The two people who had been waiting for this moment pulled the ropes in their hands almost simultaneously.

Four directional mines exploded as if at the same time.

Even the Eighth Company soldiers, more than a hundred meters away, were stunned by the sudden explosions.

Kan Hongcai, the Eighth Company commander, looked at the road his team had just retreated from.

Originally, the road was densely packed with fleeing Japanese soldiers.

Now, after a few loud explosions, that section of road, apart from the rising smoke,

eerily emitted a large cloud of red mist, like a peach blossom wonderland.

The blast of air stirred the air, and when it reached them, everyone smelled a strong bloody odor.

That section of road was now filled with Japanese soldiers groaning on the ground.

Xiao Dongbei didn't stop. He shouted as soon as the explosions sounded, "Charge!"

The soldiers of the Special Company were extremely familiar with this situation.

Most of them didn't know when their squad leader had secretly planted these directional mines.

But they were very clear about the power of these mines.

They hadn't seen them used for many days, but they were still very clear about the procedure after using them.

They didn't expect that their squad leader would use them today, and the effect was still just as good.

They also stood up and charged towards the bloody road that had just appeared.

Kan Hongcai, the Eighth Company commander, only paused for a moment. Without him giving the order,

the soldiers of the entire Eighth Company followed and charged up.

Everyone could see that those Japanese soldiers no longer had any courage.

Less than two hundred Japanese soldiers were still able to stand, and they were running wildly, desperately fleeing the area.

The road, two hundred meters long and several meters wide, was filled with Japanese soldiers lying on the ground.

Only a little over a hundred extremely lucky Japanese soldiers, who ran the fastest, and had many Japanese soldiers behind them acting as shields, were not injured.

After hearing the loud noise, they turned back in astonishment and found that the entire detachment and those behind them had all fallen.

Terrified, these Japanese soldiers quickly turned around, threw away their weapons, and ran away, never daring to look back.

Not a single one turned back to help the wounded groaning on the ground.

When Kan Hongcai, the Eighth Company commander, rushed to the position he had left less than ten minutes ago,

the scene he saw almost made him vomit.

The bodies of the Japanese soldiers on the ground were riddled with holes by some unknown weapon.

Many Japanese soldiers were lying on the ground groaning in pain, their bodies covered in small holes, from which blood kept gushing out.

The blood of many people was spraying outwards like a fountain.

In such a short time, streams of blood had appeared on the ground.

While Kan Hongcai was still considering how to help these wounded Japanese soldiers,

the first row of soldiers in the Special Company was stabbing those Japanese soldiers lying on the ground one by one.

For those Japanese soldiers who could no longer move or make a sound, they simply added a knife to the fatal point.

For those Japanese soldiers who were still groaning, they would not only add a knife to the fatal point, but also watch them truly become a corpse before leaving.

The soldiers of the Special Company were strictly following what Lin Fan had said: Only dead Japanese soldiers are good Japanese soldiers, only Japanese soldiers that can put people at ease!

Following behind these soldiers who were adding the finishing touches, were rows of soldiers cleaning up the battlefield.

These soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield took off the small bags carried by the Japanese soldiers, collected their weapons, and gathered all the ammunition.

Then they would no longer care about them. These Japanese soldiers, who were one hundred percent corpses, would be left lying here. Whether or not the follow-up work needed to be done would depend on whether they had time to decide.

After all, they were combat troops!

At this time, Kan Hongcai, the Eighth Company commander, realized that all the soldiers of the Special Company were using Japanese weapons.

Their movements were skilled and their division of labor was clear.

Obviously, this was not the first time they had cleaned up a battlefield like this.

The Japanese weapons of the Special Company couldn't all have been captured from the battlefield like this, could they?

The Eighth Company commander was just about to speak, to express his opposition to the Special Company soldiers' actions.

He wanted to point out that this practice was inhumane and unnecessary,

when Xiao Dongbei's voice rang out across the entire battlefield: "Attention everyone! Be sure to give the Japanese soldiers a stab in the fatal spot first.

Then clean up the battlefield.

Be careful that they feign death, pull the pin on a grenade, or fire a cold shot.

Being indecisive at this time will harm not only yourself, but also your comrades, everyone."

