Chapter 51: Obtaining a Fierce General (Three)

  The three camps of warriors, each equipped with a large knife by Li Xinmin, who specifically taught them the use of the knife. Although they are not skilled in using knives, they have all practiced a good knife. And some people even practice quite well.

  The warriors rushed into the group of devils, entwining with the little devils. Each warrior was born with a killing aura, wielding their large knives to slash at the little devils. At this moment, Liu Shixing first encountered a devil, fighting against it with his knife. After several rounds, Liu Shixing took advantage of the devil's unpreparedness and slashed his knife into the devil's chest, causing its internal organs to spill out instantly. The devil let out a miserable cry before falling to the ground. Liu Shixing swung his knife towards the next devil.

  Liu Shixing of the Louguo New Army quickly solved a devil, and he also quickly found a devil to fight with, wielding a big knife. Similarly, Li Xinmin's targeted training showed its actual combat effectiveness at this moment. The devils' Type 38 rifles were longer than the standard rifles used by the Nationalist Party. They had such an advantage before, and their training was very familiar, so they often had the upper hand in close combat with Chinese soldiers. Over time, the devils thought they were great. Today, Huang Yuke and his men gave them a vivid lesson: absolute weapon control, skilled knife work, neat movements, big knives suitable for chopping and close combat. Once the big knife gains the initiative, there is no chance to fight back. The Eighth Route Army soldiers first chopped with their big knives, and the devils would often raise their guns to block, then the soldiers would take advantage of the opportunity to approach the devils, either kicking them down or stabbing them in the bottom. The devils were attacked by Huang Yuke and his men, and they immediately retreated like a tide towards Qushan and Zhongcun.

  "Bastards! Wipe out these deadbeat bandits!", Commander Yushan ordered the soldiers to charge at Zhao Hailong and his men again. However, their attack was once again fiercely repelled by the guerrilla forces. The two sides engaged in a tug-of-war here, with Zhao Hailong leading the guerrillas to constantly harass the enemy from behind. As soon as the enemy retreated, they would press forward, severely beating the enemy's buttocks. When the enemy tried to turn back and wipe them out, they would immediately retreat, refusing to entangle with the enemy.

  Watching the large group of devils retreating in this direction, Kusuyama thought that Lieutenant Colonel Tanino had already annihilated the Eighth Route Army ambushing them and was coming to support him. However, he soon discovered that it didn't seem like that - why were their formations so disorganized? And there were still battle cries from behind?

  "Guards, go and see what's going on! Why is it so chaotic?" Kasuga ordered angrily. The Japanese guards had just walked out a short distance when they ran into Nakamura, the platoon leader who had been sent to support Lieutenant Tano. Originally, Nakamura was with Kasuga, but later he discussed with Kasuga that he would go to support Lieutenant Tano, while Kasuga would take care of the guerrilla troops behind them. However, by the time Nakamura arrived, Lieutenant Tano had already been killed by a hand grenade. He and Kuroda organized the troops to continue fighting, launching several charges against Huang Yucai's position, attempting to wipe out the Eighth Route Army and avenge Lieutenant Tano. However, their repeated charges were unsuccessful. Just as he was directing his soldiers to prepare for another charge, chaos erupted on Kuroda's side, and Kuroda's guards rushed over to report that Kuroda had been killed by the Eighth Route Army. Before he could think of what to do, the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, led by Huang Yucai, charged towards them, engaging in fierce battle with the Japanese soldiers.

  At this moment, he felt that the military morale here had dispersed and the situation was chaotic and could not be commanded. He himself could not hold on for long, so he immediately ordered the troops to retreat to Jiushan, attempting to join forces with Jiushan and turn the tide of battle.

  "Captain Nakamura, what's going on here?" asked Hatoyama, utterly perplexed.

  "Mr. Hatoyama, Lieutenant Colonel Tano and Captain Kurosawa have all fallen!", Nakamura replied.

  "What? What did you say? How can this be?" Ushiyama asked, his voice full of incredulity. Those local ruffians, Lieutenant Colonel Tano and Captain Kurosawa, how could they possibly have been defeated?

  "Our troops were ambushed by no ordinary guerrillas, but the regular army of the Eighth Route Army! Lieutenant Tanaka and Captain Kurosawa have both fallen in battle!" Nakamura exclaimed loudly.

  "What shall we do now?" asked Yuyama. At this moment he also had no idea, and stared blankly at Nakamura.

  "We must organize our troops and fight immediately, otherwise you and I will have to settle accounts here today!" Nakamura said with great certainty.

  "Charge! Everyone charge!", Toriyama immediately entered a state of frenzy, waving his command baton and organizing the soldiers to counterattack.

