Chapter 15: Unexpected Harvest! Seeking Recommendation Tickets!

  In the 22nd year of the Republic of China, General Zhao Dengyu led the Big Knife Squad to launch a night raid on the artillery position of the Japanese Army's 4th Brigade, and was surrounded. In order to respond to Zhao Dengyu and the Big Knife Squad's breakout, the 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, led by Wang Zhibang, He Jiguo and others, took advantage of the night to launch an attack on the Japanese army in front of them.

  The officers and men of the 37th Division were engaged in fierce battles with the Japanese army on the front line, and gradually gained the upper hand in the bayonet fight due to their numerical superiority.

  At the same time, Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Dengyu's group were rapidly withdrawing northward. The Japanese army behind them broke through the blocking of Hou Wanshan and the dare-to-die corps members and began to closely pursue them.

  Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Heita protected General Zhao Dengyu in the front, while Lao Maozi and other big knife team warriors followed behind. The group of people panted and carried their large knives, which were already stained with blood, and rushed forward like madmen.

  The six hundred warriors who went out to battle now, including Zhang Xinghan and Zhao Dengyu, have less than a hundred people left, and almost half of them are lightly injured to varying degrees.

  "Run! We can't keep running north like this, the little devils will catch up to us soon, and there are more of them the further north we go, what should we do?" Zhao Hei Ta asked while running.

  General Zhao Dengyu was a bit out of breath and looked at Zhang Xinghan, asking: "Xinghan, do you have any way?"

  Zhang Xinghan stopped in his tracks, looked around at the surrounding soldiers, and said to General Zhao Dengyu: "General, just as Squad Leader said, the further north we go, the more devils there will be! We have too many people, our target is too big, it's easy for the devils to discover us! I suggest that we split our troops into two routes, with me and Squad Leader leading a group of brothers to continue running north to lure away the devil's pursuit troops. General, you lead the other brothers to retreat westward, wait until the devil's pursuit troops pass by, then you retreat back to Motian Ridge, from there retreat back to Xifengkou."

  "But this way, you will be in danger!" General Zhao Dengyu said with some hesitation.

  "General, you're worrying too much. A soldier trains for a thousand days to be used in one moment of battle. As a military man, I can die on the battlefield, that's a glorious death, an honor for a soldier! However, General, you must return. Jiufengkou can't do without Zhao Dengyu, even if it doesn't have Zhang Xinghan. So, you must come back alive! Just ask that during holidays, General, take some time to burn some paper money for your brothers, let Xinghan and his brothers buy some wine to drink." Zhang Xinghan said with a faint smile.

  Without waiting for Zhao Dengyu's agreement, Zhang Xinghan pushed him and urged: "Time is pressing, if we don't leave now, it will be too late! Hurry up! We can break out as much as possible! It's better than dying together!"

  "Take care!" General Zhao Dengyu's face was solemn as he bowed, then turned around and led about thirty soldiers to run towards the western mountain pass.

  As General Zhao Dengyu and his comrades gradually disappeared into the darkness, Zhang Xinghan loudly said to the remaining fifty or so soldiers: "Brothers! Today we blew up the enemy's artillery position and killed so many little devils, it was worth it! I'll fire my gun now and lure the little devils over, are you afraid?"

  "What the egg! People die in the morning! Tonight, I've killed more than 20 little Japanese devils, and this blade is already worn out! Don't care about killing a few more!" said a sturdy warrior with a strong physique.

  "Fine! Bring it on with those bastards! Fire away!"

  "Fire!"

  "Fire!"

  "Alright! I'll stay behind and fire, to lure the devils. You guys run north, all the way northeast! Squad leader, you stay too!" Zhang Xinghan nodded, taking a captured Arisaka rifle from one of his soldiers.

  Zhao Hei Ta also took down a Type 38 rifle slung over his shoulder and walked to Zhang Xing Han's side. The other soldiers ran northeast as ordered.

  Zhang Xinghan's face was twisted as he pulled the bolt, saying to Zhao Hei Tower: "Squad leader, let's fire together, shoot one shot and run, then every 150 meters we'll fire another shot, and lure the devils over."

  "Hmm!" Zhao Hei nodded and immediately pulled the bolt back, loading a bullet into the chamber.

  In less than five minutes, the two of them heard a chaotic footsteps and some Japanese officers' shouting from afar in the darkness. Zhang Xinghan, who was proficient in Chinese, Japanese, English, German and Russian, naturally understood what the Japanese officer was yelling about.

  "Charge! Advance! Pursue and annihilate those Japanese pigs!"

  "Here it comes!" Zhang Xinghan raised his gun, aimed at the night sky, and pulled the trigger with a loud bang.

  Zhao Hei Ta also hastily fired his gun, "Bang! Bang!" Under the night sky, two crisp gunshots rang out in all directions. After the two finished shooting, they turned around and ran away.

  But these two gunshots scared the Japanese soldiers who were chasing, and before the Japanese officer gave an order, dozens of Japanese soldiers who were rushing forward fell to the ground with a thud.

  It's really because these devils have been intimidated by the big blades of Chinese soldiers and are afraid they'll be killed halfway.

  The devil officer observed for a moment, and didn't hear any movement again. Seeing his subordinates trembling with fear on the ground, their buttocks raised high, he suddenly became furious and shouted: "Bastards! There's no ambush! Quick! Pursue! Fast!"

  Those devils of soldiers then scrambled up one after another, holding their guns and chasing forward.

