"One good news, one bad news!" I said, "Which one should I hear first?"
"Good news!" Zhang Fan replied without thinking.
It is said that only optimistic people will subconsciously listen to the good news first, but I really don’t know what else can make Zhang Fan optimistic in this situation.
But having said that, there is nothing wrong with being optimistic. At least it allows us to face reality easily, right?
"The good news is... we're out of the jungle!" I said.
"Really?" The female soldiers cheered. Only Xiao Chen and Xu Li looked at me with doubtful eyes.
"Xiao Yang, are you sure we have walked out of the jungle?" Xu Li asked: "I am not doubting your judgment, but I want to know the reason, so that I can have peace of mind."
Xu Li was born in 1950. She is the oldest among us and can be called the eldest sister. Her words also show the caution that people of this era often have.
"Yeah!" I nodded, pointed to the top of my head and said, "The reason is the roof..."
"Roof?" Everyone was even more surprised when I said this. They didn't know what this roof had to do with walking out of the jungle.
In fact, the reason is very simple...
"Because of the tiles on the roof!" I said: "You think... these tiles must be fired in a brick factory, and they are heavy and fragile. If this is a deep mountain and old forest, then who will have enough to eat and nothing to do?
The tiles are shipped here!”
"Oh!" At this time everyone understood.
"So..." I concluded: "I think we are not far from the town, or it can be said that as long as we walk along the path at the foot of the mountain, we can reach a nearby town!"
The female soldiers cheered again.
"What about the bad news?" The female soldiers were already so happy that they forgot about it, but only Xu Li still remembered this.
"The bad news is that the Japanese are about to catch up!"
"What?" These words were like pouring cold water on the female soldiers, immediately pouring down their excitement.
"That's it!" Looking at Xu Li's confused eyes, I explained before she asked: "While marching... I noticed birds flying behind me from time to time. They should be the pursuers of the Vietnamese army.
He's following our trail all the way here!"
In fact, I have been paying attention to the situation behind me, and I have noticed that someone is following me a long time ago, but I just didn't say anything because I was worried that the female soldiers would panic.
After being silent for a while, they quickly started talking in unison:
"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go!"
"Yes, go and join the main force!"
…
I shook my head and said: "My thoughts are this... The Vietnamese army's pursuers are not far away from us. I'm afraid they will catch up with us in less than ten minutes. So instead of being chased on the road, it is better to be here."
Wait for them."
Xiao Chen also agreed and said: "I agree! The Japanese Japs can march much faster than us, and they are also familiar with the terrain and will take shortcuts. If they rush in front of us and set up an ambush or catch up with us... then we will
…”
There is no need to say the rest, everyone knows how it will end.
"That's why I want to fight here!" I looked at the sky and said, "As long as we hold on until dark, it will be difficult for the Japanese to know our situation, and it will be easier to retreat by then!"
My idea is that it is impossible for the Japanese to maintain an offensive posture all the time. If they don't attack... I don't know if there is anyone in this hut when it gets dark. In other words, if we seize the opportunity well,
Withdraw from the battle...Then the Vietnamese army may have given us time to escape because they didn't notice our retreat.
Actually, I have another idea, which is to let Xiao Chen and I stop the Vietnamese army here and let the female soldiers retreat.
But firstly, I knew that the female soldiers would not be willing to do this, and secondly, I felt that the combat effectiveness of the female soldiers was too poor. It was also full of dangers to let them go down an unknown road. After all, even civilians in Vietnam
There are weapons. So in the end I felt it was safer to wait until dark.
"I also agree with Platoon Leader Yang's plan!" Xu Li nodded, clenched her fist and said, "Then what are you waiting for? Let's get ready to fight and welcome the enemy's arrival!"
I have to admit that I am a little uncomfortable with Xu Li's tone of voice, but I can understand it. After all, she grew up during the ten-year revolution, and it would be strange not to have a bit of the atmosphere of that era.
So the preparations began quickly. What they call preparations is actually transporting the bags of fertilizers and stacking them... Stacking a few bags on the ridgeline of the mountaintop position is a good sniper position and throwing grenades.
A few bags were piled in front of the window and door of the hut. Although the windows were protected by earthen walls, the earthen walls were too thin and could not be beaten.
It is said that these bags of chemical fertilizer are really useful for building fortifications. Any stack of them can be a good bunker. Later, I even opened a few holes on the roofs of these houses... and then put this fertilizer
Put a pile of them on the roof, and use tables and stools as wooden ladders below, so a suspended sniper position is created.
