Chapter 42: The First Battle of the Mountain Forest Police Team (Part 2)

  Hei Mangzi Gou is a large east-west trending ditch, with a big road winding through the bottom. The south and north are about four or five miles wide, forming a small narrow plain. Nearby are some low shrubs, while in the distance are high mountains, with dense pine forests on the slopes. The mountain police team's base is located at the foot of the mountain, facing south, warm and cozy, with a row of wooden houses, a large courtyard, and a small watchtower. A bright lantern hangs above the gate, illuminating the entire barracks inside and out.

  The team members took advantage of the wind to cover their footsteps, and quietly approached the gate. They crouched silently on the snowy ground, forming a siege around the barracks. If someone had looked carefully at that moment, they would have seen that the originally flat snowfield suddenly had many more snow piles, each with a pair of black shiny eyes behind it, staring fixedly at the two sentries at the gate without blinking.

  It's also possible that the mountain forest police team has been too peaceful for too long, and their guard is not very strict. The two sentries at the gate are leaning against their guns, pacing back and forth, humming a tune, smoking cigarettes, with the dark red glow of the cigarette butts flashing in the black night, making them particularly conspicuous. They're also teasing each other, "Hey, Zhang Ergou, you think this weather is cold enough to freeze your butt off? The north wind is like a knife, how come we're the unlucky ones who have to stand guard at midnight?" "Enough, Wang Laoxiong, stop complaining! Those who get to drink hot wine, smoke big cigarettes, and sleep with women in a warm bed aren't us, they're the officials! We'll just stick it out for another couple of hours, then we can still catch a few winks when we get back!" "Yeah, being an official is great! Zhang Ergou, I went to Gouli Village a couple of days ago and saw a beautiful girl, she was stunning! Next time we're off duty, let's call up some brothers and go take care of her, but we have to act fast, or those officials will get their eyes on her and there won't be any chance for us!" "Alright, alright, you've got a share in this too, you little scamp! You didn't keep it all to yourself, good job, brother!"

  Those two soldiers were extremely arrogant, their words became more and more despicable as they spoke, completely inhumane. It seemed that these two young men had often done many wicked things, their voices were loud and clear, carrying far away with the north wind, all the team members could hear them clearly, and they were furious inside. If looks could kill, these two would have been riddled with holes by now. They didn't know that in the snowy ground was buried a group of ancestors waiting to take their lives, the king of hell seeking revenge. Just based on what they said tonight, their lives were already forfeit. Tang Qiuli felt the small body of Ling next to him start trembling obviously, she was enraged by those two soldiers' words. He gently patted her back, comforting her, and Ling's emotions calmed down, but it was clear that she had suppressed her anger deep inside.

  The mountain tiger was crouching beside Tang Qiuli, seeing this situation, he raised his body and wanted to crawl forward, meaning he wanted to solve the two sentries. He was pulled back by Tang Qiuli, who intuitively felt that it wasn't so simple. Although these mountain forest police were originally bandits, now they still are, just wearing official uniforms, but their nature remains the same! However, there are rules for the bandits and ways of doing things for the beards. After years of gathering in the mountains, today they are on guard against being wiped out, tomorrow they worry about a fierce battle. If it's as lax as now, the name "filling the river" can't be called today! There must be hidden stakes, but where?

  Tang Qiuli strained his eyes in the dark, searching for anything suspicious. Just as he was about to give up, a gentle nudge on his waist made him turn towards Xialing's pointing hand. Following her direction, he spotted a faint, dark red glow emanating from the base of the wall about 100 meters east of the main gate. The light flickered weakly in the darkness, almost imperceptible unless one looked closely. Tang Qiuli's heart skipped a beat as he realized there was indeed an ambush waiting to strike from behind while they focused on taking out the two sentries at the entrance. Luckily, Xialing's keen eyes had caught it, and Tang Qiuli couldn't help but reach out and grasp her icy, soft hand in his warm one. As their hands touched, Xialing felt a sense of comfort and wondered why Tang Qiuli's hand was so warm despite the chilly night air.

  Let's not mention the girl's idea for now. After Tang Qiuli discovered the hiding place of the ambush, he made a hand gesture to call Quanquan to take the shotgun team to capture the two sentries at the door, and he took Shantiger and four others to capture the ambush, waiting for the signal to act together.

