Chapter 61: Waiting with Bated Breath for Fei Ku's Web

  Chen Zhi-kui carefully read the telegram and handed it to Lin Xue-jun, saying: "Yes, the little devils have learned their lesson. Small units no longer dare to come out and sweep. Now they are all in large formations and do not dare to divide their forces. This shows that our raiding party's tactics have worked, and the little devils will never again be so arrogant."

  "However, these little devils are really hard to deal with when they come in a swarm like this. Our assault team is good, but it's impossible for us to confront an entire Japanese army company head-on. The 223rd Regiment can't do it either."

  Liu Feng said: "Our tunnel project is almost completed. If the Yuan Dadao team really comes to us, then we will play a tunnel war with them in Hanxi Village!"

  "What? Director Liu, I didn't mishear, did I? You actually want to engage in battle with a large enemy battalion in Hán Xī Village? We only have 100 men!" Captain Lin suddenly stood up.

  Liu Feng said: "That's right, we only have a hundred people, but if the little devils dare to enter Hanxi Village, our hundred people can make them suffer heavy casualties. Come and go."

  "Director Liu, this is no laughing matter. In the battle with the devils in Hán Xī Village, they had cannons and also those iron-clad monsters." said Chen Zhi-kui.

  Liu Feng said, "We can lay mines in the village. As long as the little devils dare to enter the village, it will be a dead end for them. What if they have cannons and iron tanks? Can they maneuver in the village? We are all underground, can their iron tanks drill into the ground? The little devils have a large troop, but can they deploy in the village? So we only face a small number of devils. Moreover, our tunnels have many exits, all leading to nearby mountains and forests. Can't we really beat them and won't we run away? We are a small unit, once we enter the mountains, the little devils will be dragged to death by us. Did I teach you mountain warfare and wilderness training courses for nothing?"

  "What about the villagers and the militia?" Chen Zhi Kui asked.

  Liu Feng said: "Evacuate all, not only evacuate the people of Hanxi Village, but also evacuate the old people of several nearby villages. Prevent the little devils from suffering in Hanxi Village and setting fire to innocent civilians."

  Chen Zhi Kui said: "Good, this work should be done ahead of time."

  Liu Feng said: "In the future, it won't just be Hanxi Village, other villages will also build tunnel systems. This way, some militia can protect the village and deal with small groups of devils' sweep troops."

  "After this battle is over, I will report this situation to the organization."

  "Alright, Commissar Chen you're in charge of evacuating the villagers from several villages. Captain Lin, bring your men and work with me to lay mines in Hexi Village. Time is pressing, we must hurry up and get it done." Liu Feng gave his orders succinctly.

  Captain Lin and Commissar Chen looked at each other, both thought Liu Feng's arrangement was fine, so they nodded in agreement.

  Chen Zhengwei evacuated the villagers, we don't mention it, let's talk about Liu Feng and Lin Team bringing people to lay mines in the village.

  In every road in the village, Liu Feng had laid out landmines. Due to the large amount of explosives and artillery shells possessed by the raiding party, they were mostly used for laying mines. This battle was an asymmetrical one, as the raiding party's mortars and grenade launchers could not be deployed to engage in a fierce fight with the devils, so all the shells were used to make landmines instead. This resulted in a very high density of landmines in Hanchi Village, with explosive devices every few steps on each road. There must also be observation outposts and explosion control stations nearby, as well as shooting holes.

  Detonators can be reused, Liu Feng's assault team captured dozens of detonators, and the electrical wires were even easier to obtain, the enemy's telephone lines were just laid out outside, cut them off. So controlling these explosive devices was not a problem.

  Liu Feng and Captain Lin led the assault team to clear every blind spot in the village, leaving no place for the little devils to hide. For the houses of the evacuated villagers, they also set up trap mines at the door. Although a house can be rebuilt after being blown up, if one door can blow up several little devils, it's well worth it.

  Then Liu Feng assigned each bunker to a person, and each shooting hole was managed by someone. However, there were more shooting holes in the village than the number of assault team members, so one person had to manage several shooting holes, which also made it convenient for team members to transfer at any time.

  Hanxi Village is a relatively large village, with nearly two hundred households and nearly two hundred houses. These houses are basically all utilized, either becoming hidden forts or being equipped with trap mines.

  Liu Feng and the team members worked for a whole day and night, and it can be said that they transformed the entire village. Chen Zhengwei also evacuated the villagers from several nearby villages and returned to the assault team.

  According to the intelligence report of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the target of this expedition by the Yuan's detachment is Hanxi Village. As they marched along the road, Yuan's detachment did not stop anywhere except for camping overnight and headed straight for Hanxi Village. Camping only 20 kilometers away from Hanxi Village last night, they will surely arrive at Hanxi Village this morning.

  Liu Feng sent out a reconnaissance team to conduct reconnaissance, while the other team members rested well and waited for the arrival of the Japanese devils' large troops.

  Liu Feng was lying in a corner of the tunnel, snoring loudly. Captain Lin couldn't sleep and looked at Liu Feng's carefree appearance, saying to Chen Zhengwei: "I say, how can the Chief of Staff not worry at all? We're about to face an attack from a large group of devils and 2,000 puppet troops."

  Chen Zhengwei didn't fall asleep either, turning over and saying: "Don't talk anymore, the Chief of Staff has a plan! Hurry up and sleep, when the battle starts, we may not have time to sleep for several days."

  "This isn't insomnia, is it?" Captain Lin didn't sleep at all, instead he leaned in closer to Commissar Chen and said, "Tell me, can we win this battle? I've had a bad feeling about this one from the start."

  Chen Zhengwei said, "Can you imagine that the Chief of Staff just brought a dozen snipers and actually took down the Akio Morioka squad? Since the Chief of Staff is so confident, what are you worried about?"

  "Hmm, that's true. It seems like no matter what big deal it is, once it reaches the Chief of Staff's hands, it's not a big deal anymore. He can always solve it very easily. When Akishima's unit of several thousand people came to sweep us away, we all hid in the mountains, but he actually took a dozen or so snipers and went to counter-snipe, I thought he was just harassing them, didn't expect him to have the intention of completely annihilating Akishima's unit. Even now it feels like a dream." Lin said.

  Captain Lin's interruption made Commissar Chen unable to sleep either, so he sat up and said: "When I received the news that Liu Feng's sniper had taken out the machine gun squad of the Akatsuki Brigade, I felt like I was dreaming. And in the end, we took out the entire Akatsuki Brigade with only two injuries - it's even more unbelievable. Our Chief of Staff is still unknown to us, and who knows how many miracles he will create for us? Let's just wait and see."