Chapter 11: Escaping Death (Below) (Tears Seeking Recommendation Votes)

  At this time, the devils on the north shore finally realized that something was wrong. The mortars and grenade launchers of various calibers suddenly turned around and fired shells at the armored vehicle and the three troop carriers following behind it without hesitation. However, the change was hasty, and the devils' shooting parameters were not adjusted properly, so most of them did not hit directly.

  Although several RPGs hit the armored vehicle, they basically did no harm.

  At that time, after clearing the remaining Japanese devils at Suqing Bridge, the "devil's armored vehicle" led three trucks to rumble towards the National Army's position. A platoon leader of the Guard Regiment cursed and hugged a ** package, ready to go up and blow it up, but was pulled back by Xia Zhongyu: "Don't rush, let's take a look first."

  As soon as the words fell, the iron gate of the armored vehicle in front of the devils opened, and a burly figure stretched out half of his body, shouting loudly towards this side: "Brothers of the National Army in front, don't misunderstand, it's our own people!"

  "Does he speak Chinese? Son of a bitch, it's really one of our own!" Captain Xia Xiaowei of the Guard Regiment suddenly stood up and asked, "We are from the 98th Division Guard Regiment, which unit are you from?"

  "Is that the 98th Division's guard battalion? That's our own people!" The armored vehicle man shouted, "We are from the 3rd Battalion of the 583rd Regiment!"

  "583 Brigade, 3rd Battalion!? It's Yao Changqing's men!" Xia Xiaowei was overjoyed and turned back to shout at Xia Zhongyu, "Commander, did you hear that? They're Yao Changqing's troops!"

  "What's all the yelling about? My ears aren't deaf yet!"

  Xia Zhongyu's expression looked calm, but in his heart, he had already started to feel overwhelmed. He couldn't imagine how Yao Changqing's troops were fighting this battle. Holding out at Baoshan was understandable, but infiltrating deep into enemy territory and blowing up their forward base was unimaginable. The scene before him left him feeling bewildered and at a loss - could they really fight like this?

  However, Xia Zhongyu was after all a veteran of several decades of military service, and he quickly calmed down and gave the order: "Xia Xiaowei, go tell them that this is not a place for conversation, let them immediately drive their cars back to the division! Also, immediately organize the dare-to-die squad to blow up the pontoon bridge! And have the brothers dig trenches on the spot and build defensive fortifications!"

  "Yes!" Xia Xiaowei responded loudly and eagerly, rushing up with a thud.

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  At dawn, Yue Weihan and his party finally returned to the headquarters of the 98th Division.

  As soon as the car stopped, Yue Weihan turned to Xia Xiao Wei, the captain of the guard battalion who was following him, and said: "Captain Xia, can you find a place for us to take a nap? The brothers are really too tired."

  "It should be, it should be." Xia Xiaowei nodded repeatedly and said, "Brothers, please follow me."

  As he spoke, Xia Xiao Wei invited Yue Weihan and the others into the guard camp and vacated two of the rooms for them. Yue Weihan and the others didn't stand on ceremony either, lying down to sleep immediately. This was just how they were - when their spirits were highly tense, they didn't feel it, but once they returned to their own territory and the tightly drawn bowstring relaxed, their eyelids immediately began to droop.

  The sound of heavy breathing filled the air, and soon the room was filled with ear-splitting snores. Xia Xiao Wei had wanted to exchange a few pleasantries, but seeing this scene, he could only shake his head and sigh.

  Xia Xiaowei returned to the headquarters and saw that his superior, Xia Zhongyu, had also come back. He was whispering something with the chief of staff.

  When he saw Xia Xiaowei, Chief of Staff Huang Mei Wu asked: "Colonel Xia, have the brothers in the 3rd battalion settled down?"

  "Settled in," Xia Xiao Wei nodded and said, "They're really exhausted, as soon as they touched the bed they fell asleep like pigs."

  "What's going on? Everyone's asleep?" Huang Mei Wu frowned and asked, "Where's Yao Changqing?"

  "Didn't see him." Xia Xiao Wei shook his head and said, "Among those forty or so people, didn't see Captain Yao."

  "Not in sight!" Huang Mei Wu frowned and turned back to Xia Zhong Yu, "Master, shouldn't we verify their identities?"

  "What's there to verify? What's good about verifying?" Xia Zhongyu said coldly, "Whatever it is, let's talk about it when they wake up."

