Devil's Army

After the carriage had been going for a while, Hu Changlai was awakened by the shaking. Seeing Hu Xiuying's parents, he quickly sat up and shouted:

"Uncle Hu, Aunt Hu."

"The performance was quite realistic. My dad had to carry me into the car." Hu Xiuying said with a pout.

"I'm not acting. I didn't sleep well last night and I drank a little. I really fell asleep." Hu Changlai said embarrassedly. "Uncle Hu, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry to bother you."

"It's okay, it's okay. The child will fall asleep if he wants to." Uncle Hu said quickly.

"Are you really asleep?" Hu Xiuying shouted, "What did the captain tell you to do?"

"Don't worry, I've got it done. I fell asleep lying on my stomach after I finished what the captain asked me to do."

Hu Xiuying patted her chest, breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, it's done."

"What are you two talking about? I don't understand." Uncle Hu looked at them with confusion on his face.

Hu Xiuying and Hu Changlai smiled at each other, and then Hu Changlai told Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu the whole story. Uncle Hu pointed at Hu Xiuying's forehead and scolded:

"You naughty girl, why didn't you tell me earlier? I and your mother have been worrying for so long." Although Hu Xiuying's parents were very happy that Hu Xiuying didn't have to marry a man like Hu Ergou, they were very sad that the entire Hujia Village was massacred by the Japanese. They didn't talk to each other all the way.

After returning to Hejiazhao Village, since the people from Hujia Village had poor foundation, Heilang temporarily grouped them together to learn the basic knowledge of firearms and grenades instead of training with the main force.

"Brother Heilang, where is the captain?" Hu Changlai asked Heilang who was in training.

"The captain is in the operations room." Black Wolf turned around and replied.

"Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work. I have something to ask the captain." Then Hu Changlai turned to Hu Xiuying and said:

"Xiuying, please take care of Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu. I'm going to go find the captain first."

"Okay, go ahead. I'll ask Sister Guihua to arrange something for my parents."

Hu Changlai nodded, turned and entered the ancestral hall, and walked towards the operations room.

Hu Changlai walked into the war room. Leng Feng and Gray Wolf and Wen Wolf were simulating the upcoming battle on the sand table. In the morning, Jackal and Wild Wolf had already added the terrain from Diaobingshan County to Hujia Village to the sand table of the terrain around Hejiazhai that had already been prepared. Seeing Hu Changlai coming in, Leng Feng stopped the simulation and asked:

"How's it going?"

"It's been done, Captain." Hu Changlai replied.

"Are you sure the fish is hooked?"

"When I was lying on the table, I saw Hu Ergou sneaking out to report the news out of the corner of my eye."

"Well, you played your part successfully, and the battle is half won."

"According to the map sent by Golden Eagle, the Japanese are very likely to set up an ambush in the bushes about a hundred meters on both sides of this ravine. We will set up the ambush here and here." Leng Feng said, pointing his baton at the bushes and grass about a hundred meters behind the possible ambush point of the Japanese.

"After we deal with this group of ambush devils, we will disguise ourselves as their people and deal with the puppet troops and devils in the artillery tower." Gray Wolf continued.

Leng Feng nodded and said: "This way we can kill two birds with one stone."

"Captain, this is such a good ambush point. We can change it and turn killing two birds with one stone into killing three birds with one stone!" Wen Lang took over the topic.

Upon hearing this, Leng Feng and Huilang looked at Wenlang to listen to him continue.

"We can deliberately let a few of the devils escape and let them go to the county to tip off the situation. Then we can set up another ambush here. This way we can kill more devils."

"I think it's okay!" Leng Feng agreed immediately, "You two teams should notify the people down there. Let go of the first enemy soldier who sets up an ambush on the hillside."

"Understood," Gray Wolf and Wen Wolf responded at the same time.

"What are the seven of us from Hujia Village doing?" Hu Changlai asked the team leader.

"They haven't received any military training and can't even fire a gun, so forget about this fight."

"Captain, this battle is to avenge our own relatives, we must participate." Hu Changlai said firmly.

"Captain Changlai almost sacrificed his fiancée in order to fight this battle. Should we let them participate?" Gray Wolf said humorously.

Leng Feng thought for a moment and said, "Well, Chang Lai, you should be assigned to the sniper group with Wu Lang. The other six people will be divided into two teams, one for the first and the second teams, responsible for dropping bombs."

"I think it's possible. The technical requirements for dropping bombs are relatively low. And the manpower in rural areas is relatively large." Wenlang agreed.

"Dig an ambush pit on the left, middle, and right sides of the hillside, with two people in each pit. One of our special forces members will lead one new member. The special forces members must pay attention to protecting their safety."

"Yes," Gray Wolf and Wen Wolf answered at the same time.

Leng Feng looked at his watch and saw that it was almost 6:00. He waved his hand and said to the three Gray Wolves, "Assemble." Then he blew the assembly whistle.

The training team members heard the whistle and quickly ran to the front of the ancestral hall. They had assembled in less than three minutes. It seemed that the training in the past half month was very effective. The six villagers of Hujia Village also followed Heilang in a daze and lined up in another team, standing at the door of the ancestral hall.

"Comrades, after more than half a month of training, your changes are obvious. Your military quality has improved a lot, and you are now showing off your skills. In a few days, we will launch an attack on the Japanese in Tiaobingshan County to avenge the villagers of Hujia Village. I declare that from now on, no one is allowed to leave the village. If you have special needs to leave the village, please report to me and you can leave only after approval."

After Leng Feng finished speaking, he looked at the six villagers in Hujia Village and said:

"The six of you will be divided into two teams. Assign them to Team One and Team Two as grenadiers. Tomorrow you will begin intensive grenade training. The grenadiers from Team One and Team Two will be assigned to the shooting group."

"Oh, oh...!" The members of the original grenade group shouted with joy. Although they had touched and shot guns during training, they had never tried to fight the Japanese with real guns and live ammunition.

Gray Wolf and Wen Wolf assigned six villagers from Hujia Village to their team. It was already past six o'clock when they finished all this. Leng Feng waved his hand and shouted, "Let's eat." The team members entered the ancestral hall in an orderly manner. He Chunhua and her two sisters had already made preparations, and they started eating when the team arrived.