Chapter 1 After Receiving the Order

Teng Jiang Huifu, the division commander, accepted the order to retake the counties of Shucheng, Tongcheng, Lujiang, Qianshan, and Taihu.

He had been stationed in Huoshan, commanding the Sixteenth Division to divide its forces into two groups.

The first target was the nearest counties of Shucheng and Tongcheng.

The report he received yesterday left Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu deeply disappointed with Kusakiba Akito, the brigade commander of the Nineteenth Infantry Brigade.

A whole brigade, a full eight infantry battalions,

Ambushed and losing three infantry battalions' worth of troops,

And still not knowing who the attackers were,

Not even knowing their unit designation.

This was utterly disappointing!

Fortunately, he had another infantry brigade under his command. Brigade Commander Sasaki Yuto was someone he could rely on.

Steady, brave, and always putting himself in an invulnerable position,

Before launching a fatal strike against the enemy.

Yesterday, after receiving intelligence about the Nineteenth Brigade being ambushed,

He immediately reacted: the entire brigade focused on defense,

Dispatching a large number of reconnaissance teams to ensure the brigade's safety.

Such a brigade commander was worthy of being entrusted with greater responsibilities.

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu had thought this way until he received the report from the front on the morning of the thirtieth.

When he saw the intelligence report sent by Sasaki Yuto's brigade,

He thought it must be a victory report from the front.

"I didn't expect Brigade Commander Sasaki Yuto to send out a team to attack overnight,

And capture Tongcheng so quickly.

Excellent! Very clever command artistry!

Using the element of surprise, that's how it's done."

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu hadn't even opened the report in his hand yet,

His mind was already filled with fantasies, giving Sasaki Yuto's brigade a perfect score in advance.

Then, he opened the file, and after only one glance,

The folder in his hand fell to the ground.

His hands frantically propped himself on the table,

His body slumped backward.

Fortunately, the adjutant who delivered the intelligence was quick-witted and quick-handed,

Stepping forward and grabbing the division commander,

Preventing him from falling to the ground.

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu quickly steadied himself,

Not collapsing.

He didn't say much else, only giving a simple order:

"Pick up the file. I didn't see it clearly just now."

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu was somewhat unwilling to believe it,

He thought he had eaten too much seafood last night,

And his eyes were playing tricks on him.

It seemed that age was catching up with him!

When he was young, he could eat three or five abalones in one night without any problems.

Last night, he only had two,

And his eyes were already blurry this morning.

He had to be more restrained in the future.

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu secretly made a vow to himself.

At this moment, the folder was once again presented before him.

He carefully took it,

And opened it!

This time, his heart clenched again:

It wasn't that his eyes were playing tricks on him,

Proving that he was still as sharp as ever!

But Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu would have preferred it if his eyes were deceiving him.

Inside the folder was only a telegram:

"Starting at 5:00 AM, my brigade's three garrisons were simultaneously subjected to heavy artillery bombardment by the National Army.

In less than an hour, all three garrisons were bombarded with more than two hundred large-caliber shells.

The Thirtieth Brigade suffered more than seven hundred shells in less than an hour,

Casualties are roughly estimated to have reached four thousand three hundred devils.

Attached to the report were the locations of the three bombarded garrisons."

Earlier, Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu's attention was only on the four thousand three hundred devils who were casualties,

Which caused him to lose his composure and fall.

Now, seeing the data of four thousand three hundred devils killed and wounded again,

His heart still ached so much that he couldn't breathe.

This was four battalions, half the strength of a brigade, wiped out.

But he was, after all, a devil division commander,

Controlling his emotions was a basic skill.

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu solemnly held the telegram,

And walked into the staff headquarters, ordering his staff officers to mark the locations of the attacks on Sasaki Yuto's brigade on the map.

He also requested the locations where Kusakiba Akito's brigade had been bombarded,

And marked them on the map as well.

This time, he truly valued and confirmed:

The National Army must have left a heavy artillery regiment in this area.

His current goal was to find and annihilate this artillery regiment first.

Otherwise, weapons that could bombard from more than ten kilometers away,

Were simply too terrifying.

The staff officers of the Sixteenth Division constantly questioned the Nineteenth Brigade and the Thirtieth Brigade about the situation during the bombardment.

Including the direction from which the shells came during the bombardment,

The power of the shells,

How deep and wide the craters were,

And the differences in crater sizes in different soil types.

