More than two hundred soldiers from the engineering company in front were running desperately, and more than two hundred Japanese soldiers were chasing after them. The battle had reached this point, and there was no longer any suspense. Noda had already made a desperate move, and he would not be able to wipe out the gang of bastards in front until they were completely wiped out.

They will not withdraw their troops and return to camp.

The team running in front was in a very embarrassed state, and the Japanese chasing after them were even more tongue-tied. They were carrying too much weight. Just the four heavy machine guns they brought had to be waited on by forty or fifty people, plus the officers' boots were too heavy.

They were not at an advantage in mountain warfare, and the soles of their feet began to blister as they ran. They were so angry that they threw off their boots and asked for leather shoes from the soldiers' backpacks.

There is a slight difference in the weight of the two sides. The engineer company's backpack only has a Japanese engineer shovel, a water bottle, some dry food and a captured blanket. In addition to the rifle machine gun, the weapons also contain shotguns and a few grenades. There are less than half of the British and Chinese soldiers.

Carrying a five kilogram bag of explosives on his back is an essential weapon for the engineer company, and he must carry it wherever he goes.

The Japs' load included raincoats, cans and various daily necessities. In addition, each person's backpack also contained a personal tent, a pair of spare leather shoes, etc. The machine gun mate also carried two ammunition boxes.

It's just that the physical strength of these Japanese soldiers was really abnormal. They kept chasing the engineer company. The water bottles of the two teams had long been drained. Everyone's throats were so thirsty that they were smoking, but no one had time to look for water. They could only

He chased and fled, measuring the mountains and valleys with his feet, and kept tearing at the tangled bushes.

After finally climbing up a small ridge, all the soldiers in the two platoons lost their strength and lay on the ground one by one, gasping for air. Everyone's lips were so dry that they split open.

Zhao Hu picked up the binoculars and looked down the mountain. Platoon Commander Xue struggled to crawl to his side and took a breath and said: "Company Commander, did these Japs take the wrong medicine? It's been two days, why are they still staring at us?"

Let go? How about we block it again and bombard one of them with flying thunder?"

Zhao Hu shook his head: "It won't work. These Japs have become sperm. We have so many home-made grenades that we can only kill dozens of them. You see, they would rather run away than put down their heavy machine guns, just to prevent us."

With this move, how far are we from Xiaoling?"

"I didn't have a chance just now. Because I had to go around two villages, the circle was a bit wider. If I want to go back to the northwest, I have to go around half a circle. I guess it will be midnight when I get there. By the way, company commander, the bullets of the soldiers

There aren’t many anymore, on average each person only has about twenty rounds.”

"To deal with these Japs, twenty rounds of fighting and shooting will be enough. I hope Platoon Commander Zhu can make preparations as soon as possible. I didn't expect the Japs of the 16th Division to be so difficult to deal with. If it weren't for the soldiers,

If you run every day, you will have to fight against the Japanese for a long time."

"There are quite a few hunters in Lao Zhu's third platoon. Although these people are not as good as Lao Xu and others, they can dig traps, set up booby traps and so on. Hey, company commander, where are Lao Xu and the others?

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"I've arranged another mission. I hope they can surprise the Japanese tonight so they won't have so much energy to chase us tomorrow."

Zhao Hu was right. Noda and the others did not have no strength at night, but they had no strength now. They had been tracking and chasing for two days, and the dry food in their bags had long been exhausted. Due to the sudden incident, the soldier's backpack

There wasn't much uncooked rice in it, and even if there was, there was no chance of making a warm meal.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Noda saw that the team in front stopped as usual and started to make a fire to cook. In fact, it was just to bake the multi-grain pancakes he brought with him to make them softer and easier to chew.

He also ordered the troops to stop advancing and asked everyone to use combat grain essence, which is actually compressed dry rations. The use of this thing is strictly prohibited in normal times. If the grain essence is eaten up and no supplies are available within three days, the entire army will be destroyed.

They have to starve, but Noda can't care about anything now. If he doesn't replenish his strength, these two hundred people won't be able to get up tomorrow, let alone pursue them.

It's just that this compressed dry food is made of flour imported from the United States, with sugar, salt, etc. added to it. When you chew it, your mouth will be full of fine crumbs. After a while, the soldiers under your command began to choke and cough, and some of the injured people even coughed up.

Blood.

Noda took a few bites and then had no intention of eating anymore. He suspected that the people in front of him were doing harm to others. Not only did they lead them to run around the mountain, but he also couldn't get drinking water. In the end, both sides were probably hurt. I really don't understand.

What do they want to do? They can obviously escape, but they lead them all the way. It would be a reason to lead them into an ambush, but this is obviously not the case.

Just when Noda was so hungry that he was thinking wildly, five soldiers carrying water hyacinths on their backs came to the engineer company. When they saw it, everyone immediately surrounded them, and everyone regarded Lao Xu and the others as their saviors.

