Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

"My fellow countrymen, this war is not over yet. The Japanese will not give up. We must continue to fight until they are driven out of China completely!"

His tone was firm and powerful, like a sharp sword piercing the sky.

The villagers suddenly quieted down. They knew that Captain Zhang was right. The war was far from over.

"Captain Zhang, we all listen to you. We'll do whatever you say!" An elderly villager stood up and said, and the others nodded in agreement.

Zhang Ling looked around and his eyes fell on a young woman who was holding a baby in her arms. Her eyes were full of fear and anxiety.

He walked up to her, patted her shoulder gently, and said softly, "Don't worry, I will protect you."

The woman raised her head and looked into Zhang Ling's determined eyes, feeling inexplicably at peace in her heart.

"Thank you, thank you..." she said chokingly.

After calming the villagers down, Zhang Ling called Xu Erniu and others aside.

"Erniu, take a few people to scout the enemy and see if the Japs are doing anything else."

"Yes!" Xu Erniu took the order and left.

Zhang Ling looked at his departing back, frowning slightly. He knew that the real battle had just begun.

As night falls, the mountain village is silent, with only the barking of dogs occasionally breaking the tranquility of the night.

Zhang Ling sat on a stone at the entrance of the village, looking up at the starry sky, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

The era he lives in now is an era of war, an era of heroes, and an era full of opportunities and challenges.

He didn't know what his future would be like, but he knew that he still had a long way to go...

Suddenly, the sound of hurried horse hooves came from afar, breaking the silence of the night.

Zhang Ling stood up suddenly, looking in the direction where the sound came from with a sharp gaze.

"Battalion Commander, it's bad!" Xu Erniu's voice came from afar, "The Japanese reinforcements have arrived!"

When the smoke cleared, the valley was dead silent, with only a few wisps of smoke floating silently.

Zhang Ling coughed a few times and got up from the ground covered in dust. He wiped the dust off his face and looked around. He saw that the originally lush forest had been razed to the ground, leaving only a devastated scorched earth.

"Damn, these Japanese guys are really lucky. Only so many were killed by the explosion?" Xu Erniu walked over cursing. In his hand, he was holding a crooked rifle with smoke still coming out of the muzzle.

"Stop talking nonsense, clean up the battlefield quickly, take away everything that can be taken away, we have to retreat quickly!" Zhang Ling glared at him, but he was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, after two shells, even if the Sakata Regiment was not completely wiped out, at least half of them would be killed or wounded. But looking at the movement, something seemed to be wrong.

Everyone did not dare to delay and started searching in droves.

"Captain, come and see!"

Not far away, a soldier exclaimed.

Zhang Ling walked over quickly and saw the soldier standing next to a huge bomb crater, pointing at the bottom of the crater with a look of horror on his face.

Zhang Ling leaned over to take a look and immediately took a breath of cold air.

At the bottom of the crater, there lay a huge... monkey corpse!

The monkey was at least two or three meters tall, its body was charred black, its hair was disheveled, and there was a shockingly large bloody hole on its chest. It looked like it had been killed by a direct hit from a cannonball.

"What...what kind of monster is this?" Xu Erniu also came over and was stunned when he saw this scene.

"Damn, I've never seen such a big monkey in my life!" another soldier couldn't help but exclaimed.

Zhang Ling frowned, feeling an ominous premonition in his heart.

"Captain, look over there!"

At this time, another soldier pointed into the distance and shouted.

Zhang Ling looked in the direction his finger pointed, and saw the same giant apes densely packed on the distant hillside. Their eyes were wide open, their teeth were bared, and they were making deafening roars, as if issuing a silent warning to them.

"This...what is going on?" Xu Erniu's voice began to tremble.

Zhang Ling took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He realized that things might be more complicated than he thought.

"Get out! Get out quickly!"

He acted decisively and ordered a retreat.

However, it's too late.

The giant apes seemed to have received a signal to attack, and they rushed down the hillside with roars. Their movements were so swift that they arrived in front of everyone in the blink of an eye.

"Fire! Fire!"

Zhang Ling roared and took the lead in shooting.

"Bang bang bang..."

Intensive gunfire rang out, and bullets rained down on the giant apes.

However, what made everyone despair was that these giant apes had thick skin and flesh, and the bullets hitting them only splashed a few blood flowers and could not cause any fatal damage to them at all.

"Damn it, these beasts are invulnerable to swords and guns!" Xu Erniu roared in despair.

In a blink of an eye, several soldiers were caught by the giant ape. They let out shrill screams and were torn to pieces alive by the giant ape.

"Captain, what should we do?"

The remaining soldiers were completely thrown into disarray and looked at Zhang Ling in horror.

