Devil's Army

Both Jackal and Gray Wolf thought that the longer the delay, the more dangerous the freighter would be, because the Japanese might forcibly board the ship for inspection.

Finally, Gray Wolf decided to send a special forces team to Qinhuangdao to see what happens.

However, before sending troops, they must first understand the enemy, and the First Army has no scouts in Qinhuangdao, so Gray Wolf has to ask Secretary Li for help.

Secretary Li called back soon: There is a battalion of Japanese troops stationed in Qinhuangdao, led by Ochiai Shojiro. A year ago, an infantry company and an artillery squad were wiped out by the First Army.

Gray Wolf had only 300 special forces in Huludao, which was far outnumbered by the Japs. So this time they could only defeat them by wits.

Gray Wolf asked Jackal to take a special forces team, change into the clothes of the Japanese Marines, and wait for an opportunity to act.

He temporarily stationed his large army on the outskirts of Qinhuangdao, ready to reinforce Jackal and his men at any time.

In order to strengthen the temporary firepower, Gray Wolf brought both the flying dragon and the golden eagle.

The Japanese garrison in Qinhuangdao was led by Major Ochiai Masaru. He sent an infantry company and an artillery squad to reinforce Jianchang County a few years ago, but was ambushed by the devil's troops and suffered heavy losses.

Years later, he also suggested to Commander Ling Qilong that they send troops to occupy Jianchang County and teach the devil troops a lesson.

But Commander Ling Qilong refused and scolded him for being ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth.

This made him feel very dissatisfied.

Later, Major General Hattori of the North China Front Army dispatched a regiment to occupy Jianchang County.

This calmed his anger a lot, and at the same time he also laughed at Colonel Saito for making a big deal out of nothing.

But to his surprise, more than half a month later he received the bad news that the Saito Regiment of the Japanese North China Front Army had lost more than two-thirds of its troops and retreated to Lingyuan.

Only then did he marvel at the cleverness of Commander Ling Qilong.

He only had one battalion, and had already lost a squadron a year ago. If Commander Ling Kulong agreed to his attack on the Devil's Army a year later, then it would be their Kwantung Army that would suffer defeat.

It took Gray Wolf and his companions nearly three hours by car to reach the outskirts of Qinhuangdao.

Gray Wolf led his large army and set up camp in a small open space in the dense forest, ready to support the Jackal's team at any time.

Jackal led the special forces team and the young man on the freighter and walked straight towards the city gate of Qinhuangdao.

When they arrived at the city gate, the Japanese soldiers guarding the city stopped Jackal and asked him to show his ID.

In order to divert the attention of the Japanese sentries, Jackal took out his ID for the sentries to check and challenged them:

"Your Major Masaru Ochiai is not good enough. We have to rely on our navy to fight the war." After saying this, he burst into laughter.

The special forces members next to them also laughed.

The Japanese sentry at the gate of Qinhuangdao was so angry that his face turned red, but he did not dare to get angry.

Under the leadership of the young man on the freighter, Jackal and his men soon arrived near the detained freighter.

There was a small team of Japanese devils guarding the freighter.

Although there were not many Japanese soldiers guarding the freighter, they were spread out, so it was quite difficult to kill them all at once. In addition, patrols often passed by.

The jackal noticed that a patrol team passed by every ten minutes, and at most every half an hour.

How to quietly eliminate this small group of Japanese soldiers guarding the freighter became the key to this operation.

If this Japanese squad was forcibly eliminated, then even if the freighter could leave Qinhuang Port, it would have no way to escape the pursuit of the Japanese warships.

The Jackal decided to listen to the freighter captain's opinion first.

The Jackal took advantage of the Japanese patrol team's inattention, knocked out the last patrolman, and then abducted him.

Jackal and his men captured the Japanese patrol soldier and took him to a secluded, empty warehouse door. They pried the door open and began to interrogate the patrol soldier.

It took the Jackal a lot of effort to find out that the commander of the Qinhuangdao Navy was Colonel Masao Matsushima.

Jackal made a gesture, asking his team to deal with the patrolman, and then brought the young man and a small team to the freighter. The other two teams were watching at the dock.

A Japanese sergeant on guard saluted the Jackal and asked, "Major, please show me your ID."

The Jackal gave his officer certificate of Major Urata Tomozo to the Japanese sergeant.

The sergeant looked at the ID and handed the jackal back, asking, "Excuse me, Major, what is the matter with you aboard this freighter?"

"We are acquainted with the captain of the Rhine. Colonel Matsushima asked us to come over and talk to the captain to see what is on the ship and where it is going to be shipped."

When the sergeant heard from the Jackal that they were guests invited by Colonel Matsushima, he immediately let them go.

When the captain of the Rhine saw the Japanese forcing their way onto the ship, he was about to get angry and drive the Jackal and his men off the ship, but suddenly he saw the young man who was sneaking into the boat and immediately fell silent.

The Jackal revealed his identity. He was the buyer of the goods on the freighter and came to help them escape.

The captain immediately invited the jackal to the captain's room.

The patrol team there was missing a soldier, and the Japanese began searching at the Qinhuangdao wharf.

The soldiers searched the dock carefully but found nothing, so they had to increase patrols with doubts.

The Jackal and the captain finally thought of a way to escape from danger in the captain's room.