Chapter 67 The Longest Day and Night (16)

The orders were conveyed one by one, and the soldiers hurried that this might be the last few hours of their lives to rest. They said they were resting, but they couldn't sleep. They were all young men in their early twenties, and they were mentally and mentally nervous for a day. Once they fell asleep, they could not wake up!

(After writing this, I said a few words off topic. This state of physical fatigue was not fabricated by the author, but the fact. In the early 1990s, I rode a bicycle with my classmates and friends to Beidaihe and rode to the near Tangshan. One of the classmates who was traveling with me, one of the most powerful guys, who would have proposed to rest, then fell on the side of the road and started to sleep soundly. No matter how many of us shouted, we couldn't wake up. At that time, we were scared and thought something had happened, but his breathing was very stable and there was no abnormality. In the end, there was no way, so we had to wait for him. The next morning, the guy woke up and didn't know the situation at all, so he was able to move forward. Later, when we were chatting, we said that this might be too tired.)

The soldiers held rifles in their arms, leaned against the corner of the wall, took out some food from their packages, and barely filled the empty Wuyuan Temple. However, hunger was easy to solve, and thirst was even more uncomfortable. After fighting for a day, everyone's kettle had already been seen. Staying in this building, there was no source of water, which made people thirsty and their throats were about to smoke.

"Boss, why not talk to the adults and send a few people out to find water?"

“Where to find it?”

"There is a river not far from the building! Isn't there any water yet? As long as someone goes out with a kettle, he will be able to come back in a short while."

The team's surname is Han, and he was a little moved when he heard this. However, although the enemy is not shooting now, I don't know when anyone makes a little noise, which will make each other's nerves tighten and return to combat status immediately. It's better not to take such a risk; it's just... the feeling of thirst is really uncomfortable! "Can you do it?"

"Okay, why can't it?" The soldier saw that Team Han had already been working hard, and even instigated him and encouraged him, "It's just going out to get some water, it's not a war, what are you afraid of?"

Team Han was tilting his head and looking out. Du Xinyuan was not around. He might have found a place to rest while the surroundings were quiet. "Okay! Let's go! Go and go back quickly, I don't expect there will be any problems."

"That's right, come back when you go, what's the problem?" The soldiers smiled happily, as if they had already drunk the sweet river water into their throats.

Team South Korea was taking twelve people and jumping out of the window on one side of the building. The river was right in front of him, and the surroundings were quiet, as if the battle that had just calmed down had taken place in a distant place.

The soldiers cheered in a low voice, rushed down the slope from the river bank, and rushed straight into the turbulent river water. They soaked their whole body in the water and rubbed their cheeks beautifully - Damn! I never knew that water could bring such great joy to people!

Everyone couldn't care whether the river water was clean or not. They gulped up until their stomachs were round and they could no longer drink, and then they raised their heads, "It feels so comfortable!" However, when they were in the war zone, they couldn't scream and laugh! It was a disadvantage. Even this cheering was a little bit lowered and they even tried to lower their voices.

After drinking himself, he filled dozens of marching kettles—all of which were to be taken back for his comrades to enjoy—and everyone stood up and turned back. Suddenly, a soldier pointed with his hand, "Boss, what is that?"

Team Han was almost scared to death by this sound! He gave him a 'neck slip' with force, "What are you calling?"

"No, I actually saw something swaying in the water just now."

"Where is it? Why can't we see it?"

The soldier was beaten and scolded, feeling aggrieved, and suddenly pointed his hand again, "Look! Isn't that?"

Several people looked back and forth, and there were things in the water shaking back and forth, and there were leaves and debris blown by the wind on the water surface, which also stopped in a fixed place, but seemed to be blocked by something. Team Han was looking around and sure there was no enemy, so he put down the kettle, "Let's go, let's go and take a look!"

When we got closer, we saw clearly that it was a rope floating in the water, tied to the trees on the shore. Someone probably came to cross the river with this, but then forgot to take it off. Team Han turned his eyes and said, "This is left by the Japanese! They may have crossed the river from here. These bastards!"

"Sir, what should I do? Did you cut it off?"

"No, keep it." Team Han was turning back and said, "Please take the lord over here and see."

