Chapter 7: The Ambush of the Guards (Continued)

  So, upon hearing the cries of "Kill!" from behind them, these soldiers could no longer care about the hail of heavy machine gun bullets above their heads and scattered in all directions, starting to run for their lives... Branch after branch of cumbersome rifles were ruthlessly discarded by these soldiers on the road as they fled, and one by one, the heavy bullet belts filled with ammunition and hand grenades were abandoned by the roadside. Before long, the remaining dozens of Shanxi soldiers in the entire company had almost all discarded their weapons and ammunition. As the warriors deliberately slowed down their pace, they slowly escaped from the warriors' line of sight.

  "Haha, Old Zhang, our special operations company has won another great victory, defeating and annihilating half of the Shanxi Army's company. You don't know, I just operated the captured heavy machine gun, it was so satisfying to fire. I've decided, once our special operations company sets up a heavy machine gun squad, I'll be the acting squad leader." The instructor said excitedly as he arrived in front of Zhang Hua amidst the chaotic battlefield.

  "Heh heh, you want to take over as the heavy firepower squad leader? That's not going to happen... You're our special forces unit's instructor, just focus on doing your own job! Let me tell you, I've already got someone in mind for the machine gun squad leader position." Zhang Hua immediately rejected the instructor's request, saying mysteriously.

  "What about He Deqing? Immediately order the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, bring everything that can be taken away, including the enemy's shoes... bullet belts... I just saw many soldiers still wearing straw sandals, such good shoes, don't waste them. Now the weather is getting colder and colder, we can't let the soldiers get frostbite." Captain Zhang Hua ignored the instructor who was full of gloom on his face, and loudly ordered He Deqing, who was cleaning up the battlefield.

  "Company Commander, you can rest assured, don't you still trust my ability to sweep the battlefield? I absolutely won't leave a single bullet for the Shanxi Army..." He Deqing responded loudly, beginning to command each squad to sweep the battlefield.

  Soon, under the command of He Deqing, the battlefield was swept clean, including the shoes of the fallen Jin-Sui army soldiers, which were all taken off under the order of Company Commander Zhang Hua... Looking at each soldier carrying tens of kilograms of captured spoils of war on their backs, Zhang Hua couldn't help but smile wryly - why are the Red Army so poor now?

  "Company Commander, Instructor, the battle results have been tallied... Hehe, this is the freshly compiled list of spoils, take a look." Soon after, Company Commander He Deqing, who had just finished tallying up the battle results, came over to the two with a smile and reported.

  "Look at your excited look, now you are in a hurry, just tell us casually..." Zhang Hua did not take the list from He Deqing's hand, but instead handed it to the instructor beside him, and then smiled and said.

  "Yes, Comrade Commander, Instructor. In the just-concluded ambush battle, not a single one of our soldiers was killed in action. Two soldiers were hit by stray bullets during the charge, but neither of them was seriously injured. As for the spoils of war, there's plenty to speak of. It can be said that we've more or less captured all the weapons and equipment of an entire company of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army." When speaking of the battle results, He Deqing's eyes narrowed into a line, his excitement indescribable.

  "Stop beating around the bush, I want specific data." Although Zhang Hua's mind could guess the approximate data, he still asked impatiently.

  "Yes, company commander. We annihilated 62 Shanxi soldiers, severely injured 4... The rest all escaped, not a single prisoner was taken. Among the spoils are 3 light machine guns, over 1500 rounds of ammunition. 134 rifles, over 15,000 rounds of ammunition, and over 420 hand grenades were seized. In addition, we also seized the enemy's reserve ammunition, including three boxes of light machine gun bullets, five boxes of rifle bullets, a total of more than 16,000 rounds..." Platoon leader He Deqing said excitedly.

  "Haha, Lianzhang, it seems good luck has arrived, we can't stop it even if we want to... Haha, such a big haul, this time our special duty company has really made a fortune." After listening to the report from platoon leader He Deqing, instructor Xu Bin also said excitedly.

  "Lao Xue, this time we've captured so many weapons and ammunition. I plan to deal with them like this: We'll keep 34 rifles, turn in 100. We'll keep two light machine guns, as for bullets, we'll keep two boxes of machine gun bullets, five boxes of rifle bullets, and all the hand grenades. The rest will be turned in to the battalion headquarters. What do you think?" Zhang Hua said after thinking for a moment.

  "Lao Zhang, in that case, our special forces' combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. But will the regiment commander agree to leave so many weapons and ammunition behind?" Xu Bin replied anxiously after hearing Zhang Hua's words.

  "Lao Xue, don't worry about this, when the time comes, I'll go find the captain. Do you think I want to embezzle these military supplies? I will definitely get the captain's personal approval..." Zhang Hua said confidently.

