Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

“If we surrender at this point, all of us soldiers will surely die. We might as well fight the enemy to the death,” Major Kameda said.

He didn't want to surrender so easily because he felt the enemy wouldn't let them go.

"Baka! You may die, but we are pilots. The more of us who survive, the faster we can build up our air force and strike the enemy! For the sake of the Empire, you should make sacrifices," the Japanese lieutenant colonel said, glaring at the enemy.

Boom boom boom......

The grenade launcher was still firing shells at the Japanese soldiers, blasting them away from behind their bunkers.

"Surrender! We surrender!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel didn't care about anything else at this moment and shouted loudly in broken Chinese.

"Quickly, get out the white flag!" The Japanese pilot next to him urged, but they had no such thing as a white flag.

However, when he shouted that he was surrendering, the enemy actually stopped attacking.

"Company commander, are we really going to accept their surrender?!" At this moment, a soldier hiding behind a bunker in front asked.

"Are you stupid? Since they want to surrender, let's pretend to accept it. We can kill them after they're out of weapons. That way, we can reduce some of the risks," the company commander replied. He had no intention of accepting prisoners, since the regimental commander had already given the order: not a single Japanese soldier in the airport should be spared.

"The company commander is truly brilliant." Upon hearing this, the soldier suddenly understood. If they continued to attack, the Japanese would inevitably fight them to the death, and they might suffer casualties.

"However, we still need to be careful. The Japanese might think we're deliberately trying to trick them into surrendering. You take twenty soldiers and flank them from the side. As soon as we open fire, you fire back immediately," the company commander hurriedly ordered.

"Understood!" The soldier nodded and led twenty soldiers to circle around the Japanese troops from the darkness.

"Throw out all your weapons, put your hands behind your heads, and come out in a line!" The company commander shouted loudly to the Japanese soldiers.

Upon hearing this, the Japanese lieutenant colonel didn't hesitate any longer and immediately threw out the pistol he was carrying.

He also instructed the pilots around him to do the same, as they were all entitled to carry pistols for self-defense.

"Baka! Why aren't you telling your men to throw their guns out? Are you trying to kill us?" the Japanese lieutenant colonel cursed.

"I think we should take precautions and leave some men behind. If the enemy changes their mind and fires after we go out, we'll still have a chance to fight to the death. If the enemy doesn't fire, the men who stay behind can throw away their guns," Major Kameda said.

He was a little worried that the enemy might change their mind, so it was better to keep something in reserve, at least so that they wouldn't all die at once without even a chance to fight back.

In fact, he had a plan in mind: when the enemy came to take the prisoners, he would have his soldiers open fire, which would definitely cripple the enemy.

They had no other way to go now. As for the pilots, Major Kameda couldn't be bothered with them anymore. They were all going to die anyway. At worst, they could use the pilots as bait. At least, these people would still have a chance to die in battle.

"That works too." The Japanese lieutenant colonel thought for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

As pistols were thrown out one after another, the company commander saw the guns through his binoculars in the light, but seeing that it was just pistols being thrown out, he was naturally not foolish enough to just walk over.

"Some of you haven't thrown your guns yet! Get the rest of you to throw them out!" the company commander shouted. They still hadn't seen any Japanese soldiers throw out their rifles or machine guns.

As soon as he finished speaking, rifles and machine guns were thrown out, but the company commander could tell at a glance that the Japanese had not thrown out all their guns; the number was insufficient.

"These little devils are really up to something, but luckily I'm one step ahead." The company commander sneered.

Before long, he saw many Japanese soldiers emerge from behind their bunkers, their hands covering their heads, lined up in a row.

Meanwhile, Major Kameda and his thirty or forty soldiers remained hidden in their bunkers, their hearts pounding. Whether they could inflict heavy casualties on these enemies depended on this opportunity.

When the company commander saw hundreds of Japanese soldiers emerge from behind their bunkers, he did not hesitate for a moment and immediately ordered them to open fire.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Puff puff………

A dozen machine guns opened fire, sweeping across the Japanese troops. In just a moment, most of the hundreds of Japanese soldiers were hit and fell to the ground.

