Devil's Army

When Wei Ke and the others heard the gunshots outside the wall, they rushed out of the house and knocked down the other three Japanese soldiers who jumped over the wall.

After all the nearly twenty Japanese soldiers who surrounded the Song Mansion were dealt with, Li Hongmei entered the room, took her concubine and maid, and quickly left the Song Mansion with the squad leader.

When Li Hongmei and her companions escaped from Beiping, they passed through Wanping, which had been occupied by the Japanese. The Japanese had set up checkpoints on the road leading to Baoding outside Wanping and were searching every citizen passing by.

Li Hongmei discussed with the team leader and decided that there were too many people in the team and it would be difficult to get through, so they decided not to take the risk. So she led everyone back.

The best place to hide people nearby was Jiulong Mountain near Dahongmen. The team leader led everyone to Jiulong Mountain and planned to wait until night to find a solution.

When they passed Nanyuan, the Japanese had occupied it for many days. Patrol teams passed by Nanyuan from time to time. Li Hongmei led everyone to hide in the nearby Baiziwan, and she and the team leader went to explore the way.

Li Hongmei and the team leader dressed up as a couple and walked towards the Dahongmen.

When the two men passed by the gate of Nanyuan, a Japanese patrol team came from the opposite direction.

Li Hongmei pretended to be afraid and pulled the team leader's sleeve and hid behind him.

The Japanese patrol team walked while looking at Li Hongmei and the other two without saying anything.

Before reaching Dahongmen, there were many Japanese corpses lying on the road. A large number of Japanese were cleaning up the battlefield.

Li Hongmei and her companions walked around the Japanese and continued forward, and found the bodies of several First Army soldiers in front of them.

"Captain Li, it seems that a battle took place here not long ago."

"It's our people who are fighting the devils. The battle is not very fierce, and there shouldn't be many people involved. We will wait until night to take them across. It's too dangerous during the day."

In the evening, Li Hongmei and the team leader returned to Baiziwan. After a few hours of rest, the concubines and the others looked much better.

After dinner, Li Hongmei made arrangements for the special forces members and left Baiziwan in batches with her concubines.

Li Hongmei took the lead and quickly passed through the Nanyuan gate with her concubines while the Japanese were not paying attention.

Shortly after Li Hongmei and her team arrived at Jiulong Mountain, Wei Ke and her team also arrived at Jiulong Mountain with the families of other officers of the 29th Army.

Soon, the team leader who was in charge of the rear guard also came back.

As the families of the 29th Army were not physically fit enough, Li Hongmei had to let everyone rest for a night on Jiulong Mountain and continue their journey early the next morning.

At five o'clock the next morning, Li Hongmei woke up her concubines and others and prepared to set off.

Although the concubines' feet hurt, they still got up obediently, because they knew that the soldiers did this to protect them.

Because Beijing had just fallen, the surrounding area was in chaos and the devils often shot and killed civilians for no reason.

After discussing with the team leader, Hongmei decided to take the concubine and others back to the Oroqen tribe.

Li Hongmei and Wei Ke led the charge, and the team leader and three other team members followed behind. They all headed towards Tangshan.

At that time, Tangshan did not have a large seaport, but only some simple small ports. The Japanese mainly occupied and used the Tanggu Wharf in Tianjin, and did not pay much attention to the small ports in Tangshan. It was relatively safe for Li Hongmei and her friends to take a boat there to leave Beijing.

Li Hongmei took advantage of the early morning when there were not so many Japanese soldiers and led everyone to rush towards Tangshan. However, the concubine was pregnant and held everyone back.

Li Hongmei asked two special forces members to make a simple stretcher and carry her concubine away.

Along the way, everyone was silent and walked on in silence.

Everyone entered Langfang, which had already fallen before Beijing. Zhang Zizhong's 38th Army's 113th Brigade's 226th Regiment had retreated to Tongzhou.

The Japanese plaster flag was hung high on the city wall of Langfang. There were Japanese soldiers guarding the city gate, and Japanese patrols passed by from time to time.

Li Hongmei and her friends did not dare to enter Langfang. They rested nearby for a while and then continued on their journey.

When everyone reached the vicinity of Xianghe County, the families of the 29th Army generals were already very tired.

The path was often crossed by Japanese soldiers and was unsafe, so Li Hongmei decided to take everyone to a small forest beside the road to rest.

Before everyone had settled down, gunshots were heard not far away. Both sides were using Japanese weapons, and the squad leader immediately determined that their troops were fighting the Japanese.

Li Hongmei also agreed with the team leader's judgment, because the possibility of internal strife between the two Japanese troops was very low.

It was a rare opportunity to encounter her own troops in the Japanese-occupied area. Li Hongmei arranged for four other female special forces members to protect the families of the generals of the 29th Army. She and the team leader led the team to find out the situation.

Li Hongmei and her companions walked a short distance forward and saw a small group of Japanese soldiers hiding behind trees and lying on the ground, shooting at the troops in front.

A Japanese signalman was setting up a radio station and preparing to send a telegram.

Li Hongmei ordered the special forces squad to "fight" and at the same time shot down the Japanese communications soldier with one shot.

This small group of Japanese soldiers were originally at a disadvantage in terms of manpower and were pursuing the troops in front with all their might. Suddenly, a small group attacked them from behind, and they hurriedly divided their troops to block them.

The troops in front found someone to help and immediately launched a charge.

This small group of Japanese soldiers were quickly wiped out by the pincer attack of the two troops.

At this time, Li Hongmei was happy to find that the troops on the opposite side were indeed theirs.