Four, all-out effort

  When Da Yu said that they had lost four heavy machine guns here, Director Liu nodded and said: "We saw this in the Japanese data when we were writing the county annals. At that time, the Japanese military considered it a victory and publicized it domestically. Later, a war correspondent from Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun inadvertently published a photo of the captured heavy machine guns, which was questioned by readers who pointed out that the captured heavy machine guns were not equipped by the National Army but were Japanese weapons, making people laugh. The reporter was even fired."

  Zhan Biao shook his head and said in a low voice, "We have suffered a lot from fighting against Songshan, from Zhang Jie's sacrifice to losing the heavy machine gun, and later during the decisive battle when Yuan Bo encountered difficulties. Songshan is still considered a strong opponent."

  He nodded and continued, "Yes, later Songshan also became more skilled, the more he fought. He not only called up the bean war chariot but also re-equipped special troops. And our Biao Ge didn't back down at all, returning to Tianfu and deploying all the main forces."

  Zhan Biao's "abandoning guns and retreating" shocked Qiangzi and Sande, and Siduo, who had been pressed down by Sande, also jumped up. However, after seeing Zhan Biao's determined gaze, they didn't say a word and immediately divided into four people to throw hand grenades in front of and behind them to create smoke. The four men moved several boxes of hand grenades from the other three carriages to Ermin's carriage, and then the eight men simultaneously threw two rounds of hand grenades. Qiangzi endured the pain and also threw a few hand grenades at the four heavy machine guns. At this time, Zhan Biao's abandonment of his gun was correct, as there was only one carriage left, and it would be very difficult to pull eight or nine people, let alone the four heavy machine guns, which would undoubtedly lead to the loss of both men and guns.

  In the rolling thick smoke, a mad yellow horse with four hooves off the ground pulled a carriage flying out quickly, and on the carriage there was also one Czech light machine gun of Zhang Biao's roaring, while the other eight people continued throwing hand grenades. A huge dragon of smoke broke away from the encirclement of 16 tanks at a speed of no less than 40 kilometers per hour.

  Songshan found 7 corpses of New Fourth Army soldiers, 16 corpses of special team officers, and 52 Japanese soldier corpses following the tank. Although they captured four damaged heavy machine guns, they also lost four Type 96 light machine guns, 28 handguns, and 16 exquisite military stainless steel daggers. It can be imagined that Songshan was furious after losing to Zhan Biao again.

  Zhang Biao led his eight subordinates back to "Tianfu" that night. This was the new name he had given it ten days ago when he left the mountain cave, meaning hometown Tianfu country, and also became a synonym for this unknown small mountain. Zhang Yi, who loved to give names to people and things wherever he went, carefully divided the three mountain caves in "Tianfu" into three parts according to the character "Chuan". The one leading to the top of the mountain was called "Tianlu", the one leading to the foot of the mountain was called "Dilu", and the one leading to the side of the mountain was called "Shulu". This was a secret language that only the anti-Japanese guerrilla squad knew. Of course, the Shulu with an arsenal currently only they brothers knew.

  Everyone in Tianfu was overjoyed, although the Occupying Hawks were all exhausted and three new recruits were injured, they all came back alive. Xiaobao and Xiaoyu were busy wrapping Occupying Hawk's favorite dish, dumplings, and also opened several cans of food. Xiaoyu looked at Da Yu's eyes with a different kind of charm and understanding.

  Zhan Biao and Xiao Feng were describing the power of the toad, Cheng Yi corrected: "Brother Biao, the Japanese call this tank a bean battle car, I captured a Japanese book that had an introduction, it was Xiaobao who translated it for me when he had nothing to do."

  Zhan Biao's eyes lit up: "Good, let me take a look quickly. Where is the weakness of this toad? The location of the oil tank and engine."

  Cheng Yi spread his hands: "That can only be asked of Little Treasure's sister." Since he mistakenly called Little Treasure "sister" that time when she went up the mountain, he never changed it. His clever excuse was that calling her "sister" would make Little Treasure happy to have him call her an older generation name, and Little Treasure, having no choice, was delighted by his mistake and just let him call her "older sister".

