Chapter 43: Escape
The third brother was also dead. Shang Zhen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Li Fushun's dazed but still open eyes.
Should I burst into tears? Should I pick up my machine gun and shoot at the Japanese?
Of course, Shang Zhen also thought about what he would do if his third brother Li Fushun died?
This is not a taboo issue. When he was with Li Fushun, Li Fushun talked about this.
But at this moment Shang Zhen suddenly found that he was not as sad as he had imagined, because he had no time to be sad.
Bullets were chirping beside me, the sound of bullets hitting the ground. In front of me was a group of khaki figures rushing forward with a Type 38 rifle with a bayonet.
"Run!" At this time, a soldier crawled up from the ground, shouted Shang Zhen, and ran deep into the woods.
At this moment, Shang Zhen's mind was blank. He reached out and pulled off the bullet belt on Li Fushun, turned around and bent down, then ran deep into the woods.
Bullets were still flying around them. Some bullets hit the branches, and the yellow leaves fell down, but they were left behind by Shang Zhen and the others.
At this point, Shang Zhen, who decided to escape, found that there seemed to be only five or six people fleeing back together!
Shang Zhen no longer had time to be shocked by the heavy casualties. Perhaps subconsciously it was because he was a new recruit, and maybe that was just how war was.
Determined to escape, Shang Zhen finally calmed down while running. He then turned and ran west, shouting, "Running west, running south is a dead end!"
When Shang Zhen shouted like this, the people who were running ahead of him instinctively turned around and ran west.
The person running in the front turned too sharply and bumped into a small tree, making a loud noise.
That person is Hou Kanshan.
"How do you know?" a soldier caught up with Shang Zhen and asked.
Shang Zhen turned his head and looked at the soldier. He saw that he was about the same age as him, and there was another soldier running beside him.
However, Shang Zhen didn’t recognize these two soldiers. It was obvious that they were not from his company. They were the two soldiers from the company who finally escaped back.
Shang Zhen ignored the soldier's question and continued running forward.
It’s not that Shang Zhen doesn’t want to talk, but he really doesn’t have the time to talk, and he also knows that he shouldn’t talk now.
Shang Zhen's body is really thin and slender, just like the nickname "skinny" given to him by the veterans.
Although he has always had good endurance, he is too thin and it is difficult for him to carry things. He is now carrying two guns and two bullet bags.
The soldier knew that it was useless to ask now, so he finally exchanged glances with his companion and chose to believe Shang Zhen and run with him.
After Shang Zhen and his group ran for seventy or eighty meters, the view suddenly became clear and they rushed out of the woods and into an open area.
But it was obvious that Shang Zhen really knew the terrain. He continued to run forward. Fifty or sixty meters ahead, there was a small hill with lush green on the hillside, which was a hazel bush.
On the other hand, to the south, there is an open area of two to three hundred meters.
If they really ran in that direction, then when they were running on the open ground, the Japanese army would be rushing out of the woods. How many of them would be left?
Considering the remaining Northeast Army's understanding of the Japanese army's marksmanship, they have no chance of escaping within a distance of two or three hundred meters.
It is said that bullets have no eyes, but the Japanese army’s shooting skills are very good, and their bullets really have eyes!
Even the lowest-level soldiers like Shang Zhen knew that their opponents were the Japanese Kwantung Army.
They, including the entire Northeast Army, only gained understanding of the Japanese economy after the September 18th Incident when they fought against it.
Little did they know that the Japanese Kwantung Army was the most elite unit in the Japanese Army, and the accuracy of their shooting with the Type 38 rifle was really not comparable to that of their Northeast Army.
The reason why Shang Zhen was familiar with the terrain here was that he had been practicing aiming with his gun in the woods for the past two days.
Of course, he did not wait for the Japanese soldiers who killed Gazi, and he did not know how well he had practiced his shooting skills, but he remembered the terrain.
Shang Zhen and his men walked around the small hill panting.
With the barrier of the hill, Shang Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did he notice that in the end, only five people ran behind the hill.
Three of these five people were from their company, including himself, Hou Kanshan, and Chen Hanwen, while the other two were the two soldiers from the first company.
The five people looked at each other, with fear in their eyes.
Not only were the people in the company on the hill almost wiped out, but even those in their company who were blocking the enemy in the woods were all killed. These Japanese were such murderers!
Of course, there may be some of our own people who survive on the battlefield, but how many of them can survive and whether they can finally gather together are all unknown.
The five remaining people all saw the fear in their eyes, and this fear turned into a common fear, and they continued to run forward.
Running here doesn't mean you're safe, the Japanese army will definitely be chasing you.
The Japanese army was not stupid or foolish. Seeing that there was no one in the open area to the south, how could they not chase in this direction?
At this time, the remaining four people realized the advantages of the escape direction chosen by Shang Zhen. Although the hills here were not high, only about one person tall, they were quite close and could always provide them with shelter.
In this way, although the Japanese army could find that they were fleeing in this direction, they would not be able to see them clearly. Even if the Japanese army had excellent marksmanship, they would not be able to hit them.
It doesn't matter if you're panting or sweating profusely, but if you can escape with your life, it's all worth it!
But just as they ran over the fourth hill, their luck ran out.
Because there are no more small hills ahead, it has become an open area of more than 300 meters.
At the end of the open area are patches of woods, and at the far end of the woods are lush green hills.
Seeing that there was an open area ahead, everyone was stunned for a moment, but their subsequent reactions were different.
Hou Kanshanxiao didn't even think about it and just jumped out like a monkey, and Chen Hanwen also ran out.
But after Chen Hanwen ran a few steps, he found that the footsteps behind him stopped. He subconsciously turned his head and saw that Shang Zhen and the other two soldiers were already standing there.
Panting, Chen Hanwen turned his head back again. He wanted to call Hou Kanshan, but felt it was inappropriate.
But they kept running forward and didn't even look back to see if the Japanese army was catching up with them. Don't yell and attract the Japanese army over!
Chen Hanwen hesitated for a moment, and finally went to chase Hou Kanshan.
At this time, Shang Zhen was exchanging glances with the other two soldiers.
Although they are strangers to each other, their choices are the same.
The soldier who was talking to Shang Zhen in the woods turned around and ran towards the hill, then lay down and looked back.
Shang Zhen turned around and ran to the other side of the hill.
The third soldier was the most interesting. He had lost his gun, but he had a grenade. He stretched out his hand and pulled a grenade off his waist, then climbed to the top of the hill.