Chapter 177 will come out sooner or later! (Second update!)

"Boom!" A soldier carrying an M18 recoilless rifle pulled the trigger at a bunker in the distance, and the shell hit it directly.

As the explosion sounded, rubble was scattered everywhere.

The Japanese soldiers inside were caught off guard and were knocked unconscious.

"Charge!" A commando captain led his men and rushed forward.

"boom!"

Several grenades were thrown over again, and the Japanese inside were dead and could not die anymore.

"The regiment headquarters ordered us to occupy the tree fort as soon as possible." Commando team leader Wang Yong said loudly.

"Are you confident?"

"Have."

Seeing this, Wang Yong continued to advance towards the tree fort. At this moment, there were several commandos attacking the tree fort.

The shelling never stopped, with the purpose of giving the commandos guidance.

Colonel Hirai Uesuke in the tree fort felt more and more that something was wrong because the intensity of the artillery bombardment was much weaker than before.

More like guiding!
That’s right, it’s guidance!
Anyone heading straight here?
Colonel Hirai Usuke's face suddenly changed and he shouted immediately.

"Don't wait, retreat immediately, the enemy is coming."

The chief of staff was confused by the roar. Why were the enemies coming out of nowhere?
Didn’t the shelling stop?

It's easy to get bombed if you go out now!

"Baga, you idiot, can't you see? The intensity of the shelling has weakened? It's more like a guide. We must be surrounded by enemies now." Colonel Usuke Hirai roared angrily.

He didn't expect his men to be so stupid.

After hearing what Colonel Hirai Uesuke said, the chief of staff suddenly realized what was going on and immediately ordered his subordinates to retreat.

In fact, at this time, the only ones left in the command center were the communications team and the transport team.

The squadron responsible for the alert had already been sent out.

In other words, it is still very dangerous for them to retreat at this time.

"Colonel, what about the rest of the troops?" the chief of staff asked again.

"Let them retreat on their own." Colonel Uesuke Hirai thought for a moment and then gave the order to retreat.

Risking the danger of artillery bombardment, Colonel Uesuke Hirai and his men escaped from the tree fort.

He is not Takeuchi Renzan, who is very confident in the tree fort he designed.

He didn't believe at all that this thing could withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery.

And every move of their retreat was seen by Cun Yunsheng on the distant hill.

"The Japanese are about to escape. Tell the artillery battalion to increase the intensity of the bombardment and don't be reluctant to use the shells." Cun Yunsheng turned around and gave the order to Meng Fanle.

Who knows, Meng Fanle said resentfully.

"You're still reluctant to give up the shells? Commander, you don't have any idea. This mountainous area is rugged and we only have so many shells."

"We used up a lot of artillery support before, and just now we fired at the tree fort as if it were free. We didn't have any extra shells. Now we can guarantee three shells a minute, which is pretty good."

After hearing Meng Fanle's words, Cun Yunsheng was speechless. He didn't expect that the shells would be used up so quickly.

This damn mountain road makes transportation so troublesome.

"Where are the 81mm mortars? Didn't we bring a lot of those?" Cun Yunsheng thought for a while and asked again.

"The resources have been almost exhausted, and artillery support is required everywhere. These guys are used to spending money lavishly. Now without artillery support, it's like they can't fight at all." Meng Fanle said helplessly.

"We only have a few 60mm mortars left, but I don't think you'll appreciate their lethality."

Ok!

Cun Yunsheng was completely speechless!

"We can't just watch the Japs run away, right? There are obviously big fish in there."

"Aren't there guerrillas in that direction?" Meng Fanle picked up the telescope and asked in confusion.

"They are just a bunch of guerrillas. They are not lacking in bloodiness, but their tactical skills need to be improved. However, they are good at jungle warfare. I don't know if they can stop this group of Japanese troops." Cun Yunsheng said with some concern.

"Let Xue Tian lead the guard company to provide support. Make sure to keep these little devils. I'm going to chop off Hirai Usuke's head."

"Yes."

On the other side, the guerrillas were watching the fierce fighting on the mountain from one side of Nantianmen.

Many guerrillas showed envy on their faces.

In fact, they were originally planning to attack Nantianmen.

As a result, he was stopped by Cun Yunsheng.

He believed that the enemy had an advantage in jungle warfare, but they had no experience in this kind of siege, so he did not recommend them to attack Nantianmen.

Leave professional matters to professionals.

The Sichuan Army had experience in mountain warfare and could easily deal with the Japanese army.