  Cheng Yi shouted "Little Treasure Sister" while flipping through a book and handing it to Zhan Biao: "Biao Ge, although there are Chinese characters in this Japanese text, I still can't understand it. It's called 'The Great Japanese Imperial Army Wartime Weapon Maintenance Manual'. Luckily Little Treasure explained this book to me, or else I wouldn't have figured out how the enemy's flamethrower works."

  Zhan Biao's eyes lit up again: "Flamethrower? You know how to use it? Is the fire sprayed out burning gasoline? Hurry, let Xiaobao come over and see what this bean war chariot says."

  Xiao Bao ran over with a red face and wiping his hands, Zhan Biao asked Xiao Bao to translate the relevant content of the bean war chariot, and also asked Cheng Yi to demonstrate the operation of the flame launcher.

  After wolfing down the fragrant dumplings, Zhan Biao ordered in a tone that made everyone look at him in surprise: "Now set off immediately. The two classes that returned will rest at home, Qiangzi and Dajue will follow me, and from now on, Dajue will lead the class with Zhang Jie. Xiaofeng, Chengyi, Zhengwen's class, four classes this time will follow me. Also, bring four 92-style machine guns, Chengyi will bring two flamethrowers, and also find more than forty steel helmets to bring along."

  Xiao Feng asked Zhan Biao: "Biao Ge, didn't you promise to give Tan Ying Zhang six machine guns? Now they still have four in their hands, and we can just bring two more. Moreover, this time they also got four 96-style special forces machine guns and 28 handguns." Qiang Zi whispered beside him: "I've collected all those daggers."

  Zhan Biao shook his head and said, "Those two Mark IV tanks need to be returned. They are the old foundation of our regiment. After they learn how to use them, we will bring them back and return all the equipment in its original state to Commander Gao."

  Then Zhang Biao instructed: "San De, Liu Yang, Er Zhu Zi, and Er Min, you four teams must take good care of the house, protect Xiao Bao, Xiao Yu, and the weapons here." San De led the remaining 14 people to stand at attention and shouted: "Guarantee the completion of the task!" Si De also called out on the side, making everyone laugh.

  Zhan Biao brought out 18 people this time. In the past, he always separated Xiao Feng and Qiangzi, but this time they all came out together, indicating that he had brought out the main force of the anti-Japanese guerrilla squad. He wanted to fulfill his promise to Commander Tan to return a steel army to him. At the same time, he also knew that the more fiercely he and Songshan struggled in other places, the safer Tianfu would be.

  Before dawn, Zhan Biao met with Peng Xuefei at Xiaoliang Mountain, and Qiangzi and the soldiers hugged each other. Peng Xuefei was deeply moved to see that Zhan Biao had brought four more heavy machine guns and twice as many people as last time. Every soldier in the squad wore a majestic steel helmet. Tan Yingzhang rushed to Xiaoliang Mountain that day to celebrate, saying that the 7-to-68 victory would definitely be commended by the New Fourth Army headquarters. However, Zhan Biao did not think he had won the battle, feeling that they had lost their guns and it was a shame for soldiers. Moreover, he had lost seven soldiers from the squad given to him by Tan Yingzhang.

  Matsumoto thought for a moment after being bitten by this real South China tiger, Zhan Bao. He felt that he had been too careless in the past and that the entire Japanese Empire had underestimated China! If they were to encounter more cunning and bloodthirsty Chinese like Zhan Bao in future battles, Japan's dream of incorporating China into the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere would be nothing but a fantasy or a pipe dream.

  He recalled the heroic deeds of the 800 Japanese soldiers at the Sihang Warehouse during the Battle of Shanghai last year, he recalled the Battle of Pingxingguan in September last year where the Sakaguchi Brigade was annihilated with over a thousand casualties, he recalled the Battle of Taierzhuang in February this year where the 10th and 5th Divisions were heavily defeated with over 10,000 casualties, and he recalled the just-ended four-month-long Wuhan Campaign, where the single battle at Maqiao Ridge annihilated over 4,000 soldiers from the 106th Division... Although these seemed insignificant compared to the Imperial Army's victories, it was only when he started taking the Chinese seriously from Zhang Zhizhong that he began to think of these instances of China's tenacious resistance.

  The next step must not be underestimated again! Songshan continued to take a series of cruel measures, and in addition to using the bean war chariot, he also made two powerful moves.