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Chapter 94, My Heart is Waiting

Waiting, especially waiting without a purpose, is boring, tedious, irritating, and... freezing!

It was already 1 o'clock in the morning. At Huashitan, the soldiers on the ambush position were still waiting anxiously, but they didn't see a single enemy.

The temperature at this time was already several degrees below zero, and the north wind was howling. The cold wind blew through the clothes that were soaked from the journey, just like a knife cutting on the body, making people shiver all over.

But even so, it did not dampen the soldiers' enthusiasm to kill the devils. What was this little bit of cold? It was nothing compared to the hatred and humiliation imposed on the nation by the invaders!
Compared to the coldness of the soldiers, Li Yuexuan felt much better. He sat on a mat, wearing a military coat and holding a hot water bottle in his arms, and he was very warm. Moreover, he was not in a hurry, because he knew that the Japanese would not come tonight. When he could no longer bear it, he said something to the comrades standing guard, opened his backpack, spread it behind the stone, and fell asleep.

The Japanese soldiers didn't know that two regiments of the Eighth Route Army were waiting for their return and were resting at Gaohongkou. They used the same butcher knives they had used to slaughter the civilians to kill the cattle and sheep they had robbed, and then drank and ate meat, laughing wildly from time to time.

"Captain, the team that went to explore the east is back. They encountered a minefield set by the Eighth Route Army. 17 soldiers were killed, and they only advanced 2 kilometers. They had no choice but to return!" Inside the 5th Battalion headquarters, the Japanese Captain Ganye listened to his men's report, and his brows relaxed.

"Then don't go. At least it can prove that Gengzhen in the east is an important garrison of the Eighth Route Army. When we return to Wutai, we will come again! I don't want our soldiers to follow in the footsteps of Inukai, Miyamoto, Suzuki and others!"

Captain Ganye thought for a moment and said, "I just received a report that a few days ago in Shaojiazhuang, the commander of the Second Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Tsuneoka Kanji, was ambushed by the 359th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army with his troops. The troops suffered heavy losses and I was seriously injured! In addition to the previous battles in Chenzhuang and Longwang Temple... I think we no longer have the ability to continue this siege!"

“Haha, letting the soldiers have a party before evacuating is the best thing I can do as a captain! Go, bring me that beautiful girl you caught on the road, and you can enjoy her in 10 minutes! Hahahaha…”

After a night of waiting, a ray of light finally appeared in the sky. Before the sun rose above the horizon, it had already brought light and warmth to the world.

The cold wind had stopped, leaving only a light breeze blowing; however, a cloud of dust like smoke emerged from nowhere and soon covered the green hills on both sides.

The morning mist came and went quickly. When people could see the mountain scenery in the distance, the sun was already hanging on the top of the mountain, red like a shy girl's face. As if knowing that someone couldn't wait and wanted time to go faster, the sun changed its color quickly and gradually climbed up the sky...

It was dawn, and Li Yuexuan opened his sleepy eyes to adjust to the new day. The soldiers in the ambush area also took turns to rest, and gradually woke up at this time.

Without waiting for breakfast, Li Yuexuan led the Bai brothers and the old squad leader down the mountain to check the bombing site that was set up last night. Very good, after a night of howling mountain wind, some sand and dust covered the camouflaged bombing site, making the mud and weeds covering the bombing site blend into the surrounding environment. The traces of the wires dug in the trenches were also obscured by the dust. If Li Yuexuan and the old squad leader hadn't known that this was the bombing site that they had set up personally, they wouldn't have realized that this was the explosion area.

When we returned to the mountain, the kitchen staff had already delivered breakfast. It was still corn and millet steamed buns, still pickled cabbage dumplings, and still a pot of warm water for each person.

"The Japanese are coming, prepare for battle!" At 10 o'clock in the morning, Li Yuexuan received the news passed from person to person.

"The Japanese are coming now?" Listening to the news that continued to be passed down, Li Yuexuan glanced at his watch and looked at the sky, only to feel that everything was different. The Japanese had actually returned early!

"But this is good, we can save ten hours of waiting!" Thinking of this, Li Yuexuan decisively wrapped the bus wire around the phone and ordered Bai Dashan to go to the junction of the segmented line so that he could cut off the unused explosion points at any time. There are 5 segmented lines, one connecting 12 explosion points, and saving one line means 12 kilograms of TNT.

The Japanese were coming, and Brigade Commander Zhang could not sit still. He appeared directly at the 716th Regiment Headquarters, looking at the battlefield in the distance with a telescope. From a distance, the soldiers of the 716th Regiment were ready for battle, and the Japanese were coming northwest along Tianhe Shigou.

In this battle, the 716th Regiment adopted an ambush tactic. As for how to fight, it was the traditional routine of the Eighth Route Army: after a burst of volleys, grenades were used, and then hand-to-hand combat was carried out. That's right, the classic tactics of the Eighth Route Army with three guns can greatly narrow the gap between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese in terms of equipment, and it also costs lives.

Fortunately, there are many veterans in the 716th Regiment, and they also have a lot of bayonets. Those who don't have bayonets can use cold weapons such as sabers, machetes, and red tassel spears for close combat. With the help of veterans, Brigade Commander Zhang believes that he can take down these devils. Moreover, isn't there a big killer? It depends on how much lethality this big killer can have!
In the eyes of Brigade Commander Zhang, the Japanese troops were stretched out very long and their formation was sparse. From time to time, the Japanese soldiers fired at both sides of the ravine, which was an attempt to alert the enemy.

But at the ambush site, the soldiers' feelings were even clearer and their emotions were even more excited.

"Baa...moo...moo...cluck...quack...quack..." The calls of various animals filled the Tianhe Valley. The Japanese soldiers were driving the looted cattle and sheep, with looted chickens and ducks hanging on their bayonet hooks. They walked swayingly, creating a lively scene.

But the comrades were filled with anger when they saw all this! Because the devils were covered in blood, their bayonets were covered in blood, and even the fur of some cattle and sheep was covered in blood. This was the evidence of the devils' aggression. These were our people's property, but now they were ruthlessly snatched away by the devils. How many people would suffer?

Li Yuexuan did not have a view of Tianhegou. From his position, he could only see the position of the 3rd Battalion in the distance and the position of the 2nd Battalion headquarters nearby. Li Yuexuan did not need to care about the nd Battalion, because he had to see the signal given by the rd Battalion headquarters to determine whether it was a full-line bombing or a segmented bombing.

(End of this chapter)