When the mortar shell landed above the bamboo forest, it hit the dense bamboo branches and leaves, triggering the fuse immediately. After the shell exploded, most of the shrapnel was blocked by the dense bamboo forest. The fragments set off a bang bang bang sound, and the shock wave reached the ground and stirred up the ground.

Fallen leaves are slowly flying in the sky.

The thunder was loud and the raindrops were light, but nothing happened to the guerrilla fighters on the ground. But the sound was too scary. All of them got up in one fell swoop, grabbed their guns, some picked up their brothers, and ran northward with all their might.

Except for guns and ammunition, there were all kinds of things on the ground.

In fact, these three shells did not land directly above where the guerrillas were resting, but missed by dozens of meters.

The national army guerrillas all began to run northward with a roar, running faster this time. The Japanese team leader stood on the high ground and watched the guerrillas in front run away. He immediately asked the top soldiers to follow him.

A large group of people are about to start a new chase.

The two teams quickly rushed through the fork in the road ahead, and gunshots were fired non-stop.

Li Yuan didn't ask anyone to follow him this time. With just his few people and the wounded, he could hide from the Japanese as long as he could. How could he take the initiative to send them to his door? If the guerrillas in front could stop him, he would help them from behind.

It's okay to hold on, but if you keep walking like this, the injured warrior will be unable to bear it.

After discussing it with Chen, I decided to find a place near a creek in the ravine ahead to rest and rest. I had already helped the guerrillas in front to deal with the Japanese messengers, which was considered a great help to them. As for what they could do

If you can't avoid the enemy's pursuit, you have to rely on them.

The main purpose of entering the creek is to prevent the Japanese from coming back if they don't pursue them, thus preventing them from discovering their whereabouts.

It is quite easy to find a place to rest in the mountains. Li Yuan plans to stay here for a day and set off tomorrow morning. It is too risky to continue to follow the Japs. The Japs have binoculars. The Japs are walking on the uphill mountain road. He and his group will follow.

It will be discovered at any time behind.

Li Yuan had already entered the forest with the mixed soldiers of the independent company, leaving behind two groups of elite soldiers guarding both ends of the mountain road. After walking in the mountains for so long, except for a few temporary houses for hunters along the road, there was no encounter at all.

As for other people, the real situation is that there are still people in the mountains. They have already entered the mountains after receiving notification from the national army guerrillas who were running away in front.

The rest time passed endlessly, and it didn't feel like it lasted long. When Li Yuan woke up, he found that the sun was about to set. The sunset in the mountains and the spring sunset did not have the kind of colorful clouds that filled the sky. The sun was slowly changing in the clouds in the distance.

It was so dark that I felt like I was melting into the clouds. The sky was slowly getting darker, but it would still be more than an hour before it got dark.

The bamboo forest became gray, and the breeze carried mist flowing in the mountains. A mountain road on the mountainside zigzagged from north to south. The bamboo forests on both sides of the mountain road were high in the east and low in the west.

More than a dozen people broke away from the group at the second fork in the road ahead, turned west, wandered in the mountains for a long time and then turned south. This road is actually a circle around the hill, and the north and south roads are divided into two small places.

Finally they came together again.

The National Army guerrillas have divided their forces, and most of the National Army guerrillas have gone north. The Japanese and puppet troops are still following the large group of people, and they did not notice that there are more than ten guerrillas who have taken another road and are heading back.

Let's go. We have been walking for a day. Everyone is very tired. The leader looked up at the setting sun that was getting lower and lower. He decided to go past the fork in the road and find a safe place nearby to have a good rest for several days.

Didn't get a good night's sleep.

The location where the Japanese bombarded me at noon was right in front. Fortunately, some of the things left by the roadside when the guerrillas ran away were still there, but they had all been picked up. The puppet soldiers probably wanted to see if there were any good things or marching supplies inside.

They were thrown everywhere, and the Japanese wanted to pursue them, but they didn't pay attention to these broken things.

After rearranging the things on the ground, more than ten people continued to move south. The leader vaguely remembered that there was a creek ahead. It was a good place to camp and there was water. There was obviously a small ridge in the bamboo forest on the roadside. On the ridge

It's a good place to camp out back to get shelter from the wind.

Chen Yong was on guard duty and had discovered the group in the north a long time ago. Out of caution, he did not go up to greet them and asked another soldier to go back and report. This matter still had to be decided by Li Yuan.

Chen Yong was already retreating when the people from the opposite side came over. In a short time, Li Yuan was covered in dust and although his clothes were dirty, but with a strong momentum of walking like a dragon and a tiger, he had already followed the messenger to the temporary hiding place that Chen Yong had found.

Chen Yong: "Brother Li, the people in front should be the National Army. From what they said, they are the Sichuan Army."

Li Yuan had roughly memorized the map of this area. There were only two roads, so it didn't take much time to memorize it. After thinking about it for a while, he guessed that it should be the guerrillas who split their troops from another road and retreated south.

They were all Chinese, so Li Yuan thought they could get in touch with each other. Li Yuan and Chen Yong stood carelessly in the middle of the road. Soon, sixteen people coming from the north came out of the woods. What surprised Li Yuan was,

The other side didn’t send any advanced troops!

The people in the brigade who were advancing suddenly found someone standing on the road opposite. The leading national guerrilla suddenly jumped up and shouted: "There is someone in front, hide."

A dozen or so people immediately ran into the bamboo forest. The person at the head was leaning against the edge of the bamboo forest. From a distance, he saw standing in the middle of the road in front of him, wearing a gray military uniform of the guerrillas. He felt relieved and asked loudly: "Who are you?

of?"

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment: "We are the Langxi guerrillas, which part are you?"

Although Li Yuan could not clearly see the people opposite him, he noticed that most of the people in front were armed with short guns, and there were two women in the middle.

Li Yuan carried the rifle on his back, with the muzzle hanging diagonally forward and the sling behind, so he could raise the gun and shoot at any time.

The person on the opposite side saw the person standing on the road in front of him, and the gun was not pointed at him. When he heard that the other person was the Langxi guerrillas, he finally felt relieved, but he also felt that the guerrilla's accent did not sound like him.

Those on the Jiangnan side still have some doubts in their hearts.

Take a closer look at the guerrilla on the opposite side. After all, they are a bit far away and can't see their appearance clearly. I just feel that they are quite energetic. The uppers of their shoes are covered with mud. They are dressed in gray homespun military uniforms, with an armed belt tied around their waists and hanging

He had five bullet boxes, a box cannon hanging on his body, and four grenades hanging on his chest. His whole body was covered with things, like a small arsenal. This equipment was even more luxurious than that of his group.

These red guerrillas are not easy to deal with. In the past, everyone could not urinate into the same pot. Now, a few of them encountered guerrillas. Both sides were guerrillas. The leader of this group of national army guerrillas suddenly felt a little strange and signaled to the people who were coming forward.

The soldier slowly moved towards Li Yuan.
Chapter completed!