Chapter 1 The Newly Joined Guides

The twenty guides who had just joined the First and Second Companies were no less shocked tonight than Commander Bai Zhanguang.

Before coming here, Chief Xue Yue had personally given them instructions, talking about the special brigade's achievements. At that time, these guides didn't believe it.

These people were all from the reconnaissance teams of various National Army units. They were elites themselves, and had fought the Japanese more times than most soldiers.

From Jigong Ridge all the way to Xiao'ao Village, although they hadn't seen any Japanese corpses along the way, the strong smell of blood was always present. Especially in front of and inside Xiao'ao Village, the smell was so strong that it was almost tangible.

As members of the reconnaissance team, they were naturally aware that these places must have been the scene of fierce fighting, and that many people had died to produce such a strong bloody odor.

Looking at the expressions of the special brigade soldiers, it was clear that the dead were not from their side, so it could only be the Japanese.

When these guides saw the forty-eight cannons still in their positions, with their muzzles pointing in the direction of Jigong Ridge, it was obvious that these were the cannons left behind after the annihilation of the Japanese mountain artillery regiment.

The shock experienced by the guides of the First and Second Companies had only just begun. When they arrived at the front line with the New Sixth Regiment, they saw the Japanese corpses still bleeding on the battlefield. Of course, they recognized that these were the ones who had died tonight.

Only fresh corpses could bleed like that. The road was covered with pools of blood, and small streams of fresh blood flowed everywhere. It was truly a scene of bloodshed.

When dawn broke, the entire battlefield became clearer. From their feet all the way to the end of the road, Japanese soldiers were lying scattered everywhere.

At this time, the soldiers of the First and Second Companies were already digging pits by the side of the road. Bai Zhanguang asked in surprise, "Battalion Commander Jing, what are you doing?"

Jing Chengxuan said, "These Japanese corpses have to be buried. If they're not, we're afraid they'll cause a plague after they rot!"

"You! You've really thought this through. The people around this battlefield will definitely thank you when they know about this," Commander Bai said admiringly.

He gave the order, "Everyone, help the brothers of the special brigade dig the pits. Our battlefield cleanup must be thorough."

After Lin Fan learned about Commander Bai's actions, he specially ordered that breakfast be prepared for the New Sixth Regiment as well.

After the New Sixth Regiment, along with the First and Second Companies, had completely cleaned up the battlefield, the breakfast that had been sent over arrived.

The soldiers of the New Sixth Regiment smelled the aroma of the pork-filled buns, and their mouths watered.

Battalion Commander Jing smiled and said to Commander Bai, "Commander Bai, let's eat together!"

Bai Zhanguang shook his head. "My brothers are all hungry, I can't eat before them."

This one sentence made Battalion Commander Jing feel respect. A commander who always thinks of his ordinary soldiers is at least not bad.

He said with a smile, "The brigade commander also admires people like Commander Bai who are wholeheartedly focused on fighting the Japanese, so he specially ordered breakfast to be prepared for the soldiers of the New Sixth Regiment.

The special brigade's meals are only limited by your stomach, not by how much you can carry away. Let the soldiers of the Sixth Regiment eat their fill."

This time, Bai Zhanguang didn't stand on ceremony. "Brothers don't know what to say, except that when we go to the battlefield, we will definitely kill more Japanese to repay the support of the special brigade brothers."

Only then did he order the entire regiment to eat. When had the soldiers of the New Sixth Regiment ever eaten such delicious buns!

Everyone crowded forward. The soldiers responsible for distributing the buns first gave them each two buns and a bowl of porridge, and then added, "Come again after you've finished!"

The guides who had just arrived in the First and Second Companies grabbed a big white bun in one hand and ate with greasy mouths.

Lu Gaoyi said after swallowing a bun, "I've been a soldier for so long, and only now do I know that there is such a unit."

Shi Xingwen also said, "I'm the same. Look at what they're eating, it's even better than the buns made by a ten-year-old shop outside.

The key is the meat, they really don't treat meat like it's something special!"