Were there any unexploded duds on the battlefield?

In fact, the most direct and best evidence for such an investigation,

Was to find a dud shell,

Or to find shrapnel with written markings on the shell casing.

Just like when the National Army accused the Americans of selling shells to the devils,

They directly presented shrapnel found on the battlefield with the letters "USA" printed on it,

Conclusive evidence!

But this time, the devils of the Sixteenth Division were disappointed,

They didn't find a single dud shell,

Which could only mean that the quality control of the shells used by the attacking force was excellent.

There were already over a thousand shells,

And not a single defective product.

Another thing that drove the devils of the Sixteenth Division's staff headquarters crazy:

The search for shrapnel with written markings,

Also yielded no clues from the front.

They reported that the largest piece of shrapnel they could find in the blast area was only the size of two fingernails!

Most of the shrapnel was actually only the size of one fingernail.

The devils had been fighting for so many years,

Of course, they knew what it meant to be able to make all the shrapnel this small.

"Is this a new type of shell produced by some country?" was the common question among these devils.

"Baga! Germany! It must be the Germans,

Only they have such technology and capability.

Even the Americans can't do this."

Chief of Staff Nakazawa Mitsuo of the Sixteenth Division said through gritted teeth.

Of course, the Americans' shells couldn't do this,

Otherwise, the fact that they were sending shells to the devils for combat wouldn't have been exposed.

After an American shell exploded, there were plenty of palm-sized pieces of shrapnel.

After a shell exploded, it could evenly form nail-sized fragments,

Which was equivalent to greatly increasing the power of the shell.

Like the American palm-sized shrapnel, one piece could turn into dozens or hundreds of fragments,

The surrounding enemies would be threatened from a single point,

To being attacked in a three-dimensional, all-around manner,

The increase in power was not just a little bit.

The devils suspected that these shells were sold by the Germans,

But they couldn't find any evidence.

The number of shell craters could be measured.

Through comparison, it could be believed that these were left behind after the explosion of 150mm shells.

Now, the Sixteenth Division could confirm:

The two brigades in front had been bombarded by 150mm cannons.

However, regarding how many such heavy artillery regiments were at the front,

The devil staff officers had different opinions:

There were only two main opinions:

One believed that there was only one heavy artillery regiment on the other side,

And both yesterday's and today's bombardments came from the same artillery regiment.

The other opinion believed:

The National Army had at least two artillery regiments,

Or even more.

Because whether traveling or fighting, 150mm cannons,

Required a lot of time.

And considering the time, and the fact that the two attacked locations were nearly a hundred li apart,

This was basically impossible.

One artillery regiment simply couldn't complete such a task.

The devils began to argue,

Neither side had solid evidence to support their claims.

Just at this moment,

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu received another telegram.

This time, it wasn't a telegram sent by his subordinates,

Which finally allowed Teng Jiang Huifu to put his mind at ease.

The telegram was sent from Hefei Airport,

The content was short, but shocking:

"Our airport was suddenly subjected to heavy artillery bombardment by the National Army,

Sixty-four planes on the tarmac,

Were all destroyed!

All airport facilities were razed to the ground,

The aviation squadron and the airport guard squadron suffered eighty percent casualties.

Also: Communication with Hefei has been cut off!"

What did this mean?

You're far away in Hefei, what does it mean to send me a telegram about the airport being attacked?

Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu waved the telegram in his hand.

The group of devils who had just supported the idea that the National Army had only one heavy artillery regiment immediately said:

"They only have one heavy artillery regiment, and if they can get from Shucheng to Hefei overnight,

They can definitely get from Shucheng to Tongcheng!"

The other staff officer looked at him with the eyes of an idiot:

"Hefei Airport, more than a hundred li away, was hit by heavy artillery bombardment,

And at the same time, the Thirtieth Brigade was also bombarded,

Do they still only have one heavy artillery regiment?"

Chief of Staff Nakazawa Mitsuo waved his hand:

"The National Army has at least three heavy artillery regiments operating in this area,

They're deploying so many troops here,

What do they want to do?"

This was the most important question at the moment!

The devils of the Sixteenth Division hadn't had time to consider this question,

When many telegrams came over.

Telegrams were constantly delivered to Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu.

His face grew increasingly ugly,

And his hands began to tremble again.

