Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

He began to wonder, is Chuntao really innocent? Or is she just disguising herself well?

Just then, he heard a slight sound of footsteps outside the tent. He opened his eyes suddenly, held his breath, and listened carefully to the movement outside.

The footsteps got closer and closer, and finally stopped outside his tent.

Who is it? Is it the bearded captain? Or... Chuntao?

Zhang Ling's heart was in his throat...

"If you hit it," Zhang Ling paused, a cruel smile appeared on his lips, "I will treat you to meat, every meal will have meat!"

Xu Erniu's eyes lit up and his mouth almost watered: "Captain, you said this, I will remember it."

"Stop talking nonsense and hurry up!"

Xu Erniu did not dare to delay any longer. He quickly adjusted the angle of the mortar and lit the fuse.

"boom!"

The first shell pierced the sky with a whistling sound and landed accurately on the hillside.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the second shell followed and exploded at almost the same location.

After the violent explosion, two huge balls of fire and thick smoke rose up from the hillside.

Zhang Ling quickly picked up the telescope and observed, only to see that the Japanese soldiers who had originally gathered halfway up the hillside were now in chaos, with heavy casualties.

"Retreat!" Zhang Ling gave the order to retreat without any hesitation.

Xu Erniu, Li Dazhuang and others also understood that they could not give the Japanese time to react, so they quickly picked up the mortars and followed Zhang Ling into the night.

In Nobutsu Sakata's headquarters, Nobutsu Sakata and his adjutant, who were celebrating their victory, were startled by the sudden explosion.

"What's going on?" Nobutsu Sakata's face changed drastically. He rushed out of the command center and raised his telescope to look towards the hillside.

I saw flames rising into the sky and thick smoke billowing on the hillside, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers and the wailing sounds were everywhere.

"Baga! What's going on? Where did the shells come from?" Sakata Nobutsu roared angrily.

The adjutant was also confused: "Report to the colonel, I don't know, we didn't find any artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army."

Nobutsu Sakata's face turned pale as he realized that he might have fallen into a trap set by the Eighth Route Army.

"Send someone to find out what's going on immediately!"

"Also, order the troops to immediately enter combat mode to prevent a surprise attack by the Eighth Route Army!"

Although Nobutsu Sakata was angry, he did not lose his mind. He knew that the most important thing now was to keep his footing and find out the situation.

However, at this moment, a deafening explosion suddenly came from the distance.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The explosions continued, as if the whole valley was shaking.

Nobutsu Sakata raised the telescope again and his face turned pale instantly.

He saw that the reserve troops he had previously deployed halfway up the mountain were now under heavy artillery fire.

Explosions rang out one after another, flames shot up into the sky, and the entire hillside turned into a sea of ​​fire.

"Baga! What...what's going on?" Sakata Nobutsu was completely dumbfounded. He had no idea where the Eighth Route Army got so many artillery shells from?

The adjutant was also terrified and stammered, "Colonel, we...we are surrounded!"

Only then did Nobutsu Sakata realize that he had made a fatal mistake. He had taken the enemy too lightly and underestimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army.

He originally thought that the 772nd Regiment was already trapped, but he didn't expect that he was the real turtle in the jar.

"Break out immediately! Break out!" Sakata Nobutsu yelled hysterically.

However, it was too late.

The 772nd Regiment had long anticipated that the Sakata Regiment would break out and had set up ambushes at various intersections in advance.

As soon as the Japanese rushed out of their positions, they were hit by fierce fire from the 772nd Regiment.

Machine guns fired, grenades exploded, and shouts of killing shook the sky.

The Japs were caught off guard and suffered heavy casualties.

Nobutsu Sakata led the remaining Japanese soldiers and tried desperately to break out, but was beaten back again and again by the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment.

He watched his soldiers fall one by one, his heart filled with despair and fear.

He just couldn't understand why his mighty Sakata Regiment was defeated by the poorly equipped Eighth Route Army.

Is this destiny?

Just when Sakata Nobutsu was in despair, he suddenly saw a familiar figure standing on a huge rock not far away, looking at him coldly.

That's Zhang Ling!

Sakata Nobutsu was immediately enraged. He drew out his command knife, pointed it at Zhang Ling, and roared, "Eighth Route Army, prepare to die!"

He rushed towards Zhang Ling like a madman, wanting to die with him.

However, Zhang Ling just sneered, raised the pistol in his hand, and fired several shots at Sakata Nobutsu.

"Bang bang bang!"

Nobutsu Sakata fell to the ground, and his blood dyed the ground red.

A famous general fell in this way.

Zhang Ling looked at Sakata Nobutsu lying in a pool of blood without any sympathy in his heart.

This executioner, whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people, finally got the punishment he deserved.

He turned around and shouted to the soldiers of the 772nd Regiment: "Brothers, we won!"

"The Sakata Unit was completely wiped out by us!"

"Long live!"

"Long live!"

The soldiers of the 772nd Regiment cheered and celebrated this hard-won victory.

Zhang Ling walked aside silently, took out a crumpled cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and took a deep puff.

He raised his head and looked at the starry sky, and suddenly an inexplicable feeling of loneliness surged in his heart.

Although he won the battle, he knew that this was only the first step in a long march.

