"Be careful, there are still some Japanese!
"Jin Chengyu and Qian Chuan'er, you two keep an eye on the back, Huzi brother keeps an eye on the right, Qiu Bo keeps an eye on the left, and the rest of you keep an eye on the front." Shang Zhen whispered a warning, and the others naturally followed his orders.
With the trees covering the snow, the snow in the forest was lighter than the snow outside, and there were messy footprints on it.
The unclear footprints were left by the villagers when they went up the mountain to collect firewood, while the particularly clear footprints were undoubtedly left just today, some by civilians and some by Japanese soldiers.
"Hou Kanshan, slow down!" Shang Zhen reminded again.
Now Shang Zhen can control anyone, but he can't control Hou Kanshan.
Hou Kanshan, who was already running in front, undoubtedly heard Shang Zhen's words, but he just paused for a moment and continued to move forward.
"You stupid monkey, slow down, you're looking for death!" Wang Laomao cursed.
One key opens one lock. Shang Zhen couldn't control Hou Kanshan, but Wang Laomao could, and Hou Kanshan finally slowed down.
They walked forward in the woods, and after only a moment they saw some villagers lying in the woods.
Shang Zhen walked forward and took a glance, and saw that the deceased was a middle-aged man with a bloodstain on his back.
At this time, Shang Zhen had a bad feeling.
He couldn't understand why this group of Japanese soldiers would go on a killing spree in a village like Qianyaodi.
But he knew that if he couldn't figure out this kind of thing, then he wouldn't understand it. Who knew what those Japanese beasts were thinking?
After stepping over the corpse, Shang Zhen and the others continued forward, their eyes all scanning the gaps between the trees. Who knew in which tree hollow there might be a Japanese soldier's gun pointed at them?
Fortunately, this forest is relatively dense, and the visible distance is always maintained at more than 50 meters. More than 50 meters away is the gray-black tree trunk.
And then the Japanese attack really happened, and there was no time to say anything in this situation.
"Bang", "He he he", both the enemy and us pulled the trigger almost at the same time.
The soldier behind Shang Zhen was shot and fell down, and the Japanese soldier who tried to escape after firing a shot was also hit by the submachine gun in Shang Zhen's hand.
The submachine gun once again demonstrated the advantage of close-range assault. Shang Zhen fired a long burst of shots. Who knows how many times the Japanese soldier was hit?
However, the penetrating power of this assault bullet was obviously not comparable to that of the Japanese rifle. After being shot, the Japanese soldier staggered and hid behind a tree.
But at this time, gunshots from other people on Shang Zhen's side rang out, and finally the Japanese soldier was hit by several bullets and fell down.
"Spread out more! Be careful of the Japanese grenades." Shang Zhen ordered again as he stepped over the Japanese soldier who was bleeding and still breathing.
Because he only took a glance at the Japanese soldier who had been knocked down on the snow and saw that this guy actually had a grenade in his hand!
But he was shot so quickly that he didn't have time to pull out the pin.
No one touched the usable grenade in the Japanese soldier's hand. The key now was to eliminate the remaining enemies rather than clean up the battlefield.
Continuing forward, Shang Zhen and his men saw several more bodies of civilians lying in the woods, including men, women, young and old, some shot and some bayoneted by Japanese soldiers.
Shang Zhen even saw that a middle-aged man had his head and limbs separated. In other words, his head was chopped off by the Japanese army with a Japanese sword!
His neck had been cut into pieces, and his head had flown several meters away. The bright red bloodstain on the ground looked so glaring against the backdrop of the white snow.
At this moment, Shang Zhen, who thought he had become a genuine veteran, felt the blood vessels in his temples jump!
"There is a Japanese official here. If I can catch him, I will chop him to pieces!" Shang Zhen continued to move forward, but he spoke word by word, just like his footsteps leaving one footprint after another on the snow.
"Don't underestimate the Japanese. They might have some lone wolf-like characters!" Chen Hanwen suddenly reminded from behind.
To be honest, Chen Hanwen's words sounded like they were meant to boost other people's morale and destroy his own prestige at first, but Shang Zhen felt a chill in his heart when he heard Chen Hanwen's words, and he immediately calmed down.
Yes, what the scholar said is right. In war, every life counts. If these ten or so people of mine can launch a surprise attack on the powerful Japanese army without any intention, wouldn’t the Japanese army dare to do so?
