Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

boom! Boom boom!

Following the order from the Japanese commander, ten mortars, five tanks, and twelve grenade launchers roared at the same time.

The muzzle spewed out hot flames, accompanied by a deafening roar.

The shells poured down like hail, and every shot was accompanied by a violent tremor of the earth.

The huge air wave generated by the explosion instantly sucked out the surrounding air, followed by a deafening explosion and a chaotic scene of broken trees and splattered soil.

Some trees in the forest fell down in the artillery fire, raising a cloud of dust and broken wood. Their roots were exposed, looking particularly desolate.

Most of the surviving trees were scarred, with broken branches and leaves, and some even caught fire.

The paths in the forest were destroyed by artillery fire, and the originally hidden shelters were exposed and became victims of the artillery fire.

The small animals in the forest fled in all directions, screaming in fear, trying to escape from this place of death.

However, under the relentless bombardment, life is as fragile as a piece of thin paper.

The entire forest fell into chaos and despair. The sounds of artillery fire, explosions, falling trees and the wailing of animals intertwined together to form a tragic picture.

The artillery fire was still spreading, and the Japanese even dropped incendiary bombs, trying to burn the entire forest to ashes.

However, at this moment, someone suddenly thought of it: "Sir, Mr. Kitahara's body is still in the woods!"

"・・・"

"・・・"

Several Japanese commanders were speechless. They had forgotten this point and quickly ordered the Japanese to stop shelling and sent people to put out the fire and search for Kitahara Hiroyuki's body.

But when they found Hiroyuki Kitahara, most of his body had been burned.

"・・・"

Many Japanese officers were speechless again, because how could they explain this? If the higher-ups asked, why was Kitahara Hiroyuki's body burnt?

How did they respond? That we were so busy destroying the enemy that we forgot that Mr. Kitahara's body was still on the battlefield, and then we threw incendiary bombs on it?

Or was it that Lord Kitahara Hiroyuki was burned to death by the enemy during the battle with the enemy?

But think about it, although this argument is far-fetched, it is not bad. At least for them, there is no responsibility.

"By the way, where are the guerrillas?"

  At this moment, a Japanese officer suddenly thought of an important question: where had the guerrillas gone?

"The guerrillas have escaped."

In the distance, from the woods in the east, a Japanese soldier, covered in blood, stumbled out, then fell down after shouting that the guerrillas had run away, and directly received a box lunch.

But at this time, the other devils all reacted and their enemies ran away.

"Immediately order the troops to pursue them. We must not let the guerrillas escape."

The Japanese officer roared, and then the Japanese gathered and chased after the guerrillas.

Duanwu and his men were protecting the wounded, including the seriously injured Ma Sanpao.

Ma Sanpao was seriously injured. In addition to his right arm being unable to move, he also had two gunshot wounds and five knife wounds on his body.

Although these wounds were not fatal, Ma Sanpao bled a lot.

So at this time, Ma Sanpao had a high fever and was carried by two guerrillas.

Some seriously injured guerrillas had to be carried on their backs.

So they were slow to leave the battlefield.

The Japs soon caught up with us, and the sound of the tanks was as annoying as a thorn in the flesh.

Duanwu looked back at the Japanese tanks about five or six hundred meters away, and then looked at the guerrilla fighters who were still running desperately.

There was no time left, because if the enemy tanks moved forward another 300 meters, they would definitely open fire. But by then, they might not even have covered half of the Gobi Desert.

The wounded slowed down the troops' march.

Some seriously injured soldiers also felt it and struggled with all their strength, saying, “Put us down, put us down.”

The troops therefore stopped.

Duanwu hurried over and asked, "What's wrong?"

A seriously injured soldier panted and said, "Leader Ye, please put us down. We will be a burden to the troops."

"Yes, me, we will drag down the entire team."

"Let us stay and stop the devils!"

"Leader Ye, we have no hope of survival. Even if we retreat, we will just die."

Another guerrilla who was shot twice was talking while blood foamed out of his wounds.

His lungs were pierced by a bullet, so foam came out whenever he spoke.

Duanwu looked at the soldiers in front of him, they were all great.

They were fearless when fighting the Japanese, and even after being injured they stayed behind to block the enemy in order not to drag down the troops.

  They are trying to use their lives to hold back the Japanese!

In their current situation, how many of them could shoot? If they all stayed, they would die.

Once upon a time, Duanwu had seen such soldiers. In order to allow more people to survive, their wounded voluntarily stayed behind and died together with the enemy.

  How similar is it now?

Duanwu slowly closed his eyes, but he refused.

Although this is a bit willful, as a commander, Duanwu really doesn't want to abandon his comrades again.

Duanwu took a deep breath and said, "Take them all away. I will go and stop the devils."

"Leader Ye?"

"Brother Ye?"

Long Qianyan and Ma Ping'an both widened their eyes, hoping that they had heard wrongly.

Duanwu opened his eyes, smiled slightly and said, "I have the best chance of survival, and only if I go can we hold back the devils."

Long Qianyan was the first to disagree and said, "Leader Ye, I can't listen to you this time. Even if you say I disobeyed orders on the battlefield, I can't let you stop the devils alone."

Ma Pingan also said: "Brother Ye, I know your strength, but this time, the enemy has chariots, artillery, and hundreds of soldiers. Tell me, how can you come back safe and sound?"

At this time, Long Qianyan said again: "Brothers, Leader Ye wants to go alone to stop the Japanese pursuers for us again, do you agree?"

"No! If we have to stop the devils, let's go!"

"Leader Ye must be alive. Only if Leader Ye is alive can he lead more people to defeat the devils!"

"Yes, nothing can happen to Leader Ye. Brothers, follow me and fight back!"

At this moment, someone shouted loudly and turned around and rushed towards the Japanese.

Duanwu yelled anxiously: "Come back!"

But before he could finish his words, the entire guerrilla team, including Long Qianyan, Li Ergou, and all the guerrilla fighters who could still move, turned around and ran back.

This was the first time they disobeyed Duanwu's order.

Even though they knew that this was unwise, their bodies seemed to be out of control.

In their hearts, Leader Ye cannot die. Even if all of them died today, they must let Leader Ye live and lead more people to kill the devils! (End of this chapter)