Chapter 25: Night Battle! (Part 1)

  The night is deep and quiet, with all sounds hushed.

  Yue Weihan leaned against a large stone on the side of the road, loading bullets into his magazine. Liu Xin sat three steps away from him, hugging her knees, under the dark night sky, her bright eyes shone like two sparkling black gemstones, staring intently at Yue Weihan without blinking, her slightly raised mouth corners seemed to still hold a hint of pouting.

  Liu Xin Shao Wei was slightly angry, which is understandable. Although she is also a soldier of the party and country, after all, she is still a young lady. How can Yue Weihan, this uncouth man, treat her like that? Not only does he not know how to cherish and appreciate women, but in the end, he even slapped her buttocks, which is truly excessive. Is that a place where anyone can just slap?

  However, Yue Weihan did not feel the slightest anger from Liu Xin Shao Wei, and he continued to load bullets into the clip as if nothing was wrong. In less than a moment, the clip was full, and with two clicks, it was inserted into the magazine of his German-made Mauser pistol. With Yue Weihan's current military rank, he was already qualified to be equipped with a Browning pistol, but he still preferred the Mauser.

  Yue Weihan thought that Browning was a gun for women, and the Type 56 pistol was a real man's thing.

  In the midst of hurried footsteps, Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and Niu Dagen arrived one after another in front of Yue Weihan.

  Yue Weihan was admiring the blue glow of the German-made safety razor in his hand, and asked without looking up: "Are all of you brothers ready to ambush?"

  "According to the orders of the camp commander, everything is in ambush."

  "Hey, old lady, how are you so sure that the little devils will pass by here?"

  Yue Weihan did not answer directly, but instead turned to Cao Xinglong and said: "Big Dragon, you tell him."

  Cao Xinglong nodded and analyzed: "The little devil's commander is not a vegetarian, our strategy of breaking through separately may be able to confuse them for a while, but ultimately they will definitely see through it. Moreover, the little devils have reconnaissance planes in the sky, so it's almost impossible for us to thoroughly shake off the ghostly pursuit."

  "His grandma, we know this, but what does it have to do with an ambush?"

  "Of course, it's related." Cao Xinglong said, "The little devils have mostly figured out that this is our gathering place, so they will definitely take countermeasures. The most likely countermeasure is to divide their troops and seal off the mountain area, and then search the mountains extensively after dawn tomorrow, by which time we'll be caught like fish in a barrel."

  "Oh, I see... " Chi Chengfeng nodded and said, "But the little devils really dare to divide their troops? Our Baoshan camp is not vegetarian, if the little devils are in a group, with a scale of more than a company, we can't do anything about it. But if they dare to move in small teams, isn't that giving us meat to eat?"

  Before Cao Xinglong returned, Yue Weihan sneered: "The little devil knows how to divide his troops!"

  "What's the reason?" Chi Chengfeng said disbelievingly, "Why would the Japanese devils dare to divide their troops for sure?"

  "What's the big idea?" Yue Weihan said coldly, "Just because of that arrogant attitude of yours, just because you haven't had enough of my wrath! Just because you don't know that our Bao Shan camp excels at night battles!"

  Yu Wei Han's voice had just fallen when a black shadow appeared on the mountain path ahead.

  Liu Tiezhu and the soldiers of the guard squad raised their hands to lift their guns, but were stopped by Yue Weihan: "Don't move, it's a Hanlin."

  In less than a moment, the black shadow approached Yue Weihan and others. It was indeed Hua Hanlin, the scout who had been sent to gather information about the enemy. Seeing Yue Weihan, Hua Hanlin didn't even have time to salute before panting: "Commander, the devils...have arrived."

  Cao Xinglong and Chi Chengfeng simultaneously pulled out the bayonet and opened the gun head, Niu Dagen also hugged the imitation Czech-style rifle, and pulled the bolt with a "click-clack" sound. Next to them, Liu Tiezhu and the soldiers of the guard platoon also opened the safety catch and pulled the bolt, pushing shiny bullets into the magazine.

  An invisible aura of killing intent suddenly spread out.

  Yue Weihan remained unmoved and asked coldly: "How many devils are there?"

  "Roughly, there's a small squad of soldiers, three motorcycles, two submachine guns, two grenade launchers, no mortars or heavy machine guns. Additionally, about ten miles behind us in the mountain pass, another small squad of devils is stationed. If we engage in battle here, those devils can arrive within half an hour."

  "His grandma, a small group of devils dare to come out and stroll around?"

  "They just don't give a damn about our Baoshan Camp."

