Chapter 1596: The more you kill, the more you earn.
"Click! Click!"
Accompanied by several joint cracks and subsequent screams, the two young masters of the Cao family, who had been stripped of all their clothes, had one knee joint of each leg dislocated for no apparent reason.
"Click!"
There was another crisp sound, and one of the second young master's arms was also dislocated. As for his balls that were kicked open, Wei Ran swore that he really forgot to treat him.
"You two put on their outfits"
Wei Ran, who was changing the dressings of the two unconscious anti-Japanese soldiers, said, "Maybe I will treat you as the eldest young master."
Hearing this, Tian Xiaohu and Zhao Jinyu's eyes lit up, they picked up the two young masters' clothes and put them on.
However, Tian Xiaohu paused when he picked up the eldest young master's mink coat, and then handed it to Wei Ran, "Brother Wei, please wear this outfit. I...I can't ride a horse."
.”
"You don't know how to ride a horse?" Wei Ran looked at him suspiciously.
"It's OK to ride a mule and walk slowly, but I can't ride a horse to run fast." Tian Xiaohu explained.
"Next time you tell a lie, don't avoid looking at other people's eyes."
Wei Ran bluntly exposed the other party's petty thoughts, "Just wear it, we are three in one. The bandits may not shoot at Master Cao, but the Japanese don't care."
Hearing this, Tian Xiaohu opened his mouth, and finally put on Master Cao's mink coat honestly, then put on his suede leather cotton trousers and deerskin boots, and buttoned up the coat.
A sleek mink hat.
Passing the replacement simple leather hat to Miss Hongxia, Tian Xiaohu put the cotton clothes he took off together with the supplies they were planning to transport.
While the two of them were changing clothes, Wei Ran also turned up the brightness of the oil lamp, placed Robert's camera with a wide-angle lens next to the God of Wealth in the corner, and pressed the shutter.
He didn't expect anything to be captured in such a dim environment, but he still hoped to record something.
"Without further ado, let's go!"
As Tian Xiaohu said this, he put the letter with feathers on it and a Japanese grenade into his arms. Seeing this, Zhao Jinyu also subconsciously pressed the small red flag in his arms.
"Brother Wei, you and Brother Jinyu ride horses, and I ride a mule."
As Tian Xiaohu said this, he had already taken the submachine gun and magazine bag handed over by Zhao Jinyu and threw them on his shoulders. Then he picked up his own 38-meter cap and led the mule out first.
"Let me do this"
Wei Ran saw that Zhao Jinyu kept looking at the black horse with the horse box, so he simply hung the two grenades and the two Japanese backpacks full of grenades on the saddle of the black horse that once belonged to the second young master, and led him
It followed Tian Xiaohu.
"You...you have to come back alive."
Miss Hongxia said worriedly while Zhao Jinyu also held the reins, "I...I will take good care of the wounded and keep an eye on the prisoners. You must come back."
"They can't come back," the eldest young master said almost firmly, and there was even a hint of gloating in his tone.
"Snap, snap, snap!"
The girl Hongxia, who was already in a very irritable mood, didn't talk nonsense. When she came up, she had four big mouths, both positive and negative. The young master's originally handsome face also had palm prints visible to the naked eye.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I will pull out your dog teeth!"
Miss Hongxia threatened him in a sharp tone. Finally, she felt confused and took off her jingle shoes again, and slapped the young master's mouth hard again.
When the eldest young master was swollen into a pig's head, Wei Ran and the other two men had already led their horses and mules back to the other side of the Langcaozi ditch. They climbed up on horseback in the direction where the young master of the Cao family had just appeared.
Up the mountain ridge.
The snow is getting heavier now. Fortunately, since the three of them are riding animals, their progress is not too slow.
"Squad Leader Xiaohu, do you know where Shopkeeper Cao's lair is?" Zhao Jinyu asked curiously while fiddling with the beautiful horse box.
“Been there once”
Tian Xiaohu said, "Follow the squad leader... I mean, go with your second brother, blindfolded."
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Jinyu asked curiously.
"Winning over Shopkeeper Cao's resistance to Japan"
Tian Xiaohu said, "That happened last year. Shopkeeper Cao didn't want to conflict with the Japanese."
"Then do you know the road?" Zhao Jinyu continued to ask.
“Why not?”
Tian Xiaohu said confidently, "Your second brother has led us to explore this area thoroughly. In the past few years, he has been dealing with bandits nearby."
