Devil's Army

The next morning, the most powerful platoon of the 12th Brigade (each soldier had a machine gun) set off in a truck with the aviation soldiers.

Soon after the direct platoon set out, the tank battalion also left Xinghe County one after another, hiding in the woods on both sides of the path, and cleaning up the traces and doing a good job of camouflage.

After the platoon leader left the gate of Xinghe County, he mounted two machine guns on top of the truck cab.

With the lesson learned from Platoon Leader Liu's previous experience, the soldiers paid close attention to the situation ahead on the path.

When the truck arrived at the path where Platoon Leader Liu and his men had died last time, the soldiers were all nervous.

Before the truck reached the corner of the path, the soldiers suddenly heard the faint sound of horse hooves ahead.

The two soldiers behind the roof immediately cocked their rifles and aimed at the path ahead.

The soldiers next to him also cocked their guns and prepared for battle.

As the truck turned down the side road, the soldiers saw five horse-drawn wagons ahead of them, carrying some household items.

The soldiers stopped the convoy and asked about the situation.

The manager of the carriage team was a man in his 40s. He got off the car tremblingly and explained the situation to the soldiers.

It turned out that Jining County was now shrouded in the shadow of war. A businessman with some wealth heard from his clients that Chahar Province had now been recaptured by the First Anti-Japanese Army, so he hurriedly packed up his belongings early in the morning and moved to Chahar Province.

When the city gate opened in the morning, he was almost the first one to leave the city, and he even spent a lot of money to send away the puppet soldiers guarding the gate.

After the soldiers searched and confirmed that everything was correct, they let the carriage team pass and continued to rush to the barracks of the Japanese cavalry battalion.

Along the way, there were ordinary people fleeing with backpacks.

If we engage in a battle with the Japanese cavalry later, these innocent refugees will inevitably be harmed.

The platoon leader decided to pull the truck over to the side to rest and let the fleeing people pass first.

After a while, a battalion commander sent a telegram to inquire about the situation.

The platoon leader told the battalion commander exactly what had happened.

The platoon leader originally thought that he would be reprimanded by the battalion commander, but the battalion commander told him that he also saw these refugees.

A battalion commander told him to let the refugees pass first so that they would not be affected later.

Nearing noon, there were obviously fewer refugees.

The platoon leader told the last few refugees to hurry, and they continued on their way.

The truck moved forward for a while, and the soldiers heard a woman crying and calling for help not far ahead.

The car soldier stepped on the accelerator and rushed towards the direction where the rescue was coming from.

The soldiers in the carriage also saw clearly that four Japanese soldiers holding sabers were surrounding three girls from the Republic of China and laughing.

Three other Japanese cavalrymen were pulling at the clothes of the three girls.

There were two other civilians lying on the ground under the tree nearby.

The Japanese soldiers on horseback also discovered the platoon leader and his men, and immediately greeted the cavalrymen who were bullying the three girls.

The soldiers fired a series of long shots, knocking down four Japanese soldiers on horseback.

The three Japanese soldiers on horseback pulled up their trousers and tried to escape by riding their horses, but they were shot dead by the platoon leader who chased them.

The truck stopped beside the girls. Three girls had already run under the tree, pushing the two old men who were kicked away by the Japanese soldiers, and shouted anxiously:

"Dad, Mom, are you okay?"

"Are you all right? Can you still continue on your journey?" the platoon leader walked forward and asked.

"It's okay, we can still go. Thank you for saving my life, sir."

"Girl, help your parents get out of here quickly. The devils will be here soon."

The three girls sorted out their messy clothes and helped their parents to hurry on their way.