The only drawback... is that the fortifications built with these bags of stuff are easy to break. Even if the machine gun bullets sweep up in a row, it won't be able to penetrate at the time, but once the bags are broken, the contents will leak out. It is precisely because of this
The reason was that each sniper position had to prepare a few extra bags of fertilizer for construction work. Fortunately, there was a lot of fertilizer in this room, and the female soldiers also joined us in the work, so it didn't take long for everything to be ready.
Finally, I took a look at the terrain outside the house, and when I returned home, I found several female soldiers smiling at me.
"What's wrong?" I asked doubtfully.
"Nothing!" Zhang Fan replied: "Both Sister Xu and Xiao Chen are praising you, saying that you are calm-minded and thorough in analysis..."
"That's not the case!" I responded generously: "Isn't that how the Yushu looks like in the wind?"
"Beautiful!" Zhang Fan casually grabbed a piece of biscuit and threw it over, which only made the female soldiers burst into laughter.
"Platoon Leader Yang!" Xiao Chen sighed after laughing for a while: "To be honest... I heard that you are also a sharpshooter. I wanted to compete with you in shooting skills early in the morning..."
I understand this. Anyone who is good at marksmanship has a bit of arrogance in his heart, and will not admit defeat even after a few attempts, just like the Huashan sword debate in martial arts novels.
"But I didn't expect..."
"We haven't competed yet, haven't we?" I said, "Are you giving up so quickly?"
"Is there any need to compete?" Xiao Chen smiled self-deprecatingly: "Your analysis of the terrain and situation just now... and the fact that you discovered that there are pursuers behind you early in the morning... I can't accept defeat.
ah!"
"wrong!"
"What's wrong?" Everyone was a little confused by my answer. They were about to speak but were quickly stopped by me raising my hand.
"The Vietnamese Japanese are coming!" My words immediately made everyone nervous.
Then I immediately assigned the task: "Xiao Zhen and I will defend on the front line, while the others will retreat to the second line!"
"Yes!" Although Xu Li was a little reluctant to be assigned to the second line by me, she also knew that this was not the time to show off her strength, so she had no choice but to agree and lead the female soldiers to retreat to the back row of houses.
I have my own reasons for this arrangement. You must know that although the ak47 has strong firepower, the firepower of this thing is completely piled up with bullets. When there is only one gun and no bullet supply...how many magazines are there?
The fight was over in seconds, so putting them on the front line was of no use at all. Instead, they could only provide us with some firepower assistance when the Japanese invaders crossed the front line and were right in front of us.
So there is no doubt that when ammunition is insufficient, 56 will be more useful than AK. After all, it is accurate and consumes less ammunition, right?
Holding the sniper rifle, I ran to the window, set up the sniper rifle, and looked outside. Sure enough, I saw a group of Vietnamese troops divided into two parts and approaching the hut where we were. They were all holding their guns as if they were facing a powerful enemy.
He looked like he knew we were hiding in this room.
I think they must have judged this from the "sandbags" in front of and behind the house.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat... My vigilance just now was too low. If the Vietnamese took advantage of our inattention and set up mortars on the open ground to blast us hard, then all the arrangements just now plus
All our lives have been wiped out.
Fortunately, these Vietnamese Japanese do not seem to be carrying mortars... This is easy to understand. You must know that the troops in the lead often only carry light weapons of small weight in order to speed up. If they want to bring mortars... then
One person has to carry the base, one person has to carry the cannon body, and one or two people have to carry the shells. Moreover, such equipment will undoubtedly be difficult to walk in the jungle.
So the Vietnamese army missed this opportunity to easily blow us up in the house.
This group of Vietnamese troops came up in small numbers, only seven in total, three on the left and four on the right... They stopped and walked very carefully, keeping alert while moving forward, as if they didn't want to alarm us.
But all they did was in vain. We were condescending and saw everything. In my sniper scope, I could even see the dirt on the faces of the Japanese...
Although these Japanese soldiers had already entered my shooting range, I still did not give the order to fire.
The reason is that I am not the only one on the battlefield... Xiao Chen uses the 56 and a half. Although the 56 and a half has a range of 400 meters, its best shooting distance is within 300 meters. This does not mean that I can't
I can deal with these seven Yue Japs by myself, but I hope that I can let Xiao Chen practice his skills so that he can get into fighting condition as soon as possible.
At this time, I have learned something from the previous battlefield, that is, a battle cannot be started by one person. If you want to win a battle, you must play the role of a team!
Therefore, the Vietnamese soldiers I had been staring at through the sniper scope waited patiently until they entered three hundred meters... To be continued.)