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

"Reporting to the Battalion Commander"

"Of the 121 expected personnel, 41 were injured; 15 are present."

"Thank you for your hard work, let's gather again."

Leyou led 14 soldiers to join the other two combat companies, totaling more than 300 people.

"Soldiers, now we must launch a multi-pronged counter-offensive, with the help of the villagers' self-defense forces."

With the assistance of the People's Party forces, the Japanese are now also beginning to rotate their troops, leaving some areas with weak defenses.

"The entire battalion is now ordered to proceed to the hill to intercept the Japanese troops coming towards the hill, thus mitigating the potential consequences for the other regiments."

"Inspect equipment"

"All troops, proceed at full speed!"

"Set off"

Leyou hurriedly called the remaining team members to follow the Second Company and hurried south.

"Rumble"

"Click"

Spring thunder rumbled continuously in the sky, and purple lightning flashed intermittently.

And the raindrops, as big as beans, fell relentlessly as if they were free.

"Crackling"

"Crackling"

Leyou felt a headache coming on from the chaotic sound of raindrops hitting his helmet.

The cloth shoes quickly blended into the muddy road, and the khaki military uniform I had just put on also changed color.

Thinking of the blue-green military uniform in the space, I felt a sense of relief; at least I wouldn't have to wear wet clothes all the time.

But when he saw the little leather boots of the regimental commander in front, he was immediately envious. He was not of a high enough rank, and besides, hundreds of soldiers were still wearing straw sandals.

Lost in thought, the troops finally arrived at the designated location, and the regimental commander kept looking around with binoculars.

"There are two hillsides 500 meters ahead. All troops, first and second battalions, each take up an ambush position at one. Third battalion, move to your current position. Artillery, prepare. Medics, prepare."

"receive"

The three battalion commanders saluted in response.

The first and second battalion commanders ran back to their units and headed towards the hillside ahead. Leyou and his team followed the second battalion commander.

"Company commander, do you think we can make it home alive?"

"Big Silly Brother, what are you saying? We'll definitely get home safely!"

"Company commander, if I don't make it back, could you go home and see my mother for me?"

"Don't worry, with so many of us, how could we not win? We'll definitely make it home. Don't overthink it. A real man should be brave!"

The teammate lying next to Leyou stopped talking, just gripped the rifle butt tightly and stared intently at the path down the slope.

"Creak, creak, creak"

"Creak, creak, creak"

"drop"

"drop"

Due to the heavy rain, Leyou could only see the blurry outlines of a few cars ahead and their yellowish headlights.

Beyond that, there were only scattered headlights, probably belonging to Lu Wang; the Japanese soldiers behind him were completely invisible...

Looking at the Japanese troops, which he estimated were already halfway through, Leyou gripped his Springfield tightly, waiting for the attack signal.

"Boom boom boom"

Just then, the troop transport vehicle that had already exited the ravine was attacked by artillery shells from our side.

"Call me"

"Brothers, kill them!"

The voices of two battalion commanders came from both sides, while the soldiers continued to fire their guns downwards.

Meanwhile, the Japanese soldiers below kept firing up the slope.

Due to the heavy rain, fog rolled in, making visibility poor and making it difficult to see people, let alone aim.

"Battalion Commander, let's throw a grenade or a hand grenade. We have to try, otherwise it's too dangerous!"

The battalion commander's face darkened for a moment before he nodded in agreement. Leyou quickly pulled out a grenade, pulled the trigger, and threw it down, but the effect wasn't very good.

There were more than a dozen missing items in the vicinity, but only five or six rang.

"Da da da"

"Da da da"

"Gibberish"

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire and the roars of the Japanese soldiers rang out from ahead.

This marked the official entry of the Third Battalion into battle. Looking at the blurry image of the Japanese soldiers below, Le You gritted his teeth, drew the two samurai swords from his waist, and glanced at the battalion commander beside him.

The battalion commander nodded and pulled out a large dagger from his back. Good heavens, this battalion commander must have had an executioner in his family!

"Brothers, follow me and kill them!"

The battalion commander raised his broadsword, shouted, and rushed down the hillside, with Leyou following behind, wielding two swords.

The sound of a battalion commander charging could be heard from the opposite hillside. The two groups of men would arrive at the battlefield in 5 seconds!

When they reached the path, Leyou could only vaguely hear the battalion commander's shouts of battle.

When I ran over, I saw that dozens of them were my own people, and more than a dozen Japanese soldiers were lying on the ground.

"Split up and attack from both sides, but watch out for your own people."

After the battalion commander finished speaking, he ran eastward with his knife, while Leyou followed a dozen or so people and ran westward.

I don't know why there are so few Japanese soldiers. Every time we meet, there are only one or two of them, and they are quickly wiped out by about twenty soldiers.

Gradually, everyone fought their way out of the fog.

"Da da da"

"Da da da"

Suddenly, Leyou saw the soldiers around him falling one after another, while several rows of Japanese soldiers stood in the distance, with several machine guns set up in the front row.

"Withdraw"

"Retreat immediately!"

There's an ambush outside.

Leyou kept running and shouting towards the east.

Meanwhile, the Japanese soldiers, with machine guns at the front and Arisaka rifles in hand, marched in formation into the fog.

"Run! Run forward! The Japanese are firing machine guns from behind!"

Leyou kept shouting, but the soldiers around him collapsed and didn't move after running a few steps.

Hearing that the gunfire ahead had stopped, Leyou quickly ran forward and soon encountered the battalion commander of the Third Battalion.

