Chapter 693: Escape

With Sun Zhenbang's corps as the mainstay, sent to the Luliang Mountains to delay and consume the small units of the Japanese army, one of which is the company where Meiling is located, their platoon is responsible for covering the retreat of the company's main force, but they were bitten by the Japanese troops of the three squadrons, fighting and retreating, and never able to shake off the tail pursuit of the Japanese army, until they retreated to the mountainous areas around Guandi Mountain and North Wudang Mountain in the hinterland of Luliang Mountain, camping in a big cave at night, but Meiling was not tired, he was excited by a thought, taking advantage of the night, to see what the Japanese army was doing in the chase?

Woke up a few veterans, at first glance, I felt that Meiling was not a brain problem, a little devil, what else could I do, rest, so that I would continue to chase us tomorrow, I couldn't stand Meiling's repeated begging, seven people greeted the sentinels at the entrance of the cave, and took advantage of the night to quietly touch the mountain road, just a few people acted at night, Meiling was still the first time, so nervous that his heart "bang" jumped wildly, and he was a little out of breath.

It seems that in the dark night, there are Japanese soldiers rushing out at any time, and a few veterans around him, but they are used to doing such work, and they are even more useless, so they naturally take a night battle formation, and protect Meiling, a rookie, in the middle, their composure and naturalness make Meiling's mood gradually calm down, regain his calmness, and his sense of hearing and feeling have become keen.

Groping forward about three kilometers or so, Meiling suddenly bent down, made a gesture to stop advancing, several veterans looked at him suspiciously, saw Meiling climb a few steps forward, followed to climb to the edge of a cliff, looked down, startled, dozens of blazing bonfires, illuminated the open space below the cliff as bright as day, the flames rolled up into the sky, accompanied by the "crackling" sound when the firewood burned, the Japanese soldiers sat around the bonfire, eating dry food and drinking water, and from time to time turned over the wild things barbecued in their hands, Accompanied by the indulgent laughter of the Japanese soldiers.

Where is this fighting, the little devil clearly regarded this pursuit as a picnic, several veterans were so angry that they retreated all the way, drank cold water, ate cold dry food, and there was not much left, the little devil was good, he ran here to enjoy it, he couldn't help but stretch out his gun, Meiling hurriedly stopped.

A few Japanese officers next to a bonfire attracted his attention, seeing that the ranks were all captains, two people in plain clothes, sitting with Japanese officers, faintly the sound of Chinese speaking, but unfortunately it was far away, and it was not real, Meiling made a gesture, a few veterans just wanted to stop it, Meiling had slowly crawled towards the direction of the bonfire, several people hurriedly set up their guns, ready to cover the fire, at the same time, they were secretly anxious, this is not a joke, a little careless, Meiling don't want to come back alive.

Meiling took advantage of the cover of the undulating rocks, slowly approached the bonfire, clinging to the ground, mobilizing all the spirits, trying to listen to the content of the conversation, the distance was closer, the voice of the voice was also heard clearly, daring, the two people in civilian clothes, really Chinese, full of Shanxi accent, Meiling can roughly understand.

These two guys, in the North Wudang Mountain, Guandi Mountain area specializing in cutting the path of bandits, I don't know what the reason, was recruited by the Japanese, listen to a guy with a full face and beard boasting, he has been doing business in this area for more than ten years, there is no unfamiliar terrain, there is a big cave five or six miles away in front, quite spacious, there are exits in front and back, that gang of national troops, must be hidden inside, he built yì, take advantage of the night to surround the cave, both ends of a block, keep those national troops can not run.

Meiling suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, originally thought that he had found a hidden place and could rest for a night, but he knew that there were two traitors who were familiar with the terrain to guide the Japanese army, and he understood why he couldn't get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army, and he failed to set up ambushes several times.

After this traitor finished speaking, the Japanese officers muttered for a while in Japanese, Meiling's Japanese is a two-knife knife, plus the Japanese officers spoke quickly, they could only understand the general meaning, they really didn't understand what it meant, and they were anxious, and a translator said: "Two, the imperial army is very satisfied with your appearance, after the elimination of this national army, the golden ticket is big, and you have to be a big official, Taijun said, after resting for two hours, act immediately" Meiling gritted his teeth tightly, if there were no traitors, they would not sacrifice several classmates, always in danger.

Only by killing these two traitors and defeating the Japanese army's Qianli and Shunfeng Ear can we get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army, turn the danger into a disaster, and find an opportunity to set up an ambush and beat these little devils fiercely, even if we go back and notify our comrades-in-arms to transfer immediately, the next passive situation of being chased and beaten will be eliminated by the Japanese army sooner or later.

Mei Ling knew the danger of this decision, it was almost a suicide action, he hit it, completely exposed the target, only 20 meters away from the Japanese army, he couldn't get out at all, nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers, the muzzle of the gun would be aimed at himself, just a moment of hesitation, he took out two grenades, this distance, can completely blow up the fire together with the two traitors, if you are lucky, you can also piggyback a few Japanese officers.

