But just as Shang Zhen was concentrating on preparing to shoot, he suddenly heard a gunshot behind him.
Shang Zhen's body trembled, but he didn't look back.
Although this hill is not high, it is rocky. There are also huge rocks behind Shang Zhen and his men. Even if the Japanese soldiers are at the highest point, as long as Shang Zhen and his men do not appear, they will not be able to hit them.
Shang Zhen was right not to look back, because at this moment, he saw a figure flash beside the huge rock in front of him.
At this time, Shang Zhen pulled the trigger without hesitation.
With a "bang" sound of gunfire, a Japanese soldier was shot and fell to the ground, right on the open space of only a few square meters that Shang Zhen was aiming at!
But then the Japanese soldier began to struggle, and it was obvious that Shang Zhen had only injured him.
For a person to jump across an open space several meters wide, it would only take two or three steps. But Shang Zhen was smart. He didn't aim his gun at the big rock. He aimed his gun at the open space, and the bullet was fired at the open space. As a result, the lead time was just right!
The Japanese army at the foot of the mountain fired gunshots, and there were also two "da da da" machine guns.
When Shang Zhen was thinking about finding an opportunity to kill a Japanese machine gunner, he heard his own people shouting from behind: "That little Jap is really hiding in front!"
At this moment, Shang Zhen suddenly had a bad premonition. Another one of his men was killed. Was he shot by the Japanese army?
Unfortunately, Shang Zhen's words came true, and another of their men was killed.
At this time, Wang Laomao and his men, who were hiding behind the rocks, had already turned over the soldier named Wu Dabao.
There was a bullet hole between Wu Dabao's eyebrows, and blood was flowing out of it.
The situation here just now was similar to that of Zhang Zhen, except that the situations of the enemy and us were exactly the opposite.
To reach the mountains, they also needed to walk through an open space about two meters long that was not blocked by huge rocks.
But just as Wu Dabao leaned forward, gunshots were heard from the opposite side.
Then Wu Dabao's body became limp. When they turned Wu Dabao over, Wang Laomao and the others couldn't help but gasp.
Now Wang Laomao had to admit that Shang Zhen was right, the Japanese army's shooting skills were really accurate!
Now all Wang Laomao and the others knew was that the Japanese soldier was hiding opposite them, but they had no idea where exactly!
Based on Wang Laomao's experience as a veteran, he judged from the sound of gunfire that the Japanese soldier would not be too close to them, but he had no way of guessing whether the distance was one hundred meters or more than one hundred meters away from them.
Wang Laomao has studied the Japanese Type 38 rifle, and he has also used the Japanese Type 38 rifle. There is a ruler with scales on it, and shooting according to the scales is quite accurate.
Even though the stubborn Wang Laomao said at the time that the Japanese bullets were too thin and would make a hole when they hit the target, unlike our rifles, which would be like a bomb when they hit the target. The bullet would be as thick as a little finger when it goes in, and would make a hole as big as an egg when it comes out!
It cannot be said that Wang Laomao’s judgment is wrong, but no matter how thin the Japanese bullets are, they cannot withstand the Japanese army’s accurate shooting!
What should he do now? Should he go out again? Wang Laomao now had to face this reality.
Yes, judging from the situation, there could only be one Japanese soldier on the opposite side.
But that guy's shooting is so accurate, what if his own people get shot again? There are only a few of them in total. If the Japanese soldier is a hundred meters away from them, wouldn't their number along the way become a tactic of adding fuel to the fire and killing one by one?
Wang Laomao looked at the people who followed him. Without exception, there was fear in everyone's eyes.
In fact, Wang Laomao also understood that those who followed him, including Lao Huotou's group, all felt that facing one Japanese soldier was much better than facing hundreds of Japanese soldiers.
They will follow me because there is a greater hope of survival.
But what about now? Death was imminent. Who would charge forward again? Not only did he not want to expose himself to the enemy's fire, not even others.
Wang Laomao is faced with another choice: should he move forward or stay?
If they go forward, they may become sitting ducks for the Japanese soldier. If they stay, they will be trapped here by the Japanese army.
Being trapped here, they are doomed. They have enough guns and ammunition, but they have no food!
But Wang Laomao was unwilling to retreat like this.
The reason for withdrawing was not because he would lose face because of his disagreement with Shang Zhen.
As a veteran, Wang Laomao knows that life and death are the most important thing. What is face? Face is not as important as the insole of a shoe!
He just didn't want to see these people being suppressed here by a Japanese soldier with a rifle.
"How about we try again? Let's see where that bastard is hiding." Chen Hanwen, who had already seen that Wang Laomao was in a dilemma, said in an inquiring tone.
Wang Laomao thought for a moment before answering, "Okay, but we need to think of something!" Then he looked at the other soldiers and asked, "Let's try again. Are you afraid of death?"
Wang Laomao had to ask, because these soldiers were not his men.
The soldiers looked at each other, then at Wu Dabao, who was now dead with a bullet hole in his forehead. Finally, one of them spoke up: "We have to go even if we're afraid. It's better than being trapped here by the Japanese. But let's try one more time!"
Wang Laomao nodded, and then told him the trick he had come up with.
The trick Wang Laomao came up with was to have Chen Hanwen hold a hat with a bayonet and slowly reveal it from behind a big rock so that the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side could see it, and at the same time place the rifle on top of the big rock.
He hoped to attract the attention of the Japanese soldier, while he and several other soldiers changed the stone and prepared to move forward.
"Okay!" Chen Hanwen said in a low voice while picking up the hat with his gun.
A moment later, gunshots really rang out again from the opposite side, and that bullet really hit the hat that Chen Hanwen picked up. Then there was a "clang" sound when the bullet passed through the hat and hit the stone.
"Go!" Wang Laomao, who was hiding behind a rock, took the lead and rushed out, and the other soldiers followed naturally.
Wang Laomao understood that at this moment, even though those soldiers had expressed their intention to try again, if he did not take the lead and rush out, not only would others look down on him, he would look down on himself for the rest of his life.
As a veteran, there are some things that are more important than life, such as honor.
Wang Laomao thought that since the Japanese army opened fire, it was obvious that they were deceived by his fake target. If they didn't move forward now, when would they move forward?
But after Wang Laomao had walked a few meters in the crevice, he heard another gunshot, and in this gunshot, a soldier cried out "Ouch"!
At this sound, Wang Laomao and his companions all hid behind the rocks nearby. At the same time, Wang Laomao asked, "How are you?"
What he was asking was naturally the soldier who had just uttered the cry of "ouch". If the soldier answered, it meant that he was fine. If he didn't even answer, he must have been killed again.
Fortunately for Wang Laomao, the soldier was not killed by the Japanese army, and he immediately heard an echo.
"That damn gunman's shooting is so accurate that he scraped my shoulder!" the soldier replied.
Seeing that the soldier was safe and sound, Wang Laomao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Okay, you just stay here and keep an eye on the guy opposite. We'll go back to help Ma Ganer!" Wang Laomao said loudly.
At this point, Wang Laomao's breakout plan had completely failed.