I used the Mo Dao (a type of long-handled sword) to fight the Japanese.

"Oh my god! The Japanese are using this trick again! They must know about Wangyue Mountain and deliberately went there to launch a surprise attack! We need to go back and rescue them quickly!" Qingquan became more and more convinced that Da Zhao's guess was correct, and he grew anxious.

"Damn it! It's not over yet!" Man Cang also agreed with the analysis of the ultimate move, and after pondering for a while, he made a decision.

"Hu Zi and your battalion will stay and continue to defend Mafang Village. Qingquan, hurry back from the market to reinforce it. Da Zhao, take the brothers from the second battalion and come with me. We'll go through Yuguan Town and cut off the Japanese retreat! This time, we'll launch a pincer attack and finish this job so there won't be any more fighting for a while!"

"Alright! Let's grab our weapons and go!" Da Zhao and Qing Quan said in unison.

……

As they had predicted, Tatsuo Shigeshita had already led his Japanese soldiers to the gates of the city outside Killing Ghost Pass! Six hundred Japanese soldiers, looking fierce and menacing, were gathering a few hundred meters outside Killing Ghost Pass, making their final preparations.

However, the number of tanks was not increased. Takahashi Nobuo spent the whole night searching the entire town of Yuguan but could not find the whereabouts of the six tanks, which made Shishita Tatsuo curse him for half the morning!

With only one tank, the battle became significantly more difficult. The passes at the entrances to Laoyinggou and Yushuzhuang had already been built, and the mountain in the middle was so steep that it was impossible to climb; there was no other route to pass through except through the main gate.

"Reporting to Colonel Lieutenant, according to the scouts, the enemy has no more than fifty men stationed in the watchtowers on both sides. There are more than ten rocket launchers, no more than twenty machine guns, and no artillery! We are currently vulnerable!" the Japanese soldier reported with a look of delight.

"Yosh! Get the artillery positions ready. Begin shelling in ten minutes! Blow down their two arrow towers!" Tatsuo Shigeshita was overjoyed. There were only a few dozen men; even if they hid in the arrow towers, what could they do? Victory would still be theirs if they took this pass!

"Yes, sir!" the soldier replied.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Ten minutes later, the cannon fired just in time, and the arrow tower on the pass collapsed. Through the binoculars, the lowly people scattered in chaos, fleeing for their lives. Those who couldn't escape were crushed under the collapsed buildings, their fates unknown…

Even more encouraging is that the other side didn't launch a counter-attack with artillery fire at all! In other words, there are no artillery pieces here, so they can do whatever they want here!

"Yosh! This is what a lowly Chinese person should be like! Here you go, rabbit!"

After the bombardment, seeing that the arrow tower had collapsed, the dragon man under the branch immediately ordered an attack. The battle entered their most familiar rhythm, and victory was within their grasp!

The Japanese soldiers, guns at the ready, charged forward yelling. This was their most successful engagement since their first encounter with the Mo Dao Regiment. Everyone was eager to settle old scores!

So what if the tanks are lost? They are still the bravest soldiers of the Empire!

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

"Boom boom boom!"

In the blink of an eye, they had closed the distance to within four hundred meters. Various weapons began to roar, and six hundred Japanese soldiers launched a fierce attack on the pass like ants moving house! They were ferocious and menacing, and a dark cloud pressed down on the pass!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Boom boom boom boom!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Just when they thought they wouldn't encounter any decent counterattack, a barrage of arrows rained down from the dilapidated fortress, and the iron filings sprayed from the exploding rockets hit large numbers of Japanese soldiers! The entire battlefield was like a living hell, and the Japanese soldiers transformed into the ugliest demons, howling in agony...

The more enthusiastic they were at the beginning, the more miserable their deaths were in the end! The Japanese soldiers, who never learned their lesson, once again experienced the power of rockets!

"Shields! Use shields to block! Keep charging!" Tatsuo Shigeshita was prepared and had transferred shields made by Kobayashi Kazuhito from the county town overnight to counter the enemy's rain of arrows.

He was overthinking it. If these shields were really useful, Kobayashi Kazuhito wouldn't have had to slink away in defeat and become a prisoner!

The shields blocked the arrows, but the ensuing explosion proved too much for these iron-clad wooden shields to withstand! A significant number of Japanese soldiers were injured by the iron filings ejected from the explosion and rendered incapable of fighting!

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh! Boom boom boom boom!"

"Ta-ta-ta-ta!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The counterattack from the side on the wall intensified, and the pressure shifted to the attacking side as the balance of power shifted.

"Give it to me!"

The team leader finally couldn't withstand the pressure and ordered a retreat; if they continued, they feared they would lose even more men!

The Japanese came quickly and left even faster, retreating to outside the range of their arrow barrage by at least 30%! The number of casualties from this charge was basically the same as yesterday!

"Baka! Where did all these lowly people come from? There were only a few dozen of them, weren't there?" What puzzled Tatsuo Shigeshita the most was where all these people came from. There were only a few dozen of them, and after the bombing just now, there shouldn't be many left. How come nearly a hundred people suddenly appeared?

"They came from the mountains! As we approached, a group of lowly people suddenly sprang out from the mountaintop and launched a counterattack. The rain of arrows was too dense, and the iron filings sprayed out after the explosions were impossible to defend against!" Takahashi Nobuo said, clutching his shoulder.

Failing to recapture the tank left him feeling terrible, and he was determined to regain the dignity he had lost in this attack! However, the men guarding the pass were clearly not pushovers. A round of attacks forced them to retreat in disarray, with his right shoulder splattered and his arm in danger of being lost.

"Baka!..." Tatsuo Shigeshita was filled with regret. He had rushed to order an attack when he saw the enemy showing weakness, even though there was still one tank left. Now, so many Imperial soldiers had been lost!

"Order the artillery to continue the attack! Blow down those two passes!"

It's just a stone wall fortress, isn't it? Just blow it up! Even the mighty Great Wall couldn't stop the empire's iron hooves, so how much trouble can a small pass cause?

"Hi!"

However, after a long time, the sound of cannons did not ring out again, and the whole scene was eerily quiet!

"Report! The artillery position has been attacked by the enemy. All artillerymen have been killed!" The messenger ran over to report, carrying a spear-like arrow in his hand!

"What?..." The dragon man under the branch looked at the long arrow with a puzzled expression. What was this thing? Could this thing destroy the entire artillery position?

The rain of arrows was already fierce enough, so why did another long arrow suddenly appear? What kind of enemies are these? Are these things more powerful than their guns and cannons?

After taking a deep breath and suppressing his doubts and frustration, he began to think carefully.

The enemy is definitely weaker; even if there are still people hiding in the mountains, they are far fewer than those in Mafang Village. Even if they lose their artillery positions, they are still the stronger side, and they still have a tank available. If they fight steadily and surely, victory is assured!