The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1828 No Way Out

"Hey! Hey!" Cheng Peng pointed forward and shouted. Although the other soldiers did not shout, they were also surprised. Shang Zhen had a thoughtful expression on his face.

The reason for all this was that now they saw that the puppet army was chasing them from behind, so what about the Japanese army? Because of the open terrain, they could also see the Japanese army, but the Japanese army was surrounding this side from both wings!

"It seems that our second ambush will fail!" Qian Chuan'er said with regret, and everyone thought so too.

According to Shang Zhen's plan, he used himself and Shen Mugen as bait to lure the Japanese army to hunt them down.

Then, while the Japanese army was chasing them, they ambushed them halfway and Cheng Peng, Qian Chuaner and his soldiers attacked the Japanese army again.

But they never expected that the Japanese troops behind them were probably frightened by Shang Zhen and did not play according to the routine. Instead, they pushed out the puppet army as a shield, and then the Japanese army began to encircle them from both wings.

Shang Zhen's ambush target was the Japanese army, not the puppet army, but the plan did not change quickly. How could he have expected that the puppet army was sent up, but the Japanese devils hid!

In this case, how could they possibly carry out the second ambush?

An ambush requires terrain. Shang Zhen would not ambush the Japanese army on flat ground, as that would result in a shootout.

If it turns into a shootout, even if the casualties are one to one, Shang Zhen and his men won't be able to afford it!

"How about we retreat now? It's still time to withdraw from the Japanese encirclement." Cheng Peng suggested.

Although the puppet troops were chasing very quickly, Shang Zhen and his men knew that as soon as they fired guns, the puppet troops would not be as strong as they thought.

The Japanese troops who were encircling from both wings always had to take detours, and even the previous wave of Japanese and puppet troops who had made a detour had not yet circled them.

However, we must hurry if we want to retreat, otherwise it will be too late.

"If it doesn't work, let's retreat first." At this point Shang Zhen had no other choice.

Of course he would not allow the Japanese and puppet troops to surround his people.

If he wanted to be surrounded by the Japanese army, he might as well defend Zhuangzhongzhuang in Shuiquan Town directly. At least there were strategic locations to defend there.

But just as Shang Zhen finished speaking, they suddenly heard faint gunshots coming from the direction of Shuiquan Town.

The gunshot made the merchant wave his hand to stop his men who were about to retreat.

This time, the Japanese and puppet troops came with a lot of troops, at least seven or eight hundred people, if not a thousand.

Since Shang Zhen brought the team here, he was planning to launch a second ambush on the Japanese army. So his original plan to block the Japanese and puppet troops on both sides of the road naturally failed.

  Because the Japanese and puppet troops were so numerous, the more soldiers they had, the more they could use some of their forces to encircle and suppress them, and the other part to attack Shuiquan Town.

Now the only force left in Shang Zhenying's camp in Shuiquan Town is Liu Keqiang and his platoon, who are there to assist Chen Laocai in defending the village.

As for other armed forces that came to get food, of course they are in Shuiquan Town.

As far as Shang Zhen knows now, there are people from Zhao Tieying's group, the Eighth Route Army, and the Security Division.

Although in name those aforementioned teams were all anti-Japanese forces, Shang Zhen did not know exactly how many troops they had. However, Shang Zhen knew that it was unlikely that they would fight to the death with the Japanese army. They were probably all thinking of "the fisherman gains while the snipe and the clam fight".

  So, what should I do now?

The Japanese want to fight but we can't fight them by force. The only option now is to let them surround us, which won't work. We have to withdraw first.

"Retreat quickly and talk about it after it's over." Shang Zhen finally gave the order.

Military orders are as heavy as mountains. Shang Zhen led Cheng Peng's company and two other platoons of troops to retreat quickly to a distance.

Just as the puppet troops behind them climbed up the hill where they had previously ambushed, Shang Zhen and his men had already reached another hill.

There was a forest on the hill, so they avoided being discovered by the puppet army.

As for the Japanese troops coming from both sides, Shang Zhen was not worried because there were still cut wheat fields and bushes around, and those obstacles could completely block the Japanese army's sight and prevent them from discovering the number of their troops.

The hill that Shang Zhen and his companions have reached now is quite high.

But when Shang Zhen looked towards the hills again, he was surprised to find that the area ahead was extremely low, with rippling water in the middle.

  There was actually water here, and the area was not small. They even saw the reeds by the water move, and a little wild duck turned its head and swam quickly to the middle of the water!

There are hills around, a basin in the middle, and water in the basin. This is the terrain that Shang Zhen and his men are facing now.

  A soldier couldn't help but shout "Oh no!" But Cheng Peng immediately glared at him. Although the soldier shut up immediately, everyone knew what he meant by "Oh no!"

There are pursuers behind us, and there is a large area in front of us, which is called a water bubble (as people in Northeast China call it).

If they wanted to run now, they would have to run around the water, but this would allow the Japanese and puppet troops to get even closer.

  This is all because I’m not familiar with the terrain!

The inexperienced soldiers who had never faced such a situation were naturally a little panicked, but the veterans were very steady. They all looked at Shang Zhen, and then an old soldier said "go", and four or five old soldiers turned around and ran in different directions in tacit understanding.

They went to the top of the hill to serve as lookouts.

With pursuers on three sides, how could one lookout be enough? There was no need for the superior to give orders for such matters.

At this time, Shang Zhen spoke again: "Cheng Peng, you go to the left, Qian Er, you go to the right, and I'll go to the middle. You two should look carefully. How many Japanese soldiers have come over?"

After Shang Zhen said this, Cheng Peng and Qian Chuan'er naturally followed his orders, and a squad leader in the team whispered to the soldiers in their squad: "Do you have enough ammunition?"

"It's enough. I didn't buy more before."

"I still have over fifty rounds."

"I still have about seventy or eighty rounds, including the rifle and the box gun."

"I have another grenade."

The soldiers in their class answered one after another.

"Sergeant, are we going to set an ambush for the Japanese again?" another soldier asked.

"Need I say more? We're going to have a tough battle this time. We need to be more alert, shoot accurately and save ammunition at the same time." The squad leader whispered as he watched Shang Zhen walking back.

At this time, Shang Zhen, who was running to the top of the hill, naturally heard what the soldiers were saying.

Yes, he had to fight one more battle.

Of course, if he took his men and continued to escape to the mountains, considering the distance between them and the Japanese army, it would still be in time.

However, he could not stand by and watch the Japanese army take over Shuiquan Town.

  But now it is impossible for them to go to Shuiquan Town to resist the enemy, so the only thing he can do now is to hurt the Japanese troops chasing him and transfer the Japanese troops in Shuiquan Town here. This can be regarded as attacking Wei to save Zhao!

Although the terrain here is not suitable for positional warfare, it is precisely because of this that the Japanese army is not prepared.

While running here, Shang Zhen also observed the current terrain and he felt that there was still some chance of winning.

In fact, the rules of war have remained unchanged throughout history, both in China and abroad.

Wanting to fight the invaders is one thing, that is a strategic goal. It is just like in later generations, if you want to carry out a project, you need to establish a project, and then you need a feasibility study report to know how to implement it. If there is no feasibility study report, then no matter how good the project is, it cannot be done.

What Shang Zhen wanted was that he should not do business that would lose money!

The reason why he wanted to lead his men to win this battle is two words: pragmatism.

There are many details involved in this process, and it's not something you, as a commander, can do just by thinking about it.