Chapter 13: Sneak Attack from Behind to Kill the Devil

  At this time, Gang Xia was commanding his troops to launch a fierce attack on the direction of the 317th Regiment's third battalion, which was desperately resisting, and continuously ordering the artillery to suppress the enemy's firepower.

  "Commander, the enemy on the opposite side has taken up a favorable position. It's like one man holding off ten thousand; if we enter this narrow passageway, our heavy artillery won't be able to deploy at all, and we'll only get beaten!" Nishimura rushed anxiously to the front of the command post, speaking to Commander Goto, it seemed he had a clear view of the unfavorable trend on the battlefield. Now that he was in front of Commander Goto, he wanted to see what this commander had planned.

  "Alright! We've been had, retreat... Order the troops to retreat..." The outpost heard Nishimura's words and seeing that the attack ahead was not going well, immediately ordered his troops to withdraw along the original route.

  "Report to Lieutenant General, our rear is blocked by a mysterious group and we can't retreat!" A soldier rushed to the front of the post and reported urgently.

  "Ah, damn it! Damn it!" The officer was furious and couldn't bear it. He had originally thought that he would give the enemy a chance to wrap them up like dumplings, but instead, they themselves became the filling for the dumplings. "Immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Kawashima's headquarters, saying that our army has been ambushed by the enemy near Shiyinmen and needs reinforcements!"

  "Hey!" The soldier immediately ran down at the sound.

  "Colonel, we can't just sit here and wait to die, we have to think of a way to break out!" Nishimura said urgently. He knew that continuing to attack forward was a dead end, and the only chance of survival lay in retreating backward. So far, they still didn't know what kind of army was blocking their way, but since it wasn't **'s troops, it proved that heaven had given them a chance to survive, so he suggested again, "We can only retreat from the back!"

  "I know, but we must first figure out the other side's origin, personnel and equipment, otherwise there is no way to formulate a combat mission." Gang Xia was very clear that what Xicun said was right, but he knew better than anyone what the key was at this moment. So while he was saying these things to Xicun, he immediately ordered the people around him, "You all go and investigate, find out what kind of team that is!"

  The soldiers all went to do their tasks in a hurry, and he himself did not dare to delay. He walked towards the back with Xicun, and when they were close to the battlefield, he picked up his binoculars and looked carefully, as if trying to see some clues from the uniforms of that team.

  But what disappointed him was that only a few dozen of Murong Wudi's troops were wearing military uniforms, while the rest were dressed in civilian clothes and didn't look like an army at all.

  "Bah! They're the same Japs who annihilated my fully-equipped Zeta squad in Lixian without leaving a single corpse last time!" Last time on the battlefield of Lixian, Gangxia was also a company commander and saw those three-man assassination tactics through his binoculars. The difference is that back then there was only one small battalion, but now there are several thousand such troops.

  "Are you referring to that group of troops who retreated from the battlefield in Longxi?" Xicun couldn't believe his ears. After Murong Wudi led his troops to retreat, he was ordered to pursue them, but on the way, they suffered losses due to those treacherous landmines. The unspoken resentment had been buried in his heart ever since. Now that he heard the enemy ahead were the same ones who made him suffer, the anger in his heart immediately flared up. "Sir, please give me a small squad, I'll immediately twist off their heads!"

  "Ba Ga, don't you see how many people we have now? It's not just a small team, even if the entire company charges up, it would be useless. Do you want me to repeat the mistake of Ze Tian's team and let the whole company be annihilated?" Gang Xia didn't dare to be careless, as Murong Wujie could wipe out an entire battalion without losing a single man, which showed that this army's combat power far exceeded that of ordinary armies. He couldn't joke around with the lives of his soldiers.

  On the battlefield, Murong Wudi's army was killing with great enthusiasm. Meng Xiangfei shouted excitedly: "I've never killed so happily before! These little devils are like mud dolls, they die as soon as they touch us. I don't know how those ** in the past resisted Japan and were defeated by such small devils!"

  "Lao Meng, don't be too happy too early, this is all Commander Murong's clever plan. Otherwise, how could we have thought of not going one-on-one with the devils?" Zhao Changyou said to Meng Xiangfei after taking down two devils beside him. He could see that Meng Xiangfei was extremely admiring of Murong Wude this time, just like his own feelings towards Murong Wude in the past.

  "Alright, stop chit-chatting! Clean up the battlefield and take away any usable weapons. Withdraw from here immediately!" Mu Rong saw that all the Japanese devils around them had been annihilated at this time, so he ordered his troops to clean up the battlefield immediately. He was very clear that this was not a place to stay for long. If it wasn't the 317th Regiment's dumpling-wrapping unit arriving soon, it would definitely be the Japanese reinforcements. No matter which army arrived, it wouldn't be good news for them. Therefore, he had to end the battle here as soon as possible, gather up the spoils of war and leave immediately. Otherwise, what awaited them would not be a good thing.

  "Commander Murong, we only need to make one more push into Shiyingkou and the devils inside will be completely eliminated. Why do we need to retreat?" Meng Xiangfei was clearly puzzled. This battle was obviously in their favor, the devils were powerless to resist, and if they continued to attack at this time, the devils would definitely be annihilated. He really couldn't understand why they needed to retreat now?

  "Yes, by then the devils will have been eliminated by us, but we'll also be finished!" Murong Wu Di said. He didn't want to explain too much, but he had to let this guy know the danger they were all in, so he just said these few words.

  "Old Meng, don't waste words, take your new team and retreat!" Zhao Chang pulled at Meng Xiangfei's clothes as he persuaded him. Although he didn't quite understand why Murong Wudi wanted to do this, he believed that Murong Wudi had his reasons, so he didn't plan on thinking too much about it and directly pulled Meng Xiangfei away.

  The troops quickly swept the battlefield clean, taking away all the weapons and equipment that could be carried, as well as food and other supplies. Mu Rong's army, although only having undergone a day of training, had a high level of combat discipline. A team of soldiers led the way at the front, while two teams alternated to cover their retreat from behind. Even if they were pursued, their opponents would not be able to gain any advantage.

  "Murong officer, can we now return to Tiantang Fort and divide the spoils of war?" Wild Begonia said at this time, seemingly eager to see those spoils of war, already thinking about dividing them before even fully withdrawing from the battlefield.

  "No way, after this battle, the devils must have known that we are from Tian Xia Village. The devils suffered such a great loss, they will definitely gather troops to surround and annihilate our village, so we can't go back!" Murong Wudei analyzed and said, he knew that the devils had a strong desire for revenge and would not let them return to the village easily to share the spoils of war. Therefore, he judged that when they returned to the village, the devils would definitely sweep through it. Now, the only thing they could do was to evacuate the place and abandon the village.

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