Chapter 3: Night Raid on the Enemy Camp

  Considering the disparity in combat effectiveness and equipment, Chen Jifan assigned each of these five people to a special forces member. Zhong Dingcheng took the injured Wang Dazhu away, Zhao Jun chose Liu Yutang, while Gao Huanjie paired up with Zhang Xiwan, who had been a communications soldier, Sergeant Deng Fangshun followed Hu Yunfeng, and finally, Luo Yugang's partner was Pan Guotian, who said that no matter what kind of person he got his hands on, they would all become top-notch.

  Chen Jifan asked Deng Fangshun to listen to the special forces' arrangement, and also instructed Zhong Dingcheng to ensure their partner's safety as much as possible.

  After the formation was completed, the Anti-Japanese Special Operations Team was established. Then it's time to count the weapons, and the 14 Japanese soldiers who were chasing Liu Yutang were all eliminated, leaving behind 14 Type 38 rifles and over 1,100 rounds of ammunition, with 34 hand grenades, including a junior officer leaving behind a Nambu pistol and over 30 rounds of ammunition and a command knife. Then there are more than 10 boxes of rice boxes, Japanese canned goods, and some candies.

  Five people, including themselves, had five formal guns with only 130 rounds of ammunition, nine wooden-handled grenades, two engineer shovels, and Deng Fangshun had a box gun with only 24 rounds of ammunition.

  Chen Jifan ordered to strip off the steel helmet, belt and boots from the ghost's body. Seeing Zhao Jun frowning, Chen Jifan threw a Japanese shoe over, "What are you daydreaming about? We'll have hard days ahead, strip them all, quickly!"

  After clearing the battlefield, Chen Jifan and his men began a forced march with heavy loads. He decided to hide their excess equipment somewhere and use it later when more people arrived.

  On the way, Chen Jifang carefully inquired about many situations and found out that the Japanese army not only occupied Nanjing but also had a part of its forces cross the river to pursue and kill Deng Fangxun. The Japanese troops originally had a small team, seeing that they were outnumbered, so they only sent more than ten people, and the rest should be nearby.

  "What did you say? The Japanese army has occupied Nanjing?" Hu Yunfeng suddenly asked after hearing their conversation.

  Every special forces member understood the implication of Hu Yunfeng's question. After the Japanese army occupied Nanjing on December 13, 1937, they began a two-week massacre that eliminated humanity, with 300,000 Chinese compatriots brutally killed by the Japanese invaders. What a national shame! This brutal and inhumane massacre was happening right under their noses, weighing heavily on the special forces members' hearts.

  "Assembly!" Chen Jifan suddenly shouted.

  The 'Eagle Special Forces' quickly fell in and formed a line.

  "Comrades, fellow soldiers, just ahead of us, not far away, in Nanjing, the Japanese devils are slaughtering our compatriots. The country is in peril, we should be rushing to Nanjing to rescue our suffering compatriots. But because our numbers are too few, we cannot cross the river to save them. So I order you all: on the north bank of the Yangtze, do not let a single enemy escape, I will use their heads to pay homage to my fallen comrades." Chen Jifang said gritting his teeth.

  "Just now, Deng Fangshun's brother said that there are nearly 30 people in a small team near us. I order: God Eagle Special Forces, find them! Eliminate them!"

  "Find them! Exterminate them!", "Find them! Exterminate them!" The special forces members shouted in unison.

  Chen Jifang ordered Deng Fangshun to lead the way, advancing in the direction from which the devils had come to kill them. After walking for about an hour and a half, they discovered the devils' campsite by a small river.

  As they were on a heavy march, the 5 original National Army soldiers found it hard to keep up, even though their partners had taken over carrying the heavy loads. Several of them panted and gazed at the Special Forces members with admiration.

  Chen Jifan ordered them to rest in place and took Wen Chuanhao and Zhao Jun to scout ahead.

  The reconnaissance results showed that there were 37 devils, divided into 9 tents. The camp was built on a riverbank, with a 3-4 meter wide river behind it, and a mountain slope in front of it, with only a small road passing through the riverbank. The devils set up double sentries at both ends of the road, and there were two horse-drawn carts, with four horses used to transport supplies.

  Chen Jifan began to arrange the task: sniper Wen Chuanhao hid on the mountain slope in front of the riverbank as a supporting firepower, Deng Fangshun and 4 others, except for the injured Wang Dazhu, ambushed separately on the road not far from the riverbank. Chen Jifan and other team members sneaked into the enemy camp at night. After the task was arranged, when Chen Jifan asked if there were any questions as usual, Pan Guotian raised his hand and said: "Report to the superior officer, why don't we let us participate in the battle?"

  Chen Jifang explained that it was a sneak attack, and the more people there were, the easier it would be to expose themselves. Besides, this battle was our first battle after returning home, so let's consider it as a gift to all fellow countrymen who fought against the devils. Finally, he added that from now on, we must unconditionally obey orders.

  The sky finally darkened, and Wen Chuanhao had been lurking on the mountain slope, staring at every move on the riverbank below. Deng Fangshun wanted to send some food to him, but was stopped by Zhong Dingcheng.

