Chapter 46: "I'm carefree, you can't compare"

  Qin Zhiyong glared at Duanzi: "What's with your tone? Are you looking for a fight again?"

  "The order cannot be executed," said the expressionless guard.

  Qin Zhiyong saw that the surrounding warriors were looking over in surprise, some of them annoyed: "Do you know the consequences of disobeying orders?"

  "Zhangzi Man was unrepentant: 'What's it to you? You're going to kill me?'"

  Qin Zhiyong's face changed: "You think I don't dare! This is a battlefield, there are no jokes in the army."

  He Pai Chang on the side was also watching them in surprise.

  "On the battlefield, what kind of logic is it that a company commander is still alive while his men are sent to their deaths?"

  Qin Zhiyong tried to shake off the hand that was holding him, but couldn't. He glanced at his own twisted collar and then shot a glance at the stunned soldiers around him, suppressing his anger and saying: "You still know I'm the company commander!"

  The girl realized she was being a bit too forward and quickly let go of his hand.

  Qin Zhiyong adjusted his skewed collar and smiled calmly: "How did you know I was going to die?"

  Gongzi wanted to argue, but Qin Zhiyong waved his hand to stop him and said unequivocally: "Don't say anything else! It's settled. If the position is lost, both you and I will have to move our homes."

  "Then I'll go with you!"

  Qin Zhiyong: "No way! What about this side of the formation? I don't trust anyone else to take care of it."

  "Also Old Huang..."

  Qin Zhiyong glanced at Huang Xintian, who was aiming his rifle at the Rising Sun flag fluttering on the distant No. 3 high ground.

  Qin Zhiyong shook his head: "Old Huang is no good, one glance and he's accurate, but forgets everything. Set up a machine gun position on the flank of the position, when the enemy comes, wait until they get close before firing!"

  "Continue..."

  Qin Zhiyong: "Remember?"

  "Got it. Brother Zhìyǒng..."

  Qin Zhiyong took off his submachine gun, checking the bolt and magazine while saying calmly: "Don't say any more, Latch, I have nothing to worry about, you can't compare with me."

  Qin Zhiyong finished speaking, slung a submachine gun over his back, and walked towards the command post. He Ping looked at Qin Zhiyong disappearing into the distance, feeling ashamed and lowering his head.

  Qin Zhiyong walked a few steps, thought for a moment, and then turned back to stand in front of Gu Pai Zhang, his face sternly saying: "Gu Pai Zhang, if you dare to make me lose face again in front of the whole company's brothers, don't blame me for not being polite."

  "Ah... yeah..."

  Qin Zhiyong: "If something goes wrong on this side of the battlefield, I'll hold you responsible!"

  "Is!"

  "This is the battlefield, there's no joking around in the army, did you get it?"

  "Zhuangzi hastily stood up straight and bowed respectfully, loudly responding: 'Understood!'"

  Qin Zhiyong finished speaking and turned around to leave, Zhuizi staring blankly at Qin Zhiyong's back.

  Huang Xintian walked over and leaned in close to Shuanzi, asking somewhat anxiously: "Shuanzi, what are you two arguing about?"

  "Hey, Sergeant Huang! Now that you're in charge, can't you do something useful instead of just holding onto that broken gun all day?"

  Huang Xintian's face was innocent: "What's wrong? What's the matter?"

  "Set up a machine gun position on the flank, you're in charge. If anything goes wrong, I'll hold you responsible!" He turned around and glared at Sergeant He, shouting, "What's the point of wearing that uniform? You're useless!"

  He hung his head in shame, his face full of embarrassment.

  "Hey! Official promotion and temper extension! Firepower group! Follow me!"

  Three machine gunners and three deputy shooters carried light machine guns and ammunition boxes and rushed over.

  "Huang Xintian scolded in a bad temper: 'Faster! Don't be so slow and dragging!'"

  The warriors of the firepower group followed Huang Xintian and walked along the trenches.

