Chapter 2: Night Raid! Seeking Recommendation Tickets!

  The Qin dynasty had a bright moon, the Han dynasty had a strong pass. The people who went on a long march of ten thousand miles have not returned yet. But if the flying general from Dragon City is here, he will not allow the barbarian horses to cross the Yin Mountains.

  It is well known that the Great Wall was a magnificent and grand military project built in different periods of ancient China to resist the alliance of nomadic tribes in the north. It sits like a giant dragon winding its way across the vast land in northern China, with an aura of majesty and grandeur.

  For many years, the Great Wall of China, which embodies the blood and wisdom of our ancestors, has played a crucial role in the economic development and social stability of the Central Plains region. Throughout history, various dynasties have relied on this wall to defend against foreign invasions and maintain peace in the region, with countless battles having taken place along its length.

  Nowadays, in modern times, with the birth of firearms and advances in military combat methods, the Great Wall is gradually losing its heavy historical role.

  However, the ancient China is once again invaded by a powerful enemy, and the Great Wall of China, which was left over from thousands of years ago, has reignited the beacon fire to fight against the invaders.

  The Xifengkou Great Wall pass structure is relatively unique, divided into two parts: the Xifengkou Pass and the West City Wall. The Xifengkou Pass has three layers, with three gates between which are connected by solid brick walls to form a whole. There are hollow enemy towers at all six contact points of the city wall that can be garrisoned for defense.

  The western city wall is connected to the main body of the Great Wall, with the pass city inside and the Great Wall outside. The city wall and the gate wall are all built with hard strip stones, which are very solid. On both sides of the main Great Wall are high mountains, and the terrain is extremely dangerous.

  The two high grounds lost by the 218th Regiment were outside the city wall, one on the right and one on the left. These two high grounds, situated to the left and right, could be used for both attack and defense, and were the left and right shields of Xifengkou Great Wall. If we describe Xifengkou as a person at that time, the two high grounds outside would be this person's fists. Without fists, it would be difficult to defend or attack effectively, so no matter what, these two fist-shaped strongholds must be recaptured.

  The Japanese army's weapons and equipment were superior to those of the 29th Army, with heavy machine guns, tanks, and heavy artillery. If they launched an attack during the day, it would be unrealistic to retake the position.

  Only by taking advantage of the night, launching a surprise attack on the enemy at night, hiding and ambushing the enemy after contact, and engaging in close combat with the enemy at night, can we offset the enemy's advantages in terms of equipment. This is what is meant by "playing to one's strengths while avoiding weaknesses" and "avoiding the real and attacking the empty".

  Under the cover of night, General Zhao Dengyu led the members of the Big Knife Squad into the Great Wall Castle walls from the pass wall. Zhang Xinghan followed quietly in the team, his heart racing with excitement as he moved forward stealthily. After all, this was his first time participating in a proactive attack with the troops, and he couldn't help but feel some tension. However, this tension only lasted for a moment. As a special forces operative, he had strong adaptability and integration capabilities.

  Looking at the determined and stern faces beside him, Zhang Xinghan couldn't help but clench his fists tightly and grit his teeth.

  After arriving at the Outer Wall Pass, General Zhao Dengyu suddenly stopped in his tracks, waved his big hand back, and all the members of the Big Knife Strike Team immediately squatted down with a rustling sound.

  Feeling the biting north wind blowing from outside the city wall, Zhang Xinghan also hastily followed suit and squatted down. After squatting down, Zhang Xinghan slightly raised his head, only to see that at this time, the bright moon was hanging high in the sky, silently sighing; a high moon and dark winds were exactly the perfect opportunity for a night battle.

  Only then did General Zhao Dengyu shout in a low voice from the front, "Brothers! Ahead is within the enemy's sphere of influence. Everyone must be careful and stealthy, avoid exposing ourselves halfway, hide and ambush the enemy! Now I order, draw your swords!"

  "Whoosh!" All the assault team members suddenly became stern and drew their knives, Zhao Hei Ta and Zhang Xing Han also followed suit, drawing out the large iron knives from behind their backs. Hundreds of large knives with snow-white blades gleamed with a faint chill under the moonlight, a solemn killing aura rushed forward.

  General Zhao Dengyu also swiftly drew out the war sword on his back, stood up, and with a wave of his hand, led the soldiers to start walking down from the city wall, rushing towards outside the pass.

  General Zhao Dengyu, when passing by Zhang Xinghan's side on the way to the regiment, also merged into the team and followed the team to quickly walk down the Guan wall, quietly approaching the devils' position outside the pass.

  On the way to meet the enemy, Squad Leader Zhao Hei Ta suddenly said to Zhang Xing Han: "Zhang girl, after we deal with the little devils later, follow me closely, it's safer."

  Zhang Xinghan heard this and couldn't help but feel a warmth in his heart. Although he had never known this dark-skinned big man before, it was the war that brought them together, and they walked together, shoulder to shoulder, fighting side by side, through life and death, hand in hand against the enemy.

  Many soldiers have to thank the war in some way, although they do not yearn for war, but it is a war that makes everyone not want to happen, and people from all over the world gather together. They went from being unfamiliar with each other, looking at each other with disdain, and getting into fights, to later being able to entrust their lives to each other, sharing life and death, stirring the same pot. This transformation of friendship from strangers to familiarity and shared hardships is impossible in peacetime.