Xiao Dongbei saw that many of the Eighth Company soldiers were directly cleaning up the battlefield, so he shouted loudly to remind them.

The Japanese Bushido spirit had long permeated the lower ranks of their entire army.

Especially after they entered the army, they were often taught this spirit by their superiors. Therefore, in the Japanese ranks, there was no shortage of stubborn elements who did not have a trace of remorse even when facing death.

They would still think of counterattacking at the last moment!

Hearing Xiao Dongbei's words, the Eighth Company soldiers quickly learned from the Special Company soldiers, with one row of people stabbing with bayonets, and the people behind them cleaning up the battlefield.

Company commander Kan finally spoke, abandoning his entanglement, and gave the order: "Do as Old Squad Leader says!"

Wu Tianci, who was watching the battle from the top of the mountain, couldn't say a word when he saw the sudden changes happening at the foot of the mountain.

Ren Dahua could still laugh: "Damn it! Whose team is this? So insidious?"

"The Special Company! The only team that can carry machine guns around is them.

The machine gun was exchanged by their company commander for his credit for shooting down the plane last time," Wu Tianci said quietly.

"I've seen them. They have over a thousand men in a company, but there are only so few here.

And our Eighth Company commander is also down there," Ren Dahua said, pointing to Eighth Company commander Kan Hongcai.

"When did our regiment get tanks?"

"Maybe they're also from the Special Company! This is just one of their squads here.

Their combat power is too strong.

Especially those mines just now, they were used really well!" Wu Tianci said enviously.

From afar, Toyota Brigade Commander saw this scene. He angrily pointed in the direction of Wushan and loudly ordered, "Bombard them! Bombard them fiercely!"

He really couldn't believe his eyes: the team that had already retreated down the mountain had actually fallen into a mine ambush, losing several hundred soldiers.

Under his order, the Japanese began bombing the foot of the mountain again.

The two companies on the mountain watched as the soldiers at the foot of the mountain retreated back the way they came like a tide.

"They're not coming up the mountain?"

"The Eighth Company's position is on Dingshan. They must have seen that this side was too dangerous, so they ran over to support us."

Regimental Commander Wan Shi-tong watched from afar as Xiao Dongbei and his Eighth Company rushed over in such a short time, not only resolving the crisis at Wushan, but also leaving only a little over a hundred survivors from the Japanese battalion.

He was especially interested in the Japanese soldiers who had fallen on that road.

That wasn't a landmine. Landmines weren't that powerful.

When Xiao Dongbei returned to him again, Regimental Commander Wan eagerly asked, "What did you use to blow them up just now?

It was so powerful."

Xiao Dongbei had Qu Cun bring over a directional mine, "This!"

Wan Shi-tong held up the package with both hands and carefully examined it.

After looking at it carefully, "This is just a layer of iron pellets wrapped on the outside?"

"Yes! Put the side with the iron pellets facing the enemy, and it's best to have something hard behind this side.

So that all the force rushes out in one direction."

With this explanation, Regimental Commander Wan Shi-tong immediately understood: "Instantly, tens of thousands of bullets fly out.

Genius! You really are a genius!

This is using so much explosive, launching tens of thousands of bullets at the same time."

Regimental Commander Wan didn't know how to praise Xiao Dongbei.

Xiao Dongbei quickly said, "This is what our company commander taught us. It wasn't my idea.

It's good to use, but be careful not to hurt yourself.

Its range is too large, and its lethality is too great.

Usually, we use it to bombard enemies within a hundred meters."

"When fighting the Japanese, I only fear that the range is not enough, and the lethality is not enough.

I never fear that they are too powerful.

You used two of these just now!"

"Four, both sides of the road are used, and another pair is placed a hundred meters away.

This way, more Japanese soldiers can be blown up." Xiao Dongbei was very willing to let more people learn how to fight the Japanese.

"I also want to apply for this thing! It's too useful!"

"This is used in ambushes! When retreating, it's much more useful than landmines," Xiao Dongbei said with a smile.

At this time, Regimental Commander Wan suddenly remembered, "Who was driving the tank just now?"

Xiao Burlap: "I don't know, anyway, it wasn't one of our people who drove it.

