Under One Person: I am the Master of Maoshan

The independent regiment led by Kong Jie was the one that was carrying the civilians to retreat.

His troops were at the very edge of northern Henan, so after receiving the order from the brigade, he evacuated the civilians first, just like the New 1st Regiment. However, he did not expect to come face to face with the Sakata Regiment.

"Captain, the Japanese soldiers are coming. You should quickly lead the soldiers and civilians to retreat. I will stay behind to provide cover."

Kong Jie shook his head after hearing what Li Wenying, the political commissar, said: "No, you lead the team to retreat, and I and the second battalion will stay to provide cover."

Li Wenying's face was full of anxiety: "You are the head of a regiment. The independent regiment can do without a political commissar, but it cannot do without you. We still have many big battles to fight. This time the devils caught us off guard. You must withdraw quickly, otherwise these civilians will die at the hands of the devils."

Kong Jie gritted his teeth and said, "Shen Quan, protect the political commissar. I will come to pick you up as soon as I settle the people. Everyone else, retreat!"

Kong Jie led the soldiers from the other two battalions to protect the civilians and retreat to the mountains.

Li Wenying and Shen Quan launched a blocking operation on the plain. They organized the soldiers of the second battalion and built simple fortifications on a higher terrain not far away.

Shen Quan cursed at the aggressive Japanese soldiers.

"Damn it, Political Commissar, the number of the devils is about two battalions. The only Japanese army with this strength around us is the Sakata Regiment. This is a tough nut to crack."

Li Wenying observed with a telescope: "Yes, we are in a plain. Fortunately, our terrain is higher. Order the troops not to save bullets and stop the enemy at all costs."

"Yes, Commissar."

Shen Quan came to the side of Xizi, the sharpshooter of the second battalion, who was wiping the bullets in his hand and looking at the approaching devils in the distance with narrowed eyes.

"Xizi, have you seen the leader of the Japanese? Are you sure you can kill him?"

Xizi estimated the distance and it was about five hundred meters.

"Captain, move it a little closer and it will go through."

"Okay, show me your skills by shooting."

Xizi loaded the cleaned bullet into the chamber, installed the sight, and aimed at the leading Japanese lieutenant with bated breath.

"boom!"

A bullet shot out from the Type 38 rifle in his hand, and the bullet drew an arc in the air. A bloody hole was opened on the forehead of the leading Japanese soldier, and his eyes were lifeless. The dead body fell to the ground with his face up.

"Boom boom boom, boom boom boom"

Several mortars of the Second Battalion opened fire at the same time, blowing the Japanese to pieces.

"Spread out! Spread out!"

The Japanese soldiers had excellent combat skills and they dispersed immediately. They found shelters to fight back, but there were very few shelters on the plain. In one round of fighting, the Japanese soldiers wiped out two squads.

The Japanese captain in charge of commanding the battle ordered the artillery to fire back.

A squadron of Japanese soldiers began to charge towards the position of the Second Battalion under the cover of artillery fire.

"Open fire! Shoot at me!"

Seeing that the Japanese were within range, Shen Quan ordered the light and heavy machine guns to fire together.

"Da da da, da da da"

Several light and heavy machine guns were positioned high up, firing dense bullets at the Japs like raindrops.

The Japanese soldiers were beaten and screamed for a while, but they still rushed to the second battalion's first defense position. Xizi held a Type 38 rifle and almost every bullet hit a Japanese soldier.

Just as he was aiming at the next Japanese soldier, his comrade next to him pushed him hard.

"Get away!"

The attacking Japanese found Xizi and threw a grenade with a grenade launcher. Fortunately, it only exploded on the sack next to him.

"Your grandma's little devil"

Xizimao shook his dizzy head inside the fortification, spitting out the dust in his mouth, and then crawled to another position in the tunnel.

"boom!"

He pulled the trigger and took out the Japanese soldier who was still trying to reload.