A small number of Japanese soldiers were not killed because they reacted quickly; instead, they hid behind cover. The Japanese lieutenant colonel was also lucky to escape with his life because he was closest to the cover and was standing behind the soldiers, so he was not killed directly.

"How could this happen?" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was pale; he never expected the enemy to fire on them.

"I told you long ago, don't surrender so easily, now you regret it!" Major Kameda couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks upon seeing this.

"Baka! You said earlier that if you died in battle, we would surrender, but now you're spouting this nonsense!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel retorted.

"You!" Major Kameda was speechless, choked by the words.

At this moment, Oshima, who had narrowly escaped death, made an unexpected move. He crouched down and quickly retreated, then used the cover of the bunker to run quickly towards the plane on the tarmac.

Since we're going to die anyway, we might as well take a gamble. Dawn is just around the corner, the plane is fully fueled, and flying for several hours shouldn't be a problem. That way, we might still have a chance to escape.

"Baka! Where are you going?!" A Japanese soldier noticed Oshima's actions and couldn't help but shout.

“Oshima-kun is planning to escape by plane. It’s not far from dawn, and he might actually be able to escape.” The Japanese lieutenant colonel also saw through Oshima-kun’s intentions.

But if they try to run now, they'll have no chance left.

"Give Oshima-kun a chance to escape." The Japanese lieutenant colonel immediately made a decision. Since they were all going to die here anyway, every man who could escape would do so.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel picked up a rifle from the ground and cocked it. The guns they had thrown away before were their own, but the one in his hand belonged to the dead soldiers.

"That's right. When fighting this Northeast Army, you can't have any thoughts of surrender. The reason that Northeast Army captured the pilot was definitely because there were Eighth Route Army soldiers present, which is why they were spared."
"Now that they're attacking us, there are no Eighth Route Army soldiers here, so we must fight to the death," Major Kameda said at this moment.

"What?! Why didn't you say so earlier?" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was furious upon hearing this.

If he had known this earlier, who would have thought of surrendering? They would have fought to the death.

"It's all because you kept saying you wanted to surrender that I forgot about it for a moment," Major Kameda retorted, naturally refusing to take the blame.

However, at that moment, several gunshots rang out from the tarmac, startling the Japanese lieutenant colonel. "The enemy has ambushed people over there too?! Did they take precautions all along?!" The lieutenant colonel felt a chill run down his spine. What kind of enemy was this, guarding even the tarmac, giving them absolutely no chance?

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

At that moment, gunfire suddenly came from the side, and many bullets went straight to the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the cover. In just one exchange, most of the Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded. The remaining Japanese soldiers wanted to fight back, but they no longer had the chance!

Puff puff………

They were also killed. In an instant, Major Kameda and the Japanese lieutenant colonel were all shot and fell to the ground dead, ending their sinful lives.

Only then did the company commander lead his soldiers over.

"You take ten soldiers and stay behind to clean up the battlefield. The rest of you come with me to the front to surround and kill the Japanese. If we're late, it'll be too late." After giving the order, the company commander immediately led the other soldiers to the front.

He was worried that he would miss the opportunity to surround and kill the Japanese soldiers.

At this moment, several soldiers on the tarmac also ran towards the company commander.

"Damn it, some Japanese devils really did try to escape by plane. Luckily we were prepared, otherwise they might have gotten away," the leading soldier said as soon as he reached the company commander.

"Staying here means certain death, but flying up might give us a chance to survive. The Japanese will naturally want to run away." The company commander's expression was calm. In fact, he hadn't expected that the battalion commander's arrangement would actually work. If the soldiers hadn't been arranged to wait for the plane in advance, the Japanese might have escaped.

.........

The battle was almost over. The Japanese soldiers had been forced into retreat and were now reduced to less than a few dozen men. They hid behind cover, their faces filled with terror. They had never seen such a powerful enemy before.

The Japanese captain leading the team was shot twice and was seriously wounded; he was on the verge of death.

"I hope the major and the others can escape. That way, our sacrifice won't have been in vain," the Japanese captain said weakly.

