Chapter 1 The Flames of War

Sergeant Sanshu Shunsuke watched as the flames spread from a tiny spark to a raging inferno across his artillery position.

Seeing such a massive fire, he began to panic, and so did the other Japanese soldiers in his unit.

The flames embraced the lush, green trees, as if unwilling to part, while gusts of wind rapidly blew them upwards, allowing them to climb to the tops of the massive canopies.

Soon, the canopies transformed into fiery umbrellas, and roaring flames erupted from the thick trunks below.

At this point, not only Sanshu Shunsuke's unit, but the entire artillery regiment was thrown into chaos.

They abandoned their positions. Some desperately charged towards the summit, while others discarded everything and fled. Some even managed to help the wounded wretches and drag them along.

But their struggles were futile. Their escape was no match for the fire's rapid expansion through the forest.

At times, the fireballs exploded like artillery shells, scattering flames in all directions.

Whenever this happened, no one within a twenty-meter radius of the fireball survived.

They were consumed by the sudden burst of fire, which reached temperatures of several thousand degrees. It instantly turned trees into torches and reduced the Japanese soldiers to walking infernos.

Colonel Mikawaya Naofuku, in his command post, had also witnessed the small flames grow into a massive conflagration.

His heart was filled with terror. The worst part was that he was powerless against the force of nature. He couldn't extinguish the fire, and he couldn't escape.

For secrecy, the construction of his command post had been robust, but many large trees around it had been left standing.

Now, as far as the eye could see, those trees were ablaze. Even inside the command post, he could feel the scorching heat of the inferno.

"What do we do?" Colonel Mikawaya Naofuku was frantic, pacing around the command post like an ant on a hot pan.

Although the command post was surrounded by flames, it was better than being exposed to the fire outside. Some lucky soldiers managed to escape the artillery positions and stumbled into the command post.

What could the guards at the command post do?

They couldn't possibly stop the soot-covered soldiers with burning embers on their bodies from entering the temporary shelter, could they?

And so, the once spacious command post quickly became overcrowded, with at least three hundred soldiers crammed inside Colonel Mikawaya Naofuku's artillery command center.

The already high temperature of forty degrees Celsius, combined with the heat from the fire, caused the temperature inside the command post to soar.

The high temperature accelerated the evaporation of the soldiers' sweat, releasing every soldier's unique aroma.

The smells squeezed out of them – sweat, body odor, the stench of fear-induced excrement – mingled in the command post, assaulting every soldier's nostrils.

But that wasn't the worst part. Even worse were the soldiers who arrived late, trapped at the entrance, slowly roasting in the heat. The smell of burning flesh wafted into every soldier's nose, and they all knew exactly what it was.

When the fire first broke out at the artillery position, they were still able to communicate with the rear.

Colonel Mikawaya Naofuku was still reporting to Division Commander Fujie Keisuke, saying that everything was under control and that the artillery regiment could contain the minor fire.

But by the time the command post was packed with soldiers, and Colonel Mikawaya Naofuku was desperately requesting reinforcements from the rear, the fire had already severed the phone lines.

Watching the black smoke rising from the hillside where the artillery regiment was stationed, and hearing the static from the receiver, Division Commander Fujie Keisuke once again felt a sense of foreboding: the artillery regiment had been annihilated.

His good premonitions had never been accurate, but his bad ones always came true.

At the Japanese artillery position, all the exposed soldiers had fallen to the ground, unable to move. They either died from the direct flames or were suffocated by the smoke from the burning trees.

Only in the colonel's command post did a group of terrified soldiers remain. They started out agitated, but as the fire on the hillside intensified and the oxygen dwindled, their agitation diminished until the command post fell completely silent.

The Second Regiment, launching the attack, was unaware of the situation on the hillside. Liu Laopao and the soldiers of the Second Regiment could only see the thick smoke rising in the distance.

This had little impact on them. Companies One through Five, the teams assigned to attack, had already begun their assault on the Japanese position.

Ahead of them, Zhu Qingmao led a group of ground-attack aircraft, strafing the Japanese positions on the ridge.

The company commanders of the Japanese Third Infantry Battalion, defending the Meishuling line, looked grim, recognizing the familiar pattern.

Artillery bombardment, air strikes, infantry charge!

