Chapter 60: The Battle of Nanling Blockade (Final Part) First Update!

  "Ah... Commander, be careful..." Suddenly, a gunshot was heard from the right wing. A guard standing tightly behind Commander Yang Yaofang reacted in the shortest time and rushed towards his commander, using his own body to block the enemy's bullet flying towards the commander. A miserable cry rang out, and the guard who blocked the bullet for Commander Yang Yaofang fell into a pool of blood with a loud thud.

  At the same time, several staff members of the division who were standing next to the division commander were also hit by bullets. After a burst of gunfire, Division Commander Yang Yaofang carefully lifted his head from the ground where he had been pushed down by the guard. The first thing that caught his eye was the guard who had saved his life, whose half skull had been shattered by the sniper's precise shooting, with red and white brain matter constantly pouring out of the gap, flowing all over the floor.

  Commander Yang Yaofang suppressed the disgust in his heart and looked to the side. At this time, on the entire high ground, except for himself and Commander Fang Kehui of the Second Division, four combat staff officers and two guards were all shot directly in the head by the Red Army's sharpshooters and fell into a pool of blood.

  At the same time, a guard company of the Shanxi Army, less than 200 meters away from the soldiers, also suffered precise hits from several bullets. As several platoon leaders and machine gunners fell in the blood amidst the shock of the soldiers, six light machine guns almost simultaneously spat out tongues of fire at dozens of Shanxi soldiers who were at a loss.

  "Ahh..." A miserable cry rang out, and in an instant, more than thirty Jinwei soldiers on the battlefield were left with less than half of them able to move. Those who could still move, faced with the sudden and accurate gunfire, cowered under the dense rain of bullets, their faces revealing fear, and they had no intention of counterattacking.

  "Comrades, charge!" ...while the enemy's sentry squad was pinned to the ground by their own dense hail of bullets. From the bushes that had just fired the hail of bullets, in one command, more than sixty or seventy well-equipped Red Army soldiers suddenly emerged. Each holding rifles, submachine guns, and light machine guns, they charged forward while firing. The momentum created by the charge of over sixty people was like a battalion charging.

  In the dense hail of bullets from the warriors, the remaining dozen or so soldiers in the guard platoon were shot and killed on the spot without any surprise, before they could even react from their terror. Without any obstruction, the warriors charged at an even faster speed, the entire troop was like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, rapidly charging towards the enemy's command center.

  "Ah... how can there be Communist troops around the command center? No good, they must be Communist troops launching a surprise attack on our artillery positions. Commander, quick, come and protect the commander..." Seeing the Red Army rushing towards them quickly, the division commander Yang Yaofang's face was shocked with his mouth wide open, the brigade commander shouted loudly.

  Soon, a row of guard troops rushed over, protecting the division commander and brigade commander to quickly retreat in the direction of the guard camp. As for some staff members at the command post, they were directly abandoned by Division Commander Yang Yaofang.

  "Comrades, charge!" With the retreat of the enemy division commander, only a few dozen soldiers were left around the enemy command post, who could be no match for the well-equipped two platoons of warriors. The two platoons almost effortlessly destroyed the remaining armed forces of the enemy division.

  "Leave the first squad to clean up the battlefield and guard the prisoners. The rest of you, follow me and continue to charge, to meet up with the main force of the regiment...." Seeing the enemy command center in a state of panic, with several staff officers and reporters running around, Wu Tao shouted loudly. With two platoons, about fifty men left, he closely followed the retreating division commander Yang Yaofang as they charged forward.

  "Guard battalion, quick, protect the division commander immediately, prepare to retreat, quick, retreat...." As the saying goes, "the defeat of the army is like a mountain collapse". Seeing that his command post was occupied by the Red Army, Division Commander Yang Yaofang no longer had the will to continue fighting. Under the protection of the guard battalion, he retreated hastily towards the rear, attempting to join forces with the three regiments behind him.

  In the end, under the pincer movement of the two regiments and the main force of the Special Task Battalion, the remaining 2,000 soldiers on the battlefield retreated in disorder after losing more than 400 men. The remaining soldiers fled in all directions under the leadership of the two regimental commanders. As for the entire Second Brigade, all its remaining heavy weapons were given away to the Special Task Battalion for free.

  "Order all troops to clean up the battlefield immediately and prepare to retreat. Just received the division commander's order, the Tenli Valley ambush battle has ended in victory, and the Jin-Sui Army vanguard brigade has been completely annihilated by our army. Our special operations battalion successfully completed its blocking mission. The division commander ordered us to leave the battlefield immediately and retreat towards Yonghe County, catching up with the main force of the division." Seeing the soldiers' excited faces after winning the battle, Zhang Hua rushed onto the battlefield, holding up the telegram in his hand, shouting loudly.

  "Long live...long live..." Hearing that the enemy vanguard regiment had been completely annihilated, every soldier couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. After cheering, each unit began to clean up the battlefield under the command of their respective commanders.

  "Report to the battalion commander, the battle results and casualties of the troops have been counted." Soon, Deputy Battalion Commander Guo Chengzhu came to Zhang Hua's side with a smile on his face.

  "Well, let's talk about the casualties in our troops first..." Zhang Hua nodded and asked.

  "Yes, Battalion Commander, in the less than one hour long battle just now, our Special Task Force has lost 168 soldiers. Among them, 133 were killed and 35 seriously injured, with losses of about a company. The heaviest casualties are from the First Company and Second Company, with casualties of nearly half. Mentioning casualties, Guo Chengzhu lowered his head. To know that such heavy casualties, this is something he has never encountered since entering the Special Task Force."

  "Well, the warriors are all good. What about the outcome?" Zhang Hua nodded and continued to ask.

  "Regimental commander, according to the latest statistics, we have eliminated a total of 1,185 Jin-Sui army soldiers, captured 154 people, and injured over 240 people. The rest were all killed in action."

  "Alright, good job. All captives stay behind to help us transport supplies. As for the wounded, give the seriously injured some simple bandages. For the lightly wounded, do some ideological work on them. Those who are willing to join our Red Army can be taken away directly. Those who don't want to join the Red Army can stay here and let the Jin-Sui army's follow-up troops take care of them. Our Red Army doesn't have that many medical supplies for them to waste." Zhang Hua gave a loud order, excited by the number of enemies killed.

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