  "If that's the case, then I'm relieved..." Instructor Xu Bin let out a sigh of relief after hearing Zhang Hua's words and nodded in agreement.

  The Jinwei army company commander, with less than 50 soldiers left in his company, almost didn't dare to stop along the way. A one-hour journey was completed in less than 20 minutes, and he quickly returned to his main force.

  "Reporting to the commander, when we were following the Red Army, we encountered an ambush by the Red Army. Only a few dozen brothers from our company managed to escape, and almost all of our weapons and equipment were seized by the Red Army." Returning to their own unit, the enemy army company commander did not dare to delay. He immediately ran to the front of Commander-in-Chief Wang Jingguo to report the situation he encountered.

  "What, the Red Army's ambush is impossible? According to the reconnaissance team's report, the enemy's rear guard has at most only one company of troops. You tell me, are you afraid of the enemy and not advancing... Don't lie to me, I'll shoot you right now..." As he spoke, Wang Jingguo had already pulled out his own pistol.

  "Commander, every word I said is true! If you don't believe me, you can ask the brothers who escaped. The Red Army has at least two heavy machine guns and more than ten light machine guns. At the moment the Red Army opened fire, our company was almost wiped out. If we hadn't retreated immediately, I'm afraid not a single person would have escaped." Seeing the commander's handgun, the enemy company commander's face turned pale and he spoke hastily.

  "My god, such a powerful firepower, that means the Red Army's rear guard wasn't just one company, but an entire regiment..." Wang Jingguo said with his mouth agape. At the same time, he couldn't help but feel a wave of relief, thinking to himself that he had only dispatched one company's worth of troops. If he had impulsively sent out a whole battalion back then, he would have lost even more."

  "Alright, I know. You take your men and go down first! There are some fallen brothers' weapons over there, you can use them for now..." Wang Jingguo glared at the company commander in front of him and said lazily, no longer mentioning following the Red Army.

  Just as the enemy company commander led his defeated soldiers back to their main force, under the leadership of Zhang Hua, Xu Bin and others, a row of soldiers carrying spoils of war quickly caught up with two or three rows. Of course, when the second and third rows saw the large number of spoils brought back by the first row, they couldn't help but feel another wave of excitement.

  Three companies merged smoothly, and the tail was defeated. The special forces regiment finally felt at ease and marched boldly under the leadership of Zhang Hua and Xu Bin. More than 100 people, carrying a large amount of spoils of war, finally arrived in Beicun where the 10th Regiment was located after four hours, around 6 pm that day.

  "Reporting to the battalion commander, Captain Zhang Hua of the Special Operations Company has come to report...". He had just returned to the barracks and arranged for the soldiers' accommodations. Under the leadership of the battalion's communication officer, Zhang Hua arrived at the temporary battalion command post.

  "Zhang Hua... come in. Your special operations team did a great job this afternoon, it really boosted the reputation of our 10th regiment! I haven't even had a chance to commend your special operations team yet? How was the casualty situation during this afternoon's blocking battle?" Regiment Commander Yang Yong hastily put down his rice bowl and asked with concern as he saw Zhang Hua walk in.

  "Company Commander... the sacrifice is not particularly great. The whole company sacrificed 22 people, and six were seriously injured. Now, with me and Instructor Xu added to the remaining 106 people." Seeing the future great general in front of him, Zhang Hua was excited and saluted.

  "Not bad, such a big victory at the cost of so little, it's really good... 22 people were killed in action, compared to some regiments, your sacrifice can be said to be negligible. By the way, I just heard from the chief of staff that when your special forces entered the village, it caused quite a stir, tell me what happened?" After listening to Zhang Hua's introduction, Yang Yong's eyebrows relaxed immediately. It is worth noting that the special forces are the sharp knife unit of his own 10th regiment, if his own sharp knife unit suffers too much loss, then the impact on himself will be very great.

  "Captain, this is exactly what I want to report to you. These are the spoils of war we captured during the battle. Please take a look and verify them..." As he spoke, Zhang Hua pulled out a piece of paper filled with data from his pocket and handed it to the captain, who looked puzzled.

  "What? You're saying that all the weapons on this list were captured by your special forces unit this afternoon?" Yang Yong looked at the data on the list, his eyes widening in shock as he spoke.

  "Yes, Captain, but some of the weapons have been replaced by our special forces. Now our special forces are all equipped with Type 38 rifles and captured light machine guns..." Zhang Hua said in a low voice.

  "Haha, no big deal, even if all these weapons are handed over to the division headquarters, I will still prioritize your special operations company. Haha, I really didn't expect that we could capture so many spoils of war in a blocking battle. Tell me, how did you do it? You even got two heavy machine guns! Our entire 10th regiment only has four heavy machine guns... Now my heavy machine gun company is finally living up to its name..." Yang Yong, the regiment commander, said nonchalantly after hearing Zhang Hua's words.

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