  At night, the bright moon is high in the sky. Thirty or so dare-to-die corps members stand in a row, each with a large knife on his back and a submachine gun slung over his shoulder, several hand grenades hanging from his belt, a white armband wrapped around his left arm, and a ceramic bowl placed in front of him on the ground. Two orderlies, each holding a wine jar, pour wine into each person's bowl.

  Qin Zhiyong stood at the front of the team, with Duanzi and Huang Xintian standing beside him, while He Pailang hid not far away, watching silently.

  Qin Zhiyong said to Duanzi and Huang Xintian: "I'll leave this to you."

  Zhangzi and Huang Xintian nodded solemnly, Qin Zhiyong turned to everyone, raised a bowl of wine and drank it all in one gulp. The other warriors also drained their bowls in one gulp. After drinking the wine, Qin Zhiyong smashed his bowl on the ground, shattering it into pieces. The other warriors followed suit, smashing their own bowls into powder.

  Suddenly, a voice came from the darkness: "Qin Lianchang, I'm going too!"

  Everyone turned around and saw that it was Little Bull. He put down his load and ran to the front of Qin Zhiyong, with the "turtle shell" knife given by Zhou Guangren inserted in his waistband.

  Qin Zhiyong tucked the "turtle box" that was about to fall off Xiao Niu's waist belt back in and patted his shoulder, saying without a doubt: "Next time."

  The young bull grabbed Qin Zhiyong's hand and cried: "No! I want revenge for my mother and Yang Shu!"

  Qin Zhiyong gave a wink to Duanzi, who walked over and picked up Xiaoniu from behind, carrying him away.

  "Uncle Stubble, let me go! Commander! Let me go! Please!" the calf cried and struggled.

  Duanzi hugged Xiaoniu and walked past He Pailong's side. Qin Zhiyong commanded the warriors: "Set off!"

  Suddenly, He Pai ran up to Qin Zhiyong: "Captain Qin, count me in! I'll guide you!"

  Qin Zhiyong saw He Pailang, smiled and nodded. He took a large knife from the back of a soldier beside him and handed it to He Pailang: "Join the ranks!"

  He Pai Zhang stepped forward with a big knife, puffed out his chest and saluted Qin Zhiyong, answering loudly: "Yes!"

  He Pai Zhang walked into the ranks, stood at the head of the row, and the team set off under the cover of night.

  The little calf was held tightly in her arms, silently watching as the troops gradually disappeared into the dark night...

  Qin Zhiyong, He Paichang and the dare-to-die corps members crouched down, slowly approaching the front position of No. 3 high ground, hiding in ambush. The sound of clashing mess kits and Japanese soldiers' conversations came faintly from the direction of the enemy's position.

  "If only there was chicken to eat, I really want to eat chicken!"

  "Yes, it's been rice balls and plain congee for several days in a row."

  Qin Zhiyong leaned forward and looked over, several Japanese soldiers were sitting around the fire pit, with a lunchbox hanging above it.

  Qin Zhiyong took out two hand grenades from his waist, and the other soldiers also took out two hand grenades from their waists. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Qin Zhiyong.

  Japanese soldiers in front of the bonfire were eating and whispering to each other:

  "Suddenly remembered mom's glutinous rice cake!"

  "I heard that things aren't going well domestically either!"

  "I really want to eat a piece of nian gao now!"

  Before the words were finished, a grenade exploded among several Japanese soldiers. Qin Zhiyong and the warriors threw out grenades together. With the explosion of the grenade, the limbs, broken guns, rice bowls, and helmets of the devils flew into the sky.

  Qin Zhiyong and the soldiers charged forward with submachine guns, fiercely sweeping the enemy, killing the remaining enemies on the position. At this time, a Japanese soldier holding a bayonet suddenly rushed out of the trench, shouting loudly. Qin Zhiyong quickly retreated several steps to change magazines, but the Japanese soldier had already rushed close. In a critical moment, He Pai Zhang drew out the big knife from behind his back and rushed up, killing the Japanese soldier with one slash.

  The sky gradually brightened, and the US Army Major Liaison Officer held a telescope in the command post to observe the battle on Hill 3.

