In the woods on the hilltop, Zhao Tie stared at the vigilant eyes and looked around. Although this place was very hidden, if he was relaxed and careless and didn't even let go of the whistle, how could he become the captain of the guerrillas?

As soon as he could hear the creaking sound, Zhao Tie turned his head and held the box cannon in his hand tightly. He only breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that it was a pillar coming to change the duty.

"Captain, go down and warm up!" Zhuzi walked closer, buttoned his felt hat down, and said, "The wind is strong enough on the top of the mountain. Captain, are you frozen?

"I'm not that delicate. I've experienced many experiences of climbing ice and lying on snow." Zhao Tie smiled and said, "We all work harder, we can do it as soon as possible, and do it as soon as possible."

"It's going to take a few more days!" Zhuzi squatted behind the tree and said, "There's nothing else, the food we bring is probably not enough."

"That doesn't matter. Wait until the people who transported the copper dust come tomorrow night and tell them to bring some for us." Zhao Tie handed the gun in his hand to Zhuzi, and did not forget to remind him: "Be careful to observe and be careful, don't be careless!"

"Don't worry, captain." Zhuzi took the gun and nodded vigorously.

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Every time I take a step, I feel even more silent, and even the sound of footsteps is like being sucked in by the woods. Occasionally, I step on the branches in the snow, and then I feel a little creaking.

Shen Chen walked with a gun on his back and was both careful and light, with his hands hanging down to his side. He could pull out the pistol tied to the holster on his thigh at any time, and he did not dare to relax at all with his vigilance.

When he was about to walk out of the woods, Shen Chen suddenly stopped, carefully identified the odor in the air, quickly invisible the tree, and took off the rifle on his body.

Although Zhao Tie and others felt that they had already penetrated the mountains and forests, Shen Chen was far away from the enemy's guardhouses, checkpoints and roads than them.

They thought there was no smoke going north, but they didn't know that Shen Chen was an exception. The choking smoke had floated far away and became very thin, but they were still smelled by Shen Chen.

Shen Chen did not dare to take this special smell lightly. He first used his naked eyes, then took out the telescope, observed for a while, but there was no situation. But there was indeed a situation, and Shen Chen was very sure.

Could it be the ambush set by the enemy? But what's going on with this choking smell? Will the enemy be so stupid that he exposes himself or is so careless?

Observation, thinking, and judgment. Shen Chen didn't know the key points after a long time, but he was not prepared to go out of the forest easily.

It is difficult to pass through the area without too many covers. If the enemy has observation posts on the hill, it will be easier to see him.

Slowly retreating, Shen Chen retreated back with the help of the trees. But he was not willing to go back so idle, but instead took a walk away and prepared to approach from the side and observe the truth.

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The branches and leaves of the mountains and forests are withering, and the trees are mixed, and they stand in the cold wind in different dense areas.

The group dragged things and stepped on the snow, trekking in the night.

It was Lao Zhou who brought a few miners to transport copper moraine into the mountains and forests. They seemed to relax their guard and vigilance, which was different from the caution he was when he sneaked over the enemy's Forbidden Mountain Shuttle.

What often makes Shen Chen feel a little strange is that the poor people at that time did not seem weak because of poor food, and it may also be the result of long-term labor. The endurance of many people is surprising.

He had seen someone walking dozens of miles to the market with a pig on his back, and he also saw hawkers and peddlers carrying loads and walking around villages and towns for a whole day.

He walked twenty or thirty miles with more than 40 kilograms of copper moraine on his back, and of course the role of a simple sledge that could drag on the snow. Lao Zhou and these miners did complete an amazing task.

It was almost time to get to the place. Lao Zhou stopped and found the marks of the knife on the tree as marks under the moonlight and snow light, and felt a sense of relief in his heart.

"Don't stop, you'll be at the place soon." Old Zhou turned around and encouraged.

Walking in the snow is very exhausting, and they are not wearing snowshoes, so they fall into it and then pull out their feet. They have to put in more physical strength every step than usual.

But people who often walk on the road know that the more you do this, the more you have to persevere. Once you stop and rest, it will be difficult for the looseness to rise again.

Of course, although this group of people also observed the movements around them, they did not see a pair of eyes staring at them.

With the cover of trees, thorns, and white disguise, Chen Chen would be too amateur if he could be revealed by these laymen.

