Chapter 7: Fighting with Brains

  Xiang Wending walked away, not even giving Qiao Qin a second glance. He was extremely humiliated, this guy had skills, but he was too arrogant, actually pointing his gun at himself, if it weren't for the fact that they were in the midst of battle and needed all the manpower they could get, Xiang Wending would have definitely shot Qiao Qin dead.

  Diqin looked at the departing Xiang Wenden, he didn't say a word, and his face didn't show any anger. In fact, Diqin still understood Xiang Wenden very well, after calming down, many things could be understood. Although he looked down on the National Army's tactics, they were still fighting now, which was already remarkable. Better than those who surrendered.

  There was no military awareness of Zhai Qin, and he didn't seem to care about this company commander. He took away 120 people and came back with more than 80 people. Forty people were sacrificed like that. Many people Zhai Qin did not recognize, nor did he know what their names were.

  Hand grenades exploded, machine guns swept, bullets flew, and this battle was absolutely shocking to Zhai Qin's mind. The battlefield is the battlefield, it's too cruel. His anxious mood did not stabilize, so he acted very impulsively.

  At this time, it didn't feel like being the company commander anymore. It seemed that these people no longer needed to take responsibility for themselves, and in his heart, there was a slight feeling of relaxation. In Zhai Qin's heart, those more than 40 people were all killed by himself.

  He sat quietly on one side, and no one knew what he was thinking. Di Gui also sat there stupidly, and after a long time said: "Young master, let's go home. You have won the battle, and the young lady has nothing to say this time. The old man must be anxious to death knowing you are here."

  Dai Qin shook his head, he didn't want to go back. Although it was a wealthy family with fine clothes and food, it seemed like it wasn't his own home. The wife who looked down on him, could force her husband to go to the battlefield to die, wasn't a good person either. After calming down, Dai Qin had another thought. To say that he was a deserter from the battlefield, this was something he couldn't forgive himself for. He turned his face and asked: "Does my family know I'm here?"

  Dai Gui shook his head and said: "After withdrawing from Shanghai, all the way to Nanjing and then here, there was no time for communication at all, my family doesn't know."

  Dai Qin said: "Then let's not tell our family for now, and talk about it when things have stabilized."

  Dai Gui followed Dai Yingfeng from a young age. This time, the young master and mistress had a falling out, and in a fit of anger, he ran away to join the army. Of course, he also joined the army together with him.

  Later, the old master found out, but he couldn't retire because it was too humiliating. What to do, I don't know, but unexpectedly, the young master became a company commander. However, before long, their troops were deployed to Shanghai for battle.

  Dai Gui followed the young master all the way here. He naturally listened to everything the young master said, nodding his head without speaking. He didn't understand that during battles, the young master always said he wanted to go home, but why didn't he leave? Dai Gui couldn't figure it out, anyway he just followed the young master.

  Dai Qin saw that the company commander named Zhao Kai and Zhang Meng were walking together, his eyes turned to one side. Zhang Meng said: "Company Commander, you see..."

  Dai Qin raised his hand to interrupt him and said: "Don't call me Lian Zhang, I am nothing now."

  Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Zhai Lianchang, aren't you being too petty? Towards the camp commander was just a moment of anger. You're really bold enough to dare point a gun at your superior. This is punishable by death, if not for your victory, Xiang Wen Dong would have definitely shot you dead. This guy is notorious for his ruthlessness and bravery in battle."

  Dai Qin didn't have any bad feelings towards Xiang Wen Dong, it's just that his habit was to disobey management, especially when he thought he was right. Otherwise, with his abilities, he would have been promoted to manager long ago and wouldn't be a small workshop leader. He snorted: "Brave and fierce? I didn't see any of that. From Shanghai retreating to Nanjing, from Nanjing retreating here, which place did you show bravery in?"

