Chapter 2: Battle Displays Invincible Talent

  For a time, the machine guns and hand grenades were ringing non-stop under the mountain pass, but soon, Murong Wude's soldiers had already made contact with the enemy. They followed Murong Wude's previous instructions, three of them forming a group to deal with the Japanese soldiers who charged up and opened up in close combat. As soon as they came into contact with their comrades, the second soldier would take down the enemy from the side, this combination was like entering an uninhabited land, as long as they touched for less than one second, the enemy would surely die.

  Those brothers were all surprised by this unprecedented tactic, and they also killed them with pleasure. The entire white blade battle lasted less than ten minutes, ending with the complete annihilation of the Japanese army squad.

  Muyong Wudi, who had been hiding and not daring to show his head all this time, saw that the battle was over and only then did he stick his head out from behind the mountain ridge, walking towards those victorious soldiers.

  "Reporting to the superior officer, our army annihilated a small Japanese troop and only suffered nine injuries!" At this time, a deputy platoon leader-like person came before Murong Wude, showing great admiration for him, and reported the battle results in front of him. It's worth noting that they had never experienced such battles in any period, so they would naturally admire Murong Wude's command ability.

  "Not bad, do Zhao Pailong and his side have any news?" Murong Wudi asked, he arranged for Zhao Changyou to bury the trap, the purpose is to cut off the back, before getting their exact message, he dare not make any moves, otherwise everyone will be exposed to the enemy army, becoming a living target.

  "What's the hurry? It's just planting a few landmines, isn't it? I've already taken care of it!" Zhao Changyou arrived in front of Murong Wudi at this time and said to him. However, while saying these words, he saw that the ground was filled with Japanese military corpses, but there wasn't one on their side, so he asked somewhat curiously, "It's been resolved so quickly?"

  "This is really too powerful, the brothers followed his command and actually completed the annihilation of a well-organized Japanese army squad with only nine wounded at a time when ammunition was severely lacking. They captured three grenade launchers, more than 40 rounds of artillery shells, two submachine guns, one Type 92 heavy machine gun, a Japanese lieutenant colonel's command sword, a Japanese captain's command sword, and countless 38-style rifle bullets." "The deputy platoon leader was overjoyed, this battle has given them everything they need."

  "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. While the devils haven't caught up yet, we should retreat! Murong Wude didn't want to dwell on his current achievements. The most important task now was to leave immediately and avoid becoming a prisoner of war, so he could still have some good fruit to eat."

  "Bring the equipment, follow this officer! Zhao Changyou had also been skeptical of Murong Wudi before this battle, but after this battle, he really admired Murong Wudi. So when he heard that Murong Wudi was worried about pursuing troops, he immediately ordered and said."

  The soldiers responded, and immediately they picked up everything that could be taken away without exception, following behind Murong Wudi's side, walking out along a small path in the northwest corner. This path was one that Murong Wudi had long since looked at, and under circumstances where there was no retreat, he would never let the soldiers take this small team down with him.

  The team walked into the depths of the old forest, but heard the distant rumbling sound, which was the treacherous thunder set up by Murong Wuyi and Zhao Changyou. It seemed that the enemy had caught up, but did not expect to encounter the treacherous thunder. Although they didn't see the enemy's desperate appearance, hearing the crisp explosion sound made them believe that the Japanese army's losses were not small.

  "Sir, may I know what to call you?" Zhao Changyou had always admired Murong Wudi's cunning and strategic mind. After hearing the ten explosions, he immediately asked Murong Wudi, seemingly wanting to address him as a brother.

  "My name is Murong Wudei!" Of course, Murong Wudei wouldn't think of hiding anything now. After today's events, he can be said to have gone through life and death with this team once. This kind of feeling cannot be replaced by anything else, he knew very clearly.

  "Hey, why didn't you let me put those ten hand grenades together as a booby trap earlier? That way, not only would the sound be deafening, but we could also kill more of those devils. Why did we have to hear them go off one by one, instead of all at once?" Zhao Changyou asked Muyong Wudi after learning his name, voicing out the confusion that had been in his mind since Muyong Wudi handed him the hand grenades to make booby traps and specifically instructed him to separate them, placing two every twenty meters.

  Murong Wudi is now wearing a lieutenant colonel's uniform, although his military rank is higher than Zhao Changyou's, but because they are not in the same combat unit, that's why he dared to speak in front of Murong Wudi before. Now, showing respect to Murong Wudi is not because of his high military rank, but because he admires Murong Wudi's wisdom and strategy.

  "Guilei is to let us retreat and cover, block those devils from chasing us. If you let him get blown up together, the remaining devils will surround us!" Murong Wude saw that he was eager to learn, so he decided to teach this enthusiastic student.

