Blessings and disasters go hand in hand. The guide who wanted to become a rich man overnight by taking advantage of the Japanese raids did not expect that he was crippled before he could get credit or money. He was so sad. No matter how he calculated it, he lost money on this deal. A leg, how much money should it be worth
The saddest thing was that the Imperial Army actually wanted him to continue working, and he was promoted from a guide to a military advisor. Unfortunately, he was not sitting in a sedan chair, but a stretcher. Two puppet soldiers carried him reluctantly, and the stretcher creaked and shook. He was sweating profusely from the pain, but he dared not scream loudly, and his face turned pale from the exhaustion.
The mountain was full of gullies and ravines. The guide on the stretcher was scared at this moment. Everything he saw seemed suspicious. Did the three Eighth Route Army soldiers really run away? Would they go around to the front and wait for me? They were clearly coming for me. No, it was not safe in the middle either.
"You two, can we slow down a bit? Can we move to the back of the team first?"
"Don't look for trouble, kid!" The puppet soldier carrying the stretcher was very unhappy because of this strenuous task.
"I'm afraid... they're still intent on stealing. I'm thinking about you two. If the Eighth Route Army wants to kill me, you two might get hurt too, right? The team is long and the back is far, so isn't he safer? Isn't that right? Can I ask you two for help?"
The stretcher gradually moved to the back of the team.
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Across a ridge, the Japanese and puppet troops were marching. More than 40 Eighth Route Army soldiers were hiding behind the ridge. The ninth row of soldiers lying on the back of the slope with guns in their hands could even hear the endless and dragging footsteps from the other side of the ridge, which meant that the enemy's team was very long.
Ma Liang and Chen Chong hid at both ends and watched closely, seeing the Japanese passing by below, followed by the puppet troops, stretching for a long distance.
Although Hu Yi was not here, the battle strategy had been formulated and the general direction was set. If there were too many enemies, they would not attack with all their might. They would fight as many as they could and lure as many as they could. If they were not sure of a safe withdrawal, they would try not to shoot and could instead follow. Ma Liang took over the command temporarily and made all the decisions.
Ma Liang had never thought that he could personally lead an ambush. He was very excited, but when the enemy appeared, he was upset. The enemy had a squad of puppet troops and a battalion of more than 400 people. How could he still fight this ambush? He had to run after one shot. The platoon leader told him that if he was not sure of a safe withdrawal from the battle, he should follow and look for another opportunity. Faced with this situation, he was very unwilling, but helpless for a while, and was struggling in his heart.
The enemy's troops had already advanced more than halfway down the ridge, but Ma Liang was slow to give the battle signal, causing some in the ninth platoon to be happy while others to be worried.
Listening to the sound from behind the slope, there are quite a few enemies, and I'm afraid half of them have passed. Luo Fugui, who was holding the machine gun, breathed a sigh of relief: Damn, there are quite a lot! Ma Liang is really a good boy. Boss Hu has a good eye for people, so it's better not to fight!
Liu Jianqiang was impatient and ready to rush up the ridge at any time, but there was no signal: if he didn't fight the enemy, they would pass by. How could he let go of such a good ambush opportunity? Even a volley of gunfire could knock down a large number of people. Ma Liang was ruining the country!
Shi Cheng was relatively calm. He had seen more exciting fights so far, and the tension had faded. He could fight or not fight. Anyway, the platoon leader had already told him about the retreat plan. If he couldn't fight, he could just follow him. At worst, he could follow Captain Wang and fight both ends.
Chen Chong was the most nervous. It was the first time he had seen so many enemies passing by so close. His muscles were stiff. Should he fight? There were too many enemies! They were too close! He turned his head to look at Ma Liang's hiding place. Why didn't he give any signal? Should he fight or not? As he continued to be anxious, most of the enemy troops had passed by. It seemed that this ambush would not be carried out. Only then did he slowly let out a long breath.
After waiting until all the enemy troops had passed under the ridge behind the ninth row, Ma Liang actually shook his arms three times, giving the signal to enter combat position.
The soldiers didn't believe it, rubbed their eyes, and saw that Ma Liang was indeed waving his hands. They didn't care about being puzzled, and stood up with their guns. More than 40 people formed a long line, rushed up a few steps to the top of the slope, and quickly crawled several times to get into position, holding their guns.
Ma Liang looked sideways from behind the weeds. A small group of Japanese soldiers in front of the enemy team stretched for a mile. The puppet soldiers at the end of the team also began to move diagonally, about to go out of the vertical range in front of him. He couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead. There was no rule that an ambush can only be launched head-on. I, Ma Liang, will ambush them today!
At the command, gunfire rang out. More than forty rifles and two machine guns fired at the same time. The rear team of the puppet army that had already passed under the ridge was hit from behind, and they fell to the ground.
"Damn it, I can't escape the fate of working!" Luo Fugui didn't care about the distance of the target, nor did he look at whether the enemy was dispersing to the sides. He pulled the trigger and didn't let go. The Czech machine gun roared happily, and a hail of bullets poured out in an instant, and the magazine was empty.
The bear stopped changing the magazine. He patted Xu Xiao who was trying to aim, and waved his hand to Li Xiang who was doing nothing on the other side: "Squad Nine, retreat!"
Li Xiang didn't say anything, and followed Luo Fugui to slip out. Xu Xiao hesitated and got up: "Squad leader, but there is no order yet..."
"If you don't retreat, it's Wu Shitou. Do you really think Ma Liang will fight here until dark?"