It turned out that Zhao Hu saw that there were two villages on the retreat route of the engineer company, so he asked five people to notify them in advance and asked them to bring some water. This section is full of mountains, and it has just begun spring, there is less rain, and the vegetation on the mountains is also dry.

It’s not rich, so I’m going to drag the Japanese around to use it up.

After the five people persuaded the people from the two villages to leave, they non-stop brought water. Although it was not much, it was enough to moisten each soldier's throat.

Seeing that the special operations team was very tired, Zhao Hu said: "You guys have a rest first. Can we attack in the middle of the night?"

Xu Hongyuan and others' chests clapped loudly: "Don't worry, company commander, I was fine without sleeping for three days and three nights. Let's take a rest first. Please let me call us when the time comes."

After saying that, the five of them found a random place, lay down on the ground and fell into a deep sleep. They had been really tired these past few days.

At three o'clock in the morning, Zhao Hu woke up five sleeping members of the special operations team: "Xu Hongyuan, I give you a task now. Go around the side of the Japanese from the right, hit these grenades into their crowd, and then retreat immediately.

Don't be tempted to fight, be careful, you must find out the enemy's secret whistle in advance."

Xu Hongyuan clapped the steel crossbow in his hand and said: "Don't worry, company commander, with this sharp weapon in hand, you can touch their sentries from a long distance. Just wait and hear the sound!"

Under the leadership of Platoon Leader Xue, the five people passed through several hidden sentries and made twists and turns to form a grenade array, and then they came to the side of the Japanese. Platoon Leader Xue had already gone back to arrange the work, and the five of them would do the rest.

One has to deal with it.

The weather is gloomy and the air is a bit humid. It looks like it will rain after dawn. As soon as the rain falls, the Japs' hunger and thirst will be quenched, and their journey in the past few days will be in vain. So tonight, Xu Hongyuan and the others will at least

The devils must make it impossible for them to live in peace.

There was no light from the stars and moon in the sky, and both sides lit bonfires on the ground. They probably knew that a sneak attack by a small force at night would not bring good results, so both sides tacitly lit a fire. Firstly, it could prevent the other side from making a sneak attack and disrupt the position. Secondly, it could also allow the other party to make a surprise attack.

Sentinels keep warm.

Of course, this is because we know that the other side has no long-range weapons. If one side has cannons, no one would dare to commit suicide like this.

After Xu Hongyuan and the others came to the wild field, they first found a small ditch, hid in it and put on camouflage clothes. This thing was made of ordinary fishing nets, filled with dead branches and leaves, and occasionally a few green grass.

If you go inside the grass, you won’t be able to see it unless you walk right in front of it.

After everything was dressed up, the five of them were about to go out. Suddenly, Zhang Youfa stretched out his right fist, and all the people stopped. As the leader of the team, Zhang Youfa has the sharpest ears and eyes. As long as he hears any movement, there will definitely be nothing left.

wrong.

Xu Hongyuan waved his hand gently, and several people separated along the bottom of the ditch, each finding an inconspicuous place to lie down. At this time, the movement in front also reached everyone's ears.

Shen Yumin secretly raised his head, and the sight in front of him almost made him scream. He saw a lot of grass quietly moving forward on the flat ground. This was not a natural scene at all, nor was it a wild beast running around. Waiting to get closer

Only then did he realize that they were Japanese soldiers, with straw rings tied around their heads and rifles in their arms, slowly moving out of the fire range.

Xu Hongyuan was immediately shocked. How dare this devil dare to pull this trick, but I have to say that their strategy would have been really effective, if his group hadn't happened upon it by chance.

Now the front line of the engineering company may be in danger. Although they are stationed at a high place and there are a few grenades on the periphery to prevent it, they cannot help but there are so many Japanese soldiers. As soon as an explosion is heard, all of them will attack and maybe instruct the engineers.

Not even one was caught off guard!

What to do? There are two ways in front of Xu Hongyuan. One is to shoot in advance to send an alarm, but they will not be able to withdraw. The other is to secretly hide behind the Japs and release cold arrows, and then shoot and notify in advance when the Japs are about to approach the position.

, but this also has a disadvantage, that is, the engineer company has a small number of people and is defended on four sides. When the Japanese attack, it may be too late to mobilize troops.

The five people were so anxious that they broke out in cold sweats and did not dare to move. When the Japanese crawled in front of them, they had to lower their heads to prevent the Japanese from noticing their murderous intent.

Finally, a Japs in front whispered: "Okay, we are out of the range of the fire. Everyone changes to a low position and sends my order to have the heavy machine guns stationed on the sides and rear. Once the fire breaks out, use fire cover!"

A few of them were only proficient in Japanese, and none of them were very smart, but they still understood heavy machine guns and fire cover. After Xu Hongyuan waited for the squadron in front to pass by, he found that there were more than 20 Japanese soldiers behind him dragging heavy machine guns forward with difficulty.

They raised their bodies and walked gently forward, and behind them, a group of Japanese soldiers carrying ammunition boxes also slowly moved forward.
Chapter completed!