Devil's Army

A convoy of Nanjing government troops transporting tin ore set out from Gejiu City and was intercepted by a Yunnan Army when it arrived in Mengzi.

The officer of the convoy got off the car, took out a document, handed it to a commander of the Yunnan Army, and said disdainfully:

"We are transporting minerals to Kunming City under the orders of the Nanjing government army. What are you doing here?"

"There have been Japanese spies operating here recently. We are following Chairman Long's orders to conduct a thorough search of suspicious vehicles and personnel in this area."

"Then check it quickly, we still have to hurry!" said the officer impatiently.

The Yunnan Army surrounded the convoy and checked each vehicle.

Before the officer could react, a round of gunfire rang out.

The officers and escorting soldiers in the convoy were shot and fell to the ground.

The escorting soldiers who reacted quickly fought back, but were soon shot and fell to the ground.

In less than half an hour, all the soldiers and officers in the convoy transporting goods to the mine were shot and killed.

The Japanese agents pretending to be Yunnan troops immediately pulled the prepared carriage out of the grove, then transferred the tin ore from the truck to the carriage and transported it to the mouth of the Vietnamese river by a small road.

After the carriage left, the agents who stayed behind cleaned up the traces on the road, loaded some stones onto the truck, changed into the clothes of the Nanjing government army, and continued to drive towards Kunming.

The convoy transporting antimony ore and tungsten ore from Baoshan also encountered a Yunnan Army checkpoint when it arrived in Xiangyun County.

In less than half an hour, the convoy carrying antimony ore and tungsten ore was eliminated by Japanese agents.

The Japanese army transferred the antimony and tungsten ores to horse-drawn carriages and secretly transported them away along the Yunling Trail.

The convoy loaded the stones and continued on its way to Kunming.

Two groups of Japanese Special High Section agents succeeded one after another and immediately sent telegrams back to headquarters.

The Japanese Army Headquarters immediately sent a telegram urging the 18th Division of the Japanese Army to speed up its offensive and support the special high-tech tin mining troops rushing over from Mengzi.

At the same time, the Japanese Army Guards Mixed Brigade was ordered to launch an attack from Ha Giang Province, Vietnam to Xiangyun County, Yunnan Province, and to meet the special forces transporting antimony and tungsten ore as soon as possible.

After receiving the telegram, the commander of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army immediately launched an attack on Laofanzhai.

When the Yunnan Army withdrew from Nanxi Town, they originally wanted to set up positions at the entrance of the Laofanzhai Valley to block the Japanese attack.

Who knew that the Japanese army was following so closely that there was no time to deploy defenses.

The 182th Regiment of the 1077nd Division of the Yunnan Army only held off the Japanese for more than an hour at the entrance of the Laofanzhai Valley, and then began to retreat to the Yaoshan township alternately.

At this time, the 182th Regiment of the 1078nd Division of the Yunnan Army had built fortifications on David Mountain in Yaoshan Township, preparing to resist the attack of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army.

The 1077th Regiment, which came out from Laofanzhaihui, retreated to the rear to rest.

What puzzled Deputy Commander An was that after the Japanese army broke through Laofanzhai, they did not attack the David Mountain defense line of their Yaoshan Township with all their strength. Instead, they divided their troops to attack Baizhai Town.

Baizhai Town leads to Gejiu City. Did the Japanese army aim to capture Gejiu City? Was the attack on Yaoshan Township and then Kunming a feint?

The intelligence was fed back to Chairman Long's desk.

On the one hand, Chairman Long arranged for Commander-in-Chief Zhang of the Second Army to strengthen the defense of Gejiu City, and on the other hand, he discussed countermeasures with Leng Feng.

Leng Feng also felt that something was wrong. He suddenly thought of the tin ore convoy that the Nanjing government forces had transported from Gejiu City for him.

He immediately asked Chairman Long:

"Where is the convoy transporting tin ore from Gejiu City?"

Soon, the soldiers told Chairman Long and others that the convoy transporting tin ore from Gejiu City had just arrived in Mile City.

Mile City is only more than 100 kilometers away from Kunming. Coincidentally, the geological team that Leng Feng was investigating in Wenshan also arrived in Mile City on their way back to Kunming.

When Professor Li heard the news, he asked to go and see the tin mine in advance.

He had heard that the tin mines in Gejiu City were famous throughout the country. He couldn't contain his excitement and wanted to go and see the tin content of these tin mines.

Leng Feng would definitely not go against Professor Li's wishes and would immediately order the convoy to stop in Mile City.

When the special forces escorted Professor Li to the convoy transporting tin ore, the sensitive captain of the Eighth Squadron felt something was wrong.

The temperament of this batch of Nanjing government troops transporting tin ore was different from those Nanjing government troops he had encountered before.

He immediately called two special forces members to surround Professor Li.

He also kept his hand on the holster of his pistol and stared at the Nanjing government soldiers.

Professor Li, holding a magnifying glass, took a piece of ore from the car by the special forces team member and looked at it carefully.

Professor Li's expression gradually changed from excitement to confusion, and then to anger.

He threw the stone handed to him by the special forces soldier to the ground and cursed:

"These are not tin ores, but ordinary stones!"

At this moment, something happened that no one expected.