Chapter 64: Night Battle

  After a day of fighting, this newly formed tank team also completed their mission for the day. Night fell, and even the tank guns and machine guns had little effect. Even Xu Tuanzhang felt that this kind of battle was completely wasteful. How much ammunition had been consumed during the day just to leave over a thousand enemy troops behind, without even defeating an entire enemy regiment?

  Also, some idle soldiers had already dug trenches for these tanks in the early morning, with the intention of letting them rest and also to let them get a good start. This battle doesn't need you hundred or so people to finish it off. What they didn't know was that this battle would last for three years.

  However, Yang Wei also felt that it was time for the tankers to rest, and these tank guns couldn't be used as fixed defensive guns all the time.

  "Report to the team leader, the enemy's artillery is on the move." At this time, a scout came to report that the Southern Army's artillery, which had not moved for a day, was now moving. Because Yang Wei and his men controlled the tanks, they had been using infantry to attack during the daytime. This was mainly because their artillery did not have anti-tank guns, so they did not dare to move out. They only moved at night, when the tanks had little impact on them.

  The tanks were controlled by the volunteer army, which was also unexpected by the southern army. In fact, during the battle, they did not expect to encounter the volunteer army, but thought it was the northern army. At that time, the northern army had already been frightened and naturally advanced very casually, otherwise they would not have captured so many tanks by their comrades.

  "Boom, boom, boom," the enemy's shells occasionally exploded on the position, but the volunteer army soldiers were dodging the shells in an orderly manner, and even made jokes. The southern army's small-caliber cannon was naturally no match for the American large-caliber cannon, so the volunteer army was able to cope with ease, and few were injured by the shells.

  "Commissar, those tank men have also gone to the front line." The commissar's guard came over to report. "What? Who let them go? They're messing around! If something happens to them, who will drive those tanks? Hurry up and get them to come down and rest on the side, the front line doesn't need them."

  After a day of fighting, Commander Xu deeply realized the benefits of this tank. Although it consumes a lot of ammunition, the enemy's losses are also great, and our side's losses are zero.

  At this time, close combat was inevitable. Xu Tuanzhang and his men's mission was to guard the entrance to Wenjing and Xichuan, blocking the enemy here, waiting for the arrival of subsequent troops. The enemy in front also wanted to pass through here to go to Xichuan, so after nightfall, the battle slowly became stuck.

  Because the Southern Army had lost during the day, they no longer had their original willpower. After launching an attack, as soon as the enemy's firepower became fierce, they immediately retreated and continued to attack with artillery.

  Compared to this, Xu Team Leader and the others also relaxed a lot. Some moving events that should have appeared in history did not appear now, and there were no complete defeats either. It can be seen that the appearance of the Little Devil Battle Squad has already changed the course of history.

  However, Yang Wei was a bit too optimistic. When Xu Team Leader reported to the higher-ups that they had formed a tank team, the higher-ups did not take it seriously and didn't even ask any questions. They just told them to guard this place well. As a result, this newly formed tank team did not play a significant role. Even after three days, their ammunition was depleted, and their fuel was used up. These tanks still could not escape the fate of being bombed. The tank crew members were tearfully destroying their own tanks with their own hands. After serving as tank crew for just three short days, they returned to being infantrymen again. They didn't even get to drive cars, which were also destroyed in the bombing.

  Although this group did not suffer heavy losses, it also left some seeds for them, and maybe next time they encountered captured tanks, they could still make use of them.

  At night, when the volunteer army was exchanging fire with the southern army, the little buddies set off again. Last time, they were scared by Commander Chu, and whoever had a gun pointed at their head wouldn't feel good either.

  "Summer snow nephew, summer snow nephew, haha, haha, really enjoyable..." Captain Xu came to the hiding place of his little partners with a big laugh, but when he arrived, he found that there was no one here, only leaving a faint meaty smell in the air. This was naturally the smell left by his little partners' barbecue. They would eat fresh meat whenever they had the chance, although those two wolves hadn't needed to eat for three days or even more, but they still went to catch some wild animals every time they stopped.

  "Weizi, where are we going? Isn't it good to be with Commander Xu and the others?" "It won't work out. I've already brought these disciples along, and I'm afraid they'll make us return like Commander Chu did before, which would be a loss of face. Let's go ahead, I think there will be a big battle soon, and maybe we can even bring back a few more disciples."

  "Also need to teach the driver, okay, I can issue more driving licenses then. Come on, come on, don't know which uncle we'll run into up ahead."

  This Xia Xue, getting a driver's license was easier than expected, now she is even more anxious than Yang Wei.

  "How did they sneak away? I was just about to arrange for someone to send them back home. They won't get into any danger, will they?" Captain Xu said absent-mindedly. This guy, he's always thinking like that, seeing the young ones as small and assuming they'll be in danger or something, without even considering how many things these little devils have done that others can't do."

  "Squad leader, I think we shouldn't worry about them. Look ahead, they're playing with kites and our soldiers are learning to drive tanks. There's no disadvantage, I think they're much stronger than our scouts, otherwise they wouldn't have done such a thing."

  This is really a side view, Captain Xu's guard said the ability of his little partners, and he has been observing these little partners all day long. This is because the guard's age is not very big, always being called a little devil.

  "Hmm, not bad, you little devil are quite perceptive, I was being a bit too subjective. Their abilities are indeed very strong, now I can rest assured."