This pattern had always been their specialty. Now, the tables had turned. They were defending, and the Special Forces were attacking.

And the Special Forces were using the same tactic: artillery bombardment, air strikes, infantry charge.

Company Commander Koaji Asahi grimly crouched in the trenches, which had been forcibly built by thousands of laborers.

Originally, they were extremely sturdy, but the Special Forces' rocket artillery had reduced them to rubble.

He crouched in the ruined trenches, commanding his decimated troops to resist.

In the past, whenever these Japanese soldiers discussed the fighting ability of the Chinese soldiers, they always described them as "cannon fodder," expressing their contempt and believing that those Chinese soldiers were not worthy of being soldiers.

Today, as Company Commander Koaji Asahi's company endured the overwhelming artillery bombardment, he finally understood what it felt like to be on the receiving end.

During the bombardment, there was nothing the company could do but pray for it to end quickly. This sense of helplessness had a devastating impact on the morale of the entire company.

After the bombardment ended, they faced even more desperate air strikes.

At the same time, the Special Forces soldiers began their charge from afar. At this point, the Japanese soldiers in Company Commander Koaji Asahi's company no longer had any desire to fight.

Many of them had already dropped their weapons, trying to flee to the rear during the lulls in the air strikes.

Company Commander Koaji Asahi waved his pistol, forcing several soldiers from the company headquarters to form an execution squad. Any soldier who retreated would be shot.

After the execution squad killed three soldiers, they finally stemmed the company's rout.

At this point, the First Company, charging forward, was less than a hundred meters away.

Company Commander Shi Junxia loudly ordered the company, "Fire! Shoot!"

His company was at full strength with one hundred and eighty-four soldiers, and after the bombardment and air strikes, less than a hundred soldiers were able to fight.

Now, these fewer than a hundred soldiers began fighting for their lives, firing at the approaching First Company without thinking.

Company Commander Shi Junxia, seeing the fierce Japanese fire, resorted to the same old tactic: pushing six earthen tanks in front to block the bullets, while using their firepower to suppress the Japanese.

The rest of the company followed behind the earthen tanks, slowly advancing.

This method of fighting was acceptable to the Japanese. Company Commander Koaji Asahi finally breathed a sigh of relief. This kind of battle was still under control, and he was confident he could repel this attack by the Special Forces.

Just as he exhaled, the low hum of aircraft engines returned.

The ground-attack aircraft that had just flown away turned around and once again poured endless streams of bullets onto his position.

The first time the aircraft strafed the Japanese position, the Japanese soldiers could still scatter and hide. Now, they were all sprawled in the trenches, desperately trying to stop the First Company's charge.

The ground-attack aircraft swept across them from left to right, directly mowing them down.

Not only did the Japanese machine guns fall silent, but even the Japanese rifles fell silent. Many of them had been struck by bullets from the air.

The few soldiers who were fortunate enough not to be hit scrambled for cover, trying to avoid the aerial attacks.

After all, the aerial attacks were the most immediate threat, and the Special Forces soldiers who were charging were still several dozen meters away.

The Japanese soldiers knew that if the charging soldiers reached them, they would not fare well.

But before that, they had to stay alive to see that moment!

Company Commander Koaji Asahi once again miraculously escaped the hail of bullets unscathed.

He looked at the soldiers of his company on the line, many of them sprawled in the trenches, pools of blood flowing beneath them.

These soldiers had all insisted on suppressing the charging Special Forces soldiers, and they had been firing at the First Company until their last breath.

These soldiers had died the quickest. They were lined up on the trenches, and for the ground-attack aircraft that swept overhead, they were perfectly aligned targets.

Seeing that there were no living soldiers in fighting positions in the entire company, he saw a soldier squatting in the trench, hugging his head and crying, his shoulders still shaking.

There were more than ten soldiers like that. The only soldiers in Company Commander Koaji Asahi's company who could still fight were these cowards.

The brave soldiers had all been killed in the air strikes.

Without the Japanese suppressing fire, Company Commander Shi Junxia loudly ordered, "Charge!"

"Charge!" The soldiers of the First Company, led by their company commander, all stood up and charged towards the Japanese position.

Less than a hundred meters away, even with the uphill assault, the First Company had charged into the Japanese trenches in less than twenty seconds.

