Chapter 25: Xiao Jia Shan Encounters a Sniper Attack by the Devils
Chen Shaoqin, with the help of Liu's pre-arranged trickery, used a landmine to blow up the pursuing puppet army, and quickly entered a small path on the east side. The puppet army was too scared to pursue, which was understandable, but what was strange was that the Japanese devils didn't come after them either. This made Chen Shaoqin feel particularly puzzled, so as the troops continued to retreat into the forest, he suddenly stopped in his tracks and didn't move forward again.
"What are you doing, silly big guy? The devils are about to catch up, why are you still standing there motionless?" Xue Yumei's soft voice was tinged with a few parts of doubt, obviously not understanding why Chen Shaoqin would stop at this time and not retreat with the brothers.
"Yes, Captain Chen, if we don't leave now, the little devils will catch up with us!" Lao Liu panted as he arrived in front of Chen Shaoqin. After hearing Xue Yumei's confusion about Chen Shaoqin's current behavior, he immediately said, although he knew they couldn't stay here for long, but because he didn't know what Chen Shaoqin was thinking, he couldn't persuade him, so in the end, he could only say a few words that had nothing to do with anything.
"It's better if the devils catch up with us, that proves we've already attracted the little devils, but now they're not catching up, this means the little devils are plotting something bad and we don't know!" Chen Shaoqin said with a worried tone. He was very clear that they had destroyed two of the devil's artillery towers and lured the devils in the county town to Zhujiatun, allowing Lao Er and others to smoothly capture the devil's military warehouse. Either of these two things was like stabbing a knife into the devil's heart, how could the devils possibly let them off? So it would be normal for the devils to catch up with them and fight to the death, but now they haven't even seen any hair from the devils, this reaction is extremely abnormal in his view.
"Are you overthinking? Or is the little devil not as fast as us and hasn't caught up yet?" Although Liu the Crooked didn't quite understand what Chen Shaoyin was saying, he could sense the severity of the situation from his eyebrows.
"When we retreated, the little devils had already appeared at the intersection of Zhujiatun two miles away. At the speed of the mechanized troops of the Little Devils' Star Army, it should not take more than five minutes to chase into the forest. But now, from entering the forest to climbing up the mountain, we have been here for over ten minutes, but the little devils still haven't appeared. This reaction is abnormal!" Chen Shaoqin analyzed in front of everyone and then directly told Liu: "Alright, you send a brother to go take a look at that mountain head over there, and hurry back to report if there's any situation!"
"Little Stone, go take a look and see what's going on with the little devils!" Lao Liu immediately sent Little Stone to check it out after hearing Chen Shaoqin's words. Because the mountain peak opposite was the highest in the surrounding area, standing on top of it could clearly see everything several kilometers away, so arranging Little Stone to go and take a look was the most suitable thing to do.
Xiao Shi Tou didn't dare to delay, and immediately ran towards the depths of the forest after responding. In less than two minutes, he had climbed up the mountain on the other side. He carefully looked back at the rear of their troops from a distance, and found that the devils' cars were all turning around and heading in the direction of the county town. Behind them, a large number of devil soldiers also turned their heads and went back, forming a dense black mass that Xiao Shi Tou could see very clearly.
The little stone saw the little ghost leave and immediately ran back to report to Chen Shaoqin and Guai Liu, telling them everything he had seen in detail, without daring to omit any details.
"Is this little devil going to let us off the hook and retreat back to the county town without a fight?" Lao Liu was also baffled by the enemy's actions.
"It's not good, the little devil is heading towards our raiding team in the county town!" Chen Shaoqin thought for a moment, and suddenly his mind cleared up. He immediately shouted to everyone, "We must go to support Lao Er and Lao San with the fastest speed!"
"What are we waiting for!" Liu, the adopted son, heard that Lao Er and the others were in danger, and without any hesitation, he said a sentence, then ordered his brothers to rush towards the county town direction, "Brothers, let's go to the county town to support Lao Er and the others!"
All the brothers heard this and followed Liu and Chen Shaoqin to rush into the mountain forest near the main road of the county town, marching at the fastest speed, fearing that they would be late and unable to save Er Ge.
Chen Shaoqin led the team to Xiao Jia Mountain, not far from the county town. Under Xiao Jia Mountain, there was a main road, which was the only way from the county town to Zhu Jia Town. On this main road, Ye Cun had already set up roadblocks and firepower points with the devils, apparently choosing to intercept Lao Er's team here, hoping to take down the Chinese armed forces that burned down the devil's warehouse in one fell swoop.
After observing the situation clearly, Chen Shaoqin quickly arranged for Liu and all his brothers to ambush, preparing to ambush the devils who intercepted Lao Er and others, in order to rescue Lao Er and others from danger and retreat safely.
"I hope the second ones don't get greedy and use the enemy's vehicles to transport goods on this road!" Chen Shaoqin had everything ready, saying so in a low voice. He was very clear that if they took this road, even with their connections, it would be more harm than good, so he still hoped from the bottom of his heart that the second ones wouldn't come by car.
"I hope so!" Lao Er's lackluster response was met with a sentence, he knew Lao Er very well and what kind of person he was, so he was very clear that Lao Er would definitely choose to drive on the main road, but in his heart, he didn't want to believe it, expecting God to let this kid not be too clever for once.
After a while, a heavily loaded truck with a heavy engine sound came from the county town direction and slowly approached the obstacle set by the Little Devils. When it arrived at the obstacle, it suddenly made an emergency brake. Inoue immediately gave the order to attack, and rows of gunfire burst out of the devils' muzzles, bullets shooting towards the truck.
At this time, the mortar, 92-style heavy machine gun, and the "crooked handle" sounded one after another. The smoke of the explosion enveloped the entire road surface, and it was almost impossible to see people's shadows. Under the strong firepower attack from the other side, Lao Er and his men were overwhelmed, only hearing the sound of guns firing incessantly, still resisting the devils' attack in the thick smoke.
"Get the enemy artillery and machine gunners to give Brother Er and his team less pressure to break through!" Chen Shaoqin saw that the little devils had already taken action, so he naturally couldn't just sit back and do nothing. He ordered his brothers to open fire on the enemy's artillery and heavy machine guns.
As Chen Shaoqin's voice fell, a string of sounds erupted near the mountain valley, with rows of bullets shooting towards the enemy's artillery and machine gunners. The enemy's artillery and machine gunners all fell to the ground, completely suppressing the enemy's heavy firepower. But at this moment, a gunshot rang out in the mountain valley, and a bullet pierced through a brother's head, killing him instantly. Then came the second shot, and the second brother fell to the ground.
When the third shot rang out, Chen Shaoqin heard that the bullet was coming towards him and quickly fell down, but still let his hat be pierced with a hole. Chen Shaoqin was terrified and shouted to his comrades: "There is a Japanese sniper, everyone get down, don't show your heads!"
