Vanguards of the War of Resistance! Let's travel back in time together, classmates!

Chapter 71 A Fury for a Beauty

When the people of Songjia Village saw that the Japanese had stopped their attack, they were very puzzled, wondering what kind of trick the Japanese were up to.

It wasn't until 20 minutes later, when they saw the Japanese soldiers retreating down the hillside and gunfire erupting from the east, that they realized reinforcements had arrived.

Zhao Peng roared, ordering Qiao Lei to lead his men to guard the mountain stronghold, while Min Wenqian and his two brothers led the remaining brothers down the hillside to join the reinforcements.

"Commander..." Min Wenqian shouted as he saw Shangguan Yun rushing over from afar, "It's so good that you're alright! The Japanese attack was extremely fierce just now. Miss Song was seriously injured while assisting in the defense, and she coughed up blood twice. Her life was in danger, and she's currently being treated in the medical room..."

"Waaah... Thank goodness you arrived in time... The Japanese just withdrew... Should we pursue them or not?" Everyone looked at Shangguan Yun.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yun was struck dumb. "No wonder I felt a sudden pang of fear just now. It turns out something happened to Xiaoyun. You little devils... I'll fuck your grandma! I'll never forgive you..."

Among the mountain stronghold, Shangguan Yun cared most about Song Xiaoyun and Zhu Yanping. This time, Song Xiaoyun's matter drove him completely mad. His eyes turned bloodshot, his hair stood on end, and he roared:

"Zhang Zhenfei, Brother Min, you two lead a company and a heavy machine gun platoon to chase the Japanese. Liu Yong, follow behind. I'll be there soon..."

As he spoke, he told the rest of the people to wait there. Shangguan Yun turned around and used the "Lingbo Weibu" technique. "Whoosh whoosh... Swish whoosh..." Several afterimages flashed by, and Shangguan Yun had disappeared without a trace.

One minute later, Shangguan Yun arrived at the medical room and saw everyone and Song Xiaoyun lying on the bed. At this time, Song Xiaoyun's face was pale and bloodless, her eyes were closed, her brows were furrowed, and there was a trace of blood left at the corner of her mouth. It seemed that even in her unconscious state, she was still thinking about Shangguan Yun's safety.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Yun was overcome with grief. She quickly walked to the bedside, and everyone stepped aside. Zhu Yanping told everyone to wait outside. Shangguan Yun took Song Xiaoyun's cold little hand, opened the system, and performed a full scan. Her brows relaxed slightly.

Zhu Yanping asked, "How is Xiaoyun? Is she alright...?"

"Well, thankfully it's nothing serious..." He said, casting a healing spell on Song Xiaoyun and then crushing a Qi Pill and putting it into her mouth before standing up.

"Sister, take good care of Xiaoyun and don't let anyone disturb her. She should wake up in about two hours... I have some things to take care of. I'll be back soon..." With that, she turned and left, running down the mountain.

Zhu Yanping clenched his fists, stood there for a long time, and said softly, "Little brother... you must not be hurt..."

Meanwhile, at the South Gate, the battle had reached its climax. The Japanese army pressed forward with all its might, attempting to break through the defenses in one fell swoop. However, this time, they were disappointed once again.

The powerful firepower of the Second Company and the four 70mm mortars of the artillery platoon made them feel very frustrated, and the situation once again fell into a stalemate.

At this time, the new recruits, led by Tang Jian, had secretly circled around from the cliffside walkway on the east side to the vicinity of the mountain stream on the south side of the valley.

The recruits' faces were filled with a variety of expressions, mostly excitement. Looking at their new weapons, they were all in high spirits, their gloom completely gone.

There was no other reason than that they were among those eliminated during the previous reorganization. Several platoons were filled, but they were not selected, which inexplicably instilled a sense of inferiority in them. They always felt that they were inferior to others and could not hold their heads high.

Upon hearing that the commander had entrusted the recruit company with important responsibilities and had issued them all new weapons, the recruits were overjoyed, as if they had found their mother.

Tang Jian was radiant and full of energy. He was a deputy company commander in the National Revolutionary Army, but he had become a bandit platoon leader instead of a bandit. This made him very depressed.

However, there was no other way. As an outsider who had just arrived, Shangguan Yun dared not entrust him with too much responsibility, otherwise, it would be difficult to gain the respect of the people.

This secret mission was a revelation to him; he finally saw an opportunity to showcase his abilities, so he was incredibly excited upon hearing the news.

This time he led about 110 men, armed with 30 Thompson submachine guns, two German MG42 general-purpose machine guns, 10 Springfield sniper rifles, and 60 Garand semi-automatic rifles.

Recently, under his training, the recruits have become more courageous and have initially acquired combat capabilities. With the addition of these new equipment, he is very confident that he can win this battle.

He knew that the firepower of his weapons was comparable to that of a Japanese battalion. This was a contingency plan that Shangguan Yun had spared no expense on, costing him seventy or eighty merit points.

In the blink of an eye, we saw the Japanese sentry post set up at the mouth of the mountain stream, consisting of about twenty people, including a Japanese squad and a dozen or so puppet troops.

Tang Jian ordered 10 snipers to find their positions and lie in ambush, and sent 10 Thompson submachine guns to provide support in front, without using any heavy machine guns.

A few sniper shots rang out, and Thompson charged forward, breaking through the Japanese blockade in just three minutes. The Japanese were completely annihilated, and a small number of puppet troops were captured. It was a brilliant battle, and everyone seemed to have found their rhythm.

Ten minutes later, Tang Jian's recruit company had arrived at their designated location and lay in ambush in the woods less than 1 kilometer from the Japanese troops. They were ready to attack and surround the enemy as soon as they heard the artillery signal...

At this time, Shangguan Yun had led the remaining troops to catch up with Min Wenqian and others. Meanwhile, Min Wenqian and his thousand men, who were the first to pursue the enemy, were engaged in a fierce battle with the Japanese. This was because Li Dechao's assault team, which had arrived earlier, had set up an ambush here.

The assault team had thirty men left, but they were equipped with very advanced weapons, including about ten submachine guns and the rest of the team had Garand rifles. They had strong firepower and temporarily held off more than two hundred Japanese and puppet troops. After Min Wenqian's men arrived, the Japanese were in an even more precarious situation.

The Japanese soldier Sasaki was completely bewildered by the series of events. He had set up the bait to surround Shangguan Yun and attack Song Family Village, but in the blink of an eye, he was being chased and intercepted by the people of Song Family Village, becoming like a headless fly. He was furious.

"Baka... kill the chickens... attack... the army..." He spouted nonsense and fired shots indiscriminately.

However, he soon realized that if things continued like this, he would definitely be surrounded and annihilated. If he wanted a chance to survive, he had to break through the blockade ahead and retreat to Wulongkou, where there were pillboxes and fortifications to resist. So the old Japanese devil was still very shrewd.

Sasaki immediately ordered his men to request reinforcements from the Haicheng Brigade headquarters, which was only a dozen kilometers away from Wulongkou. As long as reinforcements arrived, there would be a chance.

He then ordered concentrated firepower to be directed at the weak points in the northwest, since the assault team had come from the northeast and the northwest was clearly poorly defended.

After a fierce barrage of artillery fire, the Japanese troops, having lost a third of their forces, finally managed to break through and flee in disarray to the northwest.