Company Commander Koaji Asahi had not yet recovered from the air strikes. He waved his pistol and charged in front of Sergeant Sakagami Shoma, who was still crying in the trench.

Sergeant Sakagami Shoma was a very promising soldier. Company Commander Koaji Asahi usually admired him very much.

Because he was a soldier who had just dropped out of his second year at Kyoto University and volunteered to join the war of aggression here.

After Sergeant Sakagami Shoma arrived at Company Commander Koaji Asahi's company, he worked very hard in all kinds of training. Not only did he complete his daily training tasks, but he also often took the initiative to increase his training volume. His various tactical skills were the best in the entire company.

Even many veteran soldiers who had been fighting for more than ten years could not compare to him. Company Commander Koaji Asahi had been waiting for the squad leader under him to be killed in action so that he could let Sergeant Sakagami Shoma fill the position.

But now, this Sergeant Sakagami Shoma had disappointed him. He rushed to Sergeant Sakagami Shoma in a few steps, kicked him, and sent him sprawling.

At the same time, Company Commander Koaji Asahi loudly ordered, "Get up! Pick up your weapon and fire forward!"

Sergeant Sakagami Shoma, who had always been very obedient, had now collapsed. He raised his face, covered in smoke and dirt, and shouted at the company commander, "I'm going to die! We're going to die! We're all going to die! The whole empire is going to die!"

He had collapsed, saying things that he would never have dared to think of normally. Company Commander Koaji Asahi did not hesitate, and with a casual shot, fired at his head.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and Sergeant Sakagami Shoma finally calmed down. He fell to the ground, unable to say anything more that would disturb the morale of the troops.

Company Commander Koaji Asahi had to shoot him, otherwise, how could the entire company fight if he was allowed to continue saying such things?

The other soldiers who were squatting in the middle of the trench with their heads in their hands suddenly reacted when they heard the gunshot.

Seeing the company commander in front of Sakagami Shoma, his face ferocious, waving his pistol at them, and loudly ordering, "Pick up your weapons immediately! Fire! Fire at the enemy!"

Company Commander Koaji Asahi thought that his voice was full of power, but the other soldiers did not draw strength from him, but instead heard the despair in his voice. Da Feng Novel Network

Even so, the last dozen or so soldiers in Company Commander Koaji Asahi's company picked up their weapons, preparing to continue fighting.

At this time, Company Commander Shi Junxia had already led the First Company to charge up. One by one, the Special Forces soldiers stood on the trenches, towering high, their figures looking incomparably tall.

They charged towards the dozen or so soldiers who were still in the trenches. These soldiers did not dare to resist at all. Shouting words with unknown meaning, they threw away their weapons and turned to run.

Seeing that the soldiers under his command were so frightened that they were scurrying away, Company Commander Koaji Asahi could not muster the slightest thought of resistance. The pistol that had just sent Sakagami Shoma on his way quickly aimed at his own head.

"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out. At the last moment, he was still thinking of maintaining his dignity. Company Commander Koaji Asahi committed suicide.

The First Company's attack was very smooth. In this battle to attack the main peak of Meishuling, not even one person was injured, and they had already captured a position guarded by an entire company.

In fact, the Second Company's attack on Height 303 on the flank was also very smooth.

Defending this height was the Third Battalion's Nishikawa Jiro Company. The soldiers of his company all hid in the company commander's command post during the bombardment.

This resulted in very few casualties in the Nishikawa Jiro Company during the bombardment. In the subsequent air strikes, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro saw the Special Forces infantry charging towards his position from afar.

He had no choice but to send out the Kokozure Takumi squad to rush out of the bunker and go to the trenches in front, ready to snipe the Second Company that was charging up.

The more than fifty soldiers of the Kokozure Takumi squad had just rushed out of the bunker when they were attacked by the ground-attack aircraft.

Qi Angran, who was operating the aircraft, strafed all the way from the main position and saw that there were the fewest soldiers on this position.

Now, seeing these soldiers pop out of the ground, he immediately strafed them fiercely and rewarded them with three consecutive shells.

The soldiers of the Kokozure Takumi squad silently endured all the bullets and shells that Qi Angran fired down. The entire squad suffered more than half casualties in an instant.

