Devil's Army

Xiao Fei went to Harbin to deliver medicine. Leng Feng and Huilang prepared to arrange the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Brigade to recapture Fanhe Town and Yaobao Town.

Huang Dejiang hurriedly rushed to the war room from outside. Leng Feng saw that Huang Dejiang was in such a hurry, he must have something urgent, so he put down his pen and listened to his report.

Huang Dejiang reported that the land reform was going smoothly overall, and that many landlords were not really attached to the devils, but were willing to compromise in order to keep their property. Huang Dejiang followed Leng Feng's instructions and bought land from them at the same market price.

Some landlords held the land as family property passed down from their ancestors and were unwilling to sell it to the land reform teams. However, due to the guns in their hands, they were eventually forced to sell the land to the teams.

Of course, Huang Dejiang did not let him suffer any loss. He bought back the land from these landlords at a price slightly higher than the market price.

Only the landlord of Deshengtai was the most stubborn. His son was now the commander of a puppet army in Fengtian and was a die-hard traitor. Not only did he refuse to hand over the land, he also armed himself against the land reform team.

"Oh, a landlord is so awesome. Tell me about the situation there." asked Gray Wolf.

"Deshengtai is the largest village tribe in Tieling County, located in the southern part of Tieling County. There are three natural villages under it: Deshengtai, Shatuozi, and Ershilibao. The population is about 300 to people. There is a wall around the tribe, and there is a guard team of nearly people inside. The wall is high and there are many soldiers, so it is difficult to attack by force."

"What's so great about these 300 people? Just send one person to kill him." Gray Wolf said disapprovingly.

"He is connected to Fengtian in the south, and the devils in Fengtian can support him at any time."

"Interesting. If we capture him and hold this place, wouldn't it be equivalent to blocking the Fengtian devils' way north to Tieling?" Leng Feng said, pointing to the position of the victory platform on the sand table with a pen.

"You can say that." Huang Dejiang nodded in response.

"Order: The 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade shall send one battalion to cooperate with the labor reform team to participate in the battle. In addition, the mobile force shall send five tanks to participate in the battle."

"One tank is enough to deal with third-rate stuff like this," Gray Wolf continued.

"You should pick on the weak ones. It's time to give the mobile troops some experience."

After receiving the order, the second regiment commander immediately ordered the first battalion commander to take his troops and set off with the land reform team.

Captain Fan of the mobile unit was very happy when he received the order. He said:

"Comrades, this is the first battle since the establishment of our mobile unit. We must fight this battle smoothly."

The second captain next to him said disapprovingly:

"Battalion Commander, isn't it just a militia of 300 people? Is it necessary to send out our entire tank company to participate in the battle? I think this battle is nothing more than a training exercise for us to get familiar with the situation on the spot."

"Whether it's training or fighting, we have to perform at our best in training."

"Yes!" Everyone answered in unison. Then the Second Company, with 150 infantrymen, drove five tanks and started the mobile unit's maiden battle.

The battalion commander and the land reform team arrived at Deshengtai and immediately surrounded it, shouting at them to surrender.

Landlord Liu of Deshengtai not only did not surrender his weapons, but also asked his guards to lie on the city wall, ready to fight back, and immediately asked for help from Fengtian's son.

As soon as the landlord Liu Fengtian's son heard his father's call for help, he immediately brought a regiment of puppet troops to reinforce.

The battalion commander waited for thirty minutes, but did not see the landlord Liu lay down his arms and surrender. Instead, he was ready to block the attack, so he ordered an attack.

The guards, who usually bullied the weak and feared the strong, had never seen such a scene before. They all lay down under the city wall and dared not move, and some even wanted to run away.

The captain of the escort team was a gunner from a gang. He fiercely ordered the guards: "No one is allowed to retreat. Anyone who retreats will be killed without mercy." Then he aimed at an artilleryman from the first battalion.

After the gunfire, a mortar soldier from the first battalion was shot and killed.

The battalion commander was furious. None of his artillerymen had been killed in the fight against the Japanese, but now he had lost one of his artillerymen in the fight against a low-ranking escort team.

He ordered his troops to use all their light and heavy firepower, and he was determined to destroy this escort.

At this time, the son of the landlord Liu also came with a regiment of puppet soldiers. The landlord Liu became more confident and shouted to kill these stinky soldiers.

The puppet army also set up mortars and bombarded the position of a battalion commander.

Relying on the city wall fortifications, the puppet army's regiment and its escort team engaged in a stalemate with a battalion commander.

At this time, a roar came from not far away. The second company of the mobile force came with five tanks and infantry reinforcements.

On the wall, the son of the landlord Liu was dumbfounded as he watched the five tanks rushing towards him. Usually, their tanks would attack others, but they had never been attacked by tanks. He immediately told his father to pack up and prepare to retreat.

As the five tanks moved forward, they bombarded the puppet army's mortars and heavy firepower points inside the wall.

The puppet troops and the escort team were so shocked that they cried for their parents and prepared to retreat, but the regiment commander shouted at them: "No one is allowed to retreat. Hold on."

At this time, the puppet army commander retreated from the north gate with his father and the first and second battalions of troops.

The five tanks advanced quickly. The first tank knocked down the city wall gate and rushed in with the infantry.

The puppet troops and guards, who had long lost their fighting spirit, raised their guns and surrendered.

A battalion commander rushed into the victory platform, grabbed a member of the escort team and asked angrily: "Who shot and killed my artilleryman just now?"

Their team members said tremblingly: "It's our captain."

"Where is your captain?"

"He ran away with a few people a long time ago."

The battalion commander was so angry that he kicked the team member down, pointed at the sky, and fired all the bullets in his pistol.