Chapter 46: Where the Road Lies
Tang Cheng, who had no longer taken care of his arms in his hands, rushed into the woods and squatted down with his back against a stump, and then picked up his binoculars and looked at the Japanese troops on the riverbank. Syllable! The butt of the gun was slumped back on his shoulder, Tang Cheng instinctively unloaded the gun and pulled the bolt, and the Japanese soldier he was aiming at just now had already spread his arms and fell obliquely. Another Japanese soldier was shot in the head by Tang Cheng, and the Japanese soldier who was shot was lying face down, and the blinding red blood was seeping down the steel helmet to the muddy ground.
The left arm was still scorching pain, but the feeling gradually became clearer, and Tang Cheng knew that the shot in his arm should not have hit the bone. Tang Cheng returned the rifle in his hand to Zhao Liang, then turned his head to look at the arm where he was shot, and there was a hole on the outside of the military uniform on his left arm, and the blood had not yet penetrated the clothes and flowed outside, so it didn't look too bad.
Just as Tang Cheng was about to deal with the wound by himself, Hou San, who was still holding his sleeves high and carrying a submachine gun with one hand, came over, seeing Tang Cheng's appearance, Hou San put away the fierce look on his face, squatted down and reached out to tear the sleeve of Tang Cheng's wound. He glared at Tang Cheng in a little surprise, took out the kettle from his back and unscrewed it, and poured it down on Tang Cheng's wound. A sudden stinging pain came from the wound on his arm, Tang Cheng gritted his teeth and endured it without screaming, but his bared teeth expression was once again despised by Hou San, and Tang Cheng also complained in his heart that Hou San poured him wine instead of water.
Cleaning the wound simply, Hou San took out a roll of gauze to help Tang Cheng wrap the wound, although it was only a stray bullet and a bruise, but if the wound was not properly treated, such a wound would be extremely dangerous in the hot and humid forest. The originally fierce gunfire became sparse, and then it subsided after a while, Tang Cheng, who had wrapped his wounds, carefully looked at the river bank in front of him with a telescope, the Japanese army without curvy fire had no way to take them who had entered the forest, and only one machine gun did not have an advantage in numbers, and the Japanese army on the other side of the river bank was also helpless.
The battle was over, and the originally fiery battle came to a strange temporary halt like this, which made Tang Cheng and all of them feel incredible. The corpses of the Japanese soldiers on the banks of the river were all over the place, and the postures of the dead were strange, but the blood flowing from the bodies of these Japanese soldiers almost dyed the banks of the river red. "Don't think they'll let us go, I think they must be trying to play a roundabout battle with us, as long as they divide some of their forces to go around our flanks or behind, they can surround us here and kill them all."
"So, we must move into the woods, if they keep chasing the e-coin, we will never have peace." Tang Cheng didn't expect the Yanlong brothers to figure out the right direction for themselves, and the most important thing now was to get rid of this group of Japanese troops who were chasing them. A beautiful ambush battle was fought in an extreme predicament, which boosted everyone's morale at a certain level, but Tang Cheng had to order a move deeper into the woodland, because the Japanese army pursuing them had the advantage of numbers after all.
Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army on the bank of the river died down, Tang Cheng and they packed up their east and west and moved to the depths of the forest, although they were forced to move, but in the end, they were outnumbered just now, and only Tang Cheng and Yan Hu were slightly injured and no one was killed. When they moved again, Tang Cheng who was marching north in the forest was in a lot of spirits, and Zhao Liang and the two female soldiers even talked and laughed, and among them, Tang Cheng was probably the only one with an expressionless face.
It's not that Tang Cheng wants to destroy the current situation, but there are too many things he needs to think about, and the current Tang Cheng really doesn't have the extra energy to participate in everyone's laughter. Wei Tong chewed wax and ate some jerky, Tang Cheng's strength was still somewhat restored, but after walking briskly for some distance with two guns and a heavy backpack on his back, the heavy tiredness spread from his legs to his whole body. But now that his life was at stake, he could only grit his teeth and persevere, driving his already exhausted legs forward with willpower.
More than half an hour later, a slightly rudimentary road appeared in Tang Cheng's sight, and in a cautious manner, Tang Cheng did not get on the road, but continued to travel north along the edge of the woodland of the road. After walking for another half hour, they came to a ruined village. The empty trench outside the village indicated that the defenders should have evacuated on their own initiative, and there were still traces of chaos in the mud around the village.
The village has long been abandoned, and most of the traces left around the village are footprints, which have been carefully identified by the dice and the rock dragon, and these footprints are left by the national army and the Japanese army, but these footprints have been left here two days ago. There are footprints, which means that there were national and Japanese troops who fought here before, and from the extension direction of the footprints, the national army and Japanese troops passing here went due north from here. Tang Cheng asked everyone to stop for a short time about a hundred meters north of the village, and while sending the dice and the rock dragon forward to reconnoiter due north, he gathered the other people to discuss the next plan of action.
