Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 318: Sword 21

A Japanese soldier from a squad guarding the gate was shot by several arrows and fell to the ground. He was still conscious and struggled to grab the gun to report the news.

"Quick, one group will finish off the enemy, and another group will control the city gate. Open the gate when you hear the signal from the city wall. The rest of you should prepare grenades. As soon as the city gate is opened, blow up the heavy firepower positions within 50 meters!" Captain Li Yong of the second squad made the arrangements while pulling out his bayonet and finishing off the enemy's corpses.

Four soldiers put down their machine gun bullets and grenades, and came behind the city gate to lift the bolt. Except for those who were on guard and those who were finishing off the enemy, everyone else put down their machine guns, held their grenades, and stood in line, waiting for the city gate to open and throwing them out one by one.

On the city wall, Yamamoto Ikki was still babbleing a lot of useless nonsense, while Lieutenant Xiaolu was holding Yang Xiuqin hostage and waiting for the final moment to arrive.

Zhang Dabiao saw that the Japanese soldier Yamamoto was standing so far away with his whole body exposed, so he took a Type 38 rifle from a soldier from the Second Battalion and shot him.

Yamamoto took a small step back after being hit by a bullet. Yu Xian walked towards the three of them without saying a word. The crisp sound of military boots stepping on blue bricks came from the silent battlefield, attracting the attention of Yamamoto and Xiaolu.

The two men saw a lieutenant walking towards them with his hands behind his back and without saying a word, and they couldn't help but frown. Yamamoto felt that it was a bad mood and immediately scolded the lieutenant.

"Baka, Lieutenant, why don't you take your men with you to join the battle? The way you walk is not what an Imperial Army officer should be!" (Japanese)

Yu Xian ignored him and continued to walk over slowly. Yamamoto Ikki didn't expect that this man would not listen to him. When he wanted to curse him again, his pupils suddenly shrank. He remembered the Eighth Route Army troops that passed through the guard checkpoint during the great breakout.

Yamamoto Ikki had been looking for the trace of that troop, but the intelligence he obtained from the secret agency could not find any clues. In the end, he could only attribute the mysterious disappearance of this troop to an accidental command by a grassroots officer of the Eighth Route Army, rather than an act with special operations awareness.

There were no similar military operations afterwards. It is very likely that the officer who led the breakout operation had died in a subsequent battle, and no one in the Eighth Route Army had such a vague awareness to develop special operations.

But today, Yamamoto Ikki discovered that he was extremely wrong. The commander was still alive, and the troops he led out had grown to a level far exceeding his own Yamamoto Special Forces.

"It's you!" (Japanese)

Following Yamamoto Ikki's words, Yu Xian said "sister-in-law" and fell down while letting go of his hands which had been behind his back. The bayonet in his left hand stabbed into Xiaolu's neck from the side and went straight through. He instantly lost all his strength, let go of Yang Xiuqin and fell backwards.

When Yang Xiuqin saw Xiaolu fall down after being stabbed, she didn't care about anything else and fell to the ground as well.

Yamamoto Ikki had no gun on him, only a deputy officer's sword. He did not expect Yu Xian to be so ruthless and decisive. He quickly drew out his command sword and wanted to chop him, but Yu Xian kicked him and broke his arm. Not only was he unable to draw his sword, he also fell on the parapet.

The Japanese soldiers on the city wall, whether they were special forces members or military police, were all concentrating on the battlefield. In such a short time, they had not noticed what was happening here.

Yu Xian took this opportunity to chase him and kicked him to the ground, then grabbed his hands and handcuffed him behind his back to restrain him.

The soldiers who followed quickly came over to protect Yu Xian and Yang Xiuqin, and the rest directly attacked the unsuspecting Yamamoto special forces and military police. For a while, there was a burst of gunfire on the city wall.

"Captain, why did the Japanese start fighting on their own?" Wei Dayong was dumbfounded when he saw the sudden change on the city wall.

"That's the first battalion's special forces company! Comrades, charge!" Zhang Dabiao slapped his forehead and jumped up, pulling the trigger on the Czech light machine gun in his hand and firing directly at the firing position at the city gate.

The soldiers could no longer hold back their anger, and upon hearing Zhang Dabiao's voice, they immediately ran out of their bunkers and rushed forward. At this time, the city gate opened, and the soldiers of the special forces company wearing Japanese military uniforms rushed out and blew up all the nearby machine gun firing positions with grenades.

The defenders of the city gate were quickly wiped out when they were attacked from both sides. When the soldiers of the independent regiment entered the city, the Japanese on the city wall were also wiped out by the special forces battalion. They were cleaning up the bodies and dragged the bodies of the Japanese from Yamamoto's special forces aside.

