Chapter 62: Fierce Battle at Eagle's Mouth Ridge (Part 2)

  Tang Qiuli glanced at his watch, the devils were going to be nearly two hours late compared to their estimated time. It seemed that along the way, Qiuquan and the others had slowed down the devils' marching speed by taking care of them, buying some time for transporting supplies. Probably, they were now following closely behind the devils.

  Matsuda is really annoying on this road, to put it bluntly, he's very infuriating!

  After receiving the urgent report from the Sanjiahe River Kempeitai, he was a little unbelievable. Where did the large number of armed men come from and dare to launch an attack on the heavily guarded Sanjiahe River? In Matsuda's view, the defensive forces at Sanjiahe River were already strong in this area of South Manchuria. However, judging from the intense gunfire he heard over the phone, he knew there was trouble and didn't dare delay, hastily leading his troops to set out. The Sanjiahe River was an important location for storing weapons, equipment, and supplies, and if something went wrong, it would be unbearable.

  The troops had not been on the march for long when they encountered trouble. First, there were continuous explosions, which spread through the ranks of the marching army. One moment a cart was blown up, and the next several horses were killed. Then, from both sides of the road, bullets kept shooting out, although the gunfire was not dense, but the accuracy was extremely high. Every shot that rang out resulted in the death of an Imperial Army soldier.

  At the beginning, a gunshot rang out, and the troops formed a battle array, with guns and cannons firing in unison, engaging in a fierce battle. However, after fighting for a while, they charged onto the enemy's position, but didn't even see a single person, and instead walked back and forth, stopping repeatedly. When will we ever arrive at Sanhe River?

  Later, Matsuda simply didn't entangle with the small armed forces. Every time he heard the sound of gunfire, he would send two squads to clear them out. The main force quickly withdrew from the battle, and the speed of the troops' march greatly accelerated. Despite this, along the way, the blood of the Imperial Army soldiers was spilled everywhere. Before they even reached their destination, more than a dozen soldiers were gone forever, never to see tomorrow's sun again. Dozens more were injured.

  The Chinese are so despicable, so cunning. Before we even reached the place, so many of our Imperial Army soldiers were killed off. Matsuda was furious to the point of madness. Since arriving in Manchuria, when had he ever suffered such a huge loss?!

  We must speed up our march and get through Yingzi Ridge before nightfall. That damned old devil, Matsuda, also knows that Yingzi Ridge is a strategic location, easy to defend but hard to attack. If those Chinese armed elements are lying in ambush there, they'll give the Imperial Army a good beating. The Imperial Army can't afford to take any chances, better safe than sorry!

  After finally getting rid of the harassment of a small armed group, our troops used all four hooves, rolling and crawling, rushing to Eagle's Mouth Ridge in the dark.

  Matsuda was in a bad mood and had an urge to kill someone.

  No, a devil's staff officer bumped into the moldy head and was beaten by Song Tian with a "mountain fan" to make his face like a pig's head. After beating this unlucky devil, Song Tian's anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

  He rubbed his sore palm, waved his hand, and the marching troops stopped. He aimed his binoculars at the ridge, turned to his brown-yellow eyes, and carefully observed the situation on Eagle's Beak Ridge, but it was pitch black and quiet, nothing could be seen.

  Matsumoto was also an old devil who had gone through the war, stroking his short beard, pondering, why did this place feel so uneasy? He didn't have a bottom line in his heart, and he beckoned to a small team leader, instructing him in such a way.

  A small team of devils quickly left the main team and moved towards the dark and gloomy Eagle's Mouth Ridge, advancing cautiously, as if facing a great enemy.

  Matsuda's tricks, Tang Qiuli saw clearly on Eagle Mouth Ridge, aren't the devils' car headlights shining brightly? He was delighted that the devils were here, the longer the better, and it would be best to camp under Eagle Mouth Ridge. Before dawn, he would have disappeared!

  At this moment, a small team of devils was seen, flashing flashlights, and walking up the ridge one step at a time. Hurriedly arrange to go and solve this team of devils, not allowing a single shot to be fired, all serving with bows, arrows, and daggers!

  A team of warriors quietly hid into the darkness on both sides of the road.

  The devils climbed up the ridge with great difficulty, shining their flashlights in all directions. The target was quite obvious, wasn't this a guide for Hei Bai Wu Chang? "Hani? Why is there a wall in the middle of the road?" Before the devils could figure it out, a cold wind swept from behind, and several agile black shadows pounced forward. In the blink of an eye, the battle was over. More than 30 devils were shot through with arrows, and the rest had their arteries cut off by icy daggers. The little devils had given away more than 30 guns again.

  After finishing this bit of work, the soldiers returned to their trenches and hid again.

  Tang Qiuli hopes the devils will be dragged on like this, simmered in a gentle fire, delaying time is not counted, and can also eliminate the devils. His own troops don't need to have a head-on confrontation with the devil's main force, it's a profitable business!

  The pine forest under the hill is not going well, it's urgent, this group of stupid pigs, what's going on, the other side of Sanjiao River is rushing to catch fire, and this side is slow, whether it's life or death, what's the situation, give me a signal! He didn't know that a small team of devils had already gone to see Tianzhao Dashi. In just an hour, an hour has passed.

  Are we going to camp under Eagle's Beak Mountain? This damned weather, half of my soldiers will freeze to death before the battle even starts.

  Matsumoto couldn't wait any longer, took a look at the troops around him, and his courage grew. With such a powerful Imperial Army, with tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery, what was there to fear about a few Red Beards? When did he become so timid? "Advance with one Masu", Matsumoto gave the order to continue marching, and the enemy battalion finally moved towards the ridge.

  He didn't know that this order would cause the entire Matsuda Corps to suffer a great blow, almost being disbanded by the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and he himself was dismissed and investigated.

  First, the two tanks and four armored vehicles of the devils were more than 400 meters away from the infantry. The devil driver at the front was confused, with the accelerator pedal all the way down, but the engine was not making a good sound, it just wouldn't move, still shaking left and right, sucking air. Is China's terrain evil? Is it the legendary "ghost hitting wall"? Looking around, the other vehicles on the side also had the same problem, collectively possessed by evil spirits?

  With this delay, a large group of devils from behind caught up.

  Tang Qiuli hastily ordered the communication personnel to notify the troops, prepare hand grenades and petrol bombs. After hearing his order to open fire, they were not allowed to show their heads, but threw them with all their might, as many as they could throw.

  The devils in front stopped and grinned foolishly as they watched the tanks and armored vehicles dancing there, while the devils behind them didn't know what was going on and kept moving forward. The devils gathered together, and at that moment, the narrow road was packed to the brim with over 3,000 devils, getting tighter and tighter, squeezed into a ball.

  It's also the arrogance of the devils, at this time the Japanese devils have not yet suffered a large-scale and severe blow from the Chinese army, they don't know what failure is! They don't even know how to write the character for "death"! On the broad main road, suddenly an ice wall appears, isn't that also abnormal? But the devil commander and his soldiers really didn't think much about it, you say, isn't this the doing of King Yanluo?!

  At this moment, the Japanese infantry was only thirty meters away from the trenches. Tang Qiuli saw that the time had come and with a wave of his hand, two grenades flew towards the large group of devils. Immediately afterwards, countless grenades rained down on the devils' heads like hailstones, and a fierce battle broke out...

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