Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops withdraw, Li Mingrui gave a thumbs up and said, "Captain Yang really has you. Although the brothers have suffered some crimes these days, they are better than dying. The Japanese still haven't noticed us and hid under their noses."

After saying that, Li Mingrui stood up and said, "Brothers, go out and get some food. I have eaten nothing except those raw chicken in the past three days, but my brothers are so hungry. When we eat something, recover and restore our physical strength, we should find the main force."

Relying on the stone wall, Yang Zhen, who seemed to be resting with his eyes closed, ignored Li Mingrui when he was talking. But when he stood up and took his brothers out, Yang Zhen suddenly said, "Stop, no one is allowed to go out."

Hearing Yang Zhen's words, the few people who were about to follow Li Mingrui were stunned. Li Mingrui, who was leading the way, couldn't help but turn back and said, "Sir Yang, the Japanese are gone. These brothers should also get some food and recover. The brothers have only relied on the little water and raw chicken to maintain these three days. If they don't get some food, they can't stand it."

"The Japanese teams have withdrawn, but they have not retreated. There should be Japanese ambushing around here. When we go out, we just happened to be hit by the Japanese trick of luring the snake out of the cave. Brothers, hold on for another day, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Yang Zhen's words made Li Mingrui stunned for a moment: "No way? You just saw with your own eyes that the Japanese had obviously withdrawn, and there were still people left there? Chief Yang, are you a little over-necked?"

"Sir Yang, even if you don't rush to find the main force, you can smell the smell of this hole now? In the past few days, everyone has been crowded in this small hole, and even urinating and defecating in such a palm-sized place, the smokeless people can't stand it. Is this smell still a place where people stay?"

"Do you know how many people the Japanese have come this time? How do you know that the Japanese evacuated outside are all the troops mobilized by the Japanese this time? Do you really think that the Japanese have gained nothing in the past three days and will give up thinking that we have left? Don't think too simple about the Japanese. Since the Japanese have confirmed that we are nearby, they will not give up easily."

"The Japanese have mobilized so many troops this time. It is common for them to leave some of them to continue monitoring this area when they withdraw. I have a sense that the Japanese will definitely leave some troops here, and they will be hidden near us. I will hold on for a day, and I will talk about it tomorrow." After that, Yang Zhen closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Looking at Yang Zhen who closed his eyes and stopped talking, Zhang Ting, who was hungry because she refused to eat raw meat, said, "Sir Yang, you can't make a decision based on your intuition. Your brothers have been sluggish in three days, and they are already very weak and need nutrition urgently, so it's hard to stick to it."

"Also, the wounded man's wound has not been cleaned again since he was injured. The Chief Li just said, "If you smell the smell of this hole and stay here, brothers may be sick."

"The herbs picked by brother Liu Sigou have been exhausted, and you still have to continue taking medicine for your wound. The most important thing is that only half a pot of water is left. If you persist, we will really starve to death, die of thirst and sleepy here."

"No, I said that if you can't move now, you can't move. Since you have been persisting for three days, you won't be able to do this day. Even if you starve to death or die of thirst, it will be a matter for the future. If you go out now, you will die faster."

"Mingrui, no matter what you have done before, I remind you that you are a soldier now and you must obey orders. After all, you have survived the most difficult times. Can't you hold on to the last day?"

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen sighed and said, "We can't hold on anymore, and the Japanese can hold on? Don't forget, why can we attract so much attention from the Japanese? It has been three days since we have not got the desired result. I think for the Japanese, their Kwantung Army Command will put more pressure on them."

"You are hungry, I am hungry too. You are thirsty, I am also thirsty. You think the smell here is bad, don't I think it? But our current situation is like hitting a stone with an egg. We can't hold on, and the Japanese who squeeze up and down can hold on? Do you really think that the Japanese are really determined to leave a large number of troops here? If you believe me, you will wait for one night and meet tomorrow."

After saying that, Yang Zhen closed his eyes and stopped talking. Intuition, yes, it was intuition. Today, when he watched the Japanese and puppet troops retreat at the foot of the mountain, Yang Zhen suddenly felt something was abnormal in his heart. Although he didn't know how many troops the Japanese had dispatched this time, Yang Zhen always felt that the Japanese evacuation was a bit strange.

Yang Zhen always felt that the Japanese would not give up so easily, and such obvious clues appeared here. The Japanese do things in a meticulous manner, and their endurance is also quite famous in later generations. Compared with endurance, I am afraid that no nation in this world can compare with the Japanese.

This time, he only evacuated after only three days of sweeping. With the worry-free logistics and absolute advantage of troops and no major events occurred, this style is not like the Japanese style. It is just that it is strange, so he can't say it for a while.

Looking at Yang Zhen, who had closed his eyes and stopped talking, the more than ten brothers who had already stood up and prepared to go out hesitated for a while, but they still didn't go out and sat back on their original position. Just as Yang Zhen said, it had been through three days, and it was not bad for this day. Although everyone was so hungry that they couldn't stand it, out of trust in Yang Zhen, they obeyed the orders.

