Chapter 65: So That's How It Is

  "Yes, sir!"; Qingteng Yimut's sniper rifle was aimed at the five o'clock position, and his opponent was not only a skilled sniper but also an expert in disguise. Unconsciously, cold sweat seeped into Qingteng Yimut's palms, although he had taken professional sniper courses, he still felt extremely tense when facing a professional sniper.

  The gunshot from the five o'clock direction not only alerted the sniper position at eleven o'clock, but also on the other side, the sniper at nine o'clock heard the gunshot and aimed towards the five o'clock direction, because there was no deployment of troops by Shan Yixuan in that area, it was impossible for their own people to leave the sniper position too far away. The only possibility was that something had happened over there.

  "Xuan Ge, I couldn't find him!"

  Shan Yixuan curled his lip and said, "I'm also looking for him. This guy is very cunning. I'll lure him out, you take care of him!" He put away the gun in his hand, took a deep breath, and jumped up, quickly running down the mountain.

  Sun Yixuan's appearance made the sniper of the ghost team unable to hold back, when the aiming point of the sniper scope was aimed at Sun Yixuan's head, two sniper rifles had already locked onto the ghost team's sniper.

  Xuan's abnormal behavior surprised the Linghu Tuan team on the sniper position, and many people were wondering what Xuan was doing while covering the Independent Regiment's retreat. Had he discovered something?

  At the nine o'clock direction of the sniper position, Liu San's sniper rifle aimed at a location about 150 meters around Shan Yixuan. After confirming that the surroundings were safe, the muzzle immediately turned to the five o'clock direction. Liu San finally understood that Xuan Ge was doing this to test the danger with his own body! "Observe the five o'clock direction!" Liu San said to the Ling Hu team member responsible for sentry duty beside him.

  "Yes!" As soon as Liu San's voice fell, a figure appeared in his sniper scope.

  "Third Brother, someone's coming!" said the brother who was on lookout duty, putting down his binoculars.

  Liu San made an OK gesture and aimed at the Japanese who had already raised their guns.

  "Bang! Bang!" Two dull gunshots rang out almost simultaneously, Liu San and Qingteng Yimut almost fired at the same time, and all the bullets hit the Japanese sniper's vital parts. At this moment, Shan Yixuan also stopped in his tracks, turned his head to look towards eleven o'clock and nine o'clock directions, and smiled as he made an OK gesture with his hand.

  The encirclement of the National Army and the Eighth Route Army is getting smaller and smaller. Although Yu Jianyi's soldiers are brave and good at fighting, they encountered well-equipped National Army and the Eighth Route Army responsible for flanking and pincer movements, this war of clearing the door made him lose very thoroughly!

  After several hours of fierce fighting between the two armies, both sides suffered casualties, with the Japanese army suffering particularly heavy losses.

  On the second day, at dawn, the National Army and the Eighth Route Army launched another attack. The rumble of howitzers and the "da-da-da" sound of machine guns formed a wonderful melody. Shan Yixuan held binoculars to watch the war that was about to end, couldn't help but smile and say: "This is the gospel for the Chinese people!" Qingteng Yimu sighed and said: "It's also a disaster for our country."

  Shan Yixuan turned his head and glanced at Qingteng Yim, saying softly: "You are different from them, they are creating their own doom, the mistakes they made, naturally have to bear the consequences, this is why I like smart people."

  Behind Tohei Watabe stood several lieutenant colonels and two major generals, with an armored car and a tank nearby. Only a dozen or so people were left to guard the perimeter. A major general officer stood behind Tohei Watabe with a gloomy face, saying sorrowfully: "General, only we are left in the 24th Division! Just now, Magou sent an urgent message asking us to send troops to reinforce Magou. Magou was ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army and the situation is very bad!"

  "Damn it, the situation is getting worse and worse. Is our situation here bad? Get in touch with headquarters, why haven't you contacted us yet?" Tanabe Ken'ichi cursed angrily. Now that they were struggling to save themselves, they still had to send reinforcements to Magou, the main force of the Eighth Route Army... What was this place then? The main force shared by the Eighth Route Army and the National Army?

  The undefeated General Tojo Build, who had never lost a battle on the Chinese battlefield, felt an unprecedented sense of fear in his heart. He had always believed that the Chinese were not united, afraid to die, and cowards, but now he has changed his mind. The close cooperation between the KMT and the CPC this time thoroughly defeated the myth of the undefeated General.

  "Report to the General, our communication with the headquarters has been completely cut off, and the situation is unclear!" The major said again with his head down. From the moment the 24th Division entered Zhaojiazhuang, the communication equipment had malfunctioned, and the radio could only contact the division's troops, while all other troops were out of touch, which seemed more like a divine will.

  "What is the unclear situation unclear maintenance group eating?"

  "Hai!" Major saw Watabe Kenichi's movement in anger, and spoke in a low voice.

  "Kento Watabe, you have nowhere to escape now. Surrender and lay down your arms! Our Chinese army treats prisoners of war with kindness!"

  When Watabe Kenichi was still in a rage, a loud voice shouted from a horn. All the alert Japanese troops quickly protected Watabe Kenichi behind them. Half an hour ago, he had more than a thousand troops clashing with Chinese forces on the front line, but now he could only command and mobilize these people around him.