So, in the end they were left on the other side of the mountain, waiting for the battle to end and then helping to clean up the battlefield.

"Captain, it seems that a group of Japanese are coming towards us." At this time, a guerrilla fighter came trotting over and said breathlessly.

"What, they are running towards us?" The guerrilla leader was stunned. He did not expect that the Japanese army would rush towards them.

"Did you see it clearly? Could it be a friendly force pretending to be one?"

"No, I saw it clearly. Someone was nodding and bowing from time to time. It's definitely impossible that they were pretending." The team member shook his head and said.

Hearing this, the guerrilla leader thought for a moment and said.

"In that case, let's set up an ambush and see if we can stop these little devils."

If it were in the past, he would definitely not dare to speak so loudly, but now it is different.

Almost all of their personnel were equipped with American weapons, and it can be said that their firepower completely crushed the Japanese army.

"Yes." When the other team members heard this, they all looked for suitable places to hide.

They are all indigenous people of southwestern Yunnan and are very familiar with this place.

Soon, they all hid themselves.

Some hid in trees, and some hid in bushes.

It can be said that everything in the woods is perfectly utilized.

Colonel Hirai Usuke had no idea that there was an ambush here and was just focused on escaping.

Because there was fierce gunfire behind him, it meant that the Sichuan Army had discovered his escape.

"beat!"

Seeing the Japanese army entering the ambush circle, the guerrilla leader opened fire first.

The Japanese soldiers at the front fell to the ground.

Da da da!
Many guerrillas were not familiar with the Thompson submachine gun and in panic, they kept pulling the trigger.

As a result, the whole magazine of bullets was used up in less than ten seconds.

"It's gone?" The team member looked at the empty Thompson submachine gun, a little confused, and then cursed. "What the hell, what kind of broken gun is this? It's gone in just one shot?"

Then a trace of pain flashed across his face again. It was quite useful, but it consumed too much bullets.

I can't afford it at all!
A magazine consists of thirty bullets, which is enough for him to fight a battle if he uses a bolt-action rifle.

In the end, it was gone in just a dozen seconds. It was really too luxurious.

But after seeing the Japanese soldiers falling to the ground, his smile blossomed again.

The last burst of bullets killed several Japanese soldiers.

"Damn it, why is there an ambush here?" Colonel Uesuke Hirai looked at his fallen subordinate with an expression of disbelief and shouted loudly.

He specifically chose a more remote mountain road, but he still encountered an ambush. This was simply unbelievable.

"Colonel, the enemy's firepower is too strong. It should be the Sichuan Army. They are equipped with all American weapons. Our people can't stop them at all." The chief of staff reported with a pale face.

The communications team and transport team that followed the evacuation were second-line troops. They had no decent heavy weapons, not even grenade launchers.

Faced with the enemy's powerful firepower, they were completely powerless to fight back.

As for his marksmanship, which he was so proud of, he could only retreat in the face of the dense rain of bullets.

"Baga, retreat, retreat." Colonel Hirai Uesuke really felt the threat of death at this moment. He didn't care about anything else and retreated immediately.

But after circling around, he found a wolf in front and a tiger behind him. He gritted his teeth and finally pointed to the forest next to him and said.

"Retreat from here."

The chief of staff looked and asked, "Isn't this a forest?"

Wouldn't it be suicide to retreat from here?
But as he saw more and more of his men falling in pools of blood, he could no longer care about anything else and could only grit his teeth and dive into the woods.

At this time, Xue Tian and the guard company caught up with them, all equipped with Thompson submachine guns, with extremely powerful firepower.

Dense hail of bullets swept through the Japanese troops who had no time to retreat.

"Damn it, he still ran into the woods." Looking at Hirai Usuke who went into the woods, Xue Tian said somewhat unwillingly.

Just when he was about to lead his men into the woods, he saw the guerrilla leader jogging towards him.

"Don't go into the woods. It's full of miasma. Ordinary people can't survive if they go in." The guerrilla captain stopped Xue Tian who wanted to rush in.

"Ah? I'm not willing to just let him go like that." Xue Tian said unwillingly.

"Don't worry, there is no way out inside. They will definitely come out by themselves in a few days." The guerrilla leader said confidently.

"Really?" Xue Tian asked in surprise.

"Believe me, it's absolutely true. I will send them to you when the time comes." If it weren't for these American weapons and equipment, they would not have been able to stop the Japanese army so easily, so the guerrilla leader knew that they owed him a great favor.

