Numata Kaito, the staff officer, had been running with the commander since early morning, accompanying him in this field survival exercise. Upon hearing Commander Shiraishi Taichi's order, he quickly relayed it.

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya of the Toramon Fortress's Iwayuru Battery immediately set out with his entire company, following along the shore on foot.

Walking was much faster than swimming. These Japanese devils followed at a leisurely pace.

They were thinking of seizing an opportunity to capture Yan Gaofei, who was still struggling to swim in the water.

The Arima Akihisa squad inside the Toramon Fortress had already found six or seven small wooden boats. They waited silently, ready to depart as soon as the machine-gun fire and bombing stopped.

The Kamikata Yooshi battalion on the south bank of the Pearl River was having a very unlucky day. They had not been targeted by the Special Brigade's air unit at all.

This was because these Japanese soldiers were not the intended target. Unexpectedly, they dared to proactively try to capture Yan Gaofei, which completely enraged Nong Xiuzhu.

He ordered six bombers to bomb the Japanese soldiers watching the scenery on the shore. The six bombers strafed with machine guns and dropped eight hundred kilograms of bombs.

Each bomb exploded with a deafening roar, and streams of machine-gun fire swept across the area. The Japanese soldiers of the Kamikata Yooshi battalion were caught completely off guard.

The casualties were significant. In particular, one of the eight-hundred-kilogram bombs landed right in the middle of the group of Japanese soldiers watching the battle, killing at least an entire company.

The bombing and strafing continued. Battalion Commander Kamikata Yooshi was unable to send out any more teams to capture Yan Gaofei.

Captain Nong Xiuzhu in the air had no intention of stopping. He was there to guard and protect Yan Gaofei.

He would not give the Japanese soldiers on either side a chance to send out small boats. They would have to wait until the seaplane arrived before he could stop.

Captain Nong Xiuzhu had already reported Yan Gaofei's location to Mao Wenli, and also reported his own position to Guo Yingwu.

When Captain Guo Yingwu heard that Yan Gaofei had been found and was swimming ahead, he was excited.

He ordered, "Increase speed! No more searching on both sides!"

They had come to rescue personnel. Because they didn't know Yan Gaofei's location, they had been gliding slowly, carefully observing the water on both sides, afraid of missing him and regretting it.

Now that he heard Captain Nong say that the person had been found and was being protected, waiting for his plane to pick him up, he immediately increased speed and quickly glided forward.

Staff Officer Numata Kaito pointed to the plane suddenly gliding in from the sea and exclaimed, "Commander! Look!"

Commander Shiraishi Taichi raised his binoculars and looked in the direction he was pointing. His face changed instantly. He had thought that even if the aerial bombers were powerful, they could not rescue someone from the water.

He had believed that the important figure in the water would be his prisoner. Now, seeing the seaplane, how could he not understand what it was there to do?

It was over! The cooked duck was about to fly away!

That important figure from the Nationalist army was about to be rescued! The Japanese soldiers of the Shirakawa Kakuya company, who had been tracking Yan Gaofei on the shore, also exclaimed in unison: He was about to be rescued.

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya also knew the situation. Although the commander had explicitly ordered them to capture him alive, it was now clear that the mission could not be accomplished.

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya ordered, "Heavy machine guns, machine guns, fire at the plane and the person in the water!"

This squad of Japanese soldiers had been sneaking along the shore, unnoticed.

Now that Captain Shirakawa Kakuya had revealed himself, Guo Yingwu was furious and shouted into the communicator, "Captain Nong, a squad of Japanese soldiers on the south bank is firing at me and Captain Yan. Request support!"

Nong Xiuzhu had just been relieved to see the seaplane arrive, but then he heard the call for help, saying that a squad of Japanese soldiers was firing at the seaplane.

The firing Japanese soldiers were on the south bank. How could this be? How dare they?

Without another word, Nong Xiuzhu dived his bomber down, starting to search along the south bank. After all, a company of Japanese soldiers was easy to find.

Soon, Nong Xiuzhu led six bombers to the squad of Japanese soldiers. He watched as they fired at the seaplane floating on the river.

Nong Xiuzhu was enraged. He dived the bomber down, machine guns already firing, and ordered, "Kill these blind bastards!"

Suzuki Tsuyoshi was the heavy machine gunner of the Shirakawa Kakuya company. He was the first to fire at the river surface, following the company commander's order.

Less than a minute after he started firing, the seaplane on the river also started firing machine guns in his direction.

Soon, an inflatable speedboat was lowered from the plane, and several people boarded it. It was obvious that they were going to pick up the Special Brigade pilot who was still floating in the water.

At this moment, Captain Shirakawa Kakuya was frantic. He had no boats, only guns. He could only watch as the speedboat started up and rushed towards the important figure in the water.

What else could he do? He could only urge his soldiers to speed up their firing, hoping to blow up the seaplane and keep that person there.

Just as Captain Shirakawa Kakuya came behind Suzuki Tsuyoshi's heavy machine gun, a tremendous pressure filled the air.

Six bombers were diving down on them. Captain Shirakawa Kakuya's face turned pale. His company was in the open field on the shore, firing at the plane on the river. They had no fortifications or hiding places.

Facing the diving bombers, they were perfect targets!

