Devil's Army

There were many trees in the area where the Japanese pilot fell. The second company commander and his men had no way of seeing the direction where the Japanese pilot fell in the woods. They could only contact the artillery observer through the radio.

The artillery observers kept correcting the direction in which the Japanese pilots were falling via the radio, and the Second Company also kept correcting its own search direction.

Finally, the Japanese pilot disappeared into the forest.

The second company commander quickly approached the coordinates of the Japanese pilot's landing that the artillery observer had last reported.

"Company commander, this Japanese pilot is too good at landing. The landing place is so far away from us, yet so close to Jinzhou." The platoon leader complained to the second company commander.

"He just landed in that position, and there's nothing we can do. Let's hurry over there. I heard from the battalion commander that Commander Leng wants this prisoner."

"A prisoner has alarmed our army commander. Captain, are you kidding me?"

"Hurry up and leave. Stop talking nonsense. Are you kidding me? You'll know once you catch him."

The road in the woods was difficult to walk on, and many soldiers' clothes were torn by branches.

In this area, the Japanese and the soldiers of the First Army were intertwined. The soldiers of the Second Company searched very carefully, fearing that they would suddenly encounter the Japanese.

After walking for a while, the second company commander called the artilleryman of their company and asked, "Is the Tokyo-something-or-other-thing that the artillery observer mentioned just now near here?"

"The artillery observer just mentioned 127 degrees east longitude, and 44 degrees north latitude is about four or five miles to the right."

"Hurry up and lead the way, we are in a hurry."

"Yes".

After walking for a while, the artilleryman of the second company said, "This should be the area."

"Search in groups of three. Fire guns to communicate if anything happens." The second company commander ordered.

The soldiers immediately formed themselves into search teams based on the three-three system they had learned in their daily training and began to search in separate groups.

"Captain, the forest is so big, it's not easy to find someone." The second company commander's team members complained to the second company commander.

"Pay attention to see if there are any parachutes on the trees. If there are, the Japanese pilots must be nearby."

After hearing what the Second Captain said, the team members nearby all looked up and searched the treetops.

Soon some members found the wreckage of the transport plane explosion, which meant the pilot should be in this area.

Since the pilot's landing direction was inconsistent with the direction in which the transport plane crashed, the search area may be larger.

While the second company was still searching the mountain, a creepy howl was suddenly heard.

"Company commander, there are wolves. Tell the soldiers not to get separated, as the wolves will attack the separated soldiers." The second platoon leader said to the second company commander.

"Okay, notify them and tell them to be alert and don't get separated."

"Captain, if we kill a few wolves, won't we have meat to eat?" asked a team member.

"The devils may appear here at any time, so you are not allowed to shoot casually."

The howling of wolves continued to echo around the soldiers, but the soldiers stayed back to back and never separated, and the wolves never attacked the soldiers of the second company.

"Captain, someone is passing by here." The second platoon leader had gone hunting in the mountains with hunters. Although he could not be called a hunter, he knew how to identify traces.

"Are there any traces of the Japanese pilots?" The second company commander hurried over and asked. But after looking at the fallen weeds under the woods, the second company commander immediately said:

"There was more than one person passing by here, at least dozens of people. There might be Japanese devils, everyone be alert."

Everyone immediately held their guns tightly.

"It seems that the Japanese are also searching for their pilot, and the area we are searching should be correct." The second platoon leader said to the second company commander.

"Stop moving forward!" The second company commander suddenly clenched his fists and stopped everyone.

The second platoon leader also quickly lay on the ground, listening carefully with his ears.

After a while, the second platoon leader pointed at the two o'clock direction and whispered, "There's someone over here."

The second company commander gestured, "one" pointing to one o'clock and "two" pointing to three o'clock.

The first and second platoons quickly moved in the direction of one and three o'clock. The third platoon and the second company commander rushed to the direction of two o'clock.

Before the second company commander completed his encirclement, a burst of intensive gunfire suddenly came from the woods ahead.

The soldier searching in front suddenly fell to the ground and rolled over, hiding behind a tree to avoid the enemy's shooting.

The soldiers behind hid behind the trees and fired in the direction where the gunshots came from.

A siege battle turned into an encounter battle.

After a while, the gunfire from the opposite side became sparse.

The second company commander saw that the people on the opposite side showed signs of escaping, and quickly ordered the soldiers to move forward and hold them tightly.

"This group of Japs may have rescued the pilot. We can't let them escape." The second company commander's first thought was to hold on to this group of Japs.

At this time, two light machine guns on a large rock on the left opposite and behind two trees on the right began to fire fiercely at the second company commander and his men.

The few soldiers at the front were unable to dodge and were hit by bullets and fell in the woods.

The fact that the Japs were desperate to stop the Anti-Japanese Army's pursuit further proved that they already had pilots in their hands.

The second company commander immediately ordered the company's machine gunners to suppress the fire, and the other soldiers prepared to charge and break through the blockade of the Japanese machine gun positions.