Chapter 56: Fight Again
Tang Cheng, who had been worried that the Japanese army would chase after him, did not plan to stay too much here in Hexi, but the guys brought by Zhou Chao wandered in the woods for several days and only ate some bark and wild fruits, if this would drive them away, the people brought by Zhou Chao could not wait to be hit by the Japanese bullets, and they could kill them just by starvation. In the end, Tang Cheng, who couldn't be ruthless, had to order to stay here in Hexi for one night, so that these guys could eat two full meals, and maybe they wouldn't be held back when they hit the road again.
It was an ordinary dinner for Tang Cheng, but in Zhou Chao's eyes, it was like the most delicious feast in the world, and some people even couldn't wait for the rice porridge with dried meat to cool down, so they held the lunch box and poured it into their mouths. "There's so much to eat in the woods, are you just living by gnawing on the bark along the way?" The wolf bรจi of Zhou Chao and others made Hou San a little unbearable to look at, and one by one they would become goods that were not even as good as beggars.
The hot rice porridge with dried meat went down to the stomach, Zhou Chao and the others looked a lot better, and they wanted to close their eyes and rest, but they were thrown into the river and stream by Tang Cheng to take a bath. "Wash yourselves, wash your uniforms, those parasites and lice are far more terrible than the Japanese soldiers. If you get sick in the woods because of these things, I will leave you in the woods and die, because we have no medicine for you. โ
Although it was May, the water in the river was still a little cold, Zhou Chao and a group of quails stood by the river and shivered, and finally Zhou Chao took the lead and jumped into the river and stream, and the rest of the people gritted their teeth and jumped into the water. At first, it will be cold when you jump into the water, but when your body slowly adjusts to the temperature in the river, you will no longer feel how cold the water is. The mist of water vapor baked by the bonfire rose in the forest by the river stream, and the roughly washed military uniforms were baked on the bonfire, and the shirtless Zhou Chao and they could only sit around the bonfire and wait for their military uniforms to be roasted dry.
"Don't move, don't talk." Zhou Chao, who had a full stomach and took a bath, slept very well, but the sky had just brightened, and Zhou Chao, who was asleep, was woken up, or was woken up by someone covering his mouth. Nodding his head to indicate that he knew, Zhou Chao moved the hand covering his mouth, and turned his head to see that the other people who were sleeping were also woken up like this, and the mustard in Zhou Chao's heart suddenly disappeared. "There are Japanese troops on the other side of the river, the specific number is not known yet, everyone should move lightly, and retreat into the forest first." It was Tang Cheng who woke up Zhou Chao, and when he heard that the Japanese soldiers came from the other side of the river, the other people who were awakened all subconsciously looked towards the river.
Not only for some reason, but there was no mist like this in the woods on the river, and they could clearly see the river dozens of meters away when camping at night at the edge of the woodland. They didn't see what Tang Cheng said about the Japanese army, but no one questioned Tang Cheng's words, because they saw that the barbarian bull had already set up the machine gun. The military doctor and the two female soldiers were the first to retreat into the forest, and Tang Cheng also sent two soldiers who had not yet recovered to protect them, and Tang Cheng, who was still injured on his arm, should also retreat in advance, but Tang Cheng chose to stay.
Squatting behind a fallen dead tree, Tang Cheng quietly observed the opposite side of the river with a telescope, and the first to notice that the Japanese army appeared on the other side of the river was dice. The dice who got the good stuff didn't sleep well all night, and as soon as it was getting light, the dice were looking around with the sniper rifle. The fleeting light in the grass on the other side of the river was just looked right by the dice from the scope, and the dice could be regarded as a veteran of battle, and after a little pondering, he guessed that the light he had just seen should be the reflection of the steel helmet against the sun.
The dice simply changed their binoculars and stared at the other side of the river, and a few minutes later, in the same place where he had just seen the light, the dice finally found the black and yellow in the grass. Due to the distance and the cover of the grass on the other side of the river, the dice could not determine how many Japanese soldiers were on the other side, but he was sure that there were Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river. Tang Cheng and they have not been afraid of a small group of Japanese troops since they crossed the river to the south, thinking that if a large number of Japanese troops came from the other side of the river, then the other party would not be so careful, and Tang Cheng, who still had a plan in his heart, immediately planned to fight with this group of Japanese soldiers here.
The Japanese army under Kuroto's command was originally a full-strength squad, and their mission was to pick up a sniper team that had left the brigade five days ago and was acting alone, but they had been wandering around the area for two days, but they hadn't even found a sniper. Hei Teng actually didn't know that there was a group of national army routs hiding on the other side of the river in front of him, and he was hiding in place just because of his step-by-step order, there was originally such a course in the infantry drill code, and when encountering unknown terrain, the commander must be calm, and Hei Teng, who only had half of the soldiers left, had become more careful.
