Devil's Army

Leng Feng received a telegram from a brigade commander. He knew that the Jackals seldom made demands on him, so he immediately went to the artillery school and asked the instructors to select some students with outstanding academic performance to form a new artillery company.

Leng Feng specifically asked the anti-aircraft artillery companies of Tieling County and Tiaobinshan County to transfer five veterans to the new artillery company. Then he transferred five 75mm anti-aircraft guns and three 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine guns from the logistics department to supplement the new artillery company.

In order to prevent the Japanese from attacking the anti-aircraft artillery company halfway, Leng Feng transferred a battalion of soldiers from the mobile brigade to escort the team.

There was nothing unusual when the troops left the tribe. After passing Tieling Town, Captain Sun, who was in charge of the escort, always felt that the villagers on the road were a little strange.

Logically, it had been more than a year since Tieling County and Diaobingshan County were recovered, and the people were no longer surprised by the Anti-Japanese First Army. It was impossible for them to pay so much attention to them.

Captain Sun was cautious and had one company and one platoon escort the anti-aircraft artillery company when passing through Tiaobinshan County, while the other troops turned right and entered Tiaobinshan County.

Captain Sun pretended to stand at the gate of Tiaobinshan County and command the troops to enter Tiaobinshan County, but his eyes were scanning the surroundings vigilantly.

The anti-aircraft artillery company and Captain Sun's platoon had left, but Captain Sun's troops were still entering Tiaobinshan County.

Captain Sun was smoking and chatting with two locals at the gate of Tiaobinshan County, but his eyes were naturally looking towards the road where the anti-aircraft artillery company was taking.

He found that two people selling things on the roadside outside the city gate were most concerned about their anti-aircraft artillery company and often looked there.

No abnormal behavior of the people has been found in other places so far.

Captain Sun naturally walked up to the two old men. It turned out that they were selling grain.

An old man gave Captain Sun a cigarette out of flattery and helped him light it.

Captain Sun exhaled a puff of smoke with enjoyment, patted the common man on the shoulder and asked, "Is business better now?"

"It's much easier now than before. We couldn't even get enough to eat before, so where could we buy food?" a fellow villager replied.

"Is this your brother?" Captain Sun asked, pointing at another fellow villager next to this one.

"He is my oldest brother. He became mute because he was sick when he was young and was not treated in time."

"Okay, keep busy. We are about to move into Tiaobingshan County."

"General, please transfer troops to Shan County to garrison there. Our safety will be more guaranteed," the fellow villager said flatteringly.

Captain Sun left the two fellow villagers who were selling grain, thinking: He is your elder brother, and I am still your uncle. The grain for our army is allocated by the logistics department. Why do you care about our army instead of other people when you sell grain?

Battalion Commander Sun followed the troops into Tiaobinshan County and set up temporary camp in an open space.

He asked the signalman to contact the anti-aircraft artillery company in front, asking them to stop advancing in a place where there were no people ahead and wait for them to arrive.

But the two fellow villagers had been at the city gate, and their troops had no way to leave the city to join the anti-aircraft artillery company.

He went to the police station, revealed his identity to a policeman, and asked them to find someone to find a way to get rid of the two fellow villagers selling grain at the city gate.

The two policemen drove the Sanmo and Captain Sun to the city gate, but found that the man who sold grain was no longer there.

If we take away the remaining fellow villager who sells grain, and the troops encounter his elder brother when they leave the city to chase the artillery company, wouldn't all our efforts be wasted?

His elder brother must have gone to send a telegram to the Japanese, so he shouldn't be back too late.

Captain Sun decided to wait until his elder brother returned before taking action.

After a long while, his elder brother finally came back, and Captain Sun gestured to the two policemen, who patrolled the small vendors at the city gate.

Soon, two policemen came to the two brothers who were selling grain. One of the policemen said to them:

"Hello, food is military-controlled material. You need to register to sell food."

"Are we not allowed to sell grain?" The younger brother who was selling grain seemed a little panicked.

"Oh, no, you can sell it, but you have to register it at the police station so that we can trace it. Please follow me to the police station to register, and my colleague will help you keep an eye on the food."

The two grain dealers followed the police to the police station. When they disappeared, Captain Sun quickly led his troops out of the city and chased the anti-aircraft artillery company.

Captain Sun and his men left Tiaobinshan County and headed quickly towards Jinzhou.

After a while, Captain Sun and his men caught up with the anti-aircraft artillery company that was resting on the roadside.

"Is there anything unusual?" Captain Sun asked the anti-aircraft artillery company commander and the platoon leader.

"There's nothing unusual." The platoon leader responded.

"There were some civilians passing by on the road, but there was nothing unusual. At most, they glanced at us and then hurried on their way." The anti-aircraft artillery company commander replied.

Captain Sun told them his discovery. The anti-aircraft artillery company commander and the platoon leader both thought that the two grain dealers were very likely to be scouts of the Japanese, and there was a high possibility that they would be ambushed.

Captain Sun decided: the first squad of the first platoon would explore the way ahead, while the second and third squads would be dispersed on both sides of the road to cooperate with the anti-aircraft artillery to protect the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.

The main force of the battalion followed quietly two or three miles away, waiting for an opportunity to eliminate the Japanese who were targeting the anti-aircraft artillery company.