Chapter 6: Ambush of the Rear Guard

  King Jingguo did not hesitate and immediately ordered his troops to occupy the position abandoned by the Red Army. At the same time, in order to continue monitoring the movements of the Red Army that had just withdrawn, he ordered a company of soldiers to loudly pursue the Special Operations Company. However, he did not know that it was precisely this order that would make one of his infantry companies once again become victims of the Special Operations Company.

  "Company Commander, Company Commander..." Just as Zhang Hua was leading the special operations company in a hurry, he suddenly heard the shout of Wu Tao, the squad leader of the guard platoon. Seeing Wu Tao rushing over hastily, Zhang Hua immediately ordered the troops to halt their advance.

  "Wu Ban Zhang, why are you running so anxiously? Is there some kind of emergency?" Zhang Hua asked urgently, seeing the exhausted and flushed face of Security Captain Ban.

  "Ah, a whole company... an instructor... the enemy has sent a company-sized force to closely follow our troops from behind, seemingly to monitor our movements..." Wu Tao said with a pause.

  "Even he has arrived... it seems that these Shanxi troops don't know the pain of fighting... just in time, our special forces haven't had enough battle, let them taste the strength of our special forces. Old Xu, my intention is to properly deal with this group of Shanxi troops, otherwise, not only will our 10th regiment, but also every move of the Red Army's Eastern Expedition will be seen clearly by these white dogs." Upon hearing the words of the guard squad leader, Zhang Hua's eyes immediately revealed a desire for battle.

  "Heh heh, our special forces company just captured two heavy machine guns. I didn't think it would happen so soon that the Shanxi army is eager for us to try out the power of these heavy machine guns. Old Zhang, I agree with fighting this battle, although we don't have much time. However, with our current firepower, defeating them shouldn't be a problem." Instructor Xu Bin said, looking at the two heavy machine guns behind him with a face full of longing.

  "Alright, since Old Xu agrees, let's give them a good fight up ahead... Second and third squads, take the spoils of war and continue to retreat. First squad and scouting team stay behind, leave all the captured light machine guns with me... Today, let these white dogs taste what heavy firepower is like." Zhang Hua ordered as soon as he saw the instructor nod in agreement.

  Soon, more than 40 warriors walked out of the marching team under Zhang Hua's command. At the same time, the two captured heavy machine guns were also carried out by the warriors.

  "Old Zhang, I haven't touched a heavy machine gun for ages... Today, I'm going to indulge myself thoroughly. This heavy machine gun will soon be mine." Seeing the two heavy machine guns placed in front of him, Xu Bin, as an instructor, immediately grabbed one and started fiddling with it lovingly, while saying to Zhang Hua.

  "Alright, today we have two heavy machine guns, one for each of us. The order is to set up an ambush in the front hill area for the Shanxi Army and give them a good beating. Two heavy machine guns, one on each side, I'll be with the instructor on one side and the reconnaissance team will hold the front line, while the first and second squads will follow the instructor and lie in wait on the right flank, and the third squad will follow me and lie in wait on the left flank. Due to time constraints, my only requirement is to inflict heavy casualties on the Shanxi Army's effective strength, capture their weapons and ammunition. Then we'll defeat them, no need for annihilation, so we won't encircle them. Everyone understands their tasks clearly?" Zhang Hua pointed to a hill about 100 meters away from him and gave the order.

  "Got it..." Several squad leaders nodded in unison.

  "Alright, let's get moving... Tell all the soldiers not to expose their targets, the entire ambush will be triggered by my gunshot. Dismissed, start the operation." With that, Zhang Hua, with the help of three soldiers, carried a heavy machine gun and ran towards the position less than 100 meters away.

  At this time, the soldiers of the Special Operations Brigade were basically all veterans who had been through the Long March. So, regarding Zhang Hua's ambush, it was understood. Seeing the company commander charging forward on horseback... The remaining soldiers began to act, under the leadership of their squad leader, running towards their own position.

  Due to the urgency of time, everyone did not dig trenches. With just the help of comrades, lying on the ground and covering themselves with withered yellow grass was considered completion of concealment. Then quietly lie on the mountain ridge, waiting for the arrival of prey.

  The distance of 5 li, for the Jinwei army who was advancing quickly, it took less than twenty minutes to arrive. The soldiers setting up their formation took over ten minutes. So, before everyone had even been lying on the ground for ten minutes, the figures of several guardsmen appeared in everyone's line of sight.

  About 500 meters behind the guard squad, more than a hundred Shanxi soldiers were carrying weapons and ammunition. Under the command of a company commander, they closely followed the guard squad, swaggering along in pursuit.

