Chapter 19 The Unfortunate Sentinel
At dawn, a puppet soldier sat up in the grass. He stretched himself out, yawned, and glanced at the eastern sky before tapping his toes forward.
"Er Gou! Wake up, it's dawn!" said the puppet soldier.
His toes were kicking on the body of another soldier who was lying sleeping below him.
"I haven't slept enough yet!" The companion named Ergou who woke up after him snorted.
"Want to sleep enough? Wait until you have a wife to sleep with!" the puppet soldier said.
After he said this, Ergou sat up.
The two of them were secret sentries of the puppet army Zhang Xuecheng.
Nowadays, we are no longer in the age of cold weapons. There is always a considerable distance between ourselves and the enemy.
In order to prevent the Northeastern Army from coming out to make a sneak attack in Jinzhou City, the puppet army naturally set up sentries.
Originally, as sentries, they should choose a high point with a wide view, but at midnight last night they felt that the wind on the small mound was a bit strong, so they slipped from the mound into the sagebrush below.
"I'm hungry, let's go! Go back and eat." The Ergou rubbed his slightly cold knees and said.
No one is willing to go out on guard duty. It is already autumn, the grass and trees are starting to turn yellow, and it is still quite cool in the second half of the night.
Especially in the Northeast, due to its high latitude, the temperature difference is relatively large. The highest temperature during the day is still more than 20 degrees, but at night it becomes more than 10 degrees.
People from the Northeast are not like people from the South who are calm when the temperature exceeds 10 degrees Celsius. The cold becomes unbearable at 10 degrees Celsius, even though both of them are wearing cotton coats.
"Let's go eat!" The sentry who woke up first also said, "After we finish eating, we have to go to the nearby village to gather quilts. It will be very cold to do so!"
"Zheng" is a universal verb in Northeastern dialect. As long as it is related to behavior, this word "Zheng" can be used.
Man A said to Man B, "Let's drink some wine at night", which means drinking some wine.
Man A told his wife that every day he would come around and talk to his wife, but he would not tidy up the house! This tidying up meant tidying up.
Man A said to his wife, let’s have a son again! Why does this mean giving birth to a child?
Man A said to Man B, "You are such a careless person. You are always trying to make trouble every day!" This is equivalent to what people in the south call troublemaking.
There are many other uses like this.
At this time, what the first sentry said about coming with a whole quilt actually meant that he would go to a nearby village to either rob or buy a quilt.
The Ergou naturally answered "Okay".
Just when the two of them were about to get up, gunshots suddenly rang out!
The "bang" of the gunshot was so close to the two of them that they were so frightened that the two sentries fell down directly in the sagebrush.
Those who could serve as sentries were all veterans, especially Ergou and the two of them immediately began to determine the source of the gunfire.
But there was no need for them to judge. At this time, rows of mixed gunshots rang out, not only the "bang" and "bang" sounds of rifles, but also the "chunk" sound of machine gun fire.
Bullets came from the southeast like raindrops, flew over their heads and poured in the northwest!
The two sentries of the puppet army lay down in the wormwood and looked towards the southeast. At this time, they saw that many heads had appeared on the hill where they were supposed to be last night, and those people were heading toward them.
The puppet army's station is shooting!
The two of them were currently located only fifty meters away from the hill, so they could clearly see that the people on the top of the hill were all Northeastern troops!
"How to deal with it?" Ergou asked his companion.
"What the hell are you doing? It'll be great if we can save our lives! Just stay here and don't let others beat us to death!" His companion replied.
There is no doubt that the Northeastern Army in Jinzhou City came out of the city overnight and started shooting at the campsite of their puppet troops.
The two of them were very lucky. If they hadn't run into the grass in the middle of the night because of the cold weather on the hill, they might have discovered that the Northeastern Army had approached them and fired a warning shot, but their lives would have been lost.
Guaranteed.
Fortunately, this patch of wormwood was still very dense. The two sentries didn't know if the Northeastern Army not far away from them had seen them. The two men were busy lying in the grass without moving.
The two of them lay down so wisely that as soon as they lowered their heads, the gunshots became louder!
The Northeastern Army launched an attack on their campsite. How could they not fight back?
