The first thousand three hundred and ninety-three chapters
"hidden!"
Seeing white smoke rising in the distance, the roars of Chinese officers at all levels rang out one after another. The brothers who stuck their heads out to watch the Japanese move retracted their heads and hid behind the bunker.
"boom!"
"boom!"
A deafening explosion sounded, and the ground was shaking violently, but the shells did not fall around the Chinese officers and soldiers, but directly hit several big trees where the Japanese Captain Noda and others were tied.
Captain Noda and the captured Japanese were swallowed up by the flames of the explosion with horrified eyes. After the smoke cleared, several big trees were broken, and the mutilated corpses were scattered around.
"Fuck, the little devil is so damn cruel, he won't even spare his own people!"
Seeing Captain Noda and others who were blown to pieces, the Chinese officers and soldiers hiding behind the bunker were cursing and at the same time knew that the Japanese were really serious about it. This was really a death-defying rhythm.
"Tell the brothers to tell Sun Liangcheng in Wangcun to prepare to retreat!"
Yang Ling saw that the Japs had taken care of the prisoners by himself, and knew that the Japs were going to make a desperate attack, so his expression became serious.
But now Jingzhen Mountain has been captured by their troops, and a squadron of Japs on Jingzhen Mountain has been wiped out. They have completed the task of cutting off the Japs' escape route, and there is no need to fight with the Japs here.
Now that he saw the little Jaap getting ready for a fight to the death, Yang Ling was not so foolish as to risk the lives of his brothers and fight the Jaap.
"withdraw!"
When Yang Ling asked the messenger to issue an order to the brothers in another village, Yang Ling gave the order, and the officers and soldiers hiding behind bunkers in the village grabbed their guns and evacuated quickly.
If it was a small-scale attack by the Japanese, Yang Ling would not mind playing with the little Japanese here and eliminating some of their effective forces.
After all, they occupied the village and had a great advantage against the Japanese attacking from the open fields.
But now that the Japanese have put on a desperate posture, hiding in the village will only lead to bombing. Yang Ling decisively gave up the entanglement with the Japanese and prepared to withdraw to Jingzhen Mountain.
Because the enemy's shelling could come at any time, the evacuating brothers ran very fast and quickly evacuated from the other side of the village.
After the Japanese bombarded the captured Captain Noda and others, they recalibrated their shooting, which took a few minutes.
"Boom-boom!"
As soon as Yang Ling and the others left the village, the enemy's artillery shells landed in the village. Mortars and infantry artillery were all deployed. Mushroom clouds rose up, and houses collapsed and disappeared in the smoke.
The Japanese were also aggressive this time. After all, a captain died, so high-explosive bombs and incendiary bombs continued to bombard the two villages.
"Come on, shoot more shells."
Seeing the village behind them being shrouded in thick smoke and dust, with rumbling explosions happening one after another, the officers and soldiers who evacuated the village wished that the little devil wasted more ammunition.
Yang Ling and others joined Sun Liangcheng and others who had evacuated from another village, and planted the landmines seized from the Japs on the path that the Japs must pass through.
Then they withdrew to Jingzhen Mountain, preparing to join the Chinese troops there. They had completed their mission this time.
"Avenge Noda's troops and kill all the Chongqing troops!"
When the Japanese bombardment ended, the two villages had been reduced to ruins, and no complete buildings could be seen. The Japanese captain issued a vicious order to attack.
The dark army of Japanese soldiers immediately pressed toward the two ruined villages from the west. They were full of murderous intent and wanted to eliminate the remaining Chinese officers and soldiers in the villages.
But to the disappointment of the little devils, their heavy punches were in vain. When they rushed into the village with murderous intent, Yang Ling and the others had already retreated.
"Bagaya road!"
"Pursuit!"
The Japanese captain who had made an empty attack was full of anger, and immediately ordered Captain Morimoto's squadron to be the vanguard and rush towards Jingzhen Mountain.
But before they had gone far, the troops in front were blown up by landmines planted on the road, causing screams and wailing.
Captain Morimoto, the leader of the Japanese squadron, gritted his teeth with hatred when facing the soldiers whose legs were blown off. For the sake of safety, he had to slow down and let the engineering troops go ahead to clear the mines.
When Yang Ling and the others returned to Jingzhen Mountain, they saw that the entire Jingzhen Mountain had turned into a piece of scorched earth. Although the corpses had been cleaned up, broken weapons and dark black blood stains could be seen everywhere.
After a night of bloody fighting, the officers and soldiers of Luo Guoqiang's regiment were covered in blood, their clothes were in tatters, and their young faces were all blackened by smoke.
At this moment, the exhausted officers and soldiers were repairing the fortifications and trenches destroyed by the battle on Jingzhen Mountain. When they saw Yang Ling and the others successfully withdrawing, cheers of victory broke out on the mountain.
The two armies met victoriously at Jingzhen Mountain. In just one night of fighting, they eliminated an entire Japanese infantry squadron. It can be said that they won a great victory and severely defeated the Japanese troops who returned to attack Yichang.
"Brother Yang, we have killed a whole squadron, and the master has called us to commend us. This time we finally let out a bad breath!"
When the group leader Luo Guoqiang saw Yang Ling and others coming back, he held Yang Ling's hand tightly and seemed particularly excited.
"Yes, we won the battle once, but our losses were not small."
Compared to the excited Luo Guoqiang, Yang Ling did not forget the officers and soldiers who made sacrifices. He knew that this was a tragic victory. More than a hundred officers and soldiers who followed him to block the Japanese reinforcements were killed. Those were all fresh lives.
It just disappeared overnight.
"The brothers who died in the battle will have their own pensions allocated by the Ministry of Military Affairs. I think their families will be proud of them. They are all heroes who protect their families and the country."
"I hope our descendants will not forget these heroes."
"I will definitely never forget it!" the group leader Luo Guoqiang said firmly.
"I hope so."
"Alas, this time we annihilated a Japanese squadron, but only lost the Japanese squadron leader, which is a pity."
Although he won the battle, Luo Guoqiang also let out a long sigh while feeling happy, feeling that it was not perfect.
Yang Ling patted him on the shoulder and said: "We have captured the squadron leader who escaped from the Japanese, but he was beaten to a pulp by his own people with cannons."
After hearing this, Luo Guoqiang was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "It really fulfills that sentence, it's really karma."
"Now about a large group of Japanese troops have come towards Jingzhen Mountain. We should be ready for battle," Yang Ling reminded.
"We are in a commanding position in Jingzhen Mountain. As long as I am here, it may not be that easy for the Japanese to occupy this place." Luo Guoqiang is full of confidence in defending this place.
The leader of the group, Luo Guoqiang, said: "Brother Yang, please go and rest first. Then leave it to us and let me teach the little devil a good lesson."
Yang Ling did not refuse. After all, he was very tired after fighting for so long, so he led his officers and soldiers to retreat to the foothills on the west side of Jingzhen Mountain to rest.
After the mission was over, Battalion Commander Hu Qiang said goodbye and returned to the army. He did not follow Yang Ling and others to retreat for rest, but stayed on Jingzhen Mountain.