Devil's Army

A battalion commander believed that Qinglong County was adjacent to Lulong County and Kuancheng County, and they could support each other in case of war. Lulong County was recaptured by the 11th Brigade after the second anti-encirclement and suppression campaign. Kuancheng County was also recaptured by them recently.

Now Qinglong County has become an isolated county connected to their base, and the time is ripe to retake it.

The commander of the second regiment quickly approved his suggestion and arranged for an artillery unit to assist in the siege.

Before the artillery unit arrived, a battalion commander asked Captain Gao to disperse his troops to various villages in Qinglong County and report immediately if there was any news about the Japanese.

He also arranged for the Golden Eagle drone to conduct reconnaissance at the South Gate of Qinglong County where the Japanese troops often went out.

At around 1:00 p.m. that day, the Army Aviation soldiers discovered a group of Japanese and puppet troops leaving the city through the South Gate.

When enemies meet, their eyes turn red. The nephew of the old man Zhang recognized at a glance that this was the Japanese puppet army that massacred Zhangjiagou Village last time.

Now that you're out of town, don't even think about going back.

Captain Gao asked the commander of the first battalion to wipe out the Japanese puppet army. But the commander of the first battalion thought that there was too little meat and it was not enough to fill the gaps between his teeth. He asked Captain Gao:

“How many guerrillas can be gathered now?”

"Most of my players have been dispersed, and now there are only about 80 players who can be gathered together."

"You can gather 80 people, and there are about 120 Japanese and puppet troops. Do you dare to fight with this group of Japanese and puppet troops?"

"There's nothing to be afraid of. It's just that last time we gathered more than 300 people but still failed to annihilate them. Now there are only more than 80 people. It's quite difficult." Captain Gao replied embarrassedly.

"I don't need you to defeat them, I just need you to contain them. Look at the direction he is heading now, which village is he heading to?"

"They are now walking straight out of the city gate, most likely heading to Nanzhangzi Village. They have not been to this village yet."

"I just did some reconnaissance. There is a forest on the road leading to Nanzhangzi Village. You rush here immediately to attack the Japanese. If the Japanese chase you, you lead them in circles in the forest. The purpose of this battle is not to kill as many Japanese as possible, but to delay them."

Captain Gao was stunned. He couldn't understand why the purpose of the war was not to destroy the Japanese.

The battalion commander also noticed Captain Gao's doubts and said to him:

"Your goal is to lead these devils in circles until they get angry. The angrier the better. If they want to destroy you, they must ask the county to send reinforcements. We will eat up their reinforcements and this group of Japanese puppet troops."

"I understand. The battalion commander thinks this group of Japanese and puppet soldiers is too few and not worth fighting, so he wants to eat up his reinforcements as well."

The battalion commander smiled and nodded.

Captain Gao saluted the battalion commander and replied happily:

"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"

He led the assembled team members to the grove in front of Nanzhang Village in a hurry.

The commander of a battalion also gathered his troops and set up an ambush in front of the grove.

On the way, a guerrilla fighter asked Captain Gao in confusion:

"The battalion commander just arrived and hasn't been anywhere yet. How did he know there was a small forest in front of Nanzhang Village?"

Captain Gao also shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, perhaps the battalion commander had been here before.

Captain Gao and his men took a shortcut and trotted along the way. Finally, they ambushed the Japanese and puppet troops in the woods before they entered Nanzhang Village.

Soon, the Japanese and puppet troops were seen showing off their might on the path in front of the village.

Ever since the Eighth Route Army of the Jidong Military Sub-district withdrew from Qinglong County in order to preserve its strength, this place has become their world.

The remaining anti-Japanese armed forces in Qinglong County, the Jidong local guerrillas, were no match for them at all.

In order to unify the command of the operation, Captain Gao did not set up an ambush on both sides of the path, but instead concentrated all the troops in the small woods on the right side of the path.

Zhang Lao's nephew was lying in ambush at the front of the team, staring at the Japanese and puppet troops heading towards Nanzhang Village with red eyes.

He wants revenge, and now the time for revenge has finally come!

This group of Japanese and puppet troops walked into the ambush circle of Captain Gao and his team. Fierce gunfire rang out from the grove on the right.

The Japanese and puppet troops in front were knocked down one after another, but the Japanese army quickly reacted and counterattacked the troops in the grove.

The weapons used by this unit were Hanyang-made and Liao-13 rifles, and they were obviously the Jidong local guerrillas. However, the gunfire was not as fierce as the last battle.

What made the team leader even more puzzled was that the guerrillas this time were not very strong. As soon as they counterattacked, the guerrillas retreated immediately.

The squad leader immediately realized that this was just a small guerrilla unit and immediately ordered his troops to enter the grove to encircle and suppress this small unit of the Jidong local guerrillas.

Captain Gao led his team members to circle the woods with the Japanese puppet troops based on the familiar terrain, and occasionally fired a few shots, which made the Japanese captain very angry, but he could do nothing about it.