Chapter 65: Seeping into the Flying Pavilion Network

  "Is it Liu Feng again? Does this Liu Feng have three heads and six arms?" Chiang Kai-shek said in puzzlement.

  Liu Feng built a solid tunnel position in Hanye Village and buried a large number of landmines on every road in the village. When the puppet army came to search the village, they did not launch an attack. Instead, they waited until the Japanese devils had all entered the village and were preparing for lunch before launching a surprise attack. As a result, the entire Otani Brigade was annihilated, with no survivors. Otani himself was blown up on the spot.

  "This Liu Feng is indeed a capable general. Unfortunately, he joined the Eighth Route Army." Chiang Kai-shek said with emotion while flipping through the report.

  "From our contact with Liu Feng, it seems that he did not participate in the GCD, nor is he willing to join us. In my opinion, he has not been deceived by the GCD's tricks, but rather thinks that the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare is more suitable for him to exert himself. He wants to better resist Japan and kill the devils. As for the struggle between the two parties, he does not want to get involved." - Dai Li reports.

  "Naive!" Chiang Kai-shek commented, "On this land of China, wanting not to intervene in the struggle between the two parties? What is this if not naive?"

  Dai Li immediately echoed: "Yes, the principal is right. Liu Feng is young after all and doesn't understand much about national affairs. Indeed naive."

  "But this child is indeed a good fighter, if the National Army's local forces were all at Liu Feng's level, how would the Japanese dare to be so arrogant?" Chiang Kai-shek said with emotion.

  "Yes, Principal has worked hard, but these local forces only know how to protect themselves, it's really hateful." Dai Li replied respectfully.

  "Hmm, never mind that. Liu Feng's assault team, is it possible for our people to infiltrate? This troop is indeed very formidable, if we can pull them over to our side, it would be beneficial to the party and the country. Even if not, we must grasp their movements." Chiang Kai-shek said.

  Dai Li's forehead was sweating, and he replied: "Principal, Liu Feng's assault team is a small district team of the Eighth Route Army in Guangping County that has been reorganized. Originally, there were only 40 people, but now with the addition of backbone personnel from various units of the Eighth Route Army, it has grown to over 100 people. Those who can join are all elite veterans who have undergone long-term testing by the GCD. If our people want to infiltrate, they can only use civilian methods."

  "Hmm, you go and handle it then. I just want the result." Chiang Kai-shek said.

  "Yes, Principal, the students will make arrangements right away."

  ……

  Yan'an, the No. 1 leader's cave dwelling.

  Fourth Captain smiled and said: "Our little Liu Feng, really made our team look good. He actually took down the original Yamada team so easily, it's beyond my expectation."

  Commander No. 5 said, "Liu Feng's tactics are worth our other troops learning from. The tunnel system he set up has proven to be very useful. I think in the North China Plain, most villages have the conditions to do so. This way, when the little devils come to sweep again, we can use the tunnels to give them a loud slap."

  "The second leader said: 'The little devils have suffered a great loss, I think with the little devils' vengeful nature, using force cannot solve Liu Feng's problem. They may adopt other means to deal with Liu Feng. I suggest that the level of protection for Liu Feng should be increased.'"

  Commander No. 1 said: "You're right, the little devils hate Liu Feng to the bone and may use assassination to eliminate him. I suggest that Liu Feng's assault team be expanded into the Eighth Route Army Special Warfare Battalion, with a temporary strength of 500 people. The personnel will be selected from various units. Lin Xuejun will serve as the battalion commander, Chen Zhiyuan as the political commissar, and Liu Feng as the chief of staff. However, Liu Feng will still command the battles in practice. But the protection for Liu Feng will follow the standard of an Eighth Route Army division-level cadre. In addition, all units of the Eighth Route Army must send people to learn from the experience of tunnel warfare in Hanzhong Village and strive to form a large network of tunnels in North China this year. Let the little devils never dare to come out for mopping-up operations again."

  "Hmm, I agree. If the Special Warfare Brigade is expanded to five hundred men, I believe Liu Feng will definitely be able to create even more miracles." said the Fourth Leader.

  Commander No. 5 said, "This is good, this is good. Tunnel warfare should be expanded, only by promoting tunnel warfare and applying it, the little devils will have no good way to deal with our anti-Japanese base."

  The No. 2 leader said: "A security department should be formed in the Special Warfare Brigade as soon as possible to guard the head of the Special Warfare Brigade, I suggest that comrades from the Central Special Department be transferred to form a security department."

  "Alright, the special forces people are very experienced, it's settled then."

  ……

  Hanxi Village, Lin Team Leader and Chen Political Commissar were overjoyed when they received the telegram from the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, and immediately took the telegram to find Liu Feng.

  "We're expanding the assault team into a special warfare battalion? That's great!" Liu Feng took one look and knew that his superiors had already begun to place great importance on the concept of special operations. The expansion of the assault team by five times meant that Liu Feng could take the initiative to attack, and Guangping County would basically be no match for them. As long as they coordinated with tunnel warfare and sniper warfare, they would be able to carve out a base of resistance against Japan in this area, right under the nose of the Independent Mixed Brigade's First Regiment.

  "Superiors will also send comrades down to establish a security department for the special warfare regiment," said Captain Lin.

  "What's going on with Ke?" Liu Feng was somewhat perplexed.

  "It's roughly the same as a regular army unit's guard platoon," Chen Zhi-kui said.

  Captain Lin said: "The special warfare battalion has 500 people, which is more than a reinforced regiment. Naturally, it needs a guard platoon."

  Liu Feng said, "Since the assault team is going to expand fivefold, Commissar Chen, you must rush to solve the problems of food, shelter and clothing for these people. Captain Lin, let's discuss the core issue after the expansion of the team."

  Liu Feng is now the commander of the army, issuing orders. Both Commissar Chen and Captain Lin are very obedient to him. Commissar Chen immediately goes out to prepare for the arrival of a large number of soldiers, while Captain Lin studies with Liu Feng the problem of building troops after the expansion of the assault team, as well as future training work.

  A few days later, the warriors from all over the country rushed to Hanxi Village one after another. Chen Zhengwei was busy arranging their accommodation and food, while Liu Feng's training of the special attack team did not relax for a day, still training every day. The new warriors could only watch on the side.

  These soldiers, selected from various troops, were originally the elite of their units, each one incredibly capable and proud. However, after arriving here and seeing the training of the assault team, they immediately became disheartened. The training was so intense that even they weren't sure if they could keep up. These proud individuals quickly lost their arrogance, it seems that the assault team's impressive achievements were not just luck, but rather a result of their exceptional skills.

  Liu Feng is not allowing them to join the training immediately, but he's not stopping them from watching. He wants to intimidate them first. These elite soldiers are all crack troops and must have many arrogant people like Yu Daqing. Liu Feng doesn't have time to slowly make each of them submit one by one. So, under the pretext of waiting for all personnel to arrive before allowing new recruits to participate in training, he lets them watch first. Let's see what level the old assault team members are at. First, let's suppress their arrogance. It seems like it's having a good effect now.