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Chapter 684 Turning the Tide
"boom!"

The gunshot was like thunder, and a Japanese soldier who had just emerged from the trench was hit in the head by a bullet and fell down immediately.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Five more shots were fired in succession. More than 200 meters away, Wang Zhong was running. He had already emptied the magazine of the Lee Enfield sniper rifle in his hand. He quickly reloaded the bullets and ran only seven or eight meters before raising his hand to fire another shot.

A Japanese machine gunner had just set up his machine gun and was about to fire when Wang Zhong shot him in the head.

Wang Zhong rushed to the front and every time he fired a shot from the sniper rifle, a Japanese soldier fell down.

Now, many of the original defensive positions have been occupied by the Japanese. This was not taken by the Japanese themselves, but when the soldiers of the Yu Division saw that Yu Xiaoqing's command post had been bombed and their superiors had fled, they simply abandoned their defensive positions and ran away, which gave the Japanese who had just crossed the Nujiang River an opportunity.

"kill!"

"Kill these little devils!"

Wang Zhong took the lead, followed by Bula and Yaoma on his left and right, and Milong followed closely behind. Having cooperated many times in Myanmar, they had already developed an unparalleled tacit understanding among themselves.

Wang Zhong was responsible for carrying out precision strikes on the machine gunners and Japanese commanders, Bula and Yao Ma were responsible for the charge, and Milong was responsible for fire suppression.

The Japanese soldiers who had just entered the trenches had never thought that this group of Chinese troops who had just abandoned their positions and chose to escape would immediately launch a counterattack.

In less than half a minute, Wang Zhong led the defeated soldiers into the trenches. After entering the trenches, Bula and Yao Ma immediately acted as pioneers, bending their bodies and moving forward quickly in the trenches, leading a group of old brothers to advance towards the river. Milong set up a machine gun and exchanged fire with the Japanese troops on the riverside, buying time and opportunities for Bula and others to move forward.

Wang Zhong was commanding the defeated soldiers who followed behind.

"Don't run around for me, use the company as the basis and the squad as the unit, and attack towards your original position. All company commanders and squad leaders, keep an eye on your people, don't run away..."

The number of Japanese troops entering the trenches was not large, because only a part of them had landed. What the Japanese wanted at the beginning was to tear open a gap in the direction of Yu Shi, rather than to completely defeat him, so the landing Japanese troops were concentrated in one area.

And when they found that the enemy quickly abandoned their positions and fled in panic after firing a few shots, they began to disperse in all directions, preparing to take these positions first.

But this position was built to resist their attack from the riverside, and the direction of defense was naturally mostly towards the riverside, and it was also going up layer by layer along the hillside. Now Wang Zhong led the soldiers of the National Army to make a counterattack, and they were in a high position to deal with the Japanese troops in the mountains. Even if the Japanese troops occupied part of the trenches, they still had the advantage.

"Kill!"

On the battlefield, in close combat, the competition depends on which side is more fearless, which side has more people, more accurate shooting, and more advantageous terrain.

Now, stimulated by Wang Zhong, especially seeing Bula and Yao Ma leading the Sichuan Army soldiers to charge in the front, these defeated soldiers also burst out with a determination to die, roaring and rushing into the trenches, rushing towards the Japanese troops on the slope.

In just ten minutes, the close combat between the two sides ended in the defeat of the Japanese army. Even the trenches they occupied were taken down by the soldiers again, and the Japanese army was driven back to the river beach.

At this time, Yu Xiaoqing arrived late, leading another part of the fleeing main force.

Looking at the Japanese troops who had been driven out of their positions and back to the riverside, Yu Xiaoqing subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground. The river defense was finally held.

But when he saw Wang Zhong, Bula, Yao Ma and other Sichuan Army soldiers who were constantly attacking the Japanese troops on the river bank at the forefront of the position, his face suddenly turned the color of liver, and he didn't know whether he was ashamed or angry.

As the main force led by himself, Yu Xiaoqing had always placed high hopes on them. He never thought that one day, because of a shell falling next to him, they would instantly change from a main force with strict discipline, strong combat power and high morale to a cannon fodder unit that Yu Xiaoqing hated and despised the most in the past.

The Japanese hadn't even attacked the position before they ran away, abandoning the position they had prepared for a long time, abandoning their absolute geographical advantage, and abandoning the tactical defensive formation carefully arranged by Yu Xiaoqing.

