Night Raid 035

  The sky gradually darkened, and Old Wang walked back to the command center of Chi Feng City with a steady gait. Commander Chi had never really had a good impression of Old Wang, but from the moment Old Wang led his men in charging at the Japanese army, Commander Chi's view changed. At this point, no matter whether they were bandits, local troops, central government troops, or communists, as long as they could kill devils, they were all good guys, worthy of respect.

  As soon as Lao Wang entered the city of Chi Feng, he became sworn brothers with Old Wang.

  "Your unit is pretty good, bro!"

  Old Wang smiled and said: "That's right, we brothers also fought in Shanghai and survived the Nanjing Massacre."

  "Oh? You're from that unit?"

  Old Wang replied, "I originally belonged to the 88th Division, but later I was discovered by someone and went to Military Intelligence. However, my brothers couldn't do that kind of espionage work for Military Intelligence, they always wanted to go to the battlefield to kill devils."

  This remark was very much to Pu Fengcheng's taste and he burst out laughing.

  The phone on the table rang, and Chi Fengcheng picked it up. Sun Lianzhong's angry voice came from the other end of the line.

  "Get your troops to take back the western position. You brought up that soft request and got me scolded by Commander Li. Now it's just a matter of holding our ground, if a soldier dies an officer takes his place, if an officer dies you take his place, if you die I'll take yours. Got it?"

  Chi Fengcheng had already learned from Old Wang's analysis that he would have to hold on until the very end. With the position having been retaken, Chi was in a good mood and joked over the phone: "Boss, by the time you give the order, the yellow flowers will be wilted, we've already taken back the position. The enemy's large-scale attack has stopped. There are only a few points still making sporadic contact, but at night it's our domain. I estimate that there won't be any problems until tomorrow morning."

  Sun Lianzhong heard that the position had been retaken and said with a sigh of relief: "Don't be too proud, I've heard that the devils have withdrawn the troops guarding Tang Enbo back. They'll arrive tonight. Tomorrow afternoon our pressure will be extremely great."

  Chi Shilong heard that the devils had sent reinforcements and his face changed immediately.

  "Tang Enbo is now there, and the devils are running faster than him."

  "On the other end of the phone, he sighed: 'The Fifth Division's Sakamoto detachment is now moving to his flank. Tuan is worried that Sakamoto's detachment will bypass his rear, but Chongqing has already given strict orders. Tuan said that tomorrow noon he will definitely arrive near Taierzhuang. So the key is tomorrow morning."

  Chi Fengcheng said: "But our position in the village has no room for maneuver. If the Japanese army attacks with a large force, we will definitely not be able to hold on."

  "There was a brief silence on the phone before he said: 'So Commander Li ordered your unit to launch a night raid and capture some key strongpoints.'"

  "Boss, you don't know that with the few hundred men I have now, it's already hard to hold our position, and we also have to launch a surprise attack on the devils at night. Isn't this too fanciful?"

  "On the other end of the phone, he said: 'Commander Li has specially allocated 100,000 taels of silver, and ordered me to organize all the people in our army who can hold guns. This 100,000 taels of silver will be divided equally among the brave warriors. With great rewards, there must be brave men.'"

  Chi Fengcheng cursed: "What's the use of those miscellaneous soldiers running out hundreds of meters after hearing the gunshot?"

  Sun Lianzhong may also have thought that this night raid was not very successful and finally said: "Execute the order!"?

  Chi hung up the phone silently. In his eyes, this task was almost impossible to complete.

  Lao Wang knew that this night raid was a huge success. It turned out that Lao Wang had been hiding his trump card all along! He wanted to crush the enemy's morale in the night raid at Tai'erzhuang.

  Old Wang leaned over to Chi Shizhang and said: "Chi Shizhang doesn't have to be so pessimistic!"

  He then leaned in close to Pool's ear and said: "I have a way to take out the ammunition depot of the Japanese 63rd Regiment."

  Chi Feng City heard a rumor that Old Wang was dragged inside and said: "Is what you're saying true?"

  Old Wang said with embarrassment: "A few days ago, our troops came here for training and built a lot of earthworks. Those thirty bunkers were built by us. We also dug a tunnel, and just now I crawled through it and found that the big house at the exit was the enemy's ammunition depot."

  Chi Fengcheng burst out laughing and said: "This is truly heaven helping me! With this, you have achieved a great merit! I will immediately report to the higher-ups."

  Old Wang stopped him and said, "The Japanese army's surveillance is very strict, it's unknown whether we can succeed or not. For now, let's not tell the higher-ups about this, in case they have high hopes. Even if I succeed, I'll put the credit on your head. We're from the special operations department, it's not good to show our faces."

  Chi Shi nodded slightly, apparently he was still somewhat concerned about these few words from the Special Affairs Department.

  The night fell on this land at this time every day. The weather was gloomy, with no wind at all. The preparations for the night attack were proceeding in an orderly manner. Old Wang and Chi Shuai were looking at the map of Tai'erzhuang together.

  Two men were discussing that if the blasting was successful, Lao Wang's assault team should attack in which direction to cause the greatest confusion for the devils. Xiao ~ said ~ house Lao Wang's tunnel was dug according to memory, and it is said that during World War II, the tactics and doctrines of the Japanese army, so the facilities at each location were strictly set up according to the manual set by the General Staff Headquarters. Therefore, Lao Wang inferred that there was a large house that was the headquarters of the 63rd Regiment of the Japanese Army.

