Chapter 5: Raiding the Enemy's Lair

  Xin'an County Town, two companies of devils have completed their assembly. Several three-wheeled vehicles led the way in front, followed by several trucks, and behind the trucks were hundreds of devils rushing forward on foot. The devils left Xin'an County Town one after another and rushed towards Xiaolizhuang.

  Just as the 3rd Battalion soldiers were taking stock of their supplies, basking in the joy of victory, a scout came running over, panting: "Battalion Commander, a large group of devils is heading towards Xiaolizhuang."

  After listening to the scout's report, Zhang Yunlong's face was solemn. It seemed that the devils were taking revenge. Fortunately, the villagers of Xiaoli Village had just been transferred, otherwise the villagers would have suffered this time.

  Zhang Yunlong thought for a moment and asked the scout: "About how many devils have arrived?"

  "Looks like there are at least three platoons, plus several trucks and tricycles." the scout said.

  After listening to the scout's words, Zhang Yunfei suddenly had an epiphany. It seemed that the little devils had come out in full force, which meant that there wouldn't be more than a small squad of them left in the county town, and most of them were non-combat personnel with very low combat effectiveness. It looked like a heaven-sent opportunity; it was unclear whether Watanabe Ichiro was too stupid or too arrogant to leave so few troops to garrison the county town.

  In fact, this is not Watanabe Ichiro's foolishness. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, there were cases where a few Japanese cavalrymen could occupy Chengde, and a small team of Japanese infantry could chase after an entire National Army regiment, making the little devils very arrogant. Watanabe Ichiro was no exception, believing that even if the garrison in Xin'an County had less than a platoon, the Chinese army would not dare to attack the county seat. This gave Zhang Yunlong an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

  Thinking of Xin'an County, it's like a beautiful woman lying in front of him. Zhang Yunfei excitedly shouted: "Order, Special Warfare Team, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Platoons assemble immediately, there is an important combat mission."

  In less than 5 minutes, the troops were assembled. Looking at the neat formation, Zhang Yunlong said: "The 1st, 2nd and 3rd battalions will be temporarily commanded by Liu Dazhu, and immediately advance to attack Xincheng County. After taking down the county town, move all Japanese military supplies out of the city for me. The special warfare team will be led by me to meet with Duobian's troops."

  Originally wanted to let the instructor lead the troops to attack the county town, but the instructor is actually a non-combatant, doing ideological and political work, doing logistics are all good hands, military command ability really not as good as Liu Dazhu.

  When he heard that the regimental commander had ordered him to lead the 1st, 2nd and 3rd companies to attack the county town, Liu Dazhu excitedly said: "Regimental Commander, I guarantee that I will complete the task outstandingly."

  "Liu Dazhu, listen up! Although there may be less than a squad of devils in the county town, you must fight quickly and decisively. The time I give you is not long, after finding the devil's warehouse, bring back all the supplies for me. Remember, don't get bogged down in battle." Zhang Yunfei said seriously.

  Hearing what the battalion commander said, Liu Dazhu also saluted solemnly and said: "Yes, Battalion Commander, I will not linger in battle and will definitely complete the task."

  "Let's go!" Zhang Yunfei said with a wave of his hand.

  Watching the warriors march out of their barracks, Zhang Yunfei said to the special forces: "Everyone bring enough bullets and hand grenades, equip Type 38 rifles and pistols, and go hunting with me."

  Before departure, Zhang Yunfei again briefed the special warfare personnel on the characteristics of this operation. This time, the enemy was strong and we were weak, with the enemy's manpower tens of times that of our side. We could only make use of the dense mountains and forests, adopt guerrilla warfare and harassment tactics, try to hold off the enemy, and slowly annihilate them in motion.

  After explaining the tactics, Zhang Yunfei led the special warfare team members to set out. Each member carried a brand new Type 38 rifle on their back, with hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and their waists were hung with hand grenades. They wore cloaks stuffed with leaves and straw, so when they crouched in the woods, it was hard for the devils to detect them. Zhang Yunfei decided to use this to launch a surprise attack on the enemy.

  After marching for thirty or forty minutes, Zhang Yunfei led the special warfare team to a small hill on the outskirts of Xiaolizhuang, where they clearly saw through binoculars that several hundred meters away, Xiaolizhuang was ablaze, apparently the little devils had not discovered the Eighth Route Army and the ordinary people, and were venting their anger by burning down the village.

  Zhang Yunfei waved his hand, and the special forces members quickly gathered around him. In a low voice, he briefed them on their combat mission to start sniping at the little devils. To minimize unnecessary casualties, Zhang Yunfei ordered the special forces members to disperse as much as possible, hide themselves first, and then open fire. After each shot, they had to change positions.

  Having said that, Zhang Yunfei waved his hand and the special forces members quickly dispersed.

  Zhang Yunfei found a suitable position, adjusted the rifle's sight, and began to aim at the little devils hundreds of meters away. With a loud bang, the head of one of the little devils in the distance was blown open. As soon as Zhang Yunfei fired his shot, the other team members also found their targets and started shooting.

