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Tang Shengkai looked around, his gaze sweeping quickly across the fortress, trying to find a way out of this confined environment. He noticed a small ditch not far away, carved out by rainwater, winding its way to the edge of the abyss.

He had noticed the ditch before, but had never felt it was of any use. But now, a thought struck him, and an idea came to him.

"Brothers, we can't just stay put and hold our ground. We need to think of a way to take the initiative. Also, we can't all stay in one place. Our field of vision is too limited from this position."

Tang Shengkai whispered to the group, pointing to the ditch, "See that ditch? Let's pile all the stones and soil around here over there."

This way, we can detect any moves the Japanese make immediately. When they swing across with ropes or build a bridge, we can react instantly. And these clods of earth and rocks might even be of some help to us.”

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and they immediately took action.

Bu Mancang and Chen Erniu dug through the mud with their hands, while Fei Shuwen and Wang Junhui took advantage of the Japanese soldiers' inattention to move larger stones around. Xu Hongchang continued to observe the movements on the opposite bank while directing everyone to take cover.

Before long, a rather sizable "small hill of earth and stones" had been piled up beside the ditch. Tang Shengkai looked at the results, nodded slightly, and then instructed, "Everyone, don't rush, observe the Japanese soldiers' movements."

Tang Shengkai was trying to figure out a solution. They couldn't stay in this place forever; otherwise, when would they be able to leave the Qinling Mountains? They hadn't contacted the military for so many days; they must have known about their disappearance long ago.

He didn't know how many people the army would send to rescue them. Tang Shengkai hadn't considered the possibility that the army wouldn't send anyone. He trusted the leadership's care for every soldier.

At the same time, Tang Shengkai had a faint expectation in his heart, but it was also mixed with worry. In any case, his mood was very conflicted at the moment.

He missed his little daughter, but he didn't want her to take such a risk at such a young age. While thinking about these things, Tang Shengkai's mind was also racing. He needed to work harder; he wanted to become a strong pillar for his daughter as soon as possible, not let her small figure remain their only protection.

The rumbling of Xu Hongchang's stomach interrupted Tang Shengkai's thoughts. He turned to look at him, but Xu Hongchang showed no embarrassment, his gaze fixed on the person opposite him.

Meanwhile, the Japanese soldiers on the opposite bank were also busy. Several strong men were wielding broadswords, cutting and trimming the branches of a large tree, trying to shape it into a "bridge" that could span the abyss. They planned to do the same thing as Tang Shengkai and his men had done to cross the bridge earlier.

Several others were tidying up the ropes, preparing them for people crossing the bridge to anchor them, so they could work together.

The Japanese soldiers didn't take the people on the other side seriously at all.

It seems that these Chinese have become playthings in their hands. They can all see that their guns are out of bullets. Now they are always aiming their guns at the other side, ready to shoot them down the moment they make a move.

So these people could do nothing but wait. The Japanese were extremely pleased with themselves. Now, all they had to do was set up the felled trees, and it would be time for them to capture and hunt.

With a shout, the Japanese soldiers began to move. Six Japanese soldiers lifted a tree trunk with one end flattened and ran towards the abyss, preparing to place the trunk between the two banks of the abyss.

At the same time, several Japanese soldiers pulled on the rope, spinning it rapidly, waiting for the right moment to throw the hooked end towards the tree fortress.

Xu Hongchang's face flushed red. "They're going to build a bridge." He said this as if to everyone else, but also as if to himself. He had already made up his mind in the past few moments.

Just as Xu Hongchang was about to turn around and say something to Tang Shengkai, Tang Shengkai's eyes widened, and he turned his head left and right before asking in confusion, "Where's Lao Tang?"

Chen Erniu and Bu Mancang both turned to look this way, but they didn't notice when Lao Tang had left.

"They went to the woods over there."

The group glanced at Fei Shuwen, who returned their gaze. "He left after hearing Old Xu's stomach growl. It's been a while."

The sound of "hey ha hey ha" came, and Xu Hongchang saw that the log had already extended a third of the way out of the abyss, so he couldn't care less about anything else.

"When that piece of wood comes over, I'll go over and push it aside!"

"battalion commander!"

"Battalion Commander, I'll go!"

......

"Don't argue with me, listen to me..."

Before they could finish speaking, they saw a black blur emerge from the distant woods. Bullets whizzed past the figure.

But the figure was too fast; the Japanese soldiers couldn't track its movements at all. Even though the woods were more than 1,000 meters away, the person was right in front of them in the blink of an eye.

Tang Shengkai carried two trees, each as thick as an adult man's thigh, on one shoulder, without even trimming the branches, and a wild goat in his other hand.

It has to be said that once the group saw the wild goat, they forgot all about the situation outside, their stomachs rumbling loudly.

Tang Shengkai had already crouched down. The gunfire from the other side stopped, and then came the sound of cursing.

"The trees in the Qinling Mountains are so lush and healthy that it took us quite a while to find these two things," Tang Shengkai said, pointing to the two trees he had thrown on the ground.

"A long time?"

Chen Erniu's lips twitched. Why did he feel that Lao Tang had gotten a little too cocky this time? But looking at the two trees in front of him, well, looking at the broken ends, Chen Erniu admitted that Lao Tang really did have the right to be cocky now.

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