Globe Trekker

Chapter 98
Watching Zhao Tiemin leave with a red face, all the brothers in a row of tents laughed until they cramped, and when Wu Ming yelled to assemble, they all held their stomachs and couldn't straighten up.

Zhang Dongning grinned and came forward to report, and laughed again before finishing his sentence, which made the brothers around him burst into laughter, and Dai Ziran simply squatted down again, clutching his stomach.

Seeing Wu Ming's sullen face, Zhang Dongning finally stopped laughing and reported loudly:
"The first battalion and the machine gun company finished camouflage and set fire in all directions to the west, leaving a reconnaissance squad swaying around to pretend to be behind the main force. The two teams of the special agent company are still guarding the south of the village, and they will leave quietly after the second pile of smoke is released within 10 minutes; Kuiyuan has already blown down two big trees, built a single-plank bridge on Dongshan Mountain, and sent four teams The vanguards responded along the way... Calculated, the machine gun that set off first, together with the dismantled equipment and six wounded people, had already gone up the mountain at this time."

Wu Ming nodded solemnly: "Pack up your luggage immediately, and rush to Baiguo Village immediately. The tent is left behind, and the lantern is hanging up. Don't turn it off!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Dongning turned around and returned to his tent. The brothers around him took action immediately. In less than 5 minutes, they were fully clothed and tidied up. They followed Wu Ming, who was also fully armed, and quickly hid in the thick smoke in the east. After entering the smoke range, he immediately turned on the flashlight and marched. The speed increased accordingly.

On the mountainside on the east side of Baiguo Village, a platoon of officers and soldiers stepped on the steps made of logs and successfully climbed the first steep hill on the escape road. Standing up silently, one followed the other silently and walked towards Gao Gang.

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At [-]:[-] p.m., four kilometers south of Maopailing Village, the temporary headquarters of the Independent Fourth Division of the Red Army.

The clouds all over the sky gradually dissipated, revealing the blue sky background, a crescent crescent appeared and disappeared in the eastern sky, and the stars shining through the gaps in the clouds were even brighter.

The chief officer and political officers of the Fourth Independent Division who had been fidgeting after dinner finally waited for Zhao Tiemin, who was sent to negotiate, and Zhao Tiemin, who was covered in sweat and foggy from his head, was coughing. Take a breath, and tell the whole process one by one.

Everyone was puzzled when they heard this, Xie Weijun quickly asked: "Does that Wu Ming really not know that the enemy from Nancheng attacked Dongkoukou?"

Zhao Tiemin nodded: "Looking at his reaction, I really don't know... If what he said is true, then he can no longer control his troops, oops! I don't even know what to say, that dick surnamed Wu You look like a sluggish, nonsense, mother-in-law, how can you look like a decisive soldier!"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. They didn't know how to judge. Even if they didn't believe it, no one had seen Wu Ming with their own eyes like Zhao Tiemin.

Guo Tianming strode away suddenly, rushed to the high hill at the side and rear with a short trot, and quickly climbed up the slippery mountain with both hands and feet. In less than 10 minutes, he climbed to the top of the hill with a height of more than 70 meters. In the cold wind, I took out the binoculars to observe Maopailing Village shrouded in thick smoke and flames.

A few minutes later, Guo Tianming suddenly lay down on the edge of the cliff and shouted loudly to the people looking up at the bottom of the mountain: "The enemy is tricking you! The smoke has cleared, the smoke has cleared, there is nothing wrong with the village, gather your team and fight in, quickly—— "

There was a sudden chaos at the foot of the mountain, several regiment leaders and deputy had already rushed back to their camp, Xie Weijun turned around a few times, raised his head and shouted anxiously:
"Old Guo, be careful! Don't worry, come down slowly!"

Guo Tianming climbed down and shouted: "Old Xie, believe me, immediately fire the signal flare, fire the signal flare!"

Xie Weijun gritted his teeth, ran to the combat staff officer behind him, took out the flare gun from his waist, and fiddled with it while giving orders.

In less than a minute, two orange flares soared into the sky, instantly illuminating the night sky.

The Red Army ambushing in all directions immediately assembled when they saw the signal flares, and the officers and soldiers who had been suffocated for a long time rushed to the enemy's position where the shadows were everywhere with an indomitable spirit.

