Chapter 1640 The fire on the other side of the river, the light outside the circle
In the windy and snowy night, a horse team was walking due north in the dark in the primeval forest.
At the front of the team, Unakan was listening intently to the goings-on around her. Behind her, Zhao Jinyu, who was riding on horseback, would hit the stirrups with the saber in his hand from time to time, intimidating the peeping wolves around.
things.
Behind him, the three Qiu brothers, who were also riding on horseback, could not help but look back from time to time to glance at Hu Bazhi and Wei Ran, who were walking at the end on mules and horses.
As for Hu Bazhi, this experienced hunter and resistance fighter was rarely distracted and didn't care at all about the mules carrying straw men connected by the reins in his hands.
At the end of the team, Wei Ran squinted his eyes and looked at the mules and horses that seemed to be missing in the wind and snow in front of him. From time to time, he would also check the two arms of pine branches dragged by the biting horse and the mule leading beside him.
Making sure they stirred up the snow behind them and barely covered the horse's hoof prints.
After two hours of long but slow progress, the surrounding vegetation gradually became sparse and the terrain gradually became flat. However, the wind and snow also gradually became lighter, and the sky gradually became brighter.
Amid the mixed emotions of anxiety, nervousness and vigilance, the coniferous forests on both sides were gradually left behind. As far as the eye could see, there were large areas of water bubbles waiting to thaw in the coming spring.
"Let's run"
Unakan said, pointing in a direction with the riding crop in his hand, "Keep running that way!"
"drive!"
Almost at the same time, everyone shouted to the mules and horses to start speeding up.
The dim night, the cold wind blowing like a knife, and even the snowflakes that hit them so hard that they could barely open their eyes made the sound of horses' hooves hitting the frozen soil seem to be amplified countless times - even as they set off.
The horse's hooves were wrapped in animal skins.
Inevitably, everyone is worried about running into the Japanese team at such a critical moment. But even so, all they can do is to urge the mules and horses to run faster, and faster!
On the bumpy horseback, the three Qiu brothers leaned down as much as possible, stepped on the stirrups to clamp the horse, and at the same time grasped the saddle tightly, trying to reduce their windward side to ensure that they would not be thrown off.
Also galloping after them were the mules led by Hu Bazhi alone, with straw men tied to them. Because they had no weight, these mules, which were not good at running, could barely catch up with the army horses that were traveling with them.
After running like this for almost ten minutes, they saw that the forest sea behind them had long been covered by the night. All they could see was the endless wasteland with no edge at all, as well as large and small patches of forest scattered from time to time.
"How far do we have to run?" Zhao Jinyu asked as he caught up with Unakan in front.
"It's not that far!"
Unakan pointed forward with the riding crop in his hand, "Keep running forward. When you see a scene...stop quickly!"
Following Unakan's panicked reminder, everyone immediately reined in the horses and the running mules. At the same time, they also saw a horse team suddenly running out from the other side of the forest to the right, with the light of oil lamps and flashlight beams flashing.
“Woof woof woof woof——!”
Almost as soon as the three brothers of the Qiu family, who had been a little slow to react, finally reined in their horses and stopped with difficulty, the sound of barking dogs immediately came from the direction of the horse team, and together with it, there were also beams of flashlights.
Came over.
"Run! It's a Japanese dog with standing ears!"
Unakan reacted very quickly and shouted, turned the horse's head by the reins and ran to the side.
Almost subconsciously, the three Qiu brothers also anxiously urged their horses to follow.
In contrast, Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu drew their carbines at the same time, aimed in the direction of the beam, and decisively pulled the trigger!
"Bang!"
After two almost overlapping gunshots, two beams of luminous flashlights fell from the horses, and the horse team in the distance immediately dispersed.
"Let's go!"
Hu Bazhi shouted, reached out and took out a large handful of meat lumps from the big white mule's robe and threw them out.
"drive!"
Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu shouted to their horses and started running almost at the same time, chasing Hu Bazhi and Unakan and others in front and started running to the side.
At the same time, Wei Ran also cut off the pine branches held by the biting horse and the mule he was leading with a rope. As he ran, Hu Bazhi was still spreading meat lumps behind him.
