Devil's Army

Most of the villagers hid at home when they heard the gunfire. Only a few brave ones lay down on the wall at the entrance of the village and looked towards the direction where the gunfire was coming from.

"They're back, they're back, our people are back!" A sharp-eyed fellow villager shouted, pointing at the team members who were returning to the village.

"I'll go tell them." Another fellow said and ran towards the village.

When the team reached the village entrance, Grandma He and He Chunhua supported each other and walked to the village entrance, followed by a large group of fellow villagers.

"Children, are you back?" the old lady asked, holding Leng Feng's hand.

"Yes, Grandma He, we are back." Leng Feng replied.

"Have all the devils been driven away?"

"The devils were not driven away, but all of them were killed. There were 62 devils, not one escaped."

"What? All of them were killed?" Grandma He asked in disbelief.

"Yes, we killed all 62 devils, not a single one escaped," He Guihua said excitedly.

"Oh, oh, oh" the villagers shouted excitedly.

After being bullied by the Japanese for so long, I finally got a chance to show off today.

"We just happened to have seized some canned food from the ghosts, so we'll hold a celebration party here in this open space." Leng Feng said with a smile.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to bring dinner over." He Chunhua said.

Soon, a row of tables, stools, bowls and chopsticks were placed in front of the entrance of the ancestral hall.

"Come and pour all the water. There is no wine today, so I will use water instead to thank the villagers for their support." Leng Feng raised a bowl of water and said to the villagers.

"We didn't do anything."

"We should thank Captain Leng for helping us kill the devils and protecting us."

"We are killing the Japanese in the front, and you are washing clothes and cooking for us in the back. This is the greatest support for us." Leng Feng continued.

"If you ask me, there's no need to say who should thank whom, we are all family," said He Guihua.

"Yes, Guihua is right, we are all family." Grandma He said in a slightly trembling voice.

"Come, grandma, try this canned food from the Japanese." He Guihua picked up a large piece of canned meat and gave it to Grandma He.

"Okay, eat, everyone eat."

A simple celebration banquet began in a joyful and cheerful atmosphere.

After the celebration banquet, He Guihua, Yuan Wanting and Xiao Lingdang helped He Chunhua clean up the dishes, while the male team members and fellow villagers cleaned up the tables and chairs and took them home.

Leng Feng walked up to He Shanmao who was cleaning his gun and said, "Your shooting skills are pretty good."

"We have been making a living by hunting since my grandfather's generation, so our marksmanship is pretty good," He Shanmao replied.

"Do you want to be a sniper?" Leng Feng asked again.

"What? What is a sniper?" He Shanmao looked at Leng Feng in confusion.

"It's the people who hide in the dark and kill the enemy."

"Oh, that's the hunter, great." He Shanmao said happily.

"Okay, come with me."

He Shanmao followed Leng Feng to a car parked under a tree, and Leng Feng jumped into the car.

After a while, Leng Feng jumped out of the car again, holding a gun and a box of bullets in his hand, and handed them to He Shanmao.

"This is a CS/LR-4 sniper rifle, with a magazine capacity of five rounds, an effective range of 600 meters, and a weight of 6.5 kilograms. The caliber is 7.62 mm, and the bullet speed is 800 meters per second." Leng Feng introduced: "This is a scope, which allows you to see distant targets more clearly. This is for adjusting the focus. If you have time, learn more from Diao Lang and Wu Lang. They are both top snipers."

"Thank you, Captain." He Shanmao shouted excitedly.

"By the way, where can you see a place nearby that is convenient for people to live?"

"What's the matter, Captain? You guys wanna leave?"

"No, I want to choose a backup accommodation point. So that we will have a place to go in case we have to retreat." Leng Feng handed a cigarette to He Shanmao.

"Why should we retreat? If the Japanese come, we will fight them." He Sanmao waved his hand to indicate that he didn't know how to smoke.

"We only have forty team members, and our strength is still very weak. This time we eliminated 62 Japanese devils. What if there are 620 or even 6200 Japanese devils next time? Can we still guarantee that we can eliminate them all? So we must think of a retreat in advance." Leng Feng said lightly after exhaling a puff of smoke.

"Oh, I haven't thought about that." He Shanmao scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

"When we fight a war, we must take all possibilities into consideration and prepare response plans for all possible events, so that we can minimize our losses."

"Well, there is a small road turning right out of the village. There is an abandoned small mine about two miles away. Because it has been abandoned, few people go there. There is water in the small mine, which should be convenient for people to live there."

"Okay, come with me to take a look during training tomorrow morning," Leng Feng ordered.

"Okay," He Shanmao replied.

"You go and rest first."

"Okay, captain, see you tomorrow." He Shanmao waved to Leng Feng.

"Okay," Leng Feng waved at He Shanmao.

"Grey Wolf," Leng Feng shouted to Tan Hanbo who was sitting next to Wen Lang.

"Captain," the gray wolf came over quickly.

"Tell Fox Wolf to install an infrared monitor at this mountain pass. Also, arrange two guard posts on the mountainside. One of them will be one of our team members. Let him lead a member of the original game team. Also arrange two people at the entrance of the village."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Gray Wolf saluted and walked away.