As soon as the two female soldiers with weak physiques heard the order to rest, they found a slightly drier place nearby and sat down, drank cold water and nibbled on the dried meat in order to recover their bodies faster. Hou San took the initiative to sit next to Tang Cheng, the wound on Tang Cheng's arm had already stopped bleeding naturally, and the blood stains on his military uniform had turned black. Perhaps sensing Hou San's gaze on his arm, Tang Cheng reluctantly raised his left arm to check on Hou Shang, until Hou San was sure that Tang Cheng's injury was fine, and Tang Cheng put down his left arm.
Tang Cheng, who put down his left arm, took out the crumpled cigarette case from his pocket, although there were only a few 2 cigarettes in the cigarette box, Tang Cheng poured out all the cigarettes without hesitation, and gave one to Hou San and one to himself. Between the clouds and the mist, Tang Cheng's mind suddenly appeared with the sentence "The husband should die on the battlefield, and the horse leather will be returned", it was originally full of heroic generosity, but it was inevitably a little sad to think about it at this time.
Tang Cheng smoked a cigarette with a heavy heart, and when he didn't pay attention, he actually burned his lips and wiped his mouth very wolfly, this action made several people around him laugh, and even Tan Fei, who had always had an indifferent expression, moved the corners of his mouth, which could be regarded as a smile. After experiencing the test of war together, Tang Cheng wanted to joke with Hou San and the others around him at this time, but the chaotic thoughts in his heart always troubled him, making Tang Cheng's face always stunned and expressionless.
Tang Cheng was thinking about his own thoughts, when he suddenly saw the dice and the rock dragon sent to reconnoiter due north were rushing back at a speed of a hundred-meter sprint, waving desperately as they ran. If you run into your own people, you won't cry with joy to this point, and then look at the gesture of the dice as if to say that something is coming this way. Tang Cheng didn't waste any time, first jumped on the road like a monkey, then knelt on the ground and listened, then jumped up and waved his arms violently at Hou San, "Hidden, hidden." ”。
Although everyone hadn't woken up yet, they still responded well to Tang Cheng's gestures, and immediately got up and hid in the grass and bushes on the side of the road. Tang Cheng jumped off the road, and when he lay down, he hit the wound on his arm again, and he wanted to scream in pain but he could only endure it and didn't dare to shout. Afraid of something, before the dice and rock dragons who had just merged with Tang Cheng had time to say anything, a yellow dragon soon appeared at the end of Tang Cheng's sight. The reason why the Yellow Dragon is yellow is because its main color is earthy yellow, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed along this humble road formed this Yellow Dragon.
Looking at the hundreds of Japanese soldiers passing by on the road, everyone lying in the grass was holding their weapons tightly, once these Japanese soldiers found it, all they could do was fight to the death. People can't be arrogant, but they can't be arrogant, Tang Cheng, who was raised by Robert since childhood, if it weren't for the war, if nothing else, even if he worked diligently, he would only spend a mediocre life of doing nothing.
However, this nightmare war completely changed his concept, and in the face of blood and fire, life and death, the brilliance and ugliness of human nature were revealed. Putting aside cowardice, putting aside cowering, awakening in endurance and suffering, and quietly transforming in battle and resistance, Tang Cheng at this moment is quietly undergoing changes that he dare not imagine. Although there was no Ling Ran who died generously at this moment, Tang Cheng had no regrets in his heart to be able to die a glorious death as a member of this brave, tenacious and determined army.
Perhaps Tang Cheng's prayers in his heart worked, or maybe this group of Japanese soldiers passing by had other important tasks, and the Japanese soldiers who appeared along the road like locusts did not find Tang Cheng hiding in the grass on the side of the road. When the last earthy yellow figure disappeared from sight, Tang Cheng, who suddenly got up and stood up, waved his hand violently, "Run!" All the people began to run after him, almost all of them were frightened by the group of Japanese soldiers they had just seen, and they could only follow Tang Cheng aimlessly into the woodland by the roadside.
After running for a few hundred meters in one go, Tang Cheng, who had been running at the front, suddenly stopped again and began to wave, and then found a fairly dry place to sit down. Tang Cheng sat down to rest without saying a word, and the rest of the people only stopped in silence, Tang Cheng's silent behavior made everyone a little listless, everyone sat or stood dullly, but no one spoke. They had completely lost their minds now, and all of them were waiting for Tang Cheng to come up with an idea, or they were all used to acting according to Tang Cheng's orders.