They fought desperately against an invincible enemy just so that the major and his men could escape with the pilots. For some reason, he suddenly understood the feelings of those enemies they had crushed back then.

They're probably no different from those enemies now, except they've become the ones who got crushed.

However, at this moment.

Intense gunfire erupted from behind, and the Japanese captain's expression changed drastically as he immediately realized what had happened.

"Captain, Major, have they encountered the enemy?!" the Japanese lieutenant beside him exclaimed.

"Needless to say, that's for sure. Sigh... The enemy has made all the preparations long ago and won't give us any chance to escape!" The Japanese captain sighed helplessly. It seemed that all their efforts had been in vain at this moment.

"Captain, let's hurry and go support the Major," the Japanese lieutenant said hastily, worried that something might have happened to the Major and his men.

"Support?! With so few men left, what can we possibly provide support?" The Japanese captain gave a bitter smile. They only had a few dozen soldiers left. If these soldiers hid, they might live a few more minutes. If they tried to provide support, they would die even faster.

Upon hearing this, the Japanese lieutenant fell silent. Yes, they were struggling to protect themselves, so how could they possibly support the major?

At that moment, the Japanese captain suddenly realized that the communications room was not far away.

"You cover me, I'm going to call the regimental commander for a final report." The Japanese captain, enduring the pain, moved towards the communications room.

After he crawled into the communications room, he struggled to his feet, his hands stained with blood, and with trembling hands picked up the phone to call the regimental commander.

"What's the situation at your airport now?! Has Mr. Kameda evacuated with the pilots?!" The call was quickly answered, and the voice of the Japanese regimental commander came through. The fact that he answered the phone so quickly meant that he had been waiting for news.

"Commander, Major Kameda and his men have been blocked by the enemy on their retreat!" the Japanese captain reported.

"What?! Then why don't you hurry up and take your men to support them?" The Japanese regimental commander immediately became anxious and said hastily.

It's one thing if the plane is bombed, but the real loss is if the pilot dies.

"Commander, we can't provide support. We don't have many soldiers left. We're at our last gasp. I'm making this call to tell you the final situation. Long live the Empire!" After saying these words, the Japanese captain breathed his last.

"Hello? Hello!" The voice of the Japanese regimental commander came through the phone, but the Japanese captain could no longer hear it. He fell to the ground, his eyes wide open in death.

.........

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The battle continued. Although the remaining dozens of Japanese soldiers put up a fierce resistance, they were no match for the special forces soldiers.

Two minutes later, the entire airport fell silent, as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, Li Jin led Tani Hisao into the airport.

When Tani Hisao saw the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered all over the ground, his eyes were filled with murderous intent as he looked at Li Jin, and he even became so excited that he wanted to attack Li Jin.

"Damn it, behave yourself." Without saying a word, the soldier next to him punched Tani Hisao in the stomach.

"Oh, that's great, another bunch of beasts killed. Seeing this, aren't you happy too?" Li Jin turned to look at Tani Hisao, whose face was full of pain, and said with a smile.

"Waaaaah..." Tani Hisao raised his head and made wailing noises again, his eyes bloodshot, clearly showing his anger.

"Oh my god, what kind of look is that? I'm so scared." Li Jin calmly said that he was scared, which made Gu Hisao even angrier, but at this moment Gu Hisao could only rage helplessly.

"No rush. I'll gouge those eyes out myself. Once they're all here, that's when I'll make my move on you. I hope you can withstand a few more blows and not die so quickly, or I won't be happy." Li Jin said slowly, his calm tone making these terrifying words sound like the whisper of a demon.

Upon hearing this, Tani Hisao recalled the other party's words about wanting to execute him by slow slicing. This completely dispelled his previous anger, replacing it with eyes full of terror, and even a hint of pleading for mercy.

Li Jin pretended not to see it. His mind was filled with thoughts of the civilians who had died in the massacre. To avenge this, he would never allow a beast like Gu Hisao to live long. Only blood could pay for the blood debt! Only then could the souls of those people be appeased in heaven! (End of Chapter)