Bright Sword: This unit is really ruthless

Chapter 418: Flexible Tactics

Zhang Ling and the other two hid behind the golden box, not daring to make a sound...

The man sneered, raised his gun, and pointed it at the gold box...

"If you don't come out, I'll shoot..."

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the depths of the cave...

"Are you looking for me?"

A figure slowly walked out of the darkness...

The gunfire outside the cave continued, dense and rapid, like frying beans. Zhang Ling stood there in a daze, blood splashed all over his face, warm and smelly. Wang Hu's body fell at his feet, his eyes wide open, and he died with his eyes open.

"Battalion...Battalion Commander..." Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang were so scared that their faces turned pale. They hid behind Zhang Ling tremblingly like two quails.

Zhang Ling wiped the blood off his face, took a deep breath, and forced himself to calm down. Who was it? Who was shooting outside? Was it the Japanese? No, the Japanese had been wiped out by them, and the gunshot didn't sound like the Japanese's Type 38 rifle.

"Damn it, which bastard shot me from outside?" Li Dazhuang cursed while trembling.

Zhang Ling ignored him. His mind was full of questions. Wang Hu was dead. What should they do with the gold? Who was shooting outside? What should they do next?

"Battalion...Battalion Commander, what...what should we do?" Xu Erniu's voice trembled violently.

Zhang Ling gritted his teeth. Now was not the time to be afraid. He had to find a way to survive!

"Let's go! Let's go out and take a look first!" Zhang Ling growled and rushed out first.

Outside the cave, the gunfire had stopped. Zhang Ling carefully poked his head out and observed the situation outside.

There were more than a dozen bodies lying in disorder outside the cave entrance, all of them were soldiers brought by Wang Hu. Not far away, there were several soldiers in KMT uniforms, holding guns in their hands, watching the cave entrance vigilantly.

"Yes...it's the Central Army!" Xu Erniu exclaimed.

Zhang Ling's face was terribly gloomy. He finally understood what was going on. This was all a trap, a trap set against them!

The division headquarters had long known about the existence of this secret arsenal, and they deliberately sent Wang Hu to receive it, in fact, they wanted to keep all the gold for themselves! And these central troops outside were probably sent by the division headquarters to silence them!

"Damn it! I'm going to fight them!" Li Dazhuang roared and was about to rush out.

Zhang Ling grabbed him and said, "Don't be impulsive! Rushing out now would be suicide!"

"Then...what should we do?" Li Dazhuang was extremely anxious.

Zhang Ling's eyes swept across the corpse on the ground, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

"Erniu, Dazhuang, move all these corpses to the entrance of the cave and block it!"

"Ah?" Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang were stunned, not understanding why Zhang Ling did this.

"Stop talking nonsense! Get started!" Zhang Ling shouted sternly.

Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang didn't dare to ask any more questions and hurriedly began to move the body.

Soon, the entrance to the cave was blocked tightly by corpses.

"Battalion Commander, this...will this work?" Xu Erniu asked worriedly.

Zhang Ling sneered: "Whether it will work or not depends on whether their firepower is strong enough!"

When the Central Army outside saw that the entrance to the cave was blocked, they became angry and started firing at the entrance.

The bullets hit the body, making a "puff" sound, and blood and flesh splattered everywhere.

Zhang Ling and the other two hid behind the corpse, listening to the gunshots outside, their hearts filled with fear and despair.

They were trapped in this cave, with the Central Army outside eyeing them covetously. They didn't know how long they could hold out.

As time passed, the gunfire outside became more and more frequent, and the air in the cave became thinner and thinner.

Zhang Ling felt that his breathing was becoming more and more difficult, and he knew that they could not hold on for much longer.

"Battalion Commander, I...I'm scared..." Xu Erniu's voice trembled violently.

"Don't be afraid! I'll be a brave man again in 18 years!" Li Dazhuang said with forced calmness, but his voice was obviously trembling.

Zhang Ling didn't say anything. He held the rifle tightly in his hand, his heart filled with resentment.

Are they really going to die here? He is unwilling to accept this!

At this moment, Zhang Ling suddenly heard a "boom" sound, as if something exploded.

Immediately afterwards, the cave roof began to collapse, and a large amount of rubble and soil fell from above.

"Oh no! The cave is going to collapse!" Zhang Ling exclaimed.

The gunfire outside also stopped, replaced by waves of terrified shouts.

"Run! The cave is going to collapse!"

"Help!"

......

Zhang Ling and the other two didn't care about being afraid anymore and ran desperately towards the cave entrance.

However, before they reached the cave entrance, they were buried by fallen rubble and dirt...

In the darkness, Zhang Ling felt that his body was being crushed and he couldn't breathe. He struggled to breathe, but he couldn't get any air.

His consciousness gradually blurred, and everything in front of his eyes went dark...

Just when he was about to lose consciousness, he suddenly heard a voice in his ear:

"Congratulations to the host for binding the Anti-Japanese War Killing God System!"