The two traitors spat and flew around, bragging about their awesomeness, the interpreter was busy running Chinese and Japanese in his mouth, no one noticed the murderous machine lurking behind the rock, Mei Ling waved his arm violently, and deliberately delayed the explosion of the grenade for three seconds, which exploded in the air just above the bonfire, whistling and scorching shrapnel, fan-shaped head towards the Japanese officers and two traitors, no defense, let alone reaction, the campfire became a slaughterhouse, shrapnel drilled into their bodies.

The six or seven guys sitting around the bonfire, whether they were Japanese or traitors, were not spared, maybe it was karma, those two traitors, their heads were cut into rotten watermelons by sharp shrapnel, and several Japanese officers, covered in blood, also died and couldn't die anymore, Meiling didn't know that he killed the supreme commanders of the three Japanese squadrons at once.

At the same time as the grenade exploded, Meiling raised his submachine gun and fired at several nearby fires, the sudden explosion, not only did the Japanese army not react, but the six veterans were also startled.

Six submachine guns roared, and then, six grenades flew out, blowing up clouds of smoke and dust, several bonfires and the surrounding Japanese soldiers, together with ashes, this is a life-saving grenade, while the Japanese soldiers were dizzy, the grenade explosion blocked their vision, Meiling suddenly jumped out of the hiding rock, towards the hillside rushed over.

Less than 30 meters away, in the firelight and explosion smoke, Meiling is like a vigorous leopard, galloping on this dangerous mountain road, the Japanese soldiers also found the figure under the firelight, and they all raised their guns to shoot, Meiling was around, bullets were whistling, planted on the rocks, bursting out of strings of sparks, the hearts of the six squad leaders, all mentioned the throat, staring at the eyes and shooting like a life, thanks to Tang Qiuli for equipping the troops with submachine guns, dense bullet rain, suppressed the firepower of the Japanese army.

Running Meiling, suddenly stumbled, struggling with the last strength, jumped behind the hidden rock, several veterans hurriedly came over, Meiling's body, at least two gunshot wounds, back and calf were hit, taking advantage of the Japanese army did not surround up, several people picked up Meiling, who had been unconscious, and quickly retreated.

In the dark night, it was a sudden blow, the Japanese army that lost its commander, scurrying like a fly without a head, and I don't know how many enemies came, let alone pursued, the soldiers in the cave had long been awakened by the sound of explosions and gunshots, surrounded Meiling, who was pale and lying on the ground, tore open the first aid kit, and the bleeding stopped, and Meiling was lucky, the Japanese army's 38 big cover was extremely penetrating, and the two gunshot wounds were penetrating wounds, and they were not in the fatal place.

The chaotic gunshots rang out for several hours, Meiling opened his eyes tiredly, saw the anxious eyes of his comrades, smiled reluctantly, and said briefly in a weak voice, the six squad leaders who were originally very dissatisfied with Meiling's unauthorized actions suddenly realized that Meiling was using his own life to protect everyone's safety, and lost the traitors who were familiar with the terrain to lead the way, the little devils were blind and deaf, and the troops were safe, and they would never be chased and beaten by the little devils again.

This young man, who is just eighteen years old, saved the lives of more than fifty comrades-in-arms and put the whole team out of danger, everyone's hearts, I can't say what it feels like, severe pain, weakness, Venus in front of me, Meiling wants to sleep, but he has a responsibility on his shoulders, he has experienced the danger just now, he seems to have understood a lot of things, and he has matured, supporting the injured body, and calling several squad leaders together, the next step is how to teach the Japanese army a lesson,

The day dawned, the morning sun rose over the Luliang Mountains in western Shanxi, and it was a good weather with a warm breeze, for the Japanese commanders and soldiers, such a good weather did not belong to them, last night's surprise attack, not only took the lives of three squadron leaders, but also carried more than 30 people dead, and even the attackers did not see the appearance clearly, and they did not know which direction to escape.

The three deputy squadron leaders took over the command, and the loss of the traitors who were familiar with the geography was undoubtedly a fatal loss for this Japanese army, and in which direction should the next step be pursued? The three newly promoted Japanese commanders had a strict disagreement, which is also an inherent problem of the Japanese army, from low-level officers to generals who carry gold stars on their shoulders, all of them are pretentious, and they all think that they are the most loyal to the emperor and have the most potential for the god of war, especially between the same ranks, one does not accept the other, that one does not want to be led and commanded by others, in a word, they all want to command others, and they all want to be the boss.

The three new officials quarreled for more than an hour, and finally reluctantly agreed on their opinions, and brought the military map, they thought that this small group of national troops must have fled in the direction of Fangshan and Linxian, and there was only one reason, to cross the Yellow River and return to where their main force was, since the direction of pursuit had been determined, the Japanese army turned from the direction of due north to the south of the road, and pursued the national army they imagined, but the Japanese officers and soldiers, no one knew what was waiting for them in front.

(To be continued)