Yamamoto Ikki was now tied up tightly, with something smelly stuffed in his mouth and tied with a cloth strip, so he couldn't vomit it out. Two soldiers pressed him against the parapet and stripped him down to his shorts.

"Xiuqin." When Li Yunlong came up, he saw that his wife had recovered. He held her shoulders to see if she was okay.

"Captain Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army, we are at war now and no romance is allowed!" Yang Xiuqin became anxious when she heard the sound of gunfire in other places.

"You're right, I'll reflect on it. Zhang Dabiao, immediately support the battles at the other three city gates and eliminate all the Japanese and puppet troops inside and outside the city within an hour!" Li Yunlong immediately stood at attention and began to deploy the next stage of the war.

"The First Battalion Special Agent Company took me to the Japanese military police headquarters!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he walked down the tower first and headed for the Military Police Headquarters. The soldiers of the Special Agent Company followed behind with Yamamoto Ikki. Yang Xiuqin did not follow the Special Agent Company to the Military Police Headquarters. Yu Xian had previously intended to arrange for her to go to Xieji Rice Shop to avoid the attack, but she did not agree and directly picked up a rifle and some bullets and followed Zhang Dabiao to support the battles at other city gates.

Looking at the helmeted figure following Zhang Dabiao, Yu Xian breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Xiuqin was still alive, so if Li Yunlong cheated in the future, she would probably turn a blind eye.

"Damn it, this devil really knows how to enjoy himself."

As soon as he entered the gendarmerie headquarters, Li Yunlong sighed as he looked at the cooks, servants, and the Japanese families who were driven into the yard by the soldiers of the special forces company.

The secret service soldiers in the yard were all feeling awkward. Zhang Dabiao was not there, so there was no one to act as his supporting actor.

"Bring that bastard Yamamoto up here!" Li Yunlong looked around and felt annoyed and decided to settle the score first.

Seeing Yamamoto Ikki, who was tied up, being brought in front of him, Li Yunlong's eyes turned red and he pulled out his pistol and loaded it, but he didn't want to be hugged by Wei Dayong.

"Captain, you must not make any mistakes at this time!" It was Yu Xian who spoke. Seeing Li Yunlong like this, he felt that he was getting excited and quickly signaled Wei Dayong to control the man.

"Monk, let me go. Yu Xian, are you still a man? This bastard is wasting food while alive. How can I explain to the elders and villagers of Zhaojiayu if I don't shoot him? How can I explain to the soldiers of the independent regiment who sacrificed their lives?"

Li Yunlong's pistol had been taken away by Yu Xian, and he could only struggle and curse.

"Commander, I always remember that it was this beast who killed hundreds of soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the people of Zhaojiayu. But isn't it too easy for you to kill him with one shot? I know what you are worried about. Such a brutal militarist with numerous crimes will not survive!" Yu Xian pointed out Li Yunlong's concerns.

Li Yunlong seemed furious on the surface, but he was actually very clear-headed. He was worried that after he handed Yamamoto Ikki over, he would be taken away by the anti-war alliance for reformation.

In fact, the Anti-War Alliance is not a garbage dump where all kinds of garbage can be dumped. People who have committed numerous crimes and are die-hard militarists will never enter the Anti-War Alliance's field of vision.

Li Yunlong stopped struggling after hearing this. He looked at Yamamoto Ikki who was still unruly in front of him. The ferocity and shrewdness in this devil's eyes did not diminish in the slightest because of his current situation.

"You don't look like a battalion commander!"

Wei Dayong saw that Li Yunlong was no longer crazy and quickly let him go. After all this commotion, Xing Zhiguo came in with a few people.

"Old Li, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Chen Jichang, Secretary of the Ping'an County Party Committee, and Comrade Liu Xiyu, Mayor of Ping'an County. They are here to take over Ping'an County under the orders of the headquarters and the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee. In addition, the Independent Regiment suffered heavy casualties in the battle in Ping'an County. The headquarters, the 129th Division and the 386th Brigade have decided that the 771st Regiment will move in, and the Independent Regiment will withdraw to its original defense zone before four o'clock to rest and regroup." Xing Zhiguo explained everything in one breath without waiting for anyone to speak.

Li Yunlong was uncomfortable when he heard this, and quickly turned his head to look at Yu Xian. How could Yu Xian not know what Li Yunlong was thinking? This time when attacking Ping'an County, the weapons and equipment of a Japanese infantry battalion, as well as the guns, ammunition, artillery and other military supplies in the ammunition depot, should all belong to the independent regiment, and the garrison troops should not be allowed to take advantage.

When Li Yunlong was running towards the gendarmerie headquarters, these remaining people had already sent someone to remind Zhang Dabiao. There were no guns or ammunition in the warehouse now. It was considered generous of Zhang Dabiao and the soldiers that they did not remove the door panels and take them away.