Devil's Army

The battle in Chaoyang County finally ended. Except for more than 30 Japanese soldiers led by Colonel Inoue who were captured, all the other Japanese soldiers were wiped out.

The commander of the Second Regiment of the Third Brigade, who was in charge of attacking Chaoyang County, came to ask Gray Wolf: What should we do with these more than 30 Japanese prisoners of war?

Gray Wolf was very angry that the Japanese had taken the elderly and children hostage. He asked the second commander: "Where are the prisoners? Why don't I see them?" Then he turned and left.

After Gray Wolf turned and walked away, he heard bursts of gunfire behind him. But he did not stop and continued to walk back to the headquarters.

When Gray Wolf returned to the headquarters, all the Japanese invaders in Chaoyang County had been cleared out and the battle there was over. He was eager to know the movements of the Japanese invaders in Jinzhou.

Political Commissar Du, who was at the command center, volunteered to go to Gray Wolf. He said that Jinzhou was an important city and they had people there, and he could get some information from them.

The Gray Wolves were overjoyed because they had suffered from a lack of intelligence in Fuxin and Chaoyang.

Gray Wolf immediately ordered Political Commissar Du to sneak into Jinzhou to find out the situation.

Political Commissar Du immediately took two comrades and sneaked into Jinzhou City.

Political Commissar Du came to a tailor shop with familiarity. The two comrades he brought with him stayed outside the shop to watch, while Political Commissar Du slipped into the tailor shop.

The owner of the tailor shop was a tall, thin man in his thirties or forties, wearing glasses and a long robe.

After he exchanged secret signals with Political Commissar Du, he invited Political Commissar Du to the backyard.

The shop owner introduced himself to Political Commissar Du as He, and that he was the person in charge of the Jinzhou Underground Transportation Station. He asked Political Commissar Du if there was anything he could help with.

Political Commissar Du also introduced himself to Boss He and told Boss He that he was under the jurisdiction of Secretary Li in Harbin and was currently the political commissar of the First Brigade of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Boss He was overjoyed. He had already heard of the reputation of the First Anti-Japanese Army, and he didn't expect that one of our colleagues was among the top leaders.

Political Commissar Du told him that there were many of their comrades in the First Anti-Japanese Army, all of whom were in middle and senior management positions, and that the First Anti-Japanese Army did not reject the Red regime and had never done anything to harm it. Secretary Li had a very good relationship with Commander Leng, the leader of the First Anti-Japanese Army.

Boss He was very pleased to hear this. After all, with such a strong army, the anti-Japanese war would be much smoother.

Then Political Commissar Du asked Boss He about the current situation of the Japanese invaders in Jinzhou.

Boss He also told Political Commissar Du about a strange phenomenon. Their people discovered the day before yesterday that the Japanese had brought a shipload of weapons and soldiers. They also gathered several thousand soldiers from Jinzhou City. The total force was probably nearly 20,000.

Our people judged that they were going to reinforce the Japanese in Chaoyang area. We were just about to pass on the information to you, but who knew that they suddenly canceled the assembly. Even the thousands of soldiers who had assembled in Jinzhou boarded the ship and left.

"Oh, this is important information. Where did the Japanese and the weapons on this ship go?"

"Some of the weapons on the ship were unloaded in Jinzhou, and we don't know where the other weapons and soldiers went. We have reported the intelligence to the higher-ups, and we expect to get a response in a day or two. If you want to know this information, stay here for a day or two."

"Okay, I'll go call the two comrades outside our shop in, and I'll stay here for two more days." After Political Commissar Du finished speaking, he walked out of the tailor shop, glanced left and right, and seeing nothing unusual, he immediately called the two comrades he brought into the tailor shop.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Boss He's superior replied: This shipload of Japanese invaders and munitions was unloaded at Dandong Port and then arrived in Fengtian.

"Why is there no fighting near Fengtian when we arrived there?" Political Commissar Du asked in confusion.

"I heard that the people were very opposed to the Nanjing government's policy of non-resistance and held demonstrations to protest against the Nanjing government's compromise policy. In order to calm public anger, the bald leader rejected some of the Japanese's unequal demands and became tougher in his attitude. The Japanese are mobilizing troops from all over the country to put pressure on the Nanjing government."

"This is really great news. Do you have a radio here? I want to tell the deputy commander about this good news."

"We have a radio transmitter, but the Japanese are conducting strict searches these days. Unless it's an emergency, we generally don't use it."

"Okay, help us get a carriage and we'll rush back right away."

"Okay," Boss He asked his waiter to help us contact a horse carriage, and he immediately cooked noodles and prepared dinner for Political Commissar Du and the others.

When Political Commissar Du and his companions were eating noodles, a horse-drawn carriage arrived.

"Commissar Du, Chaoyang County is less than 200 miles away from Jinzhou. When will you retake Jinzhou?"

"I don't think we will attack Jinzhou in the short term. We don't have enough troops."

"How many troops does your army have now?"

"About 40,000 people."

"How many? Forty thousand people? And you say there are insufficient troops?" Boss He was also shocked when he heard this.

"Our base is now large, and our troops are scattered to various places, so our manpower is seriously insufficient. This time, we will transfer the 3rd Brigade stationed in Yaobao Town to attack Chaoyang County."

"A big family has its own difficulties. I really want to fight alongside you." Boss He said with emotion.

"This day will come." Political Commissar Du shook hands with Boss He and said goodbye, then took the two comrades back to Chaoyang in a horse-drawn carriage.