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Chapter 428 Unable to leave
Here in the county, many buildings were reduced to ruins by bombs dropped from airplanes.
Shrapnel, smoke, bricks and wood flew everywhere.
Some soldiers hiding in rooftop bunkers were killed on the spot.
However, because those bunkers on the ground were connected by underground passages, although some of them were buried by ruins, they were still able to be moved away by chance.
The residents of the county town hid in the air-raid shelters. The top of the shelters vibrated and sand fell from time to time, scaring all the residents so much that they broke out in cold sweats.
Fortunately, these air-raid shelters did not collapse, saving the lives of civilians and soldiers.
All the civilians and soldiers were secretly thankful that they could hide here.
When the Sixth Army arrived here and asked the locals to help dig air-raid shelters, many of them were unwilling to do so and some even tried to stop it, saying it would destroy feng shui.
At this moment, the ordinary people who had once blocked the attack realized that it was these air-raid shelters that saved their lives.
Brigade Commander Tan Guohao was also secretly rejoicing while hiding in the command center of the air-raid shelter.
Because there were many bandits in Xiangxi, they often lived in caves, and even artillery shells could not reach them. So he studied civil engineering, and when he came here, he renovated the county town, built many bunkers and air-raid shelters in the county town, to ensure that the troops and the people could effectively avoid the bombing of ground artillery shells and aircraft bombs...
The loud explosion soon reached the Wild Boar Forest.
When the plane came over, there was a lot of smoke from the burning surroundings, which blocked everyone's vision and made it impossible for them to see it.
Besides, this is a wild boar forest and planes won’t pass through here.
No one expected that the Japanese would send out planes.
“Damn, it should be in the direction of the county town.”
"It's an aerial bomb!"
"It must be the Japanese planes bombing the county town!"
"It's over, there are so many bombs, at least a dozen planes!
"It's over. If the county town is taken by the Japanese, they will definitely turn around and deal with us!"
"Let's go and provide support!"
Everyone looked at their leader.
The national army commander Fu Hongfei quickly found Yuan Shuai and said anxiously.
"Brother Yuan Shuai, after the bombing, the Japanese planes will definitely launch a large-scale attack on the county town. We can just sneak attack the Japanese from behind! We should get out in time and take the opportunity to wipe out the damn Yamazaki Brigade!"
"Yuan Shuai, this opportunity will never come again!"
Xiao Liangcai from the guerrillas also echoed this.
Now they have guns, cannons, and even 8 anti-aircraft guns. They also have people, all adding up to nearly two thousand people.
If they could go out and launch a surprise attack on the Yamazaki Brigade from behind, they would definitely be able to form a two-pronged attack with the national army in the county and wipe out the Yamazaki Brigade in one bite.
At this time, the marshal was standing on the top of the mountain, looking at the surrounding ground that was still smoking after the fire, and smiled bitterly.
"I am just like you. I wish I could grow a pair of wings and fly out to fight the Japanese. But look carefully, there is still so much smoke around us, and there is still so much dry grass on the ground that has not been completely burned!"
"The reason why the Japanese didn't attack us immediately is because there is still a lot of unburned dry grass on the ground in the wild boar forest, as well as smoke from the entire wild boar forest. In this situation, let alone them, even if we leave here and enter the smoke, we will lose our direction and won't be able to get out at all!"
Fu Hongfei urged anxiously.
"What should we do? Once the county town is taken by the Japanese, they will definitely turn around and besiege us. We don't have the jungle to protect us. Even if the Japanese planes don't come in, their artillery can still raze us to the ground!"
Xiao Liangcai was suddenly stunned.
Only now did he understand why Fu Hongfei was so anxious to go to support the county town. So this was what was going on.
He also hurriedly urged.
"Captain Fu is right. The reason why the Japanese didn't dare to come in before was because there was a primitive jungle here. Now that the jungle has been burned, the Japanese can easily surround us and quickly sweep this place!"
"It's impossible that the Japanese only have the Yamazaki brigade. There may be other large Japanese troops following. Once the smoke here is gone, these large Japanese troops will definitely sweep the Wild Boar Forest!"
Fu Yidao also urged anxiously.
Even the monkey and the fat man couldn't help but speak.
"Boss, how about we lead others to clear a way out first!"
"How can you cross the river? The ground is covered with thick fire. If you step on it, your shoes and pants will be set on fire. How can you cross the river?"
Yuan Shuai's words made everyone grit their teeth and frown, but there was nothing they could do.
Yuan Shuai continued.
"Besides, we don't know the specific situation outside at all. If someone has surrounded us, once they find us, the Japanese artillery shells will fly over!"
"Then we are just going to wait here to die!"
Fu Yidao retorted, gritting his teeth.
Yuan Shuai looked up at the sky with an evil smile on his face.
"Don't worry, God won't let us die! God will definitely help us get through this crisis!"
"You... Damn it, it's better to rely on yourself than on heaven or earth. You should rely on God for help. If God could help, he would have driven the Japs out of China long ago!"
Fu Yidao walked to the side unhappily, sat down on the ground, took out the wine jug and gulped down several gulps.
Yuan Shuai said with a smile.
"God is fair. The devils bully us, and sooner or later God will punish them. We brothers are all fighting against the Japanese, so God will definitely help us!"
"General Yuan, please don't mention God. In the Battle of Songhu, every brother fought against the Japanese, but did God help us?"
"That's right. Don't count on God. Let's find a solution quickly. If nothing works, we can just clear a path like we did with the firebreak!"
Many soldiers around started shouting.
Because God disappointed them so much.
However, Yuan Shuai pointed to the sky in one direction and said.
"Look over there, there are so many fort clouds. If I'm not mistaken, there will definitely be a thunderstorm in eight to ten hours!"
"Go ahead and blow! How can there be a thunderstorm in this south windy weather?"
No one believed it. The weather was so good, how could it rain, or even have a thunderstorm?
"If you don't believe me, forget it, but I hope you can believe me and immediately reinforce the thatched hut to prevent it from leaking!"
After the monkey and the fat man looked at each other, they quickly turned around and shouted at their brothers to reinforce the thatched hut.
Xiao Liangcai looked at Yuan Shuai in confusion.
"Brother Yuan Shuai, is it really raining?"
"If you don't believe it, just wait for the rain to fall on you!"
After saying that, Yuan Shuai turned around and joined the team reinforcing the thatched hut.
Seeing that Yuan Shuai had taken action himself, Fu Hongfei could only shout at the team helplessly.
"What are you looking at? Are you waiting to get wet in the rain? We will do whatever the Black Wolf Army leader does, and reinforce the thatched hut!"
Although these national army and guerrillas did not believe it would rain.
But they had nothing else to do now, so they could only reinforce the thatched hut.
But when the reinforcement was being carried out, many people were discussing this matter and felt that it was impossible for it to rain.