The night was dark, there were no stars or moon in the sky, the earth was full of cannons, and the flashes of explosions continued to shine on the snow, and the earth trembled slightly.

Behind the chest wall of the position, a huge figure jumped up like lightning, and a sharp claw slashed down on Xu Yan's face, the strong wind hit his face, and the oncoming cold air was as strong as substance!

This monster was ambushed behind the breastwork of the position, and only when Xu Yan approached did it pounce suddenly, this claw went down, and the power was enough to split the rock, and even the pillar of steel and iron casting was torn on the spot!

The monster's sneak attack came suddenly, but fortunately, Xu Yan's reaction was faster. His figure flashed, and he had moved two meters away, just dodging the ferocious blow. Before the monster's body hit the ground, I saw a white light flickering, like lightning across the night sky, only to hear a tearing sound of "snort", and the monster's body was cut off in the air.

In an instant, the monster's body suddenly broke into two, and the huge body fell to the ground with two "pops, pops", and gurgling green liquid spurted out from the monster's severed wounds, spilling all over the ground, and the fishy smell was tangy.

The monster that was cut down by the waist was not dead for a while, it raised its head on the ground, its eyes were red, and it squirmed like an insect, and slowly crawled towards Xu Yan... This beast has been cut in two, and he still doesn't give up!

Xu Yan was too lazy to draw his sword again, he flew up with a kick and kicked half of the monster's body out of the way more than ten meters away.

After destroying a murderous monster, Xu Yan did not feel happy, but became worried: as time passed, more and more monsters appeared over the wall of artillery fire, and they became stronger and stronger, and it became more and more difficult to clear them by himself.

In this dark night, he fought alone in a strange land, resisting the monsters of the entire position. He kept swinging his sword and slashing, and the monster corpses on the ground continued to accumulate, Xu Yan couldn't count how many monsters he had killed, but more monsters appeared in a steady stream, like a never-ending wave.

After more than an hour of high-intensity fighting, even with Xu Yan's superhuman strength, he felt unbearable.

A few times, he almost gave up, but because he knew that this was a duel between humans and monsters, thinking of Zhu Youxiang's expectations for himself, and thinking of those comrades-in-arms who were still fighting, Xu Yan silently cheered for himself in his heart: "If you give up, not only will you be sorry for those comrades-in-arms who are still fighting, but you will also be sorry for Xuan Yun who sacrificed her life to save herself! No matter what, I can't stop!"

After motivating himself repeatedly like this, and fighting for more than an hour, Xu Yan's aura and physical strength were exhausted.

He slammed his sword on the ground, gasped deeply, and shook his body, but finally he couldn't hold on anymore and sat down on the ground with his ass heavy.

I'm so tired! Fighting to this point, I'm afraid it's my limit, right?

Through the reflection of the snow, Xu Yan looked at his watch: "It's 9:55 in the evening." Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? Didn't they say they would come in an hour? It's already overdue, so why haven't they seen anyone yet?"

Modern warfare is the most precise. The troops currently deployed in Hakone are all elite units of Japan and other countries, and although it is snowing, it is impossible for this level of snow to hinder the advance of mechanized troops.

Xu Yan wanted to contact and inquire, but he picked up the walkie-talkie on his shoulder and could only smile bitterly: the electromagnetic interference was serious, and when he turned on the walkie-talkie, he could only hear a murmur of "Boom", and he couldn't hear the sound at all.

Now, Xu Yan really can't hold on. He lay on the cold snow, and he felt so tired that he didn't want to move a little finger.

"Captain Xu... Head Xu... ”

A faint voice came from afar, and Xu Yan sat up suddenly. He looked over: in the dark night, someone came to this side with a flashlight, and they shouted as they walked: "Commander Xu... ”

Xu Yan was overjoyed: Reinforcements have finally arrived! He struggled to his feet and shouted, "I'm here!"