  Xia Xiaowei also said, "I think it's unnecessary to make a fuss about this. They are definitely from the 3rd Battalion. I recognize that old soldier who shouted earlier. He is a platoon leader in the 3rd Battalion named Chi Chengfeng. His skills are quite good. I remember last time I even fought with him and lost by half a move."

  "Huang Mei Wudao: 'Even if they are really from the 3rd Regiment, Baoshan has been lost for so many days, I'm worried...'"

  "Don't worry at all," Xia Xiao Wei said, "The 3rd Battalion did kill a Japanese general, and if they were captured, the Japanese would have skinned them alive. How could they be released to become spies? Besides, in this morning's battle, if it weren't for the brothers of the 3rd Battalion suddenly attacking from behind and giving the Japanese a fatal blow, who knows how many casualties we would have suffered trying to retake the lost position? For that, I'm willing to believe them!"

  "No need to say more." Xia Zhongyu waved his hand and said decisively, "I trust them, send a telegram to the War Zone Commander's office!"

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  It was dawn on a certain day, the headquarters of the Songhu Battle Zone.

  Deputy Director Gu had just gotten out of bed and hadn't even had time to eat breakfast when Deputy Officer rushed in, seeing the excited look on his face, Deputy Director Gu knew that there must be good news from the front line, so he hastily said: "Don't say anything yet, let me guess... has the 98th Division recaptured the south bank of the Yangtze River?"

  "General is indeed godlike in his predictions." The deputy officer said with a flattering tone, "However, there's another good news that the General will definitely not be able to guess."

  "Oh?" Deputy Director Gu said with a smile, "You might as well say it, what's the big deal that can be compared to the 98th Division's recovery of the south bank of Lianhua Bay?"

  "General, Yao's camp at Baobao Mountain has broken through!"

  "What? What did you say?" Deputy Director Gu was taken aback at first, then suddenly stood up and exclaimed in disbelief, "Yao's camp has broken through the siege?"

  "Moreover, it's a frontal assault!" The deputy officer exclaimed excitedly, "It's simply unimaginable!"

  "Great, too great!" Deputy Director Gu was also excited and shouted loudly, "Immediately send a telegram to Nanjing to report this good news to the Chairman. Right, you should dispatch a special train, no, it's better for you to go personally to the 98th Division to bring over Yao Changqing. I want to meet this incredible Huangpu Tiger General myself!"

  "Yes." The deputy officer responded with a sound and led the order away excitedly.

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  Songhu Frontline, Headquarters of the 98th Division.

  Yue Weihan and his friends slept so soundly that they didn't wake up until after 3 pm.

  It's been more than half a month since they had a good night's sleep. When guarding the treasure mountain, they didn't dare to sleep. Hiding in the tunnels originally gave them plenty of time to rest, but Yue Weihan wouldn't let them relax, forcing them to learn sign language and exhausting everyone. After finally returning to the surface, they were again engaged in continuous battles, getting excited to the point of exhaustion and nearly dying from fatigue.

  Yue Weihan slowly woke up from his sleep and suddenly heard whispers outside the courtyard.

  He got up and walked to the window, looked out, and saw that many brothers of the guard regiment were surrounding the devil's armored vehicle that had just returned, looking at it with relish.

  "Wow, this armored vehicle is quite something! How did those bastards from the 3rd battalion manage to get their hands on it?"

  "Who knows, I think those three regiments are not even human, they can take down the deputy commander of a division and grab an armored vehicle as if it's nothing?"

  "It's really incomprehensible, hasn't the treasure mountain been lost for seven or eight days? Where are those turtle sons of the 3rd battalion hiding, can't the little devils find them?"

  "This is not difficult, the 3rd battalion was originally our division's famous 'gopher battalion', it is said that their battalion commander particularly likes to dig trenches and build fortifications, so when they are idle, they dig fortifications, this time Baoshan lost its defense, I think they must have dug a hole in advance to hide."

  Yue Weihan, who was eavesdropping behind the window, couldn't help but shiver. He thought to himself that the wisdom of these people was indeed boundless. He hadn't expected that his carefully constructed escape route would be so easily seen through by a simple-minded soldier. Fortunately, this wasn't an enemy soldier; if it were, he and his forty-odd men would have been doomed.

  Just as Yue Weihan was secretly shocked, the whispering voices in the courtyard outside suddenly stopped. He quickly looked up to see two high-ranking National Army officers walking in with an air of confidence. The first man had a sturdy build, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his face was extremely heroic. The insignia on his collar was pure gold, with two triangular stars sewn on it - he was a lieutenant general!

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  PS: Brothers, Sword Guest has been squeezed out of the list, what a pity!