Chapter 67: Ambush Tactics to Tie Down the Enemy

  "In less than ten miles ahead is Yinhe Village. Since the devils have discovered our trail, they must be heading straight for us. That means Yinhe Village must be heavily guarded by a large number of little devils. As soon as we appear near Yinhe Village, we will be surrounded and subjected to pincer fire from both front and back, ultimately leading to our complete annihilation!" Chen Shaoqin listened to Captain Han's words but didn't rush to make any decisions. Instead, he added his own analysis on top of Captain Han's concerns, making their current situation extremely perilous."

  "What should we do?" Xue Yumei asked anxiously, Chen Shaoqin was the backbone of this team, whether they could jump out of this encirclement again depended on Chen Shaoqin. She didn't care about anything else and just went forward to ask Chen Shaoqin how to deal with the current situation.

  "Old Liu, Old Han, order our troops to stop advancing first!" Chen Shaoqin hadn't thought of a countermeasure yet, but no matter whether he could think of one or not, having the troops stop first was the most important thing to do. Therefore, he didn't hesitate for another minute and immediately had Liu and Battalion Commander Han go issue the order for the troops to stand by in their original positions.

  Liu and Han, the two battalion commanders, heard the order and didn't dare to delay. They each went to inform their troops, telling them to stop in place and wait until Chen Shaoqin came up with a solution. Before that, they were not allowed to take another step forward, or else this troop would definitely fall into danger at Yincunji. To save their respective troops, the two commanders, who didn't always see eye-to-eye, suddenly became unanimous in their actions. No one said anything more about Chen Shaoqin's command of the overall situation, because they all believed that only he could lead them out of this troubled place.

  The troops stopped under the command of Guai Zi Liu and Han Ying Chang, then Guai Zi Liu and Han Ying Chang came to Chen Shaoqin's front one after another, waiting for Chen Shaoqin's further orders.

  "Old Liu, Old Han, take a look at this!" Chen Shaoqin stared at the map for a long time, suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and pointed to a place on the map, saying to Liu and Han: "This is a mountain ridge. Have you noticed that this ridge looks like an ancient city wall, forming a square circle, about two or three miles in depth, which just surrounds us all in the middle position, thus forming a natural barrier for us."

  "Director Chen, what do you want to say? Just this trench in front of us, even if we want to use it as a defensive position, we need to reinforce the defense and dig trenches about 1.2 meters deep. Not to mention that the devils won't give us so much time, even if we successfully dug them out, our brothers will enter the position and fight a defensive battle with the little devils. With so many heavy firepower in their hands, it's hard for us to hold on, let alone our back has hidden devils in Yinkhe Village, they will definitely attack us from both sides after a long time, at that time, we will be attacked from both front and back!"

  "I didn't say we're going to stay here and fight a battle of attrition with the little devils!" Chen Shaoqin had never said that he would lead his brothers to hold their ground here, because this place was only suitable for a short-term confrontation, but if they stayed for too long, it would be a dead end. How could Chen Shaoqin, such a clever person, choose this path of no return? He naturally had his own plan in mind, he just hadn't had the chance to say it out loud yet.

  "Director Chen, stop being mysterious and just tell me how to fight this battle?" Crooked Liu didn't have the audacity to think for himself, he only knew to follow Chen Shaoqin's orders in battle. Only by following Chen Shaoqin did he feel that these people had hope; otherwise, he wouldn't have had the courage to persevere until now against these well-equipped little devils.

  "This way, it's going to get dark soon. Although there's no poisonous gas here, after nightfall, due to the sudden drop in temperature, the heat on the ground will turn into fog, enough to fill the entire forest. And we'll use this fog in the forest..." Chen Shaoqin told his plan to Liu and Han, trying to explain every detail as clearly as possible, because he required them not to make any mistakes at all, or else there would be loopholes in his plan, and the little devils wouldn't fall for it easily.

  "Will this do?" Commander Han's mind was filled with a huge question mark, seemingly very skeptical of Chen Shaoqin's plan. However, upon hearing the other party's eloquent words, he couldn't determine for the time being whether Chen Shaoqin's plan was feasible or not, which is why he asked this in front of Chen Shaoqin.

  "Don't worry, as long as you strictly follow my deployment, there will definitely be no problems!" Chen Shaoqin said with great confidence, as if everything was already under his control. From now on, it's just a matter of waiting for time to verify his plan.

  Han Yingchang, following Chen Shaoqin's orders, led a group of more than 20 brothers to operate around Kanzai, intentionally making some noise to attract the attention of the little devils behind them, and then striking at the opponent. At this time, he had already taken up position with his men on the edge of Kanzai.

  At this time, Nomura and Suzuki led two squads of Japanese soldiers towards the front. Although it was a mountain road, these Japanese soldiers walked in a very neat formation, showing that they were well-trained troops.

  "Nomura, are you sure that the Chinese army in front of us is Chen Shaokuan's?" Suzuki suddenly asked Nomura, looking at him with a skeptical expression, clearly not daring to believe Nomura's previous judgment. After all, Nomura had not seen the troops in front of them, but only discovered from various clues that there were Chinese troops active in front of them. But based on this alone, Nomura dared to conclude that the troops in front of them were Chen Shaokuan's, which he thought was far-fetched.

  "It's definitely!" Nomura said with certainty, just as he was about to explain what the reason was, a burst of gunfire rang out around him, and several Japanese soldiers walking beside Nomura fell to the ground dead. In a panic, Nomura immediately ordered Suzuki, "Suzuki-kun, quickly organize the troops to counterattack! We've been ambushed by the Chinese army! They've discovered us!" Nomura had not expected that their movements would be detected so quickly by Chen Shaokui, who had arranged for troops to lie in ambush around them, waiting to launch a surprise attack.

  "Ha-i!" Suzuki heard the order and immediately turned around to give combat orders to the mortar team beside him, "Mortar team, prepare to fire at once, blast a hole in the middle of the Chinese army's position, heavy machine gun team suppressive fire for me, other troops charge for me!"

  As Suzuki's order was given, all the little devils acted according to command, and the machine gun began to launch a fierce attack on Han Yingchang's position. The mortar also started loading shells, and a round of intense bombardment was about to begin...