Li Zuolong was indeed a great man, and he followed the troops forward without even frowning. Wang Kechang and others fell behind.
In fact, I also knew that they would follow, not because of anything else, but because of the second half of what I said... "I will not be responsible for your life and death!"
To put it bluntly, this is just to scare them. Just think about it, on this battlefield, it can be said that no inch is truly safe. Just now, two Vietnamese soldiers appeared in the house one after another, right? Then the problem arises. If two more Vietnamese soldiers come...
Can they handle a few new recruits?
So they put it all together... maybe it would be safer to follow the squad leader. If they were not careful while hiding in that room, they might be bumped into by the Japanese. Even if they were lucky enough to escape this battle, they would be considered as such in the liquidation after the war.
Treated as deserters. They are not stupid, of course they know how to choose.
At this time, I don’t have the extra energy to pay attention to them. In fact, I hope they don’t follow. The reason is very simple. They are a burden and burden to us now. To some extent, I still have to protect them.
safety...
But at the same time, I didn't have that much time to think about this issue. I only knew to lead the troops behind Chen Yiyi and cautiously approach the sound of intensive machine gunfire.
What surprised me a little was that Chen Yiyi looked like a well-trained soldier. This was not just because she had helped me crush the Vietnamese army's breakout before, nor was it just because she had so calmly killed a Vietnamese soldier at close range just now.
, even more because now she can find cover in a timely manner, and constantly gestures to us behind her to indicate that we should go or stop...
From this, I feel more and more that she is not simple. It can be said that I am not in charge of the class now, but she should be in charge.
But this doesn't seem to be surprising. As Chen Yiyi said, an ordinary Vietnamese can shoot and kill, let alone someone like her who has been in the Vietnamese army for so many years.
From this, I was secretly shocked. If every one of the Vietnamese army had the same qualities as Chen Yiyi... then this battle would be difficult to fight!
"Squad leader!" At this time, Chen Yiyi, who was walking in front, turned around and called me, pointing to the top of my head.
I looked up and quickly understood what she meant. This was a three-story wooden house with a simple wooden ladder nailed to the corner for people to climb to the roof. It can be said to be a good sniper position. Chen
Yiyi is asking me to snipe here...
I nodded immediately, turned around and gave an order to the soldiers behind me: "Everyone is here, follow the clothes and move forward. When I am not around, follow the orders of the clothes!"
"Yes!" Although the soldiers under his command were a little surprised, they continued to move forward with Chen Yiyi.
Seeing Wang Kechang, who was walking at the end, trembling all over, I couldn't help but yelled at him: "Thief, come with me!"
"Well... yes!" Wang Kechang sniffed, with a grateful look in his eyes. Obviously, with his cleverness, he knew that I was taking care of him and protecting him.
Without saying anything else, Chen Yiyi and I exchanged glances, leaned our rifles on our backs, and took Wang Kechang to climb up the wooden ladder to the roof.
This is a "herringbone" shaped tile-roofed house. The ten-meter-long roof ridge provides me with a very free and wide sniping area. If I were to follow the order of my superiors to "protect every plant and tree of the Vietnamese people," I might have to be careful.
Don't step on those tiles, but I don't care about them. I just found a place to lie down, exposed my head and took a look...
Hey, this Chen Yiyi really knows how to find a place. The large area in front of me is the Vietnamese people's grain drying field. It has a wide view and a good view. More importantly, I can clearly see the enemy's position here and see through the doors, windows or collapsed wall holes.
Here I saw Chen Yiyi and their marching route.
Being able to see them means that we can provide them with remote cover. I think Chen Yiyi arranged for me to be here for this reason.
However, in order to prevent Chen Yiyi and his party from being exposed, I refrained from shooting even though I could see the enemy.
Suddenly, I felt that Chen Yiyi could not only command a squad, but also a platoon. At least she was much more reliable than our company commander.
"Squad leader!" Wang Kechang lay beside me and asked cautiously: "What do I want to do?"
"Hmm!" I couldn't help but be startled. I originally asked him to come up just to keep him safe, but now I really don't know what I want him to do.
"Let's do this!" After thinking about it, I pointed to Chen Yiyi and his group's marching route and said to him: "Have you seen our troops? Don't shoot, just look. If you see a dangerous place, report the location and situation. Understood.
?"
"That's it?" Wang Kechang nodded and said, "Understood!"
"Do you really understand?" I didn't believe it, because reporting directions, such as what time it is, how many meters away... it's really not something that ordinary people can tell quickly and accurately.
I know this...all because of the old man.
