Chapter 30: The Devil's Nightmare

  At the sight of this, Hua Lieyang shouted: "All of you who are still alive, get up and take your positions! The devils have arrived!" Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, one by one, the soldiers slowly crawled out from the ground. They picked up their own weapons, checked them, replaced the magazines, and without exception, took aim at the Japanese army.

  In the distance, directing the battle, Tōdō Eizō saw through his binoculars that the Chinese army's position was no longer responding. With a smile on his face, he said to a battalion commander: "Taito, it seems that all of the Chinese troops were killed in the previous artillery fire!"

  "Congratulations, Lieutenant Commander Tofu! You've rendered another great service to the Empire!" said Admiral Kantai Kōmin with a serious expression. Just as Lieutenant Commander Tofu was about to say something in response, he heard gunfire coming from the direction of the Narashino troops' position once again. Then he saw the troops that were approaching the position being caught off guard by a sudden and intense barrage of fire! In an instant, he saw a large number of soldiers fall to the ground.

  Witnessing this scene, Hantai Kimmei on the other side was also stunned, muttering to himself: "When did the Chinese army have such tenacious combat power!? This is a nightmare!" Mutō Ryōkō heard Hantai Kimmei's words and angrily drew his command sword, cutting down three leading soldiers who were retreating. Mutō Ryōkō then calmly said: "Hantai, it's up to you now!"

  When he heard Muto Rikosuke's words, Tantai Jinming smiled and said: "Thank you, Commander! I will definitely take down Jianshanzi!" After finishing speaking, Tantai Jinming drew his command knife and led the troops to launch an attack on Hua Lieyang's position. Behind him, Muto Rikosuke immediately ordered the artillery to start bombarding Hua Lieyang's position again.

  Under the suppression of the Japanese army's artillery fire, Ding Taijin led the charge into Hua Lieyang's position. Seeing that the Japanese had already entered the position, Hua Lieyang immediately picked up two submachine guns and started firing at the Japanese! Seeing Hua Lieyang's bravery, the surrounding soldiers suddenly gained morale! Each of them picked up their submachine guns and began to fire at the Japanese.

  Under intense firepower, the Japanese army that had just broken into the position was driven out again. On one side, commanding troops, Ding Taijin saw the retreating soldiers and angrily hacked at one of them before commanding his troops to charge forward again. In the position, Hua Lieyang saw Ding Taijin commanding his troops, smiled, picked up a rifle from one side, aimed at Ding Taijin's forehead, and pulled the trigger.

  Just then, a loud "bang" was heard, and Tametomo Kinmyō fell to the ground. The surrounding Japanese soldiers were stunned by this scene, and it took them a long time to come back to their senses. The Japanese soldiers who had been watching the changes with binoculars discovered Hu Lieyang at the moment when Tametomo Kinmyō fell to the ground.

  After discovering Hua Lieyang, Tōdō Takayoshi immediately ordered: "Artillery fire in the direction of eleven o'clock!" However, just as the Japanese artillery opened fire, Hua Lieyang, with a smile on his face, had already moved to a new location with his gun.

  About twenty minutes later, the Japanese artillery fire stopped. Hua Lieyang took advantage of the pause in the Japanese artillery fire and said to Yang Chun-chao: "You gather all the soldiers who are not injured! Let them carry the seriously wounded into the fortifications! I'll stay here with the lightly wounded and block the devils!"

  Hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Yang Chun super couldn't help but say: "General! I'll take the lightly wounded and stay here to hold off the devils, you take the others down!"

  "What are you talking about! Hurry up!" Hua Lieyang said with a stern face. Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's tone that brooked no argument, Yang Chuncao nodded and immediately went to take care of it. Just as Yang Chuncao led the men back to work, the Japanese soldiers crept in twos and threes towards Hua Lieyang's position once again.

  Seeing the devils still at a distance, Hua Lieyang immediately said to the soldiers beside him: "Undo the leg bindings!" Upon hearing Hua Lieyang's words, the soldiers quickly removed the leg bindings from the fallen soldiers around them. Then they saw Hua Lieyang tie more than ten hand grenades together and say: "Follow my example! Tie the hand grenades together!"

  A bundle of hand grenades was piled up beside the warriors. When the Japanese army was only fifty meters away from the array, Hua Lieyang pulled out a bundle of cluster bombs and threw them out. Suddenly, the explosive power of the cluster bomb exploded instantly, blowing down a large piece of devils. The soldiers on the side saw the power of the cluster bomb and also threw out the prepared cluster bomb. A burst of cluster bombs exploding in an instant extinguished the courage of the Japanese army to rush up to the array.

  Tofu Eiko, who was commanding the battle from behind, saw this scene and immediately brought up the last battalion in his hand. At the same time, he dispatched a Kempeitai squad to supervise the array from behind.

  Looking at the endless Japanese army, Hua Lieyang and the lightly wounded soldiers around him desperately pulled the triggers in their hands, recklessly firing the bullets from the submachine guns. About half an hour later, a soldier ran to Hua Lieyang's side and said: "General, we're out of ammo here!"

  Upon hearing the soldier's report, Hua Lieyang said without hesitation: "Go inform Yang Chunrui to send some people over with ammunition!"

  "Yes!" The warrior turned and left. In the blink of an eye, five minutes had passed. The surrounding warriors all cried out in unison: "General, there are no more bullets in our guns!" At this time, Hua Lieyang picked up a rifle beside him, attached a bayonet, and said: "Brothers! We Chinese are the ancestors of close combat! Let's show those little devils our ultimate stabbing skills!"

