Chapter 37 Is this a trap?
The cold wind was howling in the forest. Even after the fifteenth day of the lunar month, a gust of cool wind could still make people shrink their necks.

At this moment, Xu Chaoyang and his men were squatting in a trench in the mountains and forests.

“When a team marches in the field, they can be divided into several formations, each with its own advantages. We don’t have time to practice, but it’s okay for me to explain it to you.”

In the trench, in order to avoid the cold wind, the brothers squatted together to keep each other warm. Xu Chaoyang took this opportunity to talk to his men about tactical knowledge again.

Qu Yong and his brothers chose to return to the team after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. However, they did not expect that just after meeting their eldest brother, they were led out by Xu Chaoyang to do such a big business.

“When marching in the wild, there are several types of formations: one column, two columns, left oblique angle, right oblique angle, right triangle formation, and inverted triangle formation…”

As soon as Xu Chaoyang said this, Qu Yong asked Yu Minghao next to him: “When we went up the mountain just now, how did we get up there?”

Yu Minghao rolled his eyes at him and said, “Let’s get together.”

Liu Gener suddenly remembered: “That’s right, Qu Yong kept showing off about sleeping with old women in brothels, and said that his money was wasted. The women’s big bras were so loose that they dragged down to their feet…”

Xu Chaoyang did not interrupt his brothers’ nonsense, but opened his mouth and asked: “How much did it cost?”

Qu Yong immediately became excited: “Isn’t it enough to just give one dollar? When that kind of stuff is used to clear the sewer, it’s like putting your hand into a cotton gauze, there’s no feeling at all.”

Xu Chaoyang asked again: “Did you pay the remaining money home?”

Qu Yong nodded very formally: “Life is not easy at home, and I dare not spend money recklessly. Big brother, I spent one dollar of the money you gave me to find a woman, took a bath, had a good meal, and bought two sets of suitable clothes for my parents. The total cost was less than two dollars. The rest of the money is not a difference at all, and I gave it all back to the family.”

When Xu Chaoyang heard this, he didn’t care whether Qu Yong disobeyed him and went to find a woman. He continued the previous topic and said, “Let’s continue talking about the outdoor march.”

“The tactical requirement of the Americans is that when marching in the wild and in a search state, the queue interval is five meters;” He was not talking about the Americans today, but the Americans of Xu Chaoyang’s era when all their tactical plans were revealed.

“Our side is completely different. We are still in a very amateur stage…” This time Xu Chaoyang was talking about the various anti-Japanese organizations and mountain bandits in the Northeast.

“So, the Japanese who just occupied Northeast China will definitely look down on this group of people. In their eyes, this group of people is almost made of mud. If we practice all our skills well now, we will not have to be afraid of anyone in the future.”

Xu Chaoyang turned around and said, “Next, let’s make tactical deployment.”

“Everyone, take the sound of my Czech rifle as a signal and aim your Type 38 rifles at those who have not been knocked down by me. As soon as the gunfire stops, you should immediately fire at them in bursts. Make sure you give your opponents a scare in the first round!”

“As for me, I will quickly change to a submachine gun after firing the Czech-style rifle. When the five bullets in your guns are used up, my submachine gun will immediately fire to provide covering fire.”

“This way, the enemy’s firepower won’t be able to be effective at all.”

“When did you hear me pick up the Czech again? No need to wait for orders, everyone, charge forward with your machine guns in the way we practiced. Don’t worry about those who run away, and take down those who want to fight us! Do you understand?”

“Understood!”

“Okay!” Seeing that the brothers had finished their responses, Xu Chaoyang added more details earnestly, “If you get hurt, remember to run away as fast as you can. If you can’t move, don’t move. If you have to move, immediately find a shelter and lie down. Remember every word I say. If you get hurt, you are not allowed to run away as fast as you can. Otherwise, a non-fatal injury will become a fatal one.”

“Brother.” Qu Yong spoke after Xu Chaoyang finished his last sentence.

Xu Chaoyang looked at him and said, “Speak.”

“How do you know that the bandits would send the gifts destined for Xinjing to Bingcheng?”

This ambush site was chosen by Xu Chaoyang, and it is the only way to enter Ice City!

“This is a gift to Xinjing to celebrate the founding of the puppet Manchukuo. Can a bunch of bandits and bearded men run into Xinjing?”

“What’s the easiest and safest way?”

“We need to have those idiots who have gathered in the mountains and surrendered to the Japanese send all their belongings to Bingcheng. After they are registered, Bingcheng will then send them over by train.”

“Then we’re going to ambush on the road leading to Xinjing. We won’t have to fight a trainload of Japanese soldiers, right?”

“Aren’t you thinking straight?”

Qu Yong nodded and said “Oh”. At this moment, Yu Minghao poked his head out of the trench and said, “Captain, someone is coming!”

“Everyone is in your place!”

Qu Yong, Liu Gen’er, Yu Minghao and others climbed out of the trenches on the mountain and walked quickly down the slope with their waists bent. Each of them held a Type 38 rifle and a submachine gun in their hands. When they reached the individual trenches that had been dug in advance, they all crawled in like rats, and set up their guns and aimed their aim.

As for these guys who had not received any field combat training, Xu Chaoyang led them to leave Nangang and dug individual trenches in advance when they arrived here. Yes, individual trenches are too far away and are easy to be broken by the enemy one by one, but individual trenches are too far away and have another advantage, which is that they will not be concentrated by all members.

When there were not enough people to deploy, Xu Chaoyang could only use this method of distance to deploy multiple fire points on the mountain to distract the enemy’s attention. The combat method of using individual trenches and not using natural shelters in the mountains and forests can also make his subordinates get used to the combat atmosphere in the future more quickly.

Xu Chaoyang placed his trench at a higher place with a clear view. The purpose of doing so was to facilitate shooting and also to serve as a lookout.

On a small road at the foot of the mountain covered with dirty snow that had not yet melted, a carriage swayed and appeared in the distance. The moment Xu Chaoyang frowned and looked into the distance, his first reaction was to frown!

Because he only saw four bandits carrying guns and wearing sheepskin coats, four!
Is this a gift to Xinjing, or a gift from Tianwangshan? You, Tianwangshan, were treated like that in Xu’s shack, and you still don’t have the nerve to send the gift out. Are you going to send only four people to escort it?

Xu Chaoyang looked at the carriage that was carrying the gifts again. There was no canopy on the carriage, and there were a few sacks on the bare cart… sacks!
Whose gift is packed in a sack? Corn?!
Even if you wanted to cause trouble, could you at least find a piece of oilcloth to cover the surface?

Xu Chaoyang felt something was wrong no matter how he looked at it. He didn’t even open the Czech-style safety switch. He just lay on the mountain and watched. He felt that there was probably something wrong here!

(End of this chapter)