Chapter 43: Reconnaissance Operations (2)
Shen Chen called the two of them, and pointed out the route of retreat and escape in case they were discovered, so that the two of them could hide separately.
The gunfire in Chen Village stopped, and there was a dead silence all around, only the time still passed minute by minute.
Finally, a small group of people appeared on the dirt road across the river, getting closer and closer in Shen Chen's telescope, becoming clearer and clearer.
This team was the enemy stationed in Zuwang, who had just returned from the loot of Chen Village. There were four or five devils, and there were more than twenty puppet soldiers, escorting four crying women, and carrying a lot of looted goods.
A Japanese devil at the head carried the 38 gun on his shoulder, with a small plaster flag hanging on the head of the gun, riding a ploughing ox, shaking his head and shaking his head with joy.
In the back is a devil riding a donkey, singing some kind of Japanese folk song, and the tune sounds weird.
Shen Chen hid at the other end of the bridge, carefully observing and estimating.
More than 20 enemies, he didn't look at it, except for a few devils, the rest of the puppet army is just a chicken and a dog, it's okay to bully and bully the common people, fight, give it for nothing.
Do you fight or continue to hide? Do you try your best to save people, or do you focus on the mission?
Shen Chen didn't think about it for too long, when he vaguely heard the cries of the women and the scolding of the puppet soldiers, he reached out and opened the safety of the gun.
The devil soldier riding the ox stepped on the wooden plank bridge, and the enemy behind followed, with a small interval, and by the time the devil who was the head was about to cross the bridge, it had already been pulled into a long snake.
Shen Chen put the butt of the gun on his shoulder and aimed at the devil at the back, that is, the one in the middle.
Because the first few devils are on the bridge deck, almost unobstructed, they are live targets.
Shen Chen's meaning is obvious, use the wooden bridge to divide the enemy into two sections, destroy the devils first, and then deal with the puppet army.
Snap, a crisp gunshot stirred up an echo.
Shen Chen's first bullet flew away from the muzzle, and the bullet simply burrowed into the target's chest, and then slanted out from the back, hitting another devil behind him.
As if struck by lightning, one of them fell to the bridge in convulsions, and the other fell to the side of the back, rolled off the bridge deck, and fell into the river.
The penetration of the thirty-eight guns was very strong, but Shen Chen didn't expect this effect, which was an unexpected surprise.
The devil who was listening to his companion humming a folk song on the back of the cow was in high spirits, and suddenly his good mood was shattered by the sudden sound of gunfire.
The guy was in a hurry to get off the cow's back. But the ploughing ox was really tall compared to his stature. In addition, the bridge deck is relatively narrow, and he is really a little "difficult to ride a bull" at this time.
There was no more time for him to practice bull riding, Shen Chen quickly pulled the bolt of the gun and shot quickly, only a distance of less than two hundred meters, for him, it didn't take too long to aim.
The second bullet made a shrill whistling sound in the air, easily penetrating the devil's chest.
The implosion effect of the warhead on the devil's body shattered his countless alveoli in an instant. He fell from the back of the ox and plunged headlong with a mouth full of swallowable gas.
The ploughing ox was frightened, mooed, and rushed down the bridge, dragging the corpse of the devil whose arm was tied by the reins.
The enemy, who had already stepped onto the bridge, was thrown into confusion by the sudden attack, and some turned around and ran back, while others looked around and fired their guns in panic.
"Smack!" Shen Chen unhurriedly pulled the trigger, and the bullet hit a devil who was aiming in a kneeling position. His gun dropped and slowly landed on the bridge deck.
The reaction is quick and the posture is impeccable, but here, there is absolutely no room for maneuvering.
Erhuzi and Yu Baogen didn't expect Shen Chen to shoot, and after a little stunned, they reacted and set up a gun in the cemetery to shoot.
"Smack!" The gunfire was chaotic, but it covered up Shen Chen's sniping. But the result was obvious, another devil fell, rolled off the bridge deck and fell into the river.
The sound of gunfire and shouting rang out, and two or three puppet soldiers panicked, crowded each other, and fell into the river.
"Smack!" Shen Chen's rifle butt sat back briskly, and the target of the bullet was no longer the enemy on the bridge.
On the other side of the bridge, the head of a puppet army officer who was shouting suddenly splattered with blood and brains, and this guy fell to the ground with a rotten watermelon head.
Fighting and running, and those who fell into the river, there were no more enemies on the bridge deck, only a few corpses remained.
The puppet army on the other side of the bridge was still shouting and screaming, the shooting was inaccurate, the bullets were flying indiscriminately, but the threat was not great.
Erhuzi and Lin Baogen shot one shot after another, and they fought happily, and they didn't know if they hit or not, so it was time to change the magazine anyway.