The old man is blind, isn't he? And he is as stubborn as a cow. He always refuses to be helped by others when carrying things or eating. I don't know if he misses the days when he was a soldier or something, so he insists on letting others help him.
I am studying the orientation.
For example: "Six o'clock, five meters, dining table!"
"Eight o'clock, two meters, washbasin!"
…
At the beginning, I often reported inaccurate directions, and I usually suffered a few surprises at this time. Over time, I got used to it, and after a few months, I was able to give accurate directions without even looking.
Look, this is how we, father and son, usually live. I give the directions like a conductor and let the old man fend for himself. The old man seems to like this very much, at least it doesn't make him feel like a waste. As for me, I am also happy to be free without having to do anything.
.
"I really understand!" Wang Kechang nodded firmly.
"Sign up and give it a try!"
Wang Kechang stuck his head out and looked at it, and said: "Twelve o'clock direction, two hundred meters, water well!"
"Hmm!" I glanced at Wang Kechang in surprise. It seemed that I really called the right person this time.
What I don’t know is that there is a reason why Wang Kechang does this. He is a thief, isn’t he? Thieves often look for targets on the street, but when looking for targets, you can’t point with your fingers... That can easily attract the target.
Alert, so he practiced the technique of reporting directions under the training of his leader.
Even if you can report the direction, at least it can be of some use.
In fact, I don't dare to have high hopes for Wang Kechang.
It's true that a sniper needs an assistant. The main reason is that the sniper has to stare at the scope. The scope magnifies a small area... Although you can look at this place carefully, it also means observation.
The range is too small to take into account the overall situation. This is why most modern snipers are equipped with an observer.
However, most of these observers need to be equipped with a telescope. I don't believe that Wang Kechang can play any role without a telescope.
So until now I still planned to play alone. But I soon discovered that this idea was wrong.
Just when I was aiming at a Vietnamese machine gunner and just waiting to attack at the same time as Chen Yiyi and his party, Wang Kechang suddenly said: "Ten o'clock direction, 500 meters, Vietnamese army trap!"
Looking along the direction indicated by Wang Kechang, it was really... I could clearly see in the scope two Vietnamese soldiers poking their heads in the corner. It was obvious that the Vietnamese army had discovered that our army was encircling us from the flank... and they should have discovered it.
, with the military quality of the Vietnamese Japanese, how could they be attacked so easily.
I couldn't help but feel surprised. I didn't expect that Wang Kechang's eyesight was really good... What I didn't expect was that this thief's eyesight and observation skills would still be poor. This should be their specialty.
At the same time, I was also secretly frightened. If Wang Kechang hadn't reminded me, it would be easy to imagine what happened next.
Chen Yiyi and others had no idea that they had been discovered by the Vietnamese army, and they still followed the original route towards the Vietnamese army's position. The Vietnamese army would use their usual tactics to quietly let them go, and then suddenly appear in front of Chen Yiyi.
Shoot someone from behind...
Of course, since they let me discover it now, this trick will naturally not succeed.
I aimed my crosshair at the corner of the wall at half a person's height and waited silently. Just waiting for the Vietnamese army to poke out half of their heads again, I quickly held my breath and pulled the trigger...
After the gunshot "Bang!", a pool of red and white turbidity was left in the corner of the wall.
At the same time, the gunshot also served as a warning to Chen Yiyi and others. They stopped immediately and locked their guns at the corner.
"Click, click, click..." The shooters were a few recruits. The characteristic of the recruits was that they would shoot boldly when frightened, even if they knew that the bullets could not reach the enemies hiding in the corners.
The other Vietnamese soldier was obviously frightened by my shot, so he no longer dared to stick his head out. There was nothing I could do against him.
But just because I can't do anything doesn't mean that others can't do anything, but Chen Yiyi jumped out of the bunker, quickly threw a grenade and then fell to the ground.
"Boom!" Before the explosion faded away, Chen Yiyi got up from the ground again, rushed into the smoke with a submachine gun, and then only heard a "click, click, click..." after the gunshot.
There was no movement. The next second, I saw Chen Yiyi coming out of smoke and waving to the soldiers behind who were still in a daze.
I have to admit that I was once again stunned by Chen Yiyi's series of familiar and coherent movements. I think it's not just me, but all the fellow male soldiers watching this scene felt inferior to them.
"At one o'clock, Vietnamese reinforcements!"
Wang Kechang's words made me wake up. I adjusted my perspective and saw that the Vietnamese army was assigning five or six people to try to fill the gap on the left wing.
In normal times, five or six well-trained Vietnamese soldiers are enough to deal with a squad of our army. But... now this squad only has my sniper rifle, and Chen Yiyi...