If you don't believe in miracles happening, you're dead.

Under the guidance of the ghost, the elder Wei took his comrades to hide in the cave of Mao'er Mountain, and the entrance of the cave was soon buried by the rubble raised by the shells.

This cave is not deep, but it is very dark, the elder Wei hurriedly closed his eyes, comforted his comrades: "Everyone is not more panicked, and don't make a sound, when the enemy goes down the mountain far away, I will take everyone out of here to meet our team!" ”

They sat down next to the innermost rock wall of the cave, there was not much air inside, and the sound of gunfire continued to be heard from outside, and Sun Deqiang and Pang Hutou were worried that the enemy would discover the cave.

The elder Wei looked out of the cave, the gravel at the entrance of the cave was only more than a zhang thick, if the enemy really wanted to dig, it would not take long to dig the cave.

When the artillery fire stopped, Battalion Commander Guo led the enemy to search, and the other party insisted on finding these "red bandits", and they were "living to see people and dead to see corpses", no corpses, no wreckage.

"I don't believe that these red bandits have been blown to pieces, and there are no bones left, you all search for me carefully, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you have to find out their wreckage!"

Battalion Commander Guo gave the order, but the soldiers did not act, but let the soldiers of the security regiment dig with shovels.

The people in the cave couldn't help but get nervous again, and Sun Deqiang asked everyone to check the condition of the weapons and ammunition.

Xiao An gradually woke up, and when he opened his mouth to shout, the elder Wei hurriedly covered his mouth and whispered in his ear: "Xiao An, don't make a sound, the enemy is searching for us!" ”

Elder Wei continued to pay attention to the situation outside the cave, Pang Hutou checked his firearms and ammunition, and reported in a low voice: "My bullets are gone, my grenades are gone, the dry food is still half a coarse steamed bun, and the water is gone." ”

Sun Deqiang also checked his weapons and ammunition, and said in a low voice: "I am in the same situation as you, there are two bullets left, and the others are gone, Comrade Wei, what about your situation?" ”

"I still have some pot left, give me rifle bullets, and now we are most lacking in water!"

While they were eating the remnants of the pot of the Great Elder Wei, there was a sound of digging from the entrance of the cave, and the Great Elder Wei had already loaded the last bullet into the chamber of the gun.

"If we can't do it, we'll fight these enemies!" Sun Deqiang said indignantly.

Da Lao Wei said in a low voice: "Don't be impulsive, we haven't reached the moment of certain death, don't make a sound!" ”

The soldiers of the security regiment only dug for half a day, and then sat on the ground tired and gasped for breath.

When Battalion Commander Guo was reprimanding the soldiers of these security regiments, a team came from the bottom of the mountain, and the first officer came to them. ”

Deputy Head Zhuang had a big square face and two thick eyebrows, and asked in Cantonese dialect: "Are these bandits pangolins?" How did you hide in the rocks? ”

Battalion Commander Guo hurriedly explained: "Our mortars are too powerful, these bandits may have been buried in the ground by rubble, we have attacked the mountain, we can't have nothing to gain, right?" ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Zhuang looked puzzled, and Battalion Commander Guo hurriedly pulled the artillery over.

The artilleryman continued to brag: "Deputy commander, our mortars are so powerful, this mountain has been cut off by our shells, not to mention these bandits hiding on the top of the mountain, I am afraid that they will be blown to pieces a long time ago!" ”

Deputy Head Zhuang looked at the two of them and nodded, "Then you can continue to dig here!" So he turned and went down the mountain.

After seeing his superiors leave, Battalion Commander Guo said to the security captain: "You continue to dig, if you dig up the remains of the bandits, there will be a heavy reward!" ”

The security captain nodded in response, and Battalion Commander Guo also turned around and led the soldiers down the mountain.

The rest of the soldiers of the security regiment complained one after another, and an old soldier with an open collar took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it for the captain, saying: "These regular soldiers patted their butts and left, leaving us to work hard, this is too bullying!" ”

The security captain took a deep breath of his cigarette and said slowly: "We are not mud legs carrying big shovels, Qiu San, you take a few brothers to the village below the mountain to recruit some labor to dig over!" ”

Qiu San hurriedly responded, called a few accomplices and rushed down the mountain.

The remaining soldiers of the security regiment sat on the gravel of the hillside and chatted, drinking and smoking.

The people in the cave were much more difficult, Pang Hutou took out the cigarette pouch pot, but found that there was no tobacco and no fire here, so he could only endure it.

However, the enemy stopped digging, and they could breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.

When Qiu San brought a group of recruited villagers, the security captain stood up and yelled at the villagers: "Hurry up and dig up all the rubble on the top of the mountain, and don't miss a piece of stump and fragment!" ”

The villagers picked up shovels, pickaxes and other tools from the ground and began digging.

However, for this kind of additional conscription, the villagers are digging slowly, and the security captain does not urge.

But some of the people hiding in the cave are tense and worried.

"It would be nice if we could survive until dark!" In the sound of excavation, the elder Wei comforted his companions.

However, a villager still dug towards the hole where they were hiding, and the gravel at the entrance of the cave was constantly removed, so the elder Wei was in a hurry, and hurriedly picked up the gravel on the ground to plug the exposed gap.

But the other party was still digging, so Sun Deqiang whispered to the elder Wei, but the elder Wei whispered: "No, it's too risky to do this." ”

However, this gap is getting bigger and bigger, and the gravel in the hand of the elder Wei can no longer be covered, and he saw a crack in the rock at the top of the inner wall of the cave, so he whispered to his companions: "You all step back, clinging to the cave wall, I will pry this rock off!" ”

He inserted the barrel of the gun into the crack in the rock overhead, and with a forceful prie, a stone the size of a millstone fell, blocking the exposed gap.

The shovels of the villagers who were digging outside the cave hit the boulder and beckoned their companions to come and help.

When the villagers had gone out of the boulder with great difficulty, it was getting dark.

The captain of the security regiment ordered his soldiers to light torches, and one of the villagers suggested to him: "Sir, it's already dark today, why don't we have dinner and continue to work tomorrow!" ”

The captain said, "No, if I can't dig up the corpses, I won't be able to report to my superiors, and you will call it a day and eat after a while." ”

The villagers continued to dig with their tools.

Elder Wei took off his black robe and blocked the gap at the entrance of the cave, and Sun Deqiang complained in a low voice: "It's dark, why don't you call it a day?" ”

As the villagers continued to dig, the exposed hole could no longer be hidden.

A hint of cool air poured into the cave through the gap, but with it came danger, no matter how bad these soldiers of the security regiment outside the cave were, they all had guns in their hands.