He Daqing, do you know how I've lived these past years?

The next morning, Leyou had just gotten up when he was notified by soldiers to gather his team members to an open space about a mile to the east.

……

"Thank you, fellow villagers."

The division commander, along with Leyou and several platoon leaders, nodded and bowed to thank the large group of villagers who had helped transport weapons and food.

It turns out that when attacking the Japanese stronghold, our side didn't have enough weapons. Besides airdrops, many weapons were carried by villagers along mountain paths.

No matter how far or how difficult the journey, the food can be delivered accurately to its destination.

Everyone is very grateful for the villagers' contributions.

Next, several platoons began to transport weapons and food to various divisions and replenish ammunition for artillery and other units.

"Have you heard? Last month, in July, after the Battle of Hengyang began, they couldn't hold out. Although they inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese, they ultimately lost it. You could say that the Changsha-Hengyang Campaign was also lost."

Leyou listened to the conversation of the officers around her and felt extremely flustered.

After Hunan, the next region is Guangdong. What will happen to Master and the others if we fight our way there?

And those little guys! But we've reached a critical point here; we can't just leave whenever we want!

Especially since he's a soldier, and already a platoon leader.

Leyou suppressed her worries and suppressed her emotions, hoping to ask Uncle Ma when she had the chance.

Wednesday, August 2nd, Sunny

Leyou followed the main group to the front of Tengcong City. The city wall was a full 8 meters high, dating back to the Ming Dynasty. It was made of volcanic rock and was as hard as iron.

There is a large fortress at each of the four corners of the city wall, and a smaller fortress and machine gun emplacements in the middle. What's disgusting is that there are three firing ports at each of these locations.

As the mission was assigned, several units, including Leyou's company, attacked from four directions, but they had to wait for artillery shells and aircraft bombing before they could charge.

"buzzing"

When Leyou looked up, he saw that several planes had already flown in from the sky, and the positions on the hilltops that had just been captured behind him were also being bombarded from multiple directions.

Leyou gripped his submachine gun tightly, sweat dripping down his face, while his teammates behind him, carrying bamboo ladders (which were essentially staircases or cloud ladders), gazed ahead.

"boom"

As the bombing continued, a large fortress and several smaller fortresses fell one after another at each of the four corners.

Instantly, smoke filled the air, and billowing black smoke rose into the sky, like a giant black dragon staring at everyone.

"Come on!"

With shouts, a dense crowd surged towards the four city walls from all sides.

"Da da da"

"Da da da"

Before he even reached the city wall, the Japanese soldiers above opened fire with a hail of bullets, like a rainstorm. Leyou ran with his head down, and all he could see out of the corner of his eye were the soldiers around him falling to the ground one after another.

In ancient times, there were four military merits, brothers. Do you know what they are? They are: first to scale the enemy lines, slaying generals, breaking through enemy lines, and capturing flags!

Today, troops like Leyou are on the first to land!

Soldiers had already set up ladders on the city wall, and the soldiers were scrambling to climb them.

But the soldiers who climbed up kept falling down like leaves.

The open space below the city was filled with the bodies of fallen comrades.

If you can get on the city first, clear a section of the wall, and then open the city gate, you'll win!

Leyou kept encouraging himself silently, took a deep breath, and quickly ran towards the cloud ladder in front of him.

Suddenly, he lunged forward, using one hand to climb the ladder quickly upwards while using the other to fire a submachine gun upwards, dodging hidden guns and knives from the middle of the city wall.

In the blink of an eye, with only two meters left, Leyou exerted a sudden burst of strength, breaking the wooden planks of the ladder with his foot and using the momentum to jump upwards, continuously firing bullets at the enemy on the city wall with his submachine gun.

Just like in the movies, a god of war descends from the sky, with sunlight shining behind him.

Boundless Heavenly Venerable, divine soldiers descend from the heavens!

"what"

Leyou let out a muffled groan.

Damn it! I've been shot in the shoulder again, and another bullet grazed my groin.