  "For the honor of the Empire, we must not surrender, retreat with bullets!" Tobu Kenichi looked at the commanders of the 388th and 389th regiments, Zhou Weiguo and Meng Shuai, as well as Hu Yan, the commander of the 115th division of the Eighth Route Army, who were standing in front of him, filling him with hatred.

  All the Japanese troops withdrew the bullets from their gun barrels, and several Chinese army leaders looked at each other, expressing great satisfaction with the actions of the Japanese lieutenant general. The determination of the Japanese to be loyal to the Emperor was almost unshakeable, and it was not easy to capture a Japanese lieutenant general-level officer as a prisoner. Even if they were surrounded or besieged, they would rather not become prisoners, and generally they would commit seppuku (ritualistic suicide) to apologize for their failure.

  "It's been a while since I entered the Chinese battlefield, but this is the first time I've seen you guys cooperate between the KMT and the Communist Party, and it's also the first time I've been defeated by you!" Watabe Kenichi sighed, looking at the three officer-level figures in front of him and said in Japanese.

  The major who knew Chinese was about to translate, Zhou Weiguo smiled and said in standard Japanese: "You Japanese as invaders occupied our inherent territory, burned, killed and looted on our inherent territory, being defeated by us is nothing for you to regret! Although the KMT and CPC are different parties, remember that the blood we shed is Chinese blood."

  "Invaders are always losers!" A voice came from behind Zhou Weiguo and others. Everyone couldn't help but look back.

  Shan Yixuan led the Linghu Tuiji team's brothers to march forward in big strides, and the National Army and Eighth Route Army troops blocking their way involuntarily made way for the twenty or so people. Everyone was guessing the speaker's identity, and the Mauser 98K rifles on their backs shocked them even more - what were they doing? This question instantly dispersed from all the soldiers' minds.

  Watabe Kenichi heard the sound and looked in the direction it came from. A young man in his twenties made him frown, and when he saw the sniper rifle on his back, his face changed greatly. Could this young man be the one who took out his own sniper?

  Hu Yan looked at Shan Yixuan, when the independent regiment reported the situation before, it was indeed said that except for Zhaojiazhuang Independent Regiment, there were also armed forces in Qinglongzhai, could it be him?

  Meng Shuai looked at Zhou Weiguo, both of them were very puzzled, and they were guessing in their hearts whether it was him who was secretly helping himself.

  Shan Yixuan walked over to the three people who were staring at him like a monster, looked at Hu Yan and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know him. He then looked at Zhou Weiguo and Meng Shuai, although he didn't recognize either of them, but he recognized the lieutenant colonel's rank on their uniforms, smiled and said: "Two commanders, we're late."

  Zhou Weiguo was stunned for a moment, pointing to Hu Yan beside him and said: "That... that is the highest commander of the war zone, Hu Yan, Commander-in-Chief!"

  Zhou Weiguo's words suddenly enlightened Shan Yixuan, and the Eighth Route Army was indeed low-key. The uniform of a division commander was actually the same as that of an ordinary soldier.

  "Good sir!" Duan Yixuan turned around and gave Hu Yan a standard military salute. As a member of the Communist Party, it was only right to show respect to his superior.

  "Hello!" Hu Yan smiled softly and looked at Shan Yixuan saying: "You're the second master of Qinglong Village that Zhao Wenzhen mentioned?"

  "Ah, yes, it's me, I'm the one who took down Yoshida's squad!" En'en said with a glance at Watabe Ken'ichi, his hand on the hilt of his sword, as if eager to kill him. Although each of them was retreating from the hail of bullets, their bayonets still shone brightly, inserted into the slots of their Type 38 rifles.

  As soon as Dan Yixuan himself said that he was the second master of Qinglongzhai, Meng Shuai and Zhou Weiguo's eyes widened. The deeds of Qinglongzhai had been circulating in the National Army for a long time, and everyone admired and questioned Qinglongzhai. Being able to annihilate an army of over 2,000 people in just two hours was not ordinary combat strength and command experience.

  "Bastard, you...you killed my God Gun Squad?" Toubei Kenichi interrupted Monaka Kaito's conversation, the young man's arrogant tone making this Imperial Major General feel very displeased!

  Tōbei Kaito snorted, ignoring the angry look on his face, and asked directly: "The 24th Division was defeated in Yangcheng, why didn't I discover any reinforcements? The North China Military Command shouldn't have abandoned this trump card unit, should it?"

  Zhou Weiguo smiled and said, "That's because when we came out, in order to prevent this unit from contacting their troops stationed in Xuzhou, we cut off their communication lines. It's normal that they can't contact Temple Suiyi."

  "High, it's really high, but can you guarantee that Su Yi won't find out when you come?" Zhān Yìxuān always felt that not supporting this invincible army was abnormal.

  "They will definitely discover our march, but General Teshima's nature is suspicious. Since this unit entered China, it has participated in dozens of battles, big and small, yet every time they have brought surprises to General Teshima. It is said that this unit has no history of defeat in past wars. Analyzing from this route, General Teshima will not think that the 24th Division will lose a battle, so the North China Army has no movement."