"That..."
"Why do you have so many problems?"
Xiaohu shook the reins as he spoke, "Now is not the time to chatter. We have to hurry up. If the Japanese and bandits go far away, we won't be able to hear the noise we made."
Hearing this, Zhao Jinyu also quickly shook the reins, urging the big black horse under his butt to run faster.
Under the leadership of Tian Xiaohu, and with Wei Ran taking out the canvas map from time to time for comparison, they soon arrived at a mountain ridge.
Although this mountain ridge is surrounded by dense forests, the top of the mountain is so bare that it reminded Wei Ran subconsciously of the Mediterranean hairstyle of his high school physics teacher.
After tying the horses in the forest, Tian Xiaohu led them to the edge of the open space, hid in the burrow of a pine tree, pointed to the opposite side and whispered, "The top of the beam opposite is the old home of shopkeeper Cao Da. It used to be
The squad leader and I secretly came here to keep an eye on him."
"Jinyu, let me use the telescope." Wei Ran said in a low voice.
Hearing this, Zhao Jinyu quickly handed over the Soviet telescope that belonged to the young master.
He took the telescope and stood up to look at the opposite side. However, due to the wind and snow, he could only vaguely see half way up the mountainside near the top of the mountain. There seemed to be five or six houses scattered in an orderly manner.
Even so, it's all because the chimneys of those houses are smoking and there are lanterns hanging at the door.
"Shopkeeper Cao Da occupies a mining tunnel where Xu Laocai opened a gold mine."
Tian Xiaohu explained in a low voice, "Although the gold in the mine tunnel has been dug out long ago, the entrances in it extend in all directions. No one knows how many entrances and exits there are. On the surface, there is only one entrance on the highest mountainside.
Inside the wooden house.”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Have you been in there?" Wei Ran took advantage of the brief opportunity when the cold wind blew open the snow curtain, and asked in a low voice while measuring the distance.
"I went in once, with the squad leader." Tian Xiaohu replied in a low voice, "But it was right at the entrance of the cave, and I never went inside."
"It should be enough," Wei Ran muttered in a low voice.
"What did you say?" Tian Xiaohu asked.
"nothing"
As he spoke, Wei Ran took off the bearskin gloves on his hands. When Zhao Jinyu saw this, he immediately took out the sheepskin gloves that belonged to the young master and handed them over.
Without being polite to the opponent, Wei Ran took the gloves and put them on, then took off the two grenade tubes on his shoulders, and then opened the two Japanese backpacks containing grenades.
"This devil's grenade is actually easy to use."
However, Weiran started on-site teaching at this time, "As far as you want to hit, just twist the wheel to the corresponding distance, which is similar to looking at the scale beam."
As he said that, he pointed to the level on the tube, "There are two things to do if you want to hit it accurately. One is to calculate the distance accurately, and the other is to find the right angle to keep the bubble in its current position, and then use this
Aim with the white line.”
"This...is this done?" Tian Xiaohu asked, as if it was not difficult.
"This is how it is on flat ground"
Wei Ran pointed to the buildings that were vaguely visible on the opposite mountain in the wind and snow, "But there is a height difference between us and them, so..."
"Brother Wei, what is the height difference?" Tian Xiaohu asked blankly,
"It's just that they're not on the same level. The top of our mountain is a little higher than the halfway point of that mountain. If the shells were fired according to the distance just mentioned, they would definitely have flown over."
As he said that, Wei Ran had already taken out two grenades and distributed them to the two of them. Then he picked up another grenade and pulled out the safety of the warhead before inserting it into the grenade. "Let's try firing a few rounds first. Although I can use it,
But it may not be accurate.”
As he spoke, he turned the adjusting wheel and said, "There is about 300 to 350 meters between the two hills. Our side is higher, so we will take it as 300 meters."
Before he finished speaking, he had stepped on the hoe of the grenade barrel with one foot, grasped the barrel body with his hand to find the correct angle, and then grabbed the leather cord on the trigger and pressed down hard.
"Boom!"
Accompanied by a muffled sound and a buzzing sound, the cannonball flew out in a parabola under the gazes of Zhao Jinyu and Ting Xiaohu.
"boom!"
After waiting for about two or three seconds, there was a "boom" explosion halfway up the mountain opposite.
“Good luck”
Wei Ran murmured, and the grenade just hit the part of the building complex on the opposite side of the mountain that was closest to the foot of the mountain. Although it didn't seem to have damaged any buildings, the first round could hit this place.