"What are you talking about?!" Zhao Jinyu still had time to shout and asked, but he was not worried at all about the gunshots that rang out one after another behind him.
Don't talk about him, Wei Ran also didn't take the gunfire from behind seriously. Why did he and Zhao Jinyu fire those two seemingly unnecessary shots just now? They were just to seduce the Japanese patrolling on horseback to shoot!
But it's two different things to stop and ride on horseback to shoot at a target running towards you with a flashlight, and to ride on a running horse and shoot at a target that's also running. Can the latter be shot?
Hitting the target depends entirely on faith!
More importantly, Zhao Jinyu and Wei Ran, who have been cavalrymen, both know that when riding on horseback and shooting, they will subconsciously slow down the horse to some extent. This is their purpose of shooting to seduce each other! Not only that,
After those two shots, the flashlights of the pursuers behind him no longer dared to stay on!
"Meat lumps mixed with chicken fat and rat poison!"
Hu Bazhi replied as he continued to toss the poison bait prepared in advance, "It was originally a vicious method prepared for the wolves in the mountains. It is suitable for treating the devil's dogs."
"Brother Wei! Brother Hu! Listen to me!"
Zhao Jinyu rode up to him and shouted, "You two are taking Qiu..."
"We don't know Zhao Jinshan!"
Hu Bazhi didn't give Zhao Jinyu a chance to speak. He raised his head and shouted, "Sister, you..."
"Shut up, everyone! Follow closely!"
Unakan also didn't give Hu Ba Zhi a chance to finish his words. She didn't care what plans Hu Ba Zhi, Zhao Jinyu or even Wei Ran had. She wanted to take them all across the river smoothly!
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Unakan's voice was carried by the wind into the ears of everyone behind him, "Run into the forest in front, I can get rid of them! Run faster!"
Hearing this, the six people following him whipped their horses hard on their butts, and ran towards the forest where they could not see them at all costs.
However, when I could finally see the outline of the forest vaguely in the wind and snow directly ahead, there was a series of flashlight beams on the edge of the forest!
The terrible thing is that not only part of the beams of this series of flashlights ran towards them, but also part of them ran to the north, obviously to prevent them from crossing the river!
"Bang bang bang!"
There was a burst of gunfire from the direction of the oncoming cavalry, and Boss Qiu also let out a scream and fell off his horse!
Before he could stop rolling in the snow, Zhao Jinyu had already galloped over, leaned forward to fish it out, and dragged him onto his horse again!
"Run south!"
At the critical moment, Hu Bazhi shouted loudly, "Unakan! Run south!"
"Going back to the forest?" Unakan shouted and asked while pulling the reins to change direction.
"Yes!" Hu Bazhi responded loudly, "Where did Boss Qiu get shot?"
"Arm! Brother Wei! Come and take a look!"
As soon as Zhao Jinyu finished speaking, Wei Ran ran over, touched Boss Qiu's shoulder with his hand, and then said loudly amidst his screams, "The bones of his right arm were broken by a bullet! Use a rope to tie him up first.
!”
Hearing this, Zhao Jinyu immediately pulled out a rope from the horse bag, and under Wei Ran's guidance, strangled the wound on Boss Qiu's arm to complete the initial hemostasis.
Amidst the shouts, screams, gunshots and busyness, everyone had to run in the direction they came from.
"Everyone listen to me!"
Hu Bazhi said, "Wunakan! Jinyu! Take the Qiu brothers into the woods ahead!"
"What about you!" Zhao Jinyu and Unakan asked in unison.
"Even if you die, you still have to complete your mission!"
Hu Ba pointed his finger at the question and shouted, "You must send the letter back, don't let Xiaohu and the others miss it! Also, when you cross the river, remember to light a fire so that we can see it! Brother Wei! Let's go!"
Before Hu Bazhi finished speaking, Wei Ran had already increased his horse speed and came closer. Ignoring the calls of Unakan and Zhao Jinyu, he followed Hu Bazhi and the mules he was leading and ran to the southwest!
After the two sides had distanced themselves, the two men pulled off the lampshades of the oil lamps on the mules one by one, then took out the box cannon and casually pulled the trigger toward the pursuers behind them to attract attention.
"Let's go!"
