Devil's Army

The next morning, Leng Feng ordered the army regiment to dispatch a battalion to transport the 650 boxes of penicillin to the simple wharf on the waterfall river, and then stay there until Mr. Zheng had transported the medicine away before returning to the tribe.

Baron's army regiment was a reinforced regiment with nearly 4,000 men. It had four battalions, each with 800 to 900 men. Baron sent one battalion to complete the mission.

At around 12:30 noon, more than 20 small wooden boats came from the direction of the Uledai River and came into the sight of the first battalion.

The small wooden boats came to the shore in pairs, and the soldiers of the first battalion lined up in two rows and quickly loaded the penicillin onto the boats.

In less than an hour, 650 boxes of penicillin were loaded onto the ship.

The battalion commander took the money and asked the person in charge of the transportation to sign the order. Then he said goodbye to them and led the troops back to the tribe.

Good things happen every month, but today is especially good. Leng Feng had just asked the soldiers to deliver 50,000 yuan to the logistics department when the guards reported that a man who had come with Commander Li last time had brought 24 soldiers to join the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Leng Feng asked the guards to politely invite them to the reception room and he would be there soon.

Leng Feng arrived at the reception room, and the guard introduced him to everyone: "This is our Commander Leng."

Everyone immediately stood up and saluted Leng Feng, saying, "Hello, Commander Leng."

Leng Feng waved his hands to everyone, motioning them to sit down, and then said, "I've been waiting for you to come. Our team is in great need of political cadres."

"So right after we graduated and before we even started our internship, Secretary Li asked us to go to the tribe and train on the battlefield."

"That's true. Our tribe will be fighting a big war soon."

When everyone heard that a big battle was about to begin, they were all very happy and stood up one after another to demand that they be assigned to the troops as soon as possible.

Leng Feng waved his hand, asked them to sit down again, and said, "There are many battles to fight, you should familiarize yourself with the troops first."

At this time, the signalman brought over a telegram from Mr. Zheng asking for help.

It turned out that someone had leaked the news, or the frequent large-scale operations on the Wuledai River had attracted the attention of the Japanese. The Japanese arranged three small patrol boats at the dock of Weichang Village, and also set up obstacles to search for ships coming and going.

Mr. Zheng's fleet was stopped and could not pass.

"Go and call Captain Baron over." Leng Feng ordered the signalman.

"Yes," the signalman saluted and went out.

Soon, Commander Baron rushed to the reception room and shouted to Leng Feng as soon as he entered the room, "Commander, do you have a mission?"

"Do you want to fight so much?" Leng Feng said with a smile.

"Commander, our brothers are either marching west or defending Tiaobinshan and Tieling counties. We are staying in the tribe. The soldiers are complaining that they can't even fire their guns."

"The medicine-carrying fleet is blocked by the Japanese patrol boats between the Waterfall River and the Uledai River. You leave one company behind to maintain the law and order of the tribe, take all the others away, destroy the Japanese patrol boats, and cover the passage of the medicine-carrying fleet.

"Yes, I will ensure that the mission is completed." Baron saluted and said.

"You have to remember two things: First, the Japanese may have troops on the shore. You have to send troops to hold back the Japanese troops on the shore. Then you can destroy the Japanese patrol boats on the river. Second, the patrol boats must not be blown up. Bring them back intact."

"Captain, none of us knows how to drive a boat." Baron spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Go find Dwarf Wolf and ask him to arrange a few members who can sail to go with you."

"Captain, can you let us join the operation as well?" asked the officer in charge.

"What's your name?" Leng Feng asked.

"My surname is Xiao, and my name is Xiao Fei." The officer in charge introduced himself.

"Xiao Fei, why don't you guys take a break and get familiar with each other for a while?"

"No need, Commander. We are here to fight the Japanese, not to rest." Others also volunteered to fight.

Leng Feng had no choice but to ask Xiao Fei to bring a comrade to join the battle, and told Baron to pay attention to protecting their safety.

Barun took Xiao Fei and the others out of the reception room to gather the troops and prepare to set off.

Baron arranged for the soldiers to cut a batch of small bamboos, cut them into pieces about one meter long, and made a hundred of them, and then connected them in the middle. Then he cut a hundred pieces of waterproof tarpaulin, and tied the weapons and grenades of the hundred soldiers with the waterproof tarpaulin to prevent water from seeping through.

Xiao Fei didn't know why Captain Ba was doing all this, but since they were mainly here to watch the battle this time, it was not convenient for him to ask more questions.

After doing all this, Baron ordered his troops to march quickly to the simple dock and take a boat to reinforce Mr. Zheng's fleet.

The bamboo rafts traveled for several hours, and as the sky gradually darkened, Baron's direct regiment met the medicine transport fleet at the bend of the Uledai River.

The head of the medicine transport fleet boarded Barun's bamboo raft and briefed him on the intelligence he had gathered about the Japanese.

Since the intelligence on the Japanese was obtained by the fleet leader through long-distance reconnaissance, it was relatively limited. But it is certain that the Japanese did not only have troops on the three patrol boats, but there must be troops on the shore. But it is unclear how many people there are.

The fleet was less than two miles away from the Japanese patrol boat, and since it was downstream, Baron immediately ordered the 100 soldiers who were good at swimming, who were selected at the time of departure, to immediately tie up their weapon packs, hold small bamboo sticks in their mouths, and swim armed to approach the Japanese patrol boat. He also told them not to blow up the Japanese patrol boat.

The other soldiers immediately brought their bamboo rafts ashore and surrounded the Japanese troops on the shore.

Only then did Xiao Fei understand the purpose of the preparations Baron had just made.