In the grove on the mountain, Zhao Tie stared at the vigilant eyes and looked around. Although this place is very hidden, if he is careless because of this, and does not even put a sentry, then how can he be the captain of the guerrillas?

As soon as the crunching sound could be heard, Zhao Tie turned his head and clenched the box cannon in his hand. It was only when he saw that it was the pillars that had come to change the guard that he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Captain, go down and warm up!" The pillar approached, buttoned down his felt hat, and said, "The wind is strong enough at the top of the mountain. Captain, are you frozen? ”

"How can I be so delicate, and I have not experienced this thing of climbing ice and snow." Zhao Tie smiled and said, "Let's all work hard, the copper moraine will be boiled as luck as possible, and it will be done as soon as possible." ”

"It will have to be a few more days!" The pillar squatted down behind the tree and said, "It's nothing else, we don't think we have enough to eat." ”

"It doesn't matter, wait for the people who carry the moraine to come over tomorrow night and tell them to bring us some." Zhao Tie handed the gun in his hand to the pillar, and did not forget to remind: "Pay attention to the vigilance, don't be careless!" ”

"Don't worry, Captain." The pillar took the gun and nodded vigorously.

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With each step, the silence became even more apparent, and even the sound of footsteps seemed to be sucked in by the trees. Occasionally, when I stepped on a small branch in the snow, there was a creaking sound.

Shen Chen carried the gun on his back, walked carefully and lightly, his hands hung down at his side, and he could pull out the pistol tied to the holster on his thigh at any time, and he did not dare to relax his vigilance at all.

When he was about to walk out of the woods, Shen Chen suddenly stopped, carefully identified the peculiar smell in the air, quickly hid behind the trees, and took off the rifle on his body.

Although Zhao Tie and the others felt that they had already gone deep into the mountains and forests, Shen Chen was far away from the enemy's watchtowers, checkpoints, and roads than them.

They thought that there was no smoke in the north, but they didn't know that Shen Chen was an exception. The choking smoke had drifted far away and had become very faint, but it was still smelled by Shen Chen.

For this special smell, Shen Chen didn't dare to take it lightly, he first used the naked eye, then took out the binoculars, and observed for a long time, but did not find anything. But there is indeed a situation, Shen Chen is very sure.

Could it be an ambush set up by the enemy? But what's the deal with this choking smell, would the enemy be stupid enough to expose himself, or so careless?

Observing, pondering, and judging, Shen Chen didn't know the essentials after a long time, but he was not ready to take risks out of the forest easily.

That area without much cover is difficult to pass, and if the enemy has an observation post on the hill, it will be easier to spot him.

Slowly retreating, Shen Chen retreated again with the help of the cover of the trees. But he was not willing to return in vain, but made a long detour, ready to approach from the side and observe what was going on.

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The branches and leaves of the mountains and forests are withered, and the trees are scattered and scattered and stand in the cold wind.

The group dragged things, stepped on the snow, and trudged forward in the night.

It was Lao Zhou who led a few miners to transport the copper moraine into the mountains and forests, and they seemed to have relaxed their vigilance and vigilance, which was different from the caution when they sneaked through the enemy's forbidden mountain watchtower.

What often made Shen Chen feel a little strange was that the poor people at that time did not seem to be weak because of poor food, and it may also be the result of long-term labor, and the endurance of many people was surprising.

He has seen people carrying a pig on their backs for dozens of miles to catch the market, and he has also seen hawkers and merchants who can walk through villages and towns with their burdens and be busy all day.

Walking twenty or thirty miles with more than 40 catties of copper moraines on his back, and of course the role of the simple climbing plow that can be dragged on the snow, Lao Zhou and these miners did complete an amazing task.

It's almost time to get to the place. Lao Zhou stopped, and with the help of the moonlight and snowlight, he found the knife marks on the tree as a mark, and felt a sense of relief in his heart.

"Don't stop, we'll be there in no time." Lao Zhou turned around and encouraged.

Walking in the snow is physically demanding, and they don't have snowshoes, they sink in and pull out their feet, and each step requires more physical effort than usual.

But those who travel often know that the more this happens, the more persistent they must be, and once they stop to rest, it will be difficult to muster up the momentum that has been slackened.

Of course, although the group also observed the movement around them, they did not see a pair of eyes staring at them at all.

With the cover of trees and thorns, and white camouflage, if Shen Chen can be discovered by these laymen, then he is too amateurish.

No weapons, not an enemy. Shen Chen could be sure of this, but he hadn't figured out what these people were doing. The person gradually walked away, and Shen Chen quietly followed behind, neither near nor far.

"Good work."

