Ma Liang's figure slowly disappeared under the cliff.
Because his arm was injured, it was up to the soldiers to pull the rope tied around his waist and lower him down the cliff.
In the darkness, the soldier who slipped down the cliff first caught Ma Liang who was coming down from the cliff.
The soldier helped Ma Liang untie the rope from his body. Ma Liang panted against the mountain wall and suddenly asked, "What's your name?"
"Li Laosi..."
"I mean your name."
"My name is Li Laosi. Why, can't I?"
Ma Liang was speechless.
After a while, another soldier slid down.
Ma Liang immediately assigned the soldier a mission: "Be on alert."
"Yes." The soldier answered the order and disappeared into the darkness without even untying the rope on his body.
Soon, the soldiers slid down one by one and collected the ropes.
In order to facilitate movement, in addition to carrying a machine gun, two rifles and a shell gun, the soldiers in the team all carried dry food.
Ma Liang did not order immediate action.
He was waiting until the moon had risen in the sky.
All of them stared at the small eyes, looking up at the sky from time to time.
It was almost an hour before the sky began to lighten.
Although the moonlight cannot reach the bottom of the cliff, the general environment can be vaguely seen.
Ma Liang waited no longer: "Tonight we will go west along the mountain stream for at least twenty miles! Everyone must hurry up!"
"yes!"
The foot of the mountain wall is covered with thorns and shrubs.
Li Laosi, who was walking in front, slashed all the way with his sword.
Traveling speed... turtle speed!
The team has flashlights, but they must not be used as lighting at this time.
The ground was covered with rocks that had fallen from the mountains and people fell down from time to time.
A voice in the team muttered: "Company Commander, there seems to be traces of large wild boar-like animals walking here!"
The soldier behind Ma Liang quickly turned on a flashlight wrapped in cloth and shined a light on the messy animal footprints on the ground.
Ma Liang whispered: "This is the beast's path that hunters in the mountains often talk about."
The soldier who put away the flashlight almost drooled. "There are so many of us. If any ferocious beast really shows up, it would be a good time to have a tooth ceremony..."
Ma Liang shook his head: "Be careful, wild boars are in herds, so you can't shoot now."
"Captain Ma, don't worry. With my big sword, hey, I won't be afraid even if a blind bear comes." Li Laosi, who was being replaced in front of the road ahead, didn't care.
The soldier holding the flashlight sneered: "Blow it, it's so cold in the mountains, and the blind bear is still sleeping in the cave."
Li Laosi lowered his voice: "Isn't there a bear on the mountain?"
"What? On the mountain...that's obviously a mule."
"Hehehe..." A low laughter covering one's mouth floated in the mountain wind.
The words they spoke were relaxed, and the original nervousness was relieved a lot.
The group of people dared to speak because they did not go down to the mountain stream at this time, and the sound of the flowing stream covered everything.
After turning several turns in a row, footprints appeared on the ground. It should be that hunters or herb gatherers had been here before.
The group of people couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
Ma Liang raised his hand and looked at the watch given to him by the battalion commander who forced Luo Fugui to bleed profusely under the light of the flashlight: three hours had passed.
I estimate that I only walked two miles at most!
Even if the road has been traveled before, it is still difficult to walk.
He could only continue to use his machete to carve a way through the thorns.
I didn't encounter anything unusual along the way.
Before dark, I had observed the general situation of the mountain stream on the edge of the cliff. Then I walked about two miles further, went down to the mountain stream, climbed up the opposite cliff, and escaped from this dangerous mountainous area from the opposite mountain.
To put it simply, it means crossing the Grand Canyon and leaving from the other side.
And I knew before that there were probably Japs in the mountain stream.
However, it is impossible for the Japanese to guard the mountain stream that stretches for more than ten miles from the west to the east very tightly.
The only trouble is that when going down the mountain, you can't directly cross the mountain stream to the other side, you have to go around.
From time to time, branches pulled across the military uniform on his body, and occasionally he could hear the sound of the military uniform being torn.
Fortunately, before departure, the battalion commander who had been observing at the top of the mountain for a long time asked everyone to wear an extra piece of Japanese military uniform.
Marching in the thorns, he only wore the cotton uniform of the Eighth Route Army, which had long been hung up in strips.
The moon slowly moved to the center of the sky.
Finally the light reaches the mountain stream.
The team marched much faster.
The originally unstable rocks at the foot of the mountain were occasionally stepped loose, swaying and rolling towards the bushes.
Ma Liang looked up at the moon in the sky, feeling relieved.
He looked at the cliff towering into the sky on the other side and asked the soldier behind him: "How far have you walked?"
The soldier took out the broken shrub branches from his pocket and counted them carefully: "Thirty-eight...we walked more than 3,800 steps. The road is not easy to walk, so we walked slowly. We should have walked more than four miles."
