Devil's Army

The third company commander and his men walked for more than two hours but still did not hear the sound of cannon firing.

"Captain Pei, are you sure we are heading northwest of Wangchanggou?"

"Captain Hu, the path along the creek we took yesterday is northwest of Wangchanggou. The direction should be correct."

"How come we have been walking for more than two hours and still haven't heard the sound of the Japanese artillery?"

"It's possible that the enemy's artillery didn't bombard our position, or it's possible that we haven't approached his artillery position yet. After all, the northwest direction is so large, and we can't be sure where his artillery position is."

The Japanese used to use the tactic of bombarding with artillery and then charging with infantry. Since they set out, no planes of their army had appeared in the sky, so it was impossible for the Japanese artillery not to bombard their positions.

Since we haven't heard any artillery fire from the Japanese army yet, it can only mean that they are searching in the wrong direction, or they have not yet approached the Japanese artillery positions.

The three company commanders divided their troops into three groups, with each platoon heading in a different direction.

The three mortars and three groups of rocket soldiers assigned to him by the battalion commander were distributed to the three platoons.

He also made an agreement with the three platoon leaders that no matter whether the Japanese artillery position could be found or not, they would send someone to meet and contact here at this time tomorrow.

Captain Pei assigned two of the four guerrillas to serve as guides in the second and third platoons, and the other guerrilla followed the third company commander and the first platoon.

After walking for more than an hour, the third company commander vaguely heard artillery fire at the two o'clock direction ahead.

The guerrilla leader told the third deputy company commander that there was a valley at two o'clock, surrounded by lush trees and suitable for burying artillery units.

The third deputy company commander ordered the third platoon to speed up and move towards the two o'clock direction.

The third deputy company commander and his men walked towards the two o'clock direction for about half an hour. The sound of Japanese artillery could be clearly heard. But Japanese sentries could also be seen everywhere. The patrol team kept patrolling back and forth.

Although the Japanese sentries were manned by one person, the density between the sentries was relatively large, and one had to kill several of the Japanese sentries at once before being able to sneak in.

The patrol team's cross-patrol interval is about fifteen minutes, which is enough time for a squad of soldiers to sneak in.

Send someone back to report to the third company commander, and arrange two platoons to tie down the large Japanese force. Their platoon will sneak in to destroy the Japanese artillery positions. It may succeed, but the entire company will be in danger.

If their platoon sneaked in alone and destroyed the Japanese artillery position, even if they could sneak in, there would be no way to safely break out of the Japanese troops protecting the artillery position. But this risk would be borne by their third platoon alone.

The third deputy company commander, the third platoon leader, and the three squad leaders discussed it, and everyone felt that they could not put the entire company into danger, so they decided to complete the task themselves.

The third deputy company commander arranged for the third platoon leader to take charge of the left side with a squad, and launched an attack on the Japanese army half an hour later.

Twenty minutes later, the second squad leader led the second squad to attack the Japanese army from the right.

The third deputy company commander personally led the third squad to carry out the most dangerous mission: to sneak into the Japanese artillery positions and destroy them.

The third deputy company commander arranged for the youngest signalman in the third platoon to run back and report the situation to the third company commander, asking him to lead the troops to retreat, and they would complete the mission.

Half an hour later, the third platoon leader led a squad of soldiers to kill two Japanese sentries, but at the same time they deliberately allowed themselves to be discovered by the Japanese patrol, and a fierce gun battle broke out between the two sides.

More and more Japanese troops gathered around and joined in the encirclement and suppression of the first squad of soldiers.

The third deputy platoon leader led the soldiers of the first squad to find shelters, and while protecting themselves, they tried their best to kill and eliminate the Japanese troops, attracting more Japanese troops to come, and gain more favorable conditions for the other three squads of soldiers to sneak into the Japanese artillery positions.

The patrolling Japanese soldiers began to run towards the third platoon leader on the left, but the third deputy company commander and his men had not yet taken action, and continued to lie on the ground and stare at the Japanese sentry in front.

The gunfire from the third platoon leader and his men attracted the attention of the Japanese army, and the Japanese soldiers in front also looked to the left from time to time.

Twenty minutes later, the third squad on the right also launched an attack on the Japanese army.

Some Japanese troops were attracted by the gunfire on the right and began to reinforce the Japanese troops on the right.

Five minutes later, the third deputy company commander and the third squad leader attacked the two Japanese sentries in front. Then the soldiers of the third squad quickly passed through the Japanese defense line.

The Japanese artillery was right in front of them, bombarding the fortifications of their first battalion.

The third deputy company commander ordered the three groups of rocket soldiers to aim at their own targets, using the sound of their artillery as a signal to launch an attack on the Japanese artillery positions!