They even almost handed over the defensive position that Yu Xiaoqing had spent so much effort to build to the Japanese army.

Yu Xiaoqing only felt a burning pain on his face.

A few minutes later, the Japanese artillery fire sounded again. The Japanese soldiers who had retreated to the river beach, under the cover of artillery fire, hurriedly boarded kayaks and bamboo rafts and paddled desperately towards the other side.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese artillery bombardment finally stopped. Wang Zhong, who was covered in dust, led Bu La and others, who were also covered in dust, out of the anti-artillery pit. After brushing off the dust on their bodies, Bu La couldn't help but ask curiously, "Where are we going now?"

Wang Zhong did not respond to Bu La's question, but asked, "How are our casualties?"

Bu La said: "There are more than a dozen injured, but they are all lightly injured. One was just killed by a Japanese bomb!"

Wang Zhong didn't say anything. Originally, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to taunt Yu Xiaoqing a few more times so that Yu Xiaoqing would put away his arrogance. However, after hearing that so many of his brothers were injured and one of them died, the thought that had just arisen in his mind disappeared. His expression darkened and he said to Bula, "Take the bodies of the fallen brothers and return to the Jiqi Slope."

Bula nodded, and immediately asked people to carry the brother's body, and supported the injured brother, and walked back step by step from the front of the trench.

The soldiers of the main force along the way, seeing them, retreated to both sides, gave way to them, and watched them walk towards the rear step by step.

"Captain Wang!" Just as several people were about to leave the position, a voice called out to Wang Zhong.

"I'm sorry, I used to suspect that all the achievements you made in Burma were fake!"

“I’m sorry!” A young soldier in his early twenties walked up to Wang Zhong and bowed to apologize to them.

"The clear ones will be clear, and the turbid ones will be turbid!" Wang Zhong said: "There is nothing to say about the past. What you have to do now is to defend the position well to prevent it from falling into the hands of the devils."

"Don't worry, Captain Wang. We will definitely hold our position."

Wang Zhong looked at the determination in the soldier's eyes, stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder for encouragement, but said nothing more.

"Captain Wang, do we still have a chance to fight side by side?" the soldier looked at Wang Zhong and asked again.

Wang Zhong did not answer his question, but asked in return: "Haven't we always been fighting side by side?"

The soldier was stunned at first, but then he reacted and nodded in agreement, saying, "Yes, we have always fought side by side!"

Wang Zhong patted his shoulder again, said nothing, and left.

As soon as I came out of the position, I saw Yu Xiaoqing and several of his confidants who had been waiting on the roadside.

Wang Zhong waved his hand and asked the modern people to return to Jiqipo.

"Captain, we..."

"Master Yu is not a scourge, can he really eat me?" "Alright, hurry up and take the brothers back, and find a veterinarian if you are injured, don't let a minor injury turn into a serious one."

Since Wang Zhong said so, Bu La had no choice but to take his people and leave.

Wang Zhongze walked up to Yu Xiaoqing and said, "This is the first time I've seen Master Yu look so shabby and dirty."

Yu Xiaoqing looked at Wang Zhong deeply, as if he wanted to see through him. He ignored Wang Zhong's teasing and uttered two words solemnly: "Thank you!"

“It’s really different coming from Master Yu.” Wang Zhong shook his head and said, “But saying thank you afterwards is not a good thing.”

"Master Yu was a ruthless warrior, and his soldiers were all brave. However, after seeing Master Yu's headquarters destroyed by Japanese artillery shells and hearing the news of Master Yu's death, these brave soldiers still became confused."

"The scene today is very similar to what we faced in Myanmar."

"Oh?" Yu Xiaoqing cooperated very well and did not interrupt Wang Zhong. Instead, he asked, "It was also widely rumored in Burma that I was killed by the devils?"

Wang Zhong said: "But once the news of the division commander's heroic death spread, regardless of whether it was true or not, the elite troops of the Yu Division, who were originally well-organized and extremely brave, became scattered. When they saw the Japanese, they also fled at the sight of the enemy, not even abandoning their positions."

"Just say what you want to say. There's no need to beat around the bush." ​​Yu Xiaoqing was not angry, but looked at Wang Zhong and spoke calmly.

Wang Zhong said: "This is the reason why our superiors asked us to reorganize the Sichuan Army."