When the next day was approaching noon, Li Mingrui saw a squadron of Japanese soldiers on the opposite mountain from the telescope, and he secretly scolded the Japanese in his heart while sighing that Yang Zhen's sense of smell was sensitive.

"Sir Yang, you are still capable. The Japanese really set up an ambush and waited for us to take the bait. If it weren't for you, if we went down the mountain, we would be completely finished. Just a few of us are not enough to stuff the Japanese's teeth."

Yang Zhen ignored him and carefully observed the movements at the foot of the mountain and the surrounding hills. After watching the Japanese at the foot of the mountain walk away, he said, "Tell me that you can come out now. Also, you can take a few people out to get some food. Don't shoot, try not to contact outsiders. No matter who appears, you can avoid it."

"In addition, today, except for some raw meat to eat in the first two days, my brothers haven't eaten much for four days. My body is extremely weak. Apart from you, no one else has the strength to go out to find something to eat."

Hearing Yang Zhen’s order, Li Mingrui put down the telescope in his hand and nodded, "If you can’t tell me, catch pheasants. This is my ability to start a business. I learned martial arts with my master in the temple, and I was disgusting when I wanted to get some meat, so I could only get some wild animals."

Yang Zhen did not look at him, but he just nodded and said, "Do your best. It's okay if you really don't get some voles. The most important thing now is to fill your brothers' stomachs. After eating, don't worry, let your brothers have a good rest and set off before going tonight."

Although the surrounding mountains are not high, they are lush with dense vegetation and few people, which is really a good place. In summer, the mountains and forests in the northeast not only provide a reliable hiding place for Yang Zhen and others, but also provide them with a rich source of food.

Li Mingrui, who took the order, did not disappoint Yang Zhen's high hopes. After only half a day, he got back a few extremely fat rabbits, and brought back a few not-so-small snakes and a bunch of mushrooms. Unfortunately, this guy really couldn't tell the difference between the mushrooms in the Northeast. Only half of the mushrooms he brought back could be eaten. The rest were poisonous mushrooms.

However, there are always more things than nothing. With these things, Yang Zhen forced himself to dig a lot of edible wild vegetables around him, which finally made everyone have a meal.

Yang Zhen stopped everyone from having a happy meal, but only asked someone to make a meat soup full of steel helmets with rabbit meat, snake meat and mushrooms. Yang Zhen knew that eating too much food in one breath not only would not help people, but would harm people.

Although the broth seemed fishy without salt, the hungry people didn't take too much attention. The broth that was cooked was quickly divided into food. When Yang Zhen cooked the broth, he did not eat it himself first, but fed it to Zhang Ting, who was hungry, who couldn't even stand up even if he couldn't stand.

Looking at the woman who was eating voraciously and almost ate all the Japanese lunch boxes in her hand, Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "You woman is obviously a spoiled lady from a wealthy family. What can you not eat raw meat? As long as you can survive, what can you drink Mao Ru blood occasionally? What is the point of being poor if you don't use gold as a steamed bun? "

Zhang Ting, who was so energetic that she heard Yang Zhen’s words, said, “Do you think everyone is like you, no matter what, it is raw or cooked? This raw flesh and blood is not hygienic.”

"You have not really been hungry yet. You will know when you have been hungry. Sometimes, eating a little raw meat is the greatest blessing. Hygiene and other things must be given up to survival when necessary. Only with life can you have everything else, and your life is gone, so why are you talking about hygiene?"

Yang Zhen shook his head and seemed dissatisfied with Zhang Ting's words. This woman had not yet truly understood what the survival crisis was, so she said this. If she had really been hungry all year round, she would not have thought so.

After all, it was a woman. After eating and having the strength to eat, the first thing Zhang Ting did was unexpected. After smelling the strong smell on her body, the first thing she did was to run to the upper reaches of the river, where no one could see the corner of the mountain, and clean herself.

Looking at Zhang Ting's back running away in a hurry, Yang Zhen smiled silently and had to keep a watch for her. Fortunately, he had just added something to his stomach, and the brothers who had not fully recovered at this moment did not have the lustful intention to peep.

However, after smelling the same smell on her body, Yang Zhen had to laugh at Zhang Ting's actions. Not to mention that she is a little girl, even her big man can't stand it.

When Yang Zhen smelled the unbearable smell on his body, he was afraid that he would cause illness and had to order the warning and everyone cleaned them all.

After holding it in a small cave for four days, even urination and defecation can only be solved in the cave. In addition, it is summer, you can imagine the smell of these brothers. If you don’t clean it, you can’t stand it.

But everyone is wearing this outfit, and no one can change it. Everyone can only take turns to wash and dry the clothes. Fortunately, the sun in the mountains is big enough, and the bonfires ignited when making things, so it doesn’t take much time to clean the entire cleaning.