  "Are you saying that by letting him blow up two 20-meter sections, it can stop the devils? Zhao Changyou was confused and couldn't figure out what was so clever about Murong Wudi's approach, and the more he listened, the more bewildered he became."

  "How can you be so obtuse? Alright, I understand that in this era, there's a lack of knowledge due to not reading books. Let me tell you what's going on!

  Facing this ignorant student who couldn't understand what he was saying, Murong Wude didn't know what to say either. He could only patiently explain again to Zhao Changyou, "It's actually simple. I utilized the fear in the enemy's heart. The first explosion of the hidden thunder killed the enemy chasing us at the front, and naturally, they would think it was a hidden thunder that we hastily buried. They wouldn't suspect much, and the following enemies would continue to chase until the last two or penultimate hidden thunders exploded. At this time, the enemy would naturally believe that there were more hidden thunders beyond these. Their instinctive approach would be to send engineers to clear the mines. The distance we need to cover is so long, and the time needed to clear the mines would give us enough time to retreat. Otherwise, how could we have easily escaped the enemy's encirclement and arrived at this mountainous and densely forested area?"

  Murong Wu Di's explanation was very detailed, and I believe even a little friend can understand what's going on. As for Zhao Chang You, it goes without saying that he is not included.

  "Oh? No wonder you wanted to increase the distance between the last few landmines when we were laying them down, so that the devils wouldn't know where our mines are, right?" Zhao Changyou seemed to have understood something.

  "Finally figured it out!" Murong Wude sighed, relieved that this foolish student had finally grasped something. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh before asking the soldier at the front, "What's up ahead?"

  It's been so long since we came down from the battlefield, it seems that the devils won't be able to catch up with them for a while. For now, the most important thing is to know where we are exactly, after all, this is the most crucial thing.

  "Map!" Seeing that the soldier had no way to answer, Zhao Changyou immediately let his deputy take out the map, carefully checked their retreat route, and then looked at the place name marked on the map. He said to Murong Wudi, "Not far ahead, to the left should be Cuijia Village, and to the right is Yunyang Mountain."

  "This place has not been occupied by the devils so far, but there is a group of bandits living on Yunyang Mountain, and they are very active. The security guards have launched many attacks to surround and annihilate them, but they have not succeeded, and instead, they have suffered losses and retreated! Deputy General Pai briefed him on the situation in the area, with the intention of letting Murong Wudi know how deep this dragon's lair is. If a armed force rashly rushes in, it will definitely trigger the awareness of the big and small bandit leaders here, and there may even be accidental gunfire incidents. Therefore, he thinks it's better not to provoke trouble."

  "Go, to Yunyang Mountain!" Murong Wudei immediately made a decision, and this decision was clearly contrary to the ideas of Pai Wei and others. It's likely that even Zhao Changyou, who admired him to the extreme, couldn't accept such an order.

  "Sir, why don't we just take the main road and avoid those bandits? Aren't we looking for trouble?" Zhao Changyou was the first to object, it seemed he didn't want his brothers to suffer any more losses.

  "Now the country is in trouble, so many bandits are ignoring the big deal of resisting the enemy and saving the country, but causing trouble here, it's really unbearable. I must go and see if these bandits have grown three heads and six arms!" Murong Wude insisted on his own idea and refused to change his original intention.

  Facing so many devils, he wasn't afraid when his hands were empty of guns and cannons. Now that his hands are full of those Japanese devils' equipment, including grenade launchers and heavy machine guns, would he be afraid of this ragtag bunch of bandit troops? Isn't that the biggest joke in the world?

  "The officer wants to gather those bandits who are anti-Japanese, which is indeed a good thing for the country and the people. However, with just our less-than-a-platoon soldiers, isn't it a bit absurd? You know, there are tens of thousands of big and small bandits here! Zhao Changyou wasn't from Yunyang Mountain, but he had long heard of the notorious bandits in this area, so he instinctively felt a little afraid."

  "We are soldiers, for the country even if we have to sacrifice our heads and shed hot blood, what's wrong with that? If you're afraid, you can leave, I'll go up alone!" Murong Wude had made up his mind this time and didn't plan on listening to anyone's opinion.

  "Thanks to the officer's lifesaving grace towards the 7th company, since the officer has made up his mind, we naturally have no reason to let him go alone into danger. Even if it's a dragon's lair or tiger's den, we are willing to follow! Zhao Changyou saw that his persuasion was ineffective, so he could only follow along, after all, having one more person and one more share of strength isn't bad. Moreover, this is also part of protecting the country and home."

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