A moment later, Du Xinyuan, Cheng Xiang and Zhang Yunlan followed the Han team directly and only brought the least guards to the riverside, "Sir, do you see?"

Zhang Yunlan looked into the river and nodded and said, "That's right, it's this thing! This must be left by the Japanese."

Cheng Xiang paced back and forth around the big tree with rope tied to the rope for a few steps, and looked at Du Xinyuan with bright eyes, "What do you say?"

"I think it's better to do something like this! It's better to let the Japanese know how powerful we are!"

Zhang Yunlan couldn't understand their puzzle and asked in confusion, "What are you talking about?"

Cheng Xiang ignored him and said again, "It's possible to do it, but it's very dangerous. What's more, we don't know where the enemy is, what should we do?"

"As long as the fire is lit behind the enemy, they will not be able to tell what is going on. The morale of the army will be in chaos. At that time, the battle here will be too many."

"Well, the pressure will be very big. But it's worth a try." Cheng Xiang held his chin and thought seriously, "I personally took people across the river. Whether to eat meat or drink soup, it's up to this shop."

"No, how can such a thing be allowed to take risks to the coach personally? Or do you want to be humble!" Du Xinyuan immediately stopped him.

"Not only will I go, I will also bring a translator, change into a military uniform, and dress up as a Japanese. It's not that I'm boasting, I may not be as good as Zhang Junmen when fighting, but my victory lies in being quick and adaptable to changes, and more importantly..." He smiled and shook his head, "You don't have to fight with me."

Zhang Yunlan probably heard that Cheng Xiang was going to lead the troops across the river and counterattack the enemy? "I said, Xiaocheng..., uh, Grandmaster, don't you? You have to lead the entire army here. What if something goes wrong?"

"There will be nothing wrong. No matter how big the problem is, can it be better than this battle tonight? No need to say more!"

Seeing him acting like a commander-in-law, everyone dared not persuade him. He then turned back to the building and took off his military uniform from the Japanese soldiers to change it. There were dead bodies everywhere, and there were too many military uniforms. Although there were many bullet holes and bloodstains on it, this time the action was in the dark. If you don’t observe carefully, you will probably find any loopholes.

The accompanying personnel passed by Cheng Xiang and Zhang Yunlan and the others carefully chose twenty-five people, all of whom were in good health and without any injuries, and they also changed into Japanese military uniforms. The only trouble was the translation - there were translations in the army, but these people were all weak people. I heard that they were going to perform such a task, and even though they knew that the military orders could not be violated, they were still so scared that they cried out on the spot, "Big... man, great commander, isn't this... too dangerous?"

Cheng Xiang knew they were afraid and did not dare to say no to go, and he was amused in his heart, "Don't worry, just let you talk to the Japanese and won't let you do anything else. When the fight starts, so many of us will definitely protect you; even if the Japanese want to hurt you, we have to put us all down - then, with so many brothers on the road with you, what are you afraid of?"

"That……"

"What? That's the big deal! I'll shoot you if you dare to whine again." Zhang Yunlan cursed, "Looking at your cowardly look, handsome man, I think he's going, he's inevitably a bit of a corrupt body. When he sees the Japanese, he will pour beans into bamboo tubes without waiting for others to ask. Why just kill him now?"

Everyone was funny, how could anyone say this? Before we could set out, we had to shoot our own people first?

The general translation was both hated and afraid, and kept hiding behind Chengxiang, looking timid, like a child who was wronged, "I... didn't I say I can't go?"

"Do you want to say it? Dare you?"

"Okay." Cheng Xiang tried to persuade Zhang Yunlan, who was about to move, patted Tongyi's shoulder, "Go, change the military uniform, we will set off immediately."

Twenty-seven people changed their clothes and were ready to go. "Master," Du Xinyuan tried his best to persuade him unwillingly, "Only..."

Cheng Xiang stopped him, "I just thought about it," he said, "There is no need to set the time to die. As long as we start, the Japanese will be confused. Then you will start attacking. There is no need to spread the news from Gilto'a. When they hear the gunshots, they know how to do it."

"Yes!" Du Xinyuan saluted solemnly, "Sir, be careful all the way."

Cheng Xiang grinned and said, "Let's go!"

