Chapter 1316 Morale Can Be Boosted but Not Depleted

"What did the brigade commander say just now?" Ma Erhuzi followed behind Chen Hanwen and asked.

"I'll tell you later." Chen Hanwen replied angrily. The battle was about to start now. Everyone was running and gasping for breath, and there were constant gunshots in front. This Ma Erhu was really ambitious and wanted to ask the brigade commander. What are you talking about?

At this time, Shang Zhen had already run to the front.

As a veteran with rich actual combat experience, Shang Zhen must reach the stone mountain in front as quickly as possible.

The soldier who just came back had already said that there were only two wounded people left on the mountain. If they ran too slowly and the top of the mountain was occupied by the Japanese army, they would become living targets while they were running on the open ground.

In addition, if the Japanese army makes a detour, they will also be under the gunpoint of the Japanese army, which is not acceptable.

With the whistling wind in his ears, Shang Zhen rushed to the foot of the mountain first. At this time, he heard another gunshot from the mountain.

Shang Zhen felt relieved. It seemed that he was still there, but his feet did not slow down and he rushed up the mountain.

And when he was approaching the top of the mountain, he saw the soldiers who had fallen behind the ridge of the mountain. The blood flowing out had dyed the rocks under them red. Now there was only one soldier hiding behind the rocks and heading towards them. There are bullets in the gun!

For a moment, Shang Zhen made eye contact with the soldier. Shang Zhen did not see the surprise of the arrival of reinforcements in the soldier's eyes. All he saw was the sadness of losing his brother!

As soon as their eyes met, Shang Zhen turned around.

He stood on the hillside and made three gestures in succession. As soon as he reached the foot of the hill, his dozen or so soldiers were separated. A few of them went to the left and right wings at the foot of the hill, but only one person continued to run towards the hill. That's Qingfeng Li.

If sending reinforcements to this bald mountain could be considered a race, then the physical fitness of the soldiers would already be different.

Shang Zhen was the first to arrive, and his dozen or so soldiers were thrown to the bottom of the mountain by him, while the platoon that came out first was left behind by Shang Zhen's soldiers again.

The platoon leader in charge of reinforcements was stunned for a moment when he saw Shang Zhen's gesture. Seeing Shang Zhen's soldiers move separately, he loudly issued an order and divided his platoon into three parts. A class of people also ran towards the top of the mountain.

Only then did Shang Zhen have the time to climb to the top of the mountain and look next to the soldier who had finished crushing the bullets.

The soldier's left shoulder was stained with blood, where he was wounded.

Seeing that the soldier was safe for the time being, Shang Zhen asked, "Are the Japanese attacking the mountain?"

"There are two cats at the foot of the mountain, two or three more at the bottom of the mountain, and about ten more in the distance. The Japanese's marksmanship is very accurate!" the soldier replied.

Shang Zhen couldn't help but be a little surprised by the soldier's answer. He had a good grasp of the battlefield situation, so he paid special attention. The soldier, about thirty years old, was leaning on the big rock behind him, holding a rifle in one hand.

"Are you the squad leader, Ge——" Shang Zhen asked.

"Yes, Chang Li, Ge Changli." The soldier replied.

"Where are the two cats under the mountain roots?" Shang Zhen asked.

"There is a big rock on my lower right, and they are behind it." Ge Changli replied.

"Stop shooting yet, let me take a look." After saying this, Shang Zhen grabbed the rifle in his hand and crawled to the right.

After climbing a few meters, he used the cover of a stone to look down for a moment and then pulled back.

Although it only took him a moment to clearly see the topography of the mountain's root, which is also the foot of the mountain.

There was a large protruding rock there, and it seemed that the two Japanese soldiers were hiding behind that large rock.

But as long as the two Japanese soldiers don't come out, Shang Zhen has nothing to do with the two Japanese soldiers for the time being.

The stone mountain is not high, about sixty or seventy meters, but as long as the Japanese troops don't come out with their guns, they can't hit it, even if they throw grenades, they can't blow it up. This is the same as the reverse slope they used to hide from the Japanese artillery shells.

"Qingfeng Li, keep an eye on these two little devils below." Shang Zhen heard the footsteps behind him and knew it was Qingfeng Li coming up.