......

Rumble...

The second shell followed closely behind, exploding almost right at the edge of the first shell's explosion. The two shells landed almost at the same time, with combined power and an outstanding effect.

On the hillside, dirt flew and gravel splashed. A larger landslide occurred, directly burying an area halfway up the mountain.

"Done!" Xu Erniu shouted excitedly, sitting down on the ground, completely forgetting Zhang Ling's instructions just now.

Zhang Ling grabbed him and said, "Run! Run now!"

The three of them turned around and retreated without looking back. Li Dazhuang looked back as he ran, and saw smoke and dust rolling on the hillside, as if a huge monster was rolling underground.

"Battalion Commander, this...this noise is quite loud!" Li Dazhuang said, panting.

"Big? What's that? The best is yet to come!" A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Zhang Ling's eyes.

The three of them ran all the way back to the place where they had set up an ambush. The soldiers had been waiting anxiously for a long time, and when they saw them coming back, they immediately surrounded them.

"Captain, how's it going? Did you hit it?"

"Battalion Commander, have you taken down the Japanese headquarters?"

Zhang Ling waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet: "Don't make any noise, the plan is halfway successful. Now, bring your stuff, and let's go to another place."

Although the soldiers didn't understand what was going on, they still obeyed the order, packed up their things, and followed Zhang Ling to move.

They headed west and came to a more secluded valley. Zhang Ling found a flat stone to sit on, lit a cigarette he had found on a Japanese officer, and took a deep puff.

"Captain, what on earth are you up to?" Xu Erniu couldn't help asking, "You're using good artillery shells just to blow up a hillside? Isn't that too wasteful?"

Zhang Ling blew out a puff of smoke and sneered, "Waste? I call this a strategy! You know nothing!"

"Strategy?" Xu Erniu and Li Dazhuang looked at each other, even more confused.

Zhang Ling did not explain, but just looked up at the sky: "It's almost time, that old devil Sakata should be here soon."

At this moment, there was a noisy sound of footsteps and horse hooves in the distance. Zhang Ling's mouth curled up slightly: "Here they come!"

I saw a group of Japanese soldiers marching along the mountain road. They numbered a whole squadron. The leader was none other than the commander of the regiment, Sakata. He had a livid face and was riding on his horse, cursing all the way.

"Baga! What on earth is going on? What caused the mountainside to collapse?"

"Reporting to the commander, it is said to be a landslide, and the specific cause is unknown." The adjutant next to him answered cautiously.

Sakata whipped his adjutant hard: "Unclear? You mean, dozens of my imperial warriors were buried in such an unclear way?"

The adjutant covered his face, not daring to speak. Sakata was so angry that his face turned purple, and he was about to continue roaring, but suddenly, he pulled the reins of the horse hard.

"Wait! Something's wrong!"

Sakata narrowed his eyes and stared straight ahead: "What is that?"

Suddenly, a flag appeared on the mountain road ahead. On the bright red flag, the words "Eighth Route Army" were embroidered in gold.

"Baka! It's the Eighth Route Army! How dare they set up an ambush here!" Sakata roared, "Everyone, get ready to fight!"

The Japanese soldiers raised their guns and pointed them in the direction of the flag. Sakata drew his command knife and pointed forward: "Kill the chickens! Charge!"

The Japanese soldiers howled and rushed towards the direction of the flag.

Zhang Ling hid in the dark, watching the Japs rushing towards him like moths to a flame, with a cruel smile on his face.

"Brothers, hit me hard!"

Following Zhang Ling's order, the soldiers ambushed on both sides of the valley opened fire. The dense bullets poured down like raindrops, instantly knocking the Japanese soldiers rushing to the ground.

Sakata never dreamed that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army would be so fierce. He originally thought that this was just a small force that could be easily destroyed.

However, he was wrong.

This Eighth Route Army not only had powerful firepower but also had flexible tactics, leaving him no chance to breathe.

Sakata's troops were beaten back step by step, with heavy casualties. He then realized that he had been ambushed, and it was a well-planned death trap.

"Baga! Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Sakata shouted in horror.

However, it's too late.

Just as Sakata ordered a retreat, a loud noise suddenly came from above the col.

Rumble...

Another landslide!

However, this landslide was not natural, but man-made.

Zhang Ling had long anticipated that Sakata would choose this route to retreat, so he sent people to bury explosives on the hillside in advance.

As the explosion sounded, a large amount of soil and rubble rolled down the hillside, completely burying Sakata and his remaining troops.

Zhang Ling stood on the hillside, looking at the Japanese soldiers buried in mud and rubble below, with a cold smile on his face.

"Sakata, you old devil, this is what you get for invading China!"

At this time, a soldier ran up to Zhang Ling and saluted: "Report to the battalion commander, all the devils have been wiped out!"

Zhang Ling nodded: "Good! Great job this time! Brothers, clean up the battlefield and prepare to evacuate!"

The soldiers cheered and began to clean up the battlefield.