Devil's Army

The squadron leader only arranged a few people on both wings to resist the attack of the first and second battalions of the escort team by relying on the terrain. The other soldiers launched a fierce attack on the Lubei guerrillas in front.

Seeing that this group of puppet troops had indeed launched an attack on the Japanese army, the captain of the first squadron of the Lubei guerrillas ordered his team members to do their best to stop the Japanese army from breaking out and create conditions for completely annihilating this group of Japanese troops.

More than ten minutes later, the more than 20 Japanese soldiers were all wiped out by the escort team and the Lubei guerrillas.

The captain of the first squadron of the Lubei guerrillas felt very sorry for having misunderstood this friendly army in puppet army costumes, so he invited them to the station to have a drink of water and rest.

Captain Guo told him:

"We really have military duties to attend to. But don't worry, as long as we are still fighting the Japanese together, we will meet again sooner or later."

After saying this, he led the members of the escort team and rushed to Suizhong County.

Because they were helping the Northern Guerrillas to wipe out the Japanese outside Kuancheng County, they were delayed a little. When Captain Guo and his men arrived at Songling Town, it was already evening.

Captain Hu asked to go into the town to rest and continue the march tomorrow morning. Captain Guo refused. He analyzed:

"Songling Town has now been recaptured by the First Anti-Japanese Army. We are carrying out a secret mission. Except for several senior officers of the First Army and the Third Battalion of the First Regiment of the Fifth Brigade who are cooperating with us, other troops do not know the truth. If we move into the town, won't we get into a gunfight with them?"

Captain Hu thought his brother's analysis was very reasonable and immediately said self-deprecatingly:

"It seems that we have become guerrillas now and have to sleep outdoors in the wilderness."

"Didn't we also have field training when we were in the Northeast Army?"

"The training back then was completely different from now. At that time, we were facing our own countrymen and troops, and we had no psychological burden. Now we have to prevent our own troops from misunderstanding us, and we have to worry about the Japanese attacking us."

Captain Guo did not respond. Captain Hu was telling the truth. The current field training was completely different from the field training in the past when the Northeast Army was in power.

In the evening, an old man passed by the field where the guards were camping. He was startled and ran back to Songling Town in a hurry.

Songling Town was guarded by a platoon of the 50th Brigade and more than members of the Lubei guerrillas. The platoon leader was also surprised when he received the report from the local people.

He didn't expect that there were more than 1000 puppet troops hiding under their noses.

The platoon leader immediately called his superiors in Kuancheng County and asked for support.

The commander of the 3rd Regiment of the 12th Brigade was also surprised when he heard the platoon leader's report, and immediately arranged for a battalion to rush to reinforce overnight.

At around nine o'clock, when the first battalion commander arrived at the wilderness of Songling Town, the second platoon leader, their platoon and members of the Lubei guerrillas were already lying in ambush nearby.

The battalion commander asked the second platoon leader:

"What? What's going on? Could it be our troops?"

"Captain, I've been observing them for two hours. Whether they talk or act, they don't seem like our troops."

The second platoon leader pointed at several members of the second battalion of the guard team who were playing with money and answered.

The battalion commander squeezed forward and saw several soldiers in puppet army uniforms gambling, and believed the judgment of the second platoon leader, because gambling was not allowed in their unit.

After a while, the sentry on duty discovered that a force of nearly a thousand people was surrounding them.

Captain Guo immediately ordered his troops to prepare for battle.

Upon hearing the emergency combat whistle, the members of the escort team immediately sought nearby cover and prepared for combat.

"Their reaction speed doesn't seem like that of a puppet army." The first battalion commander said to the second platoon leader.

"Maybe it's a well-trained puppet army." The second platoon leader still believed in his own judgment.

After a while, the soldiers of the first battalion completed the encirclement of the escort.

A battalion commander began to shout to the puppet troops in the encirclement:

"You have been surrounded, put down your weapons and surrender immediately!"

"Who are you?" the other party replied.

When the battalion commander heard this, he felt that the enemy was quite powerful and was not like the puppet troops he usually encountered. When they heard that they were surrounded, they immediately became chaotic. But he still replied:

"We are from the Third Regiment of the Twelfth Brigade of the First Anti-Japanese Army. If you lay down your weapons, we will treat the puppet troops well."

In order to intimidate the enemy, a battalion commander deliberately lied about his own troop strength.

Captain Guo was relieved when he heard this, because it turned out to be one of his own people, not the Japanese. However, he was not in a position to reveal his identity, so he could only reply:

"We are the Royal Guards. We have no past or present grudges against your First Anti-Japanese Army. You go your way, and we go our way."

The battalion commander heard that it was the elite unit of the puppet army, the Royal Guard. This battle was a fierce battle. But he still wanted to persuade the Royal Guard to surrender. After all, the surrounding towns had been recaptured by the First Anti-Japanese Army.