Chapter 64: The Ambush of Ten Million Sprouts (Part 2)

  Shi Chang Lu Dongsheng received the order and couldn't help but sneer. Two battalions of enemy troops, what's the big deal? "Order one battalion to go ahead and find a suitable terrain for an ambush, and have the third battalion serve as the reserve team for the entire division." Completely forgetting the reminder from Sulfurization and others during the meeting.

  The two troops of horses, after receiving the order, immediately moved and soon found a suitable battlefield in a mountainous area. Lu Dongsheng nodded his head in satisfaction after looking around. The troops quickly hid themselves, waiting for the arrival of the Xiang Army.

  Soon, two camps with nearly a thousand people on horseback, holding torches and in a scattered formation, slowly approached their own ambush circle.

  Looking at the enemy's scattered formation, Lu Dongsheng's underestimation of the enemy became even more serious. He didn't know that although the enemy's formation was scattered and had no regular shape, this kind of formation was actually a summary of Chen Guozhen's troops' years of experience as bandits. This kind of formation could minimize casualties when ambushing the enemy. It can be said that it has been tried many times without getting tired of it. Gradually, all of Chen Guozhen's troops marched in a particularly scattered manner. In Lu Dongsheng's eyes, they were just a group of bandits who didn't take military discipline seriously.

  Soon, nearly a thousand enemies entered the ambush circle.

  "With a loud 'crack', Lu Dongsheng fired the first shot of the Second Army Corps' ambush, and immediately, gunfire erupted on both sides of the highway. Heavy machine guns and light machine guns began to spit out flames. Looking down, the enemy troops were fleeing in all directions. Lu Dongsheng believed that within a few minutes, this bandit group would be annihilated by himself."

  The commander of a brigade in the Xiang Army, who had always followed Chen Qizhen's bandits to conquer the world, was very familiar with the enemy's ambush. When entering the valley, he felt a strong killing intent and immediately ordered his troops to be on high alert.

  After a gunshot, the team leader immediately knew he had been ambushed. Not only him, but also the soldiers who had been bandits for many years discovered this problem. At that time when gunfire was intense on both sides of the highway, many people fell to the ground at the first moment.

  As for the enemies that Lu Dongsheng saw running around everywhere, they were only a small number of strong and captured soldiers in the army, while those with real strength almost all lay on the ground to counterattack.

  As he saw fewer and fewer enemies running on the highway, Lu Dongsheng launched a charge. But he didn't know that his underestimation of the enemy would lead to the greatest casualties in the history of the troops.

  "Commissar, the Communist Army has started charging. What should we do?" a regimental commander asked, crawling up to the team leader's side.

  "Order the troops, when the Communist Army approaches us, all the remaining brothers follow me to launch a countercharge on the right side of the Communist Army. We must occupy a highland on the right side, only then do we have a chance to go back." The regiment commander issued the order very calmly.

  "Also, tell the brothers not to think about surrendering. We are all bandits by origin, and everyone has blood on their hands. Even if we surrender now, the Communist army won't let us off. Only by fighting to the end do we have a chance of survival." The battalion commander tried to boost the morale of his soldiers.

  However, the effect was really good. After the soldiers knew about the captain's speech, everyone unconditionally believed in it. Suddenly, the morale of the troops was greatly boosted, and one by one, they stared at the approaching Red Army with red eyes.

  "Brothers, charge with me!" The captain was the first to take action. The submachine gun in his hand began spitting out tongues of fire, and immediately, several Red Army soldiers fell into a pool of blood before him.

  "Commander, commander, something's happened!" a communications officer panted as he rushed in.

  "What's wrong! Look how anxious you are, come on, have a drink of water." Lu Dongsheng handed over a cup of water. The communicator finished the water in two mouthfuls.

  "Commander, something's happened, the enemy has broken through. The third battalion has suffered heavy casualties."

  "What? What did you say? Speak clearly." Lu Dongsheng was anxious.

  "Sir, the enemy's remaining forces of about one battalion suddenly launched a counterattack during our reunion process. The third battalion was caught off guard and now the enemy has occupied a high ground on the right side of the position with over 300 people, and is currently defending it."

  "What about the casualties of the three battalions?" Lu Dongsheng asked immediately.

  "Commander, after a rough count, the casualties of the three battalions are roughly equivalent to two companies' worth of troops." The communications officer replied in a low voice.

  Lu Dongsheng sat down on the ground with a thud after hearing it.

  "Order the Third Battalion of the reserve troops to follow me and take down that hill, damn it, I'm not going to live." Lu Dongsheng viciously clenched his fists.

  Soon after receiving the order, the three battalions followed Lu Dongsheng to the mountain where the enemy was trapped.

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