The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 1988 Moving Forward
The Japanese troops attacking the mountain were completely oblivious to what was happening behind them, and they didn't even look back.

Supporting each other with their backs and entrusting each other with their lives, this is the best kind of comradeship advocated by Chinese soldiers.

However, if we only talk about combat, the Japanese soldiers are also like this. They have every reason to believe that their companions behind them can give them safety.

Now all their attention is on the top of the mountain. According to intelligence, there are only five or six Chinese soldiers on the mountain. Once they rush to the top of the mountain, victory will be assured.

Another Japanese soldier surpassed his companions and stepped forward.

To say they were surpassing was of course because they were advancing in a cross-cover manner.

As he stepped over a corpse on the ground, he became the first of their attacking team.

They are only halfway up the mountain now, with still more than 100 meters to go. They are not yet at the distance for a charge, so after moving forward a few steps, he needs to find a suitable place to provide cover for his companions behind him.

At this time, he noticed that there was a gap in the rock on his left side that could hide a person, and half of a Type 38 rifle was exposed in the gap.

He glanced at the top of the mountain again. The flares were still working and there was nothing unusual there.

He took a big step and flashed to the side of the gap. The residual light of the flare fell into the gap. Due to the refraction of light, he could only vaguely see a companion leaning there with his head hung down.

There is no doubt that the companion is dead. If he is alive, forget it, there is no need to make such speculation.

He was always at the front of the team, and there were no members of the Imperial Japanese Army in front of him. If there were any, they were all dead!
The Japanese soldier felt sympathy for his companion whose name he did not know. He pressed his body against the stone wall, put his rifle against his shoulder and pointed it forward.

At this time, the covering fire from behind had all stopped, including the light machine guns and heavy machine guns, to prevent accidental injuries to them.

As a brigade, although one of the Japanese squadrons had been crippled, the remaining firepower was definitely not just a few light and heavy machine guns.
But the problem is that the mountain road is so narrow that the extra firepower cannot be fully deployed. Direct-fire weapons on the flank cannot reach the top of the mountain because there are large rocks on both sides of the road!

Soon, more Japanese soldiers came up from behind, and the first Japanese soldier automatically left the gap in the rock, and began to move forward under the cover of his companions.

This went on and on until the forty or so Japanese soldiers at the back came up. By the time the last Japanese soldier arrived here to provide cover, he was already the sixth person.

Everyone just glanced at their companion trapped in the crevice of the rocks. The living are concerned about the living, and the Japanese are the same.

But just as the last Japanese soldier in charge of cover saw his last companion passing by him and was about to go out, a big hand suddenly stretched out from behind him!

The big hand directly covered his mouth and nose, and at the same time, a sharp Type 30 bayonet pierced into his back!

The hand covering his mouth and nose was so strong, and the bayonet piercing his heart from behind was so fierce, that the Japanese soldier did not even have time to shout.

Under that big hand, he seemed to just let out a slight sigh, a sigh of life gone.

The rifle that he had originally supported on his shoulder began to fall, but a foot stretched out from behind him and pushed the rifle to the ground slowly without making any sound of hitting the rock.

The bayonet was held like that, the big hand was covering it like that, and the foot was blocking the rifle like that, until the Japanese soldier collapsed on the rock wall beside him, just like his companion in the crevice he had seen before.

At this time, a man came out from behind the Japanese soldier. It was Shang Zhen! Ever since Shang Zhen collected the weapons and ammunition he needed, he had been thinking about the possible attack that the Japanese army might launch against him.

The distance between the top of Wujiaopo Mountain and the foot of the mountain is still too close, and the position for shooting at the Japanese army on the mountain is too obvious. After all, it is just rocks, not grass and trees that block out the sun. Shang Zhen could only imagine that the Japanese army would cover the top of the mountain with firepower.

The merchant understood very well that as long as the Japanese army attacked the top of the mountain, he would have only one way to retreat. In that case, he would either have to hide in the various traps and concealed objects on the top of the mountain, or fight the Japanese army to the death.

How could Shang Zhen, who never plays by the rules, just sit on the mountain and wait for death according to the traditional way?

So, before the Japanese army's flares were fired, he had already moved to the middle of the mountain.

Originally, he wanted to throw a grenade directly down here, but he suddenly realized that it was not a good idea to do so!

The reason is very simple. The Japanese soldiers were all looking up. If I threw the grenade from here, the Japanese soldiers could clearly see where the grenade came from.

If I throw a grenade here, I will probably be blocked by the Japanese army in this crevice of the rocks, and I will be dead!

Therefore, the correct approach should be to launch an attack from behind the Japanese army. At least the Japanese army will not find out where the first grenade comes from.

If you want to launch an attack from behind the Japanese army, you must hide halfway up the mountain road, wait until the Japanese army passes, and then throw grenades from behind.

Fortunately, Shang Zhen knew that there was a hidden place right at the waist.

There are also cracks in other places, but the gaps between the stones are either too big or too small.

If it is too big, it will arouse the suspicion and vigilance of the Japanese army; if it is too small, it will be impossible to hide.

So in the end he chose this crack in the rock.

In order to make himself safer, he suddenly had an idea and dragged a Japanese soldier's body in and leaned it against the stone wall, while he hid behind the corpse.

This process is simple to say but difficult to do. At that time, the Japanese army's flares had already been fired and he had to avoid the sight of the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain.

So this Japanese soldier was in front of several corpses piled on top of each other, which gave him room to maneuver.

Normally it would not be difficult for him to drag a person weighing over 100 pounds into this crevice of the rock.

The problem is that this time he has to crawl on his hands and knees to pull the corpse over, which is difficult!
Because everyone knows that if a person can lift or drag something weighing 100 kilograms, it is not entirely based on the strength of the upper limbs, but also requires the strength of the legs.

But how could he use the strength of his legs when he was lying on the ground? During this process, he could only lie there with his head down and slowly move the Japanese soldier over.

During this process, he naturally used up all his strength, and when he reached the mountain, he was able to hook his toes on the protruding stone wall beside the mountain road, which was considered using the strength of his legs.

And all Shang Zhen’s efforts have finally paid off, as he finally let all the Japanese troops go.