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098 Longshan Military Horse Farm

Daheishan Mountain is high and densely forested, with many strange peaks and cliffs, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack. Wulongkou is the throat guarding the direction of Haicheng, which Shangguan Yun has long coveted. However, now is not the time, otherwise he would have made his move long ago.

Further south is Longshan Military Horse Farm, located in a valley. Japanese soldiers are stationed at the valley entrance. The terrain is treacherous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. A Japanese cavalry squadron's warhorses are kept here, a setup made after the last battle.

An hour later, Shangguan Yun returned to the command post.

"Correspondent, call Xu Wengang, Zhao Peng, and Li Dechao. They need to come to the command post for a meeting..."

"Yes..." The communications officer started making a phone call, and half an hour later, several people arrived one after another.

"Brother Ba, what's the matter that's so urgent..." Xu Wengang stamped his foot outside, strode into the house, and hung his cloak aside.

"Hehe, everyone's here... Alright, let me tell you something I've been thinking about these past few days..." Shangguan Yun said, looking at the group.

"We've recovered pretty much these past few days. Although we're still recruiting and training new soldiers, we're getting closer and closer to the size I envisioned. It's time to form a cavalry company... Heh..."

Xu Wengang's eyes widened. "Really... Haha... Myna... I've been waiting for this day... Where is it? Where's my horse...?"

"What's the rush? We'll have them soon. The Longshan Military Horse Farm has received over 200 fine horses. They belong to a Japanese cavalry squadron, with a complete organization and formidable combat power. So we can't wait until next spring and wait for them to attack us."

And I've received word that the defeated Japanese soldier Sasaki has also been transferred there, so I've decided to launch a surprise attack on the Ryuzan military horse farm and give them a good beating, hehe... anyone interested...?

"Of course I'm interested... haha..." Everyone was delighted.

Zhao Peng said, "Commander, just tell me how to fight, and I'll go prepare right away. I've been so bored these past few days, haha..."

Everyone was eager to try their hand at it.

Shangguan Yun smiled and said, "There's no rush. The Japanese have been staying indoors lately and don't dare to confront us head-on, so we don't need too many troops this time."

"Brother Ban with two platoons of the assault team, and Zhao Peng with a company from the first battalion, that's enough. As for the attack plan... we'll do it this way... hehe..."

After Shangguan Yun made all the arrangements, the group split up to prepare. This time, Shangguan Yun didn't plan to bring too many people, since it was a surprise attack and they needed to act quickly. Naturally, the people he brought were all elite soldiers.

Another requirement is that all participating commanders and soldiers must be able to ride horses, because it is very likely that everyone will ride back.

With just over a month until the end of the year, the situation outside is extremely chaotic. Marshal Zhang has retreated to the interior, while the Japanese have significantly increased their troop strength.

The entire territory of Northeast China, spanning over 100 million square kilometers, is about to fall. Only Ma Zhanshan's troops in Heilongjiang are still putting up a fierce resistance. The more than 3000 million people in the three northeastern provinces are destined to have a difficult year ahead.

This can be seen from the number of refugees gathered in Songjiazhai. Because Wulongling is not far from the sea and the railway line, a large number of refugees often pass through here and come to seek refuge. Shangguan Yun basically accepts them all. In the past few days, several hundred people have come every day. Because of the cold weather, even more have frozen and starved to death in the snow and ice.

Shangguan Yun also sighed to himself, feeling a sense of powerlessness. After all, his strength was currently small and he did not have the ability to change the overall situation. However, he secretly made up his mind to develop his strength as soon as possible, drive out the Japanese invaders, and restore the country.

Three days later, the two Lynx brothers, who were in charge of contacting Wang Yan, brought good news. They said that high-ranking Japanese officials had come to Haicheng in the past two days. Captain Abe Mitsusada and the cavalry company commander of Wulongkou had gone to the Haicheng brigade headquarters to report for duty, so the defense of the military horse farm had been relaxed a lot. The boss could act quickly, and Wang Yan would send people to assist and cooperate with the operation.

Upon hearing the news, Shangguan Yun was overjoyed and immediately organized his men to prepare for departure. This operation was mainly led by Ban Ge, who led a commando team consisting of two platoons, including the guard platoon, plus a company from the first battalion, totaling more than 180 people. Ban Ge, Xu Wengang, and Zhao Peng each led 60 men.

Each platoon is equipped with 2 MG42 machine guns, 2 sniper rifles, 10 Thompson submachine guns, 2 grenade launchers, and the rest are Garand rifles.

In total, there were 12 MG42s, 12 Springfield sniper rifles, 12 grenade launchers, and 60 Thompsons.

There were also about 100 Garand semi-automatic rifles, whose firepower was terrifying. They could at least hold off a battalion of Japanese reinforcements. In fact, there weren't that many Japanese soldiers in the entire Wulongkou area at the moment.

Looking at this elite force, Shangguan Yun smiled slightly, waved his hand, and everyone boarded the trucks. Eight military trucks carrying a reinforced company of soldiers headed towards Wulongkou.

Because the military horse farm is located southwest of Wulongkou, the troops do not need to reach Wulongkou. They only need to get off the vehicle a few kilometers south of Wulongkou, then walk through the mountains and forests for a distance to reach the outside of the military horse farm valley.

With the help of a local guide, Shangguan Yun and the others got out of the car and sped along the mountain paths, finally arriving outside the valley before dawn.

Behind a small hill 300 meters outside the eastern entrance of the valley, the assault team held their breath and waited quietly. Shangguan Yun whispered to several generals.

"Alright, that's settled. In a bit, the sniper will take out the sentry, the assault platoon will go up and take the gate, and two platoons will stay behind to guard the main road over there to block any reinforcements the Japanese might send. Check your watch, we'll launch the attack in 5 minutes..."

“Yes…” The group of people perked up and whispered.

The land outside the valley remained calm, the forest and snowfield remained pristine, and the sky was still filled with twinkling stars. Inside the valley, the Japanese soldiers were still sleeping like logs. In this icy and snowy landscape, who would have thought that people would come to Songjia Village?

Even the sentries at the gate were listless and exhausted. The two sentries circled the gate once, and one of them took out two cigarettes and lit them for the other and himself. They whispered something to each other, and then laughed heartily, seemingly quite content.

The searchlight on the watchtower had stopped turning, and the sentry was leaning against the side, dozing off.

Suddenly, two soft "plop plop..." sounds rang out, the sound of sniper rifle silencers. The two sentries stared at each other, the cigarettes in their hands flickering as they fell to the ground with a "thud," and then both of them swayed to the side.

Two dark figures arrived at the doorway like lightning, grabbed the two people, and dragged them into the darkness.

Then the sentries on the watchtower were silently eliminated. Several figures quickly moved to the entrance of the valley, removed the barbed wire fence, and then called to their companions behind them.

Shangguan Yun ordered someone to raise a torch and stand on the hillside, waving it in a circular motion.

A moment later, the sound of a door creaking open was heard. The wooden door was opened from the inside, and two puppet soldiers peeked around before opening the door completely. Then, about a hundred assault team members followed.