The old man stopped and asked, "Young man, what do you want to inquire about?!" ”

Tang Xingshang asked, "Uncle, do you know when the city gate will open?!" ”

The old man replied, "I don't know what's going on these days. The gates will not be opened until noon. You're early. With that, the old man picked up the firewood and left with a smile.

Watching the old man leave, Tang Xingshang asked, "Brother Yu, what should we do now?!" ”

Hong Yu replied, "What else can I do?!" Wait! ”

When Hong Yu and the others were waiting to open the city gate, Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan were wearing auspicious clothes, carrying satchels and sniper rifles full of grenades, grabbing the vines on the cliff and climbing to the top of the cliff. After a short rest, Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan walked forward cautiously with sniper rifles.

The two of them walked for about a quarter of an hour, and suddenly the sound of a bird being frightened was heard in the distance. Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan immediately hidden, picked up their sniper rifles, and used the scope of their sniper rifles to search for traces of devils.

After about three or four minutes, the figure of the devil entered the sight of Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan. Qian Duoduo said: "There are fifty-two people in total, including the commander. We're half of us, what do you think?! ”

"Good! No problem! After that, Lin Xiaoshan took out a silencer and put it on the barrel of the gun, and took the lead in shooting. Qian Duoduo saw that Lin Xiaoshan had already shot two devils, so he immediately became anxious, took out a silencer and put it on the barrel of the gun, aimed at the devil and pulled the trigger.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen devils were shot by Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan. Qing Shui Twenty-four, who led the team, was startled when he saw that more than a dozen soldiers had suddenly died, and he lay on the ground with quick movements, raising his binoculars to find the target.

But it's a pity that Qing Shui Twenty-four searched for a long time and didn't find Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan hidden in the shadows, and in desperation, Qing Shui Twenty-four gestured a few times to the warrant officer lying on the side. The warrant officer nodded at Qing Shui Twenty-four in understanding, nodded to the three soldiers behind him, and then slowly stood up with the three soldiers.

Without waiting for the four devils to stand firmly, they saw that the four devils' bodies shook and fell down one after another. Qing Shui Twenty-four saw the bullet hole in the head of the warrant officer who fell on the side, and he was immediately frightened, and he trembled unconsciously. The second lieutenant quickly crawled to Qing Shui Twenty-four's side and asked, "Captain Qing Shui, here is a sniper for that person." What are we going to do?! ”

Qing Shui Twenty-Four said with a bitter face: "The task given to us by Saito Nakasa is to find a way around the frontal position of that person. We searched for more than an hour, and lost nearly half of our troops to get here, and if we give up now, it will be tantamount to losing all our efforts. Even if Your Excellency Nakasa doesn't blame us. We can't get past this on our own. ”

The second lieutenant said anxiously, "However, if we don't retreat, it is very likely that the whole army will be wiped out here." ”

"Boom!" Before the second lieutenant could finish speaking, a deafening explosion rang out. Then a broken leg flew into Shimizu Twenty-Four's face. Qing Shui Twenty-Four hurriedly slapped away the legs that flew to his face and got up from the ground. Probably because Qing Shui Twenty-Four was not lucky, the moment he got up, his foot slipped and he fell to the ground. It was just such a fall that dodged the bullets that flew out of the barrel of Qian Duoduo's gun.

Seeing that Qian Duoduo didn't hit the target, Lin Xiaoshan showed a gloating smile on his face, and said softly: "I told you a long time ago that I was going to aim and fight!" Take all possible factors into account before firing. You just didn't listen, now you're deflated! ”

Qian Duoduo replied with a smile: "If you can't hit it, Lao Tzu will blow it up too." After that, Qian Duoduo took out a grenade from his satchel, used it and threw it out. Just as the grenade was about to fall to the ground, Qian Duoduo decisively pulled the trigger. The bullet flew out of the barrel and hit the grenade body impartially. After the "boom" grenade was hit by a bullet, it exploded instantly, and shrapnel rained down. After being hit by shrapnel, the devil lying on the ground let out a scream of pain.

Listening to the shouts of the soldiers, Qing Shui Twenty-four looked a little panicked. After forcing himself to calm down, Qing Shui Twenty-Four reluctantly gave the order to retreat.

Fearing being shot by snipers while retreating, Shimizu Twenty-Four and his soldiers all chose to lie on the ground and slowly move backwards. After climbing beyond the range of the sniper rifle, Qing Shui and the soldiers got up from the ground, supported the wounded soldiers, and ran down the mountain.

"The devil has withdrawn!" Lin Xiaoshan put away his sniper rifle and looked at Qian Duoduo.

Qian Duoduo said: "The devil is withdrawn." But don't forget, the fact that the little devils are here means that they have passed two-thirds of our minefield. So we must restore the minefields that they have destroyed before the devils come again. Otherwise, the devils will easily attack us from behind. ”

"What are you doing then?! It's work! With that, Lin Xiaoshan slowly stood up with a sniper rifle and walked forward cautiously.

Qian Duoduo smiled bitterly and followed Lin Xiaoshan's footsteps with a sniper rifle.

