Devil's Army

Huang Lei, the deputy captain of the Fourth Battalion, was looking at the sand table in the battalion headquarters when the phone rang. He picked up the phone, straightened his back and answered:

"Yes, OK, I'll arrange it right away."

After hanging up the phone, Huang Lei immediately ran to the training ground to find the captain Wang Zhuangfei and told him the information Leng Feng had just reported on the phone. After that, Wang Zhuangfei took Huang Lei to inspect the positions on the mountainside and the forest positions outside Tieling County to see if there were any loopholes that needed to be filled.

The next morning, Jackal and two warriors sent Feilong to the headquarters of the Fourth Battalion, handed him over to Red Wolf, and then returned to the Oroqen tribe.

Red Wolf immediately released Feilong to patrol the area around Tieling County and Tiaobinshan County.

Leng Feng was in the operations room paying attention to the deployment of the Fengtian devils reported by Golden Eagle. The reinforcements of the devils sent three battalions and two battalions of the Imperial Army to the direction of Tieling County early in the morning, and other troops had not made any changes.

More than 6,000 Japanese and puppet troops were marching towards Tieling County with a clear goal of besieging Hejiazhai. It seemed that Hejiazhai was in danger.

Leng Feng was just about to inform the Fourth Battalion of this information when the phone rang.

Leng Feng picked up the phone. It was a call from Wulang from the Second Squadron.

"Captain, we intercepted a phone call this morning, saying that there is a team of grain trucks in Faku County, which will be transported from Faku County to Tiaobinshan County and Tieling County at noon tomorrow. But the strange thing is that they only sent a squadron of Japanese soldiers to escort them. I suspect there is a trick."

"It's not suspicion, it's certainty. This morning we monitored that the Japanese in Fengtian sent three battalions of Japanese and two battalions of puppet troops to Tieling County. We originally judged that they wanted to besiege Hejiazhao Village, but now it seems that they may want to attack you."

“It’s not that easy to make our dumplings.”

"Stay still for now. I'll ask Red Wolf to keep an eye on the movements of the Japanese. I'll tell you if there's anything."

At noon, Leng Feng received a call from Honglang. The reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops, two battalions of Japanese and one battalion of puppet troops entered Tieling County, and another battalion of Japanese and one battalion of puppet troops continued to advance towards Tiaobinshan County.

Leng Feng saw that the devils in Fengtian City had not made any unusual moves, and sneered:

"A large group of devils and a large group of puppet troops want to eat up my second group? Dream on!" Then he gave the combat orders to several captains gathered in the operations room:

"The newly formed Fifth Battalion will stay behind in the Oroqen tribe. The other troops will gather at the drill ground at one o'clock and march quickly along the small road to Hujia Village."

The captains immediately received the order and left the operations room.

Leng Feng also ordered Red Wolf to secretly monitor the movements of a large group of devils and a large group of puppet troops heading to Tiaobinshan County.

At one o'clock, Leng Feng made a simple pre-war mobilization on the playground, and then led the First Battalion, the Third Battalion, and the Independent Battalion, totaling more than 2,000 people, to march towards Hujia Village.

At around 4 p.m., the main force arrived at Hejiazhao Village. The signalman of the Fourth Battalion informed Leng Feng that they had received a report from Red Wolf an hour ago that the Japanese and puppet troops of the two battalions had entered Tiaobinshan County and there was no movement for the time being.

After listening to the report, Leng Feng let the large force take a short rest in Hejiazhao Village, and then set out towards Hujia Village from a small road.

At about six in the evening, the large group arrived at the cave camp. Wu Lang reported to Leng Feng the intelligence that Hong Lang had sent in the evening. This large group of devils and a large group of puppet troops marched towards Faku County at 5:30 in the evening.

Leng Feng ordered the main force to continue advancing and rest in Hujia Village. He, Wu Lang, Hui Lang, Li Guozhu and Barun went to the operations room of the cave campsite.

Around eight o'clock in the evening, Honglang called again and reported that a large group of Japanese soldiers and a large group of puppet soldiers were divided into two groups and ambushed on the hillsides of the two roads where Wulang had ambushed the Japanese medicine transport vehicle and ammunition supplies some time ago.

"The Japanese really want to ambush our Second Battalion. Wulang, you are familiar with the terrain here. Where can you find a convenient place for us to launch a counter-encirclement?"

"From Faku County to Tiaobinshan County, there are no particularly dangerous passes, they are all similar. Since the Japanese have already ambushed there, we will mobilize them and bring them into our ambush circle." Wu Lang pointed to the sand table and said:

"The main force is lying in ambush on the hillsides on both sides of the road. Our Second Battalion will ambush the Japanese's 'food transport team' here. If the Japanese reinforcements come from the main road, our main force can ambush them from the hillsides on both sides. If they come from the hillsides, we can also set up a net on the hillsides to ambush them."

"This is called the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind." said the gray wolf with a smile.

Leng Feng nodded and asked Wu Lang: "How long will it take from here to our ambush point?"

"Less than three hours." Wulang replied.

The Japanese would arrive at least after 2 p.m., so it would be in time to set off after breakfast. However, a large-scale operation in the daytime would be too obvious and would easily alert the enemy. In the end, Leng Feng decided to act at 2 a.m.

"I order: the independent battalion is responsible for setting up an ambush circle on the left side of the mountain; the first battalion is responsible for setting up an ambush circle on the right side of the mountain; the third battalion is divided into two groups, ambushing on both sides of the road, responsible for dealing with the Japanese on the main road. If the Japanese do not come from the mountainside, the independent battalion and the first battalion will assist the third battalion in eliminating the Japanese on the main road."

Leng Feng looked at his watch and said, "Check the watch now. It's 8:26. The troops will rest until 2 o'clock. We will set off on time at 2 o'clock!"

"Yes!" After everyone responded in unison, Gray Wolf, Li Guozhu and Barun left the operations room and rushed to Hujia Village to arrange the task.