These soldiers who had just joined the special brigade had witnessed the powerful combat effectiveness of the First and Second Companies, and now they had also seen their food. They had now completely integrated into this unit.

When Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro was still fast asleep in his headquarters, he was suddenly awakened.

Knowing that something important must have happened at this time, he quickly came out and asked, "What is it?"

"The First Garrison Regiment was ambushed by the National Army tonight. Second Battalion Commander Yago is leading his troops back in retreat."

This news startled Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro. "What about the cannons? Did they get them back?"

"No! Before Second Battalion Commander Yago's unit could even reach the artillery position, they were blown up by the National Army with landmines, and then they were heavily bombarded with artillery fire. The entire regiment suffered heavy casualties, and the exact number of casualties has not yet been tallied."

At this time, Second Battalion Commander Yago, listening to the reports from the three battalion commanders, learned that "The Second Battalion, led by Kobayashi Ryunosuke, has fewer than two hundred Japanese soldiers left. It has gone from a battalion to a company.

The Third Battalion, led by Hachima Yuto, has fewer than four hundred Japanese soldiers left.

The Fourth Battalion, led by Chika's Juro, has fewer than four hundred Japanese soldiers left."

The entire battalion now has fewer than a thousand Japanese soldiers left. Overnight, eighteen hundred Japanese soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing.

Such casualties made Second Battalion Commander Yago dare not report it. He had seen the miserable state of Battalion Commander Ono Osamu and Battalion Commander Murakami Seiichi when they were slapped.

Now he was envious. If he could get a few slaps this time when he got back, how happy would that be!

How high-spirited his battalion was when it set out, how weak and helpless it was now. Even so, Yago had no choice but to lead his troops back to Zhu's Village with their heads hanging low.

Battalion Commander Ono Osamu and Battalion Commander Murakami Seiichi already knew that the First Regiment had been ambushed. The two battalion commanders finally breathed a sigh of relief. They were just afraid that Second Battalion Commander Yago would actually bring back the cannons.

If that were the case, wouldn't that prove that the two of them were fools and idiots? Now that the First Garrison Regiment had also returned injured, it could prove that it wasn't their incompetence, but that the National Army was too strong!

The best thing would be for the Second Garrison Regiment to also suffer a defeat, so that there wouldn't be any Japanese soldiers in the entire Twenty-Seventh Infantry Division who would dare to laugh at their regiment.

Of course, such an idea was just a beautiful wish for Battalion Commander Ono Osamu and Battalion Commander Murakami Seiichi.

Now, at all the meetings of the Twenty-Seventh Division, the two of them didn't even dare to fart, for fear of attracting the attention of Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro and inviting a round of slaps as a reward.

An ugly daughter-in-law must always meet her parents-in-law! Yago's Japanese soldiers always had to return to Zhu's Village to rest.

Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro personally welcomed the return of the First Garrison Regiment at the outer defense line of Zhu's Village.

When he saw that the entire regiment was only a short marching column, he couldn't help but ask, "Is the heavy equipment still behind, since it's difficult to transport?"

"Behind? There's nothing left!" Second Battalion Commander Yago reported with a bitter face.

Battalion Commander Ono Osamu and Battalion Commander Murakami Seiji were overjoyed to see these Japanese soldiers who could be said to be in disarray:

"Second Battalion Commander Yago's ability to complete the mission exceeded their expectations.

The entire First Garrison Regiment actually lost all of its cannons and heavy machine guns.

Of the two thousand eight hundred Japanese soldiers who set out, fewer than a thousand returned. Although this loss was not as great as that of their two regiments, it was actually about the same."

Only when everyone is fifty steps or a hundred steps away will no one look down on anyone. This was the most genuine thought of Battalion Commander Ono Osamu and Battalion Commander Murakami Seiichi.

Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro barely managed to keep himself from spitting out a mouthful of blood. His face was pale, and he turned and left without saying a word.

Of course, Second Battalion Commander Yago knew that the division commander was angry, but why didn't he slap him? Did he want to give him a more severe punishment?