  Zhao Kai was shut up by Zhai Qin with one sentence and couldn't speak for half a day. How can this person be so arrogant, isn't it just winning a battle? What's the big deal. If it weren't for the team leader hearing about it and praising him highly, Zhao Kai wouldn't even bother with this person. Although he is only a company commander, no battalion commander in the 625th regiment dares to look down on him, he has gained the trust of Team Leader Guo Congxiao.

  His face sank as he said, "Alright, let's have Zhai Lianchang fight in the first row. Who knows when the devils will arrive."

  Dai Qin didn't say a word, took over a rifle and started pressing bullets into the gun according to Dai Gui's teachings. He was completely unfamiliar with this kind of gun. In fact, he wasn't familiar with any guns at all. He lived in a peaceful era and had never been a soldier.

  Keeping guns is against the law, and hunting is prohibited so no one has a hunting gun. Diqin certainly hasn't played with guns, if he has it's just large-scale electronic games.

  But there aren't any old-fashioned rifles like that, they're all automatic rifles or sniper rifles. This rifle shoots too slowly, you have to pull the bolt after each shot, and it only has a five-round magazine.

  More than a hundred devils were eliminated, and more than a hundred good guns were captured. Qi ran to Zhao Kai, gathered more than ten guns around him, filled all the bullets, and put them by his side. Qi Gu was much more experienced in battle than Qi Qin, seeing what he did, followed suit. He understood the reason why Young Master did so, it would be much faster when fighting without having to reload bullets at the moment.

  Dai Gui said: "Young master, shouldn't we tell Zhang Lianzhang and the others that this way will save us a lot of trouble, we have many guns."

  Dai Qin thought of Xiang Wen Dong's appearance and said angrily: "No need. A group of pig-headed people, brave and useless, dare to remove Lao Zi's position."

  Dai Gui nodded repeatedly: "Right, that's it. Don't tell them. When they lose, they'll know how formidable Young Master is."

  Diqin's way of doing things is not the style of a military man at all, and it also has some shameless meaning. But Di Gui would certainly not think that Young Master was wrong, and the two people started preparing on the battlefield.

  Dí Qín basically had no combat experience, his mind was filled with scenes of battles from the movies and TV shows he had watched, thinking about the techniques of shooting guns in games. Those were simulated battle scenarios based on modern warfare, they should be somewhat useful.

  The position was a curved overlapping setting, mainly to guard the highway below and not let the devils pass through. Zhaiqin and Zhaigui were in this place, which was the third squad of the first row, and the squad leader did not dare to command Zhaiqin. Wang Biao was called away by Zhang Meng and others, a soldier wearing a company commander's uniform, and Squad Leader Liu Cheng didn't dare to control Zhaiqin. Seeing Liu Cheng standing there looking at himself, Zhaiqin thought for half a day but still couldn't bear it, these were all Chinese troops, damn it, fighting against the Japanese devils, he waved his hand and said: "Come over."

  Liu Cheng ran over immediately: "Commander Lian, will it work if I do it this way?"

  Dai Qin laughed: "You little rascal is quite clever. But I'm not a fool."

  Liu Cheng said: "Don't worry, brothers all said that you are still our company commander, what is Zhao Kai. Following him we will all die, or follow the company commander to be safe."

  Diqin's heart skipped a beat, and he felt his face flush with shame. These people believed in him so much, yet he had gambled with the lives of his brothers. He thought to himself, "Let the brothers put away their guns and preload the bullets ahead of time. That way, they can shoot faster. Take off the safety pins on the grenades, don't wait until it's too late."

  "Yes," Liu Cheng said happily, "Following Commander Lian is the best."

  Dai Qin laughed and kicked Liu Cheng: "Stop sucking up, hurry up and prepare."

  After finishing, he walked towards the central camp. Seeing Diqin coming over, Zhao Kai's face didn't look too good, and Zhang Meng hastily said: "Commander, I just received a notification from the battalion headquarters that the devils are transferring a large team towards Yangjiapu, they will arrive tomorrow."