Luo Fugui had just finished his rant when Ma Liang shouted, "Retreat! Retreat to the north! Squad three continue firing to cover the rear!"
Finally, Xu Xiao felt relieved to put his gun on his back. He caught up with the bear that was leading the way and asked as he ran, "Squad leader, you shoot so fast, can you shoot accurately?"
"You know nothing, little brat! I can shoot accurately even with my eyes closed! This is called sweeping a large area, don't you understand? Zhao Jieba's shooting is not fast, but that machine gun Jieba is just as bad as him, so he has to leave the machine gun behind every time!"
Luo Fugui was anxious to end the fight, so he fired a volley of bullets at random without firing a single shot. Zhao Jieba was hit by the bullet, and his nonsense made Li Xiang, who was usually low-key and introverted, laugh, and he almost got angry.
The puppet army was in chaos. The rear team was crying and collapsing. The middle team was panicking and fighting back. The puppet army in front understood the situation and secretly said "Amitabha". The distance was a bit far, it was nothing for me. Good thing! The Japanese soldiers who were leading the way heard that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was not weak, so they turned around and ran back, wanting to rush to the back to support. Unfortunately, the team was long and the distance to the end was a mile away. The firepower could not reach and it was easy to hurt their own people. They could only run back. However, there were stupid teammates along the way who had to dodge and bump into each other. It was so lively.
The empty magazine was filled up, and the sound of bullets hitting the ground could be heard all around. Ma Liang raised his head amid the whistling of bullets. The enemy troops had already passed the panic stage. In addition to the seventeen or eighteen corpses, there were more than a dozen people screaming in pain. Most of the puppet troops hid, and the Japs started to run towards here from the front.
"Let's go too!" After going down the back slope and preparing to run north, we found that twenty people were coming down at the same time.
"I was talking about the third shift's rearguard, why are you still here?"
"Help. Is that not possible?" Liu Jianqiang has been leading the second squad to fight until now.
"Okay, okay. Now you stay behind."
"We've helped. Now you, the third squad, have to stay on yourselves at the back." Liu Jianqiang put his rifle on his back, waved his hand, and led the second squad to run as fast as he could.
"What are you still standing there for? Run!" Ma Liang shouted, and the third squad also started to flee in panic.
As the old saying goes, once and twice, it won't happen again for the third time. At this time, the guide was completely lying on the stretcher, dead. A stray bullet pierced his back, releasing all the dirty blood in his body, and the ground looked black.
The shameless Luo Fugui didn't know that one of the bullets he fired killed the target that the invincible comrade Hongying had aimed at twice but failed to kill. So, fate is something... worth pondering.
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There were three people walking southward in the barren mountains. The one in front was a man with broad eyebrows and narrow eyes, the one in the middle had a small braid, and the one at the back was a fool.
"Fox, do you think they will fight?"
"Maybe... No, there are too many enemies and it's hard to fight."
"Will Ma Liang and the others wait for us?"
"If they want to follow the enemy, they will leave marks for us, so we can catch up."
Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire from the south. I couldn't tell how far away it was, but the sound was very clear.
This kid Ma Liang finally took action. In that case, there was no need to look south. He turned around to look in the direction of the valley entrance, led the girl and the fool to climb up a high slope nearby, and tried hard to distinguish the sound of gunfire, trying to get some battle information.
One Czech machine gun fired one magazine crazily and then fell silent. This could only be done by a mule. The other Czech machine gun fired three rounds in bursts with some charm. Zhao Jieba's machine gun operation was really good.
"Should we go and join them?" Xiao Hongying asked with her ears perked up.
"No, they will come. At least the mule is on the way."
Although the emphasis was on attracting rather than striking, Hu Yi was still a little worried that Ma Liang would get caught up in the heat of the moment and turn into a troublesome situation. Mule's machine gun stopped firing, and Zhao Jieba's machine gun also stopped firing after one magazine. The sound of Type 38 rifles suddenly decreased, and became a large number of Type 79 rifles. Later, the sound of Czech machine guns joined in. It felt like it was neither Mule nor Zhao Jieba, but clearly the firepower of the puppet army.
They should have started to retreat northward, but what puzzled Hu Yi was that according to the density of the Type 38 rifles' firing, it seemed that there were no Japanese shots, no sound of the Type 99 light machine guns, and no sound of grenade launchers. What was going on? It was absolutely impossible for a squad of Japanese to completely disappear in such a short wave of attacks!
After waiting for a while with worry and confusion, I finally saw sparse figures running towards the north. The easiest people to distinguish in the entire independent regiment were Xiao Hongying and the other was the bear who was leading the retreat!
A few dozen meters behind Class 9 is Class 4, a few dozen meters behind that is Class 1, and a hundred meters further away, the twenty or so figures are Classes 2 and 3 intertwined with each other.
Luo Fugui came to Hu Yi panting, fell on his butt, and said with a big mouth: "I was really worried about the three of you, afraid that something might happen to you. Oh my god, you and the girl are fine, I am finally relieved now!"
Hu Yi ignored the shameless fellow. Seeing Chen Chong approaching, he ordered loudly, "Chen Chong, you go ahead and continue north, crossing the valley and heading towards Niujia Village! The team is moving forward, keep up!"
Luo Fugui, who was lying on the ground gasping for breath, blinked his bear eyes and said, "Niujia Village? Are we going to crawl into the arms of the Japanese?"
"Want to stay with me as the rear guard?" Hu Yi asked Xiong expressionlessly.
The burly guy quickly got up and said, "Girl, you idiot, hurry up!" Then he ran after Chen Chong in front.
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