Shen Chen moved his position, reloaded his bullets, and quietly showed his eyes, observing the enemy on the other side of the bridge.
At a distance of more than two hundred meters, with the marksmanship of the puppet army, Shen Chen was no longer too afraid. Now, basically, he is the only one who destroys the enemy, and no enemy can hit him.
Shen Chen stopped shooting because of the change of magazine, and Erhuzi and Yu Baogen's marksmanship could not shoot at the enemy so far away. But the chaos of the puppet army continued, and the indiscriminate guns were fought happily.
"Smack!" After Shen Chen took aim carefully, he opened fire on the enemy who was not well hidden.
A puppet soldier with a head covered in blood, lying on a large rock where he was hiding. Blood was gurgling and steaming, melting the snow and spreading red.
"Smack!" Shen Chen's bullet shot again, killing a puppet soldier who dared to get up and shoot in his direction. Then he rolled on the ground, hid behind another grave bag, and slowly extended the muzzle of his gun.
The puppet army who fell into the river, one of whom seemed to be good at water, swam quickly to the opposite bank, used his hands and feet together, and desperately climbed to the shore.
But the ice layer fell from thick to thin, and this guy fluttered, crying for help, his cotton clothes were soaked, cold and biting, and his voice soon became weak.
A puppet soldier seems to be a close friend of this guy, maybe even a relative, crawling forward, and throwing out his belt after getting closer. The puppet army in the icy water caught it and was dragged slowly ashore.
"Smack!" The bullets shot quickly, and the puppet soldier who was half-kneeling and pulling his belt hard shook it, looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, and fell to the ground with a thud.
The puppet army that climbed ashore seemed to have run out of strength, or they could be half-frozen and half-frozen, lying in the ice and snow for a long time without moving.
Shen Chen didn't care about him and continued to look for a target.
The other three puppet soldiers who fell into the river seemed to have poor swimming skills. One struggled for a long time to get close to the shore, but was exhausted and lay on the ice on the shore like a dead dog.
The other two puppet soldiers stretched out their arms and threw themselves in the river playfully, drinking water violently, their cotton clothes were soaked, and their bodies were frozen, and they all sank to the bottom in a short time.
As soon as the battle began, the puppet army that had not been on the bridge was scurrying around, looking for concealment, and no one cared about the few women who were tied together.
At first, several women were so frightened that they squatted with their heads in their hands, screaming and screaming. After staying for a while, they woke up and ran away with each other.
"Stop, stinky." A puppet soldier picked up his gun, stood up half-straight, and thought about drinking.
A bullet screamed, and blood burst out in the back of the puppet army, and the puppet army's drinking stopped abruptly, and it fell straight down like a log.
The fighting quality of the puppet army recruited indiscriminately is extremely poor, which is different from the army that surrendered to the Japanese devils as a whole. At most, they just bully and bully the common people and maintain law and order.
Even sometimes, the puppet army also participated in the encirclement and suppression of the anti-Japanese areas behind enemy lines by the Japanese devils, and most of them were also engaged in logistics and guard tasks.
Although the number of puppet soldiers in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was extremely large, and some people excused them, thinking that they were forced by life, or strong men who were forcibly captured, or had other involuntary reasons.
But Shen Chen didn't want to let them go easily, so he would kill them when he had the chance. In his eyes, the puppet army is the scum of the Chinese, the scum.
If nothing else, helping the devils to harm their compatriots and arresting innocent women for the devils to spoil them, for this alone, they are innocent.
Shen Chen moved again, adjusted the shooting angle, loaded the bullet, pulled the bolt, and continued to shoot at the enemy.
The quality of the puppet army is really poor, at this distance, even if he stands still and wants the puppet army to fight, he is too unlucky to be able to hit one or two out of ten shots.
After being shot one after another, the puppet army knew that there were sharpshooters on the opposite side, and this distance was not safe. So, they stepped back again, pulled farther away, and hid more carefully.
Fewer and fewer bullets were fired back, and the puppet soldiers did not dare to do this futile thing anymore when they found that their shots were not a threat and that the price of exposing their bodies was death.
Erhuzi and Lin Baogen also stopped shooting, and their shooting level was equally flattering.
Shen Chen looked left and right, and found that the enemy had retreated farther and hid better, but he couldn't find a suitable target. He put down his gun, took out his binoculars, and looked across the side to observe.
There were still more than a dozen puppet troops left, and they retreated more than 200 meters from the bridge, and each of them hid, only occasionally daring to take a look.
At this time, Erhuzi crawled over and said to Shen Chen, "Shall I go and take back the guns and ammunition?" Looking far away, the puppet army's rotten marksmanship shouldn't be able to hit. ”
Shen Chen didn't care about those guns and ammunition, but he felt that he couldn't spend so much with the enemy. The sky is sinking, who knows if Zuwang's enemies will come out to respond?