By the time they entered the position, they immediately felt that their strength was insufficient. Even so,

Squad Leader Kokozure Takumi still gave priority to the soldiers to set up heavy machine guns, fire light machine guns, and fire grenade launchers.

Although there were only twenty or so soldiers left in his squad, they still managed to put on a show of force.

Although at this time, the Second Company, which was in charge of the attack, was still two hundred meters away from the Japanese position under the leadership of Company Commander Xuan Yiren.

This did not affect Squad Leader Kokozure Takumi's arrangement of a firepower network, trying to stop the attacking troops two hundred meters away.

Facing the Japanese attack, Company Commander Xuan Yiren immediately ordered, "Artillery! Heavy machine guns! Rockets! Bombard them all!"

Two Type 92 infantry guns, three forty-millimeter rocket launchers, and six heavy machine guns immediately fired at the Japanese fire points.

It was obvious that the Second Company's firepower was completely incomparable to that of the Kokozure Takumi squad. As soon as the Second Company opened fire,

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro, who was still watching the battle in the command post, realized that one squad was simply not enough to withstand the powerful firepower of the opposite side.

He had no choice but to send out all the soldiers in the entire company, even though the firepower of the entire company could not compare to that of the attacking troops.

But what else could he do? For the time being, he could only send out all his troops. At the same time, he called Battalion Commander Fujita Yoshio, requesting the battalion commander to immediately send artillery support to his position and send more infantry support.

At this time, he did not know that there was no more artillery support on the entire Mount Huo defense line.

In fact, since the battle had just begun, the calls for help to Battalion Commander Fujita Yoshio had not stopped. This made it very difficult for him to handle: was the front line really unable to hold on, or had the commanders on the front line misjudged the situation? Why were they all requesting support at the same time?

What could he do in the face of so many requests for help?

It was impossible to satisfy all of them. The entire Fujita Battalion was defending five heights, and it had already sent five infantry companies to defend each height. The only mobile force left under his command was the two hundred soldiers in the battalion headquarters.

The battle had only just begun, and Battalion Commander Fujita Yoshio did not want to indulge his company commanders. He sternly ordered each company to hold on, persevere, and try their best to resist the Special Forces' attack.

He guaranteed fairness to all the companies and did not send reinforcements to any of them. His reserve team was not that he did not want to send them out, but that he wanted to send them out when the battle had truly reached a fever pitch.

The soldiers of the Kokozure Takumi squad had just entered the position and fired for less than a minute.

Heavy machine gunner Mito Torataro had already been blown away, along with his assistant gunner and the heavy machine gun, all flying into the sky.

Sergeant Matsushita Taiyu, who had just fired a grenade, dared not continue to operate the grenade launcher.

Two grenade launcher operators not far from him had been killed, leaving him the only one left in the entire squad.

The Chinese soldiers on the opposite side were too brutal!

They were so brutal that the soldiers of the entire Kokozure Takumi squad did not dare to fire their guns.

The Special Forces infantry on the opposite side were still two hundred meters away. At this time, the shooting effect was not very good.

The surviving soldiers of the Kokozure Takumi squad comforted themselves in this way. They buried their heads deeply, hid in the trenches, and did not let the Special Forces soldiers down the hillside discover them.

At this time, they did not even think about discovering the Special Forces soldiers charging down the hillside. They only wanted to wait a while, wait until they charged closer, and then suddenly show their heads and give them a fierce blow, repelling this charging team in one fell swoop.

Just at this time, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro had led the entire company out of the bunker and rushed into the front line battlefield.

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro's method of fighting was obviously the same as the ironclad one just now by Squad Leader Kokozure Takumi.

As soon as he led the soldiers of the entire company into the trenches, he immediately issued the order to fire. This time, their firepower was even more powerful than just now with one squad.

Just at this time, the ground-attack aircraft that had just clearly flown past slowly flew over from another direction.

Although his speed was slow, the fire tongues emitted from the four machine guns under the wings were not slow at all.

These fire tongues were like four fiery red chains, constantly locking onto the soldiers' bodies and reaping their lives.

At this time, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro's heart was filled with remorse: I should have thought of it.

I should have thought that since they had been here once, they would come again countless times.

It was just that his remorse was of no use now. The soldiers of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company were completely exposed to Chen Angran's air strikes.