The two sides met, but Xu Yan was stunned: How could the reinforcements he had been looking forward to for a long time be the dozen or so soldiers of Xilala? The leader of this group of soldiers was still his acquaintance Liu Yang.

Along the way, Liu Yang was very surprised to see the corpses of monsters all over the ground, and he excitedly shouted: "Yanzi—uh, master, you are too powerful! You have killed so many monsters by yourself? We came all the way, and we saw so many monsters killed by you, I can't count them, and they are all piled up! Aren't you afraid that there are thousands of monsters?"

The soldiers nodded one after another, looking at Xu Yan with their eyes full of shock and admiration.

But at this time, how could Xu Yan have the heart to listen to this: "Fat man, why are you here? What about the reinforcements from the rear? Could it be that you are the vanguard?"

"Master, the reinforcements are gone! they won't come!"

Xu Yan said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about! With such a large section of the position undefended, how can the headquarters not care?"

"It's true, Regiment Commander Xu!" At this time, a strange non-commissioned officer came over and interjected: "Regiment Commander Xu, we are in a company and a platoon and two squads, and Company Commander Geng ordered us to inform you to go back quickly, because tonight's battle has been lost, and we are going to retreat immediately." ”

looked at the strange non-commissioned officer in disbelief, and it took three seconds for Xu Yan to react. For a moment, he shouted angrily: "What's the matter?!Why are we retreating?!

Could it be that some of you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and want to escape? Who is it, say it!"

Tonight, Xu Yan has killed more than a thousand monsters, and the accumulated killing intent is overflowing. When he became angry, his body suddenly exuded a fierce murderous aura like a lion and a tiger, this killing intent was as strong as substance, and it became as fierce as a ferocity, and even the few elite soldiers who had been on the battlefield for a long time felt fear.

The soldiers had fear in their eyes, and they involuntarily took a step back, and another step...

Seeing that Xu Yan was in danger of getting out of control, Liu Yang hurriedly rushed over and hugged him, and hurriedly explained: "Yanzi, don't be in a hurry! Yanzi, retreating is an order from the regiment headquarters, and it is not a matter of the company!"

"What's going on?"

"After the battle started tonight, several battalions of the Indian army fled backwards, they fled so fast that the command did not even have time to remedy. An hour ago, the front in the direction of Nancun, Zuodao and Takahashi had completely collapsed, not only the Indian army had fled, but even the Japanese Self-Defense Forces had begun to withdraw, monsters had poured over in large numbers, the front in the southwest had completely collapsed, and now, the northeast front we were responsible for was almost finished!

Now, the regimental headquarters ordered all of our second battalion to retreat immediately, rendezvous with the regimental headquarters, and withdraw immediately! Yanzi, you have never returned, and Company Commander Geng specially sent a squad of soldiers to look for you, and he was afraid that you would not believe it, so he specially asked me to follow over and make it clear. ”

The soldiers echoed one after another: "Yes, Commander Xu, that's the way it is! We don't have any bad seeds in our company, but the other troops have withdrawn, we can't stay here and wait for death!"

As if he had been beaten on the head, Xu Yan's eyes turned dark and he was dizzy: It turned out that when he was fighting, everyone else was busy with how to escape, and the entire front was already on the verge of collapse! His whole hour of perseverance and struggle with all his might was meaningless.

For a while, Xu Yan only felt that he was sad, all his thoughts were discouraged, he couldn't lift any strength in his body, and he couldn't even stand steadily. Fortunately, Liu Yang saw that something was wrong, and quickly supported him: "Yanzi, what's wrong with you?"

was supported by Liu Yang, and Xu Yankan stabilized his footing. Looking back at the snow-covered position, there were monsters that had been killed by themselves everywhere, and the red and black ones were scattered one after another.

My persistence and fighting tonight now looks like a joke. What the hell are you insisting on?

He smiled bitterly: "Fatty, I don't have the strength, you help me." ”

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Xu Yan was carried back to the position of the company by the rescued soldiers. Hearing that Deputy Regiment Commander Xu was tired from fighting with the monsters, Company Commander Geng Chao hurriedly came over to visit.