"bump"

With a bang, Leyou climbed the city wall, bit his gun belt, pulled out a few grenades, pulled the fuse and threw them into the distance. Then, with a knife in one hand and a gun in the other, he charged at the Japanese soldiers!

"Someone's about to climb the wall!"

"The second platoon leader has scaled the wall! Brothers, charge!"

Then they were met with a barrage of machine gun fire.

Leyou relentlessly reaped the lives of his enemies.

But the Japanese soldiers, undeterred by the prospect of death, surrounded him and fired from both sides.

The soldiers behind couldn't get through at once, so they could only desperately slash at each other in mid-air. Then, the submachine guns temporarily suppressed the enemy, and they retreated using the ladders.

……

"Commander, I just climbed up and found that the bombing by the planes has limited damage to the fortress."

"The grenades I threw didn't even create a crater in the city wall."

"We've also discovered this problem, but troops have already advanced from the east. Go and get treatment and rest; we'll attack again tomorrow."

Leyou walked out of the camp and found that the offensive had stopped, and some soldiers had begun to transport the wounded.

Seeing this, Leyou hurriedly followed to retrieve the bullet, mainly to check the injury to his groin.

On the third day, after intense discussion, an order was given to all artillery positions to bombard the large and small fortresses at the four corners of the city.

They also sent planes to dive down and bombard the city walls at close range with special shells, and then launched an attack after assessing the situation.

Because Leyou had already climbed the mountain, he was going to charge forward again today. The doctor couldn't stop him and used extra bandages to wrap Leyou's shoulder tightly.

"Boom boom boom"

"Boom boom boom"

The planes flew in from a distance, and our side began a dense artillery bombardment.

"God help us, let's blow up those Japanese devils!"

"Die! Die!"

The low growls of the soldiers could be heard from the side.

Leyou stared nervously at the fortress. If they didn't destroy the fortress, no matter how many people they had, it would be useless!

"Haha, look, several of those big fortresses have been blasted down!"

Leyou quickly looked in the direction his teammate was pointing. Sure enough, a large fortress had collapsed.

Before I could even feel happy, another burst of excited shouts rang out.

"Look everyone, the planes have bombed down the city walls!"

"There, there"

"There are several places!"

"Brothers, charge! The time to make our mark has come!"

The first batch of suicide squads immediately ran towards the breach in the city wall, followed by multiple other troops, and a new round of siege began.

Leyou led the replenished men, several dozen in total, and followed the suicide squad to the collapsed wall. They found that many Japanese soldiers were already guarding the area, and immediately picked up their submachine guns and began firing.

Time was of the essence, and they were facing off directly at gunpoint.

However, the Japanese soldiers lay prone on the obstacles and began firing machine guns, causing heavy losses to the comrades who fell one after another.

Seeing this, the soldiers behind kept coming to support them, while the soldiers in front used their bodies to block enemy machine gun bullets and lunged forward to give their teammates behind them a chance to fire.

Facing the enemy's fierce firepower, Leyou and his team leaned against the collapsed wall, panting heavily. Looking at the broken section of the thick city wall, they felt a sense of panic.

It's too thick. If we can't climb up the city wall, we'll have to enter through the collapsed section.

After resting for a while, Leyou and the others used the scattered giant rocks to fight the enemy.

Both sides had reinforcements, and they remained locked in a stalemate. Leyou and his team fought for an entire afternoon.

The gun barrel was extremely hot, and apart from the machine gun and samurai sword in the space, there was no more ammunition or equipment.

Leyou moved to the side and, taking advantage of the wounded soldiers' inattention, brought out a heavy machine gun.

Amidst everyone's shocked gazes, Leyou slowly carried the machine gun toward the breach.

"Scatter quickly! Once I've suppressed the enemy, you can charge!"

After saying that, Leyou peeked out with the heavy machine gun, then immediately began firing.

Using large rocks for cover, they advanced towards the Japanese's makeshift fortifications. In the short span of ten meters, under Leyou's frontal fire suppression,

The Japanese soldiers were swept away and dared not show their faces. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the comrades rushed forward and poured into the collapsed part of the city wall.

