Chapter 34: Death in Battle (4)
The soldiers in the valley were gathering more and more, Tang Cheng could only let the dice and some soldiers move out along the path on the side of the cave, Tang Cheng did not understand why the Japanese army would use this cave as a stronghold, but before he could do anything to the Japanese troops in the cave, he must first confirm the surrounding terrain and occupy the terrain in his favor. Leaving behind the soldiers of Moyo's squad, Tang Cheng entered the cave again, this time with ten soldiers armed with submachine guns.
Tang Cheng found that the more he walked inside, the voices and footsteps in front of him became clearer and clearer, and the cave was dark, so Tang Cheng and the others could only touch the cave wall and walk in step by step. In this way, he moved inward about five or six meters a little, Tang Cheng's left hand suddenly felt empty, and after stopping and pondering for a while, Tang Cheng finally determined that there was a fork in his left hand. Tang Cheng, who faintly heard some sounds in his ears, immediately stood against the cave wall and listened carefully, and finally could confirm that there seemed to be the sound of water flowing not far away, but Tang Cheng was stunned, could it be that there was a dark river in this cave?
The sound of the water flow that Tang Cheng heard suddenly disappeared again, and just when Tang Cheng was even more surprised, he smelled a breath of shame in his nose, damn, Tang Cheng couldn't help but curse to himself, what he heard just now was not the sound of water flowing at all, but someone peeing not far from him. It seemed that he couldn't go in anymore, Tang Cheng, who was clinging to the cave wall, was unusually calm, and after quickly deducing the shape in his mind, Tang Cheng put the pistol back into his belt and drew his bayonet with his backhand.
The guy who peed didn't come to Tang Cheng immediately, Tang Cheng, who was sticking to the cave wall, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this was the first time he was fighting in such a dark cave, so he couldn't help but be a little flustered. But waiting like this, his nerves were highly tense, there was still some sweat in his palms, and listening to the enemy's footsteps getting closer and closer, Tang Cheng's breathing that had been trying his best to control zhì did not consciously become heavy.
The cave was pitch black, and the air seemed to be stagnant, and Tang Cheng, who was listening to the footsteps in his ears, secretly reminded himself to wait a little longer. Tang Cheng wanted to exit the cave, but they had already occupied the entire valley and only had to defend the entrance of the cave, so that none of the Japanese troops in the cave could escape. But Tang Cheng didn't know what the situation was outside the valley, and he was afraid that if he shot here, he would alarm the enemy who might be there outside, so he didn't shoot because he was not sure that the Japanese army would be completely annihilated.
The sound of the enemy's footsteps in the darkness was less than 2 meters away, and a pillar of light that suddenly appeared in the darkness made Tang Cheng unconsciously squint, he was half-squatting sideways at this time, as long as the enemy appeared, Tang Cheng could use the inertia of striding up to pierce the bayonet in his hand into the enemy's chest. Tang Cheng had already deduced in his mind the scenes and steps of his own surprise attack on the enemy several times, but he didn't want to be destroyed by this sudden pillar of light, the enemy had a flashlight in his hand, maybe this enemy who was walking out of the fork in the road would find Tang Cheng and their existence.
Tang Cheng, who was holding the bayonet tightly in his hand, was already ready to shoot, and seeing that one of the other party's feet had appeared in his sight, Tang Cheng, who was half-squatting, suddenly got up, opened his right hand holding the bayonet and waved it over. Only a "poof" sound was heard, and the bayonet in Tang Cheng's hand had been deeply pierced into the opponent's chest, covering the opponent's mouth and nose with his left hand, and Tang Cheng's whole person pounced on the Japanese soldier who had been stabbed on the cave wall. Fortunately, Tang Cheng squeezed the Japanese soldier tightly, otherwise the flashlight in the opponent's hand had already landed on the ground at this moment and made a sound, and the Japanese soldier who was squeezed by Tang Cheng on the wall of the cave struggled hard, but the more he struggled, the more powerless he became, and finally convulsed a few times, and then he was silent.
The flashlight lit up again, but this time it was Tang Cheng who was holding the flashlight, and he continued to walk inside with the soldiers behind him for a short time, and Tang Cheng and they encountered a turn again. Then Tang Cheng heard a sound coming from the other side of the curve, buzzing, which means that there are many people on the other side of the curve. Tang Cheng and they were completely silent, no one moved, maybe they moved around and made a sound, and they would attract bullets.
Tang Cheng turned around and shone a flashlight on the soldiers behind him, and made a gesture to fire together for a while, and everyone nodded in understanding. Tang Cheng was already holding a grenade in his hand, if the space on the other side of the bend was large enough, he would throw this grenade over, and the right hand held high suddenly fell, and the pillar of light in Tang Cheng's hand also shone over the bend. Under the pillar of light, the Japanese army holding a rifle was like a cockroach exposed to the sun, and behind him there was a group of more than 30 Japanese soldiers, Tang Cheng immediately threw the grenade over the curve and extinguished the flashlight at the same time, shouting in the dark: "Fire!" Fire! ”
The soldiers armed with submachine guns behind Tang Cheng frantically poured bullets on the other side of the curve, and the gunfire reflected the shooting people and the fallen people, like a certain layer of the eighteen layers of hell. "Boom" Tang Cheng's previous throw of the first one exploded on the side of the curve, with the help of the fire of the grenade explosion, the soldiers who shot by feeling had the convenience that they could use, the burning human body and the burning cave wall were their candles.
