The place where Zuo Mingqing and the others trained was near the intersection of the secret trail. Due to confidentiality reasons, no troops were usually stationed there. Part of Zuo Mingqing and the others' daily training was to check the safety of the trail.
As a result, Zuo Mingqing and the others discovered the situation when they were conducting latent training in the afternoon.
Since the Great Wall was built on the relatively dangerous highlands of the Yanshan Mountains, all mountain roads and highways from outside the pass into the pass basically go from low to high, and the sight lines on the highlands are relatively open.
Xiao Shui was lying in the grass on the top of a mountain, and the range of his simulated sniper rifle line was exactly facing the narrow and steep mountain road that was winding down the mountain.
The weather was exceptionally sunny today, so the afternoon sunshine made Xiao Shui feel a little drowsy.
He reached out and pinched his thigh hard, not daring to be careless.
Once Senior Brother Zuo discovers that he dares to fall asleep, he will not be able to go back to sleep on the hot bed tonight. He will have no choice but to endure hunger and cold all night in the wilderness, and then he will have to train with everyone as usual tomorrow.
Xiao Shui clearly remembered that the last time Brother Qi took a nap while lurking, he was discovered by Senior Brother Zuo. He was still here and was not allowed to go back.
When everyone came up the next day, Brother Qi, a tough guy, had been so cold that his face was blue and his nose was dripping, but he could only grit his teeth and follow the training.
If anyone dares to have different opinions, then don't stay in the combat unit. There are plenty of positions for you in the logistics team and transportation team.
However, Xiao Shui is still a boy who is not yet 17 years old after all. It is difficult to tolerate the drowsiness of a half-year-old child, not to mention that he is now in the stage of feeling Qi, and he just wants to use his inner breath to wake himself up.
It's also impossible.
As a result, Xiao Shui's upper and lower eyelids started to fight, once... twice...
etc.
He was in a trance, as if his vision was shaken by something. Just when he wanted to let his eyelids feel comfortable again, suddenly something seemed to tighten in his heart, and he immediately became alert.
He quickly rubbed his eyes hard and looked into the distance.
Xiao Shui was born with farsightedness, and his vision was far better than that of ordinary people. He discovered the situation at a glance.
On a bend about 1 kilometer away down the mountain, a group of armed men appeared. Just now, Xiaoshui's eyes were dazzled by the reflection of the rifle bayonets on their shoulders.
Xiao Shui was a little confused at first. He was pleasantly surprised at first, thinking that Zhou Wen and his mercenary group were back.
Because among the families within a radius of dozens of miles, only Xiaoshui and his family knew about this trail, and there were many collapsed and interrupted sections. His father and his uncle had to explore the road countless times to find a suitable path around it.
OK.
Ordinary people, even if you know that there is such a mountain road, but without someone from the Xiaoshui family to lead the way, it is impossible to get out of it smoothly.
Of course, Zhou Wen and others are also familiar with this road now.
However, when Xiaoshui took a closer look, he denied that they were soldiers from the mercenary group because the clothes of this group of people were all those of the Northeast Army. The most representative symbols were the dog-skin hats and the khaki cotton coats.
With the same khaki color, why did Xiao Shui immediately conclude that this was the uniform of the Northeast Army and not that of the Japs?
Because the area around Yanjing has been ruled by the Northeast Army for more than ten years, Xiao Shui has been used to seeing this kind of military uniforms for as long as he can remember. It can be said that he is extremely familiar with it.
But how could the Northeast Army know this trail?
Xiao Shui immediately made a bird call of "coo".
This is the call signal to discover the situation.
Soon, Huang Dayou and Xiao Qi, who were lurking not far from him, both ran over with guns in hand.
Xiao Qi's gun was equipped with a 2.5x scope. He raised the gun and observed it for a while and said: "It looks like the uniforms belong to the Northeast Army, but why are they all 38 rifles?"
At this time, Zuo Mingqing also ran up with his team. He observed with a telescope for a while, and he couldn't make up his mind, but in any case, it was necessary to prepare for the battle first.
Because even if the troops of the Northeast Army come from this road, it is not normal. This area does not belong to the Northeast Army's defense zone.
At this time, Huang Dayou, who was usually dull and talkative, asked for Zuo Mingqing's telescope, looked at it carefully for a while, and then said with great certainty: "It's not the Northeast Army, it's the little Japanese. It's just that far away
Even from such a distance, I can smell the smell of their urine."
You must know that Huang Dayou not only served in the Northeast Army, but also worked as a test gunner in the Shenyang Arsenal for many years. He had met a lot of Japanese people, and such simple-minded people can often observe things that others do not understand.
Something that pays too much attention to."
"Sir Zuo, look at the formation of these soldiers when they climb the mountain. The distance between each of them is basically maintained at about two meters, and the formation is very long."
"The Japs 38 rifle plus bayonet is 167 centimeters long, so when they adopt a combat marching formation, they require that the distance between the front and rear should not be less than 2 meters. In this way, in case of an emergency, they will fire regardless of whether they are holding the gun or not.
Or launching a desperate charge will not affect each other."
"Moreover, a longer formation can effectively reduce losses when receiving a sneak attack, and it also facilitates the Japs in the rear team to outflank the enemy from both sides."
Zuo Mingqing wondered: "Brother Huang doesn't talk much at ordinary times, so how come he is so familiar with the little devil's situation?"
Huang Dayou smiled sheepishly and said: "These are what I heard my uncle say when chatting with his colleagues before. They also said that Little Japan has all the training engraved in his bones and will strictly implement it no matter what the situation.
For example, our Northeastern Army, although we also train in this way, when the war starts, everything falls into chaos."
"Sir Zuo, just look at these people wearing Northeastern Army uniforms. They are so small, walk with bow legs, and have a smell that I can't explain. Anyway, you can tell at a glance that these are all little Japan."
"Furthermore, I estimated their number to be less than 200, which is exactly the number of people in a Japanese squadron, and our Northeast Army company is only over 120 people, so there won't be that many people."
Having said this, Huang Dayou assured with a serious face: "Sir Zuo, I dare to guarantee with my head that these people are little devils."
Zuo Mingqing knew that this was a serious matter, and this was no joke. Whether it was Little Japan or the real Northeastern Army, once the fighting started, it would be a non-stop situation.
He also consulted Lei Dahai and Xiao Qi for their opinions. You must know that these two are also veteran volunteers who have fought against the Japanese in Liaoning and Rehe for two years. Naturally, they are also familiar with the Japanese.
After hearing that Lei Dahai and Xiao Qi both agreed with Huang Dayou's view, Zuo Mingqing stopped delaying and immediately issued an order to prepare for battle.
As for whether we can win, our Senior Brother Zuo is not worried at all.
