Chapter 22: The Heaven-Defying Enemy Luring Technique

  "The terrain around the floating bridge is relatively flat, with slow water flow, and there are no shelters within 500 meters." Xu De added, "I think using guns and artillery won't work, the small cannons can't reach, we didn't bring infantry cannons, and light and heavy machine guns can't lock down the bridge surface before being surrounded by the enemy, so we have to come up with a plan from the explosives."

  The infantry guns captured by Shalingzi Town were ordered to be blown up by Li Baoguo.

  As soon as he mentioned Zha medicine, Nan Ren smiled and asked Kang Nianshan, "Is there anything good left behind by the High Team?"

  "Kou had established an ammunition supply point in this area before, but we don't know exactly where it was. It was Kou who led Yun Zesan and the others to build it."

  Yun Ze Sheng is the Dragon's Roar Lian's Lian Zhang of Gao Jun Ping.

  "Alright, let me arrange this. Zhu Zhenkun, Li Yuankang, Wang Xue, you three are in charge of searching and rescuing the team members who fell into the water yesterday. They're probably already ashore downstream. Fenghuang Battle Team, Feihu Battle Team, Liebao Battle Team," Nan Weiren used the special forces' names for the first time, and it really did have a bit of a majestic feel to it. Wang Guixi, Fu Mali, Kang Nianshan almost simultaneously froze, then simultaneously shouted: "Yes!"

  The deputy captain of the three troops was originally served by a company commander.

  Nan Ren glanced at the three of them, "Alright, alright. The three combat teams will be responsible for dealing with the devils searching for me. You guys discuss tactics among yourselves and try to minimize gunfire, let's give those devils a taste of mountain special warfare."

  "Yes!" The three of them shouted in unison.

  Zhu Zhenkun and the other two were about to ask for battle, but Nan Wei Ren stopped them. "The soldiers need to go through some tempering before they can have the fighting power like the special forces. We want to fight a sure-win battle, and in the battle, we will temper our will and courage. Now, if the guerrilla fighters join the battle, I'm afraid there will be many casualties. This group of devils is the elite frontline troops of Little Japan, it's not necessary to clash with them head-on. The special forces are also designed to annihilate them, however, you can select some soldiers to follow them and learn from observation, but they must be quick and agile, and cannot make mistakes. War is about killing people."

  Li Bao Guo led his guard regiment, following the map provided by Li Ying, to a small hill that was not eye-catching at all. Although it was also densely forested here, compared to the big mountain, the momentum was far from enough. The path was suddenly cut off by a large tree and split into two strands, extending out in both directions.

  Nan stopped in front of Ren's residence and said to Li Baoguo: "It seems like it's here. What do you think is the level of protection array that Lao Gao set up?"

  "It's so close to Zhangjiakou, it must be a very high level one." Li Baoguo said without thinking. The significance of this supply point lies in providing sufficient weapon support at critical moments. The closer to the enemy, the greater the power of the stored weapons, and of course, there are also some other significant weapon reserves, such as stealth attacks, infiltration equipment, etc.

  "It's an A-level top-notch defense." Nan Erren looked at the map and knew the level of the defensive formation.

  Yang Jie reinterpreted some ancient fabric array methods in the appendix of "Training Outline", combining them with his own understanding, and divided them into four levels: A, B, C, and D, each level further divided into four sub-levels: 甲 (A), 乙 (B), 丙 (C), and 丁 (D). Level A consists of comprehensive array methods.

  The most powerful is A-level Ding, which requires a lot of effort to set up. This A-level Jia is also completed in more than a month.

  "It seems Lao Gao has really prepared something good." Li Baoguo said with a smile.

  "Liu Jian, seal off the surrounding area within a five-mile radius and put it on high alert. The rest of you, follow us in. Pay attention to learning some skills. Most importantly, observe how the person in front of you is walking, don't take a wrong step. This is a three-dimensional defense formation, be careful with what's above your head." Nan Wei Ren said to the remaining team members.

  Li Bao Guo led the way, circling around a large tree and heading into the depths of the forest instead of taking either side path. Although the sun had already risen high in the sky, it was still quite dark inside the forest, with birds flying freely between the trees, singing away, which made the silence within even more pronounced. A few autumn insects occasionally let out a faint cry from among the grass, and everything seemed peaceful and natural.