  When Hua Lieyang's words were heard, all the warriors picked up their big knives and rifles and stood up. The Japanese army rushing forward saw this scene and quickly retreated the bullets from their guns! About three hours later, the Japanese army, who had finished retreating their bullets, killed towards Hua Lieyang's position again.

  Seeing the approaching Japanese army, Hua Lieyang shouted loudly: "Brothers follow me! The brave will win in a narrow road!" After finishing speaking, Hua Lieyang took the lead and jumped out of the position. The surrounding soldiers saw Hua Lieyang's performance and suddenly gained momentum, also following one after another jumping out of the position, back to back covering each other and killing into the Japanese army's position.

  The rifle in Hua Lieyang's hand was like a dragon entering the sea, and there was no opponent who could match him in front of him. The Japanese lieutenant, who was entangled with other Chinese soldiers nearby, saw Hua Lieyang and immediately gave up the opportunity to kill others, staring at Hua Lieyang without hesitation.

  Just as Hua Lieyang knocked a Japanese soldier to the ground with his rifle butt, the lieutenant swung his command sword at Hua Lieyang. Hua Lieyang dodged the lieutenant's supposedly decisive blow with a swift movement. Taking advantage of his short stature and agile footwork, Hua Lieyang made a sudden thrust, and his bayonet was inserted straight into the lieutenant's heart. As Hua Lieyang prepared to pull out the bayonet, four Japanese soldiers came running over, holding Type 38 rifles.

  At the sight of this scene, a Tokarev pistol suddenly appeared in Hu Lieyang's hand, and a round of precise shooting! The four devils who rushed up fell to the ground one after another. Then Hu Lieyang picked up the lieutenant's command knife and killed his way to the other side.

  In the blink of an eye, only six warriors were left. Seeing the remaining warriors gathered around him, Hua Lieyang smiled and asked: "Brothers, are you afraid?!" Hearing Hua Lieyang's question, a warrior smiled and said: "General, being able to fight alongside you against the devils! We have no regrets even in death!"

  Just as Hua Lieyang was talking to the soldiers, the Japanese army finally couldn't bear it and killed them. Seeing this scene, Hua Lieyang smiled and quickly threw out the command knife in his hand, rolled over, picked up the rifle inserted on the junior officer's body, and went forward to meet the charging Japanese army.

  After Hua Lieyang made his move, the remaining warriors also shouted and killed their way towards the Japanese army. Just as they were about to be completely annihilated, Yang Chunrui arrived at the battlefield with his men. Seeing Hua Lieyang fighting back and forth in the midst of the Japanese troops, Yang Chunrui immediately pulled the bolt of his submachine gun and said: "Brothers, follow me! Let's drive those little devils back!" With that, Yang Chunrui charged forward, firing his submachine gun.

  As Yang Chunrui and nearly a squad of soldiers joined the battle, the Japanese army that had rushed up was repelled again. Looking at the retreating devils, Yang Chunrui said worriedly: "General, you really scared me to death just now!" Hearing Yang Chunrui's words, Hua Lieyang smiled and asked: "Uncle Rui! What's the situation with the devils in front of us right now?"

  "Now the devils have stopped their attack in front, as if they're waiting for something?!" Yang Chunrui said seriously. Upon hearing Yang Chunrui's words, Hua Lieyang thought for a moment before saying: "It's bad! The little devils must have gone to Fakou!"

  "Impossible! The little devil won't really go to Faku, will he?!" Yang Chunrui said seriously.

  Hua Lieyang understood Yang Chunrui's words and sighed, "What can't the little devils do?! Don't forget that my grandma is still in Fakou! Most importantly, my grandfather Yang Yuting and my parents' graves are all in Fakou! The little devils have suffered such a great loss here! They will definitely do this! Damn it, I really regret not deploying a troop in Fakou!"

  Hearing Hua Lieyang's words, Yang Chunrui thought for a moment and said: "I think things aren't that bad!" As he spoke, Yang Chunrui suddenly brightened up and smiled, saying: "Ji Ting, maybe Yang Chunxiao and the others are in Fakou right now!"

  "Yes! If they're in Faku, then I'll be at ease!" Hua Lieyang said calmly. Yang Chunrui looked at Hua Lieyang's expression and sighed to himself: "Other people's children over ten years old are still by their parents' side, being spoiled, but this child has to bear so many things! It seems we uncles have to think more for this child!"

  At this moment, Yang Chunhai ran to Yang Chunrui's side and pulled him aside, saying: "I finally saw the means of Ji Ting, that child! He was the one who killed the villain just now!" Hearing Yang Chunhai's words, Yang Chunrui patted his shoulder and said: "Chunhai, Ji Ting is our junior! We should take care of him more! He is everyone's hope!"

  Yang Chunhai nodded and said, "Don't worry!" After a while, Hua Lieyang walked to the front of Yang Chunhai and Yang Chunrui and asked seriously: "Uncle Hai, Uncle Rui, can you help Super Uncle count how many people and ammunition we have left?"

  "Alright! Let's go and get it done!" Yang Chunrui and Yang Chunhai turned around and left. After the two of them walked away, Hua Lieyang picked up his binoculars and carefully observed the situation of the Japanese army's fortifications in the distance.

  Yang Chunrui walked up to Hua Lieyang with the statistical report and said, "Jiting, we currently have 423 people left! Among them, there are 138 seriously injured, 212 lightly injured, and 73 physically intact! In terms of ammunition, we still have 120 rounds for the mountain cannon! We still have 340 rounds for the 82mm mortar! Various types of bullets, based on our consumption over the past two days, can last us three more days! We still have 30,000 hand grenades and 800 kilograms of explosives!"