Ma Liang raised his hand again, and the soldier next to him quickly turned on the flashlight. Ma Liang looked at his watch, eleven o'clock!
Been walking for four hours.
I let out a long breath, and the time it took to get down from the cliff was faster than expected.
The enemy's target was the Ninth Battalion. No matter how powerful he was, he could not deploy his troops on the deserted and populated cliffs opposite.
As long as you climb the opposite cliff and enter the mountain before dawn, there is basically no problem in completing the mission.
Feeling a lot more relaxed, I touched my water bottle and said, "Take a rest, come here and drink some water."
When marching at night, in order to prevent the kettle from ringing, everyone must drink up a pot of water together, and then fill the kettle with spring water from the mountain stream.
Since the Eighth Route Army launched its new life campaign, few people drink raw water unless there are special circumstances.
Soon the team set off again.
This time we have to cross a mountain stream that must be guarded by Japanese soldiers.
The terrain is getting lower and lower, and the sound of running water in the mountain stream can already be heard.
There should be villages in the river valley. There are more footprints on the path and the road is getting easier and easier to walk. It is much faster than using a machete to clear a path in the bush.
We had known for a long time that the enemy was outflanking us from the mountain stream, but we had no idea where the outflanking enemy was.
There is simply no other way now.
Sometimes, in order to save time, even if you know that there are many dangers, you have to take risks.
The two soldiers quickly changed into the clothes of ordinary people, and they acted as vanguards to explore the road.
There was no gap in the sound of running water, perfectly covering up the sound of the two people's footsteps heading north.
In the quiet environment, there was almost no other sound except the sound of running water.
The air above the river is filled with moist mist.
The mountains and rivers were fast and freezing, making it impossible to flow through the water.
The two came to the river to observe for a while, then walked west along the river bank for a distance...
The two soldiers suddenly fell to the ground.
There seemed to be a dull roar on the other side of the river...
"There's a dog!" The two people at the front immediately hid behind the rocks by the river and quickly retreated.
Ma Liang frowned: "What's going on?"
"Something is not quite right. There shouldn't be wild dogs this late at night. There are people on the other side of the river."
"I'll go across the river and have a look." Li Laosi, who was carrying a big knife, immediately volunteered to take the boat.
"Wait a minute, it's probably a Japanese with a dog." Ma Liang's voice was low and inaudible.
"If the running water hadn't covered up the sound of our footsteps, the dog would have started barking."
"Go downstream..." He couldn't afford to waste time, so Ma Liang didn't hesitate.
It didn't take long, and more than ten black figures walked downstream for nearly a mile. They grabbed the rope and staggered into the cold stream. Amidst the splashing sound, water poured into their shoes and soaked their clothes. They had only one thought in their hearts. Get to the other side of the river as quickly as possible.
In the cold river water, m fell and was pulled up by his comrades beside him. He started walking again, fell down again, and got up again.
The low barking of dogs sounded in the empty mountain stream, and then, a group of figures loomed on the south bank of the river they had just passed.
No one from the search team made a sound.
Li Laosi suddenly said: "Captain Ma, I think there must be something muzzled in that dog's mouth, otherwise it would have barked long ago."
A soldier was a little nervous: "Time is running out, let's take a detour and leave the river bank immediately..."
Ma Liang shook his head: "Don't move yet. They are on the other side of the river and can't find us. Besides, how can they know who we are in the middle of the night?"
Li Laosi suddenly said: "They must have covered the dog's mouth with a cage. This shows that they are also afraid of being exposed. Otherwise, I will kill this group of people..."
Ma Liang took a breath: "Do you think the Japanese are so easy to deal with?"
"They haven't found anyone now, so they have to go back, right? I'll ambush him on the way back first, kill the guy at the back, and then wipe his neck one by one from back to front!"
Ma Liang turned around and said, "Our task now is to leave here and go up to the cliff on the opposite side."
"The Japanese must know that we have crossed the river now. What if he sends people to search for us? It is hard to say whether we can escape in the ditch, let alone the cliff on the other side. If we kill them, we will be done with it once and for all." Li Laosi immediately objected to Ma Liang's plan. Opinion.
Unexpectedly, this person actually contradicted him, but the possibility of what he said was very high. Ma Liang was helpless: "Then tell me, what should we do?"
"They will definitely go back. I will sneak along the north shore and sneak on their way back. Hey, this is a sneak attack. When it comes to fighting alone, I have never been afraid of anyone."
The soldier next to him asked curiously: "Are you more powerful than Li Laosan?"
Li Laosi was stunned for a moment: "Hey, isn't he not here right now..."
"But the enemy has a dog?"
"I'll go over and hide by the rocks in the water later. Even if he has a wolf, it's useless!"
Ma Liang searched carefully for a while and felt that the plan was feasible, but he was a little worried about Li Laosi's bragging skills: "Okay, but you must be careful."
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