Without weapons, it is not an enemy. Chen Chen can be sure of this, but he hasn't figured out what these people are doing. The people gradually walked away, and Chen Chen followed quietly, neither near nor far away.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Zhao Tie came over from afar, helped Lao Zhou and several miners transport the copper shark into the sulphur-burning hills, invited them to rest in a simple straw shed, brought a pot of steaming boiling water and a few broken bowls, and Li Shifeng brought a brazier.

Trekking through the cold and ice, there is no hot soup and hot water that makes people feel more comfortable. Lao Zhou and several miners drank hot water, surrounded the brazier, and dispelled the chill on their bodies.

"I guess it will be done in a few days." Old Zhou put down the bowl and said in a negotiated tone: "Do you continue to do it and transport the good coal here?"

"There is no way to transport it into the mountains and the road is not good, so it is better not to move for the time being." Zhao Tie vetoed it tactfully, and explained the difficulties such as food shortage, asking Lao Zhou to help.

"This is OK. I'll take it tomorrow night and bring two more bags of charcoal. I will definitely not let you freeze and work hungry." Lao Zhou agreed happily.

After resting for a while, Lao Zhou took the miners to get up and leave. After all, they had to return to the village before dawn, and the night was their cover.

Zhao Tie sent them out of the small hill valley until he watched their backs disappear into the distant mountains and forests.

Zhao Tie had just left, and a figure slowly got up from the snow sink dozens of meters away. After a moment of pause, he turned around and followed the path that Lao Zhou and the others were walking.

This time, I was close to the observation. Chen Chen recognized one of the miners, Zhao Tie. The miner in the Kilnhuzhuang evoked the memory buried by Chen Chen.

Before the incident, people often built a soil stove in the fields outside the village to burn sulfur, then mixed it with charcoal and sulphur as medicine to blow up mountains and open stones. He finally understood what was doing in the small hills.

After the Japanese arrived, Tongzhi was listed as forbidden objects. These people not only stole the forbidden objects, but also burned sulfur deep in the forest. If you don’t ask, you can tell who they are.

Chen Chen followed quietly, wondering how these people entered the mountains and forests? If they were discovered, he felt that it was not worthless of use.

It took nearly twenty miles of trekking through the mountains and forests. Lao Zhou and his team no longer had the burden and walked much faster.

With the night eyes and telescope, Chen Chen was about a hundred meters away from them, and even when he looked at the footprints on the ground, he would not lose his target.

Next to a five or six-meter-high cliff, Lao Zhou and others stopped, then slowly climbed up one by one, and disappeared from the top of the cliff.

Chen Chen waited for more than ten minutes, and saw that there was no movement, so he walked to the small woods under the cliff, looked up at the cliff, and looked for it.

So that's it! Chen Chen finally discovered the secret of the cliff, just like the ventilation shaft in the mine, there are small ladders swaying on the cliff wall, hidden among the dead grass and thorns stretching out from the cracks of the cliff.

Carrying a gun, Chen Chen climbed up the cliff along the ladder, and there was another forest in front of him.

He held the gun and carefully walked through the woods and climbed a small slope. His eyes suddenly became clear. Chen Chen looked around and identified, and finally saw clearly where this was.

He is familiar with the granite in the distance, and it is also a mountain range that extends from Kuifeng, but it is no longer high and not far from the Kilnhuzhuang.

There are more than a dozen houses on the hill, all of which are made of brown stones. The people living in other places are workers who come to work in the mines. The villagers call the hills Waihu Village.

Chen Chen stood under the tree, looking at it, familiarizing himself with the surrounding scenery, and after a long time, he turned around and left.

Although the road in the mountains and forests is not easy to walk, it is not as far away as the road.

Chen Chen didn't expect that there would be such a shortcut to go home. Although he doesn't have the idea yet, he will probably use it in the future.

The identities of Zhao Tie and this group of miners were already obvious when stealing the forbidden substances in the mine. Apart from the poor Eighth Route Army in Dongshan, who would have so shortage of supplies and use earth and gunpowder to make weapons?

Although Chen Chen had thought about finding a refuge, he felt that it was not appropriate to just look for it. He always had to know his value, but don’t even have to touch it if you go there, so he could only do some publicity, medical care and other work.

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Killing is not a means of Chen Chen showing off, but his purpose.

Although it is not a specific target, killing one and killing a hundred people is completely different to achieving his goal.

Moreover, he is a person who is good at taking advantage of tricks. Since practice has proved that sniping is very effective and the environment is suitable, he does not want to bother using other methods.

He just wanted to seize the splendor of the blood flower blooming with his usual precise shooting at a certain moment.