  "Haha, the Shanxi army has finally arrived. Pass it on, order the soldiers to prepare for battle, without my command, prohibit exposing targets." Captain Zhang Hua rubbed his hands that had already frozen a bit and gave a low command to the third squad leader Wang Keming beside him. At the same time, he also quietly pulled up the bolt of the heavy machine gun in front of him and loaded the bullets.

  Soon, the warriors of the Guards Battalion quickly entered the pocket array of the warriors. Just as the Guards Battalion entered the position with the assistance of the Reconnaissance Battalion, the vanguard troops of the Shanxi Army finally drilled into the pocket array set up by the Special Service Company.

  "One... two..." Slowly, more than half of the Jinwei army soldiers, led by their company commander, swaggered into the pockets of the warriors. As the vanguard of the Jin army approached within 50 meters of their front line, the reconnaissance squad hiding here was about to be exposed. As the company commander, Zhang Hua did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to open fire.

  "Comrades, cover me..." Zhang Hua loudly commanded. At the same time, he pushed away a pile of straw that was blocking his heavy machine gun. In an instant, where there was once just a pile of straw, a heavy machine gun suddenly appeared. Before the Jin-Sui army soldiers at the foot of the mountain could react, Zhang Hua pulled the trigger in his hand.

  "Rat-a-tat-a..." Along with the unique sound of a heavy machine gun, Zhang Hua's heavy machine gun in his hand began to rhythmically spit out a dense stream of fire. And immediately following Zhang Hua's gunfire was the heavy machine gun in the hands of the instructor on the other side of the ambush circle.

  Two heavy machine guns, like two sickles, cut down the neat marching column of the Shanxi Army row by row. Just as the two men had finished firing a round of bullets, the neat marching column appeared with two huge gaps under their harvesting. However, Zhang Hua did not intend to give these soldiers any chance to breathe, and after his deputy shooter reloaded another round of bullets, the heavy machine gun that had stopped for less than 5 seconds fired again.

  However, Zhang Hua's target this time was no longer the Jinwei army inside the ambush circle, but rather the Jinwei soldiers outside the ambush circle who were in a state of panic and confusion.

  "Ah... didn't the Red Army retreat? Why is there still such intense firepower, why?" The enemy army company commander, at the moment when the heavy machine gun fire sounded, instinctively fell to the ground and dodged Zhang Hua and Xu Bin's sweep. However, his soldiers behind him did not have his good quality. When they saw that their company of over 150 soldiers was being hit by the Red Army's two heavy machine guns and several light machine guns' dense firepower, they were instantly scattered and could no longer maintain a military appearance. The enemy company commander couldn't help but let out a long sigh towards the sky, while loudly questioning his deputy company commander beside him.

  "Commander, there's no time to think about these issues now. Let's retreat quickly, the Red Army's firepower is too fierce, if we don't retreat, our company will be finished." The deputy commander, who was closely following behind the commander, did not pay attention to the commander's surprised face, but loudly suggested this. At the same time, he himself also started to slowly crawl towards the rear of the position under the cover of his trusted soldiers.

  "Right, retreat... preserving our lives is crucial. The green hills will remain, we don't have to worry about not having firewood to burn... Brothers, the Red Army's firepower is too strong, quick, retreat, follow me in retreating..." After hearing the deputy company commander's words, the company commander immediately reacted and when he turned around to look at his deputy, the latter had already crawled out of a distance of over ten meters away from him. He then loudly shouted to the surrounding soldiers.

  "Brothers, the two commanders have retreated, everyone run quickly... retreat..." Immediately, the Jin-Sui army soldiers who had just dodged the first round of gunfire began to retreat in all directions. No, at this time, the Jin-Sui army soldiers were not retreating, but rather fleeing in disarray. Without the command of their company commanders and others, almost everyone rushed towards the pocket without gunfire as soon as they heard the order to retreat.

  "Haha, think you can run? It's not that easy... Comrades, charge! Seeing the Jin-Sui army below showing signs of retreat so quickly, Zhang Hua's mouth curled up into a smile. Without any hesitation, he loudly commanded. At the same time, the heavy machine gun in his hand was tightly following the retreating Jin-Sui army, trying to inflict as much damage as possible on their living forces."

  "Comrades... charge!... Take guns, don't kill, the Red Army is taking prisoners again... Charge!" Immediately, more than 40 Red Army soldiers, led by He Deqing, shouted and charged into the retreating Shanxi-Suiyuan army column.

  "Ah, the Red Army is charging, everyone run quickly... hurry up and escape..." Hearing the battle cries of the soldiers behind them, those retreating Shanxi soldiers couldn't help but turn pale. Because under Yan Xishan's deliberate propaganda, these soldiers all believed that if they became prisoners of the Red Army, they would absolutely be brutally killed.

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