Chapter 1: Battle (Revised)

  I don't know how many days have passed, yes, I don't know how many days I've been stuck in this damn position, only knowing to shoot, reload and then shoot again. Comrades around me fell one by one, never getting up again. The entire regiment had only 113 people left, which was the number after the last enemy attack was repelled, who knows how many will be left after this battle?

  "Damn it!" I slapped myself in the face, still fighting. What are you daydreaming about? Tang Ning, now is not the time to think about that, just focus on killing a few more enemies and saving yourself!

  A loud explosion occurred not far from me as a shell detonated. Before I could react, I heard a voice shouting "The enemy is charging again!" Without looking, I knew it was Vice Captain Zhang Chun's voice. "Tang Ning, if I fall, you take command of the position, got it?" Zhang Chun yelled. "Yes!" I shouted back just as loudly. Holding my Type 88 automatic rifle, I aimed at the dense rows of enemy soldiers approaching us step by step. "Fire!" As soon as Zhang Chun gave the order, our position erupted with gunfire from various calibers, and the enemy in front of us fell one row after another. The remaining enemy immediately returned fire, and as their counterattack intensified, more casualties began to appear among our troops.

  I gritted my teeth and fired at the enemy, "Tang Ning, go support Old Li, take a look at the situation, why is it quiet there? The situation doesn't seem right." Zhang Lian gave orders while firing his M-49 machine gun.

  "Yes" I quickly bent down and ran along the trench towards Old Li's direction. Old Li's position was the commanding height of the entire main position, strategically unspoken. The original garrison had a reinforced company of troops, with 27 people left after the last count, if it weren't for the treacherous terrain being easy to defend and hard to attack, the position would have been lost long ago.

  When I arrived at Old Li's place, I was stunned by the scene in front of me. The entire position had been plowed through several times by artillery fire over the past few days, and the bunkers no longer existed. As far as the eye could see, there were corpses of both sides tangled together, without a single sign of life.

  "Old Li, Old Li!" I shouted as I searched around, but there was no response. "Is anyone else alive? Is anyone else alive? I'm Tang Ning!" I continued to search and found one after another fallen comrade, Little Zhou, Fatso, Little Liuzi... My heart silently mourned as tears flowed.

  Suddenly, a burst of gunfire came from under the slope, and I immediately fell to the ground. I held my gun and looked forward. "Damn it, the enemy is coming again." I observed roughly that the enemy was about 500 meters away from me with more than 50 people, slowly approaching me.

  I only have more than 30 bullets left, and I only have one hand grenade. It seems that today I will also be buried here, damn it, after 500 years, I'll be a good man again. I secretly made up my mind.

  400 meters, 300 meters, 200 meters, 100 meters, 50 meters, fire! My Type 88 automatic rifle spat out bullets at the enemy. The enemy abandoned 7 or 8 corpses and retreated in a hurry.

  At this time, a military officer-like guy fired a shot into the sky and cursed: "Pig! Didn't you see that there's only one person left? Come on! Catch him alive! I want to see which god is behind this, ah..."

  He had just finished speaking when I knocked him down with a single shot. The remaining enemy soldiers immediately retreated in disarray. "Damn, that's it? NND!" I exclaimed in surprise, while feeling a sense of relief in my heart, thinking: Luckily, I didn't die here.

  "Bastard!" A Green Empire military officer wearing a school uniform cursed, holding binoculars. "Deputy officer, give the order to organize people for me to attack immediately. How many enemies are left? Take them down for me." "Yes, sir!"

  Richard, Imperial Lieutenant Colonel and battalion commander, as a battalion-level commander of the Empire's elite infantry unit, has always yearned to compete with the Dragon Will Republic. He wants to personally lead his troops to prove their merits to the Empire's predecessors. He has always believed that under the advanced offensive system and individual soldier quality, the Dragon Will Republic is not worth mentioning.

  The fact is that his troops were blocked on the 101 highland for as long as 15 days, with casualties reaching 3/2, and now less than a hundred people can participate in the attack. Even if they take down the 101 highland, his troops will not be able to move forward one step, he can only wait for the follow-up troops to catch up, and then go back to rest. Which branch of the Republic's army is the front-line troop? His military literacy is no weaker than that of his own troops! His soldiers have completely changed from being bold at first to being hesitant now in just 15 days, and he has no way to deal with it himself.

  "No, I'll lead the team myself. I want to see who's competing with me up there! I'll make his corpse wash away my shame!" Richard waved the telescope in his hand and shouted fiercely.

  I took advantage of this time to search for guns and ammunition on the battlefield, arming myself as much as possible. I looked towards Zhang Lian's position in the distance to my right, although I couldn't see clearly, but I still heard the sound of machine guns and grenades.

  "It's okay! They're still there, the position hasn't been lost!" I said to myself in a low voice. Suddenly, I heard the enemy's artillery fire from the front, and I quickly lay down.

  "Boom" "boom" "boom", the shells exploded around me, the ground shook in waves, and my ears were filled with a deafening roar, I felt mud splashing all over my body.

  I don't know how long it was, I only knew that the ground wasn't moving and the cannons weren't firing anymore. Only then did I lift my head to take a look forward. About 80 or 90 enemies were coming again under the command of an officer-like figure. Fine, let's fight you now, see how many officers you have. I muttered to myself.

  I took aim at him, one step, two steps... Finally within range, I narrowed my eyes and quickly pulled the trigger, "Bang" The officer clutched his chest and fell backwards to the ground. The enemy was in disarray, only seeing them carry the officer away as they retreated swiftly. "It's over? This is too easy?" I said with wide eyes in disbelief. Watching the enemy's half-hearted attack this time, it took me a long time to figure out what was going on.

  "Tan Ning!" I heard the voice and looked aside, only to see 4 or 5 figures rushing towards me.

  "Who?" I shouted cautiously, gun raised.

  "It's me, Zheng Hui!" As soon as I heard that, the hand that was tightly grasping the trigger relaxed.

  "How did you get here?"

  "The position has been lost, Deputy Commander Zhang is no longer okay, you come and take a look, he insisted on talking to you until now." I only then noticed that Zheng Hui was still carrying someone on his back. I hurriedly rushed over.

  "Zhang Lianchang, Zhang Lianchang!" I shouted loudly. Zhang Lianchang's originally closed eyes slowly opened. "Tang Ning, from now on the 53rd Regiment will be under your command. You must remember to fight to the very last man and pin yourselves firmly in place like nails."

  "Yes, understood!"

  "If you're still alive after the battle, ask the regimental commander on behalf of the 53rd Regiment why the reinforcements haven't arrived yet, why?! It's been 15 days already and the reinforcements that were supposed to arrive in 5 days still haven't come! Why did they withdraw our artillery company and communication squad before we reached the blocking position?!"

  At this moment, a loud bugle call sounded in my ears. I looked up to see a surge of people rushing towards the position that had just been lost, wave after wave of shouting and gunfire ringing in my ears.

  "Zhang Lianchang, look, reinforcements have arrived!" I exclaimed with joy, turning my head towards Zhang Lianchang. But all I saw was Zhang Lianchang staring blankly ahead, his eyes wide open and motionless. My heart sank as I shouted: "Zhang Lianchang! Zhang Lianchang..." Tears burst forth from my eyes.