Volume 1: Initial Entry into the Battlefield Chapter 19: The Thirty-Ninth Brigade

  Their deaths have allowed us to regain our lost dignity, regain our confidence, and also find the goal of hard work and sacrifice!

  "Rat-a-tat-tat..." After a row of bullets passed, the warriors who were covering the civilians quickly burst out with strings of blood flowers, but they did not retreat. They didn't even make a move to cover their wounds... In order to protect the civilians to the greatest extent, they all opened their arms and tightly hugged the women and children under them!

  "Grenade!" I yelled at the soldiers.

  It is obvious that the Japanese trench is only forty or fifty meters away from us, which is just within the range of hand grenades. Moreover, as it has already darkened and visibility is very low, hand grenades are undoubtedly the best weapon.

  On this point, I think anyone would want to get it, including the little Japanese in front of us. It's just that most people first thought of the rifle in their hands instead of the grenade. At this time, the soldiers were reminded by me and quickly reacted, pulling out the grenades and throwing them at the opposite side...

  The little devil wasn't bad, and at this time when it was dark and both sides were fighting fiercely, he could still feel that we were throwing hand grenades. Unfortunately, the visibility was too low at this time, and they couldn't pick up the hand grenades to throw them back. So, with a "wow" cry, they put down their rifles and turned around to run!

  But everything was already too late, and before they could run a few steps, there was only a loud "rumbling" sound, and the entire street was blown into a smoky haze.

  It's time to stop waiting, I stood up and waved my hand at the warriors behind me: "Brothers! The time for revenge has come, charge!"

  "Charge!" The warriors let out a loud roar and, like little tigers, picked up their rifles and charged towards the Japanese army camp.

  A distance of forty or fifty meters was only a matter of seconds, and after a burst of choking smoke, the wounded Japanese troops appeared in front of us. They were either injured by shrapnel from hand grenades or temporarily lost their senses due to the massive explosion or shockwave. At this moment, they were all struggling on the ground trying to get up and resist. But my comrades and I would not give them a chance to get up, and without saying a word, we charged forward in a frenzy of blows...

  With a loud "bang", I knocked down a Japanese soldier who was about to get up with one shot, and his head burst open like a watermelon in front of me, staining the ground beneath his feet red with blood. Without hesitation, I swung my rifle butt again and gave another Japanese soldier next to me a vicious blow!

  At this time, I couldn't help but regret not putting a bayonet on my rifle before rushing up... Look! Even with old-fashioned rifles like the Zhongzheng, you have to pull the bolt and fire a shot. In close combat, there's no time to reload by pulling the bolt, and using the gun butt to hit the enemy is really ineffective. Moreover, I also know that although the Zhongzheng is an old-fashioned rifle for me, it is actually a powerful, long-range, and well-made rifle in this era. It's a bit of a waste to use it to knock on the little devil's head!

  It's just that at the time, seeing all those little Japanese trying to get up, I didn't have time for this, because I knew what it would mean if I let them get back on their feet, so I quickly swung my rifle butt and smashed them back down to the ground one by one.

  At that time, I was heartbroken! The little Japanese devil's head was split open, a small matter, but he had ruined my rifle, a big deal! Suddenly, I remembered that Chi Pai Zhang had given me a large knife... wasn't it still stuck on my back?

  With a thought, I stretched out my hand and drew out the big knife to hack down at the little devils. Along with several "whooshing" sounds, several little Japanese men didn't even have time to let out a cry before falling one after another under my blade.

  It turns out that this big knife is really useful in close combat, beheading is not a bit laborious, but the scene is a bit scary... When I cut off the third ghost's head, his fresh blood sprayed onto my face like a fountain from the broken neck... Then I was stunned!

  I charged forward with a mouthful of vicious air and hatred in my heart, thinking only of killing all these little Japanese before me... But when the warm blood splattered onto my face, when the enemy's head rolled on the ground, when the headless body still twitched on the ground... I suddenly regained some sanity, and with sanity came fear, and with fear came hesitation... So I stood there stupidly, staring at the several corpses on the ground with terrifying expressions, hardly daring to believe they had just died at my hands!

  How can one not be afraid when looking at the death of an enemy at such a close distance? Even though they cannot be considered human!

  Faltering at the critical moment, this is undoubtedly very dangerous on the battlefield. If it were at any other time, I would probably have lost my life by now. Fortunately, the local battle was nearing its end at that time, which also allowed me to survive at that time.

  "Line up, line up..."

  "Ah!" Chen Dali's shout made me suddenly wake up, and I found that all the little Japanese beside me had turned into corpses, including the Japanese military officer who was showing off in front of me a few days ago!

