Lao Snoring carried everyone on his back and put two grenades on himself. He only carried a short gun.
In other words, Lao Snoring has been prepared. If this time is a trap by the enemy, then he has no intention of coming back.
So he couldn't let his brothers know, and he didn't want to take anyone up the mountain.
If this is an enemy trap, bringing a few more people will only result in a few more deaths. And if it is as the villagers say, then there are many available people on the mountain.
So this time, Lao Shou didn't bring anyone with him. He just made up and became an ordinary villager and followed the other villagers up the mountain.
Walking up the mountain, Lao Shou realized how dangerous Wanjialing was. Not only were the mountain roads rugged, the slopes were also high, and the terrain was very complex.
But he did not see the fortifications that the bandits and villagers guarding the mountain talked about.
Lao Shou asked, and the villager said: Wanjialing is very big. It is only the outer area and can avoid the bandits' lookout posts. But when you reach the mountain, there are many checkpoints and fortifications. If there is no internal cooperation between inside and outside, it will be extremely difficult to attack.
Before, the revolutionary army entered the mountain to encircle and suppress Xiashanhu, but they were repelled by Xiashanhu with only a few hundred people.
The terrain in this mountain is complicated. Even if you have a cannon, you can't bring it up.
Lao Snoring sneered, thinking that in those days, they were all mountain cannons, so naturally they couldn't be taken along such a road. But nowadays, most of the second battalion is equipped with mortars and grenades. It is too simple to bring them up.
In other words, the topographic advantage in the past has been greatly weakened now.
Therefore, firepower is still needed in battles. Only with sufficient firepower can the enemy be crushed.
Of course, the terrain is not useless. After all, being condescending is naturally much stronger than attacking the mountain. And especially the Japanese machine guns, as long as one is set up in a place where artillery fire cannot reach it, it will cause huge casualties to the spy battalion.
Lao Snoring walked and watched, keeping the bandits' defense situation in mind. If necessary, he would go down the mountain again, or ask the villagers to send the defense map down the mountain.
However, at this moment, a bandit shouted: "Stop, who are you?"
At this time, they had reached the checkpoint where they could not escape.
One of the villagers lowered his voice and said, "Sir, just don't talk."
Having said this, the villager came up to him with a smile and said, "Brother, we have been ordered by the village chief to go to the mountains to find bricklayers. The boss wants to repair some fortifications. Don't we dare to delay this matter?"
The bandit looked at the person who answered with squinted eyes. He knew him, but he looked at Lao Shou very strangely. So he asked: "Who is he?"
The villager quickly replied: "He is an old man from our Zhangjia Village, an old bricklayer. He is a good craftsman, but he can't be careless when working for a big boss."
"Hmph! You're old enough, go up!"
The bandit soldier waved his hand and let Lao Shou and others go up the mountain. He is not afraid that just one person can make a big deal out of him. And they all know the villagers who often go down the mountain to do errands. We are not afraid that these villagers will have any evil intentions.
Over the years, the villagers have been very obedient and worked very hard every time they worked for the boss. So as usual, the bandit put Lao Shou in, whom he had never seen before.
And the same is true for other checkpoints. No one will check in detail, because there is an order from the boss, who dares to take care of it?
So it was easy for Lao Shou to sneak into Wanjiazhai. This is the core area of Wanjialing. There are many bandits. Whether they are sentries or patrols, they are incomparable to those under the mountain. And there are many more little devils on the mountain at this time.
Some of these little devils stood with the sentries guarding the stronghold, and some also patrolled with the bandits. And the east side of the stockade has the most imps. The villagers said that after the little devil went up the mountain, he lived in a wooden house on the east side of the village. These were prepared in advance by the tiger who came down from the mountain.
Lao Shou wrote all this down, and then continued to follow the villagers inside, arriving at the residences of the four village chiefs.
The village chiefs of these four villages all live in Wanjiazhai at this time. They say they are just following orders, but they are actually hostages. Xiashanhu detained them here just so that the people in several villages would be obedient. Otherwise, we will first sacrifice the heads of these four old men to the flag, and then go to the four villages to kill people.
So this is why those bandit soldiers are not afraid that people from the four villages dare to betray them.
But they underestimated these villagers. They were always looking for opportunities to drive away the mountain tigers, or even kill them in Wanjialing.
So the four old men saw Lao Shou with their own eyes, and their excitement was beyond words.
Zhang Heng grabbed Lao Shou's hand and said, "We looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally we have you here."
Lao Shou saw that the expressions of Zhang Heng and others did not look like they were pretending, so he asked: "Old people, our supervisory team is here to rescue everyone. Please don't worry, there are only a thousand Japs and a few hundred bandits." , it has not yet been brought to the attention of our supervisory team. Moreover, there is no need for the villagers to organize themselves to cooperate with us in fighting. They have no guns, and they only increase casualties. "
"Okay, okay!"
Zhang Heng said three good words in a row, because he also knew that if the young people in the village were really allowed to fight with swords and guns, it would be hard to say how many people would be killed or injured.
But even if there were really heavy casualties today, these villagers would still have to fight. Years of oppression have strained the nerves of these villagers and are about to break. That's why they made this move.
But at this time, Lao Shou's words made them all feel at ease, because there were many soldiers who did not need their help at all. They only needed to lead the supervision team.
Zhang Heng and others were very happy, and then they told Lao Snor about White Snake and Hou Junbao.
Zhang Heng said: Although Hou Junbao does not have a good reputation, he does few evil things. Although there were fights with them in the village back then, and people died. But there were casualties on both sides. Moreover, some of Hou Junbao's men were originally bad boys in the village.
But although they are bad, they are still members of the Zhang family, they just don't have good education. What's more, Hou Junbao is already willing to cooperate with the villagers. But at this time the little devil came again, and Zhang Heng was really afraid that Hou Junbao would betray him again.
Therefore, Zhang Heng believed that it would be best for Lao Shou to meet the second master White Snake first, and then meet Hou Junbao.
Lao Snoring asked: "Who is this white snake?"
Zhang Heng thought for a while and said: "He is a good man. At least he did not harm the village. As for who he is, the people in the village do know. There was once a countryman who fled here and lived in the mountains. , and rarely came down. Later, the old man in the family died, and only this white snake was left. At that time, there were people from the village who helped him take care of his father's future.
So this white snake has a pretty good relationship with the people in the village, and he is very smart. Anyway, I have never seen such a smart person! "
(End of chapter)
