If it weren't for the soldier who prompted this, it would have been difficult for Zhang Tianhai to find this gap, because the nearby terrain is too complicated, and such a short gap would be difficult to find if he hadn't deliberately looked for it.

However, after confirming this position, Zhang Tianhai found that the gap was a long distance from this position.

Just counting the straight-line distance is fifty kilometers. You must know that the road here is very difficult to walk, and it took me a morning to climb five mountains in the morning to get here. And if you calculate the straight-line distance, I'm afraid I haven't even walked out for five kilometers.

Fifty kilometers, if there were still about sixty people in the troops, then they would march even slower than themselves. After all, it had taken them a lot of time just to come here, and the body had already dropped to a very strict form. In addition, there are troops chasing after them behind them, and they will not have much time to rest, no matter what the reason, it will slow down their speed again and again.

These 50 kilometers may take three or four days to walk. But with their bodies and supplies, will they be able to survive until that time?

Zhang Tianhai was a little worried.

It's said that this is an exit, but if you want to leave here, the difficulty is very high, and even if they can succeed, there will not be too many people who can survive.

So, it's not the best way out.

He turned around and said to Mu Xi, "Can you hear the gunshots around you?" ”

From the vicinity, he could not hear any firefights. But he knew that Mu Xi's hearing was much stronger than his own. Just because she can't hear it doesn't mean she can't hear it either.

Mu Xi immediately pricked up his ears and collected any sounds around him. In the middle of the night, she lay on the ground, put her ear to the ground, and listened carefully.

After a while, Mu Xi stood up and shook his head: "There is no sound of any firefight, and no footsteps can be heard." ”

"That is to say, there is no exchange of fire between the troops now. It should be resting or moving. Zhang Tianhai nodded. Glancing at the map again.

After a while, Zhang Tianhai put away the map and turned on the radio: "Meteors, shadows, gather." Head north. ”

Zhang Tianhai paused. Look at the map again: "We don't have to go over the mountains." In this way, we marched forward, and when we reached the water source in front of us, we rested. ”

The nearest water source is about eight kilometers away. If you calculate your own travel speed. If the battle had ended last night between twelve and one o'clock, the troops would have been there when they entered the area in the morning. From here, Zhang Tianhai roughly deduced the approximate location area where the troops are now, and if they are really walking towards that gap, then they should be in the position they have calculated now.

None of the six of them were injured, and their bodies were quite abundant, and their speed was definitely faster than that of the troops, and at the latest, he should be able to catch up with them in two days, and if he was fast, he might be able to find them tonight.

I'm going to speed things up. They also have tails behind them, and the troops are now disabled, and they should no longer be able to support the next battle. If there is another exchange of fire, the troops may be dispersed, and there will be very few people who can escape from the mountains.

At this point, his mission can be regarded as a failure.

The six of them gathered quickly, and then followed the mountain road in front of them, and quickly marched towards the north. Before leaving, everyone took a look at the battlefield here.

These people are going to lie here for a few more days. Their own signal has been sent, and it is believed that some troops will come here soon to collect their bodies.

With a destination and a calculation area, everyone's actions can be regarded as having a certain directionality, and there is no need to go over the mountain peaks next to them, so that everyone's body can be regarded as getting some protection. And the surrounding environment also proves that they are moving in the right direction. Along the way, bloodstains can be found continuously, and occasionally corpses can be seen. Many of them were neatly placed in the corners, presumably soldiers who died of their wounds shortly after the battle. 、

The troops are fleeing for their lives, and these wounded will not receive any good medical treatment, and if they are seriously injured, or even injured in the legs, they may not be able to hold on and die on the way. Along the way, it can be said that blood stains can be seen almost everywhere, and you can imagine how miserable the troops are now.

Zhang Tianhai tried to get in touch with the rear, but there was no sound on the radio, proving that this place had lost any contact with the rear, and only the signal transmitter in his hand could send a simple signal back. Traveling all the way, Zhang Tianhai also took out the signal transmitter from time to time and pressed the red button. As long as people in the intelligence services are not stupid, they should know their intentions.