  "Brothers! Our reinforcement troops have defeated the devils, we can't wait any longer. Now follow me and charge forward to wipe out these damned devils!" Zhao Hailong saw that the time had come, stood up and led the guerrilla fighters towards the enemy group.

  "Charge! Wipe out the devils! Don't let a single one escape!", Li Changjiang shouted loudly as he stood up, and then led his men to follow Zhao Hailong's lead in charging forward. The guerrilla fighters clashed with the devils, and the anger that had been building up earlier finally found an outlet, each member of the team fighting with great enthusiasm.

  The devils were slowly compressed in a small encirclement, Xia Laowu swung his big knife left and right, charging into the enemy group. Zhao Hailong wielded his own big knife, opening up the formation to continuously chop and hack, solving one devil with three or five strokes, and the team members behind him also fought bravely under his leadership.

  Qizixiu, a guerrilla fighter, fought against the Japanese soldier with his bayonet. The two men clashed for a few moments before Qizixiu raised his gun to stab the enemy. At that moment, the Japanese soldier also raised his gun to stab him back. He tried to dodge but was stabbed in the chest by the enemy's bayonet.

  "XX's little devil!", Qizixiu cursed angrily. He didn't care about anything else, his left hand tightly grasping the devil's bayonet, his right hand fiercely raising his gun to stab the devil. The devil held his gun with both hands, trying to grab back the bayonet, but Qizixiu's bayonet had already stabbed over. He immediately bent down to dodge, but was cut across the throat by Qizixiu's bayonet. "Pfft!" A stream of fresh blood sprayed out from the devil's neck, spraying Qizixiu's face. The devil soldier cried out "Ah!" and fell to the ground, staring blankly before dying. Qizixiu also fell to the ground with a "thud". The other team members were still fiercely fighting the devils, no one had time to care about Qizixiu. Qizixiu lay on the ground for a while before sacrificing himself.

  Guerrilla fighter Han Tielin swung his large knife at the Japanese soldier's head, but the soldier quickly used his bayonet to deflect the blow. Han Tielin kicked the soldier in the stomach, sending him tumbling to the ground. Han Tielin raised his knife again and struck down at the soldier, who was now enraged. The soldier knew that it was a matter of life and death, and he too became frenzied, not even bothering to get up from the ground as he stabbed his bayonet at Han Tielin. "Die!" the soldier shouted, thrusting his bayonet forward. Just as Han Tielin was about to strike down at the soldier on the ground, he saw the soldier's bayonet coming towards him and realized it was too late to dodge. In that instant, someone kicked the soldier's gun away. Han Tielin's knife sliced smoothly into the soldier's body, ending his life. Han Tielin fell forward onto the soldier's body, but quickly got up and turned around to see the person who had helped him wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform and holding a large knife. With a few swift moves, the person struck down at the surrounding Japanese soldiers, leaving them either maimed or dead.

  "Who is this person? He's so formidable!" Han Tielin was stunned on the battlefield.

  Just as he was stunned, a Japanese soldier took advantage of the situation and rushed towards him. Xia Laowu was beside him and kicked him to one side with one foot. He swung his knife at the Japanese soldier, who lost his footing and was slashed in half by Xia Laowu's single stroke.

  "Lin Zi! What the hell are you thinking? Don't want to live anymore?", Xia Laowu scolded Han Tielin.

  More and more Eighth Route Army soldiers joined forces with guerrilla fighters, while the number of Japanese soldiers dwindled.

  "Captain Nakamura! What shall we do now?" asked Hatoyama in a fluster.

  "Captain Yuyama! Let's retreat! If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!", said the timid Nakamura.

  "Then retreat! Quick retreat!", Yoriko followed Nakamura and led the people to withdraw southeast.

  Huang Yu-kai led his men in pursuit of the devils, killing them for a while. Finally, Huang Yu-kai stopped the chase and went to the stronghold with Zhao Hai-long to clear out all the remaining enemies. After cleaning up the battlefield, they followed Zhao Hai-long to Fengjiacun.

  The villagers of Fengjiacun heard that the Eighth Route Army had arrived and had just won a victory. The villagers carried big fat pigs, chickens and ducks to congratulate Huang Yucai and his men. Huang Yucai and his men refused to accept the villagers' gifts, but the villagers insisted on leaving them behind. In the end, Huang Yucai ordered his soldiers to distribute the grain they had seized from the stronghold to these villagers, and also distributed the silver coins they had brought with them to these villagers. Then, together with the villagers, they slaughtered pigs and sheep and held a victory banquet.