This time, the adjutant who had experience supporting him last time,

Immediately stood by his side,

Ready to catch the division commander who was about to collapse at any moment.

This time, Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu steadied himself:

As long as it wasn't his division that had an accident,

Anything else, no matter how big, was fine.

But this time, the matter was indeed a bit big:

The telegram sent from the China Expeditionary Army Headquarters said:

"Hefei has been occupied by a unit of the Special Operations Brigade.

The news comes from devils planted as intelligence agents in Hefei City.

According to reports: The entire Winterono Yusuke squadron defending the city was honorably destroyed,

The entire puppet army brigade defending the city surrendered."

The China Expeditionary Army Headquarters described the situation in Hefei in such detail,

Of course, it wasn't just to let the Sixteenth Division know the situation.

Commander Yan Junliu of the China Expeditionary Army ordered: "The Sixteenth Division will temporarily abandon the plan to attack Tongcheng and Shucheng.

Immediately return to Hefei and retake Hefei at all costs.

This is because Hefei's geographical location is too important.

If the Special Operations Brigade is firmly entrenched in Hefei,

The Second Army will be fighting without supplies or logistics.

And also fighting while surrounded by the National Army.

This is absolutely not allowed."

If it hadn't been for the Battle of Taierzhuang,

Commander Yan Junliu of the China Expeditionary Army wouldn't have worried at all.

Now, it was different,

Although the National Army's troops were not very effective in combat most of the time,

But when they suddenly erupted,

Their combat power was still very considerable.

What frustrated the devils was that they didn't know when the National Army's next eruption would be,

Or which troop would suddenly erupt.

After all, there were too many warlords, large and small, in the National Army,

Dozens of warlords, and hundreds of small warlords.

Each of their troops had the potential to erupt suddenly,

And after erupting, the National Army could completely annihilate a devil division at once.

It was because of such considerations that Commander Yan Junliu of the China Expeditionary Army had such thoughts.

He was going to send the Sixteenth Division back to retake Hefei,

Open up the logistics supply channel,

And maintain the logistics line of the Second Army.

As for the small counties of Shucheng and Tongcheng,

They could be ignored for the time being.

After receiving the news that Hefei had been captured by the Special Operations Brigade, Commander Prince Higashikuninomiya Naruhiko of the Second Army

Immediately ordered the entire army to increase its offensive,

And strive to reach Wuhan as soon as possible.

He had already decided that the entire army's future supplies would be obtained from the Yangtze River.

Now, his troops were dividing into two groups,

One group departed from Lu'an, with the Third Division and the Tenth Division attacking Gushi,

The other group departed from Huoshan, with the Thirteenth Division attacking Shangcheng.

Their offensives were met with strong resistance from the National Army,

And neither offensive line was going smoothly.

Commander Prince Higashikuninomiya Naruhiko originally wanted to request air support.

Now that Hefei Airport had been completely destroyed by the Special Operations Brigade,

And the Tianzhushan Airport in Anqing had not yet been restored,

If they wanted to request air support, they could only send planes from Nanjing and Jiujiang.

But: The war, which was expected to last three months, had now lasted a full year.

The devils' reserves for the war were long gone.

Various resources were scarce, domestic factories were operating below capacity,

And too many planes had been lost during this period.

The number of planes produced domestically simply couldn't keep up with the rate at which planes were being shot down on the front lines.

In short: The planes at Jiujiang Airport and Nanjing Airport,

Couldn't be easily used.

This made Commander Prince Higashikuninomiya Naruhiko very uncomfortable.

The First Regiment completely destroyed Hefei Airport and occupied Hefei.

Although this battle didn't kill many of the devils' troops,

But after all, Hefei wasn't a county town, it was a provincial capital.

Recapturing a provincial capital from the devils had a huge impact.

Lin Fan was clear-headed, and he reported the First Regiment's newly acquired results to the Fifth War Zone,

And also reported the First Regiment's guerrilla warfare and the Sixth Regiment's bombardment of the devils this morning.

This was also the original intention of Chiang Kai-shek to send the Special Operations Brigade to hold back the devils' Second Army.

Bai Chongxi held Lin Fan's telegram in his hand,

And quickly went to the map,

Following the telegram's instructions, he planted flags representing his troops in Shucheng, Tongcheng, and Hefei.

Immediately, he had a bold idea:

The Special Operations Brigade had already formed an encirclement of the devils' Second Army from the south to the east.

