Chapter 12: The Exquisite Display of Combat Arts

  At the command of Murong Wudi, Zhao Changyou and Hu Pai's deputy sprang into action. Zhao Changyou led a team of twenty people, including grenade launchers and heavy machine gunners, to construct fortifications on site, preparing every detail in advance to perfectly complete the task entrusted by Murong Wudi.

  While Hu Pai's deputy led a team of soldiers to climb up the two sides of Yiwu, they lit the bonfire according to Murong Wujie's previous order and tried their best to create a smoky atmosphere. Those dozen or so soldiers almost choked themselves out of tears, but they were all veterans who had fought against the enemy on the battlefield, so this was nothing to them, and they didn't have any intention of retreating.

  While Ye Zhanju led all the brothers of Tianzhuang to follow Murong Wudi into the First Heaven, although the position of the First Heaven was relatively narrow, with only one row of four people standing inside, this long and narrow passage had several kilometers, from head to tail, hiding thousands of people brought by Cangyun, so no one in the team fell behind entering the First Heaven.

  The commander of the ghostly assault team was called Gang Xiaoyi, a lieutenant colonel with a small mustache under his nose that had a strong Japanese flavor, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and carrying a samurai command knife at his waist. At this moment, he held a high-powered telescope in both hands, carefully observing the front line of the position.

  He graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in Tokyo, Japan. In preparation for this war of aggression against China, he thoroughly understood Chinese history and culture, as well as its human geography, making him a China expert.

  "Commander Nakasa, the plane's cannon fire has now covered the enemy's position. Shall we let the assault team start attacking?" said Lieutenant Colonel Nishimura, who was standing next to him and seemed a bit impatient. They were ordered to attack the right flank of the 317th Regiment, but while the main position of the 317th Regiment was under heavy artillery fire, there was no movement on their side, making Nishimura anxious.

  "Sly Chinese, thinking they can use the tactics of Zhuge Liang from the Three Kingdoms period to deceive me with smoke and fire on the Huashan Road, making me fall into their trap. Unfortunately, I am not Cao! " He put down the binoculars in his hand and turned to face Xicun, saying: "Order the heavy machine gun, light machine gun, mortar squad to provide cover, First Squad, Second Squad, Third Squad, and the third battalion of the Royal Guards, advance in sequence, take down Shimenxia for me!"

  "Hey!" Nishimura listened to the order and immediately ordered the flag bearer to wave the flag, letting the soldiers charge.

  As the brief exchange of flag signals ended, the entire Japanese squadron turned towards Shimenxia, and the artillery fire from the mountain guns exploded round after round on Zhao Changyou's position. The smoke was swirling everywhere, making it almost impossible to see anything even with eyes wide open. However, Zhao Changyou understood that the enemy's charge was about to begin, so he ordered: "Zhāi zi, use the hand-held grenade launchers to blast the direction of the enemy's charge!"

  Now even his own men can't see clearly, how can they distinguish where the enemy is? Anyway, their task is to fire all the artillery shells and machine gun bullets in their hands, making as much noise as possible. So he doesn't care if the enemy has arrived or not, and immediately orders the squad leader Stacker to give the order to fire.

  As soon as the order was given, Zhang immediately ordered three grenade launchers and all machine guns on the position to open fire. The smoke of the battle became thicker, the machine gun's sweep and the grenade launcher's counter-battery fire made a deafening noise, which came in through the narrow opening of the sky gate.

  "It seems that Hu Pai and his men have made contact with the enemy! "Wild Coral immediately analyzed after hearing the dense gunfire.

  "What a pity, Hu Pai and his men can have a fierce battle with the devils, but we can only hide here like a turtle! " Meng Xiangfei said, obviously hearing that voice made him itchy, this kind of formation he had never seen before, really wanted to experience it personally.

  "Do you want to be a cannon fodder?" Guo Erwa asked immediately after hearing Meng Xiangfei's words, with an air of disdain, but his words were clearly not sincere. He also wanted to go to the battlefield and fight against the devils, but now he couldn't change his mind because of what he had said before.

  "Alright, all of you stop arguing!" Murong Wudei didn't have the mind to care about their disputes at this moment, his thoughts were all focused on the battle at the front line. The argument between Meng Xiangfei and Guo Erwazi was like noise disturbing him, so he spoke out to stop them from continuing their dispute.

  At this time, the gunfire outside became less frequent, and the sound of grenade launchers was almost gone. In a short while, several explosions from hand grenades were heard. Zhao Changyou led more than a dozen soldiers back to Mu Rongwu's side and reported: "Report to Commander Mu Rongwu, we sacrificed six brothers, eight were injured, but fortunately, our mission is complete, and all the bullets and shells in our hands have been fired. However, the devils are pressing towards us like madmen, so I led the brothers to retreat!"

  Zhao Changyou clearly explained the situation on the battlefield, and of the nearly twenty brothers under his command who had returned, only a few were left. His heart was not feeling well.

  "Brothers, you are very brave, this victory is yours!" Murong Wudi looked at the wounded soldiers who had not yet been bandaged, and his heart felt like it was being cut by a knife. However, he knew that this emotion could not affect his command, or else more soldiers would die because of him. So he forced himself to remain calm and said, "You go inside to rest first, let the other brothers give them way!"

  After settling the front-line soldiers, Murong Wudi sent two soldiers to a hidden place at the entrance of the cave to observe the movements of the devils. Before long, the two soldiers returned and reported that the devils had joined forces with the 3rd Battalion of the 317th Regiment at Shiyingzui and were now engaged in a fierce battle.

  "Alright, the time has come!" Murong Wude's face immediately broke into a smile as he turned to everyone and said, "The devils want to encircle our dumplings, but this time we're going to encircle theirs instead. Inside is Shiyingkou, the narrow passageway isn't much better than our One-Line Sky. The 317th Regiment's equipment and weapons are all stronger than ours. Now that the devils are gnawing on that hard bone, we'll charge out from One-Line Sky and attack them from behind, let those sons of bitches know the ferocity of our Yunyang Mountain Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Troop! Let's move out!"

  As he finished his brief battlefield mobilization, all the warriors of the new first brigade were ready with their weapons in hand. Some held large knives, some held red-tasseled guns, and others even wielded long clubs. After hearing Murong Wudi's words, they immediately picked up their weapons and followed him in a charge out of the sky, directly attacking the enemy from behind.

  There were several thousand warriors in total, although they didn't have any powerful weapons in their hands, but they followed the tactics of Murong Wudi and Hu Pai to fight against the devils with a three-to-one ratio.

  This time they had the advantage of numbers, and the tactics of three against one had been proven on the battlefield. The devils were no match for them, either being hacked to death or beaten to death with clubs, without even a bit of resistance...

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