  Tang Qiulian quietly approached the hideout with them and found that the hideout was a secret fort. Looking through the gun hole, they saw four people inside, gathered around a deep pit oven roasting fire. From the outside, no light could be seen, possibly because earlier someone didn't know that guy was smoking, leaning against the gun hole looking out, being watched by Xiaoling, otherwise, it would have been really hard to discover! Isn't this fate? This group of beards is indeed unlucky!

  Tang Qiulai made a hand gesture, and the four bows opened, with sharp arrowheads aimed at the four guys inside who still didn't know whether they were dead or alive. Seeing that his side was ready, he gave a signal to Autumn Spring's side to take action. The bowstrings vibrated, and the four arrows accurately shot into the necks of those four guys. Several people fell to the ground without making a sound, covering their necks with their hands, convulsing on the ground. One guy happened to fall onto the stove, and at that moment, he was burnt to a crisp, emitting a burst of green smoke! It was clear that they were dead, as the arrowheads had pierced through their necks from the front due to the close distance. You can imagine how powerful this must have been! At the same time, on the snowy ground near the two sentry posts, four snowballs suddenly jumped up. The two little guys were still in a daze, wondering where such a strong wind came from that it had blown the snow into piles. Before they could react, they felt a chill in their necks, and then another one. Scorching hot blood spurted out high, and their consciousness quickly became blurry. Their lives were over, and they didn't have the chance to enjoy anything. Everything was just an illusion! Immediately, two team members came over, dragged the corpses to the side, picked up the big guns, and stood at their original sentry posts.

  What's going on? Why did these two guys get killed twice? It turns out that the team members of Qiuquan were in pairs, taking down one person at a time. The team members all hated these two guys to death, and originally, one dagger would have been enough to take their lives. However, another team member wasn't reassured, fearing he wouldn't die, and shouted to make some noise, and then came over to give him another hit, which is why they got killed twice. It's not bad, they didn't suffer much.

  The team members' caution and prudence were one reason, but also their hatred for these two guys, probably the first time killing someone, made them overly tense, which was understandable. After all, they were just eighteen or nineteen years old kids who dared to take such action, and their method was clean and efficient, enough to make Tang Qiuli excited. Moreover, throughout the whole process, not a single shot was fired, and the strong attack that Tang Qiuli worried about did not happen, sticking to the original plan of a sneak attack.

  Autumn Spring's brother also succeeded, the mountain tiger opened the door to enter the underground fortress. Tang Qiuli came in and took a look, and at that moment, cold sweat broke out. Why? It was scary! What was scary about it? It turned out that this underground fortress had four gun holes, facing the courtyard, the front of the dark fort, the gate, and the east direction. Probably because the two gun holes facing the courtyard and the gate were blowing wind inward, some old clothes and rags were used to block them up, leaving only two gun holes to observe the outside situation.

  In the hidden fort, apart from three 38 big covers, there was also a light machine gun. Several boxes of bullets were piled up in the corner of the wall. If this hidden fort hadn't been discovered, the team would have only dealt with the sentry at the door and rushed into the courtyard, but the machine gun behind them would have opened fire. Wouldn't the team members become live targets? Probably not a few dozen people would be left! How could Tang Qiuli not be afraid? Luckily there was Little Ling, this girl is a lucky star!

  Tang Qiuli arranged for two team members to stay in the hideout, monitoring the surroundings. The light machine gun was also left here. He and Shantiger exited the hideout, waving their hands towards the snowy area on the opposite side. All team members rushed into the courtyard at once, controlling the doors of each room separately. Up until this point, not a single shot had been fired, and it could be said that the plan was proceeding extremely smoothly.

  Tang Qiuli saw that Xiaoling was following closely behind him, and he couldn't help but think of the time she discovered the secret base. Without caring about the surroundings or the people around them, he suddenly wrapped his arms around Xiaoling and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. This sudden move not only caught Xiaoling off guard, leaving her stunned, but also made everyone else present feel awkward. What was this guy thinking? Didn't he care that they were in public? The little girl's heart felt sweet, but she didn't dare show it on her face. Wasn't this an opportunity to get close? But why did he have to do it here? He really was a little rascal! Even the team members were stunned, exclaiming, "Wow, our commander is really something else! No matter when or where, he always knows how to make his move. He's definitely not like ordinary people. That's why he's the commander!"