If the Special Operations Brigade followed the railway and captured Shouxian,

This encirclement would be sealed shut at once.

The devils' Second Army, all four divisions, would be surrounded in the middle.

The main force of the National Army would compress the devils from west to east,

And the devils without logistical supplies,

Wouldn't be able to struggle for many days.

The devils could eat less,

And could last for a few days,

But if they didn't have supplies, and the ammunition they used couldn't be replenished.

...

Thinking of this, he immediately sent his idea and Lin Fan's telegram to the General Headquarters in Wuhan.

For the General Headquarters to decide.

Chiang Kai-shek had been really worried about defending Wuhan these days.

He had lost a lot of weight,

Looking at the Special Operations Brigade's battle report forwarded by the Fifth War Zone,

He couldn't help but smile wryly:

This Lin Fan, when it came to fighting the devils,

Was always so obedient and reassuring.

The order was only issued three days ago,

And today, Hefei had been recovered.

He also saw Bai Chongxi's accompanying plan to encircle and annihilate the devils' Second Army.

His eyes lit up, and he immediately started gesturing on the map.

He didn't need to do it himself,

He only needed to speak, and naturally, someone would start practicing on the map.

Looking at the Third Army Corps, the Second Army Group, the Seventy-first Army, and the Fifty-ninth Army in front of the devils' Second Army,

There were also 200,000 troops in total,

Although the devils also had 100,000, there were still 10,000 troops from the Special Operations Brigade behind them.

If they attacked the devils from both sides, it was really possible to succeed.

Thinking of annihilating a devil army corps at once,

Chiang Kai-shek's heart beat violently.

He was very clear that at this time, as long as they could completely annihilate a devil army corps,

And turn 100,000 devils into ashes, even if they sacrificed all 200,000 National Army troops blocking the devils,

It would still be a victory, and the entire situation of the War of Resistance would change greatly.

Thinking of what it would be like after success, Chiang Kai-shek's breathing became rapid.

To the point that the adjutant next to him was reminding him:

"Sir! Are you feeling unwell?"

"I'm fine!" Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said,

His voice was louder than ever before.

"Please ask Commander Li, Commander Bai, Commander Chen, Commander Xue, and Commander Tang to come to a military meeting at 5:00 PM."

These were the ones he was talking about, who were placed around Wuhan,

And were the most capable of fighting.

Chiang Kai-shek said to the staff officers, "Bai Chongxi's plan is still good,

But he only has one idea,

See if you can improve it and see if it's feasible?"

One person's plan is short, but many people's plans are long.

Chiang Kai-shek knew this, although he was sometimes arbitrary,

But that was also because he had listened to many plans and selected one from them.

This time was the same,

As the commander-in-chief of an army of more than two million troops,

His staff headquarters was full of talented people.

After hearing President Chiang's order,

The staff officers immediately began to deduce it.

In order to allow the commanders who were notified to attend the meeting to prepare in advance,

Chiang Kai-shek sent down the Special Operations Brigade's battle report today and the Fifth War Zone's proposal.

To allow the commanders to have some preparation in advance,

There were times when battles had flashes of inspiration,

But most of the decisions were made after careful consideration.

Plan before acting, calculate the failure before calculating the victory.

These were all the bloody lessons of countless military strategists,

The kind of desperate, all-or-nothing combat method could only be used in helpless situations.

Only when a dead horse was being treated as a live horse.

Even so, throughout the entire military history of the world, there were not many successful examples of such tactics.

There were occasionally a few successful ones, but they could only be treated as legends,

But they could not become the tactics that later generations could imitate and use,

Because there were too many failures.

Chen Sichuan was not clear:

Because he commanded the First Regiment to occupy Hefei,

It actually allowed the Fifth War Zone to formulate a grand plan,

Attempting to encircle and annihilate a devil army corps in the mountainous area north of the Dabie Mountains.

Although this army corps of devils had only just joined the sequence of attacking Wuhan,

But if they really defeated it,

With the morale of both sides rising and falling,

The devils would probably only be able to abandon the plan to occupy Wuhan.

He was completely unaware of the plan that the Fifth War Zone and the Wuhan General Headquarters were secretly plotting.

Therefore, he didn't even clear out the few remaining devils at Hefei Airport,

And focused on transferring supplies in Hefei.

After Zhang Shun had agreed with Chen Sichuan,

His men began to appear one after another half an hour later.