Zhang Ling tightly grasped the gun in his hand, his face livid. He knew that he would not be able to escape today...

When the smoke cleared, the valley was dead silent, with only a few wisps of smoke floating silently.

Zhang Ling coughed a few times and got up from the ground covered in dust. He wiped the dust off his face and looked around. He saw that the originally lush forest had been razed to the ground, leaving only a devastated scorched earth.

"Damn it, these bastards are really willing to spend blood!" Xu Erniu cursed as he got up from the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. "Captain, are you okay?"

Zhang Ling shook his head and said nothing. His eyes fell on a corpse not far away. It was a young soldier. His eyes were wide open and he maintained a charging posture until his death. A shining bayonet was stuck in his chest.

"Little Tiger..." Zhang Ling murmured in a low voice. This soldier was from their village and joined the army at a young age. He always followed behind him and called him "Battalion Commander" affectionately. He didn't expect that after this battle, he would never be able to go back.

"Battalion Commander, stop looking. We have to retreat quickly. The Japanese reinforcements may arrive at any time!" Xu Erniu urged.

Zhang Ling took a deep breath and suppressed the grief in his heart. He knew that now was not the time to be sad. They still had to live, for those brothers who had died and for those compatriots who were still suffering.

"withdraw!"

……

Three days later, Zhang Ling returned to the base with the remnants of his troops. Their original team of more than a hundred people now had less than thirty people left. Everyone was injured and everyone's face was filled with fatigue.

"Captain, you're back!"

A crisp voice was heard, Zhang Ling looked up and saw a girl in coarse cloth and two pigtails running towards him quickly.

"Xiu'er, why are you here?" Zhang Ling was a little surprised. The girl was called Li Xiu'er, the daughter of the village chief. She was usually very lively and cute, and was the happy pill of the whole village.

"Dad said you're back, so I came to see you." Li Xiuer ran to Zhang Ling and looked him up and down. When she saw the blood and bandages on his body, her eyes suddenly turned red. "You're injured. Does it hurt?"

Zhang Ling felt warm in his heart and touched her head with a smile, "It's okay, it's just a minor injury, it won't be a big deal."

"It's still not a problem even after all this!" Li Xiuer pouted, took out a handkerchief from her bosom, and carefully wiped the blood off his face.

Zhang Ling looked at the simple and kind-hearted girl in front of him with mixed feelings. He knew that in such troubled times, a girl like her was lucky to be able to survive, let alone ask for anything else.

"Xiu'er, you..." Zhang Ling was about to speak but was interrupted by Li Xiu'er.

"Don't talk, and have a good rest!" Li Xiuer said, helping him to sit aside, then turned and ran into the house.

After a while, Li Xiuer came out with a bowl of steaming porridge, "This is the porridge I made, drink it while it's hot."

Zhang Ling took the bowl of porridge, and a warm current surged from his palm to his heart. He lowered his head and drank it in big gulps. This bowl of porridge not only warmed his body, but also warmed his heart.

"Xiu'er, thank you." Zhang Ling said sincerely after finishing his porridge.

Li Xiuer smiled and said, "What are you thanking me for? You are our hero!"

Zhang Ling looked at her smile and felt something in his heart. He was about to say something when suddenly, a hurried sound of footsteps was heard and a soldier ran over in a panic.

"Battalion Commander, something bad has happened. The political commissar... the political commissar..."

Zhang Ling wiped the blood off his face, his chest aching, it was the shock wave of the Japanese shells that injured him. He looked around, there were corpses all over the ground, including his comrades and those hideous invaders.

"Ahem..." Xu Erniu struggled to crawl to Zhang Ling's side, his face full of anxiety, "Captain, are you okay?"

"I'm tough, I won't die!" Zhang Ling pushed away Xu Erniu's hand that wanted to support him, and stared at the black shadow that was gradually approaching in the distance with gritted teeth, "Damn it, I'm going to fight you!"

"Battalion Commander, don't be impulsive! The Japanese reinforcements have a whole squadron, and with just a dozen of us, we are not enough to fill the gap!" Xu Erniu hugged Zhang Ling's legs tightly to prevent him from being impulsive.

Zhang Ling roared, "Then what do you say we should do? Wait for death? Even if I die, I'll take a few people with me!"

"Battalion Commander, as long as the mountains remain, there will be no shortage of firewood! We must send the message out and let the villagers evacuate quickly!" Xu Erniu pleaded with red eyes.

Zhang Ling remained silent. He knew Xu Erniu was right. Now was not the time to act like a hero. He had to consider the safety of the entire village.

"Okay!" Zhang Ling took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. "Erniu, you take the brothers to cover us. I'll go back and inform the villagers!"

"No! Battalion Commander, you are injured, let me go!" Xu Erniu said anxiously.