At the edge of the woods, they all hid behind trees to prevent themselves from being exposed, and their eyes were focused on the messy footprints extending out from the woods.
Shang Zhen and others also arrived at the Songhu battlefield on November 6.
It rained heavily that day and it has been three days now.
Since it was already late autumn, the temperature began to cool down and the land dried slowly, so when the Japanese army left, they still left footprints, and the soles of their feet led to a forest more than 300 meters ahead.
At this time, Shang Zhen realized that this group of Japanese soldiers was not simple.
After they harassed the Chinese army on the highway, they saw that the Chinese army counterattacked and did not fight to the death with the Chinese army. Instead, they retreated in time.
It stands to reason that Shang Zhen and the others can return to the highway to find the 67th Army, but Shang Zhen really wants to find out the reality of this group of Japanese troops. He always feels that this group of Japanese troops is a huge threat to Chinese officers and soldiers on the highway.
And he wanted to judge the size of this group of Japanese soldiers through the messy footprints.
But now Shang Zhen is disappointed.
The footprints were so messy that it was impossible to judge the approximate number of Japanese troops from the messy footprints. Who knew whether they were dozens or hundreds?
"How about we shoot at the opposite side?" Qian Chuan'er suggested.
"It's useless." Shang Zhen shook his head.
Although the Japanese army is unlikely to run far away, Shang Zhen doesn't want to catch up now.
There are two reasons.
First, the terrain they are currently in is unfavorable.
If the Japanese troops were hiding in the woods on the opposite side, they would be walking on open ground when they rushed over.
Second, although it is impossible to determine the specific number of Japanese troops, there are definitely more Japanese troops than the 30 or so of them.
But Shang Zhen was unwilling to let the Japanese soldier go just like this.
At this time, Mr. Wang looked at Shang Zhen's face. They had been together for a long time, so he naturally figured out Shang Zhen's psychology.
"Withdraw, this revenge is not easy to avenge." Mr. Wang persuaded in a low voice.
Shang Zhen took another deep look at the forest in front of him, and finally waved his hand helplessly before carefully retreating back.
"Retreat!" Mr. Wang shouted, and their team all retreated in silence, trying not to touch the branches and leaves of the tree.
This forest covers a large area. Because some people were killed, the team became dull again. Although everyone was still examining the situation in the woods, God knew whether the Japanese army was still hiding people in this woods.
But just when Shang Zhen and the others were walking in the middle of the woods, they suddenly heard a "pop" gunshot from ahead!
Since Shang Zhen and the others took the lead in attacking the Japanese troops in the woods and drove away the Japanese troops, in the subsequent process, although Shang Zhen and the others also fired, there was no further gunfight after all.
There were no gunshots coming from the surroundings, and this shot was the first shot after the silence. How could Shang Zhen and the others not be nervous?
And at the sound of the gunshot, everyone squatted down subconsciously.
Fighting has always been like this.
If one's own side is at a disadvantage, then it will naturally become tense.
They certainly had reason to suspect that the Japanese army had begun to harass officers and soldiers on the highway again.
But at this time, Shang Zhen already felt that something was wrong. He suddenly shouted "Hu Zi" and then ran wildly in the woods!
Shang Zhen ran in such a hurry that he didn't even care about the branches and leaves scraping against him. He even broke a branch and made a "click" sound.
As soon as Shang Zhen ran like this, the others also reacted and started running wildly.
It's just that Shang Zhen ran the fastest and started first. In the end, Shang Zhen was the first to rush to the edge of the woods.
"Everyone stop and take cover!" But at this moment, Shang Zhen suddenly stopped and shouted.
At Shang Zhen's shout, the others came to an emergency stop, and all of them squatted down, gasping for air at the same time.
But even though they were running fiercely, they were all staring ahead. Less than a hundred meters ahead, a person had fallen to the ground.
"Huzi!" the little dustpan shouted!
That person was Shang Zhen's communications soldier Huzi.
It turned out that Shang Zhen decided to investigate the details of this group of Japanese soldiers. He felt that he always had to explain the situation to Army Commander Wu Keyong, so he asked Huzi to go back and report the situation.
But now Huzi has been shot!
Huzi was actually shot, and the problem came next.
Where are the Japanese soldiers who plotted against Hu Zi? From which direction did the bullet come? Except that there could be no Japanese troops in the woods they were in now, Shang Zhen and the others knew nothing!
"Hey! The tiger is moving!" At this time, the little dustpan suddenly shouted.
Amidst the shouts of the little dustpan, everyone saw that Hu Zi who was lying on the ground in front of them really moved.
Huzi actually got up, but it was obvious that Huzi had been injured. He just got up and fell to the ground again.
"Huzi!" Shang Zhen shouted at the same time. There must be at least a dozen people shouting at the same time.
Huzi undoubtedly heard Shang Zhen's shouts.
Shang Zhen and the others saw that Huzi had turned around when he got up from the ground again. Huzi wanted to return to the woods.
There is an open area between the woods and the road.
Huzi was closer to the woods, so if he wanted to escape with his life from the Japanese gun, he had to run back. This was the best option.
But at this moment, there was another gunshot, and Shang Zhen and the others saw Huzi fall to the ground again amid the gunshot.
"The little devil is in front of us on the right." At this moment, Shang Zhen and the others judged the direction of the bullet.
But when they looked to the right and ahead, they saw a large and small pile of straw, and they couldn't see where the Japanese troops were hiding!
"Machine gun cover! Let's go rescue the tiger!" shouted the little dustpan.
Little Dustpan and Huzi have a good relationship, and of course he doesn't want Huzi to die in front of his eyes.
It's just that no matter how good his relationship with Huzi is, they are only soldiers after all, and Shang Zhen's order is needed to fight a war.
At this time, Shang Zhen ignored the yelling of the little dustpan. Instead, he took out the telescope and looked at the coward. His fingers holding the telescope were still moving slightly, which was adjusting the focus.
Seeing that Shang Zhen didn't give the order, Little Dustpan became anxious.
At this time, Erganzi really set up his machine gun, aiming at the tall and short firewood stacks in front of him on the right.
Er Jiazi is a simple and honest person. Among the people in the team, he listens to the words of a few people the most. One is Shang Zhen. Shang Zhen is the commander of their team. He must listen to Shang Zhen's orders.
The second one is Qian Chuan'er. Qian Chuan'er and he were childhood friends. When they were together, Qian Chuan'er made the decision on everything.
And the third person is Xiao Dustpan, just because he thought that Xiao Dustpan, the little brat with a beard, defected to him.
"Tu tu tu tu." Erhanzi's machine gun rang out.
That firewood pile was still more than 200 meters away from Shang Zhen and the others.
But even though they were far apart, everyone on Shang Zhen's side could still imagine the way the firewood stack was being beaten and the grass clippings were flying.
Seeing Er Hanzi's machine gun going off, Little Dustpan got up and wanted to rush out, but Shang Zhen suddenly shouted: "No one should go out!"
"Ah?" Little Dustpan was stunned for a moment.
Although he wanted to rush out, following Shang Zhen's orders had become a habit, so he could only shrink back again.
But at this moment, all of them heard a gunshot again!
And in the sound of gunshots, Erhanzi's machine gun suddenly went mute.
When everyone looked at Erhanzi again, they saw that Erhanzi was lying behind the butt of the machine gun, and blood was already flowing from his huge head!