He has a more important task to accomplish, which is to lead the Chinese people to ultimate victory!

At this moment, the system's voice suddenly sounded: "Congratulations host, mission completed: annihilate the Sakata Brigade."

"Rewards: one advanced weapon blueprint and one advanced skill book."

Zhang Ling smiled slightly. It seemed that his good luck had just begun.

However, just as he was about to check the reward, he suddenly felt a severe headache, and then everything in front of him became blurry.

He felt as if he had fallen into a bottomless abyss. It was dark all around him, he could see nothing and hear nothing.

"What's going on?" Zhang Ling's heart was full of confusion and anxiety.

At this moment, an old and mysterious voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "Young man, you are finally here..."

"If we hit it, the Sakata Regiment's headquarters will be blown up into the sky, and then our 772nd Regiment will be able to avenge our previous defeat!" Zhang Ling's tone was filled with excitement, as if the horn of victory had already sounded.

Xu Erniu scratched his head, still a little confused: "Battalion Commander, I still don't understand. The enemy's headquarters is on the top of the mountain. Why are we fighting halfway up the mountain?"

"You know nothing!" Li Dazhuang slapped Xu Erniu on the back of his head. "The battalion commander is trying to make a feint to the east and attack in the west, and to attack Wei to save Zhao! You are not well educated, so don't ask nonsense questions!"

Zhang Ling glared at Li Dazhuang in anger and said, "You are just a flatterer! Explain it to Erniu, so that he won't be able to aim wrong when the time comes!"

Li Dazhuang chuckled, cleared his throat, and explained in a pretentious manner: "Erniu, think about it, this hillside is bare, there is nothing there. When we fired two shells at it, the Japanese will definitely think that we are just trying to find a way out. Their headquarters is on the top of the mountain, they will definitely not think that our target is actually them!"

"By the time they realize what's happening, we'll have already run away, and then..." Li Dazhuang lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "The battalion commander must have a backup plan!"

Xu Erniu suddenly realized: "Oh! I understand! The battalion commander is playing a big game!"

Zhang Ling held his forehead helplessly. These two funny guys were more unreliable than the other.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and get ready!" Zhang Ling urged.

Xu Erniu adjusted the angle of the mortar, took a deep breath, held his breath, and aimed at the target halfway up the hill.

"boom!"

The first shell whizzed out and landed accurately halfway up the hill.

"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the second shell followed and hit the same location again.

After two loud noises, dust and gravel flew everywhere on the hillside.

"Retreat!" Zhang Ling gave an order and the three of them quickly evacuated the position.

Just as Zhang Ling expected, in the Sakata Regiment's headquarters, Sakata Nobutsu and his adjutant were startled by the sudden artillery fire.

"Baga! What's going on?" Sakata Nobutsu roared.

The adjutant quickly ran to the window to observe the situation, only to see thick smoke billowing from the hillside, but no sign of any Eighth Route Army soldiers.

"Report to the colonel, the Eighth Route Army bombarded the hillside, but did not launch an attack!"

Nobutsu Sakata frowned, puzzled.

"Could it be that they don't have enough shells, so they can only harass?"

The adjutant shook his head: "Impossible, judging from the previous battle situation, the Eighth Route Army should still have sufficient artillery reserves."

"So what exactly do they want to do?" Nobutsu Sakata paced back and forth, feeling vaguely uneasy.

Just then, a communications soldier ran in in a panic.

"Report to the colonel! It's bad! There's a landslide!"

"What?" Sakata Nobutsu and his adjutant's faces changed drastically.

Before they could react, they heard a loud earth-shaking noise and the entire command center began to shake violently.

It turned out that the geological structure of the hillside where Zhang Ling chose to bombard was not stable. The continuous bombardment of two shells triggered a large-scale landslide.

A large amount of soil and rocks poured down from the mountain, burying the Sakata Regiment's headquarters.

Nobutsu Sakata, his adjutant, and all the Japanese soldiers in the headquarters were buried alive in this sudden disaster.

Zhang Ling brought Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang back to the position of the 772nd Regiment. He looked at the Sakata Brigade Command that was buried by a landslide from afar, with a victorious smile on his face.

"Captain, you are amazing!" Xu Erniu said excitedly, "How did you know that there would be a landslide halfway up the hill?"

Zhang Ling smiled mysteriously: "The secret cannot be revealed."

In fact, Zhang Ling had read a geological survey report on the area before crossing, and he knew that the geological structure of this hillside was unstable and prone to landslides.

However, he never found the right opportunity to take advantage of it.

This time, the Sakata United took the initiative to come to him and gave him a great opportunity.

Zhang Ling used two artillery shells to successfully trigger a landslide, destroying the Sakata Brigade Command.

The soldiers of the 772nd Regiment cheered and celebrated this hard-won victory.

Zhang Ling stood on the high ground, looking into the distance, his heart full of lofty ambitions.

He knew this was just the beginning.

His road to revenge has just begun...

At the same time, in faraway Nanjing, a man in black military uniform was standing at the window, looking towards the north.

His eyes were deep and cold, as if they could penetrate thousands of mountains and rivers.

"Zhang Ling..." The man muttered the name in a low voice, with a strange smile on his face, "The game has just begun..."