"Quickly, retreat to the slope to support the brothers! The Japanese machine gun platoon behind us has suffered heavy casualties!"

"I'll go report to the regimental commander."

Without saying a word, Leyou ran headlong to the group leader, panting heavily, and reached him.

"Sir, a thick fog has suddenly appeared in the valley ahead. Several Japanese machine guns are firing in a line, and we can vaguely see infantry guns. That's at least a company. The brothers have suffered heavy losses!"

"I see it, let's wait a little longer."

The commander continued to look towards the valley through the binoculars, his white gloves clenched tightly in his fists.

Time ticked by, and everyone was drenched in sweat.

Leyou looked nervously at the leader, then turned to look towards the valley. He gritted his teeth, gripped his twin swords, and ran towards the valley again.

Before they had run more than a few steps, they heard the battalion commander shout, "Release!"

The valley in front of them was suddenly engulfed in gunfire, with black smoke billowing up and mingling with the white mist like a black and white miasma.

"idiot"

"Gibberish"

The angry curses and screams of the Japanese soldiers echoed continuously through the valley.

Leyou glanced at the soldiers on the outskirts of the valley, then hurried over.

The three battalion commanders were seen weeping bitterly, and apart from the soldiers of the third battalion, only a little over 400 of the more than 800 soldiers from the six companies of the second battalion managed to escape. Few of the team members who had come with them were also seen.

Leyou angrily stared at the valley where the explosions had ceased, gripped his twin swords tightly, and ran towards the valley.

The soldiers nearby saw Leyou grab his knife and run in, and more and more soldiers followed him into the valley.

Before I had gone 10 meters, all I could see were rows of fallen soldiers, with a few scattered Japanese soldiers among them.

Tears of blood involuntarily streamed from Leyou's bloodshot eyes.

"Why!"

"Just these short ten meters, if we get past them, there's hope, there's a way to survive."

"why"

Leyou angrily continued walking inside.

There were black pits everywhere, emitting black smoke, and there were severed limbs and a large number of Japanese soldiers' corpses on the edge of the pits.

Leyou ran over and started wildly slashing with his twin swords.

It's such a pity I didn't learn swordsmanship from Zhen Guanxi. Otherwise, I would definitely have carried it forward!

"Gibberish"

"idiot"

A few faint voices reached Leyou's ears, and his head rang as if it had been blown up.

Leyou hurriedly looked around and ran towards the direction of the voices.

There were a dozen or so Japanese soldiers lying motionless on the ground, but they kept talking.

"Heh heh, you have a path to heaven but choose not to take it, you have no way to hell but choose to come here."

"Heaven is truly helping the Daoist!"

Leyou gripped his twin swords and sprinted forward, leaping into the air with a powerful stomp. He then thrust his swords downwards at the loudest Japanese soldier standing nearby.

Normally, we stick three incense sticks into the burner to pay respects to our ancestors; now, we plunge two knives into their skulls to pay respects to the fallen heroes!

Drawing his twin swords, Leyou swiftly slashed at the surviving Japanese soldiers nearby.

One cut, two cuts, three cuts, four cuts

Five cuts, six cuts, seven cuts, eight cuts.

Scraping away the enemy's flesh with each stroke,

I only regret that I never learned the art of slow slicing!

The soldiers who followed behind saw Le You's condition, and some of the younger ones had already vomited.

The two older men rushed forward and hugged Leyou, repeatedly turning back to nod to the other soldiers.

"Sir, calm down. We've discovered that many soldiers have only been shot but haven't been killed yet."

The most important thing now is to treat them quickly; leave the killing of the Japanese to us.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers behind rushed forward and dispatched the Japanese soldiers to their deaths with a few slashes.

Hearing what the soldiers were saying, Leyou, who was being held by the soldiers, suddenly lost all strength and collapsed to the ground, bursting into tears.

"Blame me, it's all my fault."

"If I hadn't rushed out and had kept shouting, they wouldn't have done that."

Of the two soldiers beside him, the older one raised his hand and slapped Le You across the face with a large nose ring.

Are you awake?

"If you're still not awake, I'll give you another one to wake you up."

After saying that, he grabbed Leyou by the collar and started whipping Dabipig repeatedly.

The soldier standing nearby watched everything, hesitated to speak, and finally let out a deep sigh.

"I've heard you fought bravely in Yunnan, and the Japanese called you a devil. But now I see you're nothing special."

"In war, people always die. Didn't many of you die on your expeditions?"

For the country and the people. To die a worthy death, that is my belief, and now you are here making a fool of yourself.”

"You can only succeed by taking revenge calmly. Anger will only make you foolish and lead you to make failed moves."

"Child, you are still young. I have heard of your reputation as Meng Chang and what you did in Guangdong and Guangxi."

Now I ask you, is your heart still with your country? Is your blood still boiling? Is your faith still pure?

The old man loosened Leyou's collar, sighed, and said:

"Now that the nation is in peril, and our land is shattered and scattered like drifting catkins, true men should strive to be strong and devise strategies to eliminate the enemy."

Instead of lashing out like a shrew, you'd better watch yourself.

He then turned and went inside, with the soldiers beside him following him.

Leyou, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly regained his senses after his reddened eyes. He immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and cried out:

"Thank you for your guidance, elder. It was like a wake-up call; I will never forget this kindness."

"As long as I'm still around, please let me know if anything happens!"

The old man, who had walked away, waved his hand.

Leyou stared blankly at the old man's back, trembling as he got up and walked into the valley, checking on the soldiers' condition as he went.

……