Chapter 49: Obtaining a Fierce General (1)

  "Brothers, follow me and charge in! Wipe out these damned devils!", Lu Xiaolin shouted loudly in the team. The guerrilla fighters followed Lu Xiaolin and Li Changjiang, charging into the stronghold while firing at the enemy.

  "Damn it! Today we've bitten off more than we can chew." Lu Xiaolin cursed as he fought, originally their plan was to take advantage of the dawn when the devils were asleep and launch a surprise attack to wipe out this stronghold of the enemy, but unexpectedly there were so many more devils in the stronghold today.

  A fierce attack by the guerrilla squad, and the stronghold was like a beehive that had been bombed. The devils poured out of the houses to counterattack, some of them rushing out without even putting on their military uniforms.

  "Charge with me! Destroy this devil's nest!", Xia Laowu swung the big knife in his hand and led the way, the guerrilla fighters also shouted together, "Kill!". They rushed towards the devils, engaging in a fierce battle. Xia Laowu swung his knife to clear the path ahead, cutting down any devils he encountered like slicing through watermelon.

  "Brothers! Charge! Unite and wipe out the devils here!", Meanwhile, Zhao Hailong led his men in a charge as well. The devils were momentarily unable to withstand it. The brave guerrilla fighters pressed the devils back into their stronghold, where they continued to be eliminated by the fighters. Some of the fighters unfortunately fell to the devils' stray bullets or were stabbed to death during hand-to-hand combat.

  The team members surrounded several devils, shouting at them to surrender. These devils actually ignored their shouts and counterattacked with bayonets. The team members ruthlessly shot them down.

  Just as everyone thought the devils had no power to fight back, the sound of gunfire suddenly became more intense. A large number of devils rushed out from behind, and the team members threw hand grenades while shooting at the devils. After a round of attacks, the devils suffered another twenty or so casualties. A large number of devils continuously poured out of their stronghold, forcing the guerrilla fighters who had already crossed the trench back to the outside of the trench. After all, in terms of strength comparison, the devils had an absolute advantage. How could a group of guerrilla fighters without regular training possibly be stronger than the regular devil soldiers?

  The guerrilla fighters were beaten back by the devils to outside their stronghold, leaving behind a chaotic scene of trenches and bodies scattered all over the place.

  "Captain Kurozawa! What's going on?", asked Lieutenant-Colonel Taniwara, who had already been intimidated by the Eighth Route Army, with great tension to Captain Kurozawa of the garrison.

  "Captain Tano! Outside, a group of guerrillas launched an attack on our outpost, but don't worry, our soldiers have already driven them out of the outpost, they didn't succeed." Kurozu said to Captain Tano.

  "A small guerrilla squad dares to attack the Imperial Army's stronghold, absolutely cannot let them off, notify the troops to eliminate this armed force!" As soon as Lieutenant Tianye heard that it was not the main force of the Eighth Route Army, he suddenly became furious and thought to himself: "I can't even defeat the Eighth Route Army, how can I tolerate you guerrilla squad?"

  "Yes!", Kurozawa immediately followed Lieutenant Colonel Tano out to command the devils to launch a counterattack against the guerrillas. The people brought by Lieutenant Colonel Tano were, after all, regular troops, and their combat experience was also more abundant. The soldiers cooperated with each other very tacitly.

  "Captain Usuyama! You attack from the left route and block their left route. Captain Nakamura! You lead your men to attack from the right route, you two routes must at the fastest speed block the rear of these bandits, Captain Kurosawa leads his men to attack from the front, we must thoroughly eliminate this group of bandits, absolutely cannot let one person escape!", said Lieutenant Colonel Tano in a very serious tone.

  "Yes!", The three of Hatoyama immediately went to carry out the order.

  The well-prepared devils launched a fierce attack on Zhao Hailong and his men. The black troops in the middle route received support from Lieutenant-General Tano's weapons and even set up an infantry cannon, bombarding Zhao Hailong and his men with a barrage of fire. The light and heavy machine guns were spitting out bullets wildly, and for a time, the guerrilla fighters were unable to withstand the attack.

  "Captain! The enemy's attack is too fierce, we're just getting beaten up. Today we kicked against a rock, let's retreat first!" Lu Xiaolin said as he ran to Zhao Hailong's side. In fact, they had already shouted, and now they could only hide in the trenches or behind giant rocks. The enemy's infantry artillery was almost deafening their ears, completely suppressing them with firepower, leaving them no room to fight back.

  "Captain! Something's wrong, the devils are coming around our left and right flanks!" Li Changjiang ran over to say.

  "Damn it! The little devils are going to swallow us whole! Notify the brothers to retreat!", Zhao Hailong cursed involuntarily. Although he was extremely reluctant to retreat, if they didn't retreat now, there would be no more opportunities, so he decisively and quickly ordered a retreat.

  "Brothers, follow me!", Xia Lao Wu led the team members to charge forward, Li Changjiang covered them from behind, withstanding Hei Ze's attack.

  They quickly broke through the enemy's defense line, acting swiftly and timely. The devils hadn't even fully surrounded them before they charged out.

  "Bastards! They actually let them escape the encirclement! Get after them, we must annihilate them!" Major Tianye bellowed at Captain Hei.

  Zhao Hailong led his men in a retreat while resisting the pursuing enemy behind them.

  "Damn it! Didn't catch the fox but got a whole body of trouble instead." Xia Laowu cursed while fighting.

  "These devils are his mother's from where did they pop out!", Li Changjiang couldn't help but wonder.

  "Who knows what! Let's just retreat quickly! We've been stuck with a label that can't be removed!", "Yes, let's think of a way to shake off the devils!"

  Huang Yu Kai and others heard the gunshot and rushed here quickly.

  "Comrade Commander! The guerrilla troops are attacking an enemy stronghold!", the scout reported back.

  "How is it going?", Huang Yuke asked.

  "They failed to break into the devils' stronghold! They were beaten back by the devils, and it seems there are a large number of devils inside the stronghold."

  "Oh? There are many devils in the stronghold?"

  Huang Yuke thought for a moment, "Tell our brothers to speed up and support our brother unit!"

  Huang Yuke immediately made the decision to provide support. He was very clear that if he arrived late, this guerrilla team might be wiped out.

  "Who's there?" a guerrilla fighter shouted into the woods as they retreated, "Don't shoot! It's one of us." Soldier Sun Yubao walked out of the woods.

  "Who are you?" Just then, a group of guerrilla fighters came up from behind and approached Sun Yubao to ask questions.

  "Comrade! I am Sun Yubao, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army. Our company commander asked me to find your team leader. Where is your team leader? I have an urgent matter to discuss with him." said Soldier Sun Yubao.

  "One of us! Come with us! Our captain is in the back!", The team members saw his uniform clearly and immediately took him to find Zhao Hailong.

  "Hello! Captain Zhao!", "Hello!", Sun Yubao greeted Zhao Hailong.

  "Captain Zhao! Our company commander told me to inform you that we have set up an ambush ahead, and if you lead your men to retreat from there, the devils will be handed over to us." Sun Yubao informed Zhao Hailong of what Huang Yukai had entrusted him with.

  "Alright! You lead the way." "Brothers, hurry up!" Zhao Hailong shouted back.

  The devils were now getting excited, they thought Zhao Hailong and his men were just a piece of meat that had reached their mouths, it was only a matter of time before they were eaten up, and they closely followed behind them.