Devil's Army

Although Captain Jin had heard that the First Anti-Japanese Army was powerful in combat, he was still shocked when he witnessed their decisive killing firsthand.

The squadron leader called on the soldiers of the company who had not yet recovered from the shock to quickly clean up the battlefield and change the devil's clothes. Then everyone continued to move forward.

The squadron leader visited the Japanese headquarters once during the day and found it based on his memory.

The two Japanese sentries at the entrance of the command office pointed their guns at the squadron leader and shouted:

"Stop, what's the command?"

"East Asia Co-Prosperity, reply order?"

"Long live the Emperor!" the sentry responded, standing at attention.

"Go to hell!"

The squadron leader, who had already walked up to the Japanese sentry, stabbed him in the heart without waiting for the Japanese to react.

Another special forces soldier nearby had already tacitly cut the neck of another Japanese sentry.

The squadron leader led everyone into the Japanese command center.

A patrolling Japanese soldier in the headquarters saw the soldiers rushing in and shouted:

"Stop, what do you do?"

The squadron leader did not respond, but waved his hand. The special forces in the front row fired continuously with their Type 95 rifles.

The Japanese patrol was knocked down before they had time to fight back.

The squadron leader's special forces and the soldiers of the first company immediately dispersed, each looking for the Japanese to shoot.

The Japanese soldiers came to their senses and began to look for cover and shoot at the squadron leader and his men.

At this time, gunshots were also heard from the special forces team and a company of soldiers responsible for outer perimeter security.

The squadron leader led a small team of special forces and rushed and fought fiercely, and soon broke into the Japanese command post.

Unfortunately, apart from a captain and eight guards killed in the headquarters, the Japanese major who had spoken to the squadron leader during the day was not in the headquarters.

The squadron leader used the devil's clothes to stain the blood and wrote on the wall:

"The Devil's Army is here. You are welcome to visit us in the Oroqen tribe."

Then he led the special forces and the company of soldiers to retreat quickly. It would be troublesome if the Japanese outside surrounded them.

The squadron leader asked the company commander and his men to retreat first, and he led the special forces to cover their retreat.

The special forces soldiers relied on their superb marksmanship and the advanced Type 95 rifles to prevent the Japanese from getting close.

This battle wiped out three lieutenants, including a captain, and 219 Japanese soldiers, which made the commander of the th Regiment feel relieved.

The intensive gunfire outside Wanping City also alarmed the defenders in Wanping City. However, the defenders in Wanping City did not know what had happened. They thought the Japanese were crazy again and were conducting exercises in the middle of the night.

The squadron leader and his men escaped the Japanese pursuit and met up with a company of soldiers outside the city wall.

Everyone quickly climbed into Wanping City using the ropes they had prepared when they left the wall, and then pretended nothing had happened and went back to the camp to sleep.

The Japanese suffered such a huge loss that they would certainly not give up. The next day, they sent a large number of troops to Wanping City and demanded an explanation from Commander Song.

Commander Song immediately ordered the entire army to investigate the matter thoroughly, but no one admitted that they had done it.

Brigade Commander He of the 110th Brigade had no choice but to say to the Japanese major who came to negotiate:

"If you have witnesses or physical evidence, we are willing to accept punishment and compensation. But if you don't, please don't smear us."

"We injured four of your soldiers during the exercise, and you held a grudge and retaliated by killing seventy-eight of our Imperial warriors."

"Please bring your 78 Imperial warriors over here so we can examine the wounds and see if it was done by our soldiers."

The major was dumbfounded, because all 78 of their imperial warriors died at the hands of the Type 5.8 rifle and the 110mm rifle commonly used by the Devil's Army, not the Mauser rifles, Liao rifles and Hanyang rifles commonly used by the soldiers of the th Brigade.

When Brigade Commander He saw that the Japanese lieutenant colonel stopped talking, he concluded that the Japanese were looking for trouble. He said coldly:

"I have checked that none of the soldiers in our brigade have fired their guns. The sentry at the gate did not find any soldiers going out last night. Please provide evidence and I will investigate thoroughly. I am busy now, so please do as you please."

The Japanese inferred from the large number of 5.8mm rifle shells left at the scene that the Devil's Army had arrived in Wanping City, so they continued to put pressure on the Wanping City defenders to hand over the Devil's Army soldiers.

When the squadron leader's special forces entered the city, many ordinary people saw them and said they did not come. They said there were Japanese spies everywhere in the city of Peiping, so this was not feasible.

Commander Song had no choice but to let the squadron leader and his men leave the 37th Regiment of the 219th Division, change into the uniforms of the 29th Army, hide in the 38th Brigade of the 26th Division of General Zhang Zizhong, and move to the outskirts of Machang, Tianjin.

The Japanese were unwilling to suffer a loss, so on the one hand, they sent a large number of spies to thoroughly investigate the city of Beiping, but they could not find the whereabouts of the squadron leader's special forces. On the other hand, they continued to press heavily on Beiping City in an attempt to make General Song surrender.

Although General Song had illusions about peace, he was not a traitor.

He also began to fight back and deployed heavy troops to deal with the Japanese provocations.

The Japanese command had been investigating for so long but had not found any results. General Song believed that the Japanese were just making up their own story.

Seeing that the 29th Army was not giving in and they were not ready to attack Beijing, Mutaguchi Lianye, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese Garrison Army in China, had to temporarily suppress his anger.