Feeling uneasy, Second Battalion Commander Yago couldn't struggle at this time. He could only let the various battalions return to yesterday's camp.

Looking at the panicked expressions of his Japanese soldiers, he suddenly realized that most of the returning Japanese soldiers were familiar faces. Few of the Japanese soldiers who had been added the day before yesterday had returned.

This could be considered a great fortune in misfortune: at least more experienced Japanese soldiers had returned, making it easier to restore combat effectiveness in the future.

After arranging for his Japanese soldiers, Second Battalion Commander Yago ran to the entrance of Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro's headquarters and stood there.

He had to let the division commander vent his anger, otherwise his life would be in danger.

The very sensible Second Battalion Commander Yago stood outside the headquarters for two hours before he was finally called in.

Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro, who had already vomited out that mouthful of blood, had regained a little bit of color in his face, though it was unknown whether it was caused by seeing Yago.

"Baga!" Seeing his former most capable general enter, Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro jumped up and slapped him repeatedly.

This relieved Second Battalion Commander Yago. He considerately straightened his face, making it easier for the division commander to slap him.

After Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro stopped, exhausted from hitting him, he finally stopped and asked, "What exactly happened? Tell me in detail."

With his face swollen from being slapped, Second Battalion Commander Yago recounted the entire regiment's march and the process of being attacked.

Hearing that he had abandoned the wounded and fled, and that the entire regiment had actually not seen a single National Army soldier, Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro did not blame him.

He put himself in the scene at that time and felt that Second Battalion Commander Yago had not done anything wrong.

"Was the National Army's firepower really that strong?" Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro asked, his voice finally becoming calmer.

"Reporting to the division commander, their firepower was short, but very intense.

We had just been attacked by landmines when artillery shells started falling immediately. The whole process took less than ten minutes, but at least a hundred shells fell, causing us a lot of damage.

The soldiers who fell were all wounded in multiple places. The wounds were not too big, but they were in great pain.

It was precisely because their artillery shells came so quickly that I didn't dare to stay in place for too long, for fear that the National Army's infantry would charge up.

In that situation, the soldiers had completely lost their fighting spirit. If we had stayed in place, the consequences would have been even worse." At this time, Second Battalion Commander Yago didn't mind describing the special brigade's firepower as more powerful.

The actual situation was indeed like this. If he hadn't decisively led the Japanese soldiers to escape, the First and Second Companies would have really caused these Japanese soldiers even more grievous harm.

Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro could only stay in place now. At least until new reinforcements arrived, his division would not be able to take the initiative to attack.

The Japanese 27th Infantry Division reported to Commander Okamura Neiji this time: "The brave warriors on the front line are fighting selflessly and need to replenish seven thousand Japanese soldiers to cover losses."

Okamura Neiji almost fell over when he saw Division Commander Ochiai Kankuro's request. He had only just replenished the 27th Division with three thousand Japanese soldiers. Only two days had passed, and now he wanted to replenish seven thousand more. Was he trying to form a new division?

But he knew in his heart that a infantry regiment with only ten or so Japanese soldiers left, a infantry regiment with fewer than a thousand Japanese soldiers left, and an artillery regiment with only ten or so Japanese soldiers left still wouldn't be fully staffed even if eight thousand Japanese soldiers were added.

Thinking of this, he could only silently look at the map, trying to find another weakness in the National Army's defenses.

His gaze once again became fierce and focused.

There were no battles on the defense line during the day. Lin Fan gathered the one hundred and twenty guides who had been assigned to the Second Regiment and asked them in detail about the roads from Xiao'ao to Ma Hueling.

To Lin Fan's relief, these new special brigade recruits were very familiar with this area.

Everyone knew the small paths from here to Ma Hueling, and they were really shocked to hear that Lin Fan was going to lead the team to raid Ma Hueling.

It was a full hundred *li* (Chinese mile) of mountain paths from here to Ma Hueling. And now Ma Hueling had been occupied by the Japanese, and it wasn't far from Jiujiang to Ma Hueling Station.