  "It's easy for you to expose yourself if you go up there, besides, you won't be able to find him." Zhong Dingcheng said in a low voice.

  At 2:00 am, the Divine Eagle Special Forces launched an attack on the Japanese army camp as planned. Chen Jifan led Zhao Jun and Hu Yunfeng to enter from the right side, while Zhong Dingcheng led Luo Yuguang and Gao Huanjie to attack from the left side. The bonfires in the camp had almost gone out, but the four Japanese sentries on both sides were still patrolling back and forth conscientiously.

  Chen Jifan lightly tapped his earpiece and sent an attack signal to Zhongding City. Several figures emerged from the grass and rushed towards the Japanese sentry, who was unable to react in time. Some had their necks twisted off, while others were stabbed in the kidney with a dagger, not making a single sound.

  After taking down the sentry, Chen Jifan made a hand gesture and continued to attack. Six people were seen rushing towards the tent separately.

  Everyone quietly approached the entrance of the tent, then gently lifted the door curtain and slipped in. The devils sleeping there were no match for these wolf-like special warfare elites, one by one they were taken out like livestock waiting to be slaughtered.

  The attack went exceptionally smoothly, with an average of 4 or 5 people in each tent. But for these 21st-century elites, it was a piece of cake. In less than two minutes, the six nearest tents were all taken care of.

  Just as they were about to leave, a faint gunshot was heard outside. A sergeant in front of three tents behind them fell to the ground with a bullet wound to the head. It turned out that this sergeant had gotten up in the middle of the night with diarrhea and walked towards the direction of the special warfare team's action. However, this faint gunshot was met with a group of real grim reapers. Two Japanese soldiers who had just poked their heads out of the tent were pulled over by Luo Yujiang's large hands, then his two hands came together, and the two skulls collided like rotten watermelons, smashing into a pulp. The two devils who came out behind them were stunned by the scene in front of them, and Luo Yujiang took advantage of their momentary hesitation to charge over, swinging his dagger at their necks, and the two devils saw the Heavenly Queen.

  Another devil emerged from the tent very quickly, Chen Jifan and Zhao Jun hid on both sides of the tent, after all 4 devils came out, they went forward and twisted, breaking the necks of the two devils in the back. Then, taking advantage of the front devils turning their heads, the two men kicked the two devils' faces with one foot each, left and right respectively, these two devils didn't even hum before they died. A devil picked up a Type 38 rifle but didn't have time to pull the bolt before stabbing it at Gao Huanjie, who dodged lightly to one side, grabbed the rifle and pulled it forward, tripped the devil with his foot, sending him flying into the air. As soon as the devil landed on the ground, Gao Huanjie quickly mounted him, grasped his head with both hands and twisted, solving another one.

  The entire battle lasted 6 minutes, with only one shot fired, annihilating 39 Japanese soldiers. Adding to the 14 from daytime, a small team of devils was completely wiped out. After carefully checking the battlefield, the special warfare personnel sent signals to the 5 people who were ambushing on both sides of the road.

  Deng Fangshun and the others were completely stunned by the scene in front of them when they came over. In just a few minutes, only 6 people turned 39 devils into corpses. Thinking about the Battle of Shanghai, where an entire platoon or even company of National Army brothers fell, one can't help but admire these 6 people. It seems that not letting their own men go up was right, as they would have just been a burden to others. After all, on the battlefield, a whole company of National Army wasn't even a match for this small squad of devils.

  Wenjiang River is still on high alert in the mountains, while the others quickly swept the battlefield. A total of 30 rifles were seized, with more than 2,700 rounds of ammunition, 2 light machine guns, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, 2 grenade launchers, 43 standard grenades, and 147 Japanese 48-fragmentation hand grenades. There are also some canned sweets, two trucks, and most importantly, a captured Japanese military map.

  The special task force, as usual, stripped the 39 devils clean, and loaded all the materials, including the tents, onto two large carts. Then Chen Jifang ordered that the 39 Japanese corpses be piled together, a memorial tablet was set up, and on it was written with burnt wood charcoal "Mourning the heroic spirits of Nanjing".

  Because Chen Jifan was worried that the gunfire would attract a large number of devils from the surrounding area, this battle required a solution with bayonets. On the way back, five National Army soldiers looked at these people beside them with worshipful eyes. Zhao Jun couldn't help but smile and say: "Another sneak attack, another nighttime raid, if we can't solve the problem with just a few of us, then we might as well be dead." Liu Yutang, who was next to him, saw his calm expression, as if nothing had happened, and swallowed hard.

  "Sir, where are we going?" Deng Fangshun asked.

  Chen Jifan patted his shoulder and said, "We're all comrades-in-arms, don't call me superior officer, just call me captain. We need to find a place to put these things first, and also find a place for everyone to eat and sleep."

  Actually, not far from them was the Jinpu Railway, where a large Japanese army was constantly arriving. Chen Jifan's idea was to find a hidden foothold and train the new recruits well.