"You pass over the front of the bridge with your waist bent, and when you reach the bridge, you crawl forward." Shen Chen stretched out his hand and pointed, "Don't be too greedy, just take the guns and ammunition in front of you." Then you tie two grenades to the bridge, tie the pull ring with your leggings, and blow up the bridge when you go back. ”
Erhuzi blinked, not understanding what it meant to blow up the bridge. But he admired Shen Chenlao, hesitated a little and then nodded vigorously, "Understood, I will be careful." ”
Shen Chen put away the binoculars and said, "Wait for me to lean forward again and shoot to cover you." ”
Erhuzi nodded, and there was no need to climb, the cat walked between the graves with his waist and came to the side of the road. It was estimated that Shen Chen was ready, so he rushed to the road with his waist and trotted towards the wooden bridge.
Shen Chen moved forward, picked up his gun and aimed at the opposite side.
The puppet army on the opposite side saw someone and ran towards the bridge, whether they could hit or not, they still instinctively started shooting.
Shen Chen held his breath, aimed at the puppet army who was leaning out to shoot, and after making a slight adjustment, he gently pulled the trigger.
"Smack!" At the sound of gunshots, a puppet soldier fell to the ground, and the bullet hit him in the shoulder, causing him to fall to the ground and howl miserably.
Shen Chen estimated the error and aimed again, waiting for the puppet army behind the tree to be exposed.
After the puppet soldier finished firing a shot, he hid behind a tree and pulled the bolt to reload, and then raised his gun again.
And almost at the same time as he pulled the trigger, a bullet flew over, scraped a small slice of bark on the tree, and shot diagonally into his stomach.
Throwing the gun and clutching his bleeding belly, the puppet army fell down screaming, rolling and writhing on the ground, and letting out a terrible wail.
Two people were wounded and fell to the ground one after another, and the puppet soldiers were stunned by the indiscriminate shooting, and they didn't understand what was going on.
It wasn't until the third puppet soldier was shot that the guys realized the danger of exposure, and the distance was not safe.
The gunfire stopped, and the puppet soldiers only hid like ostriches, but they no longer dared to continue shooting at Erhuzi. Not only that, but the puppet army began to retreat again, hoping to be safer.
Erhuzi climbed onto the bridge, took off the gun, as well as the bullet box and belt of the devil's corpse, and carried it on his back.
There were no bullets coming at him, and he was a little more daring, crawling farther and scavenging more on the bridge.
Yu Baogen was a little stunned, and he also followed the example of Erhuzi, ran along the road, and helped Erhuzi carry the seizure back.
Finally after the search and cleaning was completed, Erhuzi tied the grenade to the bridge according to Shen Chen's explanation, and crawled to pull the gaiters away, until the slope of the bridge was reached, and the grenade was sounded.
"Boom, boom!" Two explosions rang out almost simultaneously, and a puff of black smoke rose, sending pieces of wood, dust, and snow into the sky, and then falling again.
The black smoke cleared, and the already dilapidated wooden bridge was blown off, leaving only a few pillars standing alone in the middle of the bridge.
Shen Chen estimated the distance of the explosion, and felt that it was not too difficult to repair it, but it was not something that the puppet army could complete now.
Erhuzi and Yu Baogen ran back with their waists, three 38 big covers, one made by Hanyang, and several bullet boxes, two bullet belts, and four leather belts.
Shen Chen looked at the elated appearance of these two guys, and felt that he had received too much.
"I was going to go around to the bridge a few miles away and block this group of puppet soldiers." Shen Chen smiled bitterly, pointed at the two of them, and said, "But with these things, I'm afraid I won't be able to go fast." ”
After a pause, Shen Chen said tentatively: "Otherwise, let's find a place to hide these guns and ammunition first, and then come back to get them later." ”
Yu Baogen glanced at Erhuzi and said, "These things are not heavy, if I don't carry them more, it won't affect my hurry." ”
Erhuzi seems to be reluctant, even if he hides it temporarily, he doesn't have a bottom in his heart. Listening to Yu Baogen's words, it seems that he can't carry his back, or he can't walk on his back.
"It's not heavy at all, and I carry it on my back as if I don't have it." Erhuzi pretended to straighten his waist easily, and smiled at Shen Chen: "Let's go quickly, don't you want to block those traitors and bastards?" ”
Shen Chen stretched out his hand and wanted to seize it and share it for Erhuzi and Yu Baogen, but these two people pretended not to see it.
Yu Baogen took the lead, turned around and left, and Erhuzi followed, leaving Shen Chen behind.