Thinking of this, Shang Zhen looked at the snow in front of him again, and this time he found that there were quite a few footprints of Japanese soldiers here!
The Japanese soldiers wore standard suede-toed shoes with rubber soles and thick heels, while the common people mostly wore felt shoes or cotton shoes made with their own soles. The traces left by these two in the snow were naturally different.
Shang Zhen followed the Japanese army's messy footprints and looked forward. He found that they were almost at an open space in the forest, while sixty or seventy meters away on the opposite side were densely packed tree trunks.
If I were a Japanese soldier and heard the gunshots from behind, what would I do? I should go back to the forest from the same way I entered? But these Japanese footprints don't seem to lead back much!
Thinking of this, Shang Zhen whispered again: "Stop, let me try a few shots!"
After saying that, he really rushed forward and pulled the trigger. Amid the sound of "he he he" gunshots, there was actually movement on the opposite side, "bang" "bang", and then bullets shot over.
One bullet flew past Shang Zhen's shoulder, and another bullet hit a tree next to him. The penetrating power of the Type 38 rifle's bullet was really not exaggerated. A bullet hole was directly shot in the tree as thick as a bowl.
All the people on Shang Zhen's side lay down, and gunshots rang out immediately. At this time, they saw the ochre figures of Japanese soldiers flashing in the dense woods in front of them, and several Japanese soldiers turned around and ran away.
"That big official must be in there, shoot him!" Hu Zhuzi shouted and pulled the trigger again.
Hu Zhuzi didn't remember anything else, but he remembered what Shang Zhen said about a high-ranking Japanese officer.
But at this moment, someone suddenly shouted from the woods: "Don't shoot, we are ordinary people!"
The shouts came from both men and women, and then more than ten figures emerged from the woods.
Who knew Shang Zhen and his group would suddenly encounter such a situation? Those who reacted quickly released their fingers on the trigger. Some only had time to point the muzzle of the gun upwards and the shot shot into the sky, while others had already fired the bullet.
A civilian was shot and fell down directly. Unfortunately, he was injured by mistake!
"Don't shoot!" Several people among Shang Zhen shouted at the same time.
Given the distance between them and the opposite side, the common people can still see clearly.
At this moment, Shang Zhen secretly thought that this was not good. He never thought that such a situation would occur. The Japanese army actually used civilians as human shields and then took the opportunity to escape!
"Get down!" Shang Zhen shouted.
Now the enemy and us are fighting, and civilians are in the middle. The Japanese army will naturally not pity the lives of civilians. But how could Shang Zhen and others not fire a single shot in order to protect themselves?
But the people are the people. Under the threat of gunfire, the people are like sheep released into the wilderness. Which people would not want to run to their own army as fast as possible when the Japanese army's guns are pointing at them?
"Xiu Lan! Get down quickly!" At this time, Hou Kanshan, who had a gloomy face all the way, suddenly shouted.
He shouted very loudly and even stood up, which scared Wang Laomao next to him so much that he reached out and pulled him down!
As the monkey looked at the mountain's shout, they really saw a young woman among the people on the opposite side, holding a child and running towards them desperately.
"Get down!" Shang Zhen shouted again, and at the same time he couldn't help but blame Hou Kanshan in his heart. Are you saving your wife and children or harming them?
But what Shang Zhen worried about really happened.
No one on their side was shooting anymore, after all, they were afraid of accidentally injuring civilians, and the Japanese side only fired a few shots here and there, because there were not many Japanese soldiers left.
Just then, a gunshot was heard, and the young woman holding the child fell headfirst onto the snow!
"Magnolia!" Hou Kanshan broke free from Wang Laomao's hand and rushed forward with a mad effort.
"Charge! Charge! Charge!" Shang Zhen jumped up immediately.
Now they can only charge, otherwise Hou Kanshan will be dead.
But for Shang Zhen, he didn't know whether what happened next was disappointment or hope. The Japanese soldiers all ran into the mountains and forests, and no one shot at them anymore.
I don’t know if it’s because Lao Zhe’s writing is not good enough, or if the novel is not popular anymore and there are not many subscriptions.
But Lao Zhe still has to finish writing this book. Looking at the news these days, Japan is making trouble again. So we must never forget the past. Forgetting the past is tantamount to betrayal!
