Chapter 15: Critical Moment
Liu Zhengfeng had a grim expression. It was too late for him to resupply more ammunition. Li Rong and his men, with so many wounded soldiers, would be in great danger if they were caught up by the Japanese army.
The Third Company was clearly responsible for covering the retreat and evacuating the wounded, but judging from their abandonment of their own responsibilities, they were implementing a passive defensive strategy, never actively engaging the enemy, and only responding hastily when the enemy caught up with them.
This behavior is extremely stupid and puts everyone in danger, including themselves.
Liu Zhengfeng ran towards the southeast holding a Type 97 sniper rifle.
The sniper rifle and bullets on him weighed almost nine kilograms. In order to lighten the load, he threw away the Type 38 rifle.
After a long journey, this was already too much for him.
Around three o'clock in the afternoon, the gunshots became closer and closer, but only sporadic ones remained, which seemed to indicate that the battle was almost over.
Liu Zhengfeng was worried. Judging from the current situation, Li Rong and the others were in great danger.
Although he was as tired as a dog, he did not dare to stop and continued to run forward with gritted teeth.
After climbing over a mountain, we found some corpses on both sides of the mountain road. Most of them were groups of people, and occasionally we could see the bodies of one or two Japanese soldiers.
We continued chasing for a few miles along the mountainside, and suddenly, gunshots broke out in the valley ahead.
Most of the shots were from Type 38 rifles, and occasionally one or two shots from Hanyang rifles could be heard.
Liu Zhengfeng was startled and quietly moved over. He saw the valley was in a mess with corpses everywhere on the ground. Most of them were soldiers from the same regiment. There were also many discarded stretchers nearby. He couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted.
"That Chinese guy has no more bullets. Let's rush up and capture him alive."
Suddenly a Japanese soldier shouted loudly.
Liu Zhengfeng approached quietly and found that there were only four or five Japanese soldiers in the valley, and it seemed that these Japanese soldiers were surrounding a Chinese soldier.
Suddenly, a man jumped out from the weeds in front and ran up the mountain quickly.
Liu Zhengfeng's eyes lit up; this person was none other than Wu Erdan.
At this time, the Japanese soldiers shot at Wu Erdan one after another. Wu Erdan ran very fast and bullets flew around him.
Liu Zhengfeng rushed forward a few steps and crouched in the grass. The Japanese soldiers were all within his sight, and he quickly pulled the trigger.
“Bang bang…”
The two Japanese soldiers were killed instantly.
The other three Japanese soldiers finally reacted and turned around in shock.
Liu Zhengfeng had a stern expression and moved as fast as the wind. He kept pulling the trigger and bolt without stopping for a moment, as if he had become one with the sniper rifle. The Japanese soldiers were killed one after another before they could understand what was happening.
Liu Zhengfeng let out a long sigh, stood up and looked around carefully, making sure there were no more Japanese soldiers here, then he shouted towards the mountain.
"Erdan, come down."
Wu Erdan was seen leaning on the mountainside, and when he saw Liu Zhengfeng, he stood up and ran down quickly.
"Ah, it's Brother Liu, that's great."
Liu Zhengfeng walked quickly forward and held Wu Erdan's shoulder with his left hand.
"Erdan, why are you alone? Where are the others?"
Wu Erdan said sadly, "We were caught up by the Japanese army in front, so we had to retreat to this valley. We are all in chaos here, running for our lives."
Liu Zhengfeng's face turned pale and he was full of anger: "Where are the regiment commander, battalion commander, and company commander?"
Wu Erdan pointed to the right and said hesitantly, "They...they ran over there, and the Japanese army followed them."
Liu Zhengfeng clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and his face turned red.
"I told you to have the company commander and his men ambush the Japanese. Why didn't you do it?"
Seeing Liu Zhengfeng's ferocious expression, Wu Erdan couldn't help but feel scared and said with a sad face: "I told them, but they didn't listen at all."
Liu Zhengfeng sighed deeply. These ragtag troops were really hopeless and the situation he was most worried about had occurred. Suddenly, he remembered something and became extremely anxious. He grabbed Wu Erdan by the collar.
"Where's Li Rong? Where's that female doctor? Where did she go?"
"Female doctor?"
Wu Erdan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he realized.
"The valley was in chaos at the time. I seem to remember her running into the valley with a female nurse, but... but I'm not sure."
Liu Zhengfeng had a stern expression, with a sharp light in his eyes.
"Throw away your Hanyang rifle, pick up a Type 38 rifle, and take all the bullets and grenades from the Japanese soldiers. I'll go over and take a look first, and you follow me."
Without waiting for Wu Erdan's consent , Liu Zhengfeng had already run to the deepest part of the valley.
After traveling to this world, the only person that worried him was Li Rong. Although Li Rong actually had nothing to do with him, the fact that Li Rong looked exactly like his wife from the 21st century made him unable to let it go. No matter what, he didn't want to see anything happen to Li Rong.
The valley was very long, and along the way , one could occasionally see the bodies of Chinese soldiers lying on the ground. Liu Zhengfeng was terrified, fearing that Li Rong's body would suddenly appear in front of him.
Fortunately, until the end of the valley, the situation he was most afraid of seeing did not occur.
A small path meandered out of the valley. Liu Zhengfeng followed the path without hesitation and chased forward for a few miles. Suddenly, three Japanese soldiers appeared in a valley in front of them. The three soldiers were more than ten meters apart, with their backs to Liu Zhengfeng, as if they were searching for something.
Liu Zhengfeng's mind moved, and he bent down and slowly approached the three Japanese soldiers.
The mountains here were covered with half-human-high weeds and bushes. Three Japanese soldiers used their Type 38 rifles to hit the grass and slowly advanced forward.
"Ono-kun, Miss Flower's is here..."
Suddenly a Japanese soldier cheered and shouted loudly.
"Yoshi..."
The other two Japanese soldiers were overjoyed and quickly surrounded them.
"ah……"
Suddenly there was a burst of screams, and two young girls suddenly stood up from the bushes, stumbling up the hillside. They were Li Rong and Wu Xiaoyun.
"We are so lucky, hahaha..."
Three Japanese soldiers rushed over with a grim smile.
"WTF."
Liu Zhengfeng's blood boiled, hatred flashed in his eyes, and he pulled the trigger without hesitation.
A Japanese soldier was shot in the chest and fell to the ground.
Suddenly, the other two Japanese soldiers turned around abruptly. In a flash, Liu Zhengfeng pulled the trigger again. One of the Japanese soldiers was shot in the head and his brain burst, killing him.
The remaining Japanese soldier was stunned and was about to pull the trigger when suddenly a figure flashed and Liu Zhengfeng rushed in front of him.
Liu Zhengfeng gently pushed the muzzle of the Japanese soldier's gun aside with his sniper rifle, and with a "bang", the bullet hit the air.
He stretched out his left hand and grasped the Japanese soldier's neck tightly.
The Japanese soldier suddenly had difficulty breathing and his face turned red. His rifle was blocked by Liu Zhengfeng's sniper rifle. The two were so close to each other that he could not exert any force. He had to let go of the rifle and used both hands to pull Liu Zhengfeng's hand that was holding his neck.
Liu Zhengfeng sneered, threw away the sniper rifle in his right hand, pulled out the Mitsubishi bayonet from his waist, and stabbed it into the Japanese soldier's abdomen.
Hatred flashed in his eyes as he stabbed the Japanese soldier seven or eight times before he stopped. Then he loosened his left hand and the Japanese soldier fell to the ground like mud.
Liu Zhengfeng gasped for breath, and after a while, his face returned to calm.
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