Chapter 57: Fierce Battle (2)

  "How can it be so high? What the hell is loaded on this thing?" Liu Wentao tried to climb up several times but failed, so he simply placed the explosive package under the truck's wheel. After placing the explosive package, Liu Wentao used a knife to cut open a hole in the tarpaulin covering the cargo, and after tearing it open, he found that it was all wooden boxes inside, with a white skull emblem sprayed on the side of the box by the devils, looking very intimidating. At first glance, Liu Wentao knew that these must be the chemical weapons of the devils that Li Xinmin had told him about. He then detonated the explosives without hesitation and retreated back according to plan.

  "Boom! Boom!", one explosion after another, the devils' trucks were destroyed one by one. Some of the trucks had secondary explosions. "Not good! Danger! Retreat quickly!", Liu Wentao led the soldiers to retreat back to the high ground beside the highway. Just as Liu Wentao shouted "Danger!", a truck not far away had a secondary explosion. Soldiers Zhang Zhiying, Li Yuguang and Chen Bin were blown away by the blast wave produced by the explosion. The devils behind the truck also suffered from the impact of the explosion and were killed in an instant. Zhang Zhiying and the other two had their internal organs shattered by the explosion, with dark red blood flowing out of all seven orifices. It was clear that they would not survive.

  "Retreat quickly!", the warriors on the high ground almost shouted in unison. They found that the situation below was not good, very dangerous.

  "Cover them!", Li Xinmin found that a large number of devils rushed over from behind, their faces all wearing gas masks, some even wore full-body protective suits, and at this moment they were holding guns and rushing towards Liu Wentao and the others.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat!", the heavy machine gun on the high ground fired a burst of bullets at the charging devils, and the devils' advance slowed down. A sweep of gunfire killed dozens of devils.

  "Attack! Attack!", Lieutenant Miura of the second platoon of the devils organized his troops to attack Li Xinmin and others from behind. Now that Ishihara was dead, he was in charge here, and under his command, the devils quickly regrouped and charged towards Liu Wentao and others.

  However, the truck's explosion continued, and the weapons loaded on the car exploded one after another. Countless flames engulfed the devils' trucks, emitting smoke of several colors, which was obviously toxic at a glance. Liu Wentao led the soldiers to run back and forth, but the section of highway they ambushed had very steep slopes on both sides. It was difficult to climb up, and several agile soldiers climbed halfway up, only to be shot dead by the devils who came up behind them on the slope, causing the soldiers to roll down and knock down the soldiers climbing up below.

  "Boom! Boom!", the warriors on the high ground immediately counterattacked the devils. Some warriors stretched out their hands to receive the warriors who had climbed up from below. Soon, several warriors successfully retreated back to the slope. Seeing the trucks emitting various smokes, Li Xinmin knew that those smokes were produced by the explosion of the devils' chemical weapons, which contained highly toxic substances and were extremely dangerous, and it was necessary to immediately withdraw the warriors below.

  Li Xinmin and his men had chosen a good spot for the ambush, as it was upwind. The wind blew from behind them to the east. Unfortunately, today's wind was relatively small, not enough to blow away all the smoke. A large amount of smoke slowly filled the highway. After a long time, this place would be filled with toxic fumes.

  "Cover them! Gunner, take out that machine gun!" Li Xinmin said, pointing to the Japanese machine gunner who was firing at Liu Wentao and others from behind the truck.

  The two machine guns suddenly turned around, aiming their muzzles at the devil's gunman. A burst of fire, and the bullets flew angrily towards the devil's body. The devil's gunman was shot into a sieve. With the firepower suppression above, Liu Wentao and his men finally breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Wentao took advantage of the situation to climb up and return to the slope. He suddenly discovered that there were still several trucks that had not been destroyed. Dozens of devils were guarding around the trucks, and the devils even set up machine guns around the trucks, blocking the attack and destruction of the Eighth Route Army.

  "There are still trucks that haven't been blown up!" Liu Wentao said as he was about to go down, but was pulled back by the soldiers behind him.

  "Company Commander, I'm going!", said the Second-in-Command.

  "Come on, brothers! Follow me!" the second lieutenant shouted to the soldiers. A dozen or so soldiers stood up, carrying explosives and hand grenades collected from others.

  "These things are extremely dangerous and must be completely destroyed! Otherwise, if they fall into the hands of the devils in Licheng, it will also bring great harm to our base." said Li Xinmin.

  "Squad leader! I'll take some men and blow it up right away!", said the second squad leader.

  "Do you see the smoke? Don't go into the smoke, all of you put on diapers, go down to detonate explosives and come back quickly. Going down may not be able to come back, have you all thought about it?" Li Xinmin said.

  "Company Commander! General, since joining the Eighth Route Army, we have long put life and death outside our consideration. You can rest assured that we will complete the task, our three battalion soldiers are all good!" The second platoon leader guaranteed.

  "Alright! You must complete the mission and come back alive! And you, young one, I still want to eat more of those bird eggs you dug up!", Li Xinmin said jokingly. In fact, he was feeling very distressed in his heart, not wanting them to take risks, but if they didn't destroy these chemical weapons now, the civilians on the ground might fall into the enemy's hands, and other troops would also be attacked by the enemy using these things. To ensure everyone's safety, Li Xinmin could only steel himself and send them out to destroy the remaining trucks.

  "Don't worry, Captain! I'll come back and climb trees to pick bird eggs for you to eat!", the little warrior said with a smile to Li Xinmin.

  "Alright! We'll be waiting for your return!" Li Xinmin said with a pat on his shoulder.

  "Cover them," Li Xinmin ordered immediately. Without Li Xinmin's order, the soldiers had already made preparations, aiming their guns at the devils below, and a fierce attack completely suppressed the devils' firepower. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the second squad leader led the soldiers to slip down along the mountain slope.

  The second row of them rushed towards the truck that was covering the devils like crazy. The devil commander, Jizhong Xiao, led his men to guard the truck and saw the Eighth Route Army rushing towards them. He immediately understood that the Eighth Route Army wanted to blow up these trucks.

  "Quickly, attack! Stop them!", Jizhuan shouted to his soldiers.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat!", the enemy's machine gun let out a hoarse cry, spitting bullets at the second squad leader and his men. Some soldiers didn't have time to dodge and were hit by the enemy's machine gun, falling to the ground. The soldiers behind them picked up the explosives on the ground and continued to charge forward. The machine guns on the high ground also fired with all their might downwards, forcing the enemy to stop firing at the second squad leader and his men, raising their guns to counterattack against the Eighth Route Army on the high ground. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the second squad leader led his men closer to the enemy's truck, but the enemy was too heavily guarded, and it was impossible to get close. The soldiers charged forward and were knocked down by the enemy.