Just look at the way they turned just now."

It wasn't the soldiers of the Special Company who drove it.

Then, of course, it was the soldiers in his own regiment who drove it.

Regimental Commander Wan became happy: "Good! I can use tanks today too."

When Lin Fan and the others returned, the Japanese bombing of the Dingshan position had ended quite a while ago.

The Ninth Company had rushed up nervously, but this time, the Japanese infantry did not launch an attack.

There wasn't even a shadow of the Japanese in front of the position.

The Ninth Company was nervously restoring the destroyed fortifications.

What moved the soldiers of the Eighth and Ninth Companies was that Xiao Dongbei and the others also joined in.

Regimental Commander Wan Shi-tong looked at this team that seemed to never tire.

He was full of curiosity. Xiao Dongbei had just said: When we fought the Japanese warships at Henggang Wharf just now, we only fought for three minutes before withdrawing.

He wanted to know: What extent could they fight to in three minutes.

However, Xiao Dongbei was clearing the mud in the first trench.

Regimental Commander Wan also personally went down to dig the soil. This was the first time he had personally dug trenches since becoming the regimental commander.

While he was digging, he said, "Squad Leader Pu, tell me, did you sink a Japanese warship in Henggang in three minutes?"

Xiao Dongbei smiled, "Regimental Commander Wan, you still don't understand our company commander.

In those three minutes, we sank the Japanese *Yūgiri* destroyer,

and also sank five Japanese torpedo boats."

There were also many soldiers from the 618th Regiment following Xiao Dongbei.

When they heard Xiao Dongbei say this, some of them said dismissively, "Bullshit!"

This made the soldiers of the Special Company angry: "This is the truth.

Our company commander is a crack shot, hitting the target every time, never missing!

Last time, he also sank two Japanese destroyers and eleven other warships in Henggang, and also captured a torpedo boat.

Did you see that machine gun and our car?

Those are the rewards that Commander Liu Xing gave us for destroying those Japanese warships."

"You've said so much! We haven't seen it!" This soldier from the 618th Regiment was still stubborn.

The soldier from the Special Company was depressed, and he suddenly remembered, "Today! So many Japanese planes were shot down.

That was our company commander who shot them down, you should have all seen that!"

"Those anti-aircraft guns were all firing, how can you say that you shot them down?"

"Our company only came to the Jiangyin Fortress on the sixth, before the sixth, this place was also bombed by the Japanese.

How many Japanese planes were shot down?

Since the company commander came, every time the Japanese planes came, dozens of them would be shot down.

Don't talk about using anti-aircraft guns to shoot down planes.

The company commander even used mortars to shoot down six Japanese planes flying in the sky."

Regimental Commander Wan looked at Xiao Dongbei, "Is this true?"

Xiao Dongbei smiled, "These soldiers can't bear to hear anyone say anything bad about their company commander.

It's true that six Japanese planes were shot down with mortars.

When we were in Jiaxing, the Japanese planes kept bombing the retreating 67th railway bridge.

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There were not only more than 100 people from our Special Company who had to retreat from here, but also thousands of people from the 128th Division.

Commander Gu knew that the company commander was good at artillery, so he asked him to think of a way to prevent the Japanese planes from coming to bomb.

Company Commander Lin retreated back from the front line, guarded the railway bridge, fired six shells, and shot down all six planes that flew over.

That's why the 128th Division put the planks on, and we retreated back after dark.

Among our current thousand-plus people, one thousand two hundred were originally from the 128th Division."

"No wonder!" Wan Shi-tong felt that he understood now.

So this team likes to fight with bayonets so much, they are the "Gan Army"! (Gan Jun: Hunan Army, known for their bravery and use of spears)

"Without Hunan, there is no army, without spears, there is no Hunan!" This was what Zeng Guofan himself said.

Zeng Guofan was a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and it was he who suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

The soldiers were already a little tired from digging the soil, and listening to the soldiers of the Special Company talk about their past battles made them feel less tired.

After everyone finished listening to Lin Fan shooting down planes, they urged the soldier to continue telling them about it.

The soldier suddenly smiled, "I can't say any more, if I say any more, it will be classified."

Wan Shi-tong's gossip fire also ignited, "Are there still secrets to battles that have already been fought?"

