Devil's Army

Wulang and Huilang arrived at the operations room, where the brigade commanders stationed in Ji County were already waiting.

Wu Lang then announced the operational objectives of the Luan County Campaign:

1. Seize the fuel oil of the Japanese in Luanxian and use it for yourself. It is possible to seize their tanks as well.

2. Disrupt the Japanese army's deployment to besiege Xiaoguanzhuang Airport.

After hearing Wu Lang's combat objectives, the deputy brigade commander of the 364nd Brigade, the brigade commander of the th Brigade and the th Brigade of the Sichuan Army all volunteered to join the battle.

Wulang looked at Huilang, and Huilang gestured to him to make arrangements.

"Okay, I will announce the combat order: Commander Zhang of the 12th Brigade."

"Here!" Brigade Commander Zhang stood up and responded.

"You have not participated in any battles since entering North China. This battle will be led by your 12th Brigade."

"Yes!"

"Commander-in-chief." Brigade Commander Wang of the 364th Brigade of the Sichuan Army stood up and shouted.

"Our 364th Brigade has been training for so long, but we still don't know how strong the soldiers are. Can we participate in this battle?"

"The entire Fifth Division of the Japanese army is heading north to encircle and suppress us. This combat mission will not be easy."

"If we want to be relaxed, we won't leave Sichuan."

"Well, your 364th Brigade will be responsible for blocking the Japanese army's follow-up troops. I will arrange heavy artillery to assist you. Commander Zhang of the th Brigade will arrange one regiment to attack Luan County and one regiment to serve as a reserve. The time is set for seven o'clock tomorrow morning!"

"Yes!" Brigade Commanders Zhang and Wang responded in unison.

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"anymore question?"

"The meeting is dismissed!"

Everyone left the war room one after another, and Brigadier General Zhang and Brigadier General Wang hurried back to the camp. Ji County was more than 270 miles away from Luan County, so they had to rush back immediately to make arrangements.

After everyone left, Wu Lang called the guard and asked him to notify Captain Lu of the Fourth Squadron of the Special Operations Team to come to the special operations room.

Captain Lu heard that the commanders of the main brigades in Ji County had come to the operations room for a meeting, and knew that there must be a mission. He was about to apply for the mission from the commander-in-chief, but the commander-in-chief asked him to come to the operations room, so he immediately ran to the operations room in a hurry.

After Captain Lu saluted Gray Wolf and Wu Wolf, Wu Wolf asked Captain Lu to sit down and asked him;

"I want to give you a task. I wonder if you can complete it this time?"

"Please rest assured, Commander-in-Chief and Captain, we will complete the mission well this time!"

"We need to seize the fuel in the Japanese warehouse in Luan County. You lead the people of your fourth squadron to sneak into Luan County and protect the fuel in the Japanese military camp. Then take a team of soldiers from the mobile squadron and see if you can seize the tanks of a tank squadron parked in the military camp."

"Okay, when will we act?"

"The main force will launch an attack on Lixiang Luan County tomorrow morning. You should act now and familiarize yourself with the situation of the Japanese army camp in Luan County as soon as possible. While the main force is attacking Luan County tomorrow morning, the Japanese are in chaos and you can seize the fuel depot and Japanese tanks."

"Okay, I'll go back and make arrangements now."

"Wait a moment."

"What do you want, Captain?"

"Time is tight. Go to the logistics department and apply for two trucks to take you there."

After receiving the task, Captain Lu immediately ran back to the team to discuss the combat mission arrangements with the three team leaders.

The captains of the Fourth Squadron of the Special Operations Team were all very angry because they were hungry and failed in their mission last time. Now that they heard that there was another mission, they all said that they would complete the mission beautifully this time and would never bring shame to the Fourth Squadron.

Captain Lu arranged the first squad to guard the captured fuel depot, the second squad to block the attacking Japanese, and the third squad to protect the soldiers of the mobile force to capture the Japanese tanks.

After the tasks were assigned, Captain Lu immediately led everyone to change into Japanese military uniforms and boarded two trucks requested from the Logistics Department to rush to Luan County.

After more than four hours of bumpy ride, Captain Lu and his team finally arrived in Luan County around four o'clock in the afternoon.

Many troops have come to Luan County during this period, but the sentries at the gate of Luan County still routinely checked the documents of Captain Lu and others.

Captain Lu knew that the Japanese 109th Division was now stationed in Luan County, so they pretended to be the vanguard of the 31th Regiment of the 69st Brigade of the th Division of the Japanese Army.

When they arrived at the barracks, a captain of the vanguard of the Japanese Fifth Division asked the soldiers to arrange accommodation for Captain Lu and his men. With one more division to help encircle and suppress the devil troops, the chances of victory would be greater.

Captain Lu handed two bottles of sake that he had stolen from the "Sakura no Hana" restaurant in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin to the Japanese captain.

"Yoshi, Yoshi!" The Japanese captain was also very happy to see the sake. After all, it was difficult for them to see the good wine from their hometown on the front line. He immediately invited Captain Lu to have dinner together.

"Captain, from your accent, I can tell you're from Hokkaido?" the captain asked Captain Lu during dinner.

Captain Lu learned Japanese from Wen Lang, so he must have a Hokkaido accent. He immediately responded to the captain:

"Yes, I am from Hokkaido. Do we need the two divisions to join forces to attack the Devil's Army?"

"Captain, you don't know that the Devil's Army is more difficult to fight than any other army in China. I suffered a loss at their hands at Xiaoguanzhuang Airport."

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The drunk Captain Lu was sent back to the battalion headquarters of their 69th Regiment by the captain's guards.