Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

"Who is it?" Zhang Ling's heart tightened and he quickly picked up the telescope to look.

In the distance, they saw dust rising and a group of cavalrymen galloping towards them.

"Yes...it's cavalry! Lots of cavalry!" Xu Erniu's voice trembled a little.

"Oh no! It's the Japanese cavalry! They must be here to take revenge!" Li Dazhuang's face changed drastically.

Zhang Ling's face also became solemn. He didn't expect the Japanese reinforcements to arrive so quickly.

Moreover, they were cavalry!

In such open terrain, infantry has almost no chance of winning against cavalry.

"What should we do? Battalion Commander, let's...let's retreat quickly!" Xu Erniu was a little panicked.

"Retreat? Where to retreat? We are surrounded!" Li Dazhuang said, pointing around.

Sure enough, while they were talking, a large number of Japanese soldiers appeared around them and surrounded them.

Zhang Ling looked around, his face terribly gloomy.

He knew they were in dire straits...

Just then, he suddenly noticed that a team appeared on the distant horizon.

The team was not large, only a few dozen people, but they rode tall horses and looked as aggressive as a tiger descending from the mountain.

"Who is that...who is that?" Xu Erniu also noticed this team and looked confused.

"Yes...it's the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army!" Li Dazhuang suddenly exclaimed, with a surprised expression on his face.

"Captain, do you really think this will work?" Li Dazhuang frowned and asked in a muffled voice. He was a big, strong man with a full beard. Looking at Zhang Ling's thin body, he always felt that this kid was a little unreliable. Since this kid woke up from his coma, he has changed completely and become weird.

Zhang Ling ignored Li Dazhuang's questioning and just stared at Xu Erniu's movements. Xu Erniu adjusted the angle of the mortar, took a deep breath, and lit the fuse.

"boom!"

The first shell cut through the sky with a sharp whistling sound and landed accurately halfway up the hill.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the second shell hit the same location accurately.

The two shells exploded almost at the same time, and the huge roar echoed through the valley, deafening.

"Retreat!" Zhang Ling shouted and ran back first. Xu Erniu, Li Dazhuang and the rest of the soldiers followed closely behind him and quickly evacuated the position.

The smoke from the explosion had not yet dissipated, but the hillside was surprisingly quiet, with no movement at all.

Li Dazhuang ran out of breath and couldn't help asking, "Captain, why... why is there no movement? Could it be a dud?"

Zhang Ling was a little nervous, but he pretended to be calm on the surface: "Why are you panicking? I have figured it out. The enemy's headquarters is right there! You will know in a moment!"

At this moment, a violent explosion suddenly came from the distance, which was much louder than the two shells just now combined!

"Rumble, rumble..."

Then, there were explosions one after another, and the whole valley seemed to be shaking. Flames shot up into the sky, and thick smoke billowed, as if the world was about to end.

Li Dazhuang, Xu Erniu and others stared at the scene in amazement, their jaws almost dropping.

"This...what the hell is going on?" Li Dazhuang asked stutteringly.

Zhang Ling sneered, "I told you, the enemy's headquarters is right there! Halfway down the hill is where the enemy stores their ammunition! Two shells directly detonated their ammunition depot!"

"My goodness, Battalion Commander, how...how did you know that?" Xu Erniu looked at Zhang Ling with admiration.

Zhang Ling touched his nose pretending to be profound: "I can tell by counting with my fingers."

In fact, Zhang Ling didn't know how to count with his fingers. These were all his memories before his rebirth. He remembered that when he was playing an anti-Japanese war game in his previous life, he found a bug in this map, which allowed him to use mortars to blow up the enemy's ammunition depot.

The explosion lasted for a full quarter of an hour before gradually subsiding, and the entire valley was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Zhang Ling knew that the Sakata Regiment’s headquarters must have been blown up to the sky. Now, let’s see how arrogant these Japanese devils can still be!

"Let's go! Let's go back and take a look!" Zhang Ling waved his hand excitedly and led everyone towards the direction of the explosion.

The explosion site was in a mess, with broken limbs and charred bodies everywhere, it was a horrific sight.

"vomit......"

Several soldiers couldn't hold back and vomited.

Even Zhang Ling felt his stomach churning, but he suppressed his nausea and carefully observed the situation around him.

He found that in addition to the bodies of the Japanese devils, there were also many bodies of the Eighth Route Army.

"Damn it! These damn devils actually used our people as human shields!" Li Dazhuang cursed with gritted teeth.

Zhang Ling was also in a very heavy mood. He knew that in this war, there was no real winner, only endless pain and sacrifice.

Suddenly, Zhang Ling's ears moved and he heard a faint moan.

He followed the sound and found a Japanese officer trapped under a rock, but he was not yet dead.

This Japanese officer was none other than Nobutsu Sakata.