  It is only in times of war, when directly facing death, that these "strangers" can come together to jointly resist the danger of death.

  Looking into Zhao Hei Ta's sincere eyes, Zhang Xing Han solemnly nodded and followed Zhao Hei Ta to continue walking forward.

  The whole way was silent, the outer Great Wall was about four miles away from the two highlands. Under the leadership of General Zhao Dengyu, the soldiers quietly left the Great Wall and arrived at a withered grass thicket less than two miles away from the enemy's position. General Zhao called up a regimental commander to lead 250 men to attack the eastern highland, while General Zhao personally led 250 men to attack the western highland.

  Zhang Xinghan, who was already squatting down, looked at the other troops in the regiment and asked: "Squad leader, why are they dividing their forces?"

  "It should be a division of troops!" Zhao Hei Ta stretched his neck and replied while looking around.

  Finally, Zhang Xinghan's four companies were assigned to General Zhao Dengyu's side, responsible for attacking the high ground in the west. Without any extra words in the darkness, General Zhao Dengyu waved his hand and led the soldiers forward with a battle knife, and 251 people marched towards the Japanese army's position.

  Five minutes later, General Zhao Dengyu's big knife assault team had arrived at a place less than 500 meters away from the Japanese army's position. At this time, the Japanese army's position was silent, and through visual measurement, several groups of scorching flames could be seen burning fiercely in the darkness on the devils' campsite.

  That was a bonfire used by the devils to keep warm, at this time it was in the tenth winter month, the weather in the north had already been very cold, especially when it reached midnight.

  To be on the safe side, General Zhao Dengyu first sent two soldiers to sneak in and reconnoiter, wanting to take out the enemy's hidden sentry at once. However, the two agile soldiers carrying big knives searched quietly for a while within 300 meters of the enemy's position, but didn't see any enemy sentry.

  At this time, Zhang Xinghan's four rows had become the vanguard row. General Zhao Dengyu was not far in front of Zhang Xinghan, crouching behind him. Zhang Xinghan could clearly see General Zhao Dengyu's majestic broad back.

  Only to see, the two soldiers who were sent out by General Zhao Dengyu earlier came back with some panting and squatting down. One of the soldiers squatted down and reported to General Zhao in a low voice: "General, the little devils may not have set up an ambush at all, we've been searching for half a day but couldn't find any! Moreover, I observed quietly that the enemy's position is very lax."

  "Huh? No night patrol?" General Zhao Dengyu pondered upon hearing this, then said: "These damn Japanese devils are really too arrogant, to be so careless and lax. It seems they thought our Chinese army wouldn't dare launch a surprise attack, that's why they're so relaxed."

  General Zhao Dengyu said that the Japanese army was indeed arrogant and invincible at this time. Since the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army had swept across the entire Northeast China with only tens of thousands of soldiers in just a few months, forcing hundreds of thousands of elite Northeastern Army troops to flee like dogs, abandoning their armor and helmets, losing land for thousands of miles, and retreating from Northeast China in disarray.

  Since the September 18th Incident, the Japanese army has been continuously attacking and occupying cities in northern China for two years, almost never suffering a defeat. In every battle they have fought, the Chinese troops they encountered either fled immediately or retreated far away as soon as they heard the news of the Japanese army's approach. As a result, the Japanese army naturally became arrogant and complacent, thinking that the Chinese troops were just a mob and couldn't even escape quickly, let alone dare to launch a counterattack against them.

  Just recently, the Japanese army with two divisions of troops, defeated the Chinese garrison in Rehe Province, and Tang Yulin, the chairman of Rehe Province and commander of the 36th Division, fled without a fight. As a result, the 8th Cavalry Search Unit of the Japanese 8th Division took Chengde, the capital of Rehe Province, with just 128 cavalrymen. The Japanese military boasted that this battle was a miracle of the Imperial Japanese Army's operations in China, and it was also a humiliation for the Nationalist army's resistance.

  In the following few dozen days, the Rehe defense army collapsed, and the entire province of Rehe fell. Tens of thousands of civilians were trampled under the iron hooves of the Japanese cavalry, wailing filled the air, and their suffering was unspeakable.

  Although the Japanese army encountered relatively strong resistance at various passes of the Great Wall, the arrogant Japanese army believed that with the bravery of the Imperial Japanese Army and the precision of its artillery equipment, breaking through the Chinese army's defense along the Great Wall was only a matter of time.

  So the whole Japanese army's position was on high alert, not even a single sentry was posted, all the devils in the Japanese army's position were huddled together around the bonfire and fell asleep.

  As soon as General Zhao Dengyu's words fell, the warrior who had spoken earlier asked, "Sir, what shall we do now?"

  "We have them all! Sneak up and get them! Send these damned Eastern dwarves to the Western Heaven!" General Zhao Dengyu suddenly raised his steel knife and shouted.

  A lieutenant colonel turned around and whispered loudly to those behind him: "The brigade has an order, everyone is present, hide and wait for the enemy!"

  Just after the battalion commander finished giving orders, General Zhao Dengyu and the two soldiers in front of him stood up simultaneously, crouching down and wielding their big knives as they crept towards the Japanese army's position.

  Zhang Xinghan and other members of the Big Knife Assault Team quickly got up and closely followed, crawling towards the Japanese army's position.

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