Although these guides were surprised by the boldness of Commander Lin, no one objected.

They were all scouts from various units, and danger had always been with them, so they didn't think much of it.

At ten o'clock on the morning of September 30th, the Reserve Sixth Division took over the special brigade's defense line. They also replenished a lot of weapons from the special brigade, especially light and heavy machine guns, mortars, infantry guns, and steel helmets. These were all good stuff!

Lin Fan had originally planned to develop a guerrilla force in this area. If he wanted to develop a guerrilla force, these weapons could be distributed to the villagers.

When he arrived at this place, he realized that the National Army's current policy was different from the previous battles.

All the ordinary people around the battlefield had been relocated, so that the Japanese could not fight a war to support the war and couldn't even find a guide.

Similarly, the special brigade couldn't find anyone to buy meat from, let alone go to the villages to mobilize the people to organize a guerrilla force.

Under these circumstances, the ammunition among the weapons and ammunition seized by the special brigade could be used to replenish part of the team, but these weapons were redundant.

Giving them all to the National Army and letting the Japanese make them, and using the weapons sent by the Japanese to fight the Japanese, that was the best use of everything.

The special brigade was going to make a long-distance raid on Ma Hueling, and they needed someone to help them carry ammunition.

Hearing that the special brigade needed someone to carry ammunition and act together, Commander Bai Zhanguang immediately volunteered: "The New Sixth Regiment can do it!"

Lin Fan was a little embarrassed. "The New Sixth Regiment is a combat unit, and they have their own weapons and equipment to carry. Such a team can't carry much supplies if they act with the special brigade."

In the end, people from the logistics team were used. The Second Theater had equipped the special brigade with a logistics team of three thousand people.

After lunch, a team of nine thousand people began to enter the vast mountains. They were going to pass through the back of the Japanese 106th Division on small roads and head straight for Ma Hueling.

When the special brigade entered the mountains, Division Commander Matsuura Masaharu was leading the 106th Division on a difficult march in the Wanjialing.

They were now in a dilemma: their retreat had been cut off by Ye Zhao's 66th Army, and even their food supply was gone.

There were always small units of the National Army coming out to harass them on the road ahead, but this wasn't the most difficult thing.

What Division Commander Matsuura Masaharu found most difficult was that the compasses in their hands were completely useless. The needles were shaking randomly, and they couldn't find the north or south at all.

And these Japanese soldiers didn't have a guide in the mountains, so they couldn't even find their way, let alone find a way to break through.

On the 30th, there was another heavy fog. Reconnaissance planes flew over Wanjialing several times, but they didn't find any trace of the 106th Division.

This made the Japanese 11th Army Headquarters and the 106th Division feel a headache.

Division Commander Matsuura Masaharu now understood that his team was lost.

However, he was still very confident about the future and didn't have any intention of asking for help from Okamura Neiji. He only ordered the various regiments to disperse and find a way out.

On October 1st, Xue Yue received a report that the Japanese 27th Division had changed its direction of attack. They were no longer attacking in the direction of Wanjialing, but were bypassing the Ruiwu Highway and attacking forward.

The attack of the Japanese 101st Division in the other direction also made no progress.

In this way, the entire Japanese 106th Division had been isolated and helpless. In order to annihilate this division, Xue Yue had abandoned the Ruiwu Line and the three defense lines of Nanxun and Dexing, and concentrated his forces on Wanjialing, just to wipe out the 106th Division.

The special brigade marched urgently on the afternoon of the 30th, and didn't stop to rest until ten o'clock at night.

According to the guides' estimates, they had already passed Wutailing. If they walked another twenty *li*, they would be out of the mountains and in Ma Hueling.

The special brigade rested here. The Second Regiment was the vanguard today, and the First Company sent out a reconnaissance platoon, led by five guides, to scout the road ahead.