On a cold day when it was snowing, Geng Jun was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and the sweat formed white ice cubes on his eyebrows and hair. Knowing that Xu Yan was not injured but had lost his strength, Geng Jun was relieved: "Thank God, Commander Xu, fortunately, you are fine! Just now, the regiment headquarters called to ask you, asking us to escort you to retreat safely." Thankfully, you came back safely. If something happens to you, they won't skin me!"

Xu Yan was lying on a stretcher, and he asked, "Company Commander Geng, how is the situation now?"

"The third company and the battalion headquarters on the left are retreating backwards, and the second company has moved closer to our company, and our two companies will join up and go together! Oh, I was so confused just now that I forgot to introduce to you: Commander Xu, this is Comrade Wu Chao, the commander of the second company. ”

Xu Yan looked over, and there was an unfamiliar captain officer next to him, who saluted: "Commander Xu, hello! I am Wu Chao, the commander of the second company!"

"Hello, Company Commander Wu!"

When it was not a polite greeting, Xu Yan asked Geng Jun: "What's going on with the regimental headquarters? Why did such a big thing as the retreat come so suddenly? It was only half an hour, and there was no time to prepare at all." ”

"The regiment headquarters also just learned the news of the retreat of the Japanese army, and the other party deliberately concealed the news from us, and their intentions were very vicious. ”

Xu Yan was upset when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "Don't scold, scolding can't kill the Japanese! So, are there enough retreating vehicles?"

"If it is normal, the seats will definitely not be enough, but now it is an emergency, and there is not so much to take care of, so we can only arrange some soldiers to sit on the roof of the car and carry people away. Commander Xu, I just discussed with Company Commander Wu, let you lead Company Commander Wu's second company to open the way in front, and I will take a company to cover and break the rear, do you think this plan will work?"

Geng Jun said that he was asking for instructions, but in fact, he didn't plan to listen to Xu Yan at all. Before Xu Yan could express his position, Geng Jun had already waved his hand: "Come on, send Captain Xu to the car!"

At that moment, several soldiers came over, lifted Xu Yan into an armored personnel carrier, and helped him to sit down. Xu Yan collapsed all over, and he could only smile bitterly and was at the mercy of them. Fortunately, he also knows the importance of time: time is of the essence now, and although his position is high, when it comes to the ability to organize and dispatch in the event of an emergency retreat, a grassroots officer like Geng Jun, who has been trained for a long time, can throw himself off nine streets. Obediently obeying the arrangement and not stirring up trouble is the greatest help to them.

The north wind is howling and the snow is falling. Columns of snow-white searchlights pierced through the snow curtain and patrolled the positions, and a dozen cars—troop carriers, field vehicles, armored vehicles—lined up in a long line in the clearing, the sound of cars, whistles, and distant shell explosions blended together, and everywhere there were running figures, and everywhere people were shouting, and the scene was very chaotic.

In the distance, the light of rifle fire flashed from time to time, and the sound of gunfire was heard, indicating that there were still soldiers on the position holding and breaking behind, covering the retreat of the large army. The last few soldiers ran as they turned around and fired, and behind them, they could already see the monster's glowing green eyes, roaring one after another.

"Da Da!" The machine guns of all the vehicles in the convoy opened fire together, sweeping down the nearest few monsters and covering the broken soldiers to get into the car.

On a snowy night, vehicles full of soldiers set off one after another and disappeared into the snow.

Xu Yan sat quietly in the chair, his body swaying rhythmically as the car advanced. He looked at the soldiers in the car: they were about the same as himself, just as exhausted. They slumped in their seats relaxed, their guns resting haphazardly on the edge of their chairs.

As if they were afraid of the presence of Xu Yan, an officer, the soldiers did not speak loudly, but just chatted in a low voice. Suddenly, someone said, "Hey, did Liu Zi from our class come up? Why didn't you see him?"

