Chapter 102: Rain over Zai An

April 25, 1:30 a. m.

The heavy rain is still falling.

"Cease fire," Jiang Fei shouted.

With Jiang Anguo's order, the gunfire gradually ceased.

The battlefield fell silent once more, a terrifying silence broken only by the sound of rain.

It began inexplicably, but ended very quickly.

Jiang Anguo looked at the points in the system, which gave him a total of 780 points, and the number of Japanese killed was 32; he killed 32 Japanese, which is a squad of Japanese.

Hmm, is this a Japanese battalion?

Jiang Anguo couldn't help but start doubting in his heart: after firing just a few shells, they stopped the attack.

Is the Little Devil's artillery fire too light? Could it also be a small detachment of the Japanese Army?

"Ah!" Jiang Anguo shouted.

Xiao Si was also badly shaken; he hadn't slept much that night, his bleary eyes startled, and he asked, "Young Master, what's wrong, what's wrong?"

"It's fine, go back and sleep," Jiang Anguo said, rubbing Xiao Si's chicken‑nest head.

"Young Master is really fine," Xiao Si still wasn't reassured; the night had been too intense.

The Japanese attacked Zai An's positions twice; the key is that Zai An's positions were not yet completed, and it seemed Jiang Anguo didn't have much time left.

Jiang Anguo nodded confidently, "You go rest."

He made two very important mistakes: first, he didn't assign any scouts, i. e., on the other side of the bridge, so he had no idea what the situation was and didn't know how many Japanese forces carried out the night raid.

Second, his night‑rest tent was too close to the position, only a little over a hundred meters behind Zai An's First Defensive Line, i. e., between the first and second defensive lines.

Just now the Japanese Grenade Launcher launched the attack; if artillery were fired from the bridge, it could hit Jiang Anguo's tent and blow up his headquarters outright—far too dangerous.

It was Jiang Anguo's first time leading troops, and he almost collapsed halfway through his venture, especially since he still had a Guard Company of five hundred men with him.

Mistakes are inevitable, but this error demanded soldiers as a price, and that price was far too great.

Fortunately, Jiang Anguo's forces have so far suffered no casualties in the front‑line combat.

The Eighth Company's entire regiment is the most heavily lost under Jiang Anguo's command.

After waiting about half an hour with no movement from the opposite position, Jiang Anguo sent men up to scout; the position moved forward, and the Machine Gunner advanced to provide cover.

In total, two squads of soldiers were dispatched, three per team, with two machine‑gun mounts set on the left and right sides of the bridge to cover the advance; all scouting soldiers half‑crouched to minimize their profile.

Cautiously, they moved forward to explore!

The heavy rain also effectively blocked both sides' sight.

With such firepower, Jiang Anguo believes that, unless the enemy is foolish, they shouldn't launch another Death Charge.

Unless they truly want to meet the Emperor!

"Report," was Guard Company Commander Jiang Fei's voice.

"Speak."

"Commander, in this battle we eliminated 32 enemies, captured two Japanese soldiers alive, and from the information on them we learned this unit is the Japanese 56th Division's Search Detachment," Jiang Fei said.

"Good job, and we have prisoners!" Jiang Anguo hadn't expected to capture prisoners again.

Jiang Fei nodded and said, "Yes, Commander, these two Japanese were relatively lucky; the bullets struck their calves, so they didn't die immediately and fell onto the bridge, where our scouting soldiers discovered them."

Jiang Anguo seemed to recall something and asked immediately, "Did you find the Japanese Grenade Launcher?"

Jiang Fei shook his head, "Commander, we didn't find it."

"It seems we didn't annihilate that Japanese detachment completely."

There are still some that slipped through the net; that's because no scouts were sent. If there had been prior reconnaissance, Jiang Anguo would at least have known how many Japanese soldiers were attacking Zai An.

If it were just a squad, Jiang Anguo would have ordered his troops to strike and eliminate that squad.

The Chun Tian Squad was also careless, or perhaps overly arrogant, assuming the opponents were still the original Expeditionary Force soldiers; Jiang Anguo's Guard Company consists of System Exchange soldiers who kill without blinking.

Jiang Anguo continued, "Confiscate all these people's weapons and gear, and send any important documents to me. Jiang Fei, next time you confiscate Japanese, watch for any who aren't dead yet, so they don't ambush us."

Jiang Anguo knew those Japanese were lunatics, truly insane; even if you treat them, they might pull a grenade and die together with you.

Therefore, only dead Japanese are best.

"Yes, Commander."

The commotion was so loud that Jiang Anguo couldn't sleep.

"Xiao Si, bring the Japanese prisoners over."

Song Mengqin on this side reported the situation; soldiers of the Lashu Defense Force's 1st and 2nd Battalions showed restless emotions.

Two Little Baga were muttering there; Jiang Anguo didn't understand and didn't want to, as he has three Japanese spies who all speak Japanese.

But those two are just minor figures; even if translation were needed, it would be meaningless.

It's simply superfluous.

Special Warfare Company soldiers escorted two prisoners to the front of the Lashu Defense Force's 1st and 2nd Battalions.

"Lu Ning, Sun Fu, notify everyone to assemble; we'll issue raincoats in a moment—what if they get soaked?" Jiang Anguo said jokingly.

In fact he wasn't joking; many Expeditionary Force soldiers have perished in the rainforest, where colds are deadly, especially widespread typhus, and without medicine that's fatal.

The heavy rain poured down; Jiang Anguo had already taken off his raincoat, and the rain soaked his uniform, making him feel a bit cold.

"Look at yourselves, do you even look like soldiers? I just saw soldiers fleeing into the jungle; you can't even obey your own officer's orders."

"Heh, still men, the Japanese Devil is just a squad of soldiers—look how scared you are, you're just a bunch of softies," Jiang Anguo shouted.

The Lashu Defense Force soldiers below had eyes full of fury; men hate being called softies the most.

"What, still not convinced? Staring at me does nothing. I'm just worried that if you meet the Japanese you'll run, so I had you dig trenches behind you. Look at you, you can't even flee—a bunch of useless trash."

The timing seemed about right; Jiang Anguo feared that if it continued, he'd be swallowed up by this bunch.

"Push up."

Two Japan soldiers were pushed up, they struggled, trying to resist, but were tightly seized by Guard Company soldiers, the more they struggled, the more their arms were pressed, they even felt their arms were about to be broken.

Whatever curses were coming from his mouth, Jiang Anguo didn't understand them, nor did he want to.

Among the Little Devil (Japanese soldier)s, the best at Chinese is the Kwantung Army group, who first invaded the northeast; the later ones' Chinese is just average.

All the soldiers saw that this was the uniform of Japan soldiers, and it turned out to be Japanese.

"Watch closely, these are two Japan captives; if you still have egg, step up Front one step, let me stab them both to death," Jiang Anguo shouted loudly.

The Horn's sound was almost drowned by the heavy rain, his throat shout became a bit hoarse.

It's been a long time that no one stepped Front one step.

"You say you're soft egg and don't believe it, these two are already almost dead, you all don't dare, you don't even know how to kill, come, here's a knife for you, who will stab me with a knife." Jiang Anguo truly admired, if he were in the past, he would have fled when it rained heavily, this is a battlefield, so many people, yet no one stepped Front to stab Japanese Devil.

Clang!

A knife fell in front of Jiang Anguo, and he wanted to see whether these broken soldiers truly had no ounce of courage, not even the courage for revenge!

The two Little Devil (Japanese soldier)s, seeing the Chinese officer in the heavy rain throw out a knife, seemed to realize something, their bodies shivered!