What to do? Captain Shirakawa Kakuya thought anxiously.

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya had not expected the Special Brigade to act so unconventionally. They had stood up and charged, shouldn't the enemy stop firing and charge up to fight with bayonets?

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya still had nearly sixty Japanese soldiers, twice the number of the charging squad, and was not afraid of bayonet combat.

Unexpectedly, a wave of hand grenades exploded, and the Japanese soldiers were disoriented. Before they could react, the charging soldiers were only twenty meters away.

"Fix bayonets!" Captain Zheng ordered loudly.

It was easy to fix bayonets on submachine guns. With one hand, they reached under the barrel, flipped the bayonet open, and in the blink of an eye, more than thirty gleaming bayonets appeared in front of the charge.

The crucial point was that even after the bayonets were revealed, the firing did not stop. The streams of fire from thirty-odd guns showed no sign of stopping, continuing to fire at the Japanese soldiers.

The closer they got, the more accurate they became. The charging accuracy was almost 100% at this distance of only ten meters.

Any Japanese soldier within sight was doomed if spotted by Captain Zheng's men.

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya had never imagined that the enemy's weapons would be so fierce. The imagined situation of the few being overwhelmed by the many, the intense bayonet fight, had ended before it even began.

When Squad Leader Irie Yuto received the order to attack, he immediately led the remaining twenty-odd Japanese soldiers up from the ground to meet the charging Special Brigade squad.

Then he saw the soldiers on the other side reach under their gun barrels, and a row of bayonets appeared in unison.

Just as Squad Leader Irie Yuto was overjoyed, thinking that the enemy was going to fight them with bayonets, several hand grenades flew towards his squad.

He fell to the ground in a panic, not seeing the Japanese soldiers who had thrown the grenades still charging forward stupidly. After the explosions, half of the squad was gone.

When Irie Yuto stood up again, less than ten of his squad members could stand with him.

Even these ten-odd Japanese soldiers were still being ravaged by a hail of bullets. Squad Leader Irie Yuto's command sword had just been raised when he was hit by countless bullets.

He ultimately failed to engage with the charging soldiers. Captain Shirakawa Kakuya was in the same situation, though he was relatively safer at the rear of the company.

However, the Special Brigade soldiers who charged up were too ruthless. The entire Shirakawa Kakuya company fell apart like paper tigers, unable to slow down the charging soldiers even slightly.

Captain Shirakawa Kakuya watched as his soldiers fell one after another. The distance between them was now only ten meters.

The submachine guns continued to fire, and at this close range, they were hitting their targets. Captain Shirakawa cried out in grief.

He waved his command sword and charged towards the soldiers, but he was struck by several bullets after only taking three steps forward.

Then he fell to the ground, facing the sky, unwillingly and with unseeing dead-fish eyes, still making a final protest.

Captain Zheng ordered loudly, "Clean up the battlefield in three minutes and prepare to retreat!" The thirty-odd soldiers immediately split into two groups, one responsible for finishing off the Japanese soldiers on the ground with a stab, and the other responsible for collecting weapons, ammunition, and the Japanese soldiers' knapsacks.

There was not enough time to strip the Japanese soldiers' clothes in three minutes, but the Japanese soldiers' helmets were good items and had to be taken, as well as the belts around their waists.

Wei Peiyi pointed to the shoes on the Japanese soldiers' feet and said, "Captain! The Japanese soldiers are poor! Some of them are wearing leather shoes, and some are wearing rubber shoes."

Captain Zheng Tianhe and the rest of the team saw that this was indeed the case.

Everyone laughed. The Japanese soldiers were getting poorer and poorer!

With this discovery, the soldiers immediately made a new discovery: some of the Japanese soldiers were wearing helmets, while others were wearing cloth hats.

Zheng Tianhe said with a smile, "This shows that the Japanese soldiers are really poor! They can't afford this war anymore. The brigade commander said: the Japanese soldiers will become weaker and weaker, and we will become stronger and stronger."

"Eventually, we will destroy the Japanese soldiers."

The brigade commander's words were the truth in the Special Brigade, and every soldier believed them deeply.

Whether they were leather shoes or rubber shoes, Zheng Tianhe did not leave any for the Japanese soldiers. After they had cleaned up the battlefield, they quickly boarded the speedboat and returned to the seaplane.

Just now, Guo Yingwu had received an order from Mao Wenxing: another fighter plane had crashed at the mouth of the sea, and the pilot had parachuted. They were to go and rescue him immediately.

And they were ordered to return to Huiyang as soon as they had rescued the pilot.

Lin Fan had arranged for four seaplanes, and the second seaplane had already taken off from Huiyang and would arrive soon.

Guo Yingwu's squad had just gone ashore to attack the Japanese soldiers, which had reminded Lin Fan: battles could be fought this way.

He had originally thought that without armed helicopters, the Special Brigade would not be able to carry out this kind of central assault-style ground attack on the Japanese soldiers.

Now it seemed that a force could be developed, allowing planes to land on the water and then land on the beach via speedboats.

This was just a general idea of attack. Lin Fan still needed to go back and refine the specific combat plan.

Lin Fan knew clearly that with this kind of operation, the islands that planes could reach would all be battlefields for the Special Brigade's infantry.