Under the cover of night, more than 20 people turned over and came out of the palace hall, began to move towards the river, swam across the river along the rope left by the Japanese army, waved goodbye to friendly troops on the other side, and disappeared into the night in a short while.

This time the operation was extremely bold. It was difficult to attack the enemy's command headquarters with a small army of less than 30 people. But what was annoying was that the Qing army did not know the location of the Japanese command headquarters. In this dark night, they could only bump into like blind people and horses. It can be said that the operation could have a chance of winning, and even Chengxiang himself did not know.

While walking forward with the team, Cheng Xiang was thinking in his mind that he didn't know who the enemy commander was, but he was also the commander of the army. If he pushed himself to others, the command center must not be too far from the battlefield, otherwise he would lose the key factor of flexible command; of course, it should not be too close, otherwise there would be danger.

It winds eastward along the passage on the river bank, and the rain has weakened and becomes dense raindrops. In order to see the flaws for the Japanese army that might be hidden in the dark, the team deliberately took out a swaggering posture, but no one spoke and went forward without any voice, "Hey!"

The sudden sound from front of everyone was startled and they all stood there. In the dim light, several Japanese soldiers stood up from the dark place. Obviously, this was the secret whistle arranged by the other party. Since there was a secret whistle, it means that they were no longer far from their destination.

"……………” The Japanese soldier opposite said something, but Cheng Xiang naturally couldn't understand it. He deliberately lowered his head slightly and coughed hard a few times.

Tongzhi tightened his waist and gave people a moment of pressure. In order to worry that he would hurt the Japanese once the gun was fired, he was arranged to the center of the team, and the Qing army was protecting him. I don’t know which comrade was coming from, and urged him to speak quickly. “Hiss!” He had to muster up the courage and took a breath, “Where is the sir who just retreated from the front?”

"The Brigade Commander is in front." It was dark, which helped the Qing army a lot - the Japanese guard post couldn't even tell who made the sound! He answered casually, and then felt strange, "Why did you come back from here?"

"Well, the corps captain is injured and has just returned from the river."

"Is that so? Is it seriously injured?"

The general translation suddenly became impatient, "You care! Get out of here, idiot!"

Although Cheng Xiang couldn't understand their conversation, his tone could still be distinguished. He was shocked when he heard the translation suddenly got angry, but he didn't anger the Japanese soldiers, right?

But Cheng Xiang's worries were unnecessary, and the Japanese just took this trick! The two soldiers immediately became respectful, laughed, nodded and shook aside, Tongzhi walked to Cheng Xiang, said in Japanese, and then lowered their voice as much as possible, "Sir, you are pretending to be injured."

Cheng Xiang didn't understand his intention, but knew that he had a solution, so he hummed a few times in his throat and shook his body back and forth, "Hey!" Tong Yi turned around and greeted the two Japanese soldiers, "Come here, help your lord and go to the command center!"

"This is not possible, we still have to..."

"What else do you have to do? Are you standing guard? Our people will take over you! Hurry!" When Tongzhi got angry, the Japanese soldiers did not dare to neglect. They put their guns behind them and ran over, holding Cheng Xiang, who fell down with the flow and leaned the weight of their body on the shoulder of the soldier on the left. "Oh, it's so heavy!"

Hearing his companion's words, the other chuckled. Cheng Xiang was confused. Then he smirked twice, then suddenly stretched out his hands, grabbed the head of the Japanese soldier on the left, and stirred it hard. The sound of the fracture was so clear at night. The Japanese soldier didn't even hum, and his face fell to the ground in the direction of his back.

The second person was shocked to see this and was about to shout. An arm behind his neck stretched out and strangled his neck tightly. At the same time, his heart was cold and he inserted a sharp knife into it and pulled it out quickly!

The general translation was not enough to explain to everyone that the two had already died, and he was so anxious that he stamped his feet and sighed, "Oh, why are they all...? What are you doing?"

Cheng Xiang frowned, "What did you say? What was going on just now?"

"I asked them to support you and return to the command center together! Now, there is not even a guide."

Cheng Xiang then realized that, but it was no wonder that he could not speak the same language, and he didn't even know if what he was telling the truth. And the person had already killed him, what else could he do? He had to put the bodies of two Japanese soldiers in the grass aside and continue moving forward.

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Chapter completed!