Chapter 53: Commander Pei's Fury Flying Piggy Net

  Sato's squad was attacked by Liu Feng and eight other snipers in the midnight battle. Due to the complete collapse of the puppet army, all the little devils were exposed under the guns of Liu Feng and his men.

  The battle lasted only an hour, and Sato's squadron was completely annihilated by Liu Feng and his men. Captain Sato was shot dead by Yu Daqing. All the surviving puppet troops fled in disarray under Liu Feng's indulgence.

  The battle ended, Liu Feng and his men replenished their ammunition and informed the nearby villagers to clean up the battlefield. Then the eight of them found a place to rest for several hours before riding horses to rush in another direction to snipe at another squadron.

  However, before they arrived at the scene, they heard gunfire and even mortar fire coming from that direction.

  When Liu Feng and his men arrived, they found that the 223rd Regiment had surrounded this Japanese army company. With the replenishment of Liu Feng's weapons and equipment, the strength of the 223rd Regiment was no longer comparable. After half a day of fighting, they finally solved this company.

  Due to the 223rd Regiment's tactics of firing five rounds and immediately charging, despite being equipped with mortars, 92 infantry guns, grenade launchers, and 92 heavy machine guns, the casualties were still very heavy.

  The 223rd Regiment annihilated over 120 devils and 230 puppet troops at the cost of over 100 deaths and over 200 injuries. Not a single devil was captured, but over 170 puppet troops were taken prisoner. The devils in this era were extremely stubborn, brainwashed by the Bushido spirit, often fighting to the death with the Eighth Route Army. There were even cases where wounded devils detonated hand grenades and died together with the Eighth Route Army soldiers who came to rescue them.

  Such a result was due to Liu Feng leaving four snipers to constantly harass the Yamashita detachment, bringing their morale to an all-time low. The 223rd Regiment surrounded the Yamashita detachment, and Liu Feng's four snipers were still constantly sniping at the little devils' important targets, otherwise the casualties of the 223rd Regiment would have been much greater.

  When Liu Feng arrived, the battle had already ended.

  Liu Feng saw that the Eighth Route Army had suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield and was very depressed. He immediately found Bai Fangqi, the commander of the 223rd Regiment.

  Pei Fangqi was standing on a high slope with his hands on his hips, pointing and gesturing at the bodies of Japanese devils on the battlefield, while several Eighth Route Army cadres next to him kept nodding.

  Liu Feng directly came to Pei Fangqi's front, jumped off the horse, gave Pei Fangqi a salute, and then said: "Commander Pei, congratulations on winning the battle."

  "Haha, if it weren't for you Liu Feng sending snipers and delivering so many weapons and ammunition, this little devil would be really hard to beat. Come on, come on, Liu Feng, your timing is perfect, we've captured some canned goods, let's have a good meal at noon." Commander Pei was impressed by Liu Feng's grand gift and indeed admired his tactics.

  Liu Feng, a sniper's combat power, far exceeded that of an entire battalion of the Eighth Route Army. This is unbearable. So far, two Japanese company commanders and one deputy commander have died at Liu Feng's hands. Moreover, the Akitsuki detachment with so many troops was played around by Liu Feng and his snipers. Even the machine gun platoon was annihilated, and the Type 92 infantry cannon was captured.

  Commander Pei had three thousand men under his command, but their weapons and equipment were extremely simple. To say nothing of the Type 38 rifle, even if you added up all the Hanyang-made rifles, the Zhongzheng rifle, and the old broom-handle Mauser pistol, they only had about a thousand guns in total. If he really wanted to deal with the enemy's machine gun squad, he wouldn't dare. However, Liu Feng relied on just a few snipers armed with Type 38 rifles and actually managed to wipe out several squads. This combat power made Commander Pei, an old revolutionary, admire him deeply.

  I admire the central government for setting up Liu Feng's strike team and making our 223rd regiment fully support their training, the central government is truly wise! So when Liu Feng appeared, Commander Pei was like seeing a hero, he returned a salute and then started pulling Liu Feng to invite him to dinner, being extremely enthusiastic.

  Liu Feng said, "Commander Pei, this way of fighting is not right. Now that we have cannons, heavy machine guns, do we still need to charge after firing five bullets? The casualties are too great."

  Commander Pei was actually very pleased in his heart. Today, the 223rd Regiment's loss ratio to the Little Devils reached 2:1, and with the puppet army, it exceeded 1:1. This is a relatively excellent loss ratio for the Eighth Route Army in its head-on battles against the Little Devils. The Eighth Route Army's equipment was simple, ammunition was scarce, and they were inferior to the Little Devils in tactics and hand-to-hand combat skills, often with a high loss ratio of 5:1 or 6:1, sometimes even reaching 10:1. But today, thanks to the mortar, grenade launcher, heavy machine gun, and Liu Feng's snipers constantly suppressing the Little Devils, the loss ratio dropped to 2:1.

  If such a casualty ratio were reported to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, the 223rd Regiment would definitely be commended. Commander Pei was originally very pleased with himself, but now he had been doused with a basin of cold water by Liu Feng.

  Commander Pei was somewhat displeased and said, "Director Liu, you are an expert in special warfare, but when it comes to face-to-face combat with the little devils, we have to fight like this. In war, there's no way to avoid casualties. Although we sacrificed over a hundred comrades, didn't we wipe out an entire company of little devils without leaving a single one alive? This kind of battle is worth fighting. If all of China could achieve such results in battles against the little devils, then within a year, the little devils would be defeated and the War of Resistance against Japan would come to an end."

  Liu Feng said: "But we don't need to charge at all, just use mortars and grenade launchers to blast them. I just found out that most of the casualties occurred during the charge."

  Commander Pei angrily said: "Director Liu, you may not understand our Eighth Route Army. Do you know how many shells we have? How many grenades do we have? How many bullets do we have? Don't I know that the lives of our soldiers are precious? Don't I know that the enemy's firepower is fierce? Don't I know that the enemy's bayonet charges are vicious? But all I can order them to do is fire five rounds and then charge, otherwise we won't have any bullets left for the next battle!

  "With cannon shells, howlitzer shells? Only your assault teams can use cannons and howlitzer shells so recklessly, where do we get so many shells from? I admit that each of your assault team members has great combat power, but how many bullets did you use? How many shells did you use? If it weren't for the special approval from headquarters, how could you waste ammunition like this?"

  Pei Fangqi had been tolerating the wasteful use of ammunition by Liu Feng's assault team all along, but only because Liu Feng's combat strength was indeed very strong and it was also approved by headquarters. However, Liu Feng made Pei Fangqi's originally proud battle seem completely unnecessary, causing Pei Fangqi to erupt in anger and shout at Liu Feng. Although he had never said it out loud, deep down, he had always disagreed with Liu Feng's training methods, thinking that they were a waste of ammunition and a shameful crime! Today, he finally shouted out his discontent.