Half of the men were assigned to escort the wounded of the friendly troops back to the brigade camp, and the reason why Kurotten appeared by the river stream was also because of the information provided by the friendly troops, saying that the sniper team he was looking for had been wandering around the river two days ago. Squinting and observing carefully for a while, Kuroten, who had put down the binoculars, finally made a gesture to continue moving forward, and the soldiers who had long been thirsty and had smoke in their eyes immediately got up and rushed towards the river, and even Kurotane himself subconsciously longed to drink water quickly.
Everyone was drinking to their heart's content, except for the black vine who drank and looked at the forest on the other side of the river, and not far from them there was a big tree that bent over the river. There are many trees that bend over the river in this way in northern Myanmar, and Kuroti knows that it is a tree bridge made by the locals using the trees that grow along the river. In short, seeing this tree bridge, Kurotei's heart was still very comfortable, at least he and his soldiers didn't have to go through the trouble of crossing the river to wet their shoes and socks.
The scout was naturally the first to go to the bridge, according to the infantry discipline, the scout was followed by the machine gunner, the scout was to cross the river to explore the way, but the machine gunner had to cross the river first to stabilize the position. When the more than 30 soldiers under his command had already passed halfway, Hei Teng, as the commander, carefully stepped on the tree bridge with one foot first, and stepped on it hard, and the thick tree bridge did not move at all. I don't know how many years this big tree has grown, it is very strong, and Kuroteng's caution has attracted the laughter of his soldiers.
Kuroto, who had never treated his soldiers badly, knew that these smiles were not laughing at him, so he simply strode up the tree bridge and walked towards the other side. Black vine had just walked to the middle of the tree bridge, but a flock of birds suddenly flew in the woods on the opposite bank, and the black vine, who had been paying attention to the opposite bank, squinted his eyes sharply, opened his mouth and was about to shout, but he heard a gunshot in the forest opposite. The black vine standing on the tree bridge only felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then his eyes turned black and his body became weak, and the whole person fell sideways into the river under the tree bridge.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack, hide quickly." "Chief Kurotan was shot and fell into the river" The gunshots rang out, and the Japanese soldiers at both ends of the tree bridge immediately panicked, shouting everything, some veterans were shouting that the enemy was attacking and hidden, and some people were shouting that the commander had been shot and fell into the river. The panicked shouts had not yet dispersed, only the sound of gunfire was heard, and a rain of bullets suddenly shot from the woods on the other side of the river, causing sawdust to splash on the tree bridge.
The two Japanese soldiers who were dragged back by their companions on the tree bridge were almost flying by the dense machine-gun bullets, and their bodies full of bullet holes in their chests and abdomen were slammed to the ground, and their mouths were spitting blood, and they died when they saw it. There are Japanese veterans who are not afraid of death even jumped into the river and stream, and rescued the black vine who was shot in the chest, tore off the black vine's military uniform shirt, and the black vine with a bullet hole in his chest was speechless, spitting blood foam in his mouth, tightly grasping the hand of his subordinate military Cao, and showing a look of survival in his eyes.
"No, no, the bullet pierced the lungs of Chief Kuroto and can't be saved" The Japanese veteran who was examining Kuroto's injuries had tears on his face, and his long snot hung on his lips. As the leader of the squad, Kuroteng was with them when he landed in Yangon, and these veterans had a good relationship with Kuroteng, especially at this time, several veterans surrounding Heiteng were fellow villagers of Kuroteng.
With a crisp sound of "dang", one of the veterans who were kneeling beside Kurotei and crying fell, a bullet hit his steel helmet squarely, and the Japanese veteran who was shot fell crookedly on Kuroto's body. Several Japanese veterans who were close to him didn't bother to check his injuries, and they all reached out and pulled his clothes, dragging him back. The person who killed Kuroto and the Japanese veteran just now were all dice, and the dice were very satisfied with the sniper rifle in his hand, but it was the first time he used this gun to fight, and he was completely unfamiliar with sniper rifles, and he couldn't shoot quickly.
"Retreat, all retreat into the woods," Tang Cheng, who had been crouching behind the broken tree, called out to the dice lying on the ground with a hoarse voice. The sound of a grenade falling came, and Tang Cheng was shocked. "The grenadier is coming, hidden." Tang Cheng was very wolfish and dragged the dice that still refused to leave and rolled into the grass. didn't care about the locusts on his body, he reached out and dragged Tan Fei next to him in. The grenadier with a range of up to 200 meters is a big killer on the bare bank of the river, suppressing Tang Cheng and them in the grass on the other side of the river.
"Boom" "Boom" The Japanese 50mm caliber grenadiers desperately fired grenades and exploded in their hiding place in Tangcheng. For a time, the river bank was filled with smoke and shrenchnel flew. Tang Cheng slammed on the dice, and a wave of air came urgently, and Tang Cheng's ears buzzed. As soon as he raised his head slightly and spit out the mud in his mouth, another grenade hit, and Tang Cheng's mouth was stuffed with muddy water again.