"Do you think there are other Japanese hiding next to them?" Shang Zhen asked Old Huotou when a group of Northeastern troops were ambushing on the outskirts of the mountain area.
"It's unlikely. The terrain here is not very suitable for Tibetans." Old Huotou Kaba narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the surrounding terrain.
Shang Zhen and his companions are now on a small hill outside the mountains. In front of them is an open area, only five or six hundred meters long. About one hundred meters away from Shang Zhen and his companions is a mountain pass leading into the mountains.
If the Japanese army were to enter that mountain pass, they would definitely be within their shooting range. They could simply shoot at the Japanese army and then turn around and run away.
Shang Zhen and his men already have experience in this kind of battle.
They adhered to the principle of firing a few shots and running away. When the Japanese army was attacked, they would inevitably stop marching. By the time the Japanese army organized firepower to counterattack, they had already run far away.
There were only about ten of them in total, and with their weak arms and legs, they didn't want to force the Japanese army.
They could fire their guns at a distance. They didn't need to kill many Japanese soldiers, nor did they want to kill many Japanese soldiers. If thirteen of them could kill six or seven Japanese soldiers, they would be satisfied.
There is no doubt that China is backward nowadays, but there are many people in China, and when there are many people and they are poor, their lives are worthless.
Even if the Japanese soldiers killed all four captured villagers, they were able to kill six or seven Japanese soldiers. That would be enough to comfort the souls of the four villagers in heaven. What would they be dissatisfied with?
So killing the Japanese soldiers is one thing, and quickly evacuating after the battle is another.
Shang Zhen and his men didn't know that their fighting style was actually the prototype of guerrilla warfare.
In fact, Shang Zhen didn't think there was any place to hide nearby. He asked for advice, and the old accountant was just being cautious.
No one knew where the Japanese soldiers had taken the remaining three civilians, or the civilian who still had one leg or one arm left, and whether they would come here to shout. Shang Zhen and his men could only wait, as they did not want to engage in a battle with the Japanese soldiers.
They knew their own limitations and knew they could not compare with the Japanese army in terms of marksmanship or the number of troops.
So their style of play is to wait and see.
After waiting for a while, seeing that there was no movement around, Shang Zhen said to Old Huo, "I said you shouldn't be here, you should go to the back."
After Shang Zhen said this, everyone naturally looked at him.
Shang Zhen immediately explained, "Mr. Huo is the oldest and runs the slowest. If the Japanese are really chasing us, do you think he can outrun them? Besides, if the Japanese are really chasing us, we'll need cover from behind. I think it's better for Mr. Huo to take two people to the back."
After Shang Zhen finished speaking, no one else said anything. Shang Zhen didn't know what others were thinking, so he asked again: "What do you think?"
"Okay! Of course!" Finally someone agreed loudly, but as soon as that person said that, everyone looked at him unfavorably, because that person was Old Huo himself!
"Hehe, you are really considerate to me, an old man!
Alas, I have lived for most of my life to get this good job, but now my old arms and legs can’t run errands or deliver messages anymore. Well, I will just cover for you from behind!
You two follow me!" Old Huo said, pointing to the two soldiers beside him.
"Hmph, you're taking advantage of me!" Wang Laomao said to him. In the whole team, only Wang Laomao dared to confront Lao Huotou.
In fact, Wang Laomao didn’t care that Lao Huo took two people to the back to provide cover, or in other words, he didn’t need them to provide cover at all.
The so-called cover is just a precautionary measure. If the battle goes smoothly, they don't need to provide cover at all, and Old Huo doesn't need to participate in this battle. He just needs to run a few steps first.
But the problem is that Old Huo said that he was too old to deliver the letter. Isn't this a hidden meaning, implying that Wang Laomao had selfish motives in sending Hou Kanshan back to deliver the letter? How could Wang Laomao tolerate this?
But since Old Man Wang has something to say, Old Man Huo will naturally have something to say when he leaves.
"It turns out that I always obey the orders of Shang Zhen. Let me say it again, Shang Zhen will be our leader from now on.
If he tells me to go east, I will never go west. If he tells me to eat dog meat, I will never eat roast chicken. I will absolutely obey the orders of our leader!" After saying this, the old Huotou, with his eyes closed, took his mountain cannon and walked back with three people.
The three people included two soldiers and the young guide.
Shang Zhen and his men said they wanted to avenge those villagers, and this time the villagers had nothing to say. The guide was a young 18-year-old boy, and he was the nephew of the villager who had his arm chopped off by the Japanese army and was now presumably dismembered to death.
After all, young people are the ones who are full of energy.
Wang Laomao snorted, but didn't say anything else this time.
"I seem to hear some noise!" But at this moment, Qin Chuan suddenly said.
After Qin Chuan said this, everyone listened attentively, and sure enough, they really heard the faint sound of someone screaming.
Everyone tensed up instantly, and Shang Zhen took the lead this time, ordering, "Qiu Bo, take a few men to the mountain opposite, and we'll engage in a crossfire. Remember, each person fires three shots, and then run!"
Why did one person fire three shots? Shang Zhen thought that these people could never engage in close combat with the Japanese army.
When they fought against the few Japanese troops, they relied on the use of automatic firearms.
When they attacked the Japanese artillery positions, the Japanese artillery had limited rifles, so they could only succeed in one shot.
But they had seen dozens of Japanese soldiers holding down those villagers before. Shang Zhen never thought that they could wipe out dozens of Japanese soldiers at once this time.
What's more, this time these Japanese soldiers were coming right for them. It would be strange if those Japanese soldiers didn't lie down on the spot as soon as they heard the gunshots.
But the possibility of killing the enemy if each person fires one shot is too small, so let's fire two more shots, or just limit it to two more shots.
Qiu Bo and four other people ran away, while Shang Zhen and the others were naturally observing the movements ahead.
As long as the Japanese army wants to lure them out, they will definitely go through this place, as this is also one of the passages into the mountains.
The mountains are complex and it is impossible for people to always walk around them.
A few minutes later, as the screams grew louder, a group of Japanese soldiers in khaki uniforms really appeared.
Wang Laomao held up the telescope and looked forward. After a while, anger appeared on his face.
Because he had a telescope, he could see clearly that the Japanese army had an extra carriage this time.
There were two villagers in gray clothes sitting on the carriage. One of the villagers had disappeared. He must have been dismembered by the Japanese army and his remains thrown into the mountains.
When Wang Laomao looked at the carriage again, he saw a Japanese soldier pouring water on one of the villagers with a kettle, and one of the villager's arms was missing.
Wang Laomao could figure out that the Japanese army must have chopped off one of the villager's arms, and then the villager fell into a coma.
The Japanese soldiers were afraid that the villager would not make any noise, so they poured water on the wound on the broken arm to wake him up from the pain so that he could continue to shout.
As a former bearded man, Wang Laomao is not a man without insight.
When he was a member of the Huzi Gang, if there was a feud between different gangs, they would use every possible means, such as drinking heart-piece soup, skinning people alive, etc.
But that kind of situation is extremely rare after all. How could they be as brutal as the Japanese army, who have made it a habit to take pleasure in killing and torturing Chinese people!
Seeing that the Japanese army was approaching, Wang Laomao put down his binoculars and picked up his rifle.