Unakan shouted anxiously, urging Zhao Jinyu and the Qiu brothers to follow her, following the horse's hoof prints left when they came, and ran towards a forest not far away that they had just passed by.
She didn't tell anyone that during the last break, Hu Bazhi also talked to her while the others were sleeping, just like she hadn't told anyone about the plan that Zhao Jinyu had discussed with her.
Same.
For this young girl, all she has to do is to choose a plan and put it into action.
But looking at it now, it is obvious that Hu Bazhi’s plan is more in line with the current situation!
Taking advantage of the shadow of the forest in front of them and the horse hoof prints they had left before, Unakan urged Zhao Jinyu and the Qiu brothers to run into the forest and hide.
As they watched helplessly, the Japs gradually surrounded the mule team with lanterns hanging on them led by Wei Ran and Hu Bazhi.
Or rather, they led their pursuers back into the mountains and forests.
"Walk!"
Zhao Jinyu gritted his teeth and shouted, hugged the injured Boss Qiu, and was the first to leave the forest on horseback. He once again followed the horse's hoof prints they had just left, taking Unakan and Xiaosi'er who turned back frequently behind him.
He Yongwu, amidst the increasingly distant gunfire, ran towards Heilongjiang again!
At the same time, Wei Ran and Hu Bazhi, who had already run into the forest with their mules and horses, had already distanced themselves from the mules and horses carrying the straw men on their backs, and pulled the trigger again and again, desperately attracting the attention of those behind them.
Attention those pursuing you.
"Do you think they have crossed the river?" Hu Bazhi asked loudly.
“Probably not yet”
Wei Ran, who was almost flat against the horse's back, replied loudly, "It shouldn't be that fast."
"I don't know if there will be any difficulties on the riverside."
Hu Bazhi muttered something vaguely while driving the big white mule to run faster.
"Where are we going?" Wei Ran asked.
"Run further in!"
Hu Bazhi raised his head and glanced at the mule in front of him, which was attracting firepower. "We have to make the mule run faster! We can't let the Japanese find out it's fake!"
"It's okay to let the Japanese run slower!"
As Wei Ran spoke, he had already taken out a Soviet lemon grenade from his bag that was filled with the stench of corpse and burnt odor. He had personally taken this grenade from Cui Bearded's body not long ago.
At this time, the grenade was still tightly wrapped with several coils of cloth soaked in kerosene, and an additional thick hemp rope more than one meter long was tied to the end of the cloth.
After pulling out the safety pin and laboriously lighting the cloth strip tied to the grenade, Wei Ran glanced at the direction of the pursuers behind him, swung the hemp rope vigorously, and threw the grenade behind him.
In the pitch-black night, the flaming grenade was like a conspicuous meteor, flying back in a parabola for a distance, and then hooked on the branches of a pine tree, turning into an increasingly conspicuous mass.
fireball.
Almost subconsciously, sharp-eyed Japs rode up to them. However, just for a moment, as the grenade burned, the cloth strips wrapped around it disintegrated one after another, the safety grip flicked away smoothly, and the oval-shaped projectile body
Braving the green smoke that was difficult to detect in the wind and snow, it bumped against the tree trunks and branches and continued to fall, finally hitting the thick snow.
"boom!"
Almost at the same time as the grenade exploded, two Japanese cavalrymen and a military dog that had just secretly picked up a few meat bumps ran into the best killing range!
In the dull explosion, not even the humans, horses, and dogs were spared. Their whole bodies turned into smelly fuel, dyeing the surrounding snowflakes and the snow on the ground red.
This sudden explosion undoubtedly caused the people chasing behind to subconsciously slow down a little bit, and subconsciously avoid the fireballs thrown out by the people in front.
However, until those fireballs were extinguished one after another, there was no explosion again!
When they realized they were being tricked, Wei Ran, Hu Bazhi, and even the mules they were driving had already run further. Except for the faint light of the fire, it was almost difficult for the Japanese behind them to see their outlines in the wind and snow.
.
"We should separate from the mules! The Japanese must have started outflanking us!"
"Let's run to the west!"
Before Hu Bazhi finished speaking, he had already raised his riding whip and whipped the last mule carrying the straw man hard on the buttocks.
When the mule subconsciously speeded up, the two of them pulled the reins and left the mule team, diagonally into the forest, and ran towards the west.