  Diqin did not deny anything this time and said directly: "It's not that we have to hold on for a day and a night, the devils will arrive tomorrow, what's there to worry about?"

  Zhao Kai discontentedly said: "The Tenth Army Group is gathering in Hangzhou to counterattack the main force of the devils, the devils want to outflank and encircle us, we received orders from the military department to hold on for three days."

  Dai Qin didn't say anything, the change on the battlefield wasn't strange at all. Anyway, he knew that Hangzhou would fall in the end too. But Zhao Kai said angrily: "Tens of thousands of troops are retreating, only our regiment is holding back, and we've lost some men. The army commander's whereabouts are unknown, it seems like we're abandoned, looks like we'll all die here."

  Dai Qin finally found the opportunity: "Zhao Lianchang, why do I not want to listen every time you speak? You also have a gun in your hand. The devils are also two-legged, with a belly and shoulders carrying a head. Why is it always 'we will die' instead of 'the devils will die'?"

  Zhao Kai was taken aback and said discontentedly: "The devils have airplanes and cannons, what do we have?"

  Dai Qin pointed to his head and said, "We have a brain, do we know how to use it? Airplanes and cannons are dead, people are alive. To be killed by a living person is truly strange. I suspect how you became the company commander."

  Zhao Kai was enraged by Zhai Qin: "Bullshit. You have a brain, you come and command. Can your head block bullets?"

  Diqin came over with a purpose, there were more than 100 people, and he couldn't take these fellow brothers to vent his anger. Looking at Zhao Kai and Zhang Meng's deployment, it was clear that this would be enough to exhaust them, and if they continued to fight like this, they would all die. He deliberately said loudly: "Well, you see, isn't it just one big regiment? I'll make this place a death zone for the devils."

  Not just Zhao Kai, even Zhang Meng was shocked with his mouth agape. A large enemy troop of over a thousand, while they had only a little more than a hundred men, plus the reinforcements that arrived, and their total personnel was less than 140 men, not even enough to form a full-strength company. To have one company resist an entire enemy battalion, it's indeed just waiting for death. Zhai Qin actually dared to say this is the enemy's death zone.

  Dai Qin knew that Niu Bi was good at boasting, but over a hundred people fighting against over a thousand people was indeed a problem. He had to think carefully. He said, "Alright, watch and learn."

  Zhao Ke was also sulking, anyway it's all the same, how he dies is still death, so he might as well listen to this Diqin. He himself simply didn't care, watching Diqin make a fuss. But with Diqin's arrangements, Zhao Ke's eyes began to shine brightly, if these arrangements really succeeded, the devils would indeed have a chance of failure.

  It seems that this Diqin is indeed very capable. Zhao Kai is a standard military man, with battlefield experience as well. Although he acknowledges that these arrangements are interesting, he looks down on them somewhat. These are enough to prove that Diqin is absolutely not a military man, and has a rascal-like feeling.

  Dai Qin didn't have time to care about how Zhao Kai and the others saw him. This was a matter of over a thousand devils, and he himself had no bottom line. The tactical methods were all copied, and whether they would work or not, he still didn't know.

  On this side, Lieutenant Colonel Kataoka Kakuji was making his own preparations when he received a report from Yoshida Ichirō, who had escaped and returned. At that time, the commander of the 116th Regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Kataoka Kakuji, was furious and almost fainted with rage. One battalion, defeated by just one regiment of Chinese troops, was on the verge of annihilation - it was a great shame for the Imperial Japanese Army.

  A big slap in the face turned the injured Yoshida Ichirō into a pig head, ordering the 3rd Brigade in Yixing to advance forward, breaking through the Zhina army's defense line, encircling Hangzhou and annihilating the Chinese army.

  The 3rd Battalion Commander Motokazu Honogawa immediately dispatched troops and arrived at the Yangjiaopu defense line.