Xiao Dongbei smiled and didn't say anything.

This made Wan Shi-tong even more interested.

But the soldiers of the Special Company would not say any more no matter what.

Wan Shi-tong suddenly asked, "By the way, how do your soldiers know how to drive tanks?"

Xiao Dongbei smiled, "This I can talk about.

You also know about our team!

Why does our company commander still have a company commander with more than a thousand men under his command?"

All the soldiers laughed, and a soldier from the 618th Regiment said with a smile, "Why do you have a squad leader with more than a hundred men under his command, don't you even have a platoon leader?"

Xiao Dongbei said with a smile, "Because our establishment is the Special Company of the First Battalion of the 542nd Regiment of the 88th Division.

Originally, it was a temporary establishment for us to act as cannon fodder.

It's just that no one expected that the First Battalion didn't rush out, but disarmed and entered the refugee camp.

Instead, it was our cannon fodder team that fought its way out."

"542nd Regiment? Xie Jinyuan?" Wan Shi-tong immediately remembered.

"Why haven't I heard of you?"

Xiao Dongbei said with a smile, "Our company commander is low-key, and doesn't allow anyone to report on us.

He also doesn't allow the people in our Special Company to accept interviews, and he doesn't allow the front of our faces to appear in the newspapers."

"Why?"

"For confidentiality!

When we were in the Sihang Warehouse, we captured seven Japanese tanks, and the company commander taught seven apprentices.

Just like your soldiers learning today.

They learned it in less than half a day, and even drove out to fight the Japanese.

Anyway, being able to drive away counts as being proficient.

It's a pity that those tanks were given to the First Battalion, and ended up benefiting the Japanese." Xiao Dongbei said regretfully.

The soldiers of the Eighth and Ninth Companies, listening to the battle stories of the Special Company, unconsciously finished the trenches.

The workload of the second line of defense was much less.

After these two lines of defense were completed.

The soldiers of the Special Company finally began to rest.

Looking at the time, it was already three thirty in the afternoon.

Xiao Dongbei looked at the front of the position and there was still no movement. After thinking about it, he said to Wan Shi-tong, "If the Japanese don't organize an attack in the afternoon, be careful of their night attack."

Wan Shi-tong now completely trusted this little squad leader, and he nodded, "I will let them pay attention."

Xiao Dongbei smiled, "You can also sneak attack them!"

Wan Shi-tong looked at Xiao Dongbei, "You are more and more to my liking.

Why don't you come to my regiment, I'll give you a battalion-level staff officer to do, and after a few days, let you lead a battalion."

Xiao Dongbei smiled and thanked him, "I still like the Special Company, I haven't learned even one-tenth of the company commander's skills."

He pointed to Dingshan and Wushan and said, "These two hills are too small! The Japanese artillery doesn't need much, it can completely cover them.

You have to be careful of the Japanese artillery bombardment, and find a way to build a few bunkers that can defend against the Japanese heavy artillery.

If I were to attack these two hills, I would definitely use heavy artillery to bombard these two hills first."

Wan Shi-tong smiled bitterly, "Building bunkers that can resist heavy artillery, I can't do that for a while.

But I will let them pay attention."

Xiao Dongbei was just reminding him, he was just a squad leader, and he was separated from the regimental commander by several levels.

Staying until it was almost dark, Xiao Dongbei led the team towards the foot of Xiaoshan.

Lin Fan led most of the Special Company and had lunch in Leijia Village.

Before they had set off, they received a messenger sent by Regimental Commander Luo Yibin, delivering an order: Order the Special Company to rush to Jiangyin City.

It turned out that after the Special Company helped Regimental Commander Luo hold the position twice in a row, Regimental Commander Luo reported the situation to Division Commander He Zhi-zhong.

This kind of great victory was very encouraging at this time. Liu Xing didn't know that the Special Company had actually rushed out of Xiaoshan.

Before this, he only heard Commander Xu Kang report that he had sunk the Japanese *Yūgiri* destroyer and five torpedo boats, and severely damaged the Japanese cruiser.

Now that he knew that the Special Company was near Shangqi Town with over a thousand people, he immediately issued an order to let them support Jiangyin City.