At four o'clock in the afternoon of 13 March, Zhou Chengbin was trapped in the swamp for three days. The continuous wind and rain in the past two days have become sparse and dense today, and based on experience, Zhou Chengbin judged that the sky will soon be clear. He decided to take the risk of breaking through while it was still dark. At this time, the main enemy of the detachment was not the encircled Japanese puppet army, but the unpredictable nature. For several days, I searched all the places within a kilometer radius, and found only a few branches of a bush that were not much thicker than an adult's thumb. Other than that, the only tool they could use was a compass that came with Mr. Zhou's watch.

Zhou Chengbin ordered the team members: "Check the weapons and be ready to fight at any time." In pairs, they are connected to each other with sticks, and the distance between the groups is ten to fifteen meters. Remember: be sure to avoid the black areas where there is no vegetation, which is a mud pool. One step down, and then the next step. If you are not sure, try it with a wooden stick first. If you fall into a trap, don't shout for help to avoid attracting enemies. Don't panic, try to flatten your body, increase the buoyancy of your body, and wait for your companions to rescue. Remember? ”

The warriors replied in unison, "Remember." ”

Looking at the young faces in front of him, he was haggard and thin, but all of them were determined. Zhou Chengbin secretly prayed that he could take these brothers out of a desperate situation. "Let's go."

The team cautiously marched in the swamp, and an hour later, Zhou Chengbin estimated that he had walked more than three kilometers along the way. He planned that if he could get to the edge of the swamp before dark, and lurk, a few hours later, under the cover of night, at midnight, he might have a chance to avoid the encircling Japanese puppet army and enter the river area with village residents.

After walking more than 1,000 meters, the rain finally stopped, but the clouds and haze in the sky did not disperse, and the sky gradually darkened. One of the two fighters walking more than 20 meters to the left of Zhou Chengbin stumbled and fell into the trap, he subconsciously struggled a few times and fell deeper. His companion stretched out a stick to pull him out, but the suction force in the trap exceeded his expectations, and the man was not rescued, and he was pulled to the edge of the trap.

Zhou Chengbin's eyes were quick, he grabbed him, and shouted: "Let go!" ”

The soldier who pulled the man reluctantly let go, Zhou Chengbin observed, and saw a series of blisters bubbling around the soldier in the quagmire, knowing that there was no possibility of survival......

The warrior in the trap sank deeper and deeper, and the mud soon flooded his chest and then his neck, and he shouted in a low voice: "Leave me alone, you guys go quickly!" Stationmaster, kill a few more traitors for me...... I am from Huangqiao, northern Jiangsu, and there is an old lady at home, and when I beat the Japanese, I went to see him for me, and told my mother that I didn't embarrass her......"

Zhou Chengbin's heart was crossed, and he ordered: "Keep going." ”

The squad continued to move forward, and several soldiers were in distress along the way, but fortunately, the quagmire they fell into was not a deep pool, and the soldiers did not panic according to Zhou Chengbin's instructions, flattened their limbs as much as possible, and increased buoyancy. The partners in the same company responded immediately, and finally did not reduce the number of staff again.

At nine o'clock in the evening, after a difficult march of more than four hours, the hungry detachment reached the edge of the swamp. Zhou Chengbin ordered: "Disperse and hide on the spot." ”

Zhou Chengbin took out his binoculars and observed the movements of the enemy in the distance. I saw a bonfire hundreds of meters away. He visually inspected the distance between the two campfires and saw that the distance between the two campfires was no more than three hundred meters. To sneak out quietly with a team of eight people in this 300-meter gap is tantamount to a fantasy, and you can only break through again and break through alone. But how heavy will such a blockade be? Breaking through the siege alone is tantamount to completely giving up resistance and only seeking to escape.

He weighed the pros and cons repeatedly, and finally made up his mind: the lesser of two evils, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, he must try to find a chance to escape. He called the remaining fighters: "Brothers, the enemy's camp is five hundred meters ahead, and in an hour we disperse and break through. Don't shoot yourself unless you have to. If you can get out alive, don't forget to think about trying to get back, the third column is still there. If it falls into the hands of the Japanese, try to delay until 12 o'clock to explain your whereabouts, and do not make unnecessary sacrifices. I, Zhou Chengbin, will guarantee you: this is not a defection to the enemy. "These soldiers have no other valuable information other than their own whereabouts. And once he starts to break through, his previous whereabouts will naturally be irrelevant. I hope that the Japanese will not lose their conscience and torture and kill prisoners of war. Then these young warriors fall into the hands of the enemy and confess their previous whereabouts, and there may be a glimmer of life.