"If General Yu runs away, we, the Sichuan Army, can take over."

"If General Yu's entire army is wiped out, our Sichuan Army can also take over."

Wang Zhong looked at Yu Xiaoqing steadily and spoke word by word.

For a moment, Yu Xiaoqing didn't know how to refute, because if Wang Zhong hadn't brought the fleeing main force back to the battlefield today, Jiang Fang would have been in real danger.

Yu Xiaoqing still did not answer Wang Zhong's question, but said to himself: "Today's incident is my fault. Yu Shenqing is my brother. He prevented the river defense from being ineffective, causing the army to be unstable and the soldiers to flee. Before I came, I had already chopped him off with my own hands."

“Why has it come to this!” Wang Zhong sighed as he looked at the blood splattered on Yu Xiaoqing’s body.

"Faced with a powerful enemy, no matter who he is, there will be no mercy." Yu Xiaoqing's words were filled with a sense of grandeur and ruthlessness.

Wang Zhong looked at Yu Xiaoqing and said, "I will report today's events truthfully."

"That's right." Yu Xiaoqing said frankly.

"The Master is the spiritual pillar of all the people in Yu Division. The entire Yu Division depends on the Master. If something really happens to the Master, the entire Yu Division will be disbanded. For the sake of the river defense and for these soldiers, please cherish your life and don't take risks."

Wang Zhong's words were from the bottom of his heart. In fact, there were many people like Master Yu in the national army.

This is because most of these soldiers were conscripted, and some were even drafted. They were not like the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, who had firm beliefs and could face death with a smile and calmly.

"That's all Wang has to say. Goodbye!"

Wang Zhong did not say anything more to Yu Xiaoqing and just said goodbye.

Yu Xiaoqing did not keep Wang Zhong any longer, but watched him leave.

"Master, what Wang Zhong said just now is not without reason." Not long after Wang Zhong left, Zhang Lixian came up to him and said, "You are our backbone. If anything happens to you, we will not be able to hold on to our brothers."

Yu Xiaoqing did not answer, his eyes still staring at Wang Zhong's departing back, until Wang Zhong completely disappeared from his sight, then he retracted his gaze and said, "Let's go!"

"Master!" Zhang Lixian spoke again and called out to Yu Xiaoqing.

Yu Xiaoqing stopped and looked back at Zhang Lixian.

Zhang Lixian said, "I think what Wang Zhong said makes sense. Master, you must put your own safety first in the future."

He Shuguang, Yu Zhi and others around him also spoke up in agreement.

Yu Xiaoqing still did not respond, but led them into their own position.

Yu Xiaoqing's mood is very complicated now. He just repelled a wave of attacks by the Japanese army, killed his own brother, and survived. At the critical moment, it was Wang Zhong and his Sichuan Army who came to the rescue.

On the other side, back at the Jiqi Slope, Long Wenjian immediately came up to him in a hurry and asked with a gossipy look on his face, "What did you say to Yu Xiaoqing?"

Wang Zhong said: "What can I say."

"We are all brothers, it's really inappropriate for you to say that!"

"Tell me quickly!" Long Wenjian started to act cute and coquettish.

Wang Zhong shook his head and said helplessly: "I really didn't say anything to him."

After working together for such a long time, Long Wenjian had some understanding of Wang Zhong's personality. Seeing that he could not get anything out of Wang Zhong, he simply stopped asking and instead pulled Wang Zhong to the top of the cliff in front of the Jiqipo.

"Why did you bring me here?" Wang Zhong asked curiously.

Long Wenjian said to him with a smile on his face: "When you were fighting with the Japanese just now, more than a dozen Japanese were washed down by the rainfall. We killed four or five of them, and the remaining seven or eight are now staying down there, out of reach of our guns."

"There is a natural cave underneath. It is not difficult to eat these devils, but do you really want to eat them?" Wang Zhong looked at Long Wenjian and asked with a smile.

Long Wenjian laughed at Wang Zhong's question and said, "Why are you in such a hurry to eat them?"

“If you don’t eat it, are you going to save it for the New Year?” Wang Zhong said unhappily.

Long Wenjian shook his head and stopped hiding it from the big man. He said directly, "There are too many new recruits and too few veterans in our team. I thought if we could use these devils to train our troops, the effect would definitely be good."

Wang Zhong said: "The method is not bad, but these devils are hiding below, how do you plan to practice?"