The War of Resistance: Chapter 694 life saving lantern

It was finally getting dark, and the river was surging, and amidst the clattering sound, someone shouted in a low voice, "Password!"

"Little white dragon crossing the river" someone replied.

"What are you throwing?" The person who asked the password was stunned. The password they set was "cross the river", but it was not "little white dragon cross the river"!

But at this time, someone on the other side replied: "The black loach crosses the river, the big fat head crosses the river, and the mud bodhisattva crosses the river." Then that person laughed lowly.

(Note: fat head refers to fat head fish.)

"Non-minded, is this password nonsense?" asked the person who asked the password, but even though he said it angrily, he also let out a low laugh.

The one who asked the password was Ma Erhuzi, but the one who answered the password was a small dustpan.

There was the sound of chaotic footsteps, and then Old Mao Wang asked, "Have our people been brought back?"

"I got it back, one is not bad." One person asked, but two people answered.

Old Mao Wang had heard it, and the ones who answered should be Xiao Dupan and Bai Zhan.

Since the two of them said that neither one is bad, then Shang Zhen must be back. Just as Wang Laomao was thinking, Shang Zhen's voice was already in front of him: "Did the roll call? Are all of us here yet? "

"It's over, all the people sent out are here, and the people who guard the raft are also there." Old Mao Wang replied.

"Hurry up and get on the raft! The little devil should have already entered the town." Shang Zhen said.

"Okay, all get on the raft, there are three rafts in total, and there are about ten people on each raft, and they should all talk to each other to help each other, and don't fall into the water!" Old Mao Wang ordered in a low voice.

So, against the faint light of the water, the black figure moved, the sound of low-pitched reminders, the sound of guns colliding, and the slight sound of water mixed together, and some of them gasped. sound.

It's already winter, and the temperature is below zero during the day, so you can imagine how cold the Yangtze River is.

You must know that they were on bamboo rafts. Although Shang Zhen and the others used bamboo rafts with two layers of bamboo vertically and vertically for safety reasons, but in this dark night, there is no water in the feet, and even It is inevitable to step into the water with the whole foot.

But Shang Zhen and the others had to cross the Yangtze River tonight, otherwise, they might not be able to cross the river, no matter how cold the water was, they had to endure it.

And the facts have also proved that it was a wise decision for Shang Zhen to drag his men to cross the river until dark. If they crossed the river during the daytime, if the Japanese soldiers who heard the news rushed to the river and fired at the river, they would Then there is only blood staining the Yangtze River!

"Shang Zhen." There was a low voice calling from the water's edge, it was Gao Swift's voice.

"I'm here." Shang Zhen walked over after hearing the sound.

Women always have privileges that men do not have. As for why Gao Yuyan summoned Shang Zhen, does it matter? This is not the time to be hypocritical.

In the darkness, a man's big hand held a woman's slender hand, and under the guidance of Shang Zhen, the two finally boarded a bamboo raft.

"Has everyone come up? Is there anyone else on the shore?" When Old Mao Wang's voice sounded again, people on the three bamboo rafts answered, but no one on the shore responded, and everyone came up after all.

"Start the boat!" Wang Laomao said again, so there was a penny sticking on the bank, and the three bamboo rafts finally left the bank. After a while, as the river got deeper, there was the sound of oars.

The oars are used to paddle bamboo rafts, but who will take care of them, as long as they can pass the Yangtze River.

Water seeped up from the gaps in the bamboo rafts, and the cotton-padded shoes of the people squatting on the bamboo rafts became wet, but again, who would care about it, as long as they can pass the Yangtze River.

Since getting on the bamboo raft, Shang Zhen and Gao Yuyan's hands have not separated. It's not that Shang Zhen doesn't want to separate, but when he just wanted to let go, Gao Yuyan's cool hand grabbed it again. stopped him.

Shang Zhen sighed in his heart, what could he do, so he could only let Gao Yuyan hold it like that.

Because it was night crossing the Yangtze River, in order to prevent the three bamboo rafts from getting lost, the three bamboo rafts were all connected together by ropes, but even so, the bamboo rafts were not boats after all. All kinds of oars are rowing hard, but they are still slanting towards the opposite bank.

It's a bit cloudy today, so despite the glimmer of water, it's pitch black in the distance.

No one knew what was going on on the other side of the river, whether there were Japanese soldiers there, or even Shang Zhen and the others didn't even know what the terrain was on the other side, and they didn't know whether the bamboo raft could get ashore. Sometimes the fear of the unknown even surpassed the battlefield. So Gao Yuyan's hand holding Shang Zhen became tighter and tighter.

"Is it cool under your feet?" Shang Zhen couldn't bear it and asked Gao Yuyan's ear.

Now the shoes on Shang Zhen's feet have been completely wet by the river water, and Gao Yuyan is definitely not much stronger.

"Fortunately, I wrapped an oilcloth on my feet." Gao Yuyan turned her head and replied softly.

It was just because of the darkness that at this moment Gao Yuyan's cool lips brushed against Shang Zhen's face.

Shang Zhen trembled, and Gao Yuyan, who was on the cold river at this time, suddenly felt a heat in her heart, as if no matter how difficult the environment was, it didn't matter.

