After a forced march of more than half an hour.

Although some people started to pant heavily, no one fell behind.

A mountain shadow appeared ahead, not very high but with an extremely steep slope.

The area below the mountainside is covered with waist-high wild grass and dense shrubs, while the area above the mountainside consists of bare rocks.

A dirt road winds its way through the foot of the mountain, stretching into the distant valley.

Deng Chen slowed down and turned to Zhou Tianyang, gesturing towards him.

"Commander, we should have arrived at Qingyun Ridge."

Zhou Tianyang quickened his pace and stepped forward, standing next to Deng Chen, his gaze sweeping rapidly across the entire terrain.

Qingyun Ridge is indeed as shown on the map.

The terrain is treacherous, with the highway passing through the foot of the ridge, situated precisely between a bend and a gentle slope.

The slopes on both sides are moderate and covered with dense vegetation, so a person lying down inside is completely invisible from the road.

"Ma Yong, take your men up the left wing slope and take control of the high ground."

Zhou Tianyang turned around, speaking a few minutes faster than usual, but every word was clear and firm.

"Battalion Commander Deng, take your men up the right flank slope and set up all the captured light machine guns in the middle of the slope to create crossfire that covers the entire bend and road."

"The remaining men will set up a defensive line on the front, and launch a surprise attack once the Japanese enter the ambush zone."

"Then decide whether to fight or retreat based on the situation."

Ma Yong responded and led more than a hundred soldiers to quickly make their way to the left flank slope.

Deng Chen turned around and gestured behind him, and the more than one hundred veterans silently dispersed.

They quickly deployed along the right flank slope and each found their firing positions.

Zhou Tianyang did not rush uphill.

He first stood in the middle of the road and then checked the layout of the entire terrain one last time.

Then I quickly climbed up the left slope for about two hundred meters.

There is a prominent rock that rises significantly above the surrounding terrain, offering an excellent view.

He lay prone behind the rock, setting up his sniper rifle on the stone in front of him.

Looking down at the highway through the scope.

Looking through the scope, the entire curve and the slopes on both sides are clearly visible.

The highway extends from the northeast, makes a bend at the foot of Qingyun Ridge, and then extends southwest.

The ambush positions were all in place, with over three hundred rifles and several light machine guns pointed towards the road.

The soldiers lay prone behind the bushes, covered with weeds and branches, and were completely invisible from the road.

Zhou Tianyang adjusted the focus of the scope and aligned the crosshairs with the road.

Time passed by, second by second.

Deng Chen crept over from the right flank slope.

He crouched down behind Zhou Tianyang and asked in a low voice.

"Commander, the Japanese haven't arrived yet."

"What if they've stopped pursuing them?"

"They will definitely chase after us."

Zhou Tianyang's gaze remained fixed on the scope, his tone steady.

"We wiped out nearly half of the troops at one of our strongholds. They can't just let this go."

"They were just delayed on the road, they should be here soon."

Five minutes later, the roar of a car engine could be heard in the distance.

The sound was initially indistinct, like an echo of wind blowing across a mountain ridge, but then it became clearer and clearer.

Zhou Tianyang's ears had already picked up those sounds.

One, two, three...

At least seven trucks, followed by three-wheeled motorcycles.

Zhou Tianyang's breathing became very shallow, and his finger lightly rested on the trigger.

The vanguard of the convoy appeared.

The first truck rounded the bend.

A Type 92 heavy machine gun was mounted on the roof of the vehicle, and the machine gunner was vigilantly scanning the slopes on both sides with the gun at his level.

Zhou Tianyang's crosshairs landed firmly on the head of the gunner of the Type 92 heavy machine gun on the roof of the first truck.

The convoy behind us was still turning into the bend.

The second, the third, the fourth...

Every truck was crammed with fully armed Japanese soldiers.

Several three-wheeled motorcycles followed behind, with light machine guns mounted on their sidecars.

The entire convoy entered the ambush zone.

Without hesitation, Zhou Tianyang cleanly and decisively pressed down with his index finger.

"Bang!"

Gunshots rang out in the valley.

The machine gunner on the roof suddenly leaned back, his hands loosened from the gun handle, and he slumped to the side on the roof.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun lost control, and its muzzle tilted to one side.

[Ding! One Japanese machine gunner killed. 20 points awarded.]

A system notification sounded in my mind.

Zhou Tianyang's finger was already on the trigger, and the crosshairs quickly moved toward the second truck.

A Type 92 machine gun was also mounted on the roof of that vehicle, and the machine gunner was staring blankly in the direction of the first truck.

They clearly hadn't realized what had happened yet.

"Bang!"

The second bullet struck him precisely in the temple.

The machine gunner didn't even utter a sound before his body went limp and he collapsed onto the roof of the vehicle.

[Ding! One Japanese machine gunner killed. 20 points awarded.]

The third, the fourth, the fifth...

Zhou Tianyang's fingers did not stop.

His rate of fire was astonishing, and the semi-automatic advantage of the M1C Garand was brought to its fullest potential at this moment.

There was no pause in between.

Each bullet hit its target precisely, and he had only one target: all the machine gunners on the roofs of the trucks.

"Bang!"

The machine gunner on the third truck had just recovered from his shock.

A bullet pierced the back of his head.

[Ding! One Japanese machine gunner killed. 20 points awarded.]

"Bang!"

The machine gunner on the fourth truck reacted the fastest.

He had already climbed onto the roof of the car, with only half of his helmet and one hand showing.

Zhou Tianyang's bullet grazed past, sending sparks flying, before striking precisely the hand gripping the machine gun handle.

The bullet shattered his hand bones, and he screamed as he tumbled off the roof of the car and landed on the road.

Immediately afterwards, a second bullet followed.

It ended his suffering.

[Ding! One Japanese machine gunner killed. 20 points awarded.]

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Zhou Tianyang fired continuously until the machine gunner of the seventh truck also fell to the ground.

He released the trigger and quickly changed to a new magazine.

Seven trucks, seven heavy machine guns, and seven gunners.

From the moment he fired the first shot until now, only a few seconds have passed.

The Japanese convoy lost all its heavy firepower suppression capability in the first round of attacks.

at the same time.

A barrage of gunfire erupted from the slopes on both sides.

More than three hundred guns opened fire simultaneously.

Bullets rained down from both sides, covering the entire curve and highway.

The first round of shooting was extremely accurate.

The Japanese soldiers sitting in the truck hadn't even had time to jump off and find cover.

Most of them were killed by a hail of bullets.

The entire highway instantly turned into a battlefield.

Some Japanese soldiers tried to climb out from the edge of the carriage, but they were shot as soon as they poked their heads out, and their bodies hung motionless on the carriage's partition.

Some Japanese soldiers jumped off the vehicle, squatted next to the tires, and fired back.

However, their firepower was extremely weak under the suppression of more than three hundred rifles.

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