At this moment, the faces of the five comrades in his previous life appeared in front of his eyes one by one, and Zhou Wen suddenly shuddered.
This is not a good sign.
Does this indicate that the mercenary group will face more and greater dangers in the future?
Thinking of this, Zhou Wen suddenly felt a layer of gloom in his heart.
We are also going deep alone, with no external support.
"Is this my destiny?" Zhou Wen instantly doubted his life.
At this moment, Mu Qinghe's voice rang in his ears, pulling him back from his thoughts.
"Report to the scholar, the troops have been assembled."
In fact, Mu Qinghe was shocked when he noticed that Zhou Wen's eyes were a little wandering, and there was also a certain sadness and gloominess in his eyes.
In his eyes, Zhou Wen has always exuded a calm and confident temperament, as if there is no difficulty in the world that can stump him. Even the little devil who has been domineering in northern China for countless years is still in front of him.
Normally, he and his brothers would kill countless people by overwhelming them.
A Japanese major general was killed in Songhu, and a Japanese lieutenant general was killed during the Great Wall War.
Mu Qinghe didn't know who else besides the scholar could achieve such a feat. Even Marshal Yan, who existed like the sky in Shanxi, probably couldn't do it either.
However, he actually felt a dejected aura in Zhou Wen just now. Is this still the omnipotent scholar-general?
So he suspected that Zhou Wen was possessed by the devil, and quickly stepped forward to interrupt his thoughts.
Zhou Wen turned to look at the neat rows of hundreds of officers and soldiers.
I saw hundreds of young and energetic faces, with high morale and heads held high. The eyes looking at me were full of love and reverence, but also full of determination and fearlessness. It seemed that as long as I gave an order, they could flow like a torrent.
Crush any obstacle in front of you and tear any enemy into pieces.
Only then did he realize that the current mercenary group was very different from the previous life. Not only did it have thousands of brothers, but it also had the strongest combat power in the world and tactics that far exceeded this era.
With such a strong force at hand, I have nothing to fear or worry about. It's just a bunch of Japs, so let's just come here.
In fact, it's no wonder that Zhou Wen suddenly became worried about gains and losses. The main reason was that his previous life experience was too tragic. Although it was only a super small mercenary group of 6 people, the ending of the group's destruction was still fresh in his memory, and it also left a lasting impression on him.
There is a shadow buried deep in the soul.
Now that he suddenly encountered the same situation, this shadow amplified in his heart, making him panic for a moment.
Now that he had this clear understanding, his confidence and calmness instantly returned to Zhou Wen. He loudly ordered: "Go down the mountain along the way you came, use a rapid march speed, and set off."
With a wave of his hand, hundreds of powerful officers and soldiers descended the mountain in rows.
At this time, Zhou Wencai seemed to remember something, pulled Mu Qinghe and asked: "Qinghe, according to the plan, you should not stay here. You should go out to a place where you can witness the Japanese position. It is at least a few meters away from here."
Is it four or five kilometers away?"
According to the original plan, the main task of Mu Qing and his three companies was to coordinate the 32nd Army's siege against the Japanese 24th Regiment.
After the 32nd Army launched the attack, we should choose the opportunity to strike from the front and back of the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army would panic and think they were surrounded and ask for help from the cold-hearted Japanese army.
Therefore, Zhou Wen ordered this unit to be led by infantry company commander Mu Qinghe as the commander-in-chief, with Mo Dahai and Wang Zhili as deputies.
This is why Zhou Wen considered that the coordination operations were mainly based on long-range strikes with artillery and machine guns and would not be too difficult. For the purpose of training Mu Qinghe, he gave him full responsibility.
But Mu Qinghe's answer made Zhou Wen look at this young officer whom he had trained with great admiration.
It turned out that when Mu Qinghe led his troops to climb to the top of the mountain, the sky was gradually getting brighter, but he noticed that there was no sound of fierce gunfire from the direction of the cherry orchard, which made him feel a little...
Puzzled.
According to the original plan, if the troops of the 32nd Army were assembled, they should launch a tentative attack on the Japanese 24th Regiment to attract the attention of the Japanese, thereby allowing the troops of the mercenary group to get closer to the Japanese's back more covertly.
But there was neither gunfire nor the planned signal flare, which made Mu Qinghe cautious.
Because the radio they carried was damaged and he was unable to know the battlefield situation, after a brief discussion with Mo Dahai and Wang Zhili, he decided to establish a position on the spot and wait for the 32nd Army to launch an attack before making any plans.
Anyway, this mountain is not far from the preset position, and it doesn't take long to get there.
It was Mu Qinghe's caution that allowed the hundreds of officers and soldiers led by him to avoid a bloody battle with the Japanese.
If you think about it, if he had led the team to drive over as planned according to the original plan, he would have definitely collided head-on with the Japs. By then, thousands of Japs would be driving up in a steady stream, and the battle would have completely turned into a battle.
A battle of attrition.
Mu Qing and the others only had 3 companies with about 500 troops. They would definitely not be able to defeat them if they fought hard, and it would not be that easy to escape. In the end, they could only defend on the spot and wait for Zhou Wen to bring his other brothers to support them.
Even if the mercenary group's super combat power may defeat the Japanese 24th Regiment, it's hard to say how many brothers will be left by then.
Moreover, if the fighting between the two sides lasts too long and the Japanese 23rd Regiment outflanks them, the mercenary group will be in danger of annihilating the entire army.
This was what Zhou Wen was most worried about before.
If Mu Qinghe was surrounded by Japanese soldiers, he would not be able to do anything to save him. Even if he tried to explain and comfort himself with excuses such as a strong man cutting off his wrist and the overall situation being the most important thing, he would not be able to get over the hurdle in his heart. He is not a compassionate person in the first place.
A famous general in the military could not leave behind so many brothers who had shared life and death with him, and he did not want to do it.
The outcome is probably that everyone will fight to the death together.
But now, Mu Qinghe cautiously stopped moving forward and temporarily rescued the mercenary group from the crisis. Zhou Wen couldn't help but feel surprised and gratified.
Now, as long as the Japs don't get involved, this vast Yanshan Mountains is enough for the mercenary group to gallop around, and the Japs can't easily surround them.
Of course, with the entire Great Wall defense line completely blocked by the Japanese, it would not be easy for the mercenary group to return to the pass.
So Zhou Wen patted Mu Qinghe on the shoulder with admiration and praised loudly: "Qinghe, you did a good job. Your prudence and carefulness can be said to have saved our entire group. I will give you a big reward when you go back, hahaha."
Zhou Wen was in a good mood and joked with Mu Qinghe, but he couldn't hide the admiration in his eyes.
Mu Qing and this young man looked embarrassed and could only scratch their heads and giggle.