It's good luck.
"If you move it ten meters back, you can probably explode it accurately."
As Wei Ran spoke, he slightly turned the adjustment wheel and kept saying, "Don't be idle, you two, let's fight together."
After coming back to his senses, Tian Xiaohu reacted very quickly and picked up another grenade. He imitated Wei Ran's posture and stepped on it with his feet. Then he completed the range adjustment as usual, and then he was about to
Put the cannonball in.
"The safety pin hasn't been pulled out yet," Wei Ran reminded, and pulled the firing trigger again, firing the second shell.
"Oh oh oh!"
Tian Xiaohu quickly took out the cannonballs, but let Zhao Jinyu snatch the grenade away, stuffed the cannonballs prepared in advance, pointed them at the hilltop opposite, and fired the first Japanese artillery shell in his life.
"Boom! Boom!"
"It's my turn!"
Almost at the same time that the shell fired by Zhao Jinyu exploded, Tian Xiaohu, who had finally prepared the shell, took advantage of the former's daze, grabbed the grenade in his hand, and followed the same example and assumed the position again, and it went smoothly.
The cannonball was shot out.
"boom!"
What none of the three of them expected was that Tian Xiaohu's cannonball hit something so accurately that even through the heavy snow, they could clearly see a fireball rising halfway up the opposite mountainside!
"Keep fighting!"
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he fired another cannonball. It was only then that the bandits halfway up the mountain finally began to fight back.
However, with such a heavy wind and snow, it might be possible to see clearly on the opposite hilltop, but it would be a pure dream to see clearly whether there was anyone on the opposite hilltop and where the cannonballs were flying from.
Especially the position chosen by Wei Ran, they could see the opposite side when they stood up, but when they squatted down, they could only see the top of the mountain opposite.
Seeing that the two little brothers were already taking turns using the grenade, Wei Ran asked, "In which direction is our camp exactly?"
"Over there!" Tian Xiaohu immediately raised his finger and pointed in the direction.
Seeing this, Wei Ran took the only two flares he had, and took two extra flares that shouldn't be used at this time and put them in his arms. Then he carried the grenade and moved a certain distance away from his waist.
, aiming in the direction of the camp, and fired the four grenades just now alternately.
Seeing a flickering light group appear in the snow, Wei Ran put the slightly hot grenade into a canvas holster and carried it on his shoulder.
"What? No more fighting?" Tian Xiaohu asked in a low voice after waiting for him to come back.
"Don't hit so fast. Also, try to hit as accurately as possible."
Wei Ran whispered in a low voice. In addition to giving Tian Xiaohu and Zhao Jinyu a chance to practice their skills, his intention was naturally to buy some time for the people in the bandits' den - to get them to ask for help.
time.
After all, their goal was to attract the Japanese, not to suppress the bandits. If the bandits destroyed this thing quickly, there would be no use for it.
After his explanation, Zhao Jinyu and Tian Xiaohu also slowed down. One by one, I slowly repaired their bandit den on the opposite hill. It seemed that they still couldn't find their bandit den.
If about five or six minutes had passed, one of the grenades in one of the bags had only the last two rounds left, and finally a few figures in the bandit's den seemed to have run out on horseback.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately called on the two brothers to pack their things and retreat.
"Are we not going to fight?"
Zhao Jinyu asked with some reluctance, he hadn't had enough yet.
"Fight, fight in another direction."
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already picked up the last backpack full of grenades, hung it on the horse's back, got on his horse and walked under the upper beam.
"Where are we going?" asked Tian Xiaohu, who was catching up on horseback.
"Go and kill the person who tipped off the information." Wei Ran's simple and clear explanation confused the two people behind him.
"It's not far from here. If you kill the person who tipped off the information, the people in the bandits' den will definitely hear it. At that time, more people will be sent to ask for help, and it is determined that the large army is preparing to attack their bandits' den.
Woolen cloth."
"What are you doing to them?"
"They're going to have Maodong soon. They must be robbing money." Wei Ran's natural explanation immediately made the two of them look enlightened.
No need to say more, the three people immediately urged the mount under their buttocks to speed up the pace.
It only took about 15 minutes at most from the time they went up the mountain to the time they came down, but the horse's hoof prints when they came were almost completely covered.
