The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop. The more Hu Yi waits for the sun to set, the slower time seems to pass. Thanks to Officer Yang, the detective team on the south bank finally came again.
The detective team of about 40 people had no idea that they were originally chasing the person on the other side eastwards, but later turned around to chase someone who had crossed the river, only to find that the one person had turned into several.
The vegetation on the river bank restricted the view. The running figures of several Eighth Route Army soldiers appeared and disappeared on the river bank under the setting sun, and the distance was always kept at 100 to 200 meters. The detectives in front of them chased desperately, and raised their Mauser pistols from time to time, firing forward. The range was a bit far, and the accuracy was even less important, but it didn't matter, there were plenty of bullets, after all, our backers were the Imperial Army.
The detective team is not a military team. Their ideas and practices are similar to those of the plainclothes team. I will hit you even if I can't hit you, just to scare you and make you panic. Bullets have no eyes, and if you are not careful, they might hit you on the back and make you sick to death!
The scenery around him was rapidly receding, and gunshots could be heard from behind him from time to time. Occasionally, stray bullets flew over his head or hit his feet, making crackling sounds. The setting sun had already touched the edge of the mountain, but it just wouldn't set. While running, Hu Yi looked back from time to time to estimate the distance. He had already run for a long time, but he just couldn't pull away. He couldn't help but frown deeply. It was not a good idea to keep running like this.
Although the bullets were fired from a pistol, they were not accurate and had little power, but there was always a chance of success. If things continued like this, casualties could occur at any time. It was getting dark, but the detective team was biting too hard and it was hard to get rid of them, not to mention they had a dog!
Officer Yang had asked Hu Yi to stop the attack and block the pursuers so that Zhou Wanping, the cargo, could escape from danger as soon as possible. Of course, he had to protect the cargo himself. However, Hu Yi, who did what he wanted, said nothing and ignored Officer Yang's words. Naturally, the other members of the ninth squad did not react and continued to run ahead of the squad leader who was at the rear.
On the one hand, what Hu Yi really cares about is not the safety of the goods, but the overall safety of the 9th squad; on the other hand, Hu Yi had already considered Yang's idea. It is nonsense to fight a sniper on the river bank with complex terrain and relatively dense vegetation! The sight range is too short. The machine gun may scare the enemy for a while, but sooner or later it will turn into close combat; at the same time, if the enemy is not a fool, he will definitely send people to bypass from the open area in the south and continue to pursue.
The detective team was like a dog-skin plaster, sticking too tightly. This time they had to fight. Hu Yi, who was running, made up his mind and stopped abruptly. At the same time, he gave an order: "Mule, stop with me. Ma Liang and the rest of the people will move diagonally to the southwest into the open area and establish a position 200 meters away from the river bank!"
Ma Liang, who was leading the team in front, heard Hu Yi's order and immediately changed direction, running diagonally out of the green belt on the river bank and rushing towards the open area.
Officer Yang stopped. It seemed that Hu Yi was finally going to stop to stop them, but he didn't understand why Hu Yi let them enter the open area with no cover or obstruction, and no place to hide. What was he doing
"You can't go to the open area! I order you to continue following me west!" Officer Yang waved his hands anxiously, trying to modify Hu Yi's order.
Wu Shitou chased Ma Liang silently, passing by Officer Yang. Liu Jianqiang glanced at Officer Yang. He could understand Officer Yang, but as a member of Class 9, he would be the ghost of Class 9 if he died, so he turned southwest in front of Officer Yang to chase Ma Liang and Wu Shitou.
If the soldiers are bad, the generals will be bad too. If the squad leader is not good, how can we expect the soldiers under him to be good? There is no organization and no discipline. I am an officer of the political department of the division. How can I feel? But the mission is urgent. Officer Yang suppressed his anger and reached out to stop Zhou Wanping who was running over: "Doctor Zhou, I am responsible for your safety. I will protect you now. Follow me to the west, quickly!"
Zhou Wanping, out of breath, stopped in front of Officer Yang, seemingly still not understanding the situation: "Huh? Oh. Okay."
Xiao Hongying was running past them and grabbed Zhou Wanping's hand, causing her to stagger. Then she ran towards the open space in the southwest direction. Her pigtails dangled in front of her. Without even turning her head, she said to Yang: "Pooh!"
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Luo Fugui really didn't want to stop, but he had no choice but to turn around when Boss Hu called out his name, lie down beside Hu Yi, and then hand over the machine gun.
Hu Yi lay behind the bushes, staring at the swaying green in the east, without reaching out to take the machine gun: "You shoot!" His vision could not see very far, and the shooting was blind. It would not make much difference who shot, so Hu Yi said so.
Luo Fugui glanced at Hu Yi and made sure that he had heard correctly, so he pulled out the tripod and carefully positioned the machine gun.
Ta-da-da, ta-da-da—ouch—
Hu Yi kicked Luo Fugui and said, "Let me ask you, who can you see? What kind of point-shooting are you doing? Where did all your vigor go?"
