Chapter 587 I'll Defend This Position

"Qin Yuan, Qin Yuan! How are you? Are you alright?" Wen Ni practically tumbled and crawled over a trench, looking up and down anxiously.

Fortunately, apart from being tattered and bloodied, Qin Yuan was not missing any limbs; he was just dazed from being hit by artillery shells.

“Miss Wen Ni, I’m alright…” Qin Yuan, holding her buzzing head, pointed with trembling hands to a concealed trench ahead. “Brigade Commander Liang, please go check on Brigade Commander Liang…”

"What? What did you say? I can't hear you! You said there are people there, right?" Wen Ni couldn't speak too loudly, or she would give away their position. Her ears were ringing, so she could only tell Qin Yuan what she wanted to convey first: "Leave this to me. You take the survivors and retreat now. We only have less than twenty people left to cover the breakout, but there are hundreds or even thousands of enemies on the other side, and reinforcements are constantly on their way. We can't possibly fight them! Take the men back and tell the remaining comrades to spread out and take cover. No matter what, you must hold out until the chief of staff returns with reinforcements!"

“But… Miss Wen Ni!”

"This is not the time for talk of sharing life and death or brotherhood! The lives of our comrades in the rear are in your hands! Go now!!" Wen Ni grabbed Qin Yuan's collar hard, then turned around without hesitation, grabbed the trench, and cautiously made her way towards the front line with steady steps!

Qin Yuan breathed heavily, wiped his face, which was covered in mud and blood, and got up with red eyes. He headed in the opposite direction to find the few remaining surviving soldiers so that they could retreat together.

On the front lines, Wen Ni stepped over corpses that were blown to pieces and were unrecognizable!

Those corpses might have been people she had eaten with, fought with, and hijacked cars with just a few days ago. They had spent months together, faced life and death together, chatted casually, and their smiling faces seemed still vivid in her mind...

He was full of energy just a second ago.

The next second they were separated by life and death!

Wen Ni didn't dare to think about it, nor did she have time to. Her taut nerves were on the verge of collapse! She picked up their dropped ammunition, tucked it into her pocket, and tied it to her waist, as if that would allow her to take them with her...

Another pile of fallen soldiers blocked her way.

She reached out to move his body, but without much force, she tore off half of his shoulder! It was bloody, but he didn't react.

Dead, dead again...

Realizing this, Wen Ni numbly reached out to push again, causing the corpse to roll over and allowing her to see the face of the deceased. She froze completely!

"Company Commander Zhang Ming..."

Zhang Ming's face was covered in bluish-gray soot, his eyes rolled back, and blood was flowing from his mouth and nose. His chest was no longer rising and falling; he was clearly not breathing.

She choked up and looked away, only to see that the person Zhang Ming was pinning down was none other than Brigade Commander Liang He!

Liang He lay motionless in the trench, suddenly losing consciousness, but still clinging to life.

He's alive! Liang He is still alive!

It must have been Zhang Ming who protected Liang He at the critical moment when the shells were coming.

Zhang Ming has always been arrogant and disrespectful to everyone, and he has made things difficult for Wen Ni in every way. However, he is indeed a fierce general, and he was also a key player in the previous battles.

None of those who chose to stay in Fuping City and fight alongside Liang He were cowards!

"Zhang Ming... Company Commander, you can go in peace... This position... I... I'll guard it for you!"

He raised his hand, his palm trembling as he looked into Zhang Ming's eyes.

A tear that she had been holding back finally slid down her cheek.

"To the Chinese soldiers on the other side, I admit you are indeed very capable fighters. It's quite admirable that you've managed to hold out this long with such a small force. But now that you're surrounded, are you sure you want to continue this futile resistance?" The Burmese commander, holding a megaphone, said condescendingly, "Why don't you come out here and we can have a proper talk face to face?"

Talk? Talk about your mom?

Wen Ni's eyes turned cold. She lifted the rifle with one hand and pulled the trigger the second the gun barrel was exposed at the edge of the trench!

The sharp bullet pierced the air, passing through the chest of the Burmese soldier in front, and then knocked the megaphone held by the Burmese commander away with a clang.

The Burmese commander flinched in shock, turned around and got into the armored car, his face full of astonishment and anger!

"Where are the scouts? Weren't they said they were running out of manpower? How come they still have such a skilled marksman? They're already cornered, yet they still dare to shoot at me?"

"Sir, I'm sure they have less than 30 men left. Maybe, maybe they know they have no way out and are putting up a last stand!"

"There's no point in negotiating with these barbarians. Squad 1 and Squad 2, go straight up and capture them!" the Burmese commander ordered.

As soon as the order was given, bursts of bullet flashed from the Chinese trenches opposite, and machine guns and rifles opened fire wildly, interspersed with grenades being thrown!

Those Burmese soldiers who tried to approach were all blown away like birds and retreated.

"What happened?"

"Didn't they say they had no one left?"

They were filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Unbeknownst to them, inside the trenches, Wen Ni led a few wounded soldiers who had stayed behind, running behind the cover. They fired their rifles and then their machine guns without stopping, giving the enemy the illusion that they still had some troops left!

"Haven't the supplies already arrived? What are we waiting for? Keep bombing!" The commander pointed ahead, furious.

"Sir, they definitely don't have many men left. To just throw a shell at them like that is a waste of resources... a huge waste..."

"Waste? Why don't you take your gun down and see if you can get close to them?" The commander scoffed, his face stern. "Blow them up! Blow them all up!"

"yes……"

One shell after another came crashing down.

Wen Ni lay prone in a deeper trench, her body covered in black mud and blood.

The louder the shelling, the happier she laughed.

Bomb it! Bomb it! Bomb it like crazy!

Hahaha, hahaha!!

Now she's trapped in a dead end, and all she can do is exhaust the enemy's ammunition...

"Boom! Bang!"

Another loud bang rang in my ears.

A body was blown into the air and then fell heavily back down!

Wen Ni covered her ears, looked up, and stared at the soldier bleeding from all seven orifices. The soldier was still alive, and when he opened his palm, he was clutching a family photo tightly in his hand.

On the back of the family photo, his name and home address are clearly written!

"Wen... Wen Ni, if you can live... and go back alive, please... tell my parents... and my sister that I... didn't... didn't disgrace them..."

"……good."

Wen Ni's maniacal smile suddenly froze.

Tears streamed down my face uncontrollably!

She watched as a young soldier, roughly her own age, closed his eyes, his arms hanging limply at his sides, his life force extinguished.

Trembling, he placed the family photo inside his clothes, close to his heart!

His palms pressed against the ground, his fingernails digging into the soil.

She got up, grabbed the light machine gun beside her, and, with tears streaming down her face, climbed onto the trench!

And just like that, she was suddenly exposed to the enemy. To the enemy's astonishment, she raised the machine gun with both hands and unleashed a frenzied barrage of fire!

"Aaaaaah!"

A heart-wrenching roar erupted from her throat, mingling with the sound of machine gun cartridges being ejected.

In the blink of an eye, she swept down a row of enemies on the opposite side!

"Are you... insane?"

"Forget about her, kill her!"

The commander got out of the car, grabbed a rifle, and aimed the dark muzzle at Wen Ni.