Chapter 68: Confrontation with Xiao Gui Zi

  At that moment, a thick smoke burst out from the middle of the mountain forest, and the powerful explosion shook the entire forest, as if it was experiencing an 8.0-magnitude earthquake, causing everyone to stumble and be unable to stand still. The soldiers carrying ammunition boxes to deliver ammunition to Captain Han fell seven times in a row, and the dust rose up, covering the remaining space in the forest.

  "Director Chen ordered us to fight the little devils for two minutes here, and now we've been fighting for one minute and fifty-nine seconds. It's considered a completed task, order the brothers to retreat quickly!" Captain Han, with dust flying everywhere, struggled to open his eyes, lifted his right wrist to look at his watch, carefully checked the time, and then said to the brothers beside him.

  A captain battalion commander heard the order and immediately conveyed Captain Han's command to retreat to the middle of the ridge, so that the devils' artillery shells would fall empty on the ground and couldn't hurt many people.

  Suzuki saw the gunfire on the opposite side disappear, and immediately ordered the mortar team and machine gun team to stop firing. Then he picked up his binoculars and looked at the opposite position, only to find that except for the lingering smoke caused by the explosion, there was nothing but silence, and no movement from Chen Shaoqin's group.

  "Mr. Nomura, are Chen Shaoqin and the others afraid of the Empire's powerful firepower, so they escaped?" Suzuki couldn't find an answer, so he came to Nomura's side and said to him. He was very clear that Nomura knew more about Chen Shaoqin and the others, as long as he reported the situation to Nomura, he believed he could get a satisfactory analysis result.

  "No, this doesn't seem like Chen Shaobin's style. He usually fights without leaving any room for emotion, either avoiding battle or pursuing us fiercely. But now they've only just engaged with us and are already retreating in full force within two minutes. This is too strange, I feel that something is off!" Yamura was very cautious, recalling all his past experiences of clashing with Chen Shaobin, hoping to find some way to deal with him. After all, knowing oneself and the enemy would allow one to win every battle without fail. But what he couldn't understand was that this troop had only engaged in a brief and painless battle before quickly disengaging from contact.

  "Isn't it that you're being too cautious, Mr. Nomura? Chen Shaoqin isn't as formidable as the rumors say, and those troops of his are just temporary formations, they shouldn't have much combat power. Just look at how easily we won this last battle, it's clear what kind of strength they have!" Suzuki analyzed, although he too couldn't understand why Chen Shaoqin would retreat at this time, after all, such things rarely happened with Chen Shaoqin, which left them in a state of confusion.

  "No, this must be Chen Shaoqin's trickery. He must have discovered that we are pursuing him and in order to shake us off, he sent a small detachment to harass us, making us think that he is preparing an ambush for us in the woods, waiting for us to fall into his trap!" Villager thought for a long time before speaking out his speculation, "We can't fall for his trick, Suzuki-san, bring all our troops and pursue him. We absolutely cannot let a single soldier of the enemy army escape!"

  "Forward!" Suzuki heard the command and immediately beckoned to his troops, making a forward motion with his hand. All the little devils were under Suzuki's command, trampling through the fallen leaves and dry branches in the mountain forest, maintaining their combat formation as they searched and pursued. Although these devil soldiers weren't led by Nomura himself, they were still seasoned troops who had been fighting for a long time and had some battlefield experience. Therefore, in this forest, none of them dared to let their guard down, being cautious to the point where they hardly dared make any sound, continuing to slowly close in on their target ahead.

  When he arrived at the center of Kanzi, Chen Shaoqin held his sniper rifle and aimed at the little devils who had entered his line of sight. When the first little devil appeared in front of him on that small path, he gently pulled the trigger, and a bullet flew towards the little devil's head. In an instant, the little devil was shot dead, but at the same time, it also startled all the other little devils who were advancing in formation. For a moment, all the little devils cocked their guns, ready to continue fighting Chen Shaoqin. After all, none of them wanted to wait to be shot by Chen Shaoqin's bullets.

  Chen Shaoqin didn't care about that much, pulled the bolt of his gun and turned around, running and jumping into a mountain ditch. The gun in his hand fired at the moment he fell into the ditch, another shot hit the head of the enemy's leading soldier, and the little devil fell to the ground and died on the spot.

  The little devils were all flustered, lying flat on the ground, not daring to move. They all knew that as soon as they lifted their heads, the other side would accurately send them a peanut, causing them to lose their lives. Therefore, one by one, they lay flat on the ground, no one dared to take risks and advance.

  "Hakka, this is Chen Shaogin's gun, I recognize the sound, no mistake, it must be him!" Inoue's blood was flowing with a few points of excitement, feeling that his true opponent was right in front of him, ready to start fighting at any time, and let him prove with fresh blood that the spirit of Bushido would never be defeated.

  "What are we going to do? Can't just stay still and wait for a beating?" Suzuki felt the situation was severe, from the start of the war until now, he and all the Japanese soldiers had no way to move, only able to maintain their original position, trying to preserve their strength.

  "Of course not, since Chen Shaoqin is here, I'll fight him to the death!" Nomura's eyes gleamed with a cold light, looking quite vengeful. It was clear that his hatred for Chen Shaoqin wasn't something that had developed overnight. Now that he had this opportunity right in front of him, he naturally wouldn't let it slip away. "You take your troops and flank them from the left, I'll take my troops and flank them from the right. I don't believe a handful of people like them can escape the clutches of the great Japanese Imperial Army!"

  As he spoke, Nomura tightened his own grip, making a terrifying cackling sound that made anyone who heard it tremble from the bottom of their heart.

  "Nomura is indeed brilliant!" Suzuki said, immediately beckoning the little devils beside him to take action, planning to quietly capture Chen Shaoqin in his position. This way, the resentment that had been stuck in his heart for so long would finally be alleviated. With that, he led all the devil soldiers in a charge forward.

  Chen Shaoqin carefully counted the number of devils charging, and it seemed that about two companies were rushing towards them. They appeared to be trying to rush up the ridge ahead of time, occupy the advantageous terrain, and use their strong firepower to suppress Chen Shaoqin and his men, covering the devils behind them as they continued to charge into the ridge. Chen Shaoqin would not give them this opportunity, so he beckoned to his brothers beside him and led them in a retreat.