  "Brothers, if we don't eat this meat that's been delivered right to our mouths, our ancestors eighteen generations back would all shed tears!"

  Chi Chengfeng, Cao Xinglong, Niu Dagen, Liu Tiezhu and the soldiers of the guard platoon all shouted out at once.

  Yue Weihan's mouth corners suddenly also cracked a cold smile, this little devil is really arrogant to no end, this is in the enemy country's territory, just a small infantry squad dare to act alone at night? Today, give these little devils an unforgettable lesson, let them know what a true night battle master is!

  The next moment, Yue Weihan let out a sudden whistle, and everyone quickly plunged into the dark shadows by the side of the road.

  Time slipped away quietly, about the time it took to smoke half a pack of cigarettes. Suddenly, two beams of snow-white light appeared from behind the low mountain ridge in front, like two sharp swords piercing the sky. After another moment, a three-wheeled motorcycle emerged from behind the mountain ridge and roared towards this side.

  On the side of the three-wheeled vehicle was mounted a crooked machine gun, and behind it followed over a dozen Japanese infantrymen.

  This three-wheeled vehicle and a dozen or so infantrymen were just the vanguard of the devils, advancing tens of meters forward, the crooked handle machine gun on the side would fire a burst into the wild fields and mountain ridges on both sides. This was the little devil's firepower reconnaissance. Yue Weihan quietly raised the canteen in his hand, and in the darkness, the officers and men of the Bao Shan camp also pressed their index fingers on the trigger.

  Less than half a pack of cigarettes later, the main force of the devils finally appeared under the guidance of a three-wheeled vehicle.

  About three or four hundred Japanese infantrymen formed two columns and advanced at a run, stretching out their formation for dozens of meters. The sound of their footsteps was particularly striking in the stillness of the night air. These arrogant little devils had no idea that they were step by step entering the carefully constructed death trap set up by the Chinese people.

  At a certain moment, Yue Weihan gently pressed down on the latch of the makeup box in his hand.

  Under the quiet night sky, a crisp sound suddenly rang out, and the little devil captain sitting on the edge of the three-wheeled motorcycle suddenly fell down. Almost at the same time as Yue Weihan's gunshot, more than a dozen dazzling flames burst forth from various high points on both sides of the road.

  Although Baoshan Camp is no longer what it used to be, their machine gun company still has considerable strength.

  Two intact Madsen guns and the only 92-style heavy machine gun were destroyed due to inconvenience in carrying, but the remaining seven Czech-style and two "crooked handle" ones were brought out intact, with sufficient ammunition. Niu Dagen's machine gun company still had more than 30 people, except for the shooters, all of whom were carrying ammunition.

  This battle was fought without any suspense, and the devils who stepped into the ambush circle completely became sheep to be slaughtered!

  Under the dense firepower network woven by nine machine guns in Baoshan Camp, the devils who were not mentally prepared fell down like cut wheat in pieces. In less than a moment, more than half of the little devils had been knocked to the ground, and only a few devil soldiers flipped over and jumped to the side of the road, relying on the roadside ditch or the raised earth mound to resist desperately.

  The vanguard of the devils, who had already retreated hundreds of meters, hastily turned back. However, with just over a dozen devil soldiers, it was no longer possible to turn the tide of battle. In the darkness, Chi Chengfeng led the second company and used only one charge to clear out the dozen or so vanguard devils of the desperate counterattack. He alone killed six with his bayonet.

  On the other side, Cao Xinglong also led a company to solve several Japanese devils who were stubbornly resisting.

  The entire ambush was over in less than fifteen minutes, and it can be said that the Japanese field troops were formidable, but they were too arrogant. Even a small infantry squad like this dared to venture out at night, who else would dare not to destroy them?

  Yue Weihan put the rifle back in its holster and shouted loudly: "Clean up the battlefield, five minutes!"

  Five minutes passed quickly, and the battlefield was cleaned up. The wounded Japanese soldiers who had not died were all finished off with a knife, and one by one they went to see their god of heaven. The ammunition and water bottles on the Japanese soldiers' bodies also became supplies for the Treasure Mountain Regiment. However, the sound of three-wheeled motorcycles roaring appeared on the main road ahead, and another group of Japanese soldiers was rapidly approaching this way.

  Liu Tiezhu pulled his helmet and shouted: "Company commander, the little devils' reinforcements are coming!"

  "I know," said Yue Weihan, and with that, he swept Liu Xin into his arms and leapt onto the driver's seat of the three-wheeler. With a light spin of the throttle, the three-wheeler roared to life and sped off, as Yue Weihan turned back to shout, "Clear the way!"