  Tang Qiulian was in a good mood, and came to a house that was bigger than the others. Under the light of the lamp, he saw that it was written in Japanese "Guiding Officer", and knew that this was where the Japanese devils had sent someone to control these traitors. Although on the surface the Japanese seemed to trust "Zhang Manjiang" very much, in reality they were distrustful and looked down on Chinese people by nature. The Japanese were like this, not trusting anyone except their own ancestors and fellow countrymen, and only using others for their own purposes. This Zhang Manjiang had devoted himself to serving the Japanese, but it was all in vain. They had set up a few devils as overlords here, and you say that good Chinese people couldn't do this job? Instead they gave it to the Japanese to be their running dogs - what's the point of that? The thoughts of these traitors and national failures are really hard for ordinary people like us to understand!

  Next to it was another house with "Dadui Department" written on it, which was where "Zhan Manjiang" stayed. To say that the training for these two months wasn't a waste, dozens of people entered the yard, and not a single sound was made. Tang Qiulai signaled for the team members to quietly enter the room where the fake police officers were staying, and take out their guns, without alarming them.

  The team members were busy carrying guns outside, with two large beds in each room and about 20 people living inside. The guns were all neatly placed against the wall. Everything was going smoothly until they reached the last room. Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a fake policeman, rubbing his eyes, walked out yawning, probably to go to the toilet. He was startled by the many people in the yard and his yawn was stuck in his throat. His eyes widened, and he opened his mouth to shout, but before he could make a sound, he felt something cold and wet in his mouth. This guy was also an old hand at playing with guns and immediately understood that it was a gun barrel. He didn't dare shout anymore. A stream of urine flowed down his leg, dripping onto the ground. It was convenient for him not to have to go to the toilet himself on such a cold day. He was then dragged out into the yard by a pair of large hands pulling his hair.

  It was Qiū Quán's brother, and fortunately he reacted quickly. When this guy poked his head out, his big mouth open, about to shout, which wouldn't do, you'd shout and ruin our plan. He hastily pressed the muzzle of the gun directly against his mouth, also a bit tense, and with too much force, nearly knocking out two of the guy's front teeth.

  Tang Qiuli saw that they had caught a live one, and hurried over to interrogate him on the spot. It turned out that in the house with the sign "Guidance Officer", there were eight Japanese devils living inside, all of whom were serving as commanders at various levels in the Hei'anzi Gou Mountain Forest Police Force. The leader was called Yamamoto Masao, a lieutenant colonel. It can be said that the entire mountain forest police force was directly under Japanese control.

  Having understood the basic situation, Tang Qiuli arranged for team members to guard each room door. When encountering resistance, they must open fire! Moreover, hand grenades can be used. The key is to maintain absolute firepower control. He arrived in front of the two houses and signaled that Shantiger was responsible for the house with Japanese people, while he was responsible for the "Occupied Jiang" house.

  Tang Qiuli had his own considerations. With Shan Hu's skills, the Japanese devils were not difficult to deal with. What he was worried about was "Zhan Manjiang", that old fox, who was very cunning and feared that Shan Hu would be at a disadvantage. Therefore, he decided to personally take care of "Zhan Manjiang". At this time, only the last room's gun had not been taken out. Looking at the sky, it would soon be dawn, and there was no time to delay. He arranged for several team members to guard in front of that room and also brought over a light machine gun. His own team completely controlled the situation, and he was no longer afraid of startling those fake policemen.

  Jian Shanyu was ready, he nodded slightly, and at the same time as Shanyu, they kicked open the door with one foot. Borrowing the dim light from outside the house, Jian saw two people sleeping on the large bed opposite him, who had been startled awake by the sound of the door being kicked open. A shadowy figure's hand was already reaching under the pillow, obviously to grab a gun. Indeed, Old Hu was quick-witted. Tang Qiuli didn't want to kill him yet and wanted to get more information out of him. So, with his legs energized, Tang Qiuli's body shot forward like an arrow off the string, pouncing on the shadowy figure. He had absolute confidence that he could subdue the person before they got their gun. As for the other one, who still hadn't made a move by now, it was clear that he wasn't much of a threat and wasn't worth worrying about.

  Just then, the sound of gunfire suddenly erupted outside, with the sound of shotgun bursts and the whirring of machine guns, accompanied by the explosion of hand grenades. What's going on? How come there's such a big commotion? Is something wrong somewhere? Why is the gunfire so intense?

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