While Qian Duoduo and Lin Xiaoshan were busy laying mines, Takeo Saito led his troops to join Shikoku Taro.

"Your Excellency! It's been a great journey! Shikoku Taro respectfully saluted Takeo Saito.

Takeo Saito nodded slightly, took two steps forward, picked up the binoculars and looked at the position at the entrance of Gao Miao Village, and asked, "Shikokun, I heard that your attack here is not going well?!" ”

"Yes!" Shikoku Taro said, "The branch here is very cunning. Sneak up on my artillery positions, bombarded us with our infantry guns. Moreover, the man set up machine-gun positions on the cliffs on the left and right sides of the village entrance. Many times my troops were about to occupy the positions of the men, but they were repulsed by these two machine-gun positions. ”

Takeo Saito heard Shikokutaro's words and looked over the cliffs on both sides and saw the machine gun positions arranged on the cliff holes. Takeo Saito's brows furrowed and he asked, "Will our infantry artillery be able to knock out which two machine-gun positions?!" ”

The leader of the artillery squadron, Hanataro Fujima, replied: "It can be knocked out, but we don't have any more shells." ”

Takeo Saito immediately remembered that all the shells had already been used in Xingjiazhuang. After hesitating for a while, Takeo Saito said to the telegraph soldiers: "Send a telegram to the county seat of Wuning immediately, and ask them to immediately send a batch of shells from infantry guns." ”

"Hey!" The telegraph operator answered, and walked away quickly.

At this moment, the soldier in charge of the guard ran to Takeo Saito's side and said, "Your Excellency Nakasa, Captain Shimizu is back!" ”

When Takeo Saito heard that Shimizu Twenty-Four was back, he was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Let him come over immediately!" ”

"Hey!" The soldier in charge of the guard walked away quickly. After three or four minutes, Shimizu Twenty-Four came to Takeo Saito's side. Without waiting for Shimizu Twenty-Four to speak, Saito Takeo saw the grizzled Shimizu Twenty-Four and asked, "What's going on?!" ”

Qing Shui Twenty-four replied, "Your Excellency Nakasa, I took my troops around to the back mountain of Gaomiao Village. At first, two soldiers stepped on the mines laid by the man, but then we went very smoothly, and when we were about to reach the edge of the cliff leading to the village of Gao Miao, we were ambushed by the snipers of the man. ”

"Eight Ga Ya Road!" Without waiting for Shimizu Twenty-Four to say something, Saito Takeo turned around violently, roared angrily, shook his hand and slapped Shimizu Twenty-four twice, and said, "Shimizu-kun, you have disappointed me too much. ”

Qing Shui Twenty-Four said, "Your Excellency Nakasa, please give me another chance!" ”

When Takeo Saito heard Qing Shui Twenty-four's words, he narrowed his eyes, looked at Qing Shui Twenty-four murderously, and said, "Shimizu-kun, for the sake of your elder brother who is the emperor's jade, I will give you another chance." In addition to the unit that was originally assigned to you, I will give you another team. It's nine o'clock in the morning. You have until twelve o'clock at noon to carve out a path for a squadron to pass. ”

"Hey!" Qing Shui Twenty-Four said: "Please rest assured! If I can't complete the task before 12 o'clock at noon, I will definitely apologize to His Majesty! ”

"Go ahead!" Takeo Saito turned around and raised his binoculars to continue to observe the situation at the entrance of Takamiao Village.

Shimizu Twenty-Four glanced at Takeo Saito, turned around and left the command post. Seeing Shimizu Twenty-Four leaving, Shikoku Taro said, "Your Excellency Nakasa, I have also sent people to the back mountain, but there are mines everywhere. And now there are snipers again. It seems that the man had thought that we would attack them from there. ”

Takeo Saito sneered, "What if they know?!" In the face of absolute power, even if that person knows, what can he do?! ”

Shikoku Taro was stunned and asked, "Your Excellency Nakasa, when will you attack?!" ”

Without waiting for Takeo Saito to answer, the telegraph soldier ran to Takeo Saito with the telegram he had just received, and said, "Your Excellency Zuo, Takeshi is urgent!" ”

Takeo Saito said, "Read! ”

"Hey!" The telegraph soldier replied and read into the telegram: "The call has been received, and the shells have arrived at your headquarters before dark." The telegraph soldier handed the telegram to Takeo Saito and turned to leave.

After the telegraph soldiers left, Shikokutaro said, "Your Excellency Nakasa, the shells will arrive in the afternoon, what should we do now?!" Are you just waiting here?! ”

Takeo Saito sneered, "I'm not a person who sits still. I want to concentrate the Imperial Alliance Army of you and me to launch a feint attack on the branch of Gaomiao Village and consume their ammunition. When the shells came in the afternoon, they concentrated their fire on the people and launched a formal attack. ”

Shikokutaro said: "Yesterday's one-day attack on the Imperial Alliance Army suffered heavy losses, and I don't think the Imperial Alliance Army will obediently follow our arrangement and launch an attack on Gao Miao Village. ”

Takeo Saito said, "This matter is not up to them. Tell them that they can only survive if they break through the position of Gaomiao Village. Otherwise, it's going to die! ”