Chapter 11: Escaping Death (Part 1) (Tears Requesting Recommendation Tickets)

  After advancing about twenty li further ahead, the Japanese army's position finally came into view.

  To be honest, Yue Weihan did not want to force his way through the Japanese army's defense line, but there was no other choice. The Japanese 3rd and 11th Divisions had already deployed along the northern shore of Wanjialing and the eastern shore of Zhanghuawan, with no gaps between units that could be exploited. If Yue Weihan and his men wanted to return to the Nationalist defense line on the southern shore of Wanjialing, they would have to force their way through.

  Of course, going north and swimming tens of kilometers across the water surface can also break through, but most people have frozen to death before reaching the other side.

  Before long, dense iron wire mesh began to appear in front of our eyes, as well as crisscrossing trenches and a large number of sandbagged firing positions. The Japanese army was indeed well-trained, even when on the offensive, they would never forget to build defensive fortifications. Their soldiers basically had no idle time, except for fighting, it was digging fortifications.

  Compared to the field station in the rear, the Japanese front-line position was much more heavily guarded, with not only sentry posts standing but also many patrol teams patrolling back and forth. Yue Weihan believed that there must be a large number of Japanese scouts lurking in the dark as well. Without the cover of armored vehicles and cars, it would be difficult to break through.

  Even before approaching the gate, several snow-white searchlights shone over from various watchtowers.

  Then, a devil officer with two devil soldiers flashed out of the sentry box at the side of the gate. Almost simultaneously, the 92-style heavy machine guns and Type 96 light machine guns in more than a dozen ring-shaped bunkers and pillboxes nearby adjusted their firing angles, and the dark muzzles were already aimed at Yue Weihan's convoy.

  Before the armored vehicle came to a standstill, the devil officer had already approached and shouted: "Password!"

  "Long live the military! Return the order!" Yue Weihan poked out half of his head from the car window and nodded to that Japanese officer.

  "East Asia Co-prosperity!" Under the snow-white spotlight, the devil officer saw at a glance that Yue Weihan's collar was adorned with a badge, which was actually a lieutenant colonel! This set of lieutenant colonel uniform was found in the armored vehicle, and its original owner was probably already confused and died unjustly in that field station.

  It turned out that Yue Weihan was a lieutenant colonel in the army, and the Japanese lieutenant immediately straightened his body and gave Yue Weihan a crisp military salute, saying solemnly: "Sir, I'm disturbing you, please forgive me!"

  "It's nothing, it's what should be." Yue Weihan waved his hand and said, "Lieutenant, can we go now?"

  "Of course!" The Japanese lieutenant said and turned around to make a gesture. The two Japanese soldiers then quickly removed the roadblock.

  Yue Weihan shrunk his head back, and with a sudden stomp on the accelerator, the armored car sped into the devils' barracks with an ear-piercing roar. The three trucks behind followed closely. Although the devil officer was somewhat puzzled as to why the lieutenant colonel was driving himself, he didn't dare ask more questions. After all, there was a very strict hierarchical system within the Japanese army.

  In less than half an hour, Yue Weihan and his men broke through three Japanese checkpoints again!

  Without warning, Chi Chengfeng, who was sitting in the front passenger seat, suddenly pointed forward and shouted: "My god! On the surface of the water! The little devils have set up a pontoon bridge on the surface of the water!"

  "What's going on? What's going on?" Without Chi Chengfeng reminding him, Yue Weihan had already seen it!

  At this moment, Yue Weihan's heart also became tense. As the old saying goes, "the last leg of a hundred-mile journey is the hardest." Just as he was about to escape, even someone as calm as Yue Weihan couldn't help but feel a little anxious!

  The more you fear something, the more it comes!

  Yue Weihan was silently praying in his heart, hoping that nothing would happen on this last stretch of road, when suddenly a fierce gunshot rang out from the opposite bank of the river, followed by countless dazzling flashes of light bursting forth from the darkness, and then the sound of explosions shook the sky. It didn't take much to figure out that a battle had broken out up ahead.

  At this time, it was a fight, and for Yue Weihan and his men, it was not good news.

  "Grandma, that's the sound of a homemade hand grenade exploding!" Chi Chengfeng licked his lips excitedly and said.

  However, before Chi Chengfeng's excitement had passed, he was stunned, because thousands of devils had emerged from the tents on both sides of the road, yelling and rushing towards the floating bridge, and the road to the floating bridge immediately became congested. Yue Weihan gritted his teeth and suddenly stepped on the accelerator to the bottom!