It can be said that this is already out of the scope of the battlefield, and it is very difficult for the Japanese army to support the troops here, and for the Chinese troops, it is very easy for the rear to quietly throw in a force, presumably it will not be long before there will be their own troops to support and reconnoitre. And himself, now he is the role of a vanguard force, waiting for the arrival of the follow-up troops, life may be better.

Seeing these corpses and bloodstains, everyone's footsteps couldn't help but be faster.

Maybe the current situation is worse than I imagined, and I have to speed up.

At about seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, everyone stood on the side of a mountain and finally saw the river in front of them.

The river was not very wide, about four or five meters long, and the current was very fast, hitting some kind of stones, making a loud noise. The surrounding grass has also become less so, revealing a patch of pebbles and moist dirt.

Everyone rushed all the way over, but they were also very tired and kept panting.

As night fell, the temperature around me dropped, especially near the river, and the temperature was even lower, and even the breath exhaled from the mouth formed a small mist out.

"Don't go too far and look around for traces left by the troops. The old way, the shadows and meteors stay here, alert to the movement around them. ”

Traces of blood can be found along the way, whether they are friendly or Japanese, and they always point in this direction.

So at least so far, there is no problem with the direction of their own actions, but after crossing the river, in what direction the troops are going, it is necessary to find their tracks.

Yang Hao and the night meteor separated from each other and hid on the mountainside, and the others slowly descended the mountain and leaned towards the riverbank.

It's getting darker and darker, and you have to rely on night vision devices to get enough vision. Slowly approaching the riverbank, everyone dispersed slightly, looking for traces of the troops around.

This is the first water source they encountered, and after fighting for such a long time, the supplies on their bodies are getting smaller and smaller, so at least the water must be brought enough. And the surrounding terrain is also very suitable for vigilance and defense, at least when the enemy is chasing, there are many roads if you want to escape. From here, it can be seen that this location is very suitable for a temporary rest, and presumably the troops should also get a short respite here.

People are not made of iron, and after running for such a long time, no matter how powerful a person is, he needs to rest, and the most suitable place to rest along the way is here.

Then from this place, you will definitely be able to find some clues.

Soon, everyone found the clue.

Zhang Tianhai squatted down, and in a piece of turf, he took out a bag.

This is a packaging bag of field dry food, and it is the field dry food distributed by the Chinese army.

This thing also proves that the Chinese troops once rested here. However, Zhang Tianhai looked at this thing and frowned slightly.

It stands to reason that even after eating in the wild, these bags or other garbage need to be collected and taken away. These things can easily reveal their whereabouts, and they must not be discarded casually, which is a common sense in field combat.

In the previous battlefield, the troops killed hundreds of elite Japanese troops at the cost of more than 70 people, which shows the combat effectiveness of this unit. Then this common sense, they should not be unaware.

There's only one possibility. While resting, the Japanese troops behind caught up.

Zhang Tianhai quickly confirmed his guess.

On a stone next to him, Zhang Tianhai found bullet marks. And not far away, he found the warhead of another bullet.

The warhead has been strictly deformed, the front end is flowering, and the shape of the warhead is completely lost.

However, there was no blood on this warhead, so it probably didn't hit anyone. It seems that at the beginning of the battle here, the Chinese troops withdrew far away, and the two sides only opened fire tentatively, without causing many casualties.

By the river, we also found a lot of footprints. The ground here has been soaked by the river for a long time, and mud has formed in many places, and many footprints on these mud points to the other side of the river.

True, the troops did flee across the river.

Suddenly, Yang Hao's voice appeared on the radio, his tone was very fast, very annoyed: "There is an enemy, hidden!" ”

The next moment, at the foot of a mountain not far away, a burst of gunfire rang out. The next moment, where Zhang Tianhai and the others were, there was the sound of many bullets flying by.

Many bullets hit the pebbles with a crackling sound, and some of the bullets hit the river, and a large splash jumped. Zhang Tianhai and the others reacted very quickly, immediately shrunk their bodies, and rushed towards the foot of the mountain next to them.

This place is empty, there is no place to hide, only by running to the foot of the mountain first, you have room to confront the enemy, or escape. (To be continued......)