It's just that Gao Yuyan didn't know that at this time, Shang Zhen suddenly remembered a kiss that a girl put on his face in winter several years ago.

The girl said, that kiss was a poke, since it has been stamped on your Ma Gan'er face, then you are mine.

So, at this moment, the thoughts in Shang Zhen's heart subsided, he turned his head slightly and cast his eyes on the east bank that had already left.

But at this time, Shang Zhen saw the flames!

Yes, the flames, the flames of the torches!

"Everyone squat down! Get down if you can't, as long as you don't fall into the river! Hurry up and row!" Shang Zhen shouted suddenly.

And just as Shang Zhen shouted, everyone became nervous, because everyone also saw the fire!

Although it was dark night, these veterans estimated that they were only about 400 meters away from the shore. At this distance, they were definitely not within the range of the 38-type rifle.

"Could there be traitors? When we were here in the afternoon, someone came over and looked at it with a wicked look. Didn't they invite the devils?" Gao Yuyan asked eagerly at this time.

"It's okay, they can't see us." Shang Zhen comforted.

But what happened next proved the opposite. Shang Zhen's consolation was not convincing, and suddenly there were messy gunshots.

In the dark night, the faint red line of the bullet appeared much clearer, but it was shot towards the river!

The people on the bamboo raft became more nervous, and the bamboo raft rowers naturally worked harder, but so what? That person can't run a bullet on a horse, let alone them who are just paddling a bamboo raft?

Seeing that some of the trajectories of the flying bullets are not far-fetched at all, but some of them have already flown over the bamboo raft.

"You can't fight back, hold on!" Wang Laomao shouted amidst the sound of the oars.

Yes, you can't fight back. If the position of the bamboo raft is exposed as soon as you fight back, no matter how many Japanese troops are on the shore, there are definitely more Japanese troops than them. How many of them can survive under the concentrated fire of the Japanese troops?

As for why the Japanese army shot into the river, what Gao Yuyan said was almost the same. There must be traitors in the town, and only traitors would know that they had built a bamboo raft.

It's just that all of this is not important anymore. What's important is that they have no other choice but to fight hard in the current situation. They can only pray that the Japanese army on the shore will not find the current location of the bamboo raft.

"Why did I remember the order on September 18th? Damn it, I'm so aggrieved!" Old Mao Wang cursed suddenly.

Some people heard what Wang Laomao said, and some didn't, but even those who heard it, only veterans who experienced September 18 would understand.

"Put the guns in the warehouse, and everyone will die." This is an order that was regarded as a shame and a shame by the entire Northeast Army after September 18th. However, any officer and soldier of the Northeast Army with a little ambition will think that I will never use it again if I have a gun in my hand. Stand up to die!

But it is said that 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi, it has not been 30 years, so why is it their turn to die bravely now? You say you are aggrieved or not aggrieved!

Of the three bamboo rafts, Shang Zhen was on the last one, and Wang Laomao was on the middle one, but at this point they really had nothing to do, seeing that there were a few more beams of fire on the bank, and the sound of gunfire Even more messy, even Shang Zhen heard a bullet "boo" entering the water in front of him!

What's wrong with this? Do you really want to wait to die?

But at this moment, Shang Zhen suddenly heard someone behind him say loudly: "You idiots! Where are you guys?"

Shang Zhen turned his head, and at this moment something happened that stunned Shang Zhen, he actually saw a burst of flames again!

It was a round lantern that had been put into the water, and the surging river water was going downstream towards that lantern.

"Get down!" the little dustpan shouted.

"Huh?" Shang Zhen was taken aback for a moment, and then he shouted, "Everyone get down! Don't stop rowing!"

And then, who was squatting on the bamboo raft, he stretched out his arms to hug Gao Swift who was beside him, and fell down!

This section of the river is wide open, but now the boat has almost reached the middle of the river, and the current is still very fast.

The lantern was washed downstream by the water, and the soldiers rowing the boats rowed vigorously, making the distance between the boat and the lantern even greater.

At a distance of four hundred meters, the Japanese army must have been able to see the light, but whether the Japanese army noticed it at the moment when the lantern was launched into the water, or whether the Japanese army could clearly see the bamboo raft they were riding on is unknown. , although the light was eye-catching in the dark night, it was still dim after all.

Shang Zhen still couldn't figure out where the front boat was, and the whole lantern came out, and then put the lantern down along the water.

This trick is undoubtedly using lanterns to attract the attention of the Japanese army~www.mtlnovel.com~ and they can escape in the dark.

And that lantern must have been covered with waterproof oil paper, otherwise it would have been extinguished by the river water long ago.

"Pa", "pa", "da da da", the gunshots of the Japanese army on the shore rang out.

But this time Shang Zhen and the others looked at the trajectory of the bullet's flight even more clearly.

Seeing that there were shining bullets like shooting stars in the night sky, they flew towards the lantern with bright light.

Those were tracer rounds, for fighting in the dark to show others where to go.

Pity God, Shang Zhen and the others were really lucky. Although some bullets flew towards the bamboo raft, Shang Zhen didn't hear anyone shouting for injuries, and more Japanese bullets flew towards the round lantern that went down the river. go.

Finally, under Shang Zhen's gaze, the round lantern went out, and there were no more bullets coming back to them, and they were finally safe.