  However, Xu De and Liu Jian, who were walking behind Li Baoguo in the south, knew that under this calm and natural surface, there were mechanisms everywhere, and ambushes everywhere, which could cause those who entered by mistake to lose their lives at any time. Because they had followed the two captains to build such a defensive formation before, and deeply understood its dangers.

  A team member pushed aside the fallen grass, and found that within a few centimeters of his feet, there were steel nails with inverted hooks all over. He was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat. If he had accidentally stepped on them, his foot would have been crippled. Not far from the steel nails, a flower snake was cut open by a double-bladed knife exposed to the ground for several inches, leaving only a snakeskin winding between the grass roots. In front of the snake, not far away, there were the white bones and sheepskin of a wild mountain goat, and next to it was the remains of a wolf, all of which had been corroded by insects and turned into a pile of white bones. There was still an iron clip on their hind leg bones.

  As for unseen pitfalls and snares, there are too many to count.

  Later, a team member asked Xu De: Aren't you afraid that ordinary people will accidentally enter and get injured?

  He replied that as long as people follow the road, they won't get in. Those roads are well-designed, and as long as you don't take a detour, you'll either return to your original place or bypass it and head towards its original destination. Xu De also said that these small roads have their own set of rules, and in order to prevent them from being overgrown with weeds, they would either sprinkle salt or animal feed along the road, relying on animals to maintain the existence of the road. Over time, animals will get used to walking here and naturally maintain the existence of the road, even in winter, without fear. Moreover, the selected places are mostly remote and rarely visited by people.

  Nan Ruo Ren, who was walking in front, suddenly said: "Be careful above, there are stones." Everyone looked up and saw that several large stones were suspended from the tree with a few wooden sticks. The mechanism was unknown.

  "Here." Li Baoguo said, parting the grass to reveal a flat stone at the base of the tree, seemingly prepared for people to rest on. "By the time you get here, most people are out of breath and need to find a place to rest." The rest is self-evident.

  He walked forward for over a dozen steps, when Nan Er suddenly said: "It's ruined. This kid set up a killing array. The front is definitely a biological attack zone. Both sides are traps. It seems he doesn't plan on reusing this place."

  Xu De looked ahead and found that not far away was a sea of flowers, with various colorful flowers blooming brightly, and the strong fragrance of flowers wafting through the air. He asked inexplicably: "What's going on? This place is so beautiful."

  Nan Rensheng smiled and said, " 'Die under the peony flowers, even as a ghost it's still windy', that's exactly what this thing is. Where there are flowers, there must be bees, I guarantee it's those vicious yellow wasps from the mountains that can take your life. Some flowers also attract snakes, it's possible he's raised a few venomous snakes here too."

  "No need to say more, let's hurry up!" Li Baoguo said, taking out a few grenades from behind Xu De and throwing them out. The grenades fell to the ground in a straight line, exploding and kicking up a lot of mud mixed with some flowers and grass, flying through the air. Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from above, "Hornets, yellow hornets, there really are yellow hornets!" Xu De shouted loudly behind Li Baoguo.

  Several yellow wasps flew in the direction of the crowd, and Xu De nervously grabbed Li Baoguo's clothes. "I've been most afraid of this thing since I was a child."

  "It's all right, it won't fly over here." Li Baoguo said with a smile.

  As expected, the wasp flew to within three meters of Li Baoguo, hovered for a few moments, and then flew away.

  Xu De strangely asked: "Captain, how did you know it wouldn't fly over?"

  Nan Ren walked forward and pointed to the grass on the ground, "The smell emitted by the grass in this area is what yellow wasps fear most."

  Two men led the team to safety, and Nan Wei-ren pointed to a large boulder protruding from the mountain wall in front of him, saying: "It's here." As he spoke, he bent down and searched under the boulder for a while, pulling out a small stone block from underneath. He said to Xu De: "Now it's safe here, come on, push this big boulder open." Xu De stepped forward, and together with Nan Wei-ren and Li Bao-guo, the three of them used their strength, and the massive boulder began to shake slightly before being pushed down the mountain slope by the trio. Along the way, it continuously knocked down trees, producing a rumbling sound.

  A large entrance appeared before everyone's eyes, Nan Erxian took the lead and walked in first. The space inside was very large, but the accumulated materials were not many. "What is Old Gao doing?! He spent a lot of effort setting up the defensive formation outside, but there's only this little stuff inside?" Li Baoguo said in confusion.

  "This space is too big, it seems like there's less stuff. Maybe there's something awesome here." Nan Wei Ren said lightly.

