35: Chapter 35 Zero Casualties!!!

Li Yunlong jolted suddenly, snapping out of his stupor.

He grabbed the radio handset: "Mr. Shen! Just watch! Cavalry Company! Everyone, attention—!"

"Target: Xiao Wang Zhuang Stronghold! Charge for me—!"

"Kill all these sons of bitches, the Japanese Soldiers!!"

"Kill—!!!"

The eighty elites of the Cavalry Company were like tigers released from their cages!

This time, what they held in their hands was no longer sabers, but type 56 submachine guns!

Warhorses galloped, kicking up dust that filled the sky, as the soldiers leaned low in their saddles, urging their horses on, their rifles pressed tight against them.

Meanwhile, the two machine gun squads and two rocket squads positioned by Li Yunlong on the perimeter opened fire instantly!

"Da da da, da da da—!!!"

Ten Type 56 light machine guns spat tongues of fire.

Sending brick and stone fragments flying, instantly turning any enemy who dared to show their head into a sieve!

Even more terrifying were those ten 40mm rocket launchers!

"Whoosh—boom!!"

"Whoosh—boom!!"

Rocket after rocket cleared areas that the 99A couldn't reach, clearing them all over again.

Bunkers, sandbags, wooden stakes...

Blasting them and the enemies inside to pieces!

Clearing all obstacles for the charging Cavalry Company!

Shifting the scene back inside Xiao Wang Zhuang Stronghold.

From the moment the 99A appeared in their field of vision, the Japanese Soldiers and Puppet Army inside the stronghold were in a state of utter confusion.

In a pillbox, a Puppet Army squad leader was peering through a firing slit, looking puzzled at that "combat vehicle" in the distance, the likes of which he had never seen before.

"What is that? Is it a new type of combat vehicle for the Imperial Army? Why is it driving toward us?"

Before his question could be answered, the next second, death arrived!

"Boom—!!!"

The upper half of the pillbox he was in vanished instantly!

Violent tremors, scorching shockwaves, flying brick and stone fragments, and shattered human remains...

The entire pillbox, along with the Japanese Soldiers inside, was instantly crippled!

The same scene played out almost simultaneously on the other three pillboxes!

"baka! What's going on?"

"Artillery fire! It's heavy artillery!"

"Amaterasu... help me!"

"My leg! My leg is pinned! Help me..."

In an instant, Xiao Wang Zhuang Stronghold was filled with wailing, like a hellish ghost realm!

Shortly after, the gate fortifications were also blasted into the sky by a shell!

A squad of Japanese Soldiers and Puppet Army guarding behind the fortifications were also not spared!

In less than a minute, the four strongest pillars and the gate of the stronghold were completely destroyed!

In reality, by this time, the entire stronghold had effectively been crippled!

Inside one pillbox, there was at least one squad of Japanese Soldiers (10 of them).

Four pillboxes, plus the squad guarding the main gate—at least 5 squads of Japanese Soldiers had been crippled by the 99A within one minute!

You have to know, when the 99A broke through earlier, it was facing an entire battalion of Japanese Soldiers!

Now, fighting a single platoon of Japanese Soldiers, if not for the pillboxes, why would they even need those 5 artillery pieces?

In fact, they didn't even need that 125mm smoothbore cannon to fire; the 12.7mm anti-aircraft/ground machine gun on the roof would have been enough!

As for the remaining Japanese Soldiers and Puppet Army, most of whom were originally in the barracks, bunkers, or acting as reserves, they were all dumbfounded right now!

"This... this is impossible..."

"The Ono squad... the Inoue squad... they've all perished!"

"We... we are finished..."

At this moment, the Japanese Soldiers were afraid!

This might have been the first time they felt fear since arriving in China!

This was a stronghold!

A stronghold that even an entire enemy regiment might not be able to take down!

And now, in less than a minute, it was crippled!

Could it be that the enemy had mobilized an entire division?

And deployed at least 5 105mm Howitzers?

Otherwise, how could...

