The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1924: Leg Strength Competition

Shang Zhen and his men arrived at Wujiaopo at dusk. As a veteran, the first thing he did was of course to conduct reconnaissance and observe the terrain.

"Is it okay? Do you need to rest and eat something?" asked Captain Zhang of the Eighth Route Military Region team.

"Let's not eat for now. It will be dark by the time we eat, and then we won't be able to see anything." Shang Zhen replied.

Then he took his weapons and led the veteran soldiers under his command, Qian Chuaner, Hou Hanshan, Shen Mugen, Da Laoben, and Bian Xiaolong, and began to circle around Wujiaopo from a distance.

The spirit is reflected in the details. Shang Zhen's action immediately aroused the admiration of the soldiers of the district team.

You know, they had to march more than forty miles to get here.

When Shang Zhen first came out of Liuji, he brought two horse-drawn carriages, and those two carriages are still there.

But if a horse is pulling dozens of people, the horse's speed will not be very fast.

Shang Zhen led his veterans on foot, and when they got tired, he would replace the soldiers from District Squad and rest on the carriage.

So during these dozens of miles, Shang Zhen and his veterans walked more.

Now that they have arrived at the destination, Shang Zhen immediately began to conduct circle reconnaissance.

You know, the combat quality of the so-called district squad may be much worse than that of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but in terms of physical strength, they are all working people and are not bad.

  Everyone in the district team was exhausted. Seeing that Shang Zhen and his team still had the energy, who wouldn’t admire them?

"Let's go. I'll go with you." Wang Chuan saw that Xu Lang was exhausted after the journey, so he volunteered, and the captain of the district team also followed.

"You are quite different from other national army troops. You are just like the main force of our Eighth Route Army. You all have iron feet." Wang Chuan praised as they walked with Shang Zhen.

Shang Zhen smiled but didn't respond.

In fact, Shang Zhen and his friends also took advantage of the situation.

The so-called trick is not that they walked less, but that they all had leggings tied when they went out, but because they were wearing pants on the outside, they could not be seen!

Only those who have experience in long-distance marches know how useful leg wraps are.

Nowadays, Chinese troops, whether they are the National Army, the Eighth Route Army, or the Japanese Army, all wear leg wraps.

Leggings have many functions. For example, they can prevent your trouser legs from getting caught when walking through bushes. You can take them off at critical moments and use them as ropes. Relieving fatigue during long-distance marches is also an important function.

After all, human physical strength is limited. For example, it can be divided into normal march, rapid march and forced march. The difference between wearing leg wraps and not wearing leg wraps is huge.

I won't go into the specific scientific reasons, but only talk about the results. After the march, the fatigue in the calves of those who tied leggings was much lower than those who did not tie leggings. Those who did not tie leggings might even fall down due to leg discomfort after reaching their destination.

Seeing that Shang Zhen didn't respond, Qian Chuan'er smiled and said, "Of course, we walked all the way from outside the pass to inside the pass. There were only seven or eight of us at the beginning, and this time three of us are here."

There is a certain resemblance between Qian Chuan'er and him in his words.

"How far is that?" Bian Xiaolong asked curiously.

Bian Xiaolong had never been to the three northeastern provinces, so he naturally had no idea how far he had to go from outside the Great Wall through Shanhaiguan to inside the Great Wall.

"That's a long way!" Qian Chuan'er became more and more proud, "There must be a place thousands of miles away, right?"

Upon hearing Qian Chuan'er say this, Bian Xiaolong was very impressed, and Wang Chuan also laughed.

"You are also a veteran. How far have you marched?" Qian Chuan asked Wang Chuan with a bit of pride. "Me?" Wang Chuan rubbed his nose and smiled.

"Tell me, tell me, your Eighth Route Army is also very good at marching." Qian Chuaner talked a lot.

"The farthest distance I've ever walked was also quite long. I think it was more than 20,000 miles?" Wang Chuan acted as if he didn't know for sure.

But his words could speak for more than 20,000 miles, which not only shocked Qian Chuan'er, but also Shang Zhen, Hou Kanshan and others.

Then the three most senior people looked at each other, and suddenly they understood something. Shang Zhen asked tentatively: "Red Army?"

If what Wang Chuan said just now that he had walked more than 20,000 miles really surprised Qian Chuan'er and Shang Zhen, then the fact that Shang Zhen actually mentioned the "Red Army" directly also surprised Wang Chuan. He couldn't help but give Shang Zhen a thumbs up and looked up to him.

But think about it, Shang Zhen is the lover of their comrade Leng Xiaozhi. Although he looks plain, he can win Leng Xiaozhi's heart, so he must have extraordinary knowledge and means.

"You, the Northeast Army, actually know about the Red Army. This is not easy. Did you hear what Comrade Leng Xiaozhi said?" Shang Zhen aroused Wang Chuan's curiosity.

"Yes and no, I have heard her mention it. But on December 12 that year, we happened to be in Xi'an, so I knew a little about your Red Army at that time." Shang Zhen replied.

"Oh, that's how it is." Wang Chuan suddenly realized.

As for what the December 12 Incident was, those who understand it know that it was after that incident that China gradually formed an anti-Japanese united front.

At that time, the Communist Party of China went to Xi'an for mediation, and the armed forces of the Communist Party of China were still called the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army reached Shaanxi after the 25,000-mile Long March that shocked China and the world, and Wang Chuan was one of its members.

In fact, people like Shang Zhen know a lot about the Chinese Communist Party, not to mention that they were directly involved in the incident.

But this kind of thing would never be mentioned even to Wang Chuan and Shang Zhen.

Shang Zhen and his colleagues had also discussed the Red Army's Long March in private. At that time, they had already walked from outside the Great Wall to inside the Great Wall and then to Shaanxi.

They are all wanderers, but to be honest, wanderers are different from each other.

For those who only walked a few dozen miles, it was hard to imagine that Shang Zhen and his gang could walk from the three northeastern provinces through Shanhaiguan and all the way into the interior of the country.

However, for people like Shang Zhen who walked from outside the Great Wall to inside the Great Wall, it was also hard to imagine that such a ragged army could climb snow-capped mountains and cross grasslands to travel across most of China while being pursued and blocked by hundreds of thousands of enemies.

You can't do it, but others have done it, you can't help but accept it!

Precisely because he was shocked by the Red Army's Long March, Wang Laomao also came to a conclusion that there is no suffering that a person cannot endure.

However, Wang Laomao's words were refuted by Chen Hanwen.

Chen Hanwen said at the time that they were not doing that for their lives, that was the power of faith!

Although Chen Hanwen was once again ridiculed by the veterans after he said this, everyone vaguely felt that Chen Hanwen was actually right.

Shang Zhen and his companions were talking as they circled around Wujiaopo. Of course they couldn't get too close to Wujiaopo, as who knew if the bandits on Wujiaopo had posted sentries.

Just as they had learned, the southern side of Wujiaopo was gentle with a path leading up the mountain, but the other three sides were very steep.

  But if it were just that, it would be fine. Unfortunately, the mountain is a rocky mountain. Some of the rocks on the steep slope are protruding and some are as steep as mirrors. How can people climb up then?

Shang Zhen and his men walked around and observed, but when they reached the north side of Wujiaopo, they suddenly heard two gunshots coming from Wujiaopo!

(End of this chapter)