First, a large ship,

Chen Sichuan was happy when he saw it:

No matter how well it was said, it was better than seeing the real thing in front of him.

A 3,000-ton freighter was in front of him,

Which was reassuring.

Five hundred laborers recruited from the city,

Plus more than a thousand puppet soldiers,

A total of more than 1,700 people began to transport goods onto the ship.

Zhang Shun watched the thousand or so people under Chen Sichuan's command load the goods,

In an orderly manner, the entire transportation team was organized and efficient.

He couldn't help but sigh:

"You're so familiar with this,

You must have done a lot of big jobs like this, right?"

He believed that if this was the first time doing these things,

It definitely wouldn't be arranged so well!

Chen Sichuan said with a smile:

"It's not the first time,

The first time we robbed something from the devils,

We were also very chaotic.

At that time, everyone was rushing to move the valuable things first,

You were fighting with me,

Everyone looked very hardworking,

But it took a lot of time,

And things were moved very slowly."

"Hahaha!" Listening to Chen Sichuan's joke,

Zhang Shun laughed in cooperation.

But he was secretly on guard in his heart:

This team wasn't robbing devils for the first time!

Chen Sichuan seemed to have opened the conversation,

And continued, "But don't worry,

We don't hit our own people,

This kind of thing, after doing it once,

There will be a second and countless times.

You see our equipment,

All of it was given by the devils.

Our weapons,

Are taken from the devils,

And used on the devils!"

"Taken from the devils, and used on the devils!" Zhang Shun repeated these ten words.

Patting his thigh, he exclaimed,

"It's good to be educated!

Saying such powerful words,

Makes people feel very reasonable,

And easy to remember,

How can it be so encouraging?"

Chen Sichuan said with a smile:

"When I first started fighting the devils last year,

I didn't know how to read,

I started working with the brigade commander in October,

And that's when I started learning to read."

Zhang Shun said enviously, "Your brigade commander is really nice,

He actually taught you officers how to read!"

Chen Sichuan corrected with a smile:

"It's not teaching officers how to read!

It's teaching all the soldiers how to read,

Our team,

In the Jurong base area,

Organizes everyone to learn to read every night,

With teachers giving night classes.

And it's free!"

Zhang Shun's eyes lit up,

The look of longing was completely undisguised:

"If it wasn't for the tens of thousands of people under my command who need to make a living with me,

I would have gone to Jurong too."

Chen Sichuan flattered him, "Good man! Responsible!"

Zhang Shun sighed, "But I really want to learn to read!"

Chen Sichuan smiled, "You can't go to Jurong,

But you can ask them to go to your mountain stronghold."

Zhang Shun sighed again, "I also robbed a few teachers to go up the mountain,

Outsiders are always outsiders,

They're either thinking of ways to collude with outsiders to harm people,

Or they're making the gold and silver in the stronghold disappear,

And we can't find out how it's gone.

We only know that after we had a teacher,

The days in the stronghold are getting harder and harder,

Only the teacher is getting richer."

Looking at the big man with a sad face,

Chen Sichuan laughed heartily.

Zhang Shun was a little angry, "I think you're pleasing to the eye,

That's why I'm telling you some heartfelt words.

But you're making fun of me like this."

Chen Sichuan said, "I'm not making fun of you,

I'm making fun of us.

I used to be the same as you!

But it's different now,

You make a living on the water,

I'll help you say something,

And let Jurong send some teachers to you,

Specially responsible for teaching people to read.

They teach the children during the day,

And teach the adults at night.

You're afraid that the scholars will seek wealth and harm people,

Just don't let them manage those things.

Just let them teach and educate people."

Zhang Shun thought for a while, "How much money?"

Chen Sichuan said, "A person's monthly salary should be at least ten yuan!"

"I'll hire one! Not ten!"

Chen Sichuan said seriously:

"These ten people must be protected well.

I'm the one who made the introduction, or I'll lose face."

Zhang Shun said happily with a smile:

"Why don't you let these literate soldiers under your command come over,

They can also teach the brothers how to fight on land."

Chen Sichuan said with a smile:

"If they come over,

They have to bring weapons with them,

And it's not just ten people who are coming.

At least a company has to come,

But the salary can be waived."

Hearing that a company of soldiers was going to live in his territory for a long time,

Zhang Shun didn't say anything.

