Chapter 86: Breaking Out of the Encirclement

  Dong Li Mao pulled up the bolt of his submachine gun with a clack, raised his right hand high and waved it forward: "Kill the devils!"

  Tai Li started the Jeep, without turning on the headlights. From her skilled movements, Dong Li Mao could tell that her driving skills were far superior to his own. He smiled and gave her a thumbs up, still thinking about the joke from earlier, feeling that the term "foreign mother-horse" was quite fitting for her. Her focused and skilled driving made the Jeep move like a ** mother horse, as if there was a stallion waiting for it to go and mate.

  Behind them were jeeps commanded by Gou Hao and Wang Jiagui, three armed jeeps leading the way, followed closely by a dozen modified military trucks. Zhao Yong was on one of the trucks in the middle, responsible for the machine gun on top of the truck head. Finally, there was Zhang Dali's jeep, which he commanded. He was originally an excellent machine gunner, but the machine guns on his two jeeps were not installed at the front, but at the back. Next to him was a soldier who was a rocket launcher, and in the co-pilot position, there was another machine gunner responsible for one of the machine guns.

  Through several potholed and waterlogged muddy streets, they were stopped at the British defensive position.

  Through Terry's translation, Dong Limao learned from a lieutenant colonel stationed here that half an hour ago, there was a relatively large change in the Japanese army's deployment on the opposite side, with more than a dozen tanks and armored vehicles heading towards the riverbank, seemingly to reinforce the Japanese troops there. They also withdrew a large number of infantrymen. It is estimated that there are still over 200 Japanese soldiers left on the opposite side, and the number of tanks and armored vehicles should be less than ten. Dong Limao also learned that on both sides of the highway in front, there were two Japanese machine gun forts surrounded by sandbags.

  Dong Li Mao stood on the jeep and could see that 500 meters away, in front of the Japanese army's position, two searchlights were swaying back and forth towards this side.

  "Little Huzi, go and call Wang Jia Gui over." Dong Li Mao said to Hu San.

  "Yes!" Hu San jumped down from the car and ran towards the back.

  Dong Li Mao then told Tai Li: "Tell the captain to have our men destroy the little devil's searchlights, and then turn on all the British searchlights towards the Japanese position. After we pass by, immediately turn them off." Dong Li Mao understood that the only way to get the British to help was this, as they had almost no ammunition left and it was impossible for them to assist in breaking through. The only way was to use the strong light to blind the enemy and then suddenly extinguish it, creating darkness, and take advantage of the Japanese being unable to adapt to the sudden change from light to dark to charge forward.

  The lieutenant colonel nodded in agreement with Terry's words and walked away after agreeing to Dong Li Mao's request.

  Wang Jiagui followed Hu San and ran forward. Dong Li Mao said to him, "Second Brother, do you see those two searchlights? Put them out for me!"

  "No problem!" Wang Jiagui replied, taking down the sniper rifle from his back and running forward, crouching in the sandbag fortifications of the British army's position. Dong Li Mao waved his hand forward: "Prepare to break out!"

  The words had barely fallen when two crisp cracks of gunfire were heard, the two Japanese searchlights went out with a bang, and then the two British searchlights shot straight over.

  "Dong Li Mao shouted loudly: 'Headlights! Charge!'"

  Tai Li turned on the Jeep's lights and stepped on the accelerator. The Jeep was like a wild horse off its reins, suddenly rushing forward with a loud roar.

  Dong Li Mao to Pan Guang Zu: "Prepare rocket projectiles, blast away the little devils' stronghold by the road!"

  The cars behind followed one by one after Dong Li Mao's jeep.

  Bursting out of the British army's position, Dong Li Mao grasped the machine gun with both hands and let out a loud roar: "Block my way and die!", taking advantage of the searchlight on the British army's position to illuminate the darkness. He poured out his chest full of hatred for Zhu Yongsheng's death for him into the machine gun in his hand, and the muzzle spat out flames, firing angrily at the Japanese army's position with a loud "da-da" sound.

  Good fellow! Dong Li Mao couldn't help but admire the British military equipment, the machine gun on the jeep was like a meteor shower, bullets flying towards the Japanese position with a bright tail.

  Pan Guangzu had already loaded a rocket into the rocket tube, shouldering it and aiming at the Japanese bunker on the right side of the highway. He pulled the trigger with his finger, and with a loud "Boom", the rocket flew out with a sharp whistling sound, exploding in a burst of flames, destroying the Japanese sandbag bunker on the right side of the highway.

  The jeep that Gao Hao was in command of also fired a rocket at the sandbag bunker on the left side of the highway, but it missed.

  When Wang Jia Gui and others drove the third jeep to his side, he jumped onto the car, picked up the rocket launcher, aimed at the Japanese army's sandbag bunker on the left that had not been blown away, relying on his superb accurate shooting technique, quickly locked onto the bunker and pulled the trigger. The rocket accurately blew away the bunker on the left.

  Tai Li lowered her head as much as possible to avoid the bullets coming from the Japanese army's position, her hands tightly grasping the steering wheel. Her driving skills were indeed superb, driving not only fast but also relatively stable.

  Dong Li Mao used the machine gun to sweep continuously, he was like a beast, shouting while sweeping: "Go die! Little devils! Those who want to live, give way to Laozi!"

