Devil's Army

Back in the courtyard, Gray Wolf called a meeting with Jackal, three team leaders and several special forces members who were on today's reconnaissance.

"Since the Japanese headquarters is beyond the range of our 150mm howitzers, let's not consider them for now. Let's consider the Japanese ammunition depot."

"Captain, after you left yesterday, the Japanese came with three more trucks." said the special forces member who stayed behind to investigate the ammunition depot yesterday.

“Is it unloading or loading?”

"It's unloading, because it's a heavy truck, not an empty one."

"It seems that the Japs are still preparing supplies and preparing to attack Tieling County."

"Tieling County is the first model county we will rebuild. We cannot let the Japanese succeed. We must find a way to destroy their ammunition depot." Jackal said to everyone.

"The problem is that the Japanese ammunition depot is so heavily guarded, how can we get in?" said the special forces member responsible for investigating the ammunition depot.

"I'll show you some good stuff." After saying that, the gray wolf walked into the small yard and took out a small stack of information from the golden eagle's belly.

The Jackal opened the folder and pulled out a delivery note. After reading it, he kept saying, "Good stuff, good stuff. But it's a pity that I can't take it away."

"This one is more practical." Gray Wolf said as he pulled out a 'Security Inspection Pass'.

The special forces member who went out with Gray Wolf looked at the pass with big red official and private seals and asked excitedly:

"Boss, where did you get these delivery notes and passes?"

"Didn't we intercept a truckload of Japanese ammunition last time? I took his delivery note back to the tribe and asked Minister Chen to pick out a public seal and a private seal with a sweet potato. You can write whatever you want and just stamp it."

"Wow, then wouldn't it be convenient for us to carry the munitions?"

"It's very convenient to carry ammunition, but where can you run? Can the truck swim across the river?" Jackal asked the special forces member.

"Captain, since we've blown up the Japanese's arsenal, they won't be able to hold out for long without replenishment. We might as well kill them." The Jackal made a gesture of wiping his neck to the Gray Wolf.

"I've thought about this, too. Let me take two team members back to the tribe. Xiao Zhang, you take them to continue the reconnaissance in my direction tomorrow. Your two groups also continue the reconnaissance. Unless you have no choice, you must not clash with the devils. Everything will be discussed after I come back. The rest of you continue to stay in the courtyard."

"Yes".

The next morning, Gray Wolf brought two special forces members back to the tribe, and the other reconnaissance teams continued to act according to plan.

At noon, Gray Wolf and his companions returned to the tribe.

Gray Wolf reported to Leng Feng what he had discovered north of Xiaoliang River.

"Last time we sent a lieutenant colonel over to coordinate the joint attack, and now we are preparing supplies. It seems that the Japanese have been eyeing our Tieling County. It's time to solve this problem once and for all." Leng Feng threw a cigarette to Gray Wolf and said.

"The problem is that we are seriously short of manpower. The troops that attacked the enemy east of Tieling County last time suffered 7,000 casualties, and we have not yet provided them with new soldiers."

"Black Wolf still has more than 2,000 new recruits. They have been training for several weeks. Tomorrow they will report to the eastern troops."

"They haven't had any running-in experience, so it's impossible for them to form combat effectiveness so quickly."

"We want them to be the reserve force? How about transferring Li Guozhu's Third Brigade to be the main force?"

"You transfer Li Guozhu's Third Brigade here. Yaobao Town, Deshengtai will not be defended?"

"Let the Second Regiment of the First Brigade guard that place. If you can't hold it, retreat. It's not a military fortress. We can take it back when we have enough troops."

"When we only had 40 or 50 people, we always felt that we didn't have enough troops. It would be great if we had 4,000 or 5,000. Now that the army has 40,000 or 50,000 people, we still feel that we don't have enough troops."

"We used to be like duckweed, running away when we couldn't win. Now we have a home, and this home is so big that we have to defend everywhere. We definitely don't have enough troops."

"Okay, do you give the order or do I give it?"

"I'll leave. Go do whatever else you need."

"I rushed back to Tieling County and told the Fifth Brigade to make the preliminary preparations."

After a while, the troops received Leng Feng's order: 1. The 6th Brigade must block the road from Fengtian to Fushun to prevent the Japanese from replenishing ammunition and supplies to the Japanese on the north bank of the Xiaoliang River through this road.

2. Except for the 2nd Regiment of the 5th Brigade, all other troops in the eastern position of Tieling County withdrew to Tieling County as reserve forces.

3. More than 2,000 new recruits under Heilang immediately went to Tieling County to report to Wang Zhuangfei.

4. Sister Juan immediately reported to Commander Ling Qilong: Tieling County’s devilish troops might attack the positions north of Xiaoliang River.

Commander Ling Qilong received Sister Juan's telegram, shook his head, and asked the telegraph operator to forward it to the major north of Xiaoliang River.

During this period, Commander Ling Kulong received many reports from Sister Juan about the evil forces in Tieling County planning to attack the north of Xiaoliang River. Each time, there was a loud thunder and little rain, a round of artillery bombardment with great fanfare, as if an attack was about to begin, and then it returned to calm.

The major received the telegram from Commander Ling Qilong but did not make any comment. He just ordered the frontline troops to pay attention to defense against artillery.