Under the cold moonlight, there was a small winding canyon ahead. Most of the Japs' vanguard troops stopped advancing. A squadron of Japs held a torch and continued to advance eastward.

The Japanese squadron leader ordered two groups of soldiers to find a way to climb up both sides of the canyon in preparation for setting up a guard post. Unfortunately, they found that the climb from the middle of the valley to the slopes on both sides was very slow. Fortunately, they were able to go up.

The large forces behind have already set up camp, and the vanguard must advance another ten kilometers overnight to prevent an ambush from the Eighth Route Army, in order to ensure the rapid eastward movement of the large forces.

The lieutenant hesitated for a moment. As the vanguard, there was no time to stop and rest. The Japs forced themselves to continue walking into the canyon. Three Japs leading the way looked nervously to both sides. Although there was moonlight, both sides of the valley were still pitch black. The mountains

The wind was blowing, and I felt that there were eight roads everywhere. My military uniform was soaked with sweat. I pointed my gun at the ridges of the slopes on both sides and carefully searched forward.

The Japs from the vanguard group behind them had already approached the valley and kept getting closer. The lieutenant in front ordered them to speed up and pass through.

Fortunately, the Japanese who were climbing on both sides finally reached the top of the slope.

The two Eighth Route Company Commanders, who hurriedly arrived here in the afternoon, were lying on both sides of the valley. They estimated that the distance between the Japs' top soldiers in the valley below was about four to five hundred meters away.

"Report, there is a squad of more than a dozen Japanese who climbed up the mountain."

"Be careful, it's too early for them to come here."

It was much more difficult to advance eastward from the slopes on both sides of the valley. The Japanese military commander shouted to the valley: "Peace!" Then he used his hands and feet to search eastward.

A squadron of Japanese soldiers in the valley had already disappeared to the east. The two messengers who were left behind received the news and immediately ran eastward.

"There is a gentle slope ahead. You can walk to the top of two hills, but it is not easy to walk." A man who looked like a traitor reported to the squadron leader flatteringly.

"Your friends from the empire will definitely be rewarded." The squadron leader beamed:

The Japs in the valley were already close to a hundred meters away, and the Japs climbing up the mountains on both sides were also approaching with torches.

If you want to escape unscathed, you can't wait any longer. The company commander from the north hesitated for a moment, and finally shouted: "Hit!" and then pulled the trigger of the shell gun.

The sound of gunshots suddenly exploded, tearing the silence of the Kongkou Valley into pieces and reverberating into the air.

The leading Japanese soldiers were caught off guard and were blinded by a burst of gunfire from the top of the hillside. Dozens of guns were aimed at them for a long time, but none of them were pulled down. The three Japanese soldiers had no suspense and became a sieve.

The sound of gunshots shocked the leading Japanese squadron. Under the orders of the lieutenant, a small group of Japanese soldiers hurried out in the dark valley, hunched over, and fired violently at the edge of the mountain with their 38 rifles. Two crooked handles were immediately mounted.

The machine gunner cursed loudly: The butt of the gun could only hit halfway up the mountain, and he would be unable to fire for a while. He stood up, picked up the machine gun and fired randomly at the northern mountain ridge.

After eight rounds of bullets, the soldiers lying on the ground on the edge stretched their necks to see if they had hit the Japanese.

The Japanese who followed behind fired back, and a few unlucky guys who didn't shrink back in time were shot in the head. They didn't say a word, and they stayed here forever.

The Japanese entered the gentle slope in front, but unexpectedly the second round of bullets rained down the hillside from the south. The bullets hit the valley with a screaming sound, and there were crackling sounds everywhere. Five or six Japanese were shot and fell.

, scream.

The second lieutenant in the team was shocked at first: There is also an ambush in the south!

After just one round, there was no response.

