When company commander Hu Biao announced the new mission, although everyone listened quietly, they were still shocked.

Just because their mission this time is to hunt down Zhang Xuecheng.

Of course they already knew who Zhang Xuecheng was. He was the young marshal's uncle and brother.

Since the other party has become a traitor and led an army to attack Jinzhou, he is destined to become the enemy of the Northeast Army.

During the three days that Shang Zhen and others rested, the fighting was still going on, and Zhang Xuecheng's puppet army had been crippled by the Northeast Army.

Shang Zhen didn't know the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. He only heard that it was very powerful, but there was no doubt that it would not be a problem for the Northeastern Army to defeat the puppet troops.

What is the army? The army is a tool.

Since there was an order from above, their battalion set off before dawn on the fourth day after Shang Zhen's rest. Hu Biao's Second Company was directly assigned as the vanguard by battalion commander Zhang Lianjie due to serious attrition.

They had to set off at this time because the enemy was still attacking Jinzhou City, but this time the puppet troops had been withdrawn and replaced by Japanese troops.

The order Zhang Lianjie received was to coordinate with other troops to kill Zhang Xuecheng no matter what the cost.

In other words, even if the Japanese army captured Jinzhou City, they still had to kill Zhang Xuecheng.

This was the time when dew fell, and the dew on the tips of the grass soon wetted the military shoes on Shang Zhen's and his others' feet.

However, due to the siege of the city by the Japanese army, in order not to be discovered by the Japanese army, no one spoke and they just walked forward in silence.

They kept walking like this, and when the sun rose and the world became bright and colorful and the air became hot and dry, they had already left Jinzhou City behind.

And when they walked for a while, an open area of ​​four to five hundred meters appeared in front of them. At the end of the open area was a small forest.

"Run forward!" ordered Hu Biao from the forest farm.

As ordered, everyone started running, and when they ran into the woods, Hu Biao gave the order: "Rest where you are and wait for the people behind to come up."

Being a vanguard requires knowledge.

The leading soldiers can not only explore the way in front, but also prevent the large troops behind from running into the enemy's ambush circle.

If they cannot pass through the open area quickly, if there are enemies in the woods, then they will encounter an enemy ambush.

But they rushed over and there was no enemy ambush, so they had to wait for the large army behind them.

The leading soldiers and the large troops behind must always be in each other's line of sight, so as to serve as a warning.

Otherwise, if they are far away, the leading soldiers will be killed quietly, and the group behind them may also run into an ambush and be wiped out without knowing it.

Everyone was panting heavily, sweat dripping down their temples.

Just when his breathing had calmed down slightly, Hou Kanshan ran up to Shang Zhen and looked him up and down. After a while, he said with a "tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk,"

You're such a jerk, but you're carrying two guns, don't you think it's too heavy?"

Hou Kanshan still couldn't forget Shang Zhen's flower trap, but Shang Zhen, who knew it well, kept in mind Ma Erhuzi's famous saying - a monkey looking at a mountain talks like a dog's fart! So he will never say anything.

Shang Zhen ignored him when he saw it. Hou Kanshan looked at it again and suddenly realized: "I said you don't think it's too heavy. It turns out you didn't take a grenade!"

Shang Zhen still ignored him.

A submachine gun and a rifle combined weigh fifteen or six kilograms.

At the same time, you also need to carry bullets and water bottles, which add up to more than 20 kilograms. One grenade is about one kilogram, and two grenades are two kilograms. If you bring four or five days of rations, it will be close to thirty kilograms.

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For long-distance marches, carrying an extra pound is a burden, but it cannot be ignored.

Shang Zhen brought two guns, doesn't that mean he has an extra load?

Of course, compared with ordinary soldiers, Shang Zhen carries less things. After all, he looks like a stick now, and his load-bearing capacity is really limited.

He knew that if he could fight hand-to-hand with an enemy with his current physique, he might be able to defeat him with just a little push!

So, he was counting on using this flower trap to defend himself, so how could he possibly show Hou Kanshan?

"Let me see what this is?" Hou Kanshan saw Shang Zhen ignoring him and reached out to poke a bulging baggage that Shang Zhen was carrying.

Shang Zhen was finally unhappy, but before Shang Zhen could speak, Li Fushun said another word, "Get out!"

"Okay, here you go!" Then Hou Kanshan rolled to the side with a shudder.

Now there are only about forty people left in their entire company. Everyone knows what Hou Kanshan looks like in normal times, so some people despise and others smile.

But at this time, one of them sighed again and said: "The mountains and rivers remain the same!"

When the man spoke, everyone was stunned for a moment.

The speaker's name is Chen Hanwen, who is the clerk of their company.

In terms of thin physique, Shang Zhen is definitely the last among Hu Biaolian, and Chen Hanwen is the second to last.

The clerk is the scholar in the company.

Chen Hanwen is only in his early twenties, and he is still a fair-looking boy.

He had only been in the army for two years. He had a relative who was a brigade commander in the Northeast Army. He received training at the Northeast Military Academy for two years, and after he came out, he was transferred to the Hu Biao Company.

Chen Hanwen usually helped Commander Hu Biao with some logistical statistics in the team, and then helped illiterate soldiers write some letters home and so on.

A person like him is of course very literate, and his speech is naturally refined.

What does the word "mountains and rivers remain the same" mean? Even people who can't read can understand it, but do mountains and rivers really remain the same?

Hu Biao and his company came to Jinzhou after breaking through Beida Camp. They had only heard about what the Japanese army was doing, but they had not seen it with their own eyes.

But even though the vegetation and mountains and rivers are still the same now, what about the bloody battle they had with the puppet troops in the woods two days ago? So many broken limbs and broken arms, so many new tombs.

"Don't let it go off your throat!" Hu Biao, the company commander who was leaning against a tree, was unhappy.

When he heard what Hu Biao said, Chen Hanwen blushed and shut his mouth. He just felt something, and he didn't say the next sentence!

But I suddenly thought that I had made this tone too long, and as a result, I had no chance to say the next sentence.

"The large troops behind the company commander are coming up." At this time, a platoon commander reminded from the side.

Hu Biao stood up, but just when he was about to give the order to move forward, they suddenly heard the sound of gunfire.

The place where the gunfire rang out was not far from them, but it was to the east of them, and their view was blocked by the woods.

"Where was the gunshot?" Hu Biao asked.

"Report to Captain Hu, there should be a small village called Qijiazi." A soldier next to Hu Biao quickly replied.

This soldier's name is Wu San'er.

Wu San'er was familiar with the terrain around Jinzhou, and was assigned to them by the battalion commander Zhang Lianjie as their guide.

Hu Biao said, "Follow me a few people, the others will stay where they are," and ran to the east.
Chapter completed!