In order to facilitate the transmission of news back, the reconnaissance platoon of the First Company was at the front, followed by the reconnaissance platoons sent out by the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth Companies. Their task was to carry walkie-talkies and act as intermediate relays for communication.

According to Lin Fan's order, the situation in Ma Hueling must be transmitted back in real time.

On the afternoon of the 30th, when the New Sixth Regiment returned to Dean, where the Second Theater Command was located, they had replaced their old weapons with new ones overnight, making the rest of the teams envious.

A newly established team was suddenly equipped with a light machine gun in each squad, a heavy machine gun in each platoon, two mortars in each company, and five infantry guns in the regiment. Such firepower was comparable to the equipment of the National Army's elite troops.

There were many National Army elite troops among the teams under the command of the Second Theater. Their equipment was not as good as that of the New Sixth Regiment now. The New Sixth Regiment now had a steel helmet for every soldier and leather shoes on their feet. These things were obviously taken from the Japanese.

The soldiers of the New Sixth Regiment were still thinking about the Japanese corpses lying on the road. Most of the people in this team were new recruits. They were on the battlefield for the first time and saw that the battlefield could really bleed. Their impressions were very deep.

The old soldiers had seen bloody battlefields before, but at that time it was their own people who fell to the ground. This time, it was obviously satisfying.

However, what they missed most was the special brigade's breakfast. Those big meat buns were so delicious.

Just mentioning it now made them feel their mouths full of oil and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Those National Army soldiers who had not personally seen the special brigade fight the Japanese listened with relish to the explanations of the soldiers of the New Sixth Regiment.

They heard them say that the special brigade was only two companies, and they had killed more than fifteen hundred Japanese soldiers who came to attack in one night.

The soldiers who heard this number were stunned, and some of them doubted the number.

The soldiers of the New Sixth Regiment immediately said, "See that? Our regiment has more than fifteen hundred people, and everyone has a steel helmet, all of which were picked up on the battlefield.

Everyone has a pair of leather shoes, which were also taken off the feet of the Japanese. They killed at least fifteen hundred Japanese soldiers."

"Didn't the special brigade kill the Japanese two days ago and give you these equipment?"

"What are you thinking! Commander Lin said that if you want them, go to the battlefield yourself! Our Commander Bai didn't say anything and led us to the battlefield.

But when we went, they had already started cleaning up the battlefield, and all the weapons had been picked up.

These steel helmets, these shoes, these backpacks, these bullet belts were all taken off the Japanese soldiers ourselves.

Many new recruits vomited while insisting on taking things off the Japanese soldiers.

I guess they won't vomit next time." The person who spoke was obviously an old soldier, looking like someone who had been there and done that.

The number that the special brigade counted was three hundred Japanese soldiers different from the number that the Japanese counted after they went back. These Japanese soldiers were the ones who escaped into the mountains.

They were still struggling in the jungle and hadn't returned to the Japanese garrison yet.

Xue Yue was secretly amazed as he listened to these soldiers chatting: this New Sixth Regiment only went to the special brigade's battlefield once, and the entire regiment's appearance was different after they came back.

The morale of the entire regiment was obviously much higher. These soldiers were no longer as determined to fight to the death as they had been when they first came, but had more of an expectation of victory.

The special brigade was going to attack Ma Hueling. He didn't know where they had gone now.

At eight o'clock on the morning of October 1st, Ning Hezhi Regiment of the National Army's 66th Army, which was cutting off the Japanese supply line at Wutailing, discovered a Japanese team between Honghuajian and Zhoujiashan.

In front of this Japanese team, there were thirty or forty people clearing the way, followed by a long team of mules and horses.

Roughly estimated, at least a thousand mules and horses were carrying supplies and were moving with difficulty on the mountain road.

The officers and soldiers of Ke Qu Company of the 66th Army, who discovered this Japanese team, could have guessed with their toes that these were the Japanese soldiers sending supplies to the 106th Division in Wanjialing.

The mission of the 66th Army was to cut off the Japanese supply route. Since they had discovered them, of course they couldn't let this group of Japanese soldiers send the supplies up.

