Chapter 8: The Encounter

Today is the third day after the new camp, Tang Cheng, who has woken up, is still wrapped in a military blanket and refuses to get up, the sun rises in the gray sky, and yesterday's light rain has stopped. Although the sun is out, the morning sky still looks gray because the rain and fog have not completely dissipated. Waiting for Mike, who had been driving back to the camp with the new order, Tang Cheng got up in a trance and washed his face, and when he learned that the commando team was going out to conduct a routine reconnaissance, Tang Cheng's spirit suddenly improved.

The scope of this investigation is not very large, in Mike's original words, it is to go out and go around casually, and then return safely with the brothers who have gone out. Tang Cheng took the initiative to ask Ying to command this reconnaissance, but Mike couldn't compete with him, so he had to mention that Tang Cheng took Yan Long and Lenny to carry out this reconnaissance mission. For the soldiers of the former direct company, going out to reconnoiter was simply an opportunity to go out and let off steam, and there was nothing to worry about.

"Attention, march forward in a straggler's formation, watch your feet, be careful, don't step on mines." Rock Dragon and Lenny were at the front of the line, and Lenny's mouth kept reminding him loudly. Ahead was an open field, through which they had to go and then along the open field into the bush area, and only after bypassing the bush area could they observe the Japanese lines and positions.

"Landmines?" Liu Shishi, who had to follow, held a gun and nervously followed Tang Cheng step by step to explore the way. All of Liu Shishi's impressions of landmines come from the earthen mines made by Liu Goat with explosives taken out of disassembled shells when he faced the Japanese army in Mengcheng.

Lenny took a bite of a half-lit cigar in his mouth, carefully watched the road under his feet, and walked very carefully, "There are a lot of mines here, and I heard that when the Japanese army retreated into Myitkyina, they buried a lot of those things. Later, our people were afraid of a sneak attack by the Japanese army, so they planted a batch of mines here, but the guy in charge of planting the mines was blown in two by the Japanese shells, and now no one knows how many mines are buried here. ”

When Lanny spoke, he turned his head to look at Liu Shishi, who was cautious, but he didn't want Liu Shishi to see the smile hidden in his eyes, "Lanny, don't scare me, master, I'm not scared." Liu Shishi, who consciously saw that Lanny was bluffing, smiled, he deliberately held his chest high, walked forward with big strides, took a few steps one after another, and raised his head to provoke Lanny with his eyes.

"Stone, you'd better listen to me, there are really mines here, I don't want you to be torn to pieces by damn mines." Lenny continued to walk forward, "I heard that thing exploded, and the doctor will cut off your penis when he treats you." I heard that a few nights ago, there was an unlucky guy in their 38th Division, who stepped on a mine, and then his testicles were cut off, although his life was saved, but the birds below completely stopped eating. ”

Lanny's words caused Tang Cheng to laugh out loud, but Tang Cheng didn't hear Liu Shishi's movement behind him, and he was about to turn around when he heard a trembling voice behind him. "Brother, I may have really stepped on a landmine." Tang Cheng turned his voice and saw that Liu Shishi, who was originally following him, was stepping on one foot in front and one foot behind him, and was shouting loudly with a grief-stricken expression, "I stepped on a landmine, will I also be cut off by the doctor?" ”

"Stone, you steady, don't move, relax, relax!" Tang Cheng, whose face had changed drastically, was about to lean over Liu Shishi, but Ranny turned over from the front and ran over a few steps. "Don, let me come, I've been a sapper for a few days, and this thing isn't that scary. Don't worry, Stone, as long as you listen to me, you'll be fine! Ranny squatted down in front of Liu Shishi, and then simply lay on the ground, slowly picking up the dirt next to Liu Shishi's foot.

"It's an infantry mine." Lenny carefully observed the mine at Liu Shishi's feet, and at this time Liu Shishi's face was already pale and trembling all over, if it weren't for Lenny's hand to fix Liu Shishi's feet, the mine that he stepped on would have been triggered to explode.

"Stone, hold on, it'll be fine right away, I promise." Lenny pulled out his dagger and dug the dirt at Liu's feet a little wider, so that the mines would be more exposed. After carefully looking at the mines at Liu Shishi's feet, Ranny suddenly took off a badge pinned to his chest, and then carefully used a dagger to get the brooch behind the badge off.

"Listen, Stone, I'm going to use this brooch to insert this mine into the jack of this mine's pressure sensor. You must concentrate and listen to my commands, and when I tell you to let go of your feet, you must immediately release your feet and lie down, you know? With a stern face, Lanni uncharacteristically carefully admonished Liu Shishi, and motioned to Tang Cheng, who had already leaned over to support Liu Shishi, to leave immediately.