But at this moment, gunshots "pop" and "pop" suddenly came from the bottom of the mountain.

But in the sound of gunfire, Shang Zhen wanted to throw down the rifle and put the cannon on his shoulder.

Whenever he goes to the battlefield, his cannon box is always packed in a wooden box and slung across his body.

With the gun in hand, the nose of the gun has already been rubbed open.

Shang Zhen's reaction was so timely that he pointed his gun downwards and saw Japanese soldiers ducking out from behind the big rock.

"Pah, pah, pah", a short shot was fired, and the Japanese soldier fell down in response, but then there was an explosion of "bang", and smoke, dust and stone debris flew out from behind the big stone.

okay!

Although Shang Zhen has not seen the second Japanese soldier until now, he also knows that the Japanese soldier should have been knocked down.

Shang Zhen was not fighting alone. Both the platoon and the people he brought over were divided into two wings. His own people must have discovered the two Japanese soldiers when they were taking a circuitous route along the foot of the mountain.

Shang Zhen ignored the foot of the mountain. He had just retracted his body when Li Qingfeng shouted again: "Look at the Japs running down the mountain!"

Qingfeng Li shouted, but Shang Zhen shouted again: "Be careful, there are still Japanese in the distance!"

Just because at this time, the platoon leader took his squad to the top of the mountain.

It turned out that Shang Zhen and the others had killed the two Japanese Japs hiding at the foot of the mountain, and the Japanese troops responsible for covering at the foot of the mountain knew that Chinese reinforcements had arrived.

Although this group of Japanese soldiers was very arrogant, seeing the arrival of Chinese reinforcements, the remaining Japanese soldiers had no choice but to give up their intention of attacking the mountain and began to run back.

It's just that it's too late for the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain to run away again. Gunshots rang out from various locations on the rocky mountain. As Ge Changli observed, there were really only three Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain, but they fell to the gunfire one after another. Down.

In the process, the Japanese troops on the other side of the open field also fired bullets towards the mountain, but two more Northeastern Army soldiers were injured.

More than an hour later, Shang Zhen had gathered the dozen or so people from his security company into a pile.

They were here for reinforcements, not to mention the security company directly under the brigade. The platoon that came up later did all the cleaning of the battlefield.

Shang Zhen was talking in a negative voice, and he said exactly what Liu Chengyi said before.

"If you can't guess what the brigade commander means, then it's really useless to follow the brigade commander." Shang Zhen said, "Those who pay for everyone should not be allowed to freeze to death in the wilderness.

The superficial meaning is that those who provide firewood for everyone should not freeze to death in the wilderness.

The brigade commander meant that if Ge Changli's squad died, they would have died fighting the Japanese. There were not many Japanese soldiers on the opposite side, so the wounded must be rescued and the bodies of the fallen must be buried.

Otherwise it would be too demoralizing!

And what the company commander said was to destroy these little devils if possible. That's because as a company commander, you must consider the casualties on your side.

It is not a shame to admit that the Japs are stronger than us. The quality of individual soldiers of the Japs is indeed higher than that of our Northeastern Army. This point has been made clear since Ge Changli’s squad only exchanged fire with the Japanese army and was almost wiped out by them. .

The company commander did not want his men to suffer excessive casualties. His determination to attack the Japanese army was not firm and he could not be wrong.

It's just that he is thinking about his own company, but the brigade commander has to consider the morale of the entire brigade.

So even though the brigade commander only gave the order once, we had to rush in to save people.

And I think what the brigade commander means is not only to save people, but also if we can kill some more Japanese in the distance, that would be better.

After the brigade commander gave the order, he turned around and left to go back to the brigade headquarters. This showed that the brigade commander Liu Chengyi knew well that as the commander-in-chief of the brigade, he must not make mistakes on the forward position.

If any unit is not for the purpose of boosting morale, there is absolutely no reason for the chief officer to take the lead in charging. "

After the battle was over, Shang Zhen talked about the previous orders given by Liu Chengyi. The soldiers under his command were a little dumbfounded when they heard it. However, they never thought that their company commander Shang Zhen only said it through a polite sentence from brigade commander Liu Chengyi. There are so many twists and turns in the words!