast, choosing people to eat. bite.
Merging into the gray team of the mountain, we slowly climbed up a hill on our hands and knees, feeling that we were getting closer to the sky.
Almost approaching the top of the mountain.
A soldier from the special agent company ran back from above, came to the gray curved hat, and reported with an excited salute: "Report, there is a village ahead, there is a fire, there is probably someone there!"
Hu Yi pulled off the hat on his head and fanned himself a few times. The mountain breeze made it a little cold before he climbed up the mountain. The group was sweating all over.
When I heard the news from the soldier, I immediately climbed the last section of the mountain road with my hands and feet, found a bush and lay down. The telescope, which was rising and falling with my breath, looked into the distance. Stars visible to the naked eye appeared in the distance. In the telescope.
A semi-arc-shaped mountain ridge surrounds a small flat land on the mountainside. There is a village on the flat land, scattered at high and low levels, and light comes from the village.
Habitually turning the telescope around, I saw a big tree at the highest point of the mountain ridge. Perhaps, this big tree absorbed most of the nutrients on the hill. Apart from this tree, there were no other trees on the mountain ridge, not even decent ones. Shrubs are very sparse.
The camera was about to move back to the big tree. Under the shadow of the big tree, which was about to get dark, there was a shadow lying there. Maybe it was getting dark, and the shadow happened to move its body. After careful observation for a while, there was indeed someone. , and it can be concluded that there are two!
The distance is too far, and based on my feeling, I must be on sentry duty. It must be because it is the highest and has the widest view.
As for who he is, I don't know. Why he didn't put the sentry far away, just on the hill, I don't understand.
The telescope paused for a while, then scanned around again, but found nothing else. Finally, it pointed the lens at the village and carefully observed the place where there was fire.
A piece of flat land at the entrance of the village was filled with people, and there was a fire. There were people walking back and forth, but you couldn't hear the noise. The distance was too far, and the people were like ants. Except for the mountain wind, there was silence.
Unconsciously, two more people were lying next to Hu Yi. One of them, with his braid tied to the sky, pointed diagonally forward, pulling the telescope and scanning around, while the other one was slowly moving the telescope, observing carefully.
Behind them, about a dozen people emerged from the bushes on the mountain ridge, and nothing could be seen except a few flickering lights in their eyes.
Almost no one spoke. For Jiulian, this situation was life. For people like Hao Yun, this should be regarded as a disaster day. Although they had fought and marched in the past, they did not stay in the mountain fruit gnawing nest for a long time. Feng Ru slept in the open in Wotou, in such a miserable state, and gained a deeper understanding of the harsh living environment of the Eighth Route Army.
Everyone was waiting quietly, but they didn’t know what they were waiting for. They thought it was a narrow escape mission, but nothing seemed to happen. There was no military pay in the Eighth Route Army!
But being in the Jiulian Company, one can attack the Japanese at any time. Out of the desire to avenge their dead brothers, some people feel that this is not bad.
In the desolate mountains, it is useless to have money. A certain person weighed the oceans in his bag. After being searched by the Ninth Company of the Eighth Route Army, he found that the oceans had not been confiscated, and he felt better.
I originally thought that the Eighth Route Headquarters was very cool*, but as a result, the group of secret agents who were good at expressing themselves inadvertently revealed the secrets they knew about the division headquarters. It was said that the headquarters was similar.
As far as the secret service team is concerned, the girl is a frequent visitor in the division, so there is no need to keep it a secret.
The secret service team was not impressed by the arrogant and vulgar Tang Daguo along the way, and they couldn't help but sigh: Maybe the Independent Group is really poor, even recruiting such a thing!
However, when I think about the Eighth Route Army's various departments, they also incorporated many bandits and bandits, and I have never seen anything more outrageous than this, and I feel relieved when I think about it.
Hu Yi was sitting in the darkness on the south side of the hill. The cover of his silver pocket watch opened and closed back and forth, making a crisp sound. His worries were slightly relieved. Through his telescope, he saw children among the running crowd. It is certain that the people in the village are not Japs.
The telescope was rarely borrowed by Tang Dagou, and a group of people took turns playing with it, and mutterings could be heard from time to time.
The girl next to her sat on a rock, and the radio soldier next to her sent out another clear code.
The special agent squad, led by squad leader Liu Jin, took advantage of the night and walked along the hills to the village.
Someone was standing guard on the top of the mountain, and the light was getting dimmer. Several houses in the distance had already lit up lamps. Wang Liujin and the soldiers behind him murmured to themselves from time to time.
"Squad leader, you said there are people watching here. Could it be guerrillas? It doesn't look like Japs."
"I don't know, but it's a little strange! What are so many people doing at the grain field? It's not like the Japanese are surrounding the village." Liu Jin didn't look back.
"Yes, they are all on the grain field, how come there are so many people? If it were the Japanese, they would have set fire to the house, but there can't be so many people in the whole village, right?" the soldier echoed in confusion.
"I think there might be some Japanese in the north who came here to escape." Liujin thought for a moment.
"Squad leader, your analysis makes sense, but this place is more than twenty miles away from Nanaipu. If you are an ordinary person, why do you still stay here and not hide!"
"Hey, we have never been to this mountainous area, which means there are few people here and the roads are almost impossible to walk, but it is a good place to escape."
"What should we do now? There is a sentry on the hill. Could it be the Japanese?"
"It doesn't look like it, but you'd better be careful. It's going to be dark soon. We don't miss this time. We'll wait and see."
Before the sky darkened, the secret service team could not enter the village silently. There were sentries on the hill, and the location was chosen very cunningly, with an unobstructed view of the surrounding area.
The man surnamed Hu also said that those people in the village should not be Japanese, but how could the investigation use "should" to judge? What's more, the mission of this trip is mainly to collect intelligence. Once exposed, all previous efforts will be lost.
The gloomy sky finally turned dark.
Squad leader Wang raised his hand, indicating that the problem of people under the big tree should be solved first. There was no way to go to the village first. No matter who the person was, they should be contacted first.
Under the big tree, a young man in old gray clothes looked around carefully. Suddenly, the black shadow next to him pricked up his ears!
The young man immediately became nervous and there was something wrong!
A black dog's hirsute muscles tensed in the darkness, its teeth bared, and it made a whining sound.