Urging the horse to run quickly around the ridge, Wei Ran reined in the reins before entering the shooting field of view of the bandit's den on the opposite side, picked up the flower trap hanging on the horse's back, and aimed in the direction where the horseback figure had just disappeared.
He pulled the trigger.
After a brief reaction, Zhao Jinyu and Tian Xiaohu also came to their senses, each drew out their weapons and fired half a dozen shots, especially Zhao Jinyu, who also drew out the horse box that he had been eyeing for a long time and fired a few random shots.
Seeing Wei Ran put down his submachine gun and replace it with the Japs' cavalry rifle and his own box cannon, he immediately took out the box cannon and started firing randomly. Tian Xiaohu even took out the Nagant runner in his arms and fired a few shots first, and then fired again.
I fired a few shots with the 38-meter cap.
Although this effort really wasted a lot of ammunition, to the bandits on the mountainside a few hundred meters away, the noise created by these three people had been amplified to a scale that was almost equal to the number of the main force of the "Resistance Alliance".
Sure enough, the bandits halfway up the mountain immediately arranged for people to leave from other exits of the mine to report the news, while the rest opened fire indiscriminately in the direction of Wei Ran and others in the heavy snow.
"Took the bait"
Wei Ran put away his gun and said, "Squad Leader Xiaohu, while the person who reported the news is not far away, shout a few times to identify himself, and ask the manager of Cao Da to lead the people to surrender immediately."
Hearing this, Tian Xiaohu fired a shot skillfully, and then shouted loudly, "Listen, guys on the other side! I am Tian Xiaohu from the third squad of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Team! We have surrounded your mountain tops.
It’s over! If you know what’s going on, please hurry up and ask Shopkeeper Cao to come out and surrender! Our Captain Zhao is waiting here!”
He was shouting at the top of his lungs. The people on the mountainside more than 300 meters away must not be able to hear clearly, but the messengers who had just nearly died under the fierce fire could hear clearly, and
Subconsciously urging the mule under his buttocks to run faster.
After shouting like this at the top of his lungs for five or six minutes, Wei Ran whispered, "That's almost enough. Let's place the ground guns here."
Hearing this, Tian Xiaohu immediately stopped and started working with Zhao Jinyu to place all the guns everywhere.
This so-called ground gun is just a barrel less than half a meter long with a T-shaped wooden handle.
The barrel of the gun is filled with black powder and iron sand, and a flash cap is used at the back to fire it. Although the T-shaped wooden handle is difficult to hold and fire by hand, it is particularly convenient to tie it everywhere. It doesn't even have a trigger, instead
Yes, it is a fairly sensitive pull rope.
On the other hand, even judging from Wei Ran's experience, these two people, especially Tian Xiaohu, were definitely tricky in the placement of the guns. He even used a snow barrier in front of one of the gun barrels without any knowledge.
A small platform was built, and then a Japanese grenade was placed on top that pulled the safety pin off!
Wei Ran can almost imagine how exciting this thing will be when it is fired!
"Bang bang bang!"
After Wei Ran waited for the two men to disguise all the guns they brought, he immediately raised the box cannon and fired a few more shots above his head.
This time, Tian Xiaohu didn't need to be reminded at all. He shouted a few times at the top of his voice again, then turned over and mounted the mule, and the three of them quickly ran in the direction where the bandit who reported the news disappeared.
However, the three of them did not run far, they just hid on the top of a mountain ridge about two to three hundred meters away and stopped to hide their bodies and horses.
"Do you think Shopkeeper Cao and those Japs will come?" Zhao Jinyu, dressed in mink, hid under a pine tree and asked quietly.
“Definitely coming”
Tian Xiaohu snorted, "If Shopkeeper Cao doesn't come back, his kiln will be destroyed by us. Besides, we are the only ones who can do anything to Shopkeeper Cao, and those Japanese are not here to leave."
Relatives, of course they have to come non-stop."
"I don't know if Brother Hu will run into the Japanese..."
Zhao Jinyu sighed worriedly, inevitably starting to worry about the friend he had just met, and then couldn't help but ask, "If the Japanese come later, where should we go?"
"It depends on how many Japs come," Wei Ran said leisurely.
"If there are few people, take them in circles in the mountains."
Tian Xiaohu said, "After it gets dark, we can leave them behind and go deliver the letter."
"What if there are many people?" Zhao Jinyu couldn't help but ask.
"That's quite simple."
Tian Xiaohu smiled calmly, "Then let's find a way to die with them. If we can kill one more, we will earn one!"