The second lieutenant then showed a trace of excitement on his face. Tubal's broken gun was not accurate, and he dared to stroke the imperial army's tiger beard. He looked everywhere for you and couldn't find it. Finally, he showed his face. He immediately commanded the left and right to let the team spread out. The Japanese hurriedly dispersed in all directions.

, find a place to hide and fight back, instantly grenade launchers, machine gunfire roars.

There was no movement after a round of gunshots on the hillside.

The Japs banged and beat them hard at the top of the south hillside, but there was no expected return fire. The Japs stopped shooting, but they were confused. The sergeants on the left and right wanted to lead the team in pursuit, but the second lieutenant stared at the hillsides on both sides and had already climbed up.

The leading soldiers on both sides of the hillside were advancing eastward from the mountain ridge line, but they did not encounter an ambush.

The second lieutenant had a sullen face and took no action for a long time. He just leaned on his command knife and waited quietly.

The smile on the second lieutenant's face disappeared. What was going on? He fired a long shot and ran away?

Judging from the size of the ambush, the Eighth Route Army was quite large. There were dozens in the north and south, maybe a company. The second lieutenant was quite complaining about this attack. There was no outflanking or tactics. He just ordered to advance eastward day and night. He must be crazy!

In order to avoid the Japanese attack, most of the troops of the Eighth Route Army were relatively scattered. In the eyes of the second lieutenant, the strength of a company can be regarded as the main force of the Eighth Route Army, at least part of the main force. But why did they run away after just one shot?

There was little chance of chasing the Eighth Route Army in the dark and windy mountains. The Japs continued to advance vigilantly on the hillside. A group of Japs walked eastward out of the valley, and no one could see the Eighth Route Army.

The second lieutenant finally issued an order. A small group of Japanese soldiers was divided into three groups and continued to search and advance to the east. As for the eight groups that had fled to both sides, the troops behind them were asked to send a squadron, leaving one on each of the north and south hillsides to guard them.

As for the direction of pursuit, it would be best if you can catch up to the eighth route. It doesn't matter if you can't catch up.

The main force of the vanguard accelerated its march and continued to move eastward.

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"Political Commissar, listen, there are gunshots coming from the bottom of the mountain again? It doesn't seem to be far away." Sentinel Xiao Liu perked up his ears.

"The distance should be quite far! Hey, these guys run really fast!" Ding De climbed up from the grass,

"It's almost twenty miles away. From the sound of gunshots, there seems to be a lot of people!" Hu Yi listened carefully to the sound coming from afar in the night.

"Then, should we follow?" Ding De asked Hu Yi for his opinion.

"In front is the defense area of ​​the model regiment. I don't think it's good, but we are all here. If anything happens to them, more people can share the strength!" Hu Yi stood up and rubbed his shoulders a few times.

Under the weak moonlight, the three people groped in the direction of the gunfire. There was a village at the foot of the mountain.

Ignoring the sound of dogs barking, the three of them bypassed the village and continued traveling westward.

After walking no more than five miles, the guard in front ran back: "Political Commissar, Company Commander Hu, there is a situation ahead!"

"what happened?"

"There were people digging fortifications on both sides of the mountain road in the west. From what they were saying, they were probably friendly troops. There were no sentries on the east side. I listened for a while and it sounded like they were being attacked by Japanese soldiers!"

"How many are there?" Hu Yi asked coldly.

"Listen to what they are saying, I guess? There should be only one company!"

"A company?" the political commissar said with a gloomy face in the dark night. "Have they already joined the troops?"

"It seems that nothing will happen without us!" Hu Yi was a little disappointed: "They are digging fortifications here, there should be other Japanese coming!"

"But, they didn't evacuate the people, which means there aren't many Japs." Ding Deyi couldn't figure out the situation.

"The situation is not quite right. On our way here in the afternoon, the folks in that village said that only one team came out of the mountain during the day. So, where was the Japanese advance team?" Hu Yi thought about it carefully.

"It's easy to hide a team in the mountains. Do you mean the advance team is still hiding in the mountains?"
Chapter completed!