At the same time, the pursuers behind them gradually discovered that the military dogs they brought to search for the target were whimpering shrilly. Some of them had begun to roll on the ground, and some even began to bite the surrounding horse hooves crazily.
Son.
In this little chaos, Wei Ran also got off his horse, took out the last two grenades as quickly as possible, and pulled two trip mines that were only less than 20 centimeters higher than the snow.
Getting on their horses again, the two of them sped up and started running westward at the risk of their lives. However, not to mention Wei Ran didn't know what was in the west, even Hu Bazhi, who was here for the first time, didn't know.
They didn't even know that Zhao Jinyu and others had already run to the river under their cover, and ran to Maozi's territory on the frozen river covered with snow.
"Captain Zhao and Zhao Jinshan actually cannot trust Shopkeeper Yang!"
When we reached the center of the river, Unakan suddenly said loudly.
"Is now the time to talk about this?" Zhao Jinyu shouted in response.
"Especially after what happened to the bearded uncle, Captain Zhao may not trust Shopkeeper Yang even more!"
Unakan, however, remained unmoved and continued to speak loudly, "Brother Jinyu! You have to find Captain Zhao to explain the situation clearly and prove Shopkeeper Yang's innocence! You also have to save Shopkeeper Yang!"
"What are you going to do!" Zhao Jinyu shouted when he realized something was wrong.
"After crossing the river, run east!"
Unakan pointed in the direction with the riding crop in his hand, "Remember to light a fire! I'll save those two mallets! You go and save Shopkeeper Yang!"
After saying that, Unakan suddenly turned his horse's head and started running back without waiting for Zhao Jinyu to respond!
"Come back! Come back to me!" Zhao Jinyu roared, "I order you to come back!"
"drive!"
Unakan was unmoved. Instead, he whipped the horse's butt hard and disappeared into the windy and snowy night in the blink of an eye.
In the frozen heart of the river, Zhao Jinyu, who was riding on horseback, looked desperately at the direction where Unakan disappeared, then lowered his head and looked at Boss Qiu in front of him, who seemed to be about to fall into coma due to excessive blood loss, and even stopped a step too late in front of him.
Xiaosier and Yongwu came down.
"Brother Zhao, what...what should we do?" Yongwu asked hesitantly.
"Run! Run! Let's cross the river!" Zhao Jinyu gritted his teeth and issued the order, shouting at the horses to start running again.
On the south bank of the river, in the primeval forest not far from the river bank, Wei Ran and Hu Bazhi ran faster and faster as two grenade explosions came from behind.
After the two of them rode their horses over a mountain ridge, Hu Bazhi turned the horse's head again and ran towards the southwest again.
At this time, the sky had gradually become brighter, and even the wind and snow were weakening. This was not a good thing, on the contrary, it would undoubtedly make it easier for the pursuers behind them to spot them.
"Brother Wei, I'm afraid we have to put down the animals to survive!" Hu Bazhi said suddenly.
"Where to hide?" Wei Ran asked simply.
"on the tree"
Hu Ba pointed to the top of his head, "Find a tree, step on the animals to hide in, and let the animals continue to run."
"The Japanese have dogs with them," Wei Ran reminded.
“Don’t be afraid”
Hu Bazhi said confidently, "The meat lumps I spread were mixed with Chun Gou'er's urine. Even if the Japs' wolf dogs didn't eat them, they would have to lick them twice. If they just ran all the way, they must have been poisoned to death."
"If we can't escape, neither of us will survive." Wei Ran reminded.
"Take a chance!"
Hu Bazhi said and took a breath, "I...I was shot."
"What did you say!"
Wei Ran's heart sank, and he quickly moved closer, "Where are you injured?"
"thigh"
Hu Bazhi gritted his teeth and replied, "Hurry up and hide in the tree, I..."
"Don't you fart!"
While Wei Ran was speaking, he pulled the reins of the big white mule that the other party was riding to stop. After touching behind him, the second lieutenant breathed a sigh of relief. The bullet grazed Hu Bazhi's thigh close to his hip bone.
Although the bullet opened a bloody groove in his leg, the amount of bleeding showed that it did not damage the bones or blood vessels.
