But now the reason why Shang Zhen and Du Man's gang appeared on this mountain was Shang Zhen's idea.
Du Man said that he wanted to investigate the Japanese defense situation east of the Great Wall line in order to launch an attack on the Japanese army in the future.
Mr. Wang then asked, how do you investigate?
According to Du Man's idea, they could pretend to be the defeated troops of the Northeast Army or pretend to be the Japanese army for reconnaissance.
But Du Man's idea was rejected by Mr. Wang at that time.
Mr. Wang said, "What's the use of your Northwest Army pretending to be the Northeast Army? In the eyes of the Japanese, aren't you still a Chinese soldier?"
Could it be that because you are members of the Northwest Army wearing gray uniforms, those people in yellow uniforms (referring to the Japanese army) will not shoot you with guns?
Wang Laomao met the Northwest Army this time. In fact, he didn't like the Northwest Army.
As for the reason, he didn't tell Shang Zhen. It was because during the war in the Central Plains, their Northeast Army and Northwest Army actually fought.
The result of the battle between the two sides was the defeat of the Northeast Army.
To say that the Northeast Army's weapons and equipment are absolutely top-notch among the various "lords" in China nowadays, it is just like the local tyrants.
Just imagine the Northeast Army, which has planes, cannons, tanks, armored vehicles, and even its own navy!
At that time, there were only more than 40,000 tons of warships in China, and the Northeast Army owned nearly 80% of them!
There are about 5,000 people in the country's navy, and the Northeast Army accounts for 60%. They even transformed an aircraft carrier!
Think, think!
As poor as China is now, let alone the aircraft carrier of the Northeast Army, but if they can have it, isn't that a rich man?
In the eyes of today's warlords, what is their territory? Your own territory is like your own home! I think the Northeast Army commander really treats the three northeastern provinces as his own home.
He built the Northeast Martial Arts Hall, Northeastern University, and the navy and air force.
But then I thought that he was seriously injured by the Japanese bombing in Huanggutun and died when he was brought back.
Then his seat was given to the young man in his family, and after the September 18th incident, the old handsome man's hard work was wasted.
As the saying goes, "The building is rising before you see it, and it is falling down before you see it." This is really sad and deplorable!
Then again, the Northeastern Army has advanced weapons and powerful firepower, but they really can't do it against the Northwest Army.
The weapons and equipment of the Northwest Army are incomparable to those of the Northeast Army.
Just as Wang Lao Mao secretly complained to Shang Zhen, don't think that one of them is more awesome if he sticks a big knife in his back. How can a big knife be better than a bayonet? How long is that broadsword? How long is the Japanese rifle plus bayonet? Is it better to kill by cutting or by stabbing? Do you still need to ask? The reason why their 29th Army uses broadswords is because they are poor and have no money to make bayonets!
But the question then arises, why can’t the Northeast Army defeat the Northwest Army?
The reason is that although the weapons of the Northeast Army are advanced, they are not much more advanced than the weapons of the Northwest Army. In the words of later generations, there is a generation gap between weapons. The weapons of the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army cannot form a generation gap.
When the two sides were fighting, the Northwest Army was united and fought at the risk of death. The Northeast Army, whose predecessor was Huzi, could not match the Northwest Army in terms of troop style and management level, so people were afraid of the Northeast Army when they tried their best.
This situation is like a competition between someone who often goes to the fields and works hard and someone who is pampered at home. Who do you think is better?
However, this time, the other time, now it is the people from the northwest and the northeast who join forces to fight against the enemy.
As for pretending to be Japanese soldiers, that's even worse. Imagine that the mountains and fields are now full, and no one can figure out where the defeated troops of the Northeast Army are hidden.
What if any of the defeated soldiers dared to shoot coldly when the Japanese soldiers were angry? Then their people might be accidentally killed.
Although Wang Laomao expressed his dislike for Du Man, he still had reason to reject Du Man's statement, but the enemy's situation needed to be investigated after all.
In the end, Shang Zhen came up with another idea.
What he said was that everyone climbed to the high point of a mountain, and they just watched how the Japanese army deployed their troops.
At this time, someone raised an objection, "Where are you hiding so that the Japanese can't see you?"
At that time, Shang Zhen stretched out his hand and pointed, and the place he pointed at was now at their feet.
Obviously, Shang Zhen had already observed the surrounding terrain when Du Man proposed reconnaissance.
This mountain is the highest among the surrounding mountains. Although the slope below is not very steep, the slope near the top of the mountain becomes steeper. It looks like there is a huge boulder more than ten meters high on the top of the mountain.
When Shang Zhen pointed out this, Du Man and Wang Laomao agreed.
What Shang Zhen said is really good!
They could climb all the way to the top of the huge rock and have a panoramic view of the mountains. However, the rock was so steep that the Japanese army could not have imagined that they were hiding on top of it.
This truth is actually very simple.
This place is originally a mountainous area, with numerous hills and countless hills.
Human activities have been limited since ancient times.
When the ancient Chinese were building the Great Wall, they would build a big wall on the top of the mountain. For most of the mountain tops, it might only be the birds that come down and drop a drop of bird poop.
They can observe the enemy's situation from the commanding heights until the situation subsides below, and then go down again in the dark.
The boulders are steep, but not insurmountable.
When Shang Zhen and others climbed up, it was Xiao Dustpan who climbed up first with his light body and then threw down the rope made of leggings. This is how everyone climbed up.
However, not all of them, Shang Zhen, climbed up.
Qiu Bo brought four people but stayed in the village where they killed the Japanese army.
As for the reason, they needed to protect the mother and daughter, and this was still Shang Zhen's idea.
The few remaining Japanese troops at that time were originally driven into the village by Shang Zhen and others.
Regardless of whether the man in that family was trying to protect his wife and daughter, or to warn Shang Zhen and others, he was still killed by the Japanese army, and his house was burned down.
This emotional intelligence cannot be forgotten, for him it was a life-saving grace.
After questioning the mother and daughter, Shang Zhen learned that the injured mother and daughter had relatives living within the Great Wall. He decided to wait for Du Man to complete the investigation mission and take the mother and daughter into the Great Wall.
The so-called watershed between Guandong and Guan Nei is Shanhaiguan. If you can bring the mother and son to the west of the Great Wall, you have entered Guan Nei.
It was not appropriate to leave only the mother and daughter in that village, so Qiu Bo and the other five stayed to protect them.
"Okay, everyone, stay back and don't make a sound no matter what happens from the bottom of the mountain!" Shang Zhen ordered.
So many mountains have been lost, and now the territory east of the Great Wall at Shanhaiguan has become Japanese again.
Although there is no danger for Shang Zhen and the others as long as they stay on this hilltop, this hilltop is like an isolated island in the sea, so of course they have to be careful.
It's just that after everyone stays behind, someone still needs to look at the situation at the bottom of the mountain. Otherwise, how can we call it reconnaissance?
"Platoon commander, aren't you going to stay?" Shang Zhen asked when he saw Mr. Wang also retreating.
"You stay here, I'll get upset if I see you." Mr. Wang retreated disapprovingly.
