Chapter 9: Special Forces Elite Kill Enemy Bandits

  Two people arrived at the recruitment ground, with Jia Zhuohao's help, the young people nearby actively responded to the slogan of defending their homes and country. Among the 100 people hired by Xiao Zhuanzhuang, 40 stayed behind to join the guerrilla team. By the time Yang Chen arrived in the afternoon, the number of recruits had reached 1,300. Chen Zhihao smiled: "Now our weapons and equipment can play a role."

  Yang Jie looked at Nan Wei Ren and Ping said: "The little devils have suffered such a great loss this time, I estimate that within five days, the devils in Weixian City will come to take revenge. You two must dig out the combat effectiveness of these people within five days. Machine guns, heavy machine guns must be fired, and small cannons must prepare shooting units."

  "I think these past few days, the organization has been transferring the masses from Kangjiatun," Yang Wei said to Chen Zhihao. "This time the devils will definitely use heavy artillery, Kangjiatun can't be defended, and the little devils dare to massacre the village in revenge."

  Chen Zhihao nodded, "I'll assign it to Jia Zhuohuang and let him organize the personnel. Also, I think we should prepare to establish an anti-Japanese democratic government to mobilize the masses."

  "Then let's hand them over to Old Jia, two months, just give me two months and I can train these warriors into excellent fighters. Two months later, we'll see how it goes?"

  Chen Zhihao fully understood Yang Quan's meaning. Without military power as a guarantee, the anti-Japanese democratic government would be nothing but an empty piece of paper.

  Yang Jie and others, after Chen Zhihao left, turned to Nan Wei Ren and Gao Junping and said: "I have some good news for you, my identity has been confirmed by Chairman Mao." As he spoke, he handed over the telegram.

  The two of them read the telegram, "In other words, you can be appointed as an official without any restrictions and expand our power. Captain, I think we are really going to change history, and it's possible that you will become one of the founding marshals of the Republic."

  "Who knows, he might have even become a celestial immortal." Li Ying's teasing voice came from behind.

  Yang Jie saw Li Ying's charming smile and secretly praised her as a great beauty. He then looked at Nan Wei Ren, who was smiling ambiguously, and quickly changed the subject: "Later, you two will select those who can shoot guns and have them test throwing hand grenades. Those who throw far and accurately will be selected. The others will be grouped according to their scores and trained intensively in throwing hand grenades. In three to five days, we should see results. We must ensure that each person can throw thirty to fifty hand grenades in one breath. Those who can shoot guns will also be tested to see how accurate they are. After the test, you two will hand over the training tasks to Zhou Shi Cai and Zhou De Qun. Each of you can select thirty to fifty people from here to form your own special task force. Remember: you are also allowed to freely appoint officials and expand your forces."

  The two of them were delighted and wanted to jump for joy, but seeing Li Ying making eyes at the two people, they hastily bowed and ran away. After running far, they turned their heads back and shouted loudly at the two people twice.

  Li Ying leaned towards Yang Ke's side and said in a half-joking, half-coquettish tone, "Then what should I do?"

  Yang Jie was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, knowing Li Ying's temper. If things went wrong, it would be a disaster of epic proportions. He slowly and carefully moved his body, saying: "You are our housekeeper, and how we live depends on you. In addition, you also need to take charge of building, collecting and processing intelligence, that's enough to keep you busy."

  Li Ying likes Yang Guang's current appearance, soft and warm, yet still elegant. Yang Guang feared someone would see them, hastily turned around to leave, saying: "From last night till now, I haven't eaten yet, how about you? Want to eat together?"

  Li Ying followed up: "Okay, I'll eat with you."

  Yang Jie took Chen Zhihao and Li Ying to a nearby mountain in the afternoon, looked at the terrain, and finally found a place called Mangzi Valley. The roads here are crisscrossed, with steep cliffs and sparse trees. According to Chen Zhihao and Li Ying's views, it is not a suitable place for an ambush. But Yang Jie said one sentence, leaving the two speechless. "Do you think we can ambush the devils just because of the thousand or so people we've just recruited?"

  Yang Jie still had one more sentence to say, in history, a regiment of devils could chase an army division and make them run wildly. At that time, the combat effectiveness of the devils was very strong. The reason why Yang Jie and others were able to easily defeat them was because they had super-strong strength and combat technology from the 21st century.

  "I want to bury the devils who come here for revenge." Yang Wei said without waiting for the two to ask, "You see, there are many rocks and stones here, high and steep. As long as we can lure the devils in, High Junping will have a way to bury all of them under these chaotic rocks."

  Yang Jie had no intention of engaging in a direct battle with the little devils, but rather wanted to rely on advanced blasting technology to defeat the enemy. Chen Zhihao hadn't even thought about this tactic, let alone heard of it. But Li Ying was very familiar with Gao Junping's strength and after examining the terrain, he also expressed that it could be done completely.