  Old Wang wanted to go directly to the front line headquarters of the devils, as long as Lao Qi's command center was 15 kilometers away, then these devils at the forefront might be in trouble and would have to surrender.

  Chi Shizhang obviously thought that Lao Wang's plan was too risky, because from the ammunition depot to the regimental headquarters there were at least a thousand meters of road, with many devils' lairs in between. If the frontline offensive weakened, then Lao Wang and his dozens of men would be delivered right into the devils' den.

  Chi Shizhang suggested that Old Wang blow up the ammunition depot and retreat along the tunnel, or launch a breakthrough attack on our position at the risk point. Meet with the Dare to Die Corps afterwards and divide the devils in two from the middle.

  But obviously Old Wang won't listen to him. Because Old Wang's place has another exit, which is the department outside the devil's headquarters. Besides, do local leaders rarely interfere with my military thoughts? I'm not under your command now, so why are you ordering me around?

  Under Old Wang's repeated insistence, Coach Chi finally agreed with Old Wang's suggestion.

  The night raid chose to start at 2 o'clock in the morning, which is the favorite time for the devils to launch a surprise attack. Whether it was the July 7th Incident or the September 18th Incident, they all started at this time. Because the devils thought that 2 o'clock in the morning was when people were most exhausted. A surprise attack at this time would easily produce an astonishing effect.

  Chi You was in front of the formation, drinking wine with the brave warriors of the dare-to-die corps.

  The military officer poured a large bowl of wine for each member of the dare-to-die corps. These warriors, some wearing straw sandals and others carrying big swords, with one of them shouldering a carrying pole. General Chi asked strangely: "What is this for?"

  "The man with the carrying pole said: 'Reporting to the instructor, I am a cook who carries rice, and I'm not familiar with other weapons. This carrying pole has been with me for many years, and I used it as a dare-to-die squad leader. I killed five devils.'"

  Chi Shizhang couldn't listen anymore, patted his shoulder to signal him to stop talking. A porter had been a daredevil several times, how could this wronged superior be in charge?

  What a troop is this! If it weren't for Old Wang's tunnel, Commander Chi really couldn't bear to have them sent to their deaths. Because they are all worthless. Now the person in the tunnel is pulling the scales of victory back to our side with a hateful effort.

  Chi Shizhang bowed his hands to everyone and said: "Everyone take a step forward, when the time comes, I will go to the front line with you all."

  Chi Fengcheng finished speaking and drank up all the wine in his bowl, then smashed the bowl on the ground.

  The soldiers followed their commander's example and smashed their bowls before setting off on the road.

  Old Wang is now squatting at the entrance of the tunnel, secretly scolding in his heart: These guys, why didn't they say to dig the tunnel deeper? It's all because of them that I had to crawl over here.

  Just then, a gunshot was heard from the south of Zhuangzi. At first, it was sporadic, but later it became more intense. Old Wang rushed to the entrance of the tunnel and found that the entrance was blocked by something. Old Wang's sweat came down immediately. If the ammunition depot couldn't be blown up, this night raid would have failed halfway.

  At this time, you must be calm. Old Wang gestured to the others to immediately turn into another exit. Da Lao Hei came up and tapped on it, saying: "It's a bit swaying, as if it was pressed down by something."

  Lao Hei drew out his dagger and stabbed it fiercely into the plank covering the entrance to the underground tunnel, producing a clear and crisp sound.

  "It's a shell."

  Old Wang suddenly understood that the exit he had repaired was now blocked by the Japanese army's supplies. So, all he needed to do was blow it up from below. Old Wang installed the explosives and held the fuse in his hand. This fuse was specially made to burn for ten minutes. In his heart, Old Wang prayed to all the gods he could think of, then lit the fuse. He and Hei Da Ge turned around and quickly crawled towards another exit, Old Wang felt like he was almost as fast as Spider-Man.

  After a while, I suddenly heard a loud noise behind me, followed by continuous explosions. The whole ground was shaking along with it. At this time, Old Wang came to another tunnel and scolded: "Hurry up and rush out. The tunnel is going to collapse."

  A large number of people rushed out. It just so happened that outside was a firepower point of the enemy. Four enemies heard the explosion and nervously crouched near the machine gun, preparing for battle.

  When these guys were aiming at the outside, their buttocks happened to be facing Old Wang. Old Wang didn't say a word and directly shot down these guys who only had machine guns with his pistol.

  Old Wang turned the crooked gun barrel at the door of the Japanese regimental headquarters and pulled the trigger fiercely. The machine gun fired a few shots with a "tutu" sound, then jammed. Old Wang kicked it open with one foot and cursed: "Damn it! Can't even this Japanese-made thing be used properly!"

  Colonel Fu Rong's machine gun nest was blocked at the door, and it could have withstood a wave of attacks. However, being out of the ordinary usually comes with a price to pay.

  The officer on duty opposite also heard the gunfire from this side. He came over with a wooden box. Old Wang immediately rushed out with his pistol. The opposing officer saw that the person's clothes were not right, and he was fierce and ferocious. He raised his gun and fired, hitting Old Wang in the chest. Old Wang just shook for a moment. Continued to charge towards this officer. The Japanese officer fired several shots but couldn't knock down Old Wang, and he himself became frightened. Turned around and ran back. Old Wang's shooting skills from these two days of practice were already quite good. He could basically hit the person's body now.

  Such a good opportunity to practice shooting would not be let go by Old Wang. He fiercely pulled the trigger, and after three shots, he finally knocked down this Japanese officer.