So first there was a warning rifle fire, and then there were also "bursts" of machine guns firing from the southeast to the northwest.
As a result, the two of them were already on the battlefield where the two sides were fighting.
Although it was impossible for anyone to see flying bullets in the daytime, there were countless bullets from both sides intersecting above the heads of the two puppet sentries.
Let’s talk about the Northeastern Army’s shooting. After all, the Northeastern Army is close to them. They are using guns to shoot at a distance. Even if there is an error, it will not hit a place tens of meters away. Although the bullets are dense, they will still hit from a distance.
It flew over their heads.
But the bullets fired from the other end of their station had different effects.
The two of them were acting as secret sentries, so of course they knew that the campsite was still more than 200 meters away from the hill.
In other words, his companions shot at the hill from more than 200 meters away.
At this distance, unless a sharpshooter is a perfect shot, it would be strange for ordinary soldiers to miss the bullet or hit it too high.
As a result, the grass on the heads of the two sentinels was broken by bullets, and the grass blades fell on them. What's more, the bullets were really flying against the backs of their heads!
At this point, these two sentinels wish they could become the dogs watching over your house!
Why? When the guard dog's paws are itchy, they will dig a hole in front of themselves and crawl into it. It's cool there, and the two of them can't wait to dig a hole to hide in it!
Just when the two sentries were worried about their lives, they heard the elongated "hiss" and "hiss" sounds coming from the other end of their station.
When they heard the sound, the two of them pressed their faces to the ground, because it was their mortars going off!
Yesterday, their puppet troops attacked Jinzhou City and failed to capture it for a whole day. The conclusion was that the firepower was not strong enough, so the Japanese sent them a few more mortars.
They are veterans, and of course they know that the mortar needs to be tested. I hope the shell will not hit their heads.
Just as the two of them were thinking about this, they heard two "boom" and "boom" sounds in front of them, and the two mortar bombs had exploded.
Fortunately, those two mortar shells only hit between the two of them and the hill. Although they were closer, they were not in danger after all.
Just as the two mortar bombs exploded, the gunfire from the Northeast Army's end immediately became sparse.
It seems that the Northeast Army only came out to harass and had no intention of attacking. If they really attacked, the two of them would have no choice but to raise their hands and surrender.
The Ergou was about to poke his head in to take a look, but as soon as he thought something was wrong, he lay down and stayed still.
The gunfire from the Northeast Army's end has stopped, but it hasn't stopped from their end. Don't be beaten to death by your own people!
"The Northeastern Army finally withdrew!" At this time, the other sentry said.
"Do you think withdrawing is a good thing?" Ergou asked back.
"What's wrong?" The sentry didn't understand what Ergou meant.
"The Ming Sen must have been killed by others. The two of us are still alive. Zhu Papi has to ask us why we didn't call the police? Why don't we wait to be punished?" Ergou said angrily.
Zhu Papi is the nickname of their company commander.
What Ergou said is absolutely reasonable.
The two of them knew that their people must be planning to set off for Jinzhou City at dawn and were gathering at this time.
Being beaten so randomly now would definitely result in a lot of casualties.
As sentinels, the two of them failed to fulfill their due responsibilities. It would be strange if they didn't get beaten when they returned home.
Even if they don't get beaten, if they are allowed to charge together, won't they die quickly?
"That's really the truth, so what should we do?" The sentry had no idea.
"There are woods on the left. Let's climb into the woods and think about what to say before going back." Ergou didn't have a good idea, so he thought of a delaying plan.
"Okay." The sentry**.
The two people discussed it and started climbing to the left. If they climbed too late and their men came up, the two of them would not be able to tell!
But just as they were climbing, although there were mortars on their end shooting towards the hill, there was also a gunshot on the hill, and the shot hit Ergou's thigh!
Ergou barked "Ouch", and he instinctively rolled his bones, but he looked back at his wound, but did not dare to move. After all, the two of them were discovered by the Northeastern Army on the hill.
However, there was only one shot on the hill, and then mortar shells exploded, and then there was no sound of gunfire again.
As a result, the sentry secretly glanced at Ergou's legs, but he felt happy in his heart.
This time the two of them didn't have to climb into the woods. They had a reason to explain to the company commander Zhu Papi.
Chapter completed!