Although Captain Heimiya Kazuki was filled with emotion as he revisited the old place, he still responsibly recounted the situation when the artillery squad encountered the bombing here.

He pointed to the corpses whose weapons, ammunition, clothes, and shoes had been searched and taken away, and said, "All of our warriors have been treated like this."

Captain Heimiya Kazuki didn't notice that the Type 92 infantry gun dragged by the artillery squad had just been blown to pieces, and now all the fragments had been picked up and taken away.

Captain MITSUMINE Kaede looked at the corpses and couldn't help but say, "These barbarians! They want everything!"

Looking at the corpses of the Japanese soldiers and the craters on the road ahead, Captain MITSUMINE Kaede could also guess how fierce the bombing was at that time.

This time, he put away his contempt for Captain Heimiya Kazuki. Such intensive artillery fire was really impossible for the infantry to resist. There was no better way than to disperse and hide.

"Heimiya-kun! If we encounter artillery fire again, what advice do you have?" Captain MITSUMINE Kaede humbly asked for advice this time.

The two were originally on equal footing as company commanders, but one had just returned from a crushing defeat, and his status had long been reduced to the dust.

Captain Heimiya Kazuki heard that MITSUMINE Kaede was still willing to ask for his opinion. Without thinking, he said, "Advance! Keep advancing, and rush out of the artillery fire zone!"

His team had just chosen to disperse on the spot, and as a result, it was almost completely wiped out. Seeing the doubtful look on Captain MITSUMINE Kaede's face.

Captain Heimiya Kazuki pointed to the hillsides on both sides and said, "Under normal circumstances, we should disperse to the hillsides on both sides.

But the hillsides are covered with thorns, making it difficult to get in, and even more difficult to get out."

With his reminder, Captain MITSUMINE Kaede began to observe carefully, and after trying it himself, he understood.

Now that a countermeasure had been found, there was no need to waste any more time. With a wave of his hand, he said, "Pass through here quickly!"

Captain MITSUMINE Kaede had no intention of resting here. He wanted the entire company to move forward bravely.

Artillery squad leader Ding Luquan watched the Japanese soldiers' movements from the top of the mountain from a distance and immediately asked Company Commander Feng for instructions: "Report to the company commander: the Japanese soldiers did not stop at the predetermined position, and they are rushing forward directly. Do we want to bombard them?"

"Don't rush to bombard them, keep observing!" Company Commander Feng immediately ordered. He was afraid that if Squad Leader Ding bombarded the Japanese soldiers at this time, he would startle them and let them escape.

Since the Japanese soldiers wanted to come in directly, he would of course open the door to welcome them. After the Japanese soldiers had all entered, he would close the door and beat the dog.

Captain Heimiya Kazuki led the remnants of his Third Platoon, more than twenty Japanese soldiers, at the very front, closely followed by MITSUMINE Kaede's company.

Behind them, SUGIMOTO Takashi's machine gun platoon and ABE Juusan's company also closely followed. These Japanese soldiers did not stop for a moment and hurried forward.

They continued to hurry forward. More than twenty minutes later, they arrived at the location where the previous Japanese soldiers had died.

This location was where Captain Heimiya Kazuki and his men had never been before. They didn't know what had happened ahead, but from the muddy road, which had been soaked soft by blood, they could see how fierce the battle had been here.

The bodies of the Japanese soldiers on both sides of the road had been piled up, obviously to facilitate passage. Of course, this was to facilitate the passage of the defending soldiers.

Seeing this scene, the faces of Captain Heimiya Kazuki's soldiers all changed, and Captain MITSUMINE Kaede's expression also changed.

The fact that there were so many corpses here meant that they had been attacked here.

However, looking at the hillsides on both sides, there was no discovery. There were no obvious traces of any troops rushing out of the bushes on both sides of the road.

There were many craters on the ground, and broken branches could be seen from time to time in the bushes, but those were just craters. The defending soldiers really didn't rush down from this hillside.

Captain MITSUMINE Kaede's observation was correct. The Third Company really didn't rush out from here. With such dense thickets of thorns, the soldiers of the Third Company would not be able to launch an attack without first clearing a path.

Company Commander of the Third Company was still waiting three or four meters away in front, waiting for the Japanese soldiers to continue advancing.

This time, Captain MITSUMINE Kaede became cautious and ordered the remaining twenty or so Japanese soldiers of Captain Heimiya Kazuki's company to search and advance in front, with his company following fifty meters behind.

In this way, if a battle broke out in front, it would be convenient for him to reinforce.

As the defeated soldiers, the Japanese soldiers of Captain Heimiya Kazuki's company had no right to defend themselves. They could only do what Captain MITSUMINE Kaede arranged.

This time, it was no longer Captain Heimiya Kazuki who was at the very front of the team. He was now very clear that the real danger had arrived.

Squad Leader MIZUNO Yoshito led the team at the very front, with Captain Heimiya Kazuki at the very back of the twenty or so Japanese soldiers. Fifty meters behind him were the Japanese soldiers of Captain MITSUMINE Kaede's company.

