Chapter 1855: Friend or Foe

The puppet army commander was of course very nervous when he saw the Japanese army starting to come down the hill.

He also looked at the terrain here.

A circular hill with a valley in the middle. Although the valley is very large, there are reeds in the middle. The places without reeds are all white water, which looks quite deep.

There are dense reeds and wormwood in the shallow water by the water, but if the Japanese army really blocked them here, this would be a dead end where they could not get out!

The Japanese army surrounded this place and sent people down to search. Even if the Northeast Army's sharpshooters were more accurate and good at shooting, the situation would still be bad.

"Captain, why don't we go inside again?" Puppet Army A said with some concern.

"Don't move first, how can the little devils come down so easily?" Shang Zhen's voice came from the reeds.

"Where are you? Can't you see the top of the mountain from there?" Puppet Army B was a little unhappy when he heard Shang Zhen say this.

You are still the battalion commander? If you are the battalion commander, you can't see the Japanese devils anywhere! Do you plan to wait for the Japanese devils to come and be captured alive?

Besides, you Shang Zhen is a battalion commander, but you are the battalion commander of the Northeast Army, we are not yours!

The three puppet soldiers were at the edge of the wormwood field, and there was a gap between the wormwood and the reeds. The three of them could see the Japanese soldiers coming down from the hills through the gap.

Shang Zhen was hiding in the reeds, which were densely packed. Judging from the position where Shang Zhen spoke, it was unlikely that he could see the hills.

Because of this, the puppet soldier despised Shang Zhen a little.

"Are you inside or outside the wormwood?" Zhang Zhen asked.

"We are behind the wormwood, what's the matter?" asked the puppet soldier.

"It's okay if you run in now, but the premise is that you can't let the devils see you.

Anyway, I can't move now. If I move now, the reeds will move, and then I will be shot." Shang Zhen replied.

After Shang Zhen said this, although he did not explain it in detail, the three puppet army leaders understood it.

The three of them hid behind the wormwood and the Japanese should not have found them, but Shang Zhen ran back later, so there must be Japanese soldiers who saw his approximate position on the hill.

If Shang Zhen moved in the dense reeds now, the reeds would certainly shake, and would definitely attract Japanese bullets.

"But the Japanese devils have gone down now." Seeing that Shang Zhen could not move, the puppet soldier A said worriedly.

Although they, the puppet soldiers, have torn their faces with the Japanese army, they have been in contact with the Japanese army for a long time and still understand the Japanese army's abilities.

And the more you know, the more you are afraid. They know that they, the puppet army, cannot beat the Japanese army alone.

Although they have also seen Shang Zhen's marksmanship, so what?

In their subconscious, Shang Zhen is a sharpshooter, but no matter how powerful you are, you are just one person. How can you beat so many Japanese devils?

Therefore, it is impossible to say that the puppet army A is not worried.

But just before he finished speaking, gunshots suddenly rang out in the hills.

The three of the puppet army commander were talking to Shang Zhen while glancing at the Japanese army. They saw two of the Japanese soldiers falling down after being shot.

As for who fired the gun, they did not see it, but it was completely conceivable that it was Shang Zhen's men who shot at the Japanese army.

And then something happened that surprised the puppet soldiers again.

Following the gunshots that they had just heard of knocking down two Japanese soldiers, gunshots rang out in several places throughout the hills.

There were certainly gunshots from the Japanese army starting to fire back, but in different directions, it can be said that there were battles between the enemy and us in all directions of this circular hill!

For a moment, the puppet army commander and the two soldiers looked at each other. In any case, they did not expect the battle to be so wide.

At this time, Shang Zhen, who was hiding in the reeds, could not help but sigh secretly.

Originally, according to his battle plan, he was responsible for leading that squad to contain and attract the Japanese army. When the Japanese army entered the middle of the hill, which was where he was now, Cheng Peng and Qian Chuan'er would lead the troops to rush up and shoot at the Japanese army from a high position.

But who would have thought that the Japanese army first let the puppet army attack, and then used the puppet army commander as a shield.

So, his battle plan fell through.

And now Shang Zhen can judge from the gunshots around that the enemy and us have been scattered on this circular hill.

Not only are his own people fighting on their own, but the Japanese army is probably the same, this has become a mess!

Forget it, I can't care so much now. If the battle is disrupted later, I'll take the opportunity to run inside. Anyway, there are deep water and reeds inside, so I can hide.

Now Shang Zhen can only think so.

In fact, as Shang Zhen guessed, the battle has been disrupted on the surrounding hills!