  The cave was a bit dark, but the ventilation was good and it was relatively dry. "Open all these things and see what's inside. Anyway, we'll take them away," Li Baoguo said to the soldiers who had just entered.

  Nan Ren opened a trunk in the corner and suddenly shouted: "Bao Guo, come over! Good stuff!" After finishing, he picked up the things in the trunk and compared them with Li Bao Guo.

  "Hand grenade! It's a hand grenade!" Li Baoguo saw it at a glance, and exclaimed with joy, "There really is good stuff!"

  "This must be something Lao Gao got from the devils, not many National Army troops are equipped with grenade launchers, I haven't heard that the Great Wall War troops have this thing." Nan Wei Ren said thoughtfully.

  "Who cares, as long as it's available. Let the little devil try later, and see if his pontoon bridge is solid or our shell is powerful. See if there are any other tricks, Old Gao is always full of surprises."

  Li Baoguo's voice had just fallen when Xu De called out: "Captain, look at Gao team's new invention." His tone was full of excitement.

  The two walked over and took a look, only to find that Gao Junping had loaded the enemy's helmet with Zha medicine and timed bombs, creating an explosive helmet bomb.

  Looking at these steel helmet bombs, Li Baoguo and Nan Weiren exchanged a smile. "This time it's still you, this is your specialty." Nan Weiren said with a smile.

  "No problem, I guarantee these bombs will find the pontoon bridge and explode on their own." Li Baoguo also said with a smile.

  "Hurry up and see if there's anything good left, we're pulling out." Nan Wei-ren said to the team members beside him.

  The grenade launcher is a type of super-caliber ammunition that is hung in front of the barrel and fired with a gun and bullet. It can be divided into killing and anti-tank types. The killing-type grenade launcher generally weighs 200-600 grams, has a killing radius of 10-30 meters, and a maximum range of 300-600 meters; the anti-tank type grenade launcher generally weighs 500-700 grams, has a direct shooting distance of 50-100 meters, and can penetrate 350mm of armor vertically, and can penetrate 1000mm thick concrete fortifications. In addition, grenade launchers can also fire armor-piercing, killing dual-purpose shells, special shells, and training shells. Grenade launchers are generally fired using tube-type launchers and rod-type launchers.

  In the cave, they also found a few shotgun shells at that time.

  Fifteen minutes later, Nan Weiren and Li Baoguo led the team to leave the ammunition depot and disappeared into the dense forest.

  Wang Guixi, Fu Mali and Kang Nianshan gathered together to discuss countermeasures after Li Baoguo led the team south.

  "Now who is in front watching the devils?" Kang Nianshan, being slightly older, spoke first.

  Wang Guixi said: "It's Zheng Xiulin from the Phoenix Battle Team."

  "Alright, let's lead the devils to Guipan Ridge instead. With the strength of our three combat teams, these few hundred devils won't be enough to go around." said Kangnianshan.

  "Right, the Guipan Ridge is mountainous and densely forested, with complex roads, making it perfect for special warfare. Let's use these over a thousand devils to have a competition, how about that? Guixi, your team will take care of the front section, wait for Zheng Xiulin to lure the devils over; Old Kang, you'll cut off their retreat; my team will ambush on both flanks, let's see who has good luck, captures more devils and suffers fewer casualties. Alright?" Fu Mali said to the two men.

  "Good." The two nodded in unison.

  Zheng Xiulin received a telegram from Wang Guixi and understood the deployment of the three men. He immediately ordered his troops to prepare for battle.

  "King Little Black."

  "Here!" A dark-skinned seventeen- or eighteen-year-old boy poked his head out from the grass behind Zheng Xiulin and replied in a low voice. Wang Xiaohei was Zheng Xiulin's partner in crime, as well as his closest friend.

  "Little Hei, you go and lure the devils to the Wild Boar's Mouth, I'll lead the second and third squads to ambush them there. Be careful not to let the devils get a bite."

  As for the terrain of this area, Zheng Xiulin and his team had already scouted it out, which was also a compulsory course for special forces.

  Wang Xiaohei waved his hand backwards, "One row, up!" Fifty warriors, each holding their weapons, quickly emerged from their hiding places and followed Wang Xiaohei to face the devils. Soon, this small team merged with the surrounding mountains and forests.

  Wang Xiaohei, who was walking at the front of the team, not only had excellent marksmanship, but also