Chapter 2: Zhang Hua Reborn

  "Boom... Another intense explosion sounded, and the only mortar of the Shanxi Army started a new round of bombardment. Just as Battalion Commander Zhang Hua was crouching in the trench, staring intently at the not-so-distant Shanxi Army position. Suddenly, a cry of surprise rang out behind him."

  "Be careful, Lieutenant Colonel...!" Next thing he knew, someone was pressing tightly on his back. Liu Hua subconsciously guessed that the one pressing on his back was his own guard. As the company commander, Zhang Hua also fell into the trench due to the huge inertia from being pressed down.

  "A loud explosion occurred less than two meters away from Zhang Hua. Although Zhang Hua was being held down tightly by the guard at that time, the shrapnel from the exploding shell did not cause much harm. As the fierce shockwave from the explosion hit, Zhang Hua also lost consciousness at the same time."

  "Company commander, company commander..." Along with the cries, Zhang Hua slowly opened his eyes. He saw several soldiers in front of him that he had only seen on TV before. They were all wearing worn-out gray military uniforms, with red five-star caps on their heads, looking like Red Army soldiers from the 1930s.

  Isn't this a movie shoot? No, that's not right. I was clearly on a mission in the primitive forest at the border before the explosion. How could it be a movie shoot? However, a severe headache suddenly struck, and even well-trained Zhang Hua couldn't help but exclaim...

  "Ah, my head hurts so much... Who are you... Where am I?" Zhang Hua vaguely remembered that he was just executing a mission, trekking through the primitive forest. He accidentally stepped on a landmine left over from World War II and then lost consciousness.

  "Comrade Zhang Hua, you don't remember me? I'm Xu Bin, the instructor of our special operations company... You don't remember me? You're our company commander Zhang Hua..." Hearing Zhang Hua's incoherent response, Instructor Xu Bin became anxious and touched Zhang Hua's head, saying urgently.

  "I'm Lian Chang, and you're my instructor Xu Bin? ... Where is this place? What time is it now?" Zhang Hua furrowed his brow and asked inexplicably. After all, he was just a squad leader before the explosion, and where did this instructor come from?

  "Ah... Lianchang, you really don't remember us anymore... We are currently blocking the Jin-Sui army at Gaomiao Mountain... Just now you were hit by a shell from the Jin-Sui army, if it wasn't for Guard Zhang... You would have... Now we are on the north side of Dujiu Gorge battlefield, our main Red Army force is launching the Battle of Dujiu Gorge, and our 10th Regiment's mission is to block the reinforcements of the Jin-Sui army..." The instructor reminded with a sorrowful face.

  "What? The Red Army's Eastern Expedition? There is a battle going on at Duijiuyan... Then aren't we the special troops of the 10th Regiment of the 4th Division of the Red Army, and isn't my name Zhang Hua... And yours Xu Bin?" Zhang Hua suddenly reacted and asked anxiously.

  "Company Commander, you finally remembered, I am Xu Bin, your instructor. Great..." The instructor said excitedly after hearing Zhang Hua's words. In fact, he didn't know that Zhang Hua knew so much because the unit he was in in his later years was the predecessor of the 10th Regiment of the Red Fourth Division. As a low-level commander of this unit, he was extremely familiar with all the battle history of the 10th Regiment, which had been building on its brilliant achievements since the Red Army era.

  "Company commander, instructor, the Shanxi army has dispatched a company of troops and is attacking again..." Just as Zhang Hua fell into deep thought, a voice came from the trench, belonging to Captain He Deqing.

  "Old Zhang, you've just been injured, sit down in the trench and rest for a while. I'll take command of this battle. Comrades, quickly get into position and prepare for combat..." Instructor Xu Bin said, ignoring Zhang Hua's stunned expression. He picked up his rifle, loaded the bullet, and returned to his own position.

  "Commander Lian Chang, that's our company commander He Deqing..." Seeing Zhang Hua's puzzled eyes, Wang Goudan, the communications officer in charge of taking care of Zhang Hua, said with a knowing tone.

  "You're called Dog Egg, right? The shell that just hit us has got my head all muddled. There are some things I'm having trouble remembering for the moment, can you fill me in on what's going on?" Zhang Hua said with a bitter smile as he looked at the quick-witted communications officer before him.

  "Yes, Lian Chang..." Thus, through Gou Dan's introduction, Zhang Hua finally understood his own identity and the platoon leaders of the Special Operations Unit...the current situation...