After the gunfire and explosions, the cave was pitch black, and the entire cave was filled with hot, scorching, bloody, and choking smoke. In this pitch darkness, they could clearly hear the noise and moaning screams on the other side of the bend. Tang Cheng, who was still on this side of the bend, stopped the soldiers on his side from trying to attack him, and it was definitely not a good idea to get into a melee with the enemy at this time. In that case, it will be beneficial to themselves, the enemy can't tell you and me, and they may shoot indiscriminately when they are forced to be anxious, and then they will face the danger of being shot at any time in Tangcheng.
The Tangcheng side had stopped shooting, and the Japanese troops on the other side of the bend did not shoot back at the first time, so it was a stalemate for about ten seconds. A Japanese shout sounded on the other side of the curve, Tang Cheng carried the flashlight that had been extinguished in his left hand, and quickly pulled out a grenade from his back waist with his right hand, bit the pull ring and threw the grenade to the side of the curve. There was a "boom" explosion, and a scorching wave of air rushed over the bend with the explosion, almost knocking Tang Cheng who was standing at the front to his head.
The Japanese troops, who had been attacked by surprise in succession, began to return fire, and the bullets fired from the bend hit the cave wall, constantly rubbing out sparks, and even more debris flew everywhere. "Throw a grenade and blow up these little devils." Tang Cheng, who was hit by the rubble one after another, was also angry, and immediately ordered the soldiers on his side to throw grenades at the bend. The grenades that were thrown in succession hit the wall of the cave and bounced into the bend, and the Japanese soldiers in the hole finally let out a frightened cry, and then a dull explosion sounded, and shrapnel and gravel began to fly out of the bend.
The smell of gunpowder smoke from the explosion was very choking, and after waiting for more than ten seconds, he didn't hear a sound coming from the other side of the curve, so Tang Cheng turned on the flashlight again. The pillar of light from the flashlight shone obliquely through the curve, but the Japanese soldiers on the other side of the curve still did not move, and the Japanese soldiers inside did not shoot out, Tang Cheng estimated that the Japanese soldiers inside might all be dead. Tang Cheng, who didn't dare to take it lightly, first tried to lure the other party with a steel helmet, but he didn't see the other party reacting, so he was very careful to look at the curve with the help of the light of the flashlight.
As Tang Cheng expected, this cave seemed to be just a garrison for Japanese troops, and there was no ammunition or anything in the cave. If the Japanese army came prepared and prepared to treat this place as a long-term garrison, there should be a supply reserve here, not just 30 Japanese soldiers stationed here. Under the illumination of the flashlight, Tang Cheng and the others, who had walked through the bend, finally saw the entire cave clearly, and the end of the bend was the end of the cave, and the area was not very large, at most the size of two basketball courts.
Scattered in the cave like those strange-shaped stones were the corpses of more than 30 Japanese soldiers, of course, there were also wounded and not dead, but Tang Cheng's soldiers searched around, and there was no one who could answer Tang Cheng's questions, and most of the wounded Japanese soldiers were left with the strength to moan in a low voice. "Pack up, let's get out of here." The smell in the cave was indeed not very good, especially now that there was a strong smell of blood, Tang Cheng whispered a few words, and then turned his head and walked outside the cave first.
The sound of gunshots and explosions in the cave has always worried Hou San, who stayed outside the cave entrance, and when he saw Tang Cheng come out of the cave unharmed, Hou San's heart that had been hanging finally fell to the ground. "There is nothing to gain, there are more than 30 Japanese soldiers in it, this should be a foothold they chose temporarily, but the Japanese soldiers here are all from the 18th Division of the Japanese Army." Tang Cheng handed Hou San a dozen grenades he had obtained from cleaning the battlefield, and sat down outside the cave entrance and lit a cigarette.
Two squads of soldiers have already sealed the valley mouth, even if the Japanese army will come, as long as it is not a Japanese army at the brigade level, it is not easy to attack the valley. Tang Cheng lowered his head and smoked, but his head was thinking quickly, these Japanese soldiers in the cave were all subordinate to the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, and when they bypassed Ma Gaogang and entered the jungle before, the Japanese soldiers they encountered were also from the 18th Division of the Japanese Army.
It was just his own blind thinking, but the dice who waited for the search to return to the valley with the scouts returned to the valley, but Tang Cheng's blind thinking became a reality. The dice group who went out to search found the Japanese army 2 kilometers away from the valley, and they happened to catch a live mouth, they didn't dare to stay longer and hurriedly returned, just after looking at the dice they found out from the prisoner, Tang Cheng was already able to determine that this prisoner was also a soldier of the 18th Division.
"We're in trouble." Holding the soldier ID card of the captured Japanese soldier, Tang Cheng's face was full of helplessness, it seemed that his guess was correct, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army had indeed arranged a large number of troops in the forest. Although he didn't know why the other party did this, Tang Cheng knew that if he wanted to return to Ledo safely, the dangers he would face were not ordinary.