Zhang Xiaoping has been lurking under a manure pile with most of its roof collapsed for almost a day and a night.
In rural areas, people mix the excrement of people and livestock with bedding and straw residues and pile them into piles. After sunlight and fermentation, they become organic fertilizers that can improve the soil. They are generally called circle fertilizers. In the fields in the north,
Often seen on the ground.
There are many compost piles in Liujiaji's fields, but due to being abandoned for several months and no one taking care of them, most of them collapsed and became dilapidated. From a distance, they hardly provided any shelter.
But what Zhang Xiaoping needs is not some kind of cover. He is now wearing a camouflage cloak, and his whole body is covered with weeds and dead branches. As long as he doesn't move, even if the Japanese walk in front of him, it will be difficult to spot him unless they step on him directly.
What Zhang Xiaoping needs is the stench of this trap.
Before he sneaked into this wasteland, he observed in the forest that the Japanese patrol was accompanied by wolf dogs. If he wanted to avoid being discovered by the wolf dogs' super sense of smell, he could only find something to cover his own smell.
After several months of fermentation, the odor produced by manure, which is a mixture of human and animal feces and urine, is no longer an ordinary stench. It can even become poisonous gas, and even wolves and dogs have to walk around it.
Moreover, Zhang Xiaoping even picked out a lot of fat circles and smeared it on his body, almost suffocating him to death. Hehe... only he knows the taste of it.
Think about it, would a kid step on such a smelly manure pile? So he didn't worry about someone stepping on him directly.
However, this will test people's tolerance, and it is not just a matter of dirt and smell.
Fatigue, stench, hunger, thirst, drowsiness, aches, etc., were all wearing down Zhang Xiaoping's will and spirit at the same time.
You must know that if a person lies on the ground motionless for a long time, his limbs and body will feel sore, and as time goes by, this soreness will reach an unbearable level.
Although the endurance of Qi Jinjing masters is much higher than that of ordinary people, Zhang Xiaoping, who has been lurking here since last night, has been lying here for more than thirty hours.
Fortunately, he could adjust his posture from time to time, drink some water and eat without being discovered.
But it was uncomfortable during the day, not only to prevent the Japanese patrols, but also to prevent the Japanese secret sentinels in the high-rise courtyards of Liujiaji.
Who knows if the Japanese will have someone standing on the high wall with a telescope to look out. The only way is not to move at all, just like a real heap of weeds.
The only chance for a sniper kill was when the Japanese officer left the village. As for whether the Japanese commander would stay in the village and not come out, he didn't know.
This kind of lucky thing can only depend on whether God will give you face or not.
It's just that he has always been blindly superstitious about his senior brother's luck. God has given him face not once or twice, but I hope it will be the same this time.
In fact, what Zhou Wen didn't know was that their sniping at Japanese troops in other directions had indeed attracted the attention of the Japanese troops on the periphery. They had even transferred the Japs from a squadron on the front to the northeast to search and drive away those Chinese troops who had begun to panic the Japanese troops.
Sniper.
Although Zhang Xiaoping and Zhao Xiaojin were able to find a gap in the Japanese defense line and sneak into Dao Liujiaji without any trace, they also alerted the Japanese army.
Zhao Xiaojin, who was working as an observer at the edge of the forest, almost sweated as he stared at the telescope. However, throughout the whole day, he didn't even see a single aide, let alone a senior commander of the Japanese army.
Don't go out in the village.
According to Zhou Wen's request, Zhang Xiaoping can lurk for up to three days and must withdraw once the time is up.
Zhou Wen mainly considered Zhang Xiaoping's tolerance and safety. If he lurked for a long time, he would become weak and easily exposed.
Retreating is even more difficult, not only because of physical problems, but also because of the battles that may occur along the way.
On the other hand, after 3 days, it is possible that Japanese reinforcements have already departed.
As long as the cold-mouthed Japanese army learns that reinforcements are about to arrive, the impact of the commander's death will basically not shake the morale of the Japanese army, nor will it affect the situation of the war.
Why Zhou Wen was so sure of the time when Japanese reinforcements would be dispatched? Here we should mention Commander Qian who was still training the Northeast Army Air Force in Peiping.
Originally, Chief Qian could have returned to the south with the Northeast Army Air Force, which had few aircraft left, but because he was concerned about the safety of his little brother Zhou Wen, he insisted on delaying it in Peiping on the grounds that most of the aircraft needed repairs.
One month.
Zhou Wen asked Chief Qian for help because they had discussed it when they were in Taiyuan.
Zhou Wen knew very well that the remaining Northeastern Army's air force had no ability to compete with the Japs' air force, and could not even participate in ordinary battles.
The main reason is that most of the aircraft of the Northeast Army and Air Force were captured by the Japanese during the September 18th Incident. The pilots ran away, hid, and even were captured. There were not many left.
In such a situation where the morale of the military is unstable and the future is uncertain, it is unrealistic for you to let the few remaining Northeastern Army pilots fight against the Japs.
Chief Qian came to Peiping this time to appease these pilots who had just been dumped by Marshal Zhang to the Nationalist Government. He wanted to increase his rank and make wishes, in order to stabilize the emotions of these people.
You must know that the quality and level of these Northeast Army pilots have always been among the best in the country. Many of them are high-quality pilots who have studied in France. They are elites carefully cultivated by two generations of Marshal Zhang and Marshal Zhang at no expense.
If he could completely surrender to the National Government, he would become a leader in the Air Force of the Republic of China and raise the level of the Air Force of the Republic of China to a whole new level.
Therefore, it is not suitable to send them to the battlefield at this time.
However, not fighting the devils does not mean it is useless.
Now the Japanese Kwantung Army nominally controls the air over northern China, but it does not have absolute air control.
The so-called absolute air supremacy means that any aircraft you fly into the sky will be detected by the enemy, and they can quickly send aircraft to shoot you down or expel you.
Just like how the United States dealt with Yugoslavia and Iraq in later generations, the entire airspace was under control.
Moreover, the little devils do not have high-tech equipment such as radar, and the number of aircraft cannot patrol the entire airspace. How could they know if one or two aircraft took off from China?
Moreover, with the current communication efficiency of the Japanese army, even if it is discovered, it is impossible to dispatch aircraft to engage in combat in a short time.
Therefore, as long as I quietly send out a few reconnaissance planes to circle the railway lines between Chengde and Jinzhou from time to time, what can the little devil do to me?