Zhao Tie came over from afar, helped Lao Zhou and a few miners transport the copper moraine into the small mountain where the sulfur was burned, invited them to rest in a simple grass hut, brought a pot of steaming boiling water and a few broken bowls, and Li Shifeng brought a brazier.

Trekking through the cold of ice and snow, there is no hot soup and hot water to make people feel more comfortable. Lao Zhou and a few miners drank hot water and surrounded the brazier to dispel the chill on their bodies.

"I guess it'll be done in a few days." Lao Zhou put down the bowl and said in a consultative tone: "Do you want to continue to work and transport those good coals here?" ”

"There is no way to transport it into the mountains, and the road has not been explored, so it is better to leave it alone." Zhao Tie politely vetoed it, and explained the difficulties such as lack of food, and asked Lao Zhou to help.

"That's no problem, I'll drop by tomorrow night, and bring two more bags of charcoal, and I won't let you freeze, and I won't let you work hungry." Lao Zhou happily agreed.

After resting for a while, Lao Zhou got up and left with the miners, after all, they still had to get back to the village before dawn, and the night was their cover.

Zhao Tie sent them out of the small mountain valley, and he didn't turn back until he watched their backs disappear into the mountains and forests in the distance.

As soon as Zhao Tie left, a figure slowly rose up in the snow puddle dozens of meters away, paused slightly, and then turned around and followed the path that Lao Zhou and the others were walking.

This time, it was a close observation, and Shen Chen recognized one of the miners, as well as Zhao Tie. And this miner of the kiln village evoked the memory that Shen Chen buried.

Before the incident, people often built earthen stoves in the fields outside the village to burn sulfur, and then mixed charcoal and fire nitrate to make medicine, which was used to blow up mountains and open stones. The choking smell, he finally understood what was going on in the small mountain valley.

The moraine was listed as a forbidden object after the devil came, and these people not only stole the forbidden object, but also burned sulfur in the depths of this mountain forest, and I don't know who they are.

Shen Chen followed quietly, he wanted to know how these people got into the mountains and forests? If it is discovered, he feels that it is not without value.

Trekking zigzags in the mountains and forests, there are nearly twenty miles of road, and Lao Zhou and they have no weight, and they have walked a lot faster.

With the help of the night eye and binoculars, Shen Chen was about a hundred meters away from them, and even if he looked at the footprints on the ground, he would not lose his target.

On the side of a five- or six-meter-high cliff, Lao Zhou and the others stopped, and then slowly climbed up one after another, disappearing at the top of the cliff.

Shen Chen waited for more than ten minutes, and saw that there was no movement, so he walked to the grove under the cliff, looked up at the bottom of the cliff, and looked for it.

I see! Shen Chen finally discovered the secret of the cliff, just like the ventilation shaft in the mine, there was a small ladder on the cliff wall, hidden in the withered grass and thorns sticking out of the cliff cracks.

With the gun on his back, Shen Chen climbed up the cliff along the ladder, and there was a forest in front of him.

With his gun in hand, he cautiously walked through the woods and up a small slope. Suddenly brightened up in front of him, Shen Chen looked around to identify it, and finally saw clearly what kind of place this was.

He is no stranger to the gang in the distance, and it is also a section of the mountain range that extends from Kuifeng, but it is not high, and it is not far from the kiln house.

There are more than a dozen houses on the gang, all of which are made of brown stones, and they are all inhabited by workers who have come to work in the mines.

Shen Chen stood under the tree, looking at and familiarizing himself with the surrounding scenery, and turned around for a long time before turning away.

Although the road in the mountains and forests is not easy to walk, there is no big road to detour.

Shen Chen didn't expect that there would be such a shortcut home, although he didn't have this idea yet, but nine times out of ten he would use it in the future.

Stealing the forbidden items on the mine and burning sulfur, the identities of Zhao Tie and this group of miners have been revealed. Except for the poor eight roads in the East Mountain, who would be so short of supplies and use earth gunpowder to make weapons?

Finding a refuge, although it was an idea that Shen Chen had thought of, but just looking for it like this, he felt that it was not appropriate. I always want people to know his value, but don't go and I can't even touch a gun, so I can only do some propaganda, medical care and other work.

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Killing people is not a means for Shen Chen to show off, but his goal.

Although it is not a specific goal, killing one and killing a hundred people is completely different for achieving his goal.

And he was an opportunistic man, and since sniping had proven to be very effective and the environment was suitable, he didn't want to bother using other methods.

He just wanted to capture the splendor of the blood flower at a certain moment, with the speed of a rabbit falling and his extraordinary precision shooting.