Seeing that the Japanese offensive was not stopping and was about to attack the first line of defense, Shen Quan ordered all the soldiers of the second battalion to use bayonets to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese.

"kill!"

The soldiers of the Second Battalion pushed the Japs back like a tide, and finally only a dozen Japs were left and retreated to their own team.

The Japanese captain at the temporary command center judged from the gunfire of the second battalion that their number was not large, no more than two battalions at most.

So he discussed with the captain of the second battalion that they should conduct a round-robin battle to consume the strength of the second battalion in turn. Five minutes later, two squadrons would be sent to attack together.

Kong Jie was leading the team in a panic at this time, but the people he led were marching slowly and they still had some distance to go into the mountains.

"Captain, Captain. Our support has arrived!"

The soldier who was scouting in the front ran back quickly, followed by You Shou from the torch-bearing unit.

Kong Jie's eyes lit up when he saw You Shou: "Brother You, why are you here?"

"Captain Kong, the brigade commander ordered me to bring the guard company to pick you up."

"Okay, great"

A day ago, the four teams holding the torch returned to the brigade headquarters one after another. The brigade commander was afraid that the farthest independent regiment would be in danger during the evacuation, so he ordered You Shou to lead his team and a company of soldiers to come to the rescue.

"Brother You, the Second Battalion is now blocking the Japanese, we have to find a way to support them. You lead the guard company to escort the civilians into the mountains, and I will lead the team back to support them."

"How about this, Commander Kong? I'll go with you. There's no danger ahead, and a company of soldiers is enough. And the 771st Regiment is stationed near the mountain pass, so they can provide support if we go a short distance."

You Shou called over to Li Sen: "You and Wang Mo follow the guard company and make sure to escort the people to the mountains safely!"

"Yes, uncle"

You Shou took the remaining two disciples of the Lu family and followed Kong Jie to the direction of the second battalion to provide support.

Just when the Second Battalion was fighting with the third round of Japanese invaders, Nobutsu Sakata arrived at the battlefield with a large army.

“What is happening now?”

"Captain, the enemy has a battalion of troops, and their resistance is very tenacious. But they don't have many troops left, and they have consumed a lot of ammunition. Give me another hour, and we will wipe them out!"

Sakata Nobutsu smiled and nodded: "Yoshi! Thank you for your hard work, Ono-kun. I will just watch your performance here."

"Hey! Captain, I will definitely not let you down."

The soldiers of the Second Battalion barely managed to stop the attack of the Japanese, and their casualties had exceeded half. Shen Quan took advantage of the break to catch his breath and light a cigarette. He then distributed the cigarette to other soldiers.

"Political Commissar, the enemy's main force has arrived, and we are running low on ammunition. It will be difficult for us to hold out with so few people."

Li Wenying wiped his glasses that were blackened by gunpowder smoke and said, "Ha~ According to my calculations, the regiment commander and his men should be almost in the mountains. Our mission is also completed. Shen Quan, you will lead the remaining soldiers to retreat in a while."

Shen Quan smiled bitterly and said, "Political Commissar, I am not disobeying orders. With the strength of the Sakata Regiment, where can I retreat to even if I take my men with me? Let's die together today. When we get to the underground, let's wait for the Japanese together!"

Li Wenying patted his shoulder and squeezed it hard: "Okay, we live and die together"

Then he stood up, looked around, and asked loudly: "Comrades! Now the large force of the devils has arrived, and our mission has been accomplished. Are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid!" The remaining soldiers of the Second Battalion said in unison.

"You are all great. You are all honorable. You have not brought shame to our independent regiment, let alone our Eighth Route Army. Next, we will use blood and bullets to tell the Japanese that anyone who wants to invade China will pay the price with blood!"

The soldiers of the Second Battalion had flames in their eyes as they waited for the next attack from the Japanese.

"Ashi should be!"

The Japanese captain drew out his shining command knife and personally supervised the battle. The remaining devils charged forward as if they were injected with chicken blood.