"Did Liu Zi get into another car? Who saw him?"

"Oops, we shouldn't be pulling Liu Zi down, right?"

Realizing that a companion was missing, the soldiers panicked. At this time, a deep voice in the corner said, "No need to look for it, Liu Zi... He's gone. ”

"Ah, Dagang, what did you say? What's wrong with Liu Zi?"

"Just as I was retreating, I saw someone fall down next to House No. 2... He fell in one fell swoop, and several monsters immediately pounced. I looked at the figure, the man ... Kind of like Liu Zi. ”

No one spoke, and the soldiers' expressions became heavy. In the silence, the sound of machine gun fire outside was very clear: "Da Da Da ... Da Da ... Da Da ... "It was the gunman on the roof of the car shooting at the approaching monster, the bullets flickering, illuminating the darkness outside.

In the silence, someone took a cigarette from his pocket and distributed it to his companions, and the soldiers took the cigarettes one by one. When it was Xu Yan's turn, the soldier who scattered the smoke hesitated: Xu Yan was an officer or a big leader, he didn't dare to be presumptuous.

Xu Yan understood his concerns, and took the initiative to reach out and take the cigarette: "Don't be stingy, give me one too." ”

Seeing Xu Yan take the initiative to take the cigarette, the soldier immediately smiled: "Commander Xu said he was laughing." A leader like you, willing to smoke my low-grade cigarettes, you are appreciating my face!"

He leaned over to help Xu Yan light a cigarette, and the soldiers around him also seemed relieved, and looked at Xu Yan's eyes a lot closer. In the closed carriage, everyone smoked cigarettes together, and the air was filled with the smell of gun oil, gunpowder, cigarettes, and the sour smell of men's sweat, and they all felt intimate with each other, which was a unique atmosphere that could only be experienced by comrades in the battlefield.

"Commander Xu," a soldier looked at Xu Yan, "Can I tell you something from the heart? In this battle, we fought so hard, I really don't get convinced! We fought well, but we were so embarrassed that the Indians ran away!"

Suddenly, a scolding voice sounded in the carriage: "Yes, these people are so hateful!"

"It's really not good to have a son to do this kind of immoral thing! Let Lao Tzu meet those turtle sons, you have to shoot them down!"

Xu Yan didn't scold with the soldiers, he just sat in his seat silently, smoking quietly, calmly staring at the bright red light on the cigarette butt, silently thinking about his thoughts.

Compared to the soldiers around him, Xu Yan was actually more angry in his heart, and he put in more efforts: he did his best to defend a battalion-level position, killed more than a thousand monsters, and single-handedly held on for more than an hour.

Such a miraculous feat of a lone hero, if the outcome of tonight's battle is a human victory, then he will definitely become a hero who can turn the tide, full of merits and glory.

Xu Yan is not a vain person, but he is still a young man after all, and he also has the sense of honor that a young person should have, and hopes that his efforts will be recognized and praised by the world. However, because of the rout of several Indian troops, which led to the collapse of the whole army, his own efforts became meaningless - in this rout of nearly 100,000 people, who would care how many monsters Xu Yan killed alone, or how long he held a certain position?

The cultivator is very strong, but after all, he still can't reverse the destiny and the general trend.

Having suffered another great defeat, will the Japanese still have the strength to build a second line of defense to defend Tokyo? Where will this second line of defense be established?

The soldiers were cursing vigorously when suddenly, in unison, stopped in unison: the sound of the cannons, which had been rumbling all along, suddenly stopped. In this sudden silence, everyone's faces changed.

"Our artillery, I'm afraid, has also retreated. ”

Someone whispered, and everyone was solemn. Everyone understands that the reason why the retreat just now was so smooth was entirely because the artillery fire in the rear blocked and eliminated most of the monsters.

Now the covering artillery fire was gone, and the retreating convoy was unabashedly exposed to the sea-like wave of monsters.