Luo Fugui grinned. With Hu Yi beside him, he dared not show off his skills. He wanted to fight in a more elegant manner, but ended up making a mistake. He raised the machine gun again and pulled the trigger with one finger.
The machine guns roared suddenly, and bullets rained down in a continuous stream, constantly penetrating the leaves, breaking the branches, and tearing the weeds. In the woods on the river bank, green debris was floating in spots, and green snow was falling.
The detective team all lay down, it was scary, this was a machine gun, no joke, they tried their best to hide, one person jumped into the river in a panic. After a burst of bullets, they actually killed one person, the one who drowned. This should be considered the first enemy that Luo Fugui killed in his military career.
Ma Liang ran diagonally, tilting his head to look at the north bank, and only stopped when he felt he was about 200 meters away from the river bank. He had originally wanted Wu Shitou and Liu Jianqiang behind him to dig a simple shelter on the spot, but now it seemed unnecessary, because there happened to be a naturally formed shallow round pit with a large area and irregular shape, estimated to be about 20 meters in diameter, and the lowest point was only half a person's depth from the ground, an excellent shooting position.
Luo Fugui had just replaced the third magazine when Ma Liang's whistle came from a distance, which meant that they were ready. Hu Yi didn't expect it to be so fast, and immediately kicked Luo Fugui: "Okay, let's go."
One group of detectives was lying on the ground, taking cover under the bushes, and crawling forward. The other group, following the captain's arrangement, sneaked to the edge of the woods and prepared to make a detour through the open area. However, the sound of machine guns never came again.
Finally, someone walked out of the woods by the river and saw two figures running in the open space to the southwest. He immediately shouted to the captain: "They are over there!"
It would be a huge bummer if the meat at hand was lost. The captain kicked all the people nearby without hesitation and said, "Chase them! Even if you can't kill them, you have to bite them!" Originally, he thought that these Eighth Route Army soldiers were enough to deal with them, but he didn't expect that they had machine guns. This was a big trouble. The detective captain did not dare to be careless and ordered someone to go around and call for reinforcements.
After jumping into the natural shallow pit with Luo Fugui, Hu Yi finally understood why Ma Liang and his men had established a position so quickly.
He had to fight, but Hu Yi would never be stupid enough to fight in the woods by the river, so his goal was to delay for a while, then move to an open area to fight, taking advantage of his strengths and avoiding his weaknesses. It was going to get dark soon, so as long as he could delay for a while, everything would be easy.
The detective team continued running along the river for a while, and stopped at the north position opposite to the 9th squad's position. They hid in the bushes and kept a close eye on Hu Yi and his men 200 meters away. Because of the machine guns, they did not dare to rush out, so they made up their minds to stick here. If you don't move, I won't move either. If you run, I will chase you. At worst, I will wait for the imperial army to reinforce you and crush you sooner or later!
Hu Yi could guess what the detective team was thinking. This was the most disgusting part. It was because they were afraid of death that they were more difficult to deal with. They had all their strength but could not use it. They could only fight them eye to eye. The original purpose was to fight them. He wanted to wait until nightfall, and they wanted to wait for reinforcements. He bet that nightfall would be faster than the enemy reinforcements. So, the two sides were in a stalemate.
But now, looking at this natural shallow pit in the open ground, Hu Yi was silent for a while, decided to change the plan again, and issued a new order: "Abandon the position, everyone retreat south!"
"What? Do you know what you are doing?" Yang was furious. He thought Hu Yi had some special arrangements, some great tricks, but he just stopped and ran. He blew up the temple on the spot: "If you had held them by the river, Dr. Zhou might be out of danger now! You coward, if anything happens to Dr. Zhou, I will kill you anyway!"
Hu Yi had a dark face and said nothing, not even looking at Officer Yang. This was a battlefield, there was no time for nonsense, so he picked up his gun and headed south out of the shallow pit, crouching down and facing south. The people in the ninth squad also had no reaction and followed behind him.
"Captain, they're trying to run away!" a detective shouted at the top of his voice.
"You don't need to tell me, I have eyes! Stop hiding, get up and follow me!"
The detective team of more than 40 people immediately crouched down and came out of the woods, leaving the green belt on the river bank, and continued the pursuit for more than 200 meters. Frightened by the machine guns, they naturally kept a distance in the pursuit and remained vigilant and ready to lie down at any time, like a group of jackals tracking a herd of cattle on the grassland, following closely and cautiously.
As Hu Yi retreated southward, he kept looking back at the detective team behind him. When they were more than 200 meters away from the river bank and reached the shallow pit, he finally stopped. A fierce look flashed in his narrow eyes: "Prepare for battle!"
This time, even Ma Liang was surprised and asked, "Brother, what did you say?"
Everyone stared at each other in astonishment, thinking they had heard it wrong, especially Officer Yang, whose jaw almost dropped.
Hu Yi did not respond to Ma Liang's puzzlement. He said to Officer Yang with a cold face, "Take Doctor Zhou and walk another fifty meters south to hide."
Then he gave the order to the ninth squad: "Everyone spread out and lie down, ready to shoot!"