In this way, he did not deliberately seek out and join the anti-Japanese team, but continued to kill in this mountain and forest environment that he was becoming more and more familiar with.

Whether he believes in chance or not, he does believe that there is always a chance.

The secret sentry of the puppet army is constantly killed, when urinating, when moving, when roasting the fire, when changing the guard, and when hiding not enough concealment......

Often, a cold bullet flies, splashing blood and brains, and the cold, cold-blooded and ruthless killing makes panic spread uncontrollably among the puppet army.

Why didn't the Japanese take any further action? Shen Chen didn't know, and outsiders didn't understand either.

In fact, the Japanese devils have always been paying attention to this sharpshooter who is haunting in the mountains and forests, but before they know the specific intentions of this gunman, the Japanese devils do not want to mobilize the people.

First, the life and death of the puppet army don't care too much about the devil, anyway, it's easy to replenish, as long as he can basically block the sharpshooter in the mountains and forests, so that he can't hurt the officers and soldiers of the imperial army for the time being.

Secondly, the devils are preparing a sweep of the mountain base areas, and they do not want to disperse their forces because of this.

Generally speaking, the sweep of devils is also seasonal and has a certain regularity.

For example, when the green gauze tent is up, people can hide and hide, and the devils will not sweep away; After the harvest is completed in autumn, the scenery is bare as far as the eye can see, and the military and civilians in the base areas must be more vigilant.

And the winter sweep is even more vicious, due to the cold, it is difficult for the people who run back to hold on for a long time in the wilderness, and the devils have to add burning, killing and looting.

Therefore, after the sweep is over, it will be very difficult for the people who have suffered heavy losses to resume normal production and life.

Of course, the preparations for the sweep were carried out in secret, and the devil was striving for secrecy and the suddenness of the action.

And the puppet army didn't know the news, under the successive black gun snipers, the Japanese godfather ignored it, and they naturally had to think of other ways.

What's the solution? It was quite unexpected, so that Shen Chen had to admire the wisdom of the puppet army to survive.

The firewood in the cave was burning, making a crackling sound from time to time, and the firelight reflected Shen Chen's face flickering, and it seemed that his expression was also changing. He pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, reading a letter.

It was a conspicuous presence in a red cloth bag, tied to a wooden stick, and inserted in the snow, just a few hundred meters in front of the puppet army outpost.

There are a lot of names for heroes, heroes, and eighth masters in the letters, and the puppet army doesn't know who is the one who shoots the black gun.

Anyway, it's not the main thing, the main thing is that the puppet army at this sentry post humbly and flatteringly put forward the conditions for his subordinates to be merciful.

Asking for money, asking for things, pretending to be deaf and dumb...... As long as I can stop attacking them, I will try to be satisfied.

Actually paying the enemy for his life? Shen Chen was very funny, but when he thought about it carefully, this was both unexpected and reasonable.

In the War of Resistance Against Japan, the puppet army actually did many such things. There are all those who escape, those who fight back, those who resell materials, and those who fornicate with the eight routes.

And whether it is a villain in the puppet army who wants to take advantage of the national disaster to soar and get rich, or a guy who comes to eat for the sake of livelihood, the problem is that they don't fight desperately, they all want to survive as much as possible.

Therefore, it is very appropriate to describe the puppet army with "the people are like wolves and tigers, and the enemy is frightened".

Although Shen Chen did not have any psychological burden to kill the puppet army, as long as he held a gun and acted for the tiger, he would kill with peace of mind and joy, but in the face of this letter, Shen Chen thought about it repeatedly, and felt that it was not impossible to let them go for the time being.

If he can get convenience through the subduy of these puppet soldiers, he can kill a few more in other places, and he will be able to get it back. Maybe it will solve the difficulties he is facing and make the killing more sustainable!

Thinking like this, Shen Chen decided to give it a try, anyway, there was no loss.

Well, let's get a hundred yuan first, five catties of salt, twenty catties of rice noodles, and fifty rounds of ammunition. Shen Chen wrote the conditions on the back of the letter, estimating that this was not too harsh, and in order to save his life, the puppet army should agree.

After thinking about it, he added a note, this is just a month's purchase money, and the next month will be the same. Moreover, when you are on duty, you must pretend to be deaf and dumb, and if you see anything, you will not see it, and you will be fired back if you shoot indiscriminately.

After packing the letter, Shen Chen couldn't help but laugh himself. I really didn't expect that I didn't kill people for money and things in the first place, but money and things made me not kill people for the time being, which is really a bit incredible.

To say, this is also the difference between Shen Chen's thinking and that of the people at that time, he is more flexible, not rigid, and analyzes things more comprehensively and long-term, which can also be said to be not strong in principle!

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