135: Chapter 135: The Plan Successfully Concluded

Although he said that, his body acted on its own.

He still wanted to give it a try; what if it worked?

As a special forces soldier, his marksmanship was very accurate.

With one shot, he took out a Japanese sentry.

At this moment, Noda Ken heard the gunshot close by and was startled.

After the Japanese sentry was shot in the head, he collapsed right beside him.

Another gunshot rang out, and a bullet struck right beside Noda Ken.

If it weren't for the many wooden crates and other cover here, Noda Ken would likely have been hit.

Noda Ken was terrified.

This sudden attack caught him off guard.

Originally, they thought only the artillery position had been attacked, but now the Command Post had also been raided.

Noda Ken scrambled further inside, terrified of being hit.

On the other side, the Chinese Soldier wore a look of disappointment.

He had fired two shots and missed both.

Noda Ken was less than fifty meters away, and at this moment, some Chinese Soldiers were already crawling in that direction.

Taking advantage of the night, it was difficult for the Little Devils to spot them.

Behind them, Little Devils patrols kept arriving.

The Chinese Soldiers behind had already engaged the Little Devils patrols in a firefight, with constant gunfire.

Noda Ken heard the intense exchange of fire and was overjoyed.

Needless to say, reinforcements had arrived.

But before he could be happy for too long, a grenade was thrown next to them.

Seeing the grenade, Noda Ken's eyes widened.

At this moment, a Little Devil threw himself directly onto the grenade.

An explosion rang out, and the grenade killed that Little Devil instantly.

The shockwave blew Noda Ken away, causing him to crash into the wooden crates nearby.

The wooden crates were knocked over and pinned Noda Ken down.

Inside the livestream room, the audience witnessed this situation.

"Is that Japanese Officer dead?"

"Not sure, but it feels like even if he's not dead, he's in bad shape."

"That Little Devil was really desperate; he threw himself directly onto it to protect that Japanese Officer."

"I hope that Japanese Officer is dead, so the Chinese Defenders on Zijin Mountain can have it a bit easier."

With the arrival of the Little Devils patrols, it became difficult for the Chinese Soldiers to continue the attack.

They couldn't ignore the enemies behind them and had to divert some forces to deal with the incoming Little Devils.

The Chinese Soldiers at the front began a fierce assault, targeting the Japanese Officer specifically.

Every one they killed was one less.

The battle lasted for over half an hour.

These Chinese Soldiers originally numbered around one hundred, but soon only half remained.

However, the Little Devils suffered significant casualties as well, especially among the officers.

Killing one was a big win, killing two was a massive profit.

By now, they had taken down a dozen or so.

It was impossible that none of those dozen were dead.

Their objective was basically achieved.

They began to retreat in an orderly fashion.

After seeing the Chinese Soldiers withdraw, the Little Devils did not pursue.

After this commotion, the Little Devils' Command Post was in complete chaos.

The original plan was to launch a full-scale offensive during the day, but after this, the plan was completely ruined.

The sky outside gradually began to brighten.

Noda Ken woke up from his coma.

Just as he woke up, he received bad news.

That was that the attack last night had caused casualties among a dozen high-ranking officers; five died from their injuries, seven were seriously wounded, and two were lightly wounded.

Noda Ken was lucky; he belonged to the lightly wounded group.

Because the Command Post was attacked, the original plan was completely scrapped.

Similarly, at the Little Devils' artillery position.

The Little Devils artillerymen had already cleaned up the explosion site where the heavy artillery was stored.

However, the ammunition depot had been blown up, and the spreading toxic fumes caused heavy casualties among the Little Devils.

Many Little Devils artillerymen rushed toward the ammunition depot.

But unexpectedly, the toxic fumes spread toward them.

The unprepared Little Devils artillerymen were all poisoned and collapsed to the ground.

These stockpiled poison gas shells were originally brought by the poison gas unit for them to fire.

They hadn't fired them all, but had stored them in the ammunition depot.

As a result, they were now reaping what they had sown.

At the Little Devils' artillery Command Post.

The Little Devils artillery regiment commander, Ide Ryu, had not slept since being awakened by the explosion in the early morning.

His complexion was terrible, and his eyes were bloodshot.

He had never expected such a thing to happen.

If it had only been the heavy artillery and the ammunition depot being blown up, he wouldn't have been this devastated, but there were poison gas shells in the ammunition depot.

This poison gas had wiped out a large swath of artillerymen.

Preliminary statistics showed at least eight hundred Imperial soldiers were casualties.

More than two hundred died directly.

Even the casualties from the bombings over the past two days didn't add up to as many as these few hours.

His artillery position was completely paralyzed.

Just as he stared with bloodshot eyes at the statistical report in his hands.

A Little Devil adjutant walked over.

"Colonel, the 33rd Regiment infantry Command Post reports that their Command Post was raided last night, and the full-scale offensive plan has been canceled."

Upon hearing this, Ide Ryu was somewhat shocked.

He hadn't expected the infantry Command Post to also be raided.

It seemed this was a raid for which the Chinese Defenders had long been prepared.

Before he could recover, the Little Devil adjutant ran over again.

"Colonel, urgent telegram: the poison gas unit was raided last night, and the field hospital was also raided, resulting in heavy losses."

Hearing this news, Ide Ryu nearly collapsed to the ground.

His first thought was that it was over.

With such a major defeat, the division would certainly not let them off.

The sky gradually grew bright.

In the northern foothills of Zijin Mountain.

Regimental Commander Zhao Liang led the troops back to the temporary encampment.

Subsequently, the squads that had gone out returned one after another.

In the morning, at the Purple Mountain Observatory Training Corps Command Post.

General Huang Wei looked at Adjutant Chen beside him and asked.

"How is it? Is there any news from the Little Devils?"

"None. Since early morning, there have been constant gunshots and explosions from the foot of the mountain. Up until now, the Little Devils haven't reacted at all."

"Based on yesterday's situation, the Little Devils should have launched artillery fire and attacks this morning. Since the Little Devils are completely silent now, I suspect that the 5th Regiment's operation caused them significant losses." Adjutant Chen shook his head and voiced his speculation.

General Huang Wei nodded slightly upon hearing Adjutant Chen's words.

It was already around ten o'clock in the morning, and the Little Devils still had no movement.

Without a doubt, the commotion last night must have had a major impact on the Little Devils.

Inside the livestream room, the audience watched the two men's conversation.

"Of course, those Chinese Soldiers at the foot of the mountain almost wiped out the Little Devils' Command Post."

"Exactly, that Little Devils artillery ammunition depot exploded so loudly; you could see the sparks from far away."

"It's just a pity that those Chinese Soldiers all died there."

"Their deaths were worth it; the force of that explosion took out nearly a hundred Little Devils on the spot, not to mention that I saw what looked like poison gas afterward."

"The 5th Regiment's raid was executed perfectly; who says our Chinese Soldiers can't beat these Little Devils? This was definitely a complete victory."

At the foot of the mountain, it was nearing noon.

Regimental Commander Zhao Liang looked outside the encampment.

Based on the squads that had already returned, the casualty data for this operation had also roughly emerged.