Does the squad leader really want to fight? If he wanted to fight, wouldn't it be better to fight in the shallow pit just now? There was confusion, but no longer asked. Several people in the ninth squad immediately turned around and lay down, with their guns drawn.
Hu Yi pulled off the helmet on Luo Fugui's back, put it on Xiao Hongying's head, and then handed the rifle in his hand to her.
"It's uncomfortable to wear this thing, and I can't shoot accurately!" Xiao Hongying didn't want to wear a helmet.
"Then you go to the back and accompany them!" Hu Yi's words immediately made the little girl silent.
Taking the machine gun from Luo Fugui and carefully placing it in front of his chest, Hu Yi looked at the wretched figures on the open ground to the north and said calmly, "Shoot with your rifle to the right, I'll take care of the left, and shoot them into the pit. Fire now!"
Gunshots suddenly rang out, and in the open field under the setting sun, the detective team more than 200 meters away all fell to the ground. Two people were motionless on the spot, and four or five people were still rolling and wailing. They were born in the Year of the Rat, and it was their nature to seek benefits and avoid harm. Looking at their colleagues crying and wailing, they were frightened even though they had been mentally prepared beforehand.
Bullets were whistling, making gravel jump. The detectives were crawling and digging their way forward desperately. When they got over the initial panic, they finally saw that some smart teammates had already crawled into the huge shallow pit, so they followed them without hesitation.
After a while, the gunfire stopped. Except for six or seven unlucky corpses, the rest of the people hid in the shallow pit, occasionally poking their heads out to observe the situation, and then they remained motionless.
Ma Liang put down his gun and stared at the other side blankly, saying subconsciously: "Is he a rat? His movements are too fast, aren't they? I only fired four rounds, and none of them hit the target! He's already in a trap, what should I do?"
Hu Yi pulled out the empty magazine, threw it to Luo Fugui, and then inserted a new one: "Stop talking nonsense. Now you take Runny Nose and Idiot, find a direction that will make them go against the light, and copy from the west. Do what you practiced in the mountains now."
On the mountain of Dabei Village, the drills with Xiao Hongying as the imaginary enemy were actually the most basic infantry squad offensive tactics: machine gun suppression and cover, and the infantry group's roundabout capture. Although this was an open area, the opponent was not the devil, only had pistols and no tactical awareness, so when Hu Yi saw the shallow pit, he thought of using the detective team's fear of death to make them consciously form a safe point, and then launch an "attack" on them.
Ma Liang finally understood Hu Yi's intention, and his mind immediately brightened. He shouted to Liu Jianqiang and Wu Shitou, "Follow me!" Then he picked up his rifle, bent down, and ran towards the setting sun.
Hu Yi and Xiao Hongying shot from time to time, hitting those guys who occasionally peeked out to observe. Although they were as slippery as loaches and difficult to hurt, Hu Yi was not in a hurry. Anyway, the goal was to trap you in the pit, and you would all die sooner or later.
While running, Ma Liang kept paying attention to his shadow on the ground until the long shadow dragged by the setting sun just pointed to the location of the shallow pit. He stopped, waved his hand, and started moving towards the shallow pit with Liu Jianqiang and Wu Shitou.
The detective team in the pit saw three people move to the west, but they were only 200 to 300 meters away. What could they do if they saw them? They didn't think there was any danger. If you have the guts, come over.
The three men crouched and approached to a distance of 100 meters. Finally, someone started shooting at this side from the pit, but the machine gun was tightly guarded and the sunlight was glaring, so they could only shoot randomly.
Entering the range, Ma Liang and his two men spread out and lay down, then crawled, firing forward alternately with Runny Nose. Hu Yi saw this and immediately replaced the magazine with a full load, firing a burst at the western edge of the shallow pit.
The crackling and whistling sounds of bullets hitting the ground made the detective team that was planning to shoot to the west completely retreat. When the three figures heard the machine gun start firing, they immediately rushed up and ran towards the shallow pit, silently counting the number of bullets fired by the machine gun in their hearts. When they felt that the machine gun magazine was about to be empty, Ma Liang shouted, "Hide." At the same time, he threw a grenade forward. Liu Jianqiang and Wu Shitou heard the sound and threw one forward at the same time, and then the three of them quickly lay down.
Boom boom boom—
Three clouds of smoke rose up. As soon as the machine guns stopped firing, most of the people who were about to stick their heads out to fight back were frightened by the three explosions and shrank back. Some who were slow to react still didn't shrink back, but the smoke was swirling 30 or 40 meters away, and the sunlight leaking through the gaps made it impossible to see the three people who were lying down. They could only raise their Mauser pistols and shoot randomly in the direction of the smoke.
The gap lasted only a few seconds, and the machine gun with a loaded magazine began to fire continuously again to suppress the attack.
The three figures rushed up again, pulling out grenades as they ran. Sixty meters, fifty meters, forty meters, the machine gun stopped, but the distance was enough!
Three grenades flew into the shallow pit, and then three more, and then the sound of grenades exploding again and again. Under the bloody sunset, clouds of smoke rose from the shallow pit, constantly raising something into the air, including sand, stones, Mauser pistols, and flesh and blood...