"This..." Xue Tian hesitated for a moment and was about to say something when he was interrupted.

"Does the Japanese officer who took the lead have a blood feud with Captain Cun?" the guerrilla leader asked again.

"Well, the leader was a colonel named Hirai Uesuke. He was the culprit who killed General Cun Xingfu." Xue Tian nodded in admission.

"I understand. Don't worry, we will definitely catch him and hand him over to Captain Cun personally." The guerrilla leader said confidently.

Xue Tian was still a little hesitant, but after seeing the other party's confident look, he thought about it for a while and then took his subordinates back.

After all, his mission is to protect Cun Yunsheng.

When he saw Xue Tian coming back, Cun Yunsheng asked in confusion.

"Did you run away?"

"It can be considered as running away." Xue Tian hesitated.

"If he ran away, he ran away. What do you mean by running away?" Cun Yunsheng asked with some dissatisfaction.

Xue Tian quickly recounted what had happened, then looked at Cun Yunsheng anxiously.

"So he really ran away." Before Cun Yunsheng could speak, Meng Fanle said with some surprise.

"Did those people really say that? There is no way inside?" Cun Yunsheng ignored Meng Fan and asked.

"Yes, the other party even patted his chest and said that he would definitely send it to us." Xue Tian said quickly.

Hearing this, Cun Yunsheng nodded slightly, and then said easily.

"It looks like it won't be long before we receive Hirai Usuke's head."

"Commander, can these people be trusted?" Meng Fanle asked curiously.

"Why can't you believe it?" Cun Yunsheng asked with a smile.

"Don't worry, these people's credit is much more valuable than Yu Xiaoqing on the other side of the river."

Meng Fanle couldn't help but nodded. Compared to this, it was indeed much more valuable than Yu Xiaoqing's credit.

"Tell all troops to speed up and eliminate all Japanese troops before dark." After giving the order, Cun Yunsheng looked at Meng Fan again.

"Do you want to meet your parents?"

Meng Fanle was fine at first, but he almost choked to death when he heard these words and looked at Cun Yunsheng in surprise.

"Have you forgotten that I asked my uncle to help investigate news about your parents? Later, the matter was interrupted, and I asked the Military Control Commission to help investigate, and they actually found news about your father." Cun Yunsheng thought for a while and explained.

Hearing this, Meng Fanle felt a little touched. He didn't expect that the commander still remembered his family affairs.

"But there is one thing I need to tell you in advance, you have to be mentally prepared." Cun Yunsheng thought about it and decided to confess to Meng Fanle.

"What news?" Meng Fanle's heart suddenly hung in the air. Could something have happened?
"According to the news from the Military Control Commission, your father is very likely to have become a security chief of the Japanese army." Cun Yunsheng looked at Meng Fanle and said softly.

Hearing this, Meng Fanle was as if struck by lightning, and looked at Cun Yunsheng in disbelief: "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, he can't be a traitor."

Meng Fanle knew about his father, a stubborn and smelly old man who followed the teachings of Confucius and Mencius, but would never be a traitor.

"Impossible, I want to find him and ask him why he became a traitor." Meng Fanle felt that his worldview had completely collapsed. The father, whom he had always been proud of, turned out to be a traitor. He could not accept this.

You have to know that he has been surviving on these things all these years.

As he cursed, Meng Fanle suddenly felt relieved.

Because he suddenly remembered that he was once nothing.

Trick those new recruits into going to the battlefield to die.

As a result, more and more recruits died, so I was the only one who survived.

Later on, I became numb.

Maybe in order to survive, my father really could have become a village head.

Although he had not told anyone about his father in these years, he still missed him very much in his heart. The longing in his heart grew more and more every day, and he often cried bitterly at night.

"Don't be anxious. Have you ever thought about why your father wants to be the head of the village, or whether it is possible for him to become the head of the village?" Cun Yunsheng grabbed Meng Fanle and asked.

"How should I know? I haven't seen them for many years. I have no idea what they are doing." Meng Fanle was a little agitated, so his tone was naturally not so polite.

Cun Yunsheng also understood this. After all, anyone who heard the news would have the first reaction that it was impossible.

In fact, he was just guessing.

We will have to wait until we arrive in Heshun Town to find out the details.

The reason I said it in advance is just in case. If I really become a village head, it would be better to be mentally prepared.

　And ha! I am gritting my teeth and updating like crazy!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)