Shang Zhen and the others lay down in the woods and looked down the mountain. They saw a group of people walking along the foot of the mountain.
And that team of people were all wearing khaki military uniforms, and they were undoubtedly Japanese soldiers.
Is it just that the Japanese army is really searching the mountains? The answer is obviously no.
The vast mountains and forests are so vast that even if there are thousands of Japanese soldiers, let alone hundreds of Japanese soldiers, trying to find dozens of people in this mountain is like looking for a needle in a haystack, not to mention that there are only more than a hundred Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain.
At this time, the telescope captured by Wang Laomao from the Japanese army came in handy.
Mr. Wang had already raised his telescope and started looking down the mountain.
At this moment, they on the mountain heard faint shouts from down the mountain.
Of course, the shout was not from the Japanese, but from a villager. There were three villagers detained at the front by the Japanese army. They were all wearing gray-black clothes, which looked incompatible with the khaki uniforms of the Japanese army.
"Everyone, come out quickly. The Imperial Japanese Army does not kill people. As long as we tell them, where are those Northeastern troops hiding?"
Just that shout made Shang Zhen and the others frown. Do they want to witness the emergence of a traitor with their own eyes?
"He was forced too!" After a moment, Shang Zhen said softly, but then he blurted out "No!" He turned around and looked to the side and said hurriedly, "Go back and watch a few more people. Those common people must not be allowed to make a sound!"
At this time, Shang Zhen had already figured out that the Japanese army was not searching the mountains. They were clearly using the three civilians in front as bait to force them out.
There is no need to ask about those three common people. They must be the people that the middle-aged man said came back to the village to check on the situation.
A total of four ordinary people should have returned. As soon as the ordinary people saw that their houses were burned, one of them ran back to the mountains to report the news. The three ordinary people stayed in the village and were later captured by the Japanese army. It doesn't matter whether the Japanese army stayed in the village directly after burning the house, or whether they came later.
Shang Zhen's judgment is undoubtedly correct. He must ensure that the people on this mountain are not tempted by the Japanese army.
Just now Chen Hanwen said that the Japanese army came to search the mountain. Shang Zhen and the others wanted to find out what was going on, so they naturally rushed here.
When they left, Mr. Huo asked the two officers to watch the people and not let the people of Shaanxi go away casually.
Now it seems that the two soldiers can't stand the common people.
If any of the common people couldn't keep their composure, like that middle-aged man, if they just shouted and summoned the Japanese troops, then those common people would be dead!
If Shang Zhen felt guilty at first for the village being burned down by the Japanese army, but later when he saw the damaged appearance of the middle-aged man, his guilt disappeared.
Whether he said that the middle-aged man was short-sighted or that the people were petty, Shang Zhen felt that if there was a traitor in this village, it must be the middle-aged man just now!
Just when Qiu Bo led four people to crawl back and ran back through the cover of the woods, the villager below was still scratching his neck and shouting: "Brothers of the Northeast Army, brothers of the Northeast Army, I Please, come out quickly! There are eight people in my family, including the elder and the younger, and they all rely on me to work to support the family!"
The villager's voice sounded hoarse and vibrato. He was obviously scared, and he didn't know how long he had been shouting.
"If you don't come out, the Japanese will chop off one of my arms! They also said that if you don't come out, they will chop off my other arm!"
If you don't come out, they will chop off my legs. Please, come out quickly! "The man shouted desperately.
But in this situation, how could Shang Zhen and the others go out? It is impossible for Shang Zhen and the others to rescue the three villagers captured by the Japanese army now.
As for the reasons, first, with their current strength, they will definitely not be able to defeat the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain, and they will suffer heavy casualties.
Second, even if they attack the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain regardless of casualties, what will happen to the people who stay in the back mountain? If they run away, all those people will be captured by the Japanese army. There are old, young, women and children among them.
The middle-aged man had never seen the Japanese army kill someone, and of course he could not shed tears without seeing the coffin. However, Shang Zhen and the others understood that because they had sneak attack on the Japanese artillery position yesterday, and the Japanese army retaliated and massacred dozens or even hundreds of civilians, it was still okay. Is it something?
The man was shouting hoarsely, while the Japanese soldiers behind him were scanning the mountains and forests vigilantly.
Shang Zhen and the others lay helplessly in the woods and listened quietly. They were really helpless.
"These idiots won't kill them with Japanese swords in front of us, right?" Hu Zhuzi said in a low voice.
But Hu Zhuzi just said this, and Old Hat Wang turned around and glared fiercely.
When did this happen? Is there a place for you to speak? Hu Zhuzi shut up.
Hu Zhuzi is just a little reckless in his actions. If he does something else at this time, it will not be a matter of anger, but arrest!
The villager led the Japanese army around the foot of the mountain, and the direction they were walking in was exactly where the villagers had previously hidden.
But they didn't know where the villagers were hiding last night, but it probably wasn't too far away. It was either on an adjacent hilltop, or if it wasn't an adjacent hilltop, it wouldn't be much different.
Finally, when the villager and the Japanese army disappeared from Shang Zhen's sight, Shang Zhen and the others got up and ran back.
When they ran to the place where they met the people, they saw that the people had gathered together, and their faces were all pale.
Even the middle-aged man who asked them to pay for the house earlier sat on the ground with his hands on his shoulders.
"I smashed the butt of this idiot's gun!" Qiu Bo took the initiative to explain when he saw Shang Zhen and the others were back.
After saying this, Qiu Bo glanced at the middle-aged man again. When the middle-aged man saw Qiu Bo's fierce eyes, his body began to tremble again.
Undoubtedly, the people were frightened. Their location was not far from where the Japanese army passed. They must have heard the villager's cry.
But the reason why they were frightened was not just the shouts of the Japanese soldiers and the villager at the foot of the mountain. Qiu Bo and the others had already opened the safety of their guns and pointed their guns at the people.
As for why Qiu Bo and the others did this, do you still need to ask?
If any villager dared to say anything at that time, Qiu Bo and the others might not shoot, but they obviously had the intention to kill!
Again, they are the Chinese army, but they are not soldiers who appeared later!
The scene was deserted, and when the wind blew, a few dead leaves that had not fallen from the trees touched together, making a rustling sound.
The weather is cold, the faces of Shang Zhen and the Northeastern Army are also cold, and the mentality of the people is probably also very cold.
Shang Zhen couldn't tell whether what they did as soldiers was correct. He was just a soldier at the lowest level. If he could understand the relationship between the people and the army, then based on his awareness, he was no longer an ordinary soldier. Soldier.
After all, he, an ordinary soldier, cannot transcend his background and environment.
This silent atmosphere lasted for an hour, and then Mr. Wang said: "The Japanese must have gone elsewhere. Let's go and see if we can pick up an arm."
Note: Daer, in Northeastern dialect, means a person is stupid and careless, but the tone is stronger and contains the element of swearing.
