Devil's Army

After the withdrawal of Division Commander Kunisaki Toshi to Changtu County, he reported the situation of their 7th Division to Commander Umezu Michijiro.

During this period, Commander Michijiro Umezu received reports of difficulties from various attacking forces.

During the attack on Kaiyuan City, the Seventh Division of Tieling County was the last unit to report the bad news.

Commander Michijiro Umezu had no choice but to order the Harbin Logistics Base to prepare ammunition and supplies for the 7th Division.

In the second battle of Tada Shun's encirclement and suppression of the Tangshan base, the Gray Wolf's Second Front Army fought a bloody battle with nearly 20 Japanese troops from multiple divisions for more than a month, severely damaging Tada Shun's North China Front Army. The casualties of the Second Front Army were also not small.

The Gray Wolf's Second Front Army was reduced from nearly 90,000 men to less than 60,000 men.

While the Japanese Central China Front Army was devastated by the Eighth Route Army's raids, the Gray Wolf vigorously expanded its army and developed the strength of the Second Front Army.

During the two months of fighting and confrontation with the Japanese Central China Front Army, the army grew to nearly 80,000 people. However, the combat effectiveness of the new recruits still needed to be improved.

The Eighth Route Army's raids continued, with more and more troops participating and the war getting bigger and bigger. Tada Shun's North China Front Army also transferred more and more troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army. The encirclement and suppression of the Gray Wolf's Second Front Army also became more and more difficult.

Gray Wolf ordered the troops of the Second Front to begin the preparation phase for a major counter-offensive.

Leng Feng's First Front Army and the Japanese Kwantung Army also entered a strategic stalemate.

Leng Feng did not arrange his troops to take the initiative to attack, but instead vigorously developed the troops and accelerated the production of strategic materials.

After entering Changtu County, Division Commander Kunisaki Tou immediately took strict precautions to prevent the devil troops from attacking the city.

After the Seventh Brigade's direct regiment pursued the Japanese Seventh Division and arrived outside Changtu County, it did not continue to attack Changtu County. Instead, it surrounded the north gate of Changtu County and waited for the next order from the Seventh Brigade Commander.

At this time, the Japanese transport team that retreated to Zhonggu Town became an abandoned and isolated force.

The commander of the first regiment did not launch an attack on Zhonggu Town immediately. He was afraid that the Japanese transport team would be desperate and ignite the ammunition they were transporting, thus perishing along with Zhonggu Town.

After the commander of the first regiment discussed with the commander of the seventh brigade, the commander of the seventh brigade decided that the first regiment would continue to surround Zhonggu Town and maintain a high-pressure situation on the Japanese transport team. At the same time, he sent a special forces team to infiltrate and wait for an opportunity to seize supplies.

The commander of the Seventh Brigade sent a telegram to Leng Feng, asking whether a special forces team could be arranged to help seize military supplies.

At this time, the First Army's counter-encirclement and suppression campaign had reached a critical moment, and all special forces were sent to various places to attack the Japanese transport troops and military camps, causing trouble for the Japanese army. Only a small number of women's special forces remained in Huludao.

Moreover, the Japanese transport team had just experienced a war, and the soldiers were like frightened birds. The identity of women in the women's special forces team was more suitable for infiltrating Zhonggu Town.

Li Hongmei and the others were very happy to receive the order from Commander Leng.

All the troops in the old base were fighting fiercely with the Japanese army, but their women's special forces team was doing nothing.

The women's special forces team arrived at the headquarters of the first regiment outside Zhonggu Town. The commander of the seventh brigade and the commander of the first regiment had been waiting in the headquarters for a long time.

The regiment commander introduced to Li Hongmei and her colleagues the situation of the Japanese transport team and the defense situation of the Japanese army in Zhonggu Town as discovered by the Golden Eagle.

The order given by the commander of the Seventh Brigade to the women's special forces team was: cut off all contact between the Japanese transport team and the outside world.

After receiving this order, Li Hongmei had a headache.

She said to the Seventh Brigade Commander:

"It's easy to cut off the Japanese transport team's telephone communications by cutting off their telephone lines outside the city, but it's difficult to cut off their telegraph communications."

"That's why we asked your special forces to come and complete it!" The Seventh Brigade Commander replied with a smile.

"Commander, we have a way to sneak into the Japanese military camp and also a way to sneak into his headquarters. But what reason do we have to enter his telecommunications room? The Japanese telecommunications room is heavily guarded, and there are guards at the door 24 hours a day."

The commander of the Seventh Brigade thought so too. The Japanese army's telecommunications room, except for the commander, even its own soldiers were not allowed to enter at will.

He arranged a Golden Eagle IV for Liu Hongmei and told her:

"If necessary, just blow up the Japanese telecommunications room."

Li Hongmei and her colleagues received the order and left the regiment headquarters.

The Japanese troops in Zhonggu Town limited the opening time of the city gates to the morning every day because they were worried about the evil troops attacking the city.

Li Hongmei had no choice but to return to the camp with her teammates.

At night, Li Hongmei and her team members discussed how to sneak into the Japanese military camp tomorrow, how to get close to the telecommunications room after entering the camp, and then blow it up.

The team members believed that in order to sneak into the Japanese military camp or headquarters, they had to make use of their advantages as women.

Li Hongmei arranged two team members to operate the Golden Eagle UAV to provide support outside the city.

The remaining team members were divided into groups of four. One group sneaked into the Japanese military camp and tried to get close to the telecommunications room, while the other group was outside the camp ready to respond at any time.