Seeing the brothers jumping out of the river to clean themselves, Yang Zhen called Li Mingrui and said, "I'll find a few people to break some branches, grass leaves and other things, and clean the cave. The location of this cave is very secret and the location is also very good. In the future, we can use it to store ammunition and supplies when necessary."

"Okay, I'll call on a few brothers to come up and clean it up. It's easy to do it. Just rinse it with a steel helmet with water. Our brothers don't have as much care as that girl. Most of them are eaten from the soil and are not unfamiliar with those things."

Yang Zhen nodded, looked at the surrounding environment again and said, "Move quickly, and the things you cleaned out should be buried carefully. The brothers have finished cleaning, so you should also do it here, so as to try not to leave any trace."

"You urge brothers to move quickly. This is not a place to stay for a long time. I just thought about it and don't wait for it to get dark. After the Japanese were empty in another direction, maybe when will they come back? After your work is done, we will retreat. Tell brothers, this is not far from Daqingdingzi Mountain, so we can rest in the place."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen glanced at Li Mingrui and explained: "When you march for a while, take someone to be a vanguard. Remember to walk on the ridge when walking, not the ravine. You cannot relax just because the Japanese have retreated. You must be prepared to encounter the enemy at any time."

After listening to Yang Zhen’s instructions, Li Mingrui nodded and said, “Don’t worry, Chief Yang, I will be more careful. But what should I do if your injury is done? Should I make a stretcher for you and let my brothers carry you away in turn? And that Zhang Ting, are you really going to take it with me? Our team is full of mankind. Is it inconvenient for you to bring such a woman?”

Regarding Li Mingrui's concern for his injuries, Yang Zhen waved his hand and said, "What are you carrying? I'm not as good as the seventies and eighties. But a penetrating injury does not affect walking. My brothers are now empty and it's hard to march in the mountains. How can I walk if I lift a living person like me?"

"As for that Zhang Ting, I don't know what to do now. She and Lao Peng are both members of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, so there shouldn't be any major problems. Our team also lacks doctors, and she is a doctor. Let's take them with you first."

After saying that, Yang Zhen took out the map and handed it to Li Mingrui with the telescope, saying, "Be careful, be sure to pay attention to safety. We don't have the capital to fight the Japanese now."

Li Mingrui took the telescope, but shook his head at the map and said awkwardly: "Sir Yang, you should keep the map, I can't understand this thing. Not to mention that the ones marked on the map are all Japanese."

"You don't know the map? You have been a guard by Lao Guo for so long but you don't know the map. What are you kidding me? If you don't know the map, how can you lead troops to fight in the future? If you don't know the map, you can learn it for me."

Previously, this guy said that he didn't know the map, but Yang Zhen thought he was helping him find excuses to deal with Zhang Ting. He thought that he really didn't know the map.

"Sir Yang, when I was rescued from prison by Chief Guo, I never thought about being an officer. To be honest, I didn't have any good feelings for the Sichuan Army. My parents were killed by shells in the Battle of Er Liu. I became this soldier just to repay Chief Guo's life-saving grace. I had never thought about anything else, let alone working for those warlords."

"Captain Guo has also mentioned several times that it is not a long-term solution to let me learn something, and following him is still a certain origin, but I have rejected them. The warlords are expending heavy taxes, only focusing on expanding their own army, fighting civil wars, and fighting for territory. The lives and deaths of the people are nothing in their eyes, so I will not give them their lives."

Speaking of this, Li Mingrui smiled bitterly and said, "Besides, I am neither from Brother Pao, nor from the Sichuan Military Academy, or from the direct line of the chief, nor from the person who has eaten foreign ink like Chief Guo. In the eyes of some people, he is just a thief and is already excluded in the army. Besides, Chief Guo is just a powerless adviser, and I don't want him to be too difficult."

Regarding Li Mingrui's words, Yang Zhen shook his head and said, "The civil war was the civil war before, but now the whole nation is defending the territory and fighting against the war. I don't care what the reason you are going to join the army, but you are now a soldier."

"As an officer, Identifying maps is the most basic skill. If you don't know the map, how do you lead troops to fight and fight foreign enemies in the future? You will never want to be a big-headed soldier all the time. Now we are hanging behind enemy lines, and what we need is not only supplies and equipment, but also officers with excellent command capabilities."

"You can learn how to read the map, but the key is that you have to have a clear understanding. Are you born to shoot guns and can shoot guns so accurately? Are you all learned from later generations? Knowing maps is not as difficult as learning shooting. After joining the main force, you go to Lao Guo and ask him to teach you how to read the map."

Speaking of this, Yang Zhen changed his expression and said, "Don't let me down, I have great expectations for you. And for you, I will have a heavy burden to give you in the future. Didn't you say you want to learn those things? Well, getting to know the map is the first step. After you learn to recognize the map, I will teach you."

After hearing Yang Zhen's words, he looked at Yang Zhen's serious expression. Li Mingrui, who knew that he was not talking nonsense, he hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, Chief Yang, I'll listen to you. After joining the main force, I will go to Chief Guo and learn how to understand the map."
Chapter completed!