Qian Chuan'er brought a platoon of troops to support Shang Zhen.

But Shang Zhen saw that the Japanese army was firing grenades fiercely, so he took the initiative to cover the rear and attract the Japanese army's firepower.

After the Japanese army rushed up the hill, they began to chase Qian Chuan'er and his men, but Qian Chuan'er knew that Shang Zhen had not rushed out.

So he divided his soldiers into several groups and hid in the wormwood bushes.

Seeing that the Japanese army was about to rush down to search for Shang Zhen, not to mention Qian Chuan'er, even the soldiers refused, and this time they started fighting without any orders!

As mentioned before, before the Japanese commander died, he dispersed all the Japanese troops.

In order to deal with the Japanese army, Cheng Peng and Qian Chuan'er would naturally place lookout posts in all directions.

Now that Shang Zhen is fighting fiercely, who of the enemy and ours doesn't care about his own partner?

So some people showed up, and some people showed up, and some people were discovered, and then the mutual shooting started again.

But if that was the case, that would be fine. However, when Qian Chuan'er saw that Shang Zhen had not followed him, he was worried that the platoon he brought was not enough. But he sent people to find Cheng Peng and the others.

But Cheng Peng was still facing off with the puppet troops led by Xiaodaner, who were neither enemies nor friends.

Although the person sent by Qian Chuan'er to report the news did not know who was the commander of the puppet army, he saw a puppet soldier wearing riding boots and being driven into the hills by the Japanese army.

So who is the only one wearing riding boots if it's not Xiaodan'er, his brother, or the puppet army commander? Xiao Dan'er was worried about his brother's safety, so he also led the team back.

When Xiaodaner and the puppet troops moved, Cheng Peng naturally had to follow him.

Cheng Peng could also understand that if the puppet army commander died and the puppet army had to fall out with the Northeast Army, he could not let the battalion commander suffer.

Cheng Peng was worried that the puppet troops would join the war, so he took the puppet troops to a forest outside the circular hill.

And now that there is news about the leader of the puppet army, the puppet soldiers naturally come out of the woods and want to re-enter the hills.

But before Xiao Dan'er moved, he turned his attention to Cheng Peng, who was standing opposite him.

What are you looking at? The part you were talking about didn't happen, but Xiaodan'er said to Cheng Peng: "You have to go out with us. I don't want us to turn around and you stand behind us."

Of course Cheng Peng also wanted to help Shang Zhen, but he didn't agree with Xiao Dan'er's words: "Why? What does your going to save your brother have to do with me? Do you still care where we stay?"

"According to you Northeasterners, it's useless to talk otherwise. If you brought us here, then you have to take us out, or let's go out together." Xiao Dan'er said to Cheng Peng angrily.

The two of them have been chatting blindly since they came out of the hills. The principle is that no one will shoot, but they are still on guard. Judging from the time they spent together, they can be regarded as acquaintances in another way.

In fact, they don't want to, but what can they do?

Things have come to a head here!

It's like a couple living together and having a grudge against each other. After strangulation, they have to go to bed when they should, and they have to watch out for each other when they sleep. They can't sleep so hard that they tie them up and then pour some gasoline on them and light up the sky lanterns, right?

Cheng Peng saw that Xiao Dan'er was getting really anxious this time, so he said calmly: "Just go out when you go out. Who are you showing off to in a hurry? Let's go out half of the people each. If I all I’m not worried about you when you go out!”

The two people talked and the matter was settled.

So the two groups of Northeastern troops on the left and the puppet troops on the right began to walk out of the woods, while Cheng Peng and Xiao Dan'er, who stayed in place, were still looking at each other.

"Actually, boy, considering my age, you should call me Uncle Sheng. You see, your hair hasn't grown all yet." Cheng Peng teased Xiaodaner with a smile.

Xiaodaner is actually just his nickname, and Xiaodaner is actually not too young. There are always twenty-two-three.

In comparison, Cheng Peng is already over thirty, that's why Cheng Peng said this.

But how could Xiaodaner spoil Cheng Peng? He glanced at the beard on Cheng Peng's chin that had not been shaved for several days and said coldly: "卄, you are older if you have hair on your chin? Sheep are born with beards!"

"Eh?" Cheng Peng didn't expect that Xiao Dan would put him in a position to provoke him.

But before he could think of how to retaliate, he heard a gunshot outside the woods. The two of them stopped bickering and stretched their heads to look.

Just at a glance, Xiaodan'er's expression changed because he saw that one of his men had been shot and fell down!