  When Gao Junping was ordered to rush over and listened to several people's plans, he carefully studied and calculated before saying: "I don't know how many devils are coming, if there are too many, I'm afraid the medicine won't be enough."

  Yang Jie smiled and said, "A county town, at most there is only one large team of devils, a thousand or so people. We have eliminated more than 200, and left behind those stationed in various places and the county town, I think there won't be more than 500 people coming. How's that?"

  "Five hundred people?" Yang Jie's words made the three people have different expressions. Gao Junping meant that it was just 500 people, a small matter; Li Ying meant that 500 people were worth making such a big fuss about; Chen Zhihao meant that 500 people were not enough, those were fully armed devils, and during the Pingxingguan campaign, they had only eliminated more than 1,000 of the enemy's logistics troops.

  Yang Jie drew a map of the surrounding terrain regardless of what they thought, and marked the route to lead the devils and the landmarks along the way.

  As expected, five days later, Li Baoguo sent a message that the enemy troops with more than 500 people set out from the county town and would stay overnight at Xiyangkou, and they would attack Kangjiatun on the second day.

  Watanabe was having lunch when he received a call from the Xiyangkou outpost. Watanabe particularly liked the "Eight Big Bowls" dish of Weixian, and almost every day he would change his order to try different variations. Just as the dishes were being served, he received a report that the Kangjiazhen outpost had been attacked, and no one, including Ono, had escaped. The details are still under investigation.

  Watanabe's eyes widened as he heard the executive officer's report, and the Four Joy Balls in his mouth almost choked him. He shouted: "What? What did you say? The Onoda unit has been annihilated?! Impossible! How is that possible?!" As he spoke, he searched for water to drink, and a duty soldier hastily handed it over. "The Onoda unit was an elite corps, how could they just disappear without a sound?"

  However, Watanabe knew that Xiyangkou was not allowed to make casual phone calls, and ordered: "Find Ma San to come."

  Ma Sanben was the head of the Military-Uniformed Special Agent Station stationed in Zhangjiakou, who was ordered to sabotage the communication equipment in Zhangjiakou City and escaped to Weixian where he was captured by the Japanese. He later defected and became a captain of the Japanese special agent team. Ma Sanben indeed had some skills, not only did he quickly eliminate the Nationalist Party's underground organization in Weixian, but also caused significant damage to **'s underground organization.

  Because of the big long face with a lot of acne, and a donkey temper, the people of Wei County called him "麻驴子" (Pockmarked Donkey). This little guy claimed to be from Shaolin Temple, was ruthless and cruel, and could be considered the tyrant of Wei County. The Nationalist Party's Military Bureau sent people to hunt him down three times, but he evaded them with cunning, or bought them off to become Japanese running dogs, or killed them; **this side also issued a wanted order, but similarly suffered losses and gave up.

  Ma San was startled when he heard that the Kono troops had been quietly eliminated. When he was told to go and investigate, he felt both frightened and excited. The person who could make the Kono troops not even have time to send out a distress signal was not someone to be trifled with. After such a big incident, Watanabe thought of sending himself first, and he was also happy to be reused by the devils. In fact, Watanabe had already sent someone to invite the commander of the Gui County Kempeitai, Matsuda, who had records of all the anti-Japanese activists. However, Matsuda still hadn't arrived, and it seemed that the hope was slim.

  Ma San rushed to the outskirts of Kangjiatun, but was recognized by Li Baoguo's men. Ma San was too cunning and knew that something must have happened in Kangjiatun, so he didn't plan to enter the town from the start. Instead, he led his little agents to lurk outside the town, observing with binoculars. By the time Li Baoguo arrived, Ma San had already fled. With a glance through the binoculars, Ma San saw people coming and going in Kangjiatun, busy and chaotic, with supplies piled up like mountains on the drill ground. Knowing it was not good, he didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly led his agents to escape.

  Watanabe sent Mǎ Sān away and began to deploy troops, letting Matsuda temporarily act as a substitute for Weixian County. He assembled all the mobile forces within the city of Weixian and mobilized some troops from various strongholds, gathering a force of 600 people. Upon hearing Mǎ Sān's words, Watanabe immediately ordered the only available artillery squad to join the battle.

  A standard Japanese Army 1100-man battalion had a 55-man gun platoon (1 x 10-man platoon HQ, 1 x 15-man ammunition squad, and two x 15-man gun squads each equipped with 1 x Type 92 70mm infantry gun)

  When Watanabe led his troops to the Xiyangkou stronghold, it was already near dusk. Watanabe ordered a night attack on Kangjiatun, but Sato Yumon, the leader of the Xiyangkou stronghold, strongly dissuaded him, saying that the enemy situation was unclear and that it would be more advantageous for the Imperial Army to fight during the day. Ma San also strongly advised against it. Watanabe finally agreed to stay overnight at the Xiyangkou stronghold.

