Section XXXIX

The stunned Japanese troops did not make any reaction to the retreat of the national army, they watched from a distance as those earth-gray figures returned to the mountain, not only did they not have the idea of leaving others behind, but they secretly felt fortunate that the previous devastated battle scene undoubtedly carved a deep imprint in their hearts.

However, the reinforcements that came later brought them back to their senses, and under the leadership of these friendly troops, the scattered Japanese soldiers also returned to their positions and began to reorganize their defensive lines in shame.

It's just that a shocking news spread all over them at this moment, the deputy captain and the two squadron leaders cut themselves apart in the chaos and apologized for their crimes with death, which made them feel a deep guilt suppressed in their hearts.

Immediately, the rumbling cannon sound sounded on the artillery position in the rear, and the disemboweled shell with a thick light drew a dazzling line in mid-air, and then slammed into Fang Shan, as if it was wantonly venting its anger, giving them fierce revenge, and this originally unplanned artillery attack also made the originally quiet Fang Shan fall back into the smoke of war.

Finally, after half an hour, the shelling of the hilltop that turned over the earth finally stopped, only this time the Japanese did not commit a large number of infantry charges as usual, and after the shelling, there was only a deathly silence.

I don't know how long it took, a figure stood up from the broken trench on the mountainside, and with the shaking of this body, the debris of earth that fell from the flutter piled up a thick layer in the trench, and the man who showed his head didn't care about anything else, and immediately looked at the bottom of the mountain vigilantly, and what he saw made him breathe a long breath, and slowly leaned on the fortifications and sat down.

In the mound of dirt on the side, there was also movement immediately, and one by one, the ears were buzzing, and the people who were dizzy and dizzy began to hug the dirt all over their bodies, and then they seemed quite fortunate to rest in the four places.

Shi and Zheng Pusheng, who was safe and sound beside him, glanced at each other, and then the two suddenly laughed without warning, at first it was only a slight laughter, but then, the laughter of the two became louder and louder, and their movements became more and more exaggerated.

This strange situation naturally surprised everyone around, and they really didn't know what funny thing they had discovered.

"Stone, stone, but there is really you, I see, you kid was born to fight a war, and you will definitely be a general in the future! Looking at the angry appearance of the devils, you must have made them suffer a big loss this time. After Zheng Pusheng laughed, he leaned on the trench weakly, his dusty face was full of excitement.

Shi hehe smiled, reminiscing about the previous feeling of exhilaration, and his heart was also very excited, this time it was not like the night attack on the river crossing of the Xiaoliu River, and he was almost dumpled in the dumplings, tonight's battle, but it really hit the sore spot of the devil, with their strength of a platoon or so rushing all the way down, almost no effort to defeat several times the enemy, this feeling is really wonderful unimaginable.

"Battalion Commander Zheng commands Ruoding, Company Commander Shi bravely takes the lead, the first battalion not only guards like a rock, this night attack is a stroke of genius, Battalion Commander Zheng, I will immediately go to report the courage and fearlessness of the soldiers of the first battalion to the regiment headquarters for you to ask for credit, after this battle, I am afraid that the devils in front of the mountain will not be able to recover their vitality in a few days." There was a series of staff officers' singing and sending virtues, although he knew that this guy was touting indiscriminately, but not much, Zheng Pusheng felt extremely useful in his heart, which made him want to be in trouble, it seems that from ancient times to the present, people in high positions like this kind of person, and it is really unavoidable.

After Shi laughed, he finally calmed down, and suddenly said with some pity: "Battalion commander, it's really a pity, the devil's defense is too tight, basically there is a sentry post every ten or twenty steps, fortunately, the subsequent battle is lucky, otherwise tonight would really be a failure." ”

Zheng Pusheng shook his hand and said: "Alas, this should be regarded as my lack of thought, the previous plan was too risky and unrealistic, and it is thanks to your flexibility to adapt in this way, otherwise it is really unclear whether I can bring these brothers back safely." ”

The natural conversation between the two of them made Staff Officer Dai, who was about to leave, unclear, and finally waited for the two of them to stop talking, and then he interjected and asked, "Battalion Commander Zheng?" Why do I not understand what you are saying? Wasn't the previous night raid predetermined? ”

Zheng Pusheng has always paid attention to hard-working people, and he still agrees with people who really dare to fight with devils, and now his perception of Staff Officer Dai has changed after a few days of fighting, and it has become no different from the brothers of the other three companies, and when he heard this, he just smiled and said to the stone: "If you still have strength, just talk to Staff Officer Dai, I haven't closed my eyes for a few days, hurry up and squint for a while!" ”

After saying that, he really didn't care about it, and curled up in the trench to sleep.