  Qin Zhiyong led the soldiers to continue charging up the high ground, when suddenly, Japanese machine guns spewed out flames from the machine gun bunkers on the high ground, and more than a dozen soldiers fell down after being hit. Qin Zhiyong and the soldiers were pinned down by machine guns on the halfway slope.

  Qin Zhiyong threw two hand grenades at the dark fort, then gave an order to a soldier holding an explosive tube: "Up!"

  The soldier carrying the explosive tube crouched and crawled towards the enemy bunker, but was soon shot down. Another soldier rushed up, picked up the explosive tube, and continued to crawl towards the bunker. He reached the front of the bunker, inserted the explosive tube into the gun port, pulled the fuse, and quickly rolled to one side. However, the explosive tube was quickly pushed out by the enemy inside the bunker, and it exploded outside the bunker, killing that soldier as well.

  Qin Zhiyong hastily removed his submachine gun and big knife, intending to grab the explosive tube from a nearby soldier and charge forward, but that soldier pushed him away and rushed out first.

  Qin Zhiyong looked at the back of that warrior and recognized it was He Pai Zhang, anxiously shouting: "He Pai Zhang, come back——"

  He Pai Zhang turned his head and waved at Qin Zhiyong. The American major also recognized He Pai Zhang through the binoculars.

  Qin Zhiyong lay on the half slope, staring tightly at He Pai Zhang. He Pai Zhang held an explosive tube, crouched and ran quickly to a shooting blind spot, machine gun bullets constantly hitting the soil near him. He ran from one shooting blind spot to another, gradually approaching the dark fort.

  The warriors threw several grenades at the dark fort one after another. Qin Zhiyong watched from a distance as He Pai Zhang, crouching and crawling to the front of the dark fort, inserted the explosive tube into the gun hole. The enemy inside the dark fort pushed hard against the explosive tube, but He Pai Zhang used his body to firmly hold it in place.

  Inside the dark fort, three Japanese soldiers desperately grasped explosive tubes and pushed them outward.

  Outside the dark fort, He Pai Zhang used his chest to hold up the explosive tube, pulling the fuse, and the explosive tube hissed out white smoke.

  Inside the dark fort, three Japanese soldiers were still busily pushing out explosive cylinders.

  Outside the dark fort, the fuse was burning rapidly with white smoke. He Pai Chang turned his head to look at Qin Zhi Yong, his eyes filled with determination.

  Inside the bunker, three Japanese soldiers finally collapsed and were about to rush out of the bunker in a panic. A loud explosion sounded, and the bunker was blown up...

  Qin Zhiyong stood up, one hand holding a big knife and the other holding an assault rifle, and rushed out first. The soldiers followed closely behind him, rushing towards the high ground while sweeping with their rifles.

  The US Army major slowly lowered his binoculars, his eyes still fixed on Hill 3 in the distance.

  At this time, on the No. 2 highland, the soldiers and warriors were lying on the bunker and had made preparations for battle. A group of Japanese soldiers were shouting and charging towards the No. 2 highland in a scattered line.

  "Wait until the enemy gets closer before striking."

  Huang Xintian and the warriors of the firepower group were on the flank position, ready for battle. They held three light machine guns, staring intently at the enemy who was charging towards Position 2.

  The sentinel saw the enemy getting closer and closer, picked up the whistle in front of his chest and blew a loud blast. The warriors on the high ground opened fire together, and the Japanese soldiers who were charging forward fell down one after another. The Japanese soldiers behind them still charged towards the high ground regardless of their lives.

  On the flank of the array, Huang Xintian shouted: "Fight!"

  Three light machine guns spewed out tongues of fire, and the Japanese soldiers who were charging towards the high ground were caught off guard, knocked down by a hail of bullets that came suddenly from the flank.

  A Japanese lieutenant who was commanding the charge saw this, waving his saber and shouting strangely, directing his soldiers to rush towards the firepower group like madmen. Huang Xintian sneered and raised his gun to fire, shooting the Japanese lieutenant dead with one shot.

  The charging enemies were all annihilated, and Zhang looked at the Japanese corpses lying in front of him, smiled with satisfaction, beckoned to Huang Xintian, and shouted: "Old Huang! Well done!"