Squad Leader MIZUNO Yoshito, Sergeant NOGUCHI Hiroshi, and the others walked at the very front of the team, covering each other, carefully searching. They were mainly observing whether there were any passable roads on the hillside. When these Japanese soldiers searched forward for more than 400 meters, they indeed discovered that there were roads leading to the hillside ahead.

When they saw these roads, Squad Leader MIZUNO Yoshito became very nervous. All the Japanese soldiers in the squad, regardless of the muddy ground, crawled on the ground and aimed at the two entrances.

The situation was quickly reported to Captain MITSUMINE Kaede. There were two roads leading up the mountain ahead. Should they go up and take a look?

This was a question! Captain MITSUMINE Kaede personally led the team up. Looking at the two mountain roads, he ordered, "You go to the left, and Sergeant FUKATSU Rintaro's squad goes to the right."

As he issued his orders, deafening explosions erupted, the ground shook, and Captain MITSUMINE Kaede lost his balance and fell to the ground.

He only saw black shadows flying around, and many bullets flew past his eyes. The sounds of gunfire and explosions were continuous.

Feng Zhiguo, the company commander of the Third Company, was still using the same tactics as before: first using directional mines, and then coordinating with rockets, mortars, and infantry guns to bombard.

All the light and heavy machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns of the entire company opened fire, shooting at the Japanese soldiers below.

Company Commander Feng had used the same routine several times in a row. With just this one trick, he once again stunned the more than 400 Japanese soldiers.

When Captain ABE Juusan saw the bodies of the Japanese soldiers along the way, he had already planned that if they were attacked, his company would immediately establish a defensive position on the road. The plan had been issued to all three platoons.

Even SUGIMOTO Takashi's machine gun platoon had received Captain ABE Juusan's orders. However, the plan was well thought out.

When the actual situation occurred on the battlefield, Captain ABE Juusan realized that before the defensive position could be set up, more than half of his entire company had been killed or wounded.

This was not an illusion. It was that the company commander of the Third Company had deliberately ordered the mortars to focus on "taking care" of the Japanese soldiers in the rear.

The reason for letting the Japanese soldiers come in just now was to "open the door to welcome the bandits." Now, by letting Squad Leader Ding and the others mainly attack the Japanese soldiers in the rear, they were "closing the door to beat the dog."

The Japanese soldiers of Captain ABE Juusan's company had been hit by a wave of directional mines and had already suffered heavy casualties. Then, they were plowed through by artillery fire.

Under such circumstances, let alone establishing a defensive position, even trying to escape was very difficult. Although they had been told in advance not to go into the bushes on both sides when fighting broke out.

However, when they were actually being bombarded, these Japanese soldiers had other Japanese soldiers挤 (ji - crowding) on the road in front of them, and there were still Japanese soldiers挤 (ji - crowding) on the road behind them. Having no way out, they could only go into the hillsides on both sides.

As for the thorn bushes on the hillside that would fly up and bite people, these Japanese soldiers couldn't care about anything in their urgency.

Squad Leader MIZUNO Yoshito was at the very front of the team. These Japanese soldiers had been lying on the ground early and luckily avoided most of the iron pellets fired by the directional mines.

However, they suffered the bombing of hand grenades thrown from the hillside. More than a dozen hand grenades came down, and the twenty or so Japanese soldiers had nowhere to escape and nowhere to avoid. They just silently endured it.

Squad Leader MIZUNO Yoshito only had half of his arm blown off. He was groaning in pain on the ground, hoping that a Japanese soldier could help him tie the bandage tightly around the broken arm to prevent the blood from flowing non-stop.

However, Sergeant NOGUCHI Hiroshi next to him had already fallen to the ground, lifeless. No Japanese soldier in front of or behind him responded to his cries for help.

In despair, Squad Leader MIZUNO Yoshito took out his pistol and fired a shot into his own head. He finally freed himself from the endless terror.

Captain Heimiya Kazuki originally thought that he would be safer in the middle of the entire team, but he did not expect a hand grenade to fall from the sky and hit his head. His head was dizzy, and he had not yet realized what was happening.

"Boom!" The explosion rang out next to him, and he could no longer escape.

Captain MITSUMINE Kaede was standing upright, and his entire company was standing. This made them the best targets for the directional mines.

After they were ravaged by the thousands of iron pellets fired by the directional mines, less than half of the Japanese soldiers could still stand.

After being strafed by rockets, infantry guns, machine guns, and heavy machine guns, it was impossible for these Japanese soldiers to rush forward.

It was also impossible to retreat. The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed could only hide on both sides of the road, lying on the ground and firing back.

What they could not accept was that they had clearly been ambushed, but the battle had been fought until now, and they had not yet found the opponents who ambushed them.

The company commander of the Third Company had already ordered the machine gunners to maintain fire suppression and launch a full-speed attack. Even if the soldiers launched an attack, they could only rush down from the two cleared roads.