The moon was dark and the wind was light, and the sleeping earth looked like a giant beast. For the Eighth Route Army who were accustomed to the dark night, this was a good time to rush on their way.
A north-south path winds between the hills. Except for the footsteps of the rushing team, it is completely silent.
A class of vanguard soldiers, led by Ma Liang, spread far apart to the left and right, and walked northward in a line through the deserted fields and slopes. The road was not easy to walk, and they had to climb uphill and ridges to move forward with difficulty.
Two or three miles away behind them, a long team marched slowly forward with two torches.
Three platoons of the Ninth Company, sixty or seventy soldiers, marched forward chatting and laughing with more than thirty cadres who had entered the mountain.
During the difficult years, Luo Fugui was the most shameless person, constantly chatting with the cadres who entered the mountain. The middle-aged people were dumbfounded by the questions asked by this group of people who came to seek refuge. This group of guys had no education, but they all crawled and wallowed for many years. , more informed.
On the bare brown hills on both sides, there were two wings of guard warriors walking.
The last blockade of the Japanese security forces, the gun towers and strongholds at the entrance to the mountain, are at the foot of the mountain fifty miles away to the west. Chen Chong had already walked through them two days ago, so there should be no problem with their safety.
Who knows if the devil will suddenly show up.
After many days of raids, the Japanese were exhausted. At night, the headquarters was taken away. The frustrated Tubalu always used black guns to attack secretly. The lieutenant believed that it was the guerrillas in the mountains.
However, since entering the plains the night before, the lieutenant sent a large number of Japanese soldiers to attack the camp at night and arranged ambushes. They adopted the wretched method of waiting for the rabbit. No shots were fired all night. It seems that Tubal Road only dares to be rampant in the mountains and not in the plains. Well, how can you dare to disturb Tai Sui? You are stupid. You will no longer do things that are just seeking death. If nothing happens, you will be able to sit back and relax from now on.
Endless exhaustion led most of the Japanese to sleep.
At midnight.
"Bangouer" a gunshot rang out on the south side of the hillside, obviously the sound of Tomosaka rifle, "Boom...boom..." followed by two more shots of 79 rifles.
Of course, the first one to shoot was the Japanese sentry. Hearing the sound of the gunfire, the distance was not very far. The ambush Japanese sentry had a simple idea. Along the way, they fought against the harassing Tubal Road many times. Most of the time, they didn't even see the shadow of Tubal Road.
It's not an ambush. There's no need to wait for the Eighth Route Army to approach before firing. Zhongtian saw shadows in the night. If he didn't fire now, maybe after a while, the sneak attacker would hide in the darkness and continue to harass.
It was obvious that the black figure fell to the ground, but the sentry did not step forward to check. This was a common trick used by the Eighth Route Army. When the sentry stepped forward, he would be attacked by other Tuba Road soldiers.
The Eighth Route Army did not dare to attack directly, so they used this method to attack the warriors who came forward to inspect several times. As a result, several warriors were injured.
The Japanese sentry had no control over where the bullet flew, whether it hit or not, and there was no need to confirm whether anyone was hit. The purpose of shooting was to give a warning. The black figure must have been shot. The sentry was very confident in his marksmanship.
There was movement in the Japanese camp in the distance behind him, and figures swayed back and forth in the light of the burning fire.
Ma Liang lay down in the darkness and stabilized the 38-meter cover. Within a few seconds, there was a sound of footsteps, and a soldier marching to the west came back.
"What's going on?" Ma Liang put down the telescope and looked up and asked.
"Suddenly a gunshot rang out on the hillside opposite. The gunshot was from Sanba Dagai! Someone is attacking the Japanese army camp!" the soldier replied breathlessly.
"Sneak attack is just a sneak attack, attack is nothing!" Ma Liang was excited. Someone attacked the Japs barracks. At least it means that there are friendly forces nearby, and maybe the mission can be completed in advance.
Holding the binoculars, he observed the Japanese camp.
The Japanese reinforcements arrived at the sentry position in one squad, took up their positions, and began to organize firepower to shoot at the position where the two gunshots were fired back. Ma Liang frowned. The bullets hit an uninhabited place on the west side. Only the muzzle of the gun was glowing in the night. flashes inside.
After many days of training, the new recruits had already improved their reaction speed. They climbed sideways, turned sideways, and jumped vertically to find hiding positions nearby. The top soldiers called softly in the night and approached Ma Liang's position.
After a round of shooting, the Japanese stopped firing.
"Platoon commander, should we beat one of them?"
"The military camp in front is full of Japs, don't act rashly!" Ma Liang used the telescope to see clearly two Japs standing next to the fire in the Japs camp: "You...you two go around to the west to conduct reconnaissance! Find out where the troops are!"
"Yes!" The two figures spread their legs and ran west.
Ma Liang turned his head and continued the arrangement: "You... you two reconnaissance eastward. If necessary, hide and shoot twice. I would like to see how many troops the Japanese have!"
An old soldier led a new soldier, and they immediately pulled away to the east and disappeared into the darkness.
More than ten minutes later, gunfire rang out from the east direction of the Japanese camp, and then the Japanese fired back. The bullets screamed continuously, and the flash of light tore the night apart.
Ma Liang held up the binoculars and looked at the movements of the Japanese camp around the fire! After a while, Ma Liang put down the telescope, set up the rifle, pointed the muzzle at the Japanese camp tent, pressed the trigger based on his feeling, quickly pulled the bolt, and shot out five bullets in one go.
Continuous shooting sounded again in the west, maybe because the distance was too far, the sound of bullets piercing the air was heard, and the tents of the Japanese army camp in the distance were hit with strange noises. Ma Liang grabbed the telescope again, and vaguely saw bullets hitting the ground next to the fire. There were clouds of dust on the ground, and the tent swayed in the wind. The two Japanese soldiers who had been standing before were lying on the ground, running around in fear.
Ma Liang grinned with satisfaction, hurriedly stepped back some distance, and when he could no longer see the flames of the Japanese camp, he retracted his head.
As expected, in the dark night opposite, a crooked machine gun fired. The flames began to flash continuously in the night, suppressing the fire of the rifles nearby. A barrage arrogantly sprinkled into the hillside where Ma Liang had just retreated. , drilled into the soil, and made a squeaking sound.
The platoon leader did not call for fire. The soldiers nearby suppressed the desire to fire and waited. They all knew that the platoon leader was conducting fire reconnaissance!
The recruits lay on the back of the slope and looked around nervously with their eyes wide open. Their fingers were trembling and their palms were soaked with sweat.
"The bullets can't turn around and can't hit us. You two stay here and retreat as soon as the Japanese come up!" Ma Liang ordered the two veterans: "The others will change places with me!"
Ma Liang retreated down the hillside, following the six warriors who had gathered.
Not long after, four figures came running down the hillside from the west. The soldier in the lead panted: "Report to the platoon leader, this is Captain Liu, they are from the district team!"
"District team, what district team?" Ma Liang asked the other party's number excitedly.
"Hello, Platoon Leader Ma, right? I'm from the subdivision's An County guerrilla area team. My surname is Liu..." came a young voice from behind the soldier.
This was not the first time that Ma Liang had dealt with guerrillas, and he had some admiration for Captain Liu, who claimed to be a district team. With their swords, spears and a few broken guns, they dared to attack the Japanese. He was very courageous.
Thinking about the fact that there are also guerrillas in the Independence Regiment. The fourth company of the Independence Regiment once fought guerrillas outside the mountains, but they were defeated after repeated attacks. Thinking about the past, I felt sour in my heart, and I couldn't speak for a while.
