"Brothers! Are you afraid?"

  "Don't be afraid! We swear to resist the devils' attack to the death, and cover the withdrawal of the main force!" The soldiers below all shouted in unison.

  "We're all good! Our three battalions don't have a single coward!"

  "Brothers of the three battalions, straighten your backs! In a moment, kill a few more devils for me, don't let our third battalion lose face." Li Xinmin shouted loudly to the soldiers in the position.

  "Good! Kill the devils! Kill the devils!", the warriors were all extremely agitated.

  Li Xinmin knew that as long as he held on for a little while longer, the headquarters would be completely safe, and then the troops could withdraw. At this moment, Li Xinmin's forces had already lost nearly two hundred men, while the enemy's forces had increased from several hundred to over two thousand, with more than eighty vehicles and a dozen mountain guns.

  "Company Commander, look! What's that in the sky?", Guard Li Shilong pointed at the sky and said to Li Xinmin.

  "Bad! It's an enemy plane! Tell the brothers to take cover! Take cover quickly!", Li Xinmin shouted anxiously.

  Li Xinmin had just finished speaking, when the devils' planes dived down and launched a fierce attack on the third battalion's position. In an instant, the third battalion's position was filled with thick smoke and flames shooting up into the sky. Some soldiers who were not well hidden were killed directly in the devils' attack, while another group of soldiers were injured. The devils' planes attacked fiercely for a while before flying away. This attack caused huge casualties for the third battalion. Unfortunately, the third battalion's soldiers were caught off guard by the devils' planes and suffered heavy losses.

  The devils' planes had just flown away, and the devils on the ground began to launch a crazy artillery attack on the third battalion's position. During the bombardment, the devils' infantry launched a flanking attack from the side. In the battle, the soldiers fought bravely, disregarding their own lives and deaths, and repelled the devils' four attacks on the position one after another. The devils' commander saw the soldiers' bravery and increased the intensity of the attack on the position even more. The soldiers engaged in a desperate struggle with the devils, who had once gained the upper hand but were driven back by the heroic soldiers. The soldiers relied on their excellent marksmanship and grenade-throwing skills to kill the devils.

  "Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat!" The bullets quickly devoured the enemy's life, and the warriors all aimed before firing. Their marksmanship was very good from their previous training, and after such a long time, their shooting skills were extremely accurate. Almost every shot hit an enemy, and some even directly eliminated one.

  "Hurry! Take down the enemy's position!" Captain Kawaguchi waved his command sword, ordering his soldiers to continuously charge at the enemy's position. However, several charges were repelled by the enemy. At this moment, Huang Yukei was also engaged in a fierce battle with the devils, who had almost broken through their defenses several times but were repeatedly beaten back.

  "Order the Seventh Squad to attack the Eighth Route's position immediately." The devil's Lieutenant Kawaguchi narrowed his triangular eyes and stared viciously at the company's position.

  "Yes!" The orderly waved his flag and directed the ghostly artillery squad to open fire.

  "Boom! Boom!", the devils' shells fell on the company's position, Huang Yuke and others hid in the trenches, when the devils' artillery fire stopped, they came out to counterattack the devils.

  "Bastards! Hold your ground! Anyone who retreats will be shot on the spot!" Captain Kawaguchi yelled, waving his command sword at the retreating Japanese soldiers. At the same time, he ordered the military police to supervise from behind and shoot anyone who tried to escape backwards. In fact, the Japanese army was not invincible; they fought desperately forward because behind them stood the military police, who were ruthless and would shoot anyone who retreated. This was also why the little devils didn't dare to stay in the back - if they did, they might be shot by the military police for trying to escape.

  "Damn it! The little devil's firepower is really fierce!", Huang Yuke, hiding in the trench, cursed non-stop.

  "Damn it! Since I joined the army, we've never seen such a fierce devil like this before! It seems that the devils have really made up their minds, they won't stop until they take our position." Soldier Bao Shan started chatting with Huang Yu Kai.

  "Today we finally met some decent Japanese soldiers, let's practice with them and teach them how to fight!", "Cut it out! You think you can teach them? We can't even get out of here, how are we going to teach?", Soldier Li Changfu joked with Wu Shouyi.

  "What? I can teach them marksmanship, teach them bayonet fighting!", "Hahaha!", The other soldiers all burst out laughing.

  "Haha! You guys! If the devils really come, you must teach them a good lesson and give those damned devils a good thrashing!" Huang Yuke was also infuriated by the devils at this moment.

  "How's that? Kawaguchi? Have you figured out which unit these bandits belong to?" asked the brigade commander, Kobayashi Kazuo.

  "We still haven't figured out where this group of bandits came from, but judging from the current situation, this group must be an elite force within the Eighth Route Army. It can be determined that the important personnel who were previously surrounded by our brigade at Cangyun Ridge are definitely them." Heigou's expression was serious as he explained his analysis to Xiaolin.

  "Huh? How come the investigation isn't clear yet? Isn't your intelligence department always quick to gather information? How did you miss this time?", Kobayashi Ichiro asked in puzzlement.

  "It's like this, this group of Eighth Route Army appeared very suddenly, they acted quickly, were well-trained and had strong firepower. We have not yet confirmed whether it is the one I guessed, but I have a premonition that this should be the one."

  "Which one?" asked Kobayashi, "What are you trying to say, Kawaguchi?"

  "Judging from the situation earlier, I think the Eighth Route Army here is probably that mysterious unit that has always been attacking our transportation teams and bases. The only difference is in their numbers. I suspect they are a single unit, possibly a small detachment of the Eighth Route Army's headquarters guard unit. If it were just an ordinary small unit, how could they have infantry cannons? And from the firepower perspective, they also have many light and heavy machine guns, with very strong firepower. This shows that this group of Eighth Route Army is not your average Eighth Route Army." Hei Kou continued to explain his judgment to Xiao Lin Yimalei.

  "Their terrain is superior, our soldiers are at a disadvantage, this is extremely unfavorable to me. Immediately notify the air force to strengthen the bombing of the Eighth Route Army's position!", "Yes!"

  "Such a stubborn Eighth Route Army must be thoroughly eliminated, otherwise it will pose a great threat to my rule in Taiyuan!" Little Lin Yimale was now viewing the third camp's position through binoculars.

  "Take cover! The enemy's plane is coming again!", "The devils are going to charge up! Get ready for battle!" Company commander Zhang Dawei kept shouting, now the only way to convey orders on the battlefield was by shouting, as the enemy's bombs and artillery explosions were too loud, voices were too small to be heard. The soldiers dodged the enemy's air attack while counterattacking the charging devils. Many soldiers were injured or sacrificed, at this time, there were less than half of the original number of soldiers who could still resist, some soldiers had wounds on their bodies, simply bandaged with cloth, holding guns and hiding behind rocks to aim at the incoming devils, still launching attacks.

  The devils rushed up quickly, but were soon beaten back again by the fierce counterattack of the three battalion soldiers.

  Another round of even more intense bombing.

  The devils have charged to the forefront of the battlefield under the fierce attack of the warriors.

  The soldiers of both sides were mixed together in a melee. The enemy's artillery fire had stopped, and at this moment the soldiers on both sides were engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat. Not one of the Third Company's fighters took a step back; some were already seriously wounded, yet they still raised their bayonets and charged forward to engage in mortal combat with the enemy. Thanks to Li Xinquan's training, the Third Company's soldiers had an advantage in close combat and were superior to the enemy in physical strength.