Ke Company Commander immediately reported the discovery to his superiors, and Ning Hezhi Regiment Commander, who was resting behind them, immediately led the entire regiment to rush up.

They opened fire on the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain slope without saying a word! They intercepted the Japanese 6th Field Transportation Company, which was transporting supplies from Ma Hueling to Wanjialing. This company had more than six hundred Japanese soldiers, led by Company Commander Sato Rintaro.

The Japanese advancing road was now surrounded by two regiments of the 66th Army.

Ning Hezhi Regiment ambushed on the mountain slope, delaying the Japanese soldiers' footsteps, while Shi Yi Regiment set traps in front of the road.

The equipment of Ye Zhao's 66th Army was obviously much stronger than that of the average National Army, which was also the reason why they were able to cut off the Japanese transportation line.

Ye Zhao's army had exchanged a lot of equipment with the special brigade with two regiments in Jurong. At least in his team, there was no shortage of machine guns, heavy machine guns, and mortars.

Although the soldiers of Ning Hezhi Regiment were fighting in a hurry, they had the advantage of the terrain.

Relying on the natural rocks and earthen ridges on the mountain slope as cover, they were violently outputting to the Japanese soldiers below.

Xiang Sansuo operated a heavy machine gun and swept at the Japanese soldiers under the mountain slope. At a distance of more than two hundred meters, the heavy machine gun bullets hit the Japanese soldiers and the mules and horses, and a large area immediately fell.

The Japanese soldiers were still able to hear the gunshots and quickly lie down to fight back, but the mules and horses began to panic.

These mules and horses began to go crazy, their eyes staring redly at the Japanese soldiers trying to appease them. Their front hooves were pounding on the ground, and they roared and charged at the Japanese soldiers with supplies like mountains on their backs.

The Japanese soldiers were so frightened that they quickly stepped aside, no longer daring to stop these animals from escaping.

The sweep from the mountain slope came too suddenly, and these Japanese soldiers from Ito Rintaro Company had not reacted for a while.

The equipment of Ning Hezhi Regiment was good, and there was no problem at all in fighting the Japanese logistics team.

If they had only intercepted a Japanese logistics team this time, the battle would have ended with the Japanese logistics team fleeing in panic without any suspense.

As for the escaped mules and horses, most of them would eventually fall into the hands of the 66th Army.

But today's situation was a bit special, and there was a problem with the Japanese team.

The problem was another team that was acting with the logistics team.

There were also more than three hundred Japanese soldiers from the Japanese Sixth Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department acting with the Japanese logistics team.

If the Japanese Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply Department was only understood literally, it was a medical team that specialized in dealing with epidemics and water sources.

In fact, the name they took was just a disguise used to confuse people.

Most of the time, this team was the code name for a chemical weapons combat team. This was a combat team with poison gas bombs, and more than three hundred Japanese soldiers were equipped with two companies of poison gas bombs.

This team was led by Battalion Commander Tanaka Keisuke. When they were just ambushed,

Battalion Commander Tanaka Keisuke didn't take the National Army team that ambushed them seriously.

He believed that Company Commander Sato Rintaro could defeat the National Army, after all, although Sato Rintaro Company was called a company, he had the strength of three companies of Japanese soldiers.

Therefore, Battalion Commander Tanaka Keisuke only ordered his Japanese soldiers to use ordinary artillery shells to bombard the National Army soldiers on the mountain slope.

The Japanese had mortars, and Ning Hezhi Regiment on the mountain slope also had mortars, so of course they returned fire with fire.

Company Commander Sato Rintaro commanded his Japanese soldiers to attack the National Army soldiers who occupied the mountain slope.

Squad Leader Tanaka Hayato led more than fifty of his men and charged towards the mountain slope. They were attacking upwards and had to charge through the heavy machine gun fire sweeping from the mountain slope.

As soon as these Japanese soldiers showed their heads, they were shot down by the dense rain of bullets. Squad Leader Tanaka Hayato could only hide behind a mountain rock and order the machine gunner in the team to fire at the National Army on the mountain slope.