An hour later, the members of the squad buried the dismantled radio station and broke through from several directions at once. Only one soldier named Zhai Yanmin refused to leave: "Stationmaster Zhou, let me follow you, I can still block bullets for you at a critical time." ”

Zhou Chengbin had no choice but to agree. The sky was beautiful, and the rain that had stopped for most of the day began to fall again. Zhou Chengbin's bullet was loaded, and he secretly made up his mind that if he encountered the enemy, the last bullet would be reserved for himself! He also took out a sharp dagger half an inch wide and four inches long from his waist to deal with the emergency.

In the temporary headquarters of the camp, Tian Chengxi was reporting to Kagezo Zhenzhao: "General, there are a total of one hundred and ninety soldiers in the guard company left by Commander Liao, plus a royal army squad left here by Matsuoka Nakasa, and the guards around you, a total of three hundred and fifty-two people. According to the general's orders, his subordinates organized 30 search groups, each with 8 to 10 people, and each search group was equipped with a light machine gun in addition to his personal weapons. The outer encirclement was still in charge of the Imperial Army of the two squads under the command of Matsumoto Lang Nakasa, and the brothers of a company that led the 93rd Regiment to help suppress it. ”

Kagesa Zhenzhao nodded and said, "Very good." Although the encirclement is only two layers, it is enough for Zhou Chengbin, the general of the defeated army. It's just that this day is not beautiful, the rain has just stopped for most of the day, and it is falling again. ”

Yamaki Ryuzo comforted: "The general doesn't have to worry about this, now that the rain is getting lighter and lighter, it will definitely be sunny tomorrow." It looks like it's going to be sunny and good, and you can go into the swamp and search. What's more, Zhou Chengbin's people have no place to eat, drink or live, it has been raining in the past few days, and the swamp is even more muddy, with traps everywhere. It is very likely that the encirclement set up on the periphery will not be used, and his subordinates feel that there is no need to look at Zhou Chengbin too highly, and it will be difficult for him to fly out of this swamp with his wings. ”

Kage Zuo Zhenzhao smiled: "Yamaki-kun, don't forgive my heart, how can there be such a good thing?" Don't underestimate your opponent at any time, or you're bound to suffer unexpected setbacks. Is Zhou Chengbin a good person? If someone else had been replaced, the whole army would have been wiped out as early as when it collided head-on with our large army. He has been able to hold out until now, and he and I can be regarded as chess opponents. If he can understand current affairs and join the Imperial Japanese Army, I will definitely disregard my past suspicions and devote myself to fellowship. Well, the order will go down, and tomorrow after dawn, wait another half a day, enter the swamp at twelve o'clock at noon, and conduct a full search. To live to see people, to die to see corpses! ”

At one o'clock in the morning of March 14, Zhou Chengbin and Zhai Yanmin finally walked out of the swamp, and walked not far forward when they bumped into a sentry who had left his post without permission in seclusion. The sentry was startled, who were these two people? Without waiting for him to react, Zhou Chengbin preemptively asked, "Password!" ”

The sentry was a little relieved, and it should be his own person who asked for the password, right? He replied: "The martial arts are long-lasting. ”

Zhou Chengbin approached him, and deliberately vaguely responded to a four-word sentence. The sentry didn't hear clearly, but leaned over and said as he went, "What? Make it clear. ”

At this time, the distance between the two was less than ten meters, Zhou Chengbin suddenly stepped forward, blocked his mouth with his left hand, and the sharp dagger that had been hidden in his right hand quickly slashed through his neck! The sentry only felt a chill in the roar, and his body fell to the ground limply to meet Hades.

Zhou Chengbin didn't let go and dragged this unjustly killed ghost to a secluded place. Only then did Zhai Yanmin react and quietly ran over. Zhou Chengbin took off the sentry's clothes and handed it to him: "Put it on, take his 38 big cover, and follow behind me." ”

Zhai Yanmin hurriedly complied. The two of them continued on their way, one after the other, and if anyone in the know saw them, it would be natural to assume that they were plainclothes agents with sentries on patrol.

Zhou Chengbin quickened the pace of travel, and more than half an hour later, he was in danger again. This time, Zhou Chengbin waited for the other party to ask him for the password first. He replied very calmly: "Martial arts are long-lasting." ”

The two sentinels answered: "Coexistence and co-prosperity." Zhou Chengbin walked away.

After that, there was no situation for an hour and a half, and at three o'clock, Zhou Chengbin felt that he should have walked out of the encirclement. He was a little uneasy. In the early morning of the 11th, when he confronted the Japanese puppet army that was encircling and suppressing it, he estimated that not counting the reserves and the enemy encircled in other directions, the main force of the attack was at least one regiment of the puppet army and one brigade of Japanese troops. Why is there only two layers of the blockade of the encirclement? Is there a deception in this? But if they have escaped safely, what tricks do the Japanese have to do? At this moment, of course, he didn't know that it was Guo Xuan's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain that helped him a lot.

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