  Wherever Comrade Dong Li Mao's machine gun swept, there were the miserable cries of the Japanese devils before they died. Hu San inserted another rocket into Pan Guangzu's rocket tube, and this time Pan Guangzu aimed at a tank on the right that was adjusting its barrel.

  Gao had already fired two rockets in a row, neither of which hit the target. He was somewhat dissatisfied and asked the loader to load another one. This time he aimed at the same tank that Pan Guangzu was aiming at.

  Pan Guangzu's rocket flew to the left of the tank and did not destroy the tank, but Gou Hao's hit the tank's turret, which had adjusted its gunport and was about to fire a shell when it was blown off by the rocket.

  Wang Jiagui fired two rockets in a row and also destroyed one tank and one armored vehicle.

  At this time, the convoy had completely entered the Japanese army's position, and the British military searchlights behind them went out. The convoy was illuminated only by the headlights of the cars during the shooting.

  The machine guns on the modified truck's cab and both sides of the carriage began to take effect, almost suppressing the Japanese army within a hundred meters on both sides of the road, making it impossible for them to lift their heads to shoot at the convoy. Even if there were bullets flying towards the trucks from afar, they were blocked by the 10-15 cm thick wooden boards and couldn't penetrate through. The people inside the carriage were all squeezed together and didn't receive any harm from the gunfire. Occasionally, a rocket would be fired out of the shooting holes in the carriage.

  The rapid movement of the vehicles, combined with the strong light from the searchlights and then another patch of darkness, made it impossible for the Japanese mortar gunners to aim accurately, and mortar shells exploded continuously on both sides of the highway.

  The depth of the Japanese army's defensive line was about 200-300 meters, and Dong Li Mao's machine gun, as the jeep rushed forward, almost all targets illuminated by the car lights were swept away.

  Suddenly, in the middle of the road ahead, an armored vehicle was heading towards the Jeep, and the light it emitted almost made Dong Li Mao's eyes dizzy, unable to see the target clearly. The machine gun bullets shot from the opponent whizzed past his ears, some hitting the front of the Jeep, producing a sharp metallic screech and impact sound.

  Tai Li slowed down the car and asked Dong Li Mao loudly: "What should I do?"

  "Keep moving forward!" Dong Li Mao replied loudly, then roared: "Fatty! Take out the armored vehicle in front of us! Do it fast!"

  Pan Guangzu had long been carrying a rocket launcher on his shoulder, standing in the back seat of the jeep, swaying back and forth, always unable to aim accurately.

  Dong Li Mao used a machine gun to exchange fire with an armored vehicle across from him.

  At the critical moment, Hu San stood up, snatched the rocket launcher from Pan Guangzu's shoulder, and jumped to the front of the jeep. Standing beside Dong Li Mao, he shouldered the rocket launcher and fired a rocket at the approaching armored vehicle. The rocket tail emitted spinning sparks as it flew towards the armored vehicle. A few seconds later, a deafening explosion shook the sky, sending the armored vehicle crashing to the side of the road. Several Japanese soldiers ran out of the vehicle, their bodies on fire, screaming in agony and running wildly in all directions. Dong Li Mao used his machine gun to shoot and kill these burning Japanese soldiers, ending their suffering before death, which could be considered a humanitarian act.

  "Good job! Little Hu! I didn't know you still had two brushes!" After the jeep rushed past the armored vehicle that was overturned and burning on the side of the road, Dong Limao patted Hu San's shoulder with a loud laugh.

  Hu San scratched the back of his head awkwardly and crawled back to the rear seat, handing the rocket launcher over to Pan Guangzu.

  "You're quite resourceful, if you hadn't reacted quickly, we'd probably all be done for." Pan Guangzu also praised Hu San.

  There was basically no resistance in front, and Dong Li Mao stopped sweeping. He leaned on the back of the jeep seat, took out a cigarette, turned the machine gun around, and lit it with the still-hot barrel. "We finally broke through," he said, taking a puff. Looking back, Gu Hao and Wang Jia Gui's two jeeps were closely following behind, with a long string of truck lights on, shooting from the shooting holes on both sides of the truck compartment, spitting fire tongues, and the sound of machine guns was continuous. The Japanese troops on both sides of the road couldn't get close to the convoy.

  However, Zhang Dalong's pressure after the break was not small. His Jeep had twice narrowly escaped being hit by tank artillery chasing from behind.

  "Quickly take out the tank that's chasing us from behind!" Zhang Dali yelled while controlling the machine gun with both hands, firing and sweeping.

  "The trajectory is too long and the distance is too far, the rocket shells can't even hit the tank!" The rocket launcher had already fired three rounds, none of which had hit the tank.

  "Pull over!" Zhang Dalie yelled.

  The driver of the vehicle, a journalist, slammed on the brakes, and Zhang Dalie snatched the rocket launcher from the hands of the soldier next to him, slinging it over his shoulder. He stood up, aiming at the tank that was chasing them from behind, muttering to himself: "Get closer, you little devils, get closer, let Grandpa send you back home." As soon as he finished speaking, the rocket projectile in front of the launcher shot out like a spinning top, emitting a sharp whistling sound as it flew forward. It quickly collided with the oncoming tank, and a fireball erupted, after which there were no more tanks chasing them.

  "Son of a...! Dare to chase Grandpa! Looking for death! Drive!"