  "Rumble, rumble, rumble..." The armored vehicle suddenly roared to life and sped up abruptly.

  It's come to this point, and Yue Weihan can't care about so much anymore. If you're dead, you'll be buried in the morning; if not, then for ten thousand years! Screw it!

  The luck was really good, those devils who had just rushed out of their tents were still dizzy, and they thought that Yue Weihan's armored vehicle was in a hurry to cross the bridge to support the Japanese troops on the other side. Not only did no one come up to intercept and question them, but the devils guarding the bridge even actively moved the roadblock away. Without any effort, Yue Weihan's convoy quickly got onto the pontoon bridge.

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  Water caltrops on the southern shore.

  The night raid of the 98th Division of the National Army has begun!

  Although lacking artillery support, Xia Zhongyu still managed to gather more than 4,000 domestically-made hand grenades and then threw them all into the Japanese army's front-line position before launching a charge. More than 4,000 hand grenades were thrown over in less than a minute, which was no joke!

  The Japanese army's front-line position was instantly blown to smithereens.

  Taking advantage of the Japanese army's still being stunned by the massive chain explosion, Xia Zhongyu personally led the more than 600 elite guards to launch a fierce attack on the Japanese army's position! This guard battalion was Xia Zhongyu's trump card, not only were the soldiers' individual qualities outstanding, but their equipment was also extremely advanced, and even compared to the Central Military Academy's teaching group, they were in no way inferior!

  The initial assault of the Guard Corps was extremely sharp, advancing more than 500 meters in less than ten minutes.

  The Japanese 18th Brigade, stationed on the south bank of the Yangtze River, was heavily defeated again. More than 600 remaining soldiers were mostly annihilated, leaving only over 200 men clinging to a few permanent fortifications at the bridgehead, still stubbornly resisting.

  However, the 98th Division's Guard Battalion's offensive soon stalled.

  The Japanese army on the north bank of the Yangtze River reacted quickly, with various caliber mortars and hundreds of grenade launchers firing simultaneously, pouring a large number of grenades onto the Guard Regiment's heads. The regiment's offensive was severely frustrated, casualties also expanded dramatically, in less than five minutes, more than 100 people were injured!

  "General, this battle can't be fought!" The regiment commander of the guard battalion, Xia Xiao Wei, rushed to Xia Zhong Yu's side and said miserably, "Withdraw!"

  "No way!" Xia Zhongyu roared in anger, "Organize a suicide squad, no matter the cost, we must blow up the little devils' floating bridge!"

  "It's impossible now." Xia Xiao Wei said miserably, "The little devil's reinforcements have already crossed the bridge, with three troop transport trucks and an armored vehicle. Commander, if we don't retreat now, all our brothers will be left here!"

  "What, an armored vehicle?" Xia Zhongyu suddenly looked intently and indeed saw a Japanese armored vehicle leading three trucks to quickly cross the pontoon bridge. Seeing this scene, Xia Zhongyu's expression immediately turned gloomy. The little devil's armored vehicle was like a mobile bunker, unless there were anti-tank guns, it would be impossible to crack open this turtle shell!

  "Hey!" Xia Zhongyu slammed his fist on the ground in anger, just as he was about to order a retreat, when suddenly something strange happened!

  That armored vehicle of the devils had just driven over the pontoon bridge when the light and heavy machine guns mounted on it suddenly fired at the same time.

  However, contrary to the expectations of Xia Zhongyu and all the National Army soldiers, the light and heavy machine guns on the devils' armored vehicle did not fire at them, but instead poured all the bullets towards the devils' soldiers who were desperately resisting at the bridgehead. The devils' soldiers at the bridgehead had no idea that someone was firing from behind, and they immediately fell down in pieces.

  This sudden blow caught the little devils off guard, and the National Army on the south bank was also in a fog.

  "What the...! Where did this little devil learn to sing like that?" Xia Xiao Wei pulled his hat brim down and muttered, "A mutiny? Impossible."

  Xia Zhongyu was also bewildered, and in the time it took to regain his senses, more than a dozen "mutinying" Japanese soldiers jumped down from the three trucks behind him, holding over ten machine guns and sweeping them fiercely. The more than 200 remaining Japanese soldiers guarding the bridgehead were quickly cleared out, with only a few Japanese soldiers jumping into the river and swimming frantically to the north bank.

  In the face of armored vehicles and dense machine gun fire, the National Army's flesh and blood could not withstand it, but the little devil's Bushido spirit also had no power to resist!

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