Faced with the continuous stream of soldiers, the few enemy reinforcements that came to reinforce were quickly eliminated.

Looking at the last few Japanese soldiers with bayonets who were surrounded, Leyou put down the machine gun, took out his pistol and fired at them one by one. They all had guns, why were they still using knives to kill?

Some soldiers stayed behind to defend against a Japanese attack from the alley.

Some soldiers ran towards the horse path and attacked the fortresses and enemies on the city walls.

Some soldiers then attacked the city gate.

The other soldiers then attacked into the city.

Good guy,

Several teammates were seen carrying flamethrowers and spraying them at the entrance of the fortified bunker.

Immediately, screams of agony from the Japanese soldiers could be heard coming from inside.

Some Japanese soldiers ran out of the fortress to find water to put out the fire, but their comrades gave them another burst of flames!

Watching the fortresses being conquered one after another, Leyou grimaced and sat down on the ground with a thud, his hands trembling uncontrollably.

Meanwhile, more and more teams arrived at the city walls and began clearing out fortresses on other city walls in batches, while some continued to attack into the city.

"Good, good, Leyou, I never imagined that you would have such superhuman strength at such a young age. Well done! After this battle is over, I will recommend you for a commendation!"

"Thank you, sir. But I'd like to ask, where are the Japanese soldiers now that they attacked Hunan? Have they gone to Guangdong?"

"They've already headed to Guangxi. Don't worry, Leyou, we will definitely wipe out all the invaders."

……

At night, Leyou smoked, unable to fall asleep, thinking about his master, the little ones, and Jingxian…

"Report. Platoon Leader Le, we have your transfer order."

"Let me take a look."

Due to the heavy losses suffered at Songshushan, he has been temporarily promoted to company commander and sent to provide support.

Leyou took a deep breath and realized that a long time had passed. So he gathered the team overnight, replenished their equipment and ammunition, and headed towards Pine Tree Mountain.

……

"Company commander, why aren't we following the route on the topographic map?"

"This place feels so eerie."

Le You chuckled at his platoon leader's words. "A true man," he thought, "even though three platoons are splitting up to provide support, what's there to be afraid of with so many men in one platoon?" He then said:

"Isn't this because we're afraid of being ambushed by the enemy? Besides, cutting across from here can reduce the time by a third."

Before he could finish speaking, a foul stench wafted over, and Leyou, whose mouth was still open, felt a wave of nausea rise in his body.

"Ptooey, what smells so bad?"

"Company commander, come quick! There are so many bones here!"

Leyou spat again and walked toward the surrounding soldiers.

All that could be seen were countless piles of white bones, stretching as far as the eye could see, like a white grassland.

"Company commander, let's hurry up and leave. Something feels a bit scary."

Leyou followed the direction the soldier was pointing.

Several huge mud splatters, shaped like tires, appeared, and the trees beside them were broken in half.

"That's exaggerated, way too exaggerated!"

"Go, no!"

"Run! Run!"

Leyou swallowed hard, then, realizing a possibility, shouted out.

Hearing Leyou's panicked voice and seeing the surrounding environment, dozens of people were also frightened and started trembling, so they all ran away.

"Whirring whirring"

Heavy breathing echoed continuously in the woods.

Suddenly, a terrified scream came from the side:

"what"

"Help me! Help me!"

"Platoon leader, save me!"

Hearing the screams, everyone turned around and was so frightened that their legs went weak and they trembled.

A giant snake, as thick as two tires, raised its head and spat out the screaming soldier in one gulp.

"Damn, this thing must be sentient!"

Just then, a soldier's gun misfired. The giant snake lowered its head, looked at the soldier with its lantern-sized eyes, and flicked out its tongue, as long as a mortar shell.

It swooped down, and the soldiers hurriedly ran towards the tree, but the tree was like a matchstick in front of the giant snake, crumbling at the slightest touch.

"Everyone, fire! If we don't kill it today, we'll all die!"

"Everyone take cover behind the trees and shoot. Be careful to avoid enemy fire."

Upon seeing this, Leyou hurriedly shouted and began firing.