"I see!" Liu Shishi took a deep breath, "Lanny, I will do what you say." ”

"Alright, now is it!" While Liu Shishi was distracted and talking to himself, Lenny quickly inserted the straightened brooch into the hole of the mine pressure sensor, and then shouted, "Lie down!" Liu Shi immediately let go of his foot and fell to the ground. Then Lenny pounced on Liu Shishi's body sideways, crushing him under him. The two of them lay together nervously panting, but the imaginary explosion never appeared.

There was no danger to avoid a catastrophe, but Liu Shishi's face was still pale, and even his lips were bloodless. "Now I know it's amazing, see if you can do it." Tang Cheng pulled up Liu Shishi, who was lying on the ground in a daze, and reached out to rub Liu Shishi's head, so as to comfort Liu Shishi. Thanks to Lenny for saving his life, Liu Shishi no longer dared to ignore the meteor as he did just now, but cautiously followed closely behind Tang Cheng, keeping in mind Lenny's advice and carefully watching his feet.

Tang Cheng received the order to go forward to investigate, naturally the Japanese army must be discovered before the reconnaissance can be launched, and the group carefully walked through the minefield full of dangers, and finally bypassed the bush area that had to be passed. "There are Japanese soldiers in front." The lowered figure of the rock dragon stretched out his hand and pointed to the bushes not far ahead, and the voices of several Japanese soldiers were faintly revealed from the bushes, it was obvious that they should only be outpost soldiers.

"Lie down!" I don't know who shouted loudly, but at the same time as the gunshots rang out, a row of people in front of them quickly lay down, and a random shot attacked, and the bullets fired by the Japanese soldiers didn't hit anything. Tang Cheng originally just wanted to scout secretly, but he didn't expect to be shot first by the opposing soldiers, and he couldn't help but feel angry. "Lenny, rush up from the left with a few brothers, and the rock dragon with the snipers stay to get their attention." Tang Cheng snorted a few words, and then shouted to his brother beside him, "The rest of the people followed me and touched them from the right to kill them." ”

Tang Cheng, who was advancing from the right flank, raised his carbine while running, and fired a shot before he had time to aim carefully. One of the yellow-colored figures faintly visible in the bushes fell to the ground, and then he quickly got up and limped forward, apparently the Japanese soldier was only wounded. Tang Cheng fired first, and finally, the soldiers who followed him came to their senses and began to shoot at the Japanese soldiers.

Tang Cheng obviously overestimated the determination of these Japanese soldiers to fight to the death, and also underestimated the shooting level of his snipers, and before he and Lenny were outflanked from the two wings, these few Japanese soldiers in the bushes who had no intention of fighting had not run far before they were hit to the ground by several snipers around Tears one by one. It may be that the soldiers of the direct company have been idle in Xinpingyang for too long, and they were actually stunned for a short time when they encountered the enemy just now, if this is still in Xinpingyang, it may attract Tang Cheng's angry reprimand, but Tang Cheng doesn't want to say anything more now.

The big war is coming, and if the soldiers of the direct company who have adapted to a comfortable life can't adapt to the battlefield again, they will only be eliminated by the battlefield, and even Tang Cheng can't help them. Gathering the weapons of the Japanese soldiers, Lenny led a team to search the surroundings, while the rest of the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield, finding the sniper's merciful remnants from the corpses scattered on the ground.

The soldiers began to rummage through the corpses of Japanese soldiers, and all those who had participated in the battle in their direct companies had tasted the benefits of rummaging through the corpses, and now it had become almost their habit. Tang Cheng didn't pay attention to these little things, his attention was already focused on the three living mouths left by the snipers, Tan Fei's jerky Japanese finally came in handy, and when Tang Cheng didn't want to ask the prisoners, Tan Fei became the best choice to ask for a confession.

Just as Tang Cheng overestimated the decisive heart of these Japanese soldiers just now, Tan Fei just used his short knife to cut off two fingers of one of the captives, and the other two captives who were trembling like chaff answered Tan Fei's questions in full. "They said that two miles further on, there was a stronghold of theirs, and there were about 30 Japanese soldiers and a radio station in the stronghold, and they also came out to reconnoiter the movements of our army, but they didn't expect to meet us halfway."

Tang Cheng groaned slightly, and then used the walkie-talkie to contact Mike, he didn't dare to be interested in the Japanese army's forward stronghold, but if he could capture the Japanese army's radio and cipher code, it would be different, at least let the command know that the commando team can still do something decent.