Uekata Takuji, the grenade launcher in his squad, received the squad leader's task of suppressing the firepower of the National Army on the mountain slope.

He immediately found a recessed position, lay down, and began to aim and shoot at the mountain slope.

The Japanese soldiers in the entire Tanaka squad each found a good position, hid themselves, and then began to fire at the mountain slope.

The sound of gunfire echoed in the valley, traveling far and wide. The special brigade, which was marching, also stopped advancing after hearing the gunfire. Lin Fan didn't want a Japanese team to suddenly come out from behind when he was attacking Ma Hueling Station.

The special brigade had to find out where the battle was taking place!

It took the Second Regiment half an hour to reach the location of the battle. They saw the red smoke rising from the mountain slope.

Liu Laopao, who had already seen the Japanese gas bombs, immediately understood that the Japanese were using gas bombs again.

That's why he quickly advanced in this direction, using the red smoke as a target.

Battalion Commander Tanaka Keisuke looked at the red smoke rising from the mountain slope and waited with a smile on his face.

In today's situation, his team didn't even need to go up to clean up the battlefield, and didn't need to charge forward. The National Army team on the mountaintop would either retreat or die on the mountain slope.

Just as he was smiling smugly and waiting for the battle to end!

Three companies of the Second Regiment rushed out from behind the Japanese soldiers. They had just seen the red smoke rising from the mountain slope in the distance, and rushed towards this place.

Just as the three companies turned over a mountain peak, they discovered the Japanese artillery position that was launching gas bombs.

Company Commander Shi Junxian pointed at the Japanese artillery position and charged forward silently.

All three companies were like this. They silently rushed towards the Japanese artillery position.

The Japanese soldiers of Tanaka Keisuke's team were launching artillery shells with a "dong dong dong" sound. These sounds perfectly covered up the sound of the three companies of the special brigade charging.

It wasn't until the three companies charged into the position from behind the Japanese soldiers that some Japanese soldiers realized that something was wrong.

The three companies directly rushed into the artillery position of Tanaka Keisuke's team of more than three hundred Japanese soldiers.

Before this group of Japanese soldiers could react, the soldiers of the three companies had rushed into the position and were fighting the Japanese soldiers hand-to-hand.

This stunned Battalion Commander Tanaka Keisuke. He never thought that a National Army team would come out from behind.

And they had instantly rushed into their position. They couldn't bombard with artillery shells. The Japanese soldiers under his command still had to fight hand-to-hand with the National Army soldiers who had rushed up.

Sato Rintaro Company, which was charging towards the mountain slope, had already stopped charging.

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers from the logistics team were hiding under the mountain slope, waiting for the National Army on the mountain slope to be poisoned to death by the gas bombs or to retreat on their own initiative.

Hearing the sudden sound of killing and shouting behind them, the Japanese soldiers of Sato Company turned around and discovered that a National Army team had appeared behind them at some point, and they were fighting Tanaka Keisuke's team hand-to-hand.

Now they had to quickly turn back and rescue this gas team that was disguised as an epidemic prevention team.

Company Commander Sato Rintaro was still not panicking. The number of National Army soldiers who had rushed into the gas team was about the same as his company.

As long as his company rushed back and joined the melee, the National Army team would run away.

The National Army soldiers on the mountain slope were originally unable to hold on and were preparing to retreat while covering their mouths and noses.

Suddenly, they discovered that a team had appeared behind the Japanese soldiers. This team had rushed into the Japanese artillery position, and both sides had begun hand-to-hand combat.

What was there to hesitate about? Charge up and fight the Japanese soldiers directly! Although the battle on the mountain slope was so fierce,

There was a friendly army of a regiment waiting not far down the mountain. Battalion Commander Ning Hezhen was confident.

The National Army team immediately rushed out of the gas area on the mountain slope. Anyway, they had to rush out of the gas-filled area.

The difference between rushing back and rushing forward was not great, but the damage to the Japanese soldiers was different.