Devil's Army

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian led a large force to search towards Hujia Village, while Ken Takahashi led his troops to search towards the cliff path.

The two search teams met in the forest, but no one from the Devil's Army was found.

Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe had no choice but to send a telegram to Colonel Fujita:

"The whereabouts of the devil troops in Hujia Village are unknown."

Soon, Colonel Fujita's reply came, "Search, continue searching, carpet search!"

Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe had no choice but to simply confirm their respective search areas with Ken Takahashi and continue searching.

Soon, a team led by Lieutenant Colonel Hebian made a new discovery. They found a road eight or nine kilometers away from the cliff path, and there were signs of large-scale troop activities on this road.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian was overjoyed and ordered the small team to follow immediately. He also instructed them not to alert the Devil's troops after discovering them, but to keep an eye on them nearby. He would soon come over with a large force.

The search team tracked to 10 kilometers away, where there were traces of a large group of people moving around, but no one was there. There was no sign of anyone walking around.

After a while, Lieutenant Colonel Hebian also rushed over with a large force. Seeing the dazed team leader, he slapped him in the face.

"What about people?"

"Hey! We followed the trail here and lost it. We didn't find anyone."

"Search in small teams, with this place as the center, and spread out to the surrounding areas," Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe ordered.

"Hi!" Each squadron leader immediately confirmed his search area, dispersed his team and began searching.

The Hebian Battalion and the Takahashi Battalion searched until the evening, but still found nothing. Lieutenant Colonel Hebian had no choice but to report to Colonel Fujita in dejection.

Colonel Fujita had no choice but to order Lieutenant Colonel Kawabe to station in Hujia Village and surround the forest exit of Hujia Village. If the devil troops of Hujia Village were allowed to break through, he would commit seppuku to apologize.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian immediately arranged for soldiers to set up checkpoints at various exits outside the forest of Hujia Village to prevent the devil troops of Hujia Village from breaking through.

Takahashi Kenze returned to Tiaobinshan County with his troops unharmed.

Wulang, on the other hand, was resting leisurely in the cave. Just now, the scouts reported that the Japanese troops had gone to search the road in the forest where they had trained. Now they have retreated to Hujia Village and set up sentries at various intersections outside the forest behind Hujia Village.

Wu Lang laughed. He was worried that the Japanese would find the cave entrance sooner or later if they searched near the cave. So he led a large group of troops to train along that road every day, aiming to lure the Japanese to search there. Now the Japanese were fooled.

Since the Japanese were scattered at multiple checkpoints, this provided him with an opportunity to concentrate superior forces and annihilate the Japanese one by one. He ordered the troops to rest and take action at twelve o'clock in the morning.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, Wu Lang left behind the first squadron that had been fighting on the cliff path in the morning, and led the second and third squadrons to find their way out of the tunnel.

When we reached the outer exit of the forest, the Japanese set up the first checkpoint, which consisted of a small team of Japanese and more than a dozen puppet soldiers.

Wu Lang left a small group of the second squadron behind and ordered them to launch an attack in half an hour to wipe out the Japanese and puppet troops at this checkpoint. He then led the rest of the group to set up an ambush on the path ahead.

Half an hour later, a small team started the battle on time.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian had been busy all day and was woken up by the phone ringing just as he was falling asleep. The sentry reported that the Yamaguchi checkpoint was attacked.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian immediately ordered the third squadron to go for reinforcement, and he arrived soon after.

The Japanese third squadron did not dare to delay and immediately gathered its troops and ran to reinforce.

When the third squadron of the Japanese army reached the path that they had to pass through, grenades flew over from both sides of the path. Then a burst of intensive gunfire rang out. The members of the third squadron of the Japanese army were shot and fell to the ground one after another.

Lieutenant Xiaoban, the leader of the third squadron of the Japanese army, responded calmly and ordered the soldiers of the two columns to fight back against the enemy in front of them.

The Japs quickly stopped the riot, lay down and fired back at the ambushes on both sides of the path.

At this time, the footsteps of Lieutenant Colonel Hebian and his troops rushing from Hujia Village could be clearly heard. The gunfire at the checkpoint had already stopped.

Wu Lang decided to quit while he was ahead and ordered his troops to retreat in turns.

When Lieutenant Colonel Hebian arrived at the forest exit checkpoint, a small detachment of the Imperial Army and more than a dozen Imperial Army soldiers had all been killed. All weapons, ammunition and uniforms had been looted.

"It seems that this group of devil troops tried to break out, but were blocked by our reinforcements." Lieutenant Xiaoban analyzed.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian nodded. It was already dark, and he couldn't send more people into the mountains to encircle and suppress the enemy. Helplessly, he had to re-arrange a small team of imperial troops and more than ten imperial army soldiers to garrison. Then he led the remaining troops to withdraw to Hujia Village.

Wu Lang and his men didn't actually go far. They just hid in the forest and watched the group of devils. He saw the lieutenant colonel leading the troops to withdraw by the river. He then looked at his watch. It was 2:10. He turned to the second squad leader of the second squadron and said:

"Fight him again in two hours, and make it a quick fight. Regardless of victory or defeat, end the battle and retreat within half an hour."

"How can we fail with more than 40 of us fighting against more than 30 of them? Don't worry, captain. I guarantee that we will end the battle victoriously within half an hour." Second team leader Chen Tianfang said, patting his chest.

"Okay, the second squadron of the second company will stay here, and the rest of you can retreat and go back to sleep." Wu Lang waved his hand and led the large army back to the cave.

At 4:10 in the morning, intensive gunfire and grenade explosions were heard again at the checkpoint outside the forest.

Chen Tianfang led the members of the second team to charge directly from all sides, shooting at close range and throwing grenades.

More than ten minutes later, the gunfire stopped. Chen Tianfang ordered his team members to quickly clean up the battlefield and then retreat to the cave.

More than half an hour later, when the Japanese reinforcements and Lieutenant Colonel Hebian arrived, there was only one thing left to do, and that was to collect the bodies.

Lieutenant Colonel Hebian was furious and ordered Lieutenant Xiaoban to lead the third squadron to patrol the periphery of the forest all night. He also arranged a small squadron of the Imperial Army and more than a dozen Imperial Army soldiers to defend the checkpoint. Because if the devilish troops from Hujia Village escaped, the food on his neck would have to be moved.

The third batch of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops stationed at the checkpoint did not dare to close their eyes from the time they were stationed until dawn. They kept their eyes wide open, looking around. They fired a few shots at the slightest movement, fearing that if they closed their eyes, they would never be able to open them again.