  Several little devils who were setting fires saw their companions around them suddenly get their heads blown off, their brains bursting open like watermelons, with red and white stuff flowing out. The little devils were terrified and immediately dropped to the ground, firing blindly.

  Watanabe Ichiro saw his soldiers being beheaded one after another, and knew that they might have encountered Chinese snipers. Although he didn't see where the enemy was, judging from the sound, it should be on the mountain opposite. Watanabe Ichiro hid behind a car, raised his command knife, and shouted loudly: "Kill, kill, the Chinese are dead!"

  At Watanabe Ichiro's shout, all the little devils got up and rushed to the opposite mountain, shooting blindly as they went.

  Seeing this, Zhang Yunfei's mouth corner floated a smile, it seems that the little devil's reaction was roughly as he had expected. Zhang Yunfei fought while retreating, and when withdrawing, he didn't forget to lay down several deceitful landmines in the grass along the road.

  The little devils ran to the small mountain package where Zhang Yunfei and the special warfare team had been hiding earlier, but Zhang Yunfei and the special warfare team members had already run into the dense forest on the high mountain. From their vantage point, they could see hundreds of little devils carefully searching the small mountain package, thinking that the special warfare team members were still hiding there.

  Suddenly several explosions were heard, and the devils who encountered the landmine fell into a bloodbath. Some were blown up in mid-air while others lay on the ground wailing in pain. Witnessing this scene, Watanabe Ichiro's command knife chopped fiercely at a small tree beside him, and he shouted loudly: "The Chinese soldiers are so cunning!" Today's battle was really embarrassing, with dozens of casualties among his own soldiers before the enemy had even been spotted.

  Zhang Yunfei and his men didn't idle around, they found a good shooting position and started killing the little devils again. As soon as the gunshots rang out, the little devils rushed towards Zhang Yunfei's hiding place hundreds of meters away. Zhang Yunfei and his men fired a few shots and then ran, playing hide-and-seek with the little devils in the dense forest. The number of casualties among the little devils continued to rise.

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  Xin'an County, led by Liu Dazhu's 3rd battalion, captured the county seat ten minutes ago. The dozens of little devils stationed in the county seat suffered more than half casualties under the siege of hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers and the remaining twenty or so little devils retreated to the devil's command post for a desperate last stand.

  Liu Dazhu was just about to lead the soldiers in a charge to wipe out the little devils when Qian Long, the commander of the 3rd company, excitedly shouted loudly: "Dazhu, Dazhu! Our comrades from the 3rd company have discovered the little devils' arsenal in the south of the city. My goodness, it's stacked with ammunition!"

  When the 3rd company commander discovered the arsenal, Liu Dazhu was also extremely excited, and let the comrades of the 1st and 2nd companies continue to attack the little devil's command post, while he and Qian Long rushed to the enemy army's arsenal.

  The little devil's arsenal has a lot of stuff, brand new rifles and machine guns are neatly arranged, boxes and boxes of bullets and hand grenades are piled high, in a small warehouse, 12 Type 92 infantry cannons, 36 60mm mortars were found, and the boxes of shells filled this small warehouse.

  "So many things, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and move!" Liu Dazhu urged the 3rd company commander and the soldiers.

  In the command post of the Little Devil, Lieutenant Colonel Akita saw only a few soldiers left beside him, with a look of despair on his face, and hastily told the communicator: "Quickly send a telegram to the commander, the new An County city is under attack by the main force of the Chinese Eighth Route Army, and the entire New An County defense team has been annihilated."

  The little devils had just finished sending out the newspaper, and the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd companies charged into the little devils' command center. Akita and several little devils were unable to resist and were riddled with machine gun fire like a beehive.

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  Outside Xiao Lizi, Watanabe Ichiro felt that today was the most miserable day in his decade-long military career. His entire battalion of several hundred men was being toyed with by a dozen or so Chinese snipers. For several hours, his troops had been led by the nose, circling around these few hills, and the number of casualties had exceeded 200, accounting for more than one-third of the total number of troops.

  Just as Watari Ichiro was in a state of anxiety, the signal corps soldier rushed over with a telegram and stood at attention, saluting: "Report to the commander, 10 minutes ago, Xin'an County City was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army of China, and the entire garrison of Xin'an County City has been annihilated."

  "Hakka, damn it Hakka, died and died, pass my order, the entire Watanabe Brigade is here, return to the county town to reinforce." Watanabe Ichiro shouted angrily at the communication soldier.

  Watanabe's troops stopped searching and retreated down the mountain to return to the highway. Zhang Yunfei guessed that the devils might have received news that the county seat was under attack, so they were preparing to return to the county seat.

  Seeing the little devils fleeing in disarray, Zhang Yunfei let out a long whistle towards the sky, followed by loud laughter. In the jungle battle that had just ended a few hours ago, more than 200 little devils became the special forces' souls under the gun. The special forces members only had four people lightly injured, all of whom were hit by stray bullets from the little devils' blind shooting.