That's it. He did not deliberately search and join the anti-Japanese team, but continued to kill in this mountainous environment where he was becoming more and more familiar with.

Whether he believes in opportunity or not, he does believe that there will always be opportunities.

The puppet army's secret whistle was constantly shot dead, when urinating, when moving, when burning fire, when changing guards, when not hiding enough...

Often a cold bullet flew over, splashing blood, brains, cold-blooded and ruthless killing, causing panic to spread among the puppet army unstoppable.

Why didn't the Japanese devils take further action? Chen Chen didn't know, and outsiders didn't understand.

In fact, the Japanese devils were always paying attention to this sharpshooter who was elusive in the mountains and forests, but the Japanese devils did not want to mobilize the enemy without knowing the specific intentions of the gunman.

First of all, the life and death of the puppet army was not very concerned about the Japanese. Anyway, it was easy to add. As long as the sharpshooter could be basically blocked into the mountains and forests, he would not be able to temporarily harm the imperial army officers and soldiers.

Secondly, the Japanese were preparing for a sweep to sweep the mountain base areas, and did not want to disperse their troops because of this.

Generally speaking, the Japanese sweeping is also seasonal and regular.

For example, when the green gauze tent is raised, people can hide or hide, so the Japanese will not sweep it; and after the harvest is harvested after autumn, it is all bare, and the military and civilians in the base area should be vigilant.

The winter mobilization is even more vicious. Due to the cold, it is difficult for ordinary people who run away from the wild for a long time, and the Japanese also have to burn, kill, loot.

Therefore, after the sweep, it is very difficult for ordinary people who have suffered heavy losses to resume normal production and life.

Of course, the preparations for the sweep were carried out in secret, and the Japanese tried to keep confidential and act suddenly.

The puppet army did not know the news. After a series of black gun kills, the Japanese godfather ignored it, so they naturally had to think of other ways.

What's the solution? That was quite unexpected, which made Chen Chen admire the wisdom of the puppet army in order to survive.

The firewood was burning in the cave, and crackling sounds were made from time to time. The firelight made Chen Chen's face light and dark, as if his expression was changing. He pursed his lips slightly and was reading a letter.

It was a more conspicuous existence in a red cloth bag, tied to a wooden stick, and inserted into the snow, just a few hundred meters in front of the puppet army's post.

There are a lot of names for heroes, heroes, and Eighth Master in the letters, and the puppet army doesn’t know who is the one who shot black guns.

Anyway, this is not the main thing. The main thing is that the puppet army at this post was humble and flatteringly put forward the conditions for showing mercy under his command.

As long as you can stop attacking them, you will try your best to be satisfied.

He actually spent money on his enemy to buy his life? Chen Chen was very funny, but when he thought about it carefully, it was both unexpected but reasonable.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the puppet army actually did such things. There were all major escapees, fighters, resellers, and those who had an affair, and those who had an affair had an affair.

Whether it is a bad guy in the puppet army who wants to make a fortune by taking advantage of the national crisis, or a guy who makes money for his livelihood, they do not fight desperately and try their best to survive.

Therefore, it is very appropriate to describe the puppet army as "who meets people like wolves or tigers, but when they encounter enemies, they are frightened by the wind."

Although Chen Chen had no psychological burden to kill the puppet army, he could kill him with a gun and feel at ease and joyful, Chen Chen repeatedly considered this letter, feeling that it would be okay to let them go for the time being.

If he could gain convenience through the submission of these puppet troops, he would kill a few more places elsewhere and he would find it back. Perhaps this would solve the difficulties he faced and make the killing more persistent!

Thinking of this, Chen Chen decided to give it a try, but there was no loss anyway.

Well, let’s first get one hundred yuan, five kilograms of salt, twenty kilograms of rice and flour, and fifty bullets. Chen Chen wrote the conditions on the back of the letter, and guessed that this was not harsh. In order to save his life, the puppet army should agree.

After thinking about it, he added notes that this is just one month's money to buy life, and the same will be true next month. Moreover, when you are on duty, you have to pretend to be deaf and dumb, pretend that you don't see anything you see, and shooting randomly will cause you to be counterattacked.

Chen Chen couldn't help laughing when he put his letter in place. He really didn't expect that he was not killing people for money and things, but money and things made him stop killing people for the time being. This was really incredible.

If you want to say that this is the same as Chen Chen’s ideas that were different from those at that time. He was more flexible, not rigid, and analyzed things in a comprehensive and long-term manner. It can also be said that he was not very principled!

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Chapter completed!