"Can't die"
Wei Ran looked around, pointed to a tall pine tree in the distance and said, "I'll send you up, you hide inside, bandage yourself and then climb up to the top of the tree, always watching for fire on the other side of the river.
"
"What about you?" Hu Bazhi asked.
"If the devil wants to catch me, he still needs to practice."
Wei Ran replied confidently, "I will lead them far away and hide them, but you must hide them well. If something happens to you, I won't be able to explain to the others."
"Okay" Hu Bazhi responded after a moment of silence.
"Listen"
Wei Ran, who was riding on horseback, pulled the reins of the big white mule and continued running towards the pine tree in front of him, reminding him, "If you dare to do something stupid, I will find the Japanese to surrender."
"you..."
"When the time comes, I will take the Japanese to kill Zhao Jinyu and the others."
Wei Ran reminded him very seriously, "So you hide it for me and don't make any sound. I'll come back to pick you up after I lure the Japs away."
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"able"
Hu Bazhi glanced at Wei Ran, gritted his teeth and endured the pain, stood on the big white mule with difficulty, held on to the trunk of the tree, grabbed the branch, and climbed up little by little.
Waiting until the opponent was hidden in the tree canopy, Wei Ran pulled out his carbine, turned the butt of his rifle and hit the tree trunk hard.
With a soft "dong" sound, the snow on the tree crown rustled down, easily burying the redundant horse hoof prints and sporadic blood stains under the tree.
"drive!"
Wei Ran shook the reins vigorously, yelling at the biting horse and the big white mule he was holding the reins to run again.
Under his inducement to raise his gun and fire from time to time, the pursuers behind him gradually gathered around him, but none of the Japanese noticed Hu Bazhi hiding in the tree.
Of course, neither Wei Ran, who was about to be surrounded, nor the Japanese, who were about to surround Wei Ran, knew that outside the encirclement, there was a brave young girl riding a horse alone, following the sound of crossfire and the increasingly obvious
Horse hoof prints ran into the woods.
At the same time, Wei Ran also ran to the highest point of a mountain ridge, hooked a branch of a pine tree with one hand, and then used the riding crop in his other hand to whip the biting horse on the buttocks.
Stimulated by the severe pain, the biting horse took the big white mule with the reins tied to the saddle on its back and ran deeper into the forest.
Turning over and climbing to the top of the tree, Wei Ran rode on the branch and hit the trunk hard again with the butt of his gun.
In the falling snow, he had already climbed to the highest point of the tree canopy that could bear his weight and cover his figure. He took out the extra large telescope with great satisfaction.
Using the telescope to look around, he could clearly see the Japanese encirclement in the rising sun.
He also saw in several directions outside the encirclement, sledges and mules and horses, carrying warriors with weapons in their hands, rushing towards the back of the Japanese.
He even vaguely saw that in the far distance due north, on the other side of the frozen Heilongjiang River, someone seemed to have set fire to a dead tree, igniting a large fire that was conspicuous enough in the field of view of the telescope.
"It seems that we successfully crossed the river..."
Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look in the direction Hu Ba was pointing. To his surprise, he saw Unakan running back on horseback, and also saw Unakan climbing out of the tree with Unakan's help.
Hu Bazhi going up and down.
But he didn't feel any happy because Hu Bazhi was rescued, because he also saw that behind Unakan, more Japs were rushing in on horses or sledges.
forest.
"grass!"
Realizing that something was wrong, Wei Ran no longer cared about his own life or death. He put away his binoculars and picked up the carbine on his shoulder. After loading the gun, he aimed at a Japanese soldier on horseback who was surrounding him and pulled the trigger!
"Bang!"
Amidst the clear gunshots, Wei Ran clearly saw the Japanese soldier more than a hundred meters away suddenly raised his head and fell off the horse, but before he could push the second bullet, a strong white light swept over him.
to, covering everything around it in the blink of an eye.
"Is it over..."
Wei Ran released the carbine in his hand at the next moment, pulled out the box cannon from his waist with his right hand, took out the box cannon from the metal book with his left hand and pulled the trigger at the same time, hoping to attract the attention of more Japanese.
I hope Hu Bazhi and Unakan can escape alive.
He even hoped that these people who were struggling in despair could survive until the end of the war...