  Huang Xintian also triumphantly waved his hand at Shuāngzi.

  At this time, from the 3rd high place, a burst of intense gunfire came suddenly, and the soldiers turned their heads to look at the 3rd high place.

  At this time, on the 3rd highland, Qin Zhiyong led the soldiers to charge up the highland, but suddenly dense machine gun bullets came from the side of the mountain slope, and more than a dozen soldiers were shot down and rolled down the mountain. Three Japanese machine gunners were lying on the mountain slope firing with " Type 96 light machine guns", and three deputy shooters were lying beside the machine gunners constantly filling the magazines for them. Qin Zhiyong and the remaining seven or eight soldiers hastily lay down on the ground, and the dense bullets made it impossible for them to lift their heads.

  The calf ran along the mountain path and asked the calf who was closely following him: "Calf, are you afraid?"

  The little girl held two hand grenades in her hands and shook her head, saying "I'm not afraid!"

  Two children climbed up a high slope, looking down at the bottom of the slope, three Japanese machine gunners were prone on the ground using "crooked handle" light machine guns to sweep, three deputy shooters were prone beside the machine gunner constantly filling the magazine with bullets. The calf raised its head and looked forward, seeing Qin Zhiyong and the soldiers being suppressed by the enemy's three machine guns halfway up the mountain.

  The calf took a hand grenade from Suffering Doll's hand and asked, "Do you still remember how to use it?"

  Kuaiwa nodded: "Remember!"

  Two men simultaneously pulled the fuse of the hand grenade, throwing it at the enemy machine gunner on the slope below. With two explosions, three Japanese machine gunners and a deputy shooter were killed. Xiao Niu pulled out the "turtle box", jumped down from the high slope, and two wounded Japanese deputy shooters holding Type 38 rifles rushed towards Xiao Niu. Xiao Niu raised his gun and shot, killing the Japanese soldier who was rushing forward. At this time, the Japanese soldiers behind had already rushed to Xiao Niu's face. Xiao Niu raised his gun again, but the bullet didn't hit, and the Japanese soldier stabbed at Xiao Niu with a bayonet. Qin Zhiyong led the soldiers in a charge, saw the situation, and took out a submachine gun, firing a burst that knocked down the enemy soldier.

  At this time, more than 30 Japanese soldiers with bare upper bodies and bayonets charged down from the heights, yelling.

  Qin Zhiyong and the soldiers were busy shooting, knocking down the Japanese soldiers who were rushing forward. However, the Japanese soldiers behind them continued to shout and charge forward. Qin Zhiyong and the soldiers held their guns again to shoot, but found that they had already run out of bullets.

  Japanese soldiers with bayonets charged closer and closer, Qin Zhiyong drew out the big knife behind his back, and several other warriors also drew out the big knives behind their backs, ready to fight the enemy to the death.

  Suddenly a burst of intense machine gun fire came, the Japanese soldiers who were charging forward fell down one after another. Qin Zhiyong turned his head to look back and saw Xiao Niu holding a "crooked handle" machine gun and firing fiercely, while Ku Wa knelt beside him, continuously filling the magazine with bullets.

  The machine gun of the Little Bull killed most of the Japanese soldiers, and the remaining few were also solved by the big knives of the warriors. The warriors cheered to the Little Bull: "Little Bull, good shot!"

  Qin Zhiyong ran over to the calf, and the calf rushed into Qin Zhiyong's arms. Ku Wa held the "crooked handle" machine gun and followed behind with excitement. A soldier happily picked him up.

  Qin Zhiyong climbed to the high ground, raised his big knife and cut off the Rising Sun flag. He took a Blue Sky with a White Sun flag from a soldier and planted it on the high ground.

  The high ground was littered with the bodies of Japanese soldiers.

  Qin Zhiyong, Little Bull, Su Wa and the warriors stood proudly under the flagpole, gazing at the top of Eagle Mountain.

  The tattered Blue Sky with a White Sun flag fluttered in the smoke...