  "I didn't expect that a landmine would blow me back to before the war of resistance, and even more surprisingly, I was blown back into my own unit's predecessor... What's even more important is that I directly possessed the body of a company commander. To think that, according to my memories, Zhang Hua and the current instructor Xu Bin are both Major Generals in their future ranks... A general! I spent over a decade as a sickly person and only managed to get promoted to Second Lieutenant, but it seems heaven is being quite kind to me, reincarnating directly into the body of a future general." Zhang Hua thought to himself.

  "In any case, I didn't have any relatives in my past life except for comrades-in-arms. Heaven has arranged for me to come to this chaotic world, and with my memories and learning from the future, I'll make a great achievement. The original Zhang Hua was a major general in the future, and since he's here now, he should at least become a lieutenant general, and if possible, a full general."

  At this moment, the Jinwei army's attack had already advanced to within 50 meters of the position. The entire garrison immediately fired a dense barrage under the command of Xu Bin, and then the three light machine guns of the special operations company began to intermittently spit out flames, trying their best to kill the enemy's effective forces.

  "Comrades... hand grenades..." Under Xu Bin's another order, dozens of hand grenades with white eyes were thrown into the enemy's formation. However, at this time, the enemy may have absorbed the lessons of the previous few attacks. When the soldiers threw hand grenades, the formation of these Jin-Sui army could be said to be very scattered. Dozens of hand grenades caused less than ten casualties in the loose formation of the enemy.

  "Company Commander, Company Commander, the soldiers are going to engage in close combat..." Just then, a reminder broke Zhang Hua's beautiful dream.

  "Ah... what did you say, bayonet charge?" Zhang Hua frowned and said. At the same time, he also stood up from the trench, and saw that there were still over a hundred soldiers wearing Jin Sui army uniforms, who had already advanced to within thirty meters of the position under the shouting of a company commander.

  "The enemy is approaching right before our eyes, why aren't the comrades firing...” Seeing nearly a hundred Jin-Sui troops getting closer and closer, on the entire battlefield, apart from three light machine guns intermittently spitting out bullets, only about ten soldiers were continuing to fire. Zhang Hua, who had just climbed out of the trench to observe the enemy situation, couldn't help but ask.

  "Comrade Commander, our special task force has already repelled the Shanxi Army's four-wave charge on a company level. The comrades' remaining dozen or so bullets have been completely depleted, where can we get more ammunition to continue firing?" Communications officer Dog Egg asked in puzzlement, seeing his commander ask such a good question.

  "What, only a dozen or so bullets... how can we fight a blocking battle with that?" Zhang Hua said in surprise, not noticing the strange look in Wang Goudan's eyes beside him.

  "Commander, you really can't remember? Our Red Army has always been like this. Since we are a special operations company and the 10th battalion's strongest combat unit, we still have over a dozen bullets left. If it were an ordinary regiment, each person would be lucky to have five bullets." Wang Dog Egg replied in surprise.

  "Ah! So that's how it is..." After hearing Wang Goudan's words, Zhang Hua suddenly remembered that the Red Army had just gone through the Long March. Not to mention bullets, even the simplest weapon, rifles, couldn't guarantee one per person... Just as the soldiers were about to attach bayonets to their rifles and prepare for a charge, Zhang Hua saw Wang Goudan, who was carrying a rifle on his back, with what seemed like bullets in the barrel.

  "Gou Dan, are there still bullets in your rifle?" Zhang Hua asked hastily without explaining the reason.

  "There are, but only 5 bullets left. These were accumulated during the battle two days ago." Wang Goudan hastily replied, taking down the rifle on his back and handing it to the company commander who stretched out his left hand.

  Zhang Hua took a glance at the rifle in his hand and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh... It turned out that this rifle was just an old, outdated muzzle-loader. More importantly, the rifling inside the barrel had been almost completely worn away. Did such a rifle even have any accuracy? Zhang Hua thought to himself... However, at this point, Zhang Hua no longer had any other options. He gently pulled back the bolt of the rifle in his hand, and a shiny bullet was chambered.

  It turned out that when Zhang Hua discovered the communication soldier's rifle, the shadow of the Shanxi Army company commander also appeared in his eyes. According to his memory, at this time, the morale of the National Army was very scattered. If he could shoot and kill the enemy commander, would this company of Shanxi Army follow suit and retreat? With this idea in mind, Zhang Hua picked up the loaded rifle and lay down on the trench.

  Because it was the first shot, plus the reason for the rifle in his hand. Even Zhang Hua, who had always been the runner-up in the army's shooting competition, did not have the confidence to guarantee a hit on the first shot. So, to be on the safe side, Zhang Hua easily let go of the enemy company commander and aimed his gun at one of the enemy machine gunners.

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