Devil's Army

Battalion Commander Zhang said to everyone:

"The Japanese are rampant in Sanya now. You might lose your life if you go out one day. To save your life, your own life and the lives of your family, you can only pick up a gun and drive the Japanese out."

There was a small commotion among the crowd, and Captain Zhang added another handful of firewood and said:

"Look today, if we hadn't received the intelligence and rushed here in time, what would have happened to your village at the hands of the devils?"

"Join the army and pick up guns to defend our homeland! Both my brother and I have joined the army!" Xiaolong said to everyone.

Everyone was excited, and some young men said to the old village chief's grandson:

"Xiaolong, Dahu, let's go too."

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"Why don't we let the children join the army? It's not safe to stay in the village. The Japanese might come and raid the village any day." The old village chief said to the villagers.

Many villagers agreed with the old village chief's opinion.

This time, we ambushed the Japanese squad and not only seized 42 rifles, grenades and other weapons, but also recruited 36 new soldiers.

When Captain Zhang was about to leave, he once again told the old village chief:

"Old village chief, after I leave, you must arrange for people to stand guard at both ends of the village to prevent the Japanese from..."

"Report! Battalion Commander, there is a situation."

Before Captain Zhang could finish his words, a soldier hurried over and interrupted him.

"what's up?"

"A large number of Japanese soldiers appeared to our south, and they were searching in the direction of Tianya Village."

"How many people are there? How long will it take to get here?"

"With more than 300 people, we can search here in less than an hour and a half."

"An hour and a half should be enough."

Captain Zhang then came to the old village chief and said:

"The old village chief immediately told the villagers to move away because the Japanese were coming. We moved away immediately after we dealt with the bodies of the Japanese."

"Captain Zhang, there is a dry well at the end of our village. There is no water in it. Throw them in and block the well. This will save trouble."

"Okay, that's easy. First row, quickly carry the devil's body to the dry well at the end of the village and bury it.

Second row, take care of this right away.

Third Platoon, you stand guard at the entrance to the village. If the villagers have not yet retreated, you block the Japanese and buy time for them to retreat.

"Yes!"

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The soldiers went to work quickly and methodically.

The old village chief led the villagers to hide in the forest behind the village. Battalion Commander Zhang also led the soldiers to retreat to the nearby area to observe the movements of the Japanese army.

More than an hour later, the Japanese army searched Tianya Village.

The only little yellow dog in the village barked desperately at these uninvited guests.

After a gunshot, the little yellow dog fell to the ground wailing.

The Japanese soldiers began to kick open the villagers' doors and searched house by house, but they found neither the missing soldiers nor the villagers.

After struggling for nearly an hour, the Japanese army left Tianya Village in a swagger, carrying the body of the little yellow dog and two chickens, and went to search the next village.

After the Japanese army left, the old village chief led the villagers back to the village one after another, and found that Battalion Commander Zhang had brought soldiers to repair the door that was kicked down by the Japanese army.

"Captain Zhang, go and do your work, and don't worry about this. We don't have anything worth worrying about, so it doesn't matter if there is no way."

"It's okay, it will be fine in a moment."

The villagers who returned also joined the ranks of repairing the doors.

Soon, the doors that were kicked down by the Japanese were repaired. Battalion Commander Zhang left Tianya Village with his soldiers and 36 young men.

When Captain Zhang and his men came back, Secretary Yu was standing at the door of the barracks looking forward.

"You're back. Why did you take so long this time? There were no casualties in the troops, right?" Secretary Yu asked three questions in one breath.

"We encountered a large group of Japanese soldiers coming to search, and we had to organize the villagers to evacuate, which took some time. We wiped out all 42 Japanese soldiers in this squad, and only four of our soldiers were injured."

"Destroyed 42 Japanese soldiers? Only four of your soldiers were injured?" Secretary Yu glanced at Captain Chen next to him, then gave a thumbs up and said:

“Great, great…”

"It's nothing serious. We just caught him off guard. If we had fought face to face, our casualties would have been much greater than they are now."

After returning to the camp, Battalion Commander Zhang arranged for the soldiers to rest for half an hour before starting training.

He also instructed the company commander to teach the 36 recruits how to use rifles, machine guns, grenades and some things that need to be paid attention to on the battlefield.

He went to the side and watched the guerrillas training.