Devil's Army

Since it was already past dinner time, Leng Feng asked the guards to go to the riverside and check if there were any fish in the traps. If not, he would find a way to catch two fish from the pond and treat Teacher Tan to dinner.

Gray Wolf has asked Tang Jingxian to help Teacher Tan arrange a three-bedroom apartment.

The guards carried all of Teacher Tan's luggage into the house and left. Mrs. Tan was cleaning the house and arranging the tables and chairs. The two children's playful nature was exposed again, running around in several rooms, chasing and playing.

After a while, the guard came back with two fish, one was relatively large, weighing three or four pounds, and the other weighed only about one pound.

Yuan Wanting and He Shiqi made a simple fish soup, a braised fish and some stir-fried vegetables, and then invited Leng Feng and Teacher Tan to come over for dinner.

During the meal, Leng Feng was restless. Yuan Wanting patted the back of his hand and said:

"The operation was successful. Xiao Zhang will be fine."

Only then did Leng Feng regain his composure.

The next morning, because no one knew when the Japanese would attack Tiaobinshan County, Leng Feng ordered the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Regiment of the 4th Brigade to ambush on both sides of the hill in front that had been discovered by the Japanese checkpoints yesterday, preparing to ambush the Japanese who were attacking Tiaobinshan County.

Upon receiving the order, the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade and the 3rd Regiment of the 4th Brigade immediately set out for the hill.

The 3rd Regiment of the 4th Brigade arrived at the destination first. The commander of the 3rd Regiment ordered the 1st and 2nd Battalions to quietly climb the hill on the right. The 1st Company of the 1st Battalion dug fortifications in the direction of the Japanese sentry post and ambushed. The 1st Company of the 2nd Battalion dug fortifications along the path and ambushed. The 3rd Battalion, as a reserve, hid in a secret place at the foot of the mountain with the regiment headquarters. The remaining troops of the 1st and 2nd Battalions hid behind the hill.

When the Third Regiment was still quietly digging fortifications on the right side of the hill, the Second Regiment of the First Brigade also arrived. The Second Regiment Commander immediately arranged for his troops to quietly dig fortifications, waiting for the Japanese to attack Tiaobinshan County.

The 3rd and 2nd Regiments endured the bites of mosquitoes and waited until the next morning, but there was still no sign of movement from the Japanese in Rehe.

At noon, Leng Feng received a message from the Rehe special forces forwarded by Gray Wolf: the Japanese Sixth Division, which was resting in Rehe, had transported twelve 100mm howitzers, twelve small mountain cannons, and a batch of artillery shells.

Leng Feng judged that the Japanese would soon attack Tiaobinshan County, so he reminded the Third and Second Regiments, which were ambushing on the hill, to be on high alert.

At this time, Yuan Wanting asked the guard to come and tell Leng Feng that Xiao Zhang had woken up.

Leng Feng put down the pen in his hand and ran to the infirmary.

There were two guards chatting with Xiao Zhang in Xiao Zhang's ward in the infirmary. When they saw Leng Feng coming, they saluted and consciously left the room.

When Xiao Zhang saw Leng Feng, he struggled to sit up, but the pain in his abdomen made him unable to move.

Leng Feng stepped forward to stop Xiao Zhang and asked the pale-faced Xiao Zhang in a low voice: "How do you feel?"

"Nothing, I just feel tired and want to sleep."

"You've lost too much blood. You'll be fine after a few days of rest."

"Commander, you can't run away during the days I'm away. I've asked them to keep an eye on you for me."

"Okay, let's get ready for a big battle. I'm not going anywhere. I'll just stay in the war room." Leng Feng said as he gently scratched Xiao Zhang's nose with his right hand.

It was evening, and there was still no movement from the enemy at the checkpoint. "The Second and Third Regiments must have waited another day in vain, as the enemy rarely moves at night." Leng Feng leaned back on a chair in the operations room and thought with his eyes closed.

At about one o'clock in the morning of the third day, there was a lot of noise at the Japanese checkpoint, and groups of Japanese and puppet troops were walking towards the hill.

The Japs finally took action. "Communicator, notify the headquarters immediately and the rest of the people prepare to fight." The commander of the second regiment of the first brigade ordered.

On the opposite hill, the Third Regiment was also ready for battle.

The Japanese troops quietly walked into the path at the foot of the hill.

"Fight," the second regiment commander ordered when the path was full of Japanese soldiers. The soldiers fired bullets and grenades at the Japanese soldiers on the path.

Almost at the same time, gunfire from the third regiment of soldiers on the opposite mountain rang out.

The little Japanese soldier never dreamed that someone would ambush him right under his nose. He was caught off guard. The Japanese soldiers on the path suddenly became confused.

After a while, the Japanese artillery at the foot of the mountain began to bombard the positions of the 2nd and 3rd Regiments on the two hills, but the infantry did not launch a charge, after all, the Japanese were not familiar with night fighting.

The Japanese artillery kept bombarding the two hills, but the Japanese on the path still could not pass through the path smoothly and had to retreat.

Division Commander Sakamoto originally wanted to launch a surprise attack on the fortifications outside Diaobingshan County in the early morning and capture the fortifications in one fell swoop, but he was ambushed right under his nose. He was very annoyed, but he was afraid of being ambushed in the dark of night if he sent the Japanese army to attack the troops on the hill, so he had to retreat to the vicinity of the checkpoint and wait for daybreak before attacking.

The temporary fortifications of the Second and Third Regiments were not able to withstand the bombardment, and many parts of them began to collapse in the continuous bombardment of the Japanese. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese dared not attack at night, the soldiers quickly re-reinforced the fortifications.

Fearing that the troops would be bombarded by the Japanese with intensive artillery fire tomorrow, resulting in heavy casualties, the Second Regiment Commander took two guards to the fortifications of the Third Regiment opposite at night to discuss countermeasures with the cunning Third Regiment Commander.

The third captain thought about it and told his plan to the second captain. The second captain clapped his hands in approval and immediately went back to make arrangements.