War of Resistance: Glory of the Beasts

Chapter 569: Isn’t it awesome?

Xu Chaoyang once asked a veteran who had retired from the Korean War, a regimental-level veteran who was visited by city government leaders every year, "What were you thinking about when you were on the battlefield?"

At that time, Xu Chaoyang had never been to the battlefield. What he wanted to know was whether these veterans had any ideals of "defending the country" before their eyes...

"How much do you want?"

The veteran was very direct: "Who has time to think about it?"

"That's a battlefield. If a bullet hits you, you'll be dead. What do you think?"

"Many soldiers on the battlefield don't even have the ability to think and can only act according to orders. Otherwise, how could the superiors pay so much attention to soldiers who can come up with clever ideas on the battlefield? Don't even bother to tell whether their ideas are good or bad. As long as they have ideas, they will generally be promoted during the war years."

This is a true record (I asked it myself), so true that Xu Chaoyang was stunned for a long time at that moment. Then he understood that many people's behavior on the battlefield was based on instinct, so in major battles you would see commanders who were so stupid that it was ridiculous, and the thorough display of human nature.

This was a display of Shen Guaizi's humanity. He had no thoughts about life and death, let alone so-called nobility. He only knew that Xu Chaoyang had said before the battle that a tank could be crippled by blowing off its tracks, and that was all.

boom!
The moment the grenade exploded, Shen Guaizi turned around and ran three steps away. The explosive force caused the entire tank to shake, and the broken track fragments and shrapnel rushed over along the air flow. Shen Guaizi was directly knocked down by the air wave and fell to the ground on the spot.

The back was burnt all over;
The uniform had been shattered;

The dark and charred back was shining in the air, and there were small wounds all over the back caused by shrapnel, but not even blood was flowing out.

"kidnapper!!!!"

Xu Chaoyang watched this scene happen with his own eyes, and his fart almost cooled down. This was also the reason why he was less and less willing to communicate with the people below him, for fear that he would…

"Brother, the devils are coming!"

You Kuier held a Type 99 rifle that he had picked up from a pile of dead bodies, placed the muzzle of the gun on the edge of the trench, and while firing continuously, he roared at Xu Chaoyang.

Xu Chaoyang could only suppress the emotions that had already filled his body and shouted, "Prepare the grenades!"

At this moment, Xu Chaoyang turned his head to the front battlefield. Seeing the Japanese soldiers crossing the trenches and rushing towards the third trench in the hail of bullets, in his peripheral vision, a completely stunned tiger stood up, stretched out his hands and patted his ears, staggering left and right in the trench in front, and staggering out...

It’s Shen Guaizi!

His appearance made Xu Chaoyang suddenly breathe out the breath he had been holding back, and tears welled up in his eyes for no reason.

"Machine gun cover!"

"cover!!!"

You Kuier also saw this scene and yelled at the top of his lungs, as if to draw all the attention to himself: "Ah!!!!" He raised his Type 99 rifle and started firing. Even though the dust raised by the Japanese machine gun bullets was rising from the breastwork in front of him, he didn't even try to dodge and still pulled the trigger.

Amid the hail of bullets, Shen Guaizi felt no pain, really no pain, but he felt a sharp pain in his back. He ran back on the battlefield with his hands on his head and his neck shrunk, as if he was carrying the hope of the entire army. He rushed back from the gunfire, bent down, and jumped into the third trench.

"kidnapper!"

Xu Chaoyang reached out and took the person in. The boy kept staring at him all the way, and his body was tilted but he was still running towards him. This showed that in his heart, he was the safest place. That sense of trust was self-evident.

Shen Guaizi smiled.

His face was as black as a coal ball. He smiled and asked while breathing heavily, "Isn't it awesome..."

Xu Chaoyang gritted his teeth, trying to hold back the tears, but his eye sockets were so weak that he let the tears flow out.

He risked his life so much just to come back and ask himself "How awesome is that?"
"Brilliant!"

There was no way Xu Chaoyang could give any answer other than these two words at this moment. He couldn't bear to do so!

"Hehehe..." Shen Guaizi laughed very steadily at this moment, as if the two words spoken by Xu Chaoyang were his lifelong pursuit.

"Medic!"

"Hygienist!!!"

Two soldiers rushed over from the trenches carrying a stretcher. Xu Chaoyang, who was holding Shen Guaizi's hand, had already felt the stickiness, and said, "Put him down on his stomach, hold him steady!"

Only then did he watch the two men being carried away by Shen Guaizi.

Turning back, Xu Chaoyang was like a tiger that had just coaxed its child. He glared at the jackal that had injured its cub: "Grenade!"

Swish!
Several grenades were thrown out from the trenches. As these grenades flew straight at low altitude and hit the direction of the Japanese, the sound of explosions continued.

boom! boom! boom! boom! boom! boom!
Several clouds of smoke exploded on the battlefield, and bursts of fire appeared in the explosions. The flying sparks fell on the oil scattered on the battlefield - whoosh!

A large area of ​​flames began to rise. On the black land that had long been burned into scorched earth by the Japanese incendiary bombs, walls of fire began to burn frequently along the trajectory of the gun muzzles.

"beat!!!!"

Xu Chaoyang shouted again, and the guns on the entire battlefield fired at the same time. Bullets flew out along the traces of the flames shaking in front of his eyes. The light was so bright that even if you closed your eyelids in the blink of an eye, it could still flicker in the darkness.

"First Battalion, prepare to retreat!"

"After retreating to the defense line guarded by 716 and 688, carry all the H34Ys, machine guns, and ammunition to their positions, then quickly evacuate and prepare to set up the third defense line at the next destination!"

The old first battalion led by Xu Chaoyang himself retreated. When the firepower on the position suddenly decreased, Xu Chaoyang spoke again: "Yang Jingyu, please retreat with the second battalion..."

"Chaoyang..."

"Excuting an order!"

Yang Jingyu wanted to say something, but Xu Chaoyang turned around and started yelling. At that moment, Old Yang just looked back and turned away without saying a word.

At this moment, Xu Chaoyang looked at You Kuier.

Click, click, click.

There were no bullets left in Youquier's machine gun. He loosened his hands that were controlling the machine gun, leaned against the breastwork, took out a cigarette from his pocket, and lit it with the flickering flame on the sack at the edge of the position. He took two puffs and the expression on his face was still so calm when the smoke came out.

Xu Chaoyang broke the cigarette, took out a Japanese cigarette from his pocket and lit it for You Kui'er. At that moment, You Kui'er was ready to hear the cruelest words in the world from Xu Chaoyang's mouth...

"After I finish this cigarette..."

Yuquier was happy.

In the entire 217, he was the only one who joined with outside troops after Xifengkou. Now that the moment came when someone was needed to serve as cannon fodder, what could be the outcome?
"Let's retreat together."

Xu Chaoyang didn't even look at You Kuier, but You Kuier turned her head back woodenly and looked at the other person with eyes wide open in disbelief.

"Hurry up and suck it, or you'll see me kill you?" Xu Chaoyang started cursing.

Yu Kui'er threw the cigarette away and a smile immediately appeared on his face: "Then why should I smoke?"

Only Youkuier understood the warmth of this moment, and it was from this moment on that he put the heart that had been in his pocket back into his chest, because he knew that he, like all the soldiers of 217, had not been abandoned.

　As usual, eat and continue.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)