  As soon as the news arrived, the people of Kangjiatun immediately organized a transfer. Some stubborn elements also transferred quickly under Yang's threat that "not cooperating with anti-Japanese is Hanjian".

  On the road surface 100 meters outside the west gate of Kangjia Town, all kinds of "landmines" were densely scattered, including real landmines left by the devils and hand grenade mines laid by Nan Wuren's high-ranking people.

  Yang Jie, in order to more effectively kill the enemy's living forces, sent Nan Weiren with twenty skilled shooters and Li Baoguo's fifty-man vanguard team to form a "five-li-long-stop, ten-li-short-stop" tactic. The horses ridden by Li Baoguo's vanguard team were all captured Japanese Oriental horses, while the twenty soldiers led by Nan Weiren rode local horses donated by the people of Kangjiatun, barely qualifying as cavalry.

  The devils came out of Xiyangkou and had not walked a mile before they triggered the landmine set by Li Baoguo. Li Baoguo's landmines were specially taught by Gao Junping, with what kind of front line and rear response, center opening plum blossom mine.

  Watanabe never dreamed that the enemy would lay landmines at his doorstep. The four-column formation of the devils' advancing troops made them pay a heavy price. As soon as the landmine exploded, many devils were blown to pieces and flew everywhere. Watanabe was thrown off his horse and fell to the ground, but he didn't care about the pain in his body. He quickly lay down on the ground, burying his head tightly between his arms. The other devils also hastily lay down, and soon another devil stepped on a landmine, triggering a series of explosions that shook the earth from start to finish.

  Watanabe immediately sensed the danger of this mine, and Mazan also saw the danger. He said to his little special agent: "If you want to survive, be honest, this time we've offended our ancestors."

  Li Baoguo led the team members to see all the landmines explode, and then led the team to leave. The team members were delighted and said: "Damn it's exciting, this is how you kill devils and feel satisfied." Boom, seven or eight of them died.

  Li Baoguo said while mounting his horse: "Quickly, go ahead and prepare, we still have a long way to go."

  Watanabe stood up, patted the dirt off his body, and ordered a count of the casualties. There were fifty dead, thirty wounded who could no longer fight, and sixty lightly injured.

  Watanabe understood in his heart that this was the opponent's warning to himself, and immediately ordered the troops to form a combat formation, disperse and advance, with engineers scouting for mines ahead.

  But nothing happened, and they walked safely for three or four miles. As they approached the river crossing, Ma San ran up to him: "Your Lordship, I think it's not quite right, wouldn't it be safer if you dismounted?"

  "Alas, your loyalty is great, dismount and rest for a while." He said, getting off his horse.

  He didn't know that Ma San's one sentence had saved his life. At this time, Nan Wei Ren was instructing the shooters beside him to identify targets: "Anyone who is riding a horse, carrying a command knife, wearing white gloves, being saluted by someone, waving a flag, carrying a machine gun, or carrying a small cannon are all key targets for shooting." Watanabe met three of these criteria, and five or six guns were aimed at him. Nan Wei Ren said: "Be careful not to concentrate your target on one person, each person finds their own target, tells the people around them, don't repeat. Hold your breath, prepare, fire!"

  As he spoke, the gun in his hand fired, and the bullet shot accurately towards Tōbē. Coincidentally, a Japanese soldier was standing right in front of Tōbē to report something, just as he raised his hand, the bullet entered from the back of this soldier's head and exited from his forehead, grazing Tōbē's ear as it flew by, scaring Tōbē into sitting on the ground with a thud. The Japanese soldiers hastily used their bodies to shield Tōbē.

  However, there was still a bullet that flew off Watanabe's hat amidst the enemy's panic.

  A voice with a hint of regret came from beside Nan Weiren: "Alas! It's too high." Nan Weiren turned his head to look, and saw a 17 or 18-year-old boy lying there seriously aiming with a Type 38 rifle. He couldn't help but ask: "What's your name? How old are you? Where are your family members?"

  That kid cocked the trigger and said, "Zheng Xiulin, nineteen years old, my dad is right there." He pointed to a big black man next to him, "It's just me and my grandfather at home, my mom and sister were killed by the Japanese while escaping to Guanli, my dad said that if we don't fight against the devils, our lives would be meaningless. In the east, we killed four devils and escaped here, met you guys, my dad said that official was gentle and humble, not like other soldiers he had met before, so he joined the army."

  Nan Ruo Xiang looked at the big black man and said: "What's your dad's name?"

  "Zheng Jun Guo, of the Northeast Army."

