Devil's Army

Soon, what the third battalion commander was worried about happened. The third company commander who had left the pass to search for the dozens of Japanese soldiers who had broken through the defense line sent a telegram:

The Japanese troops they were following that had broken through the defense line had lost their target and were now stepping up their search.

If the Japanese sneak in, they will harm the local people.

The third battalion commander ordered the third company commander to disperse in platoons to nearby villages where the Japanese were most likely to go and hide. However, the third company commander ignored the cunningness of this group of devils.

The Japanese squadron leader did not harm the people in the village near the pass, but went to a small village near Kuancheng County to rob food and killed and injured more than a dozen villagers.

"This Japanese commander is quite cunning. He knows that a rabbit will not eat grass near its burrow, so he ran to such a far place to harm our people. How many trucks are there in the county now?" The third regiment commander asked the political commissar.

When we recaptured Kuancheng County, we seized two trucks from the Japanese.

"Let Captain Pei come back. He has been working in this area for a long time and has a good mass base. Let him fully mobilize the masses and actively search for intelligence on this group of Japanese troops. At the same time, let the direct company get on the car and wait on the main road outside the city, ready to encircle and suppress this group of Japanese troops at any time."

Captain Pei, who was waiting with the third company commander for the third platoon of soldiers to attack the Japanese artillery position, received an order from the signalman and immediately rushed back to Kuancheng County with several soldiers.

Captain Pei returned to Kuancheng County, and the third regiment commander briefly introduced the mission to him.

Captain Pei did not have time to rest and set off immediately with a squad of soldiers assigned to him by the third regiment commander.

Captain Pei first arrived at Kuanjia Village, which was ravaged by the Japanese invaders. The third company commander had already sent troops here to do the aftermath work and was preparing to evacuate.

The villagers whose relatives were killed by the Japanese were wailing loudly, and the families of the villagers who were stabbed by the Japanese were also in a state of despair.

"Captain, you can only leave one squad of soldiers here. We don't have enough troops! I heard from the third regiment commander that there are more than 50 Japanese soldiers in this group."

"There's nothing I can do. I only have so many people, and there are so many villages around here."

What the third company commander said was true. There were at least 300 to villages in the area from Kuancheng County to Pingquan City, and if one squad was left in one village, there would be more than people.

Captain Pei walked into the village, found the village chief, and said to him:

"There are troops on the main roads leading to Pingquan City. If you find any traces of the Japanese, go find the troops immediately."

"We've only had a few days of peace and quiet, and the devils are here to cause trouble again."

"There's nothing we can do. The devils just can't stand seeing us doing well."

Captain Pei led his soldiers to leave Kuanjia Village and come to Pingshan Village.

The village chief was a simple and honest man in his fifties. He was very happy to see Captain Pei and quickly handed him a pipe.

Captain Pei rolled a cigarette unskillfully and said to the old village chief:

"Uncle Guo, there are dozens of Japanese soldiers sneaking in. Keep an eye on them. If you find them, don't force them. Follow their will and send someone to secretly report to the troops on the main road."

"Why don't these bastards go back to their country?" Village Chief Guo cursed angrily.

Captain Pei chatted for a while and said goodbye to Village Chief Guo.

As soon as he reached the main road, he saw an army truck whizzing past.

The first thing Captain Pei thought of was "something must have happened," and he quickly led his soldiers to run in the direction of the truck.

The truck quickly turned towards Kuanjia Village.

When Captain Pei and his men ran breathlessly to Kuanjia Village, the battle had already ended and the soldiers of the First Army were cleaning up the battlefield.

"what happened?"

"More than half an hour after you left, this group of Japs came back and attacked us again." replied a wounded soldier.

“What are the casualties?”

"There are only five of us left. The squad leader and his men have all died."

“Where are the fellow villagers?”

"When the Japanese came, the squad leader led us out to resist for a while, and the villagers all retreated."

"It seems that this group of devils is very cunning. Maybe they have sent people to watch around."

"Spread out and search around here," the platoon leader ordered.

The soldiers searched around Kuanjia Village for more than an hour but did not find any Japanese soldiers.

The platoon leader took the wounded soldiers away, leaving a squad of soldiers divided into two teams.

One team stayed in the village, and the other team ambushed at the intersection leading to Kuanjia Village. As soon as they found the Japanese army, they ambushed them and immediately sent people to the road to ask for help.

On this day, the vehicles of the 3rd Regiment's direct company had been patrolling the two main roads, but no trace of this group of Japanese troops was found.

Until the evening, there was no news of the village being attacked by the Japanese army.

At around eight o'clock in the evening, the Japanese army, which was not good at night combat, attacked another village not far from the road.

A squad of soldiers in the village relied on the obstacles and two large locust trees at the entrance of the village to tenaciously resist the Japanese attack.