Chen Sichuan said, "When you want people, what kind of people,

Tell me when you've thought about it!"

Zhang Shun grunted and agreed, "Okay!"

He was really thinking about it: which kind of person would be better to have come over.

Mao Wenxing flew over in the plane,

He clearly saw that the devils' troops hadn't continued to advance,

But were retreating back to Huoshan.

The latest intelligence was sent to Lin Fan as soon as possible.

The general outline of guerrilla warfare: When the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance!

When the enemy is stationed, we harass them; when the enemy is in chaos, we attack!

After receiving the intelligence that the devils were retreating,

Lin Fan immediately ordered the Sixth Regiment and the Third Regiment to follow the devils.

Looking for an opportunity to give the devils some more lessons,

Accumulating small victories into big victories,

Even if you only wound one devil in a guerrilla attack,

It's still a victory!

They were starting to chase the devils!

The soldiers of the Sixth Regiment were excited.

The First Company, Second Company, and Third Company had only just retreated from the edge of the devils' garrison in the morning,

They hadn't even returned to their garrison yet.

They received orders to retrace the road they had just traveled:

Because the devils were starting to retreat,

They needed to chase after them and fight them,

And kill some more devils.

They needed to let those devils know:

The mountains and rivers here, for the enemy,

Could devour their bones.

The officers and soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade,

From the first day they joined,

Had to train running every day,

Ten-kilometer cross-country runs were common.

Every officer was saying:

"Your legs have to be strong, so the devils can't catch up when you run,

And so the devils can't escape when you chase."

Now was the time to let the devils not be able to escape.

The devils' Thirtieth Infantry Brigade,

Had only been subjected to heavy artillery attacks at dawn.

It had only been a little over an hour,

And the devils who were pressed under the collapsed bricks, tiles,

Courtyard walls, and houses on the battlefield hadn't been cleared yet.

The teams sent out to search for the heavy artillery positions hadn't made any gains.

Now, Division Commander Teng Jiang Huifu urgently ordered the Thirtieth Brigade to return to Huoshan today.

The order came too quickly and was too urgent.

Making Sasaki Yuto, the brigade commander who was still nervously cleaning up the battlefield, also anxious,

He loudly ordered:

"Clean up the battlefield in the fastest and simplest way!"

His orders were immediately carried out,

The wounded had been being sent in the direction of Huoshan since the beginning.

Now, the main problem was those corpses,

Originally, they had planned to cremate them all here,

And take the ashes back.

Now, it seemed that there was no time to cremate the corpses.

They could only do it in the fastest way: Chop off one hand of the corpse with a knife.

And use it to represent a devil.

This made transportation much easier.

That's how they dealt with the corpses that had already been piled together,

And that's how they dealt with those that were still being pressed under the walls, trees, and houses.

Most of the time, chopping off the hands only made the dull sound of bone being cut.

There were always accidents,

Squad Leader Ueda Taichi led the thirteen devils in his team,

Collecting hands along the way,

When he saw only one arm sticking out from a pile of rubble,

He could tell from the sleeve on the arm:

This was a warrior of the empire.

He must have been hiding here when he was crushed under the courtyard wall.

If it wasn't for the urgent time, they would have moved the bricks on top of the corpse,

And dug out the complete corpse.

But now that time was tight, they could only act expediently.

Squad Leader Ueda Taichi reverently,

Raised his sword and chopped it down.

A shrill howl came from inside the collapsed courtyard wall,

The sound was muffled, painful, and sounded like someone was about to die.

The arm that had been severed from the wrist,

Was gushing blood outward,

And was still trying to pull itself back into the courtyard wall.

The thirteen devils looked at each other,

They were a little at a loss!

Squad Leader Ueda Taichi calmly picked up the hand on the ground:

"Resurrection! Did you see that?

This is the indomitable spirit of a warrior,

Fortunately, these bricks are pressing him down.

Otherwise, we would be in danger today!"

After saying that, he continued to walk forward,

In the same courtyard wall, less than two meters ahead,

There was another hand.

One of the devils asked, "Should we bandage his wrist?"

All the devils could see clearly:

The devil whose wrist had been severed,

Was unable to pull his arm back in,

Then the blood on his wrist would continue to flow,

And he would really become a corpse soon.

Squad Leader Ueda Taichi looked deeply at the devil who spoke:

"Why don't you go dig him out?"