  "It's really satisfying!" Chen Dalie laughed loudly: "The little Japanese are nothing but that! They look so arrogant, but in the end they were solved by us in just two strokes!"

  I couldn't help but let out a wry smile: this isn't to say that the little Japanese are easy to deal with, actually we just caught them off guard earlier, and that row of hand grenades almost took them all down, we just came up to finish off some guys who were half dead anyway.

  "Get rid of it!" Li Wenxi pointed at the Japanese tank parked by the side of the road and shouted at me, "The little devils can't even get their tanks started! What are we going to do with this thing?"

  "It's blown up!" I replied without thinking.

  "Yes!" Li Wenxi responded with a loud voice, tied up several hand grenades and went up.

  "Fall back to the defense line!" As soon as I gave the order, the warriors followed me to retreat to our own defense line. Only a loud explosion was heard from behind, and the Japanese tank was blown into pieces and caught fire, which just blocked the entire street.

  Of course, we didn't forget to take those civilians with us when we withdrew from the defense line. She and her two children were safe under the protection of the soldiers, but they looked like they had been scared out of their wits, all covered in blood and shivering all over. I noticed the four soldiers who protected them... not a single one survived, two of them were even riddled with bullets, their bodies full of holes that couldn't be counted!

  Although they died miserably, and it seems that they were still doing a losing business - using four warriors to exchange for three civilians with no combat effectiveness. But in my opinion, this is completely worth it, because their death allowed us to regain the lost dignity, regained confidence, and also found the goal of struggle and sacrifice...

  "Get ready for battle!" As soon as I returned to the trenches, I gave orders to the soldiers.

  Needless to say, the little devil's reinforcements will be here soon. I think this time it's impossible to end well, and at a time when both sides are negotiating, such a big thing has happened, and even Zhang Zizhong may not be able to save us. The road ahead of us seems to have no choice but to perish together with the little Japanese!

  "Brothers!" Thinking of this, I lowered my voice and said: "If we survive... either we will embarrass the master, or we will give the little Japanese an excuse to start another war. You know what to do, don't you?"

  "I understand!"

  "I understand!"

  ……

  What surprised me was that none of the warriors under my command questioned my orders, and Chen Dalie even said with a lingering tone: "We've killed so many devils, we're already in profit, let's just die! Now we can kill as much as we want!"

  "Good!" Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but secretly praise: the military training team is really good, not a single one of them is useless. No wonder the little Japanese devils in history didn't believe that the ones blocking their way when they attacked Nanyuan were completely untrained new recruits.

  "Fix bayonets!" With a single order from me, the warriors swiftly fixed bayonets on their rifles.

  Everything is ready, now we just wait for those little Japanese!

  However, what we didn't expect was that the one who arrived wasn't Xiao Riben (Little Japan), but rather one of our own people...

  "What's going on?" A loud shout came from behind: "Who allowed you to fire? You're rebelling... Tie them all up for me!"

  Before we could even react, a group of our own people rushed up, brandishing their weapons and twisting our arms, quickly tying us up in five flowers!

  "What the...!" An officer, gripping his pistol and fuming with rage in front of us, shouted: "Who told you to fire? Do you know what consequences this will have..."

  "Wait!" A deputy officer stepped forward and advised, "The Japanese will arrive soon. To avoid a bigger conflict, don't you think it's better to first..."

  The officer known as Travasa was taken aback for a moment, then gritted his teeth and nodded: "Take them away first!"

  "Yes!" The deputy officer responded and pushed us towards the direction of the barracks.

  I spat out the remaining enemy's blood in my mouth and shouted at the soldiers beside me: "Can't you come a bit later? We want to fight the Japanese to the death, but we can't even do that!"

  "Sorry about this, brother!" The deputy officer smiled wryly: "Who made us just arrive at the right time? We didn't want to be like this either!"

  "You guys fought well!" Another officer whispered, "We all saw it from behind, this time we finally got to vent our anger! But the current situation... is not easy to deal with..."

  "You... want to hand us over to the Japanese?" Li Wenxi heard a hint of ulterior motive.

  "It's not us..." The deputy officer replied with difficulty: "We don't want to either, but our brigade commander..."

  "How long will you be traveling?" I couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.

  "Hmm!" The deputy officer secretly pointed to the officer holding a handgun at the defensive position: "He is our brigade commander, we are from the 39th Brigade, and we are about to come up and take over your shift..."

  "What? You're from the 39th Brigade?" Upon hearing this, I widened my eyes and stared at the deputy officer: "Is he your brigade commander Ruan Xuanwu?"