"Da da da"

"bang bang bang"

But when the bullets hit the giant snake, it seemed as if there was a layer of iron armor, constantly emitting sparks.

Some of the soldiers were so frightened that they started running away, talking nonsense.

"Fight while retreating, throw a grenade at each enemy unit."

Leyou hurriedly gave the order.

"Boom boom boom"

"Boom boom boom"

Explosions continued to erupt around the giant snake.

Before the smoke cleared, everyone saw a dark shadow flash before their eyes, and the trees in front of them that had been struck immediately fell down.

The giant snake coiled up, its tail swaying constantly.

"Silk"

"Silk"

As the giant snake continued to hiss and scream, Leyou and the others clearly felt that fog was beginning to rise around them.

Although Confucius said he would not speak of strange phenomena, physical prowess, disorder, or spirits, I was truly afraid.

"Listen to me, everyone!"

I covered the rear. We had about 30 men left, divided into two teams. One team ran a distance and then turned back to fire, while the other team fired and started running while throwing grenades.

I just saw that the bullet hit its abdomen and there are still marks.

Now everyone is bending over and running towards the trees.

"Silky silky ...

As the giant snake cried out urgently, the surrounding fog thickened.

"what"

"what"

As two screams rang out, people who had been divided into teams wished they had fewer legs.

However, the speed at which everyone fled could not keep up with the spread of the fog, and soon everything around them was covered in white mist.

"I'm not running away, I'm going to fight it to the death!"

"I wonder if that snake has horns; I think it might be a dragon."

"Bullshit. Your dragon lives on the mountain? I think it's a snake that's become a spirit. Goodness, it's so big!"

……

Knowing that escape was hopeless, the group sat down on the ground and began to talk.

Leyou also ran over in a disheveled state.

Upon seeing this, everyone awkwardly stood up and apologized to Leyou.

Leyou hurriedly waved his hand and shouted:

"Does anyone have a bomb? Bring it over here quickly!"

"Now you all scatter and run downhill, then lie flat on the ground. When you hear an explosion, get up and keep running downhill,"

Upon hearing Leyou's shout, several soldiers quickly untied the explosive packs and handed them to Leyou. They then scattered and ran down 100 meters, lying down by the trees.

As Leyou received the four explosive charges, he suddenly heard a series of cracking sounds behind him as trees snapped.

He hurriedly lit a bomb, threw it behind him, and ran quickly down the mountain.

Upon hearing the explosion, the crowd below quickly got up and ran.

"Mou"

Hearing a sound that resembled both a cow's moo and something else, a man running ahead suddenly stopped and shouted:

"My God, it's a dragon! It's a dragon!"

As soon as the words were spoken, it was as if a vast expanse of clouds on the horizon had suddenly appeared before everyone.

After they dispersed, they found the giant snake staring coldly at them.

The man pointed excitedly at the giant snake and said...

"Look, it has white hair on top."

There are also two bulges on the lower abdomen.

It's about to transform into a dragon!

God!

Its snake tail responded to the man.

"bump"

With a loud crack, the man was instantly torn to pieces.

Two bulges were also visible on the lower part of the giant snake's abdomen.

"You all run! I'll cover your retreat. Don't think too much, survival is the most important thing."

Leyou shouted loudly and lit the explosive charge, throwing it at the giant snake.

"run"

As soon as the words were spoken, everyone buried their heads and ran wildly, with some soldiers even crawling and tumbling down the mountain.

As soon as Leyou heard the trees cracking, he threw a bomb behind him. After throwing all four, he ran away without looking back.

Soon everyone saw the path at the foot of the mountain, and could vaguely see figures in the distance. They immediately sped up, taking three steps for every one step, and even Li San would have to admit defeat.

"Whirring whirring"

When the group ran to the shadowy figures, they discovered that they were actually several wild sheep, standing and jumping around.

When everyone looked back, they found that the mountain they had just seen was gone, but some white mist was still dissipating from the surrounding mountains.

The group exchanged bewildered glances. After resting, Leyou emphasized that this matter must not be revealed, and then led the group to continue their journey according to the map.

……