The hail of bullets fired by the four machine guns at the same time was something that the soldiers of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company could not withstand.

These soldiers cried out in panic, running wildly in the trenches, trying to find a place to hide and avoid the fiery red chains that were hooking their souls.

It was just that all their struggles were futile. The soldiers of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company could only try their luck. Some soldiers were lucky enough to escape from the dense hail of bullets.

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro was one of them. He looked at the corpses of soldiers everywhere in the trenches. Those soldiers who had just been alive and kicking were now lying on the trenches, revealing bullet holes, from which gurgled blood, which looked so black in the sun.

It was like Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro's face now. He looked at the tragic situation in the trenches and then looked at the Second Company soldiers who were charging quickly down the hillside.

He had no choice but to loudly order, "Defend! Defend! Shoot! Shoot!"

The plane had only strafed them once, and at least half of the soldiers in his company had died.

There were also many soldiers who were injured and lying in the trenches, wailing. This wailing sound forced Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro to send a platoon of soldiers to rescue them, bandage their wounds haphazardly, and carry them into his command post.

In this way, only one squad of soldiers in the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company was still able to fight.

Even so, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro was still ordering the soldiers to hold on. He told all the soldiers a lie: Battalion Commander Fujita had already sent a company and was on the way to reinforce them, and would be able to arrive on the battlefield in just five minutes.

"Five minutes! You only need to hold on for five more minutes, and you will be able to wait for reinforcements from the rear." Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro said with certainty.

After saying this a few times, he himself had the illusion that the battalion commander had really said this and had sent a reinforcement team.

Squad Leader Yamada Takumi said with a sob, "But! We have only just entered the position for less than a minute!

Half of our brave warriors have been killed in one minute. How can we fight this kind of battle?"

His words expressed the feelings of all the soldiers in the Nishikawa Jiro Company: Yes! In one minute, half of the entire company had been killed. How could they continue to hold on for five minutes?

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro looked at Squad Leader Yamada Takumi angrily and roared, "Just now, the Special Forces' plane came to strafe us. Their plane has already passed. It will not come again.

Without the help of the plane, don't say five minutes, even if we hold on until dark, we will have no problem at all."

Squad Leader Yamada Takumi still wanted to say something, but was stared at by Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro's angry eyes. He finally did not dare to say anything. From the company commander's eyes, he clearly saw that as long as he said something more that would disturb the morale of the troops, the company commander would immediately execute military discipline.

The more this was the case, the clearer Squad Leader Yamada Takumi was in his heart: today, the entire Nishikawa Company had encountered a hurdle that they could not overcome.

Otherwise, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro would not be as calm as he was now and would be afraid of the truth.

There was not only one sober person like Squad Leader Yamada Takumi on the battlefield. Those soldiers who had been through many battles, of course, could also analyze from the current situation: the entire Nishikawa Company's future was worrying.

The probability was that these soldiers would not be able to survive, and of course, this position could not be held.

Since this was the case, why not abandon the position now!

Many soldiers were looking around, trying to find an inconspicuous corner and then slip away quietly.

As for the punishment, that would have to wait until Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro had the life to go back.

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro clearly discovered the meaning of these soldiers, and he immediately ordered, "Uchimura Haruto! Lead the guards to act as a death squad! Anyone who dares to retreat! Kill! Anyone who looks around! Kill! Anyone who deserts before the battle! Kill! Anyone who does not fire at the enemy! Kill!"

He shouted four kills in a row, and the soldiers of the Kamishikawa Jiro Company were frightened at once.

These four must-kill orders were completely contrary to Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro's usual amiable image.

Sergeant Uchimura Haruto was just a guard in his company. The commander of the guards in the Nishikawa Jiro Company had already died in the air strike just now.

Sergeant Uchimura Haruto, who had suddenly been promoted on the battlefield, immediately rushed out, and his Type 38 rifle immediately fired at a soldier.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and a soldier fell back. Sergeant Uchimura Haruto roared, "Anyone who looks around! Kill!"

The soldier who had just died was the one who was lying on the edge of the trench, looking around, seemingly looking for an escape route, and was immediately executed by Sergeant Uchimura Haruto.