At the west entrance of Maopailing Village, the four machine gunners who rushed to the front clicked the trigger at a distance of 80 meters. The dense rain of bullets knocked down all the defenders on the ground. A cloud of grenades was thrown at a distance of 40 meters, only to hear the sound of gunfire and explosions, and the defenders' positions and fortifications more than [-] meters long were submerged in flames and thick smoke in a blink of an eye.

The pioneers crawling on the ground did not wait for the flying mud and rocks to fall. They got up and rushed to the enemy's position shouting in unison. The roar of "hand in your guns and don't kill" echoed in the mountains. An enemy, dozens of scarecrows in gray military padded jackets and military caps fell in the trenches, and several of them were still burning.

The same situation happened on the defensive position in the south of the village. Guo Tianming, who was extremely shocked, ordered his troops to rush to the village.

A main regiment attacking the village from Dongkoukou was even more troublesome. A pile of rocks and soil with 500 troops was blown up and blocked three kilometers east of the village. The field has become a vast ocean, not only can't see the original road, but even the original location of the river is unclear, and it is night now, if you want to go around and turn over the hills on the south side, you must first cut down the dense thorns to open a road. The road could not be done within half a day. The annoyed head of the 41st regiment yelled at Wang Yang, but no matter how much he cursed, he was unable to go over and besiege the enemy in a short time.

In the south of Mao Pailing Village, the two regiments of the Red Army who successfully blasted the minefield roared and rushed towards the village, occupied the east of the village in a blink of an eye, and immediately searched in depth.

Division commander Guo Tianming and political commissar Xie Weijun, who were chasing quickly, passed the officers and soldiers searching around, and soon came to a familiar row of tents. When they heard the report that no enemy was found in the village, Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun almost fainted to the ground.

Ten minutes later, Xie Weijun came to the old village head's house with two political officers. Before he had time to visit the two wounded soldiers, he asked, "Uncle Zhou, where is the enemy? Where did the enemy go?"

The old village chief shook his head helplessly: "No one dares to open the door! There is smoke and fire everywhere outside, and the villagers are afraid of being shot in the face, so no one dares to go out to have a look! Until he heard the village west and south of the village in all directions. The guns were fired and exploded again and again, and my old bones knew that you were coming back, but if you didn't come to the door, I wouldn't even dare to open the door!"

"Report to the political commissar, the aunt at the east end of the village said that the enemy has run away from the north, and the division commander has led the second regiment and the first regiment to pursue." A messenger ran into the house and reported loudly.

Xie Weijun was stunned: "Where is there a way to the north? Could it be that they fled to the northwest along the foot of the mountain? But the only passage has been blown up by themselves! Isn't this suicide?"

The messenger didn't know what to say, so he lowered his head and stood aside.

Xie Weijun turned to the old village head: "Old Uncle Zhou, is there any other trails in the north, even those who can walk goats."

The old village chief shook his head: "To the north is Chair Mountain, a two-mile-long cliff, and there is a path on the cliff, but the cliff is more than ten feet high, and it is difficult for monkeys to climb up!"

"Could it be that the enemy wants to stand against the cliff with their backs?" The political officer on the side quickly raised this possibility.

Xie Weijun shook his head: "The north of the village is only a hundred meters wide and has no depth. The enemy will not be so stupid as to have no common sense. Come on, let's take a look!"

After struggling for more than half an hour, Guo Tianming, who led the team back angrily, cursed when he saw Xie Weijun: "What the hell, the fifth son in the east of the village lied to us, where is there a half person in the north?"

Xie Weijun was taken aback, and quickly thought of the military doctor from Wu Ming's regiment treating the old lady. He smiled bitterly and said, "It's a shame this time, don't say anything, order the regiments to expand the search area, let's have a meeting."

On the Dongshanling, Wu Ming, who was at the end of the walk, stood on a high cliff, gazing for a long time at the familiar village three kilometers away to the northwest, where the torches were blazing. He didn't feel the joy of escaping from the sky, but felt somewhat lost and heavy.

The sound of gunfire from the direction of the East Pass came again. Zhang Dongning reminded Wu Ming that this was the last feint attack by the friendly army. He had to seize the time to climb over the mountain ridge and slide down the cliff south of the East Pass. Only at the foot of the mountain could he catch his breath. tone.

Wu Ming nodded, took one last look at the mountain village where he might never come again in this life, turned around silently, and strode after the brothers in front of him.

　There should be another update tonight!Thank you for your great support over the past week. Due to his daughter's injury, the emperor couldn't code quietly, so he could only keep updating as much as possible, and gradually return to normal after returning to Chengdu!

　　
　
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