  Zhang Xinghan led dozens of soldiers in a frantic charge forward for nearly three miles, when the soldiers in front suddenly stopped in unison. Zhang Xinghan also saw the situation ahead and about a mile away, the lights were shining brightly, looking like a military camp. It didn't take much thought to know that the ones camping here were definitely devils (Japanese).

  Seeing this situation, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but frown, this is going to be a big trouble, with strong enemies in front and pursuers behind.

  "Zhang Waizi, you're clever, speak quickly, what to do? There are devils in front and back."

  "Otherwise, let's turn around and fight those bastards!" the robust warrior bellowed in a thick voice.

  "Keep moving forward! I'll be ahead, you all keep a distance of 50 meters from me, jog slowly. When the devils behind catch up, disperse immediately. Remember, stay calm and no one is allowed to speak." Zhang Xinghan said thoughtfully.

  "Good!" The crowd nodded in agreement upon hearing this. Death was inevitable either way, no one thought further than that.

  Soon, Zhang Xinghan held a 38 rifle and rushed to the front, with Zhao Heita and the soldiers fifty meters behind him.

  As they were approaching the devils' camp, several devil sentries soon discovered something unusual and immediately raised their guns to alert them, shouting: "What are you doing?"

  "Shina troops are coming! Don't shoot, we're our own people, all the Shina people are behind us!" Zhang Xinghan said hastily in Japanese.

  Due to the darkness, the devils couldn't see Zhang Xinghan's appearance clearly, nor could they see the military uniforms on their bodies. It had to be said that the gray uniform of the 29th Army played a very good concealment role in the dark. Plus Zhang Xinghan spoke Japanese, several devil soldiers thought he was one of them and didn't open fire.

  One of the leaders of the devils immediately shouted loudly. Soon the whole devil's camp suddenly boiled over, and one by one the devils rushed out of their tents in a state of disarray, hastily gathering together in a chaotic manner.

  Just then, the pursuing devils from behind had arrived. Zhao Hei Ta and his men immediately followed Zhang Xing Han's instructions and ran away in all directions.

  Zhang Xinghan hastily squatted down and shouted in Japanese: "The Shina army has arrived! Fire!" After finishing, he pulled the trigger.

  The sound of Sanba Dage's voice made the devils even more familiar, and with the darkness able to faintly hear that there were indeed many people rushing over from the opposite side.

  Then, the Japanese soldiers who had just gathered in an emergency began to open fire, and light and heavy machine guns were also set up. Those Japanese soldiers who were awakened from their sleep poured all their anger on the "Chinese army" that rushed over and started shooting desperately.

  On the other side, the devils were intercepted by dense firepower and thought they had caught up with the National Army, so they hastily began to counterattack. Both sides immediately started fierce fighting. For a time, flames shot into the sky and gunfire was intense.

  Just as the two groups of devils were killing each other in a frenzy of gunfire, Zhang Xinghan, who had fired the first shot, took advantage of the opportunity to roll and crawl out of the combat zone and join up with Zhao Hei Ta and the others.

  Zhao Hei Ta and the warriors watched as two groups of devils' dogs bit each other, they were already delighted, each secretly calling out in excitement.

  When Zhang Xinghan came back, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

  "Don't look anymore, hurry up and retreat!"

  "Slow! Zhang Wazi, look, the devils' camp is stirring." Zhao Hei Ta pointed at the devils' camp.

  Zhang Xinghan took advantage of the firelight and saw that several devils seemed to be protecting one person, hastily retreating towards him.

  It turned out that this was the command post of the Japanese Army's Fourth Brigade. Because it suddenly came under attack by the "Chinese army", Suzuki Mitsumasa, who only had a single guard company, was worried that he could not hold out and therefore took several guards to try to withdraw in the chaos.

  Although Zhang Xinghan didn't know that this was a Japanese brigade commander, judging from the situation, even an idiot would understand that the Japanese officer wanted to escape. Such a rare opportunity must not be missed.

  He immediately pulled the bolt, raised the rifle in his hand, and lightly aimed at Suzuki Mitsuto who was running towards this side. Zhang Xinghan took a deep breath, decisively pulled the trigger, and this historic bullet flew out with a whizz.

  With a "bang", the bullet accurately hit the ghost's brow, and Suzuki Mitsuto, who was running away, fell down with a thud.

  As soon as the gunfire stopped, Zhang Xinghan took the lead and rushed forward. Dozens of soldiers followed closely behind him, holding up their big knives and charging forward.

  Those few devils' guards found the brigade commander suddenly shot and fell to the ground, and they were so frightened that they didn't wait for them to react. Zhang Xinghan led the soldiers to charge up.

  Several devils were almost cut down in one round, all of them were chopped into minced meat. Zhao Hei Ta bent down to pick up a military knife on the ground.

  He picked it up and took a look, and couldn't help but be shocked. He immediately became overjoyed and said to Zhang Xinghan: "Zhang Wazi, you've achieved great merit! This is a general's sword! You killed a Japanese general!"

  "Huh?" Zhang Xinghan was also shocked by the words, took over the military knife and looked at it carefully, indeed not bad, but it was a general's sword. Looking down at the ghostly body on the military uniform, it should be a major general.

  At this time, the fierce battle between the devils was still going on. Zhang Xinghan held that general's sword and shouted: "Withdraw!"

  He immediately took dozens of warriors and disappeared into the vast night sky.

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