Some Japanese Soldiers, their faces deathly pale, had hands trembling violently as they gripped their Type 38 rifles.

This was completely beyond their understanding; this wasn't a battle, it was divine retribution!

Even the Japanese Soldiers were scared out of their wits, and the Puppet Army were making even more of a fool of themselves, terrified out of their minds.

Some Puppet Army already had weak knees, dropping their guns and trying to crawl into corners.

However, before they could fully react from their confusion and fear, an even more desperate scene unfolded!

"Rumble—!"

"Kill—!!"

The stronghold gate was blasted open, and the sound of hooves and war cries approached from afar!

"baka!"

"It's the Eighth Route Army's cavalry!"

"Fix bayonets! Everyone, fix bayonets!"

The cavalry was too fast; it was better not to engage in a shootout, but to fight with blades!

Some of the surviving Japanese Soldiers instinctively began to attach their bayonets, wanting to counterattack.

But the scene that followed would be something these animals would never forget for the rest of their lives!

Because their lives ended right there!

The charging Cavalry Company did not draw their sabers as they usually did, but instead raised their type 56 submachine guns.

They didn't even bother to aim.

Absolutely fast, relatively accurate!

Just raise and fire!

"Da da da, da da da—!!!"

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang—!!!"

Eighty type 56 submachine guns opened fire simultaneously!

This terrifying scene completely stunned the Japanese Soldiers.

"Ahhh—!"

"Puff, puff, puff..."

"Help! Mama..."

Screams, the sound of bullets entering flesh, and desperate cries rang out all at once!

Those Japanese Soldiers who had just raised their guns hadn't even had time to engage in bayonet combat before they were turned into sieves!

The Puppet Army were completely broken!

When had they ever seen such a scene?

The Eighth Route Army actually had a fully automatic "flower machine gun" in everyone's hands?

How could they fight this?

In close quarters, machine guns were almost invincible!

They didn't even give you time to pull the bolt, nor would they fight with bayonets.

"Stop shooting! We surrender! We surrender!"

Some Puppet Army were so scared they just threw their guns on the ground and raised their hands high.

There was a first, then a second, a third...

In just a short moment, a whole bunch had surrendered.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"We surrender too! Eighth Route Army grandpas, spare us!"

"We won't fight anymore! Never again!"

The Puppet Army scrambled to throw their broken guns on the ground, raising their hands high, afraid that if they were a second too slow, they would be turned into a sieve.

However, unexpectedly, a few Japanese Soldiers also chose to surrender.

"Tou-o-xiao (I surrender)!"

"Kousan (surrender)!"

From the moment Shen Wang fired the first shot, until the last gunshot in the stronghold died down, the entire process took less than three minutes!

In just one hundred and eighty seconds, the enemy that had originally been arrogant and domineering, entrenched here relying on sturdy fortifications, was now dead, crippled, or surrendered.

The soldiers of the Cavalry Company reined in their restless warhorses, their faces carrying a trace of bewilderment, and... a sense of extreme, surreal trance.

Although they knew that with the new weapons sent by Mr. Shen, taking this stronghold shouldn't be a problem.

But they never expected the process to be so... overwhelming!

So... effortless!

Many soldiers had even prepared for the worst, yet the Japanese Soldiers actually... surrendered?

This battle was satisfying!

It was damn satisfying!

"Damn it..."

Li Yunlong subconsciously cursed, but didn't know what word to follow up with to describe his current mood.

"Sun Desheng! Take some men and guard all the prisoners for me! Count the heads, and keep them under separate guard!"

Although Li Yunlong wished he could slaughter all these animals, discipline is discipline!

After dealing with the prisoners, Li Yunlong immediately asked the question he cared about most.

"All platoons! Immediately count the headcount and report the casualties! Quickly!"

Subsequently, squad by squad, they began to report:

"Report, Commander! 1st Platoon, 1st Squad, no casualties!"

"1st Platoon, 2nd Squad, no casualties!"

"1st Platoon, 3rd Squad, no casualties!"

"3rd Platoon, 3rd Squad, no casualties!"