  Nan Ren's friendly face smiled at Zheng Jun Guo and signaled for the troops to retreat.

  Sniping is all about its speed and unpredictability.

  Watanabe and others stopped the gunfire, stood up from the crowd, only to find that this attack brought more serious injuries to his troops. Almost all of the squad leaders were killed in action, and some machine gunners were wounded, greatly reducing the combat effectiveness of the troops. Even if new squad leaders are appointed immediately, they cannot restore their original command capabilities.

  Watanabe felt vaguely that this expedition was too hasty, knowing nothing about the enemy, and having lost over a hundred men before even achieving victory. A feeling of being at a loss for what to do, which he had never experienced before, suddenly welled up in his heart. He was fighting against thin air, with no way to utilize his strength.

  "Order the dispatch of search parties, advance with caution." Watanabe reissued the order after making a series of personnel adjustments.

  The devils became more cautious in their search and advance, slowing down the march, which made Li Baoguo so anxious that he stomped his feet. Seeing the devils send out a search party, he was moved to action and immediately ordered someone to count the number of people in the devil's search party. The devil's search party divided into two routes along the main road, searching forward, less than 500 meters away from the main force. Li Baoguo decided to let the team members learn by doing, leading the team to a section suitable for ambush, dismounting and saying to the soldiers: "Today, I will teach you some hidden combat skills. Some comrades may have practiced martial arts, but combat and martial arts are different. The purpose of combat is to kill the opponent. As special warfare personnel, this is a skill that you must master. Now watch carefully, later you will try to use it to ambush the devil's search party."

  As soon as they heard that they would be going into battle, the team members gathered around, intently watching Li Baoguo demonstrate. Li Baoguo was unusually patient and meticulous in his explanation and demonstration of each move, which gave the team members a huge boost in confidence. However, when it came time for them to try it out themselves, they quickly discovered that it wasn't as easy as it looked. The hidden techniques weren't something that could be mastered overnight.

  In the end, Li Baoguo only taught one hidden technique based on their current situation, and the team members were able to grasp it quickly. When teaching hand-to-hand combat skills, Li Baoguo only instructed them on how to quickly kill the enemy, without explaining how to defend themselves.

  After a few rounds of practice, Li Baoguo had the soldiers practice again, selecting twenty team members from among them. "In a moment, you will hide here and ambush the ten devils who are coming," he said. "Two people per devil, no guns allowed, and don't let the little devils make a sound. Those who perform well will be immediately promoted to squad leader. Now, follow him," he pointed to a tall, powerful man with a red face, "he is in charge of the entire group's actions, and everyone else must listen to his commands. Let's move!"

  Hong Lian Hanzi is called Kang Jia Bao, with the big mountain as his home, he spends all day roaming in the mountains hunting and has rich hunting experience. In his words: "It's like hunting wild boars, too early won't do, too late won't do either."

  Li Baoguo smiled and said, "That's the idea. Think carefully and fight this battle well, it will be beneficial to you. Pay attention to hiding in low-lying areas, beware of the enemy's firepower reconnaissance; when acting, move quickly, don't let the enemy react."

  As the ghost search team stepped into the ambush circle step by step, Li Baoguo's heart was in his throat. He himself had participated in such actions many times, but he felt particularly tense, and only then did he understand why the captain was always so nagging.

  Just as Li Baoguo thought it was the best opportunity, Kang Jiabao's order was also launched. The whole ambush went smoothly like a rehearsal, and in just a few seconds, ten devils were killed at the same time. Li Baoguo was overjoyed and immediately ordered: "You are all good, now declare that you are all squad leaders, as for team members, wait until this battle is over, think of your own way, I believe you have this ability. As for the captain, I will go and tell him, no problem. Come on, bring our big fellow here!

  The team burst out laughing, not taking Li Baoguo's words seriously. They quickly pulled out the four hidden small cannons and ten shells. Li Baoguo personally calibrated them and marked the direction of movement. When the devils approached, with a single order, the four small cannons fired simultaneously. The devils cleverly lay down, looking for cover, but where could they find cover on the main road? Fortunately, Li Baoguo's team only fired ten rounds before retreating, as it was a tactic to psychologically destroy the enemy.

  Watanabe scrambled up in a panic, really thinking of retreating. If this continued, before reaching Kangjia Town, his own troops would be exhausted. But reason told him that the more so, the braver he should advance. "Order the troops to ignore the ambushes on the road and quickly gather at Kangjia Town."

  Watanabe understood that sometimes a battle is just about momentum. If you are psychologically overwhelmed by the enemy, the whole unit will really be finished.

  Li Baoguo and Nan Weiren converged at a place seven or eight li away from Kangjiatun, where Yang Jingyu ordered them to follow the Japanese troops after they passed by, driving them deep inside. Yang Jingyu was determined to bury these devils.