Chapter 190 Bare Tree
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Tang Shengkai looked around, his eyes quickly sweeping inside and outside the fortress, trying to find a way out of this limited environment. He noticed a small gully not far away, carved by rain, winding its way to the edge of the abyss.
He had noticed this small ditch before, but he had never felt it was useful. But now, an idea came to his mind.
"Brothers, we can't just stand there and defend. We have to find a way to take the initiative and attack. Also, we can't all stay in one place. Our vision is too limited from this position."
Tang Shengkai whispered to everyone, pointing to the ravine, "See that ravine? Let's pile all the rocks and dirt around here over there."
This way, we can always detect any movement from the Japanese. When they swing over with ropes or build bridges, we can immediately find a way to deal with them. Perhaps these dirt and rocks can also provide us with a lot of help.
After hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up and they immediately took action.
Bu Mancang, Chen Erniu and others dug the soil with their hands, while Fei Shuwen and Wang Junhui took advantage of the Japanese's inattention to carry larger stones around. Xu Hongchang continued to observe the movements on the opposite bank and at the same time directed everyone to pay attention to concealment.
Soon, a considerable "hill of earth and rocks" had piled up beside the gully. Tang Shengkai looked at the results, nodded slightly, and then reminded: "Everyone, don't rush. Observe the enemy's actions."
Tang Shengkai was thinking of a solution. They couldn't stay in this place forever, otherwise when would they be able to get out of the Qinling Mountains? They hadn't contacted the troops for so many days, and they must have known about their disappearance long ago.
I just don't know how many people the army will send to rescue. Tang Shengkai didn't consider the possibility that the army would not send anyone. He believed in the leader's care for every soldier.
At the same time, Tang Shengkai still had a faint hope in his heart, but it was also mixed with worries. Anyway, his mood at the moment was very contradictory.
He missed his little girl, but he didn't want her to take risks at such a young age. While thinking about things in his heart, Tang Shengkai's mind was also busy. He had to work harder. He had to become a big tree for his daughter as soon as possible, and he couldn't let his daughter's small figure always be their umbrella.
The sound of Xu Hongchang's stomach growling interrupted Tang Shengkai's thoughts. He turned his head to look over. Xu Hongchang didn't seem embarrassed at all, his eyes fixed on the other side.
The Japanese soldiers on the other side of the river were not idle at this time. Several strong men were waving their swords and chopping off the branches of a big tree, trying to trim it into a "bridge" that could span the abyss. They were planning to cross the bridge in the same way as Tang Shengkai and his men had just done.
Several others were arranging ropes, ready for those crossing the bridge to go over and anchor the ropes so that they could both cross at the same time.
The Japs didn't take the people on the other side seriously at all.
It seemed that these Chinese had become playthings in their hands. They all realized that their guns were out of bullets. Now they were keeping their guns aimed at the opposite side at any time, and would shoot them immediately if they made any move.
So these people could do nothing but wait there. The Japanese were extremely proud. Now, as long as they could set up the large trees they had cut down, it would be time for them to capture and hunt them.
With a burst of shouts, the Japanese soldiers began to move. Six of them lifted a flattened tree trunk and ran towards the abyss, preparing to place the trunk between the two sides of the abyss.
At the same time, several Japanese soldiers pulled the rope and spun it quickly, waiting for the right moment to throw the end with the hook towards the fortress made of a big tree.
Xu Hongchang's face flushed. "They're going to build a bridge." He seemed to be saying this to everyone, but also to himself. He had already thought it through recently.
Just as Xu Hongchang was about to turn around and tell Tang Shengkai something, he widened his eyes, turned his head left and right, and then asked in confusion, "Where's Old Tang?"
Chen Erniu, Bu Mancang and the others turned their heads to look over here, but they didn't notice when Old Tang left.
"Going to the woods over there."
Several people glanced at Fei Shuwen, who looked back at them, "He left after hearing Old Xu's stomach growl. It's been a while."
The sound of "Hey ha hey ha" was heard. Xu Hongchang saw that the wood had already protruded one-third of the abyss, and he didn't care about anything else.
"When that piece of wood comes over later, I'll go over and push it away!"
"battalion commander!"
"Battalion Commander, I'm going!"
......
"Don't argue with me, just listen to me..."
Before they could finish their words, they saw a black shadow rushing out from the woods in the distance. "Bang bang" bullets hit the shadow.
But the figure was so fast that the Japanese couldn't catch its trajectory at all. The woods were clearly more than 1,000 meters away from them, but in almost the blink of an eye, the man was close to them.
Tang Shengkai carried two trees 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 when the few people saw the wild goat, they didn't care about the situation outside and their stomachs started to feel empty.
Tang Shengkai had already squatted down. The gunfire from the opposite side stopped and cursing sounds were heard.
"The trees in the forests on this side of the Qinling Mountains are so well grown that it took me a long time to find these two things." Tang Shengkai pointed at the two trees he had thrown on the ground and said.
"A long time?"
The corner of Chen Erniu's mouth twitched. Why did he feel that Old Tang was a little arrogant this time? But looking at the two trees in front of him, well, looking at the broken ends, Chen Erniu admitted that Old Tang really had the capital to be arrogant now.
"Hey ha hey ha..."
When Xu Hongchang saw the two trees, he was no longer so anxious. He even felt like joking when he heard the sound of the Japanese transporting trees.
"Ah, these devils are not strong enough. Just one tree made them look like they were rebuilding a bridge."
Everyone...
If they did it themselves, they would be much better than them. Everyone looked at Tang Shengkai again. They really didn't know how this guy got so much strength.
It seemed that he was stronger than them since he joined the army, but at that time they didn't know that Old Tang was so strong.
Tang Shengkai broke off a branch from a big tree with his bare hands, and several people took out their daggers and came to help.
Xu Hongchang watched Tang Shengkai's clean movements and said, "Old Tang, you have so much strength..."
Tang Shengkai looked at him and said, "Hey, you don't have to envy me for this. It's natural. And after training every day in the army, I feel my strength is getting stronger and stronger."
The few people listened and kept silent. Soon all the branches were taken down, and the bare trunks were just right for use.
Xu Hongchang took advantage of the situation and took a look, "He immediately brought it over."
Tang Shengkai looked up and saw two more bullets coming at him. He squatted down and blinked a few times, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
Seeing that Tang Shengkai still had the time to laugh, Xu Hongchang said unhappily, "It's already this late, and you're still laughing."
Tang Shengkai didn't argue. "It's okay. They'll have to come over after they've set it up. The wind is so strong down there, let's see if they can really come over."
Wang Junhui continued, "They are already pruning the second tree."
"Hey, these damn devils really treat us as if we don't exist, so unscrupulous." Chen Erniu was really angry. When they were halfway through the set up, he had to go over and push them.
Bu Mancang didn't look so optimistic. "They have already prepared ropes with hooks. This is when things get tough. They're standing in the middle and digging the ropes towards us."
Fei Shuwen had recovered completely by now. He also noticed the movement over there. "Yeah, they want to pry open the wood on our side. That way, we have no place to hide."
Several people were now talking with a hint of excitement. They felt that the Japs' plan was really good. Of course, that was only possible if they didn't have Old Tang as a plug-in.
Xu Hongchang has not forgotten Tang Shengkai's excited expression just now.
"Old Tang, what were you laughing at just now?"
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