Shi Shi was a little embarrassed to reach out and scratch his head, and then said to Staff Officer Dai: "The battalion commander originally asked us to bypass the devil's position in front of us in the dark and raid the headquarters behind the devil, but on the way, we accidentally let the devil find out, so as long as we took advantage of the situation to kill it, fortunately, we were lucky......

Before he finished speaking, Staff Officer Dai had already stared at him with wide eyes and stunned, and from Staff Officer Dai's eyes and expressions, Shi Shi felt that he had completely become a monster, which made him even more embarrassed, and he could only smirk.

"You're going to attack the devil's headquarters?" After a long time, Staff Officer Dai finally muttered such a sentence out of his mouth, and his tongue seemed to have lost its usual flexibility.

Shi Shi nodded, but also asked, "Staff Officer Dai, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Company Commander Shi, do you know how many devils there are under the mountain? One Wing ...... At least a wing! Staff Officer Dai said in a sharp voice, obviously frightened.

Shi didn't seem to care much and said: "The cavalry of the devils has withdrawn during the day, it should be to attack other places, in this way, in order to prevent us from breaking through, there must be the devil's infantry ambush in the distance, plus the vigilance everywhere and the casualties of the devils some time ago, the number of people will definitely not be too much, besides, let's this is a sneak attack, shoot cold guns, at most, if it doesn't work, just throw two * from afar." ”

Staff Officer Dai was obviously a little speechless, "If you really get close to the devil's headquarters, how will you come back then?" ”

"Come back? If you're lucky, you'll kill it back, and if you're unlucky, you'll pull the devil on the road together, and if you're lucky, you'll be pulling it sooner or later, and if you can pull the devil's official to die together, it's really a lot of money. Speaking of this, Shi Shi's eyes even lit up, this excited look naturally made Staff Officer Dai on the side even more ghostly, and even involuntarily stayed away from him, for a young officer like him with a good background and a higher education, the idea of a person like Shi was too unbelievable and incomprehensible.

Then he quickly rushed towards the battalion headquarters under the pretext of going to report the military situation to the regiment headquarters, as if he was afraid that if he stayed here for a while longer, he would be infected with something.

At this moment, Zheng Pusheng opened his eyes, looked at the back of Staff Officer Dai and sighed: "Sometimes, it's not a good thing to read too many books, sometimes the more you know, the more afraid you are of death!" ”

Shi Shi also regained his calm at this time, his expression was solemn and there was a lot of change in the face of Staff Officer Dai, obviously he was not like the kind of fool who didn't understand anything in the eyes of Staff Officer Dai, listening to the words of the battalion commander, he just said in a wooden voice: "Battalion commander, I am also afraid of death, I am afraid that I still have no one to support my father and mother at home." ”

Zheng Pusheng turned around and scolded with a smile: "You kid can't die, I'm still counting on you to help me take care of Qianqian!" ”

Hearing this, Shi Shi was also speechless for a while, and after a moment of silence, he slowly raised his head and looked directly at Zheng Pusheng and asked, "Battalion commander, you told me earlier that once the situation changes, let me break through with the brothers in the third platoon, did you deliberately find an excuse to let me leave here first?" ”

Zheng Pusheng changed his sleepy and hazy appearance before, got up and looked around, maybe he knew that they had something to talk about, there was no one else in the distance of about twenty paces nearby, which made Zheng Pusheng a little relieved, and then lowered his voice and scolded: "You kid doesn't look stupid, since you know, why are you coming back?" Come back and wait for death with me? ”

Shi smiled bitterly: "Battalion commander, where is the devil's defense line so easy to break through, how do you know that I can kill it alive." ”

"If it's someone else, I can't guarantee it, but if it's your stone, I have absolute confidence, to be honest, after getting along for so long, there are a lot of things on your kid, but I really can't understand it, I found that when you hit the shell, sometimes you will move your body out of the danger zone, can you hear the landing point of the cannonball in such a messy situation?"

The stone could only smile bitterly at this: "Battalion commander, I don't know. ”

Zheng Pusheng said unconcernedly: "I know you don't know, you're an idiot!" An idiot who can't remember anything! Then he smiled again: "Except for idiots, who would have such an opportunity not to leave?" What's the point of a battalion dying here? But I still like your stubbornness, if you want to kill devils, you really have to be a tenacious person like you. ”