Nobutsu Sakata's legs had been blown off, his body was covered in blood, and he was dying.

When he saw Zhang Ling, his eyes were filled with fear and hatred.

"You...who are you?" Sakata Nobutsu asked with difficulty.

Zhang Ling squatted down and looked at him coldly: "I'm here to see you off."

Sakata Nobutsu suddenly laughed crazily: "Hahahaha... Even if I die, you can't escape! The empire's army will soon..."

Before he could finish his words, Zhang Ling stepped on his chest, and Sakata Nobutsu's voice stopped abruptly.

Zhang Ling stood up and looked at the corpses all over the ground, feeling mixed emotions.

He knew that this battle was just the beginning and the road ahead would be long and difficult.

At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly came from the distance...

"Captain, are you sure this thing will work? Why do I feel uneasy?" Xu Erniu scratched his head and asked in a muffled voice. Two shells hitting the hillside, this doesn't sound like a serious tactic.

Zhang Ling glared at him and said, "Just fight when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? This is called tactics, do you understand? Do you think I'm just playing with artillery shells because I'm bored? If this thing works, the enemy headquarters will be finished! By then, rebuilding the 772nd Regiment will be a done deal, right?"

Li Dazhuang couldn't help but interrupt: "Captain, I also think this... is not very reliable. The hillside is bare and there is nothing there. Even if it explodes, who can be killed?"

"You know shit!" Zhang Ling cursed angrily, "I asked the villagers, and they found out that behind this hillside is the Japanese headquarters! Usually the Japanese officers like to bask in the sun there, under the pretext of 'observing the terrain'. Today I'll let them observe carefully and see what kind of terrain my shells are targeting!"

He actually had no idea. This plan was something he came up with based on his memories of his past life and the current situation. In his past life, he played an anti-Japanese war game, in which there was a map with a similar terrain. A player used a mortar to blast the hillside, causing a landslide, burying all the enemies below the hill.

Now, he could only take a gamble. He bet that the geological structure of this hillside was just as unstable as in the game, and that the Japanese officers were really there "observing the terrain".

"Erniu, fire when you're ready! Don't waste time!" Zhang Ling urged sternly.

Xu Erniu didn't dare to say any more nonsense. He adjusted the angle of the mortar and loaded the shells.

"boom!"

The first shell whizzed out and landed accurately halfway up the hill. The explosion echoed in the valley, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"boom!"

The second shell followed closely and hit the same location again.

Zhang Ling, Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang held their breath and stared at the hillside.

A few seconds passed and nothing happened.

"Battalion Commander, there is... no movement?" Li Dazhuang asked cautiously.

Zhang Ling's face was gloomy, and he cursed in his heart: Did this crappy game mislead me? Is the geological structure different?

Just when he was about to give up, there was a loud "boom" suddenly coming from halfway up the hillside, much louder than the sound of a cannonball exploding!

Immediately afterwards, a large amount of soil and rocks began to roll down the hillside, forming a huge mudslide, pouring towards the Japanese command post at the foot of the mountain!

"It's done!" Zhang Ling shouted excitedly, "Retreat quickly!"

The three did not dare to stay and immediately evacuated the position with the remaining soldiers.

......

Nobutsu Sakata and his adjutant were still chatting and laughing in the command center, unaware of the approaching danger.

"Colonel, I heard that the Eighth Route Army has a battalion commander named Zhang Ling who is very powerful. Is that true?" the adjutant asked curiously.

Sakata Nobutsu snorted disdainfully: "They are just a bunch of chickens and dogs, no need to worry. The warriors of the empire are invincible!"

"Report to the colonel! There is movement on the mountain!" A Japanese soldier ran in hurriedly to report.

Before Nobutsu Sakata could react, he heard a deafening noise coming from outside.

"What's going on?" he asked in horror.

Before he could get an answer, a huge mudslide rushed into the headquarters, instantly engulfing him, his adjutant, and a group of Japanese soldiers...

......

After Zhang Ling and others retreated to a safe area, they saw from afar that the Japanese command post was buried by a mudslide and they cheered.

"Battalion Commander, you are amazing! You can even calculate this!" Xu Erniu said excitedly.

Li Dazhuang also looked at Zhang Ling with admiration: "Battalion Commander, you are simply a living god!"

Zhang Ling was secretly happy, but pretended to be calm on the surface: "This is all basic training, don't be stupid."

He knew in his heart that this was just a fluke, but this fluke brought him huge benefits.

The news of the complete annihilation of the Sakata Brigade Command would soon spread throughout the base. By then, the reconstruction of the 772nd Regiment would be a piece of cake.

More importantly, he gained a large amount of experience points and points, which can be used to exchange for more powerful weapons, equipment and skills.

Just as Zhang Ling was looking forward to the future, an unexpected situation occurred.