Now, all the soldiers of the Nishikawa Jiro Company who had been lucky enough to survive no longer dared to look around or move around. They could only look in one direction: the direction of the Second Company's attack in front of them.

Just at this time, there was another "Bang!" in the trenches of the Nishikawa Jiro Company, and then Sergeant Uchimura Haruto's voice rang out again:

"Anyone who does not fire at the enemy! Kill!"

In fact, at this time, most of the soldiers had just fallen to the side of the trench and were looking for targets.

Hearing Sergeant Uchimura Haruto's roar, they no longer cared about finding targets, and they did not care about such precise work as aiming.

Fire first, then aim! Otherwise, Sergeant Uchimura Haruto's next shot would not know when it would hit their heads.

The sound of "Ping Pong Pang Pang" began to ring out, and the heavy machine guns also fired.

Hearing these gunshots, which were so dense, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro finally smiled with satisfaction: This Sergeant Uchimura Haruto was ruthless and ruthless, and it was indeed effective to use him as an execution team.

These soldiers in the entire company were too uncooperative, and they only knew how to fire after the military law had been executed.

On the entire defense line of the Nishikawa Jiro Company, all the soldiers were firing. They were all firing one after another, for fear that they would be too slow and be executed by Sergeant Uchimura Haruto.

These soldiers had to maintain their firing speed, and they did not care about the accuracy at all.

This made Xuan Yiren, the company commander of the Second Company, who was attacking, a little confused: The soldiers on the position were fighting very fiercely, and most of the bullets were flying into the air. There were very few bullets that the entire Second Company encountered during the charge.

Were these soldiers sleeper agents who were lurking in the enemy's ranks?

This thought only flashed through his mind. Taking advantage of the Japanese's perfunctory sniping, Company Commander Xuan Yiren shouted, "Charge!"

He personally rushed to the back of the six earthen tanks and hid behind these shields, quickly rushing towards the Japanese on the hillside.

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro watched with fire in his eyes as the attacking team on the hillside had rushed to within a hundred meters, but he did not see any of them falling down.

His heart was filled with fear, and he could not help but look at the soldiers under his command. They were all very skilled in firing their guns, and the frequency of firing was also very fast.

It was just that the threat to the attacking team was not high. What was going on?

While Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro was thinking, the charging Second Company was less than fifty meters away from his position.

At this time, the heavy machine guns of the Nishikawa Company were once again hit twice in a row by the rocket launchers that had rushed close.

Their heavy machine gun firepower points were all gone. Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro had no choice but to order, "Fix bayonets! Prepare for close combat!"

The firepower of the attacking team on the opposite side was too powerful. All the heavy firepower of his company had been wiped out. In this situation, only bayonet combat was the fairest thing for these soldiers.

When Company Commander Xuan Yiren led the Second Company to charge to within twenty meters of the Japanese position, he heard the Japanese shout in unison, jump out of the trenches, and charge towards him with their gleaming bayonets.

The six heavy machine guns of the Second Company were rapidly advancing and were constantly strafing.

These soldiers charged extremely fast. In a few seconds, the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company paid the price of another dozen or so soldiers and had already charged into the ranks of the Second Company.

At this time, the Second Company was still fully equipped and fully staffed. A team of more than one hundred and seventy people was facing the charge of more than forty soldiers. With a four-to-one advantage, it was completely a one-sided crushing.

In fact, for the current Special Forces, they were not afraid of bayonet combat even with a one-to-two advantage.

Since the start of the war, the Special Forces soldiers had been training for longer and longer periods of time. Whether it was assassination skills, physical fitness, or marksmanship, they had made great progress compared to the beginning.

On the other hand, the Japanese infantry, the first batch of elite soldiers they sent to the battlefield, had consumed more than 60%.

The more elite the Japanese divisions were, the fewer elite soldiers they had survived. Now, most of these Japanese soldiers were recruits who had been supplemented from the country and had not been trained.

These soldiers were all relying on the propaganda they had received in the country, and they were fighting with a surge of blood and courage.

When these soldiers were fighting a favorable battle, they became more and more courageous. When they were fighting against a well-equipped and high-spirited team like the Special Forces, their only courage had been completely exhausted in the artillery bombardment.

Now, they were able to stay on the battlefield without running away, completely out of fear of military law. At this time, let them come up to fight with the Second Company?

