Holding the original shares, they fought all the way to the Korean War!

Ma Yong squatted in front of that device.

He pulled the fuse, then stood up and retreated to a safe distance.

He glanced at Zhou Tianyang, who nodded.

Ma Yong struck a match, lit the fuse, and the fuse burned rapidly along the ground, shooting into the middle of the pile of ammunition.

A few seconds later, a muffled, loud bang came from the center of the valley.

The shockwave from the explosion kicked up a cloud of dust and debris, which spread outwards.

The pile of ammunition that couldn't be taken away was completely destroyed in the explosion, and the remaining debris quickly burned away in the flames.

"withdraw."

Zhou Tianyang didn't glance at it again and turned to walk towards the group.

Three hundred and fifty-five people quickly evacuated along the pre-selected route on the west side of the valley.

The formation was compact but not chaotic at all.

Deng Chen led the forty veterans at the front to clear the way, while Ma Yong led the guards at the rear.

The group moved quickly along a small path at the foot of the mountain, almost completely covered by weeds.

This road is narrower than the one we came by, and the terrain on both sides is more complicated. In some places, you have to squeeze through sideways.

However, this road leads in a direction that is parallel to the mountain ridge where the mountain pass stronghold is located.

It can bypass the stronghold's fire coverage and directly penetrate from the side.

After walking for about twenty minutes, the group arrived below the mountain pass stronghold.

Looking up from here, the outline of the pillbox is clearly visible, and the firing ports on the wall are also faintly visible.

But there was no movement inside, not even a single person in sight.

Those Japanese soldiers holed up in their fortifications had clearly given up on the idea of ​​launching an offensive.

They simply held their ground behind the wall, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

Zhou Tianyang walked in the middle of the group, glanced at the direction of the pillbox, then looked away and continued walking forward.

The team passed through the foot of the mountain about 200 meters below the stronghold, and no fighting occurred during the entire process.

Not a single shot was fired from the pillbox.

Those Japanese soldiers seemed to be completely terrified by the ambush they had just witnessed, and they didn't even dare to show their faces at the observation posts.

The team safely passed the mountain ridge and turned back onto the dirt road leading west.

Deng Chen turned back from the front and walked to Zhou Tianyang's side.

"Commander, those Japanese soldiers in the stronghold haven't dared to move."

"I stopped briefly on the road to take a look, and not a single gun barrel was sticking out of the firing ports on the top of the pillbox."

"It's normal that they don't dare to move."

Zhou Tianyang's pace remained unchanged.

"The main force was completely annihilated, the commander was killed in action, and the remaining dozens of men had no unified command and no sufficient firepower support."

"The only thing they can do now is hold their positions and wait for reinforcements."

"As long as we don't attack them first, they won't provoke us."

Deng Chen nodded, said nothing more, and quickened his pace to return to the front of the group.

The group continued westward along the dirt road, maintaining a steady pace.

The outlines of the mountain ridge and the stronghold at the pass behind them gradually became smaller.

About half an hour later.

Zhou Tianyang was walking in the middle of the group when he suddenly heard the faint sound of a car coming from behind him.

The sound came from the direction of the mountain ridge.

Zhou Tianyang stopped and listened for a few seconds.

The sound grew clearer and clearer; it was the noise of multiple trucks moving at the same time, not just one.

His gaze darkened slightly, and he called out to the front of the group.

Stop.

The order was quickly passed down, and the team spread out on both sides of the dirt road, each finding cover to hide in.

Deng Chen quickly turned back from the front, his expression more serious than before.

"Commander, the Japanese reinforcements have arrived."

He squatted down next to Zhou Tianyang, his gaze fixed on the direction of the mountain ridge behind them.

"Judging from the noise, it's at least a convoy of five or six trucks."

"According to the Japanese organization, with so many trucks operating at the same time, there must be at least several hundred people."

"More than a few hundred people."

Zhou Tianyang's gaze remained fixed in that direction, but his ears were constantly picking up the details of those sounds.

"It's not just a company that's coming, it's a battalion."

Deng Chen frowned slightly, but his face did not show any panic.

He quickly went through the process in his mind before speaking.

"A Japanese battalion, if fully staffed, has at least a thousand men."

"If it really is this large-scale, then if our three hundred-plus people were to fight it head-on, the casualties would be considerable."

"Don't confront them head-on."

Zhou Tianyang turned his gaze away from that direction, his tone calm and resolute.

"Let them chase if they want."

"Let's go first, and then find a place to ambush them after we've gone a while."

"If you beat them hard enough, they won't dare to chase you anymore."

After listening, Deng Chen remained silent for a moment, as if weighing something.

Then he nodded, asked no further questions, stood up, and gestured towards the direction of the group.

"Keep going, speed up!"

The team started moving again, a few minutes faster than before.

Everyone knew that pursuers were closing in from behind.

But no one showed any sign of panic; their steps remained steady, the kind that comes from years of battle.

Zhou Tianyang walked in the middle of the group, took out a hand-drawn map from his pocket, and spread it out in front of him.

The map shows the terrain and village distribution in this area. Although the lines are rough, the key locations are clearly marked.

His eyes darted quickly across the map.

Draw your finger westward along the dirt road from your current location, through a hilly area.

Then it stopped at a location marked Qingyunling.

"Battalion Commander Deng, come and take a look."

Zhou Tianyang called out to Deng Chen, who was in front of him.

Deng Chen quickly turned back, his gaze also falling on the map.

Zhou Tianyang pointed to the location of Qingyun Ridge with his finger.

Deng Chen followed his finger and looked at it for a moment.

"The terrain is treacherous. The highway passes under the ridge, with steep slopes on both sides, covered with shrubs and miscellaneous trees."

"If we set up an ambush there, our firepower could cover the entire highway, and the vegetation on the slope is dense enough to hide hundreds of people without any problem."

"It's about a few miles from where we are now."

"If we march quickly, it will only take a little over half an hour to get there."

Deng Chen's voice carried a certainty that came from careful calculation.

"Although the Japanese battalion had vehicles, the road conditions at the foot of the mountain were poor, and the trucks could not travel fast."

"If we take the shortcut through the mountains, we can get there before them."

Zhou Tianyang folded the map and put it in his pocket, stood up, and glanced at the entire team.

"All troops, proceed at full speed! Heading for Qingyun Ridge!"

"Keep up, don't fall behind!"

The team's speed increased dramatically within seconds.

Deng Chen led his group of over three hundred veterans at the front, walking at a much faster pace than before.

But the formation still maintained that orderly rhythm.

Ma Yong led the guards at the back of the column, leaving two observation posts at intervals.

Responsible for monitoring the position and distance of pursuers behind.

The mountain path became narrower and narrower, and the bushes on both sides became denser and denser.

The group moved quickly along the narrow path, barely wide enough for one person to pass at a time, without a word being spoken.

The veterans were indeed in better physical condition than Zhou Tianyang had expected; spending a year on the mountain had not completely broken them down.