As he spoke, the sword in his hand chopped down again.

This time, nothing happened,

And there was no resurrection.

He calmly picked up the hand and threw it into a cloth bag.

Without saying anything,

He continued to walk towards the next hand.

Of course, Ueda Taichi's squad wasn't the only one to encounter such things.

Brigade Commander Sasaki Yuto also knew in his heart:

In this situation, this was the only thing they could do.

War would ultimately pay some necessary and unnecessary costs.

"As long as I'm not paying the price!"

Squad Leader Ueda Taichi was also thinking this:

Accidental injuries on the battlefield were unavoidable,

These devils who had only just arrived on the battlefield,

Didn't understand this at all.

As long as they didn't accidentally injure themselves.

In comparison, this retreat of the Nineteenth Brigade was much more leisurely.

They had been attacked yesterday,

And the cleanup of the battlefield and the disposal of devil corpses had already been completed.

When they received the order to retreat,

The team started running back in less than half an hour.

The devils' retreat caught Lin Fan off guard.

He had prepared the planes, and so many regiments had come over,

And he was almost going to have a real battle with a devil division.

In the end, the bullets were loaded, and the positions were prepared.

But the devils ran away!

This was like, what was it, he had already taken off his pants,

But she didn't want to do it.

How could this be allowed?

While Lin Fan ordered the Sixth Regiment and the Third Regiment to chase after the devils,

He ordered Xiao Jianying to command the aviation squadron to attack the devils.

Today, the aviation squadron commanded by Xiao Jianying had seventy-six planes.

Thirty-six fighter planes seized from the devils,

And forty ground-attack planes that had flown over from Jurong.

These forty ground-attack planes needed escort for combat,

Therefore, they were all placed under the command of Xiao Jianying.

Upon receiving the order, Xiao Jianying immediately divided the entire squadron into two,

Eighteen fighter planes escorted twenty attack planes as one team,

And the remaining thirty-eight planes as the second team.

They uniformly went to the battlefield under the guidance and command of Mao Wenxing.

According to the principle of proximity,

Mao Wenxing flew in front,

And took them directly to the skies above Sasaki Yuto's brigade,

Pointing out that there were four devil garrisons here.

The rest of the battle was commanded by Xiao Jianying,

Mao Wenxing took the remaining planes to the skies above Kusakiba Akito's brigade,

The twenty ground-attack planes had already seen the devils marching rapidly on the road below.

With an order, the twenty planes dived down,

But their speed wasn't fast.

The twenty planes were twenty aerial fortresses,

Flying slowly, approaching slowly,

And hitting hard!

Each attack plane had four machine guns and one rapid-fire cannon.

Five tongues of fire swept towards the retreating Nineteenth Brigade team.

This was just the power of one plane.

Behind this plane, there were nineteen planes with the same power.

The devils of Kusakiba Akito's brigade had never been attacked like this before.

The National Army had never used planes like this,

All along, only the devils' planes had dared to strafe the National Army like this.

Today, everything was reversed,

The roles of both sides were reversed,

The devils of the Nineteenth Brigade immediately scattered like ants whose nest had been disturbed,

Running around everywhere.

They couldn't organize any resistance at all.

These devils believed that as long as they could run away,

And scatter.

The planes in the sky wouldn't continue to strafe them.

What they didn't know was that:

This kind of plane was specially designed to attack infantry,

The plane's speed was slow, and its firepower was fierce.

As long as the pilot was willing,

Even if they were chasing down one devil,

They could make it so that this devil couldn't escape.

Not to mention that there were so many devils on the ground now,

A pile of them would easily have more than a dozen devils,

In some places, the devils were clustered together, with as many as fifty or sixty squeezed together.

For these ground-attack planes,

They would only let these devils go after they had used up all their ammunition,

Or after all the devils below had died,

And there were no more targets to attack,

Then they would stop.

Brigade Commander Kusakiba Akito was initially hiding in a pile of firewood on the side of the road,

But there were too many devils around him,

And it quickly attracted fire and chased him.

Feeling that his life was in danger, Brigade Commander Kusakiba Akito,

Had to crawl out of the pile of firewood,

And tremble as he hid in a depression,

And specially ordered all his guards to stay away from him,

And not to allow any other devils to come over.

As expected:

He was hiding here alone,

And he was no longer attacked.

This made him feel relieved,

And he also had the mood and free time to pay attention to his