These soldiers did not dare to run away, but they were not willing to rush to the front to fight. As a result, an embarrassing scene appeared for Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro.

He had actually become the Japanese soldier who was rushing to the front of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company, and there was not a single soldier following him for at least three meters. Sergeant Uchimura Haruto was not following him either. He was walking at the back of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company, faithfully performing his duty as a death squad.

Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro, who was charging in the front, did not create a miracle. He charged alone into the ranks of the Second Company, and what awaited him was Company Commander Xuan Yiren's bayonet, as well as the bayonets of the other two soldiers in the same row as Company Commander Xuan.

Three bayonets, Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro did not dodge any of them. He tried in vain to parry these bayonets that were stabbing over, but he did not succeed.

In this way, the soldiers of the Nishikawa Jiro Company watched their company commander die before their eyes.

As soon as Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro died, the dozens of soldiers in the entire company who were charging immediately scattered like birds and beasts. This time, even Sergeant Uchimura Haruto was unable to continue to perform his duty as a death squad. He put aside the four must-kill orders that he had shouted so loudly just now and turned around to run.

Sergeant Uchimura Haruto, as the captain of the death squad, was at the back of the team. When he turned around to run, he had a natural advantage. He was running at the front of the escape team of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company.

Just as Sergeant Uchimura Haruto was running fast, "Bang! Bang! Bang!" Continuous gunshots came from behind.

These bullets all hit Sergeant Uchimura Haruto, causing his pace, which was running so smoothly, to stagger all of a sudden.

Sergeant Uchimura Haruto struggled to turn his head around and was shocked to find that these gunshots were not fired by the soldiers of the Second Company, but by the soldiers of the Nishikawa Jiro Company who were running away.

The entire Nishikawa Jiro Company hated this Sergeant Uchimura Haruto who had just become proud of himself. Now, even if they died, they wanted to let him die first.

Just now, these soldiers of their own wanted to escape, but this Sergeant Uchimura Haruto who was proud of himself had actually shot two soldiers in a row, cutting off all the soldiers' thoughts. They did not even dare to look back.

As soon as the company commander had died, this Sergeant Uchimura Haruto had escaped, and he was even faster than all the soldiers.

Therefore, there were several soldiers in the Nishikawa Jiro Company who were running away who fired at Sergeant Uchimura Haruto from behind.

It was not just one soldier who was firing. Several soldiers were firing. Just as Sergeant Uchimura Haruto turned his head to look over, there were still several soldiers who shot him in the face.

Sergeant Uchimura Haruto fell down in unwillingness. Soon, his body was trampled over by the soldiers who were running away.

In fact, there was not only one soldier, Sergeant Uchimura Haruto, who was appointed by Company Commander Nishikawa Jiro to be the death squad. It was just that he was too ruthless, and the other soldiers of the death squad had completely become decorations.

It was precisely because of this that just now, when Sergeant Uchimura Haruto was shot in the back, the other death squad soldiers just vigilantly held their rifles and stopped their precious escape steps, staring at the other soldiers with fierce eyes.

Their eyes seemed to be saying, "Come on! Hurt each other!"

Just now, the soldiers who had killed Sergeant Uchimura Haruto did not have the idea of completely killing off the entire death squad. There were many soldiers now, and these soldiers completely ignored the death squad's stance of being ready for anything. They continued to escape.

This was an attitude. The death squad soldiers immediately understood. They reached a tacit understanding with the other soldiers. Everyone, you don't hit me, and I don't care about you. Let's all work hard to escape!

The soldiers' thoughts were very ideal, but in reality, things rarely went as they wished.

They had temporarily reached a unified opinion internally. All the soldiers were working together to escape.

It was just that Xuan Yiren, the company commander of the Second Company, and all the officers and soldiers of the Second Company who were chasing behind them did not let them go at all.

From the first day that the Special Forces soldiers joined the team, they had always been receiving the teachings of their predecessors: Run! Run more! Practice running more in peacetime, so that when fighting, the Japanese soldiers cannot catch up with you when you retreat! When chasing the Japanese soldiers, don't let them run away!

Now was the time to not let the Japanese soldiers run away. None of the soldiers of the entire Nishikawa Jiro Company escaped. They were completely annihilated by the Second Company on the position!

Hu Die Lan