Chapter 8: Crazy Revenge (Three)

  After selecting the ambush site, Li Xinnan began to send scouts to observe the Japanese army's action rules. The Japanese patrol team went back and forth between Qu County and Xiangyang every two days to confirm that the road was unobstructed. Because they had never encountered resistance, the team was not on high alert either. On this day in the morning, the five patrol cars of the devils passed through Sunjiakou from Qu County, everything was normal here, without any unusual signs. According to past rules, the devils should have passed by here again the next morning and returned to Qu County.

  The scout found that the devil's patrol car had passed by, and quickly reported the intelligence to Li Xinmin. After receiving the intelligence, Li Xinmin immediately convened an emergency meeting with all cadres to discuss the ambush plan together.

  "This time's action plan is as follows: select some personnel from the first squad, led by the squad leader, disguised as farmers to work in the nearby fields. Gaodabao leads the special warfare team to find the best shooting point near the ambush point and clears away the devils' nails. The remaining personnel of the first squad and the second squad are ambushed on the roadside houses and river embankments. The third squad is responsible for covering around, once encountering unexpected events, supporting the main force or covering the retreat of the main force." Li Xinmin detailed the battle plan to everyone.

  "How was it? Did you all hear clearly?" he asked afterwards.

  "Understood!", "Got it!", "Got it!", Huang Yuke and several others nodded seriously.

  "Then let's go back and prepare immediately!", for a time the whole regiment was stirred up, now every soldier in the regiment is boiling with enthusiasm whenever they mention fighting.

  The current battle is no longer so terrible for the company, for the country and for home, these people are willing to sacrifice their lives. The current company is a warrior fighting in unity, Li Xinmin commanding properly, every victory has further solidified the soldiers' determination to thoroughly eliminate the devils.

  Li Xinnian led the troops to arrive at Sunjiakou ahead of schedule, and began to deploy his forces. Each unit took its position according to plan. He also mobilized local anti-Japanese activists and evacuated the villagers. Li Xinnian specially borrowed a nail rake from an old villager's home, sharpened the head of the rake, and laid it on the highway that the devils would pass through, with the teeth pointing upwards, in order to puncture the tires of the devils' trucks and disrupt their passage.

  "Commander! Is this thing useful? The enemy's iron lump is all made of iron, can it work?" Guard Li Shenglong asked doubtfully from the side.

  "You don't understand this, do you? This thing is specially designed to break through the enemy's iron defenses. You'll see its power in a moment." Li Xinmin said as he buried the head of his pike. As for cars, others may not understand them, but he was an expert. His driving skills were quite good back then, it was a job requirement, and he could operate not only cars, but also planes and speedboats. The weaknesses of cars were very clear to him, and this time's arrangement was aimed at the weaknesses of cars.

  At this time, Huang Yuke had already led his men to disguise themselves as local farmers and were working in the nearby fields. However, after waiting for a long time, there was still no sign of the enemy's vehicle, and it was almost noon when a scout rushed back quickly.

  The scout ran to Li Xinmin's side, "Company Commander! The enemy's convoy is almost here! There are eight vehicles in total." The scout said while panting heavily.

  "Eight vehicles? Are you sure?" Li Xinmin asked in doubt, because yesterday the scout came back and reported that there were five cars, how could it be eight now? Did the devils discover something or did they not know the situation at all? In an instant, several thoughts flashed through Li Xinmin's mind. The devils would never know that he was going to ambush them here, this was Li Xinmin's final thought. However, for safety reasons, Li Xinmin immediately sent someone to inform Zhang Dawei to lead three squads to get ready, once the battle started, he required Zhang Dawei to lead the three squads to join the battle here immediately.

  The roar of the car engine had been transmitted from a distance. Next, the devil's truck finally appeared in Li Xinmin's expectation, and eight devils' trucks and cars slowly appeared in everyone's sight. The leader was a truck with a heavy machine gun on its head, while the seven vehicles behind did not deliberately guard against it.

  "Consecutively! Yesterday there were only those large trucks, no small ones. Today you're back and somehow brought an additional small one, two large ones?" the scout asked in puzzlement.

  "Hmm! Maybe it's another dispatch from Xian County! There must be someone inside, hopefully a big devil head."

  "Alright! Everyone pay attention, wait for my command! Later, all of you will be beaten severely." Li Xinmin said fiercely.

  "Yes!" The warriors replied in hushed tones.

  At this time, the first vehicle of the devils had already crossed the bridge. After crossing the bridge, it was pierced by Li Xinmin's nail board at the first turn and its tire was punctured. In the chaos, the driver slammed on the brakes and rushed into the roadside ditch. The four devil vehicles behind had also crossed the bridge and entered the village, while the remaining three had not yet crossed the bridge.

  Seizing the opportunity, Li Xinmin gave the order, "Fire!". The soldiers hiding on both sides of the houses and river embankments launched a fierce attack on the devils from higher ground. Gunfire and grenade explosions filled the air.

  The car was instantly paralyzed by the explosion, and the enemy was beaten to pieces, wailing incessantly. However, the first wave of gunfire and hand grenades still failed to annihilate all the devils on the vehicle. The remaining devils jumped off the vehicle under the command of an officer wielding a military sword, using the vehicle and the embankment as cover.

  "Bastards! Hold your ground! Counterattack!" The enemy commander wildly swung his command sword.

  Some devils attempted to use the bunker to confront Li Xinmin and his men, but Li Xinmin immediately ordered the soldiers to throw hand grenades at the truck's fuel tank. With a loud explosion, the truck was quickly engulfed in flames. Several devil soldiers emerged from behind the truck, covered in fire, and fell to the ground, rolling around frantically. Some devils attempted to engage the soldiers in close combat, but they were mowed down by machine gun fire before they could even charge. The remaining enemy forces retreated, attempting to escape the encirclement, but their dreams were shattered by Zhang Dawei's third platoon. After receiving Li Xinmin's order, Zhang Dawei quickly led his men towards the location. Initially, the soldiers of the third platoon grumbled about Zhang Dawei, complaining that he had not secured the main attack and instead made them do peripheral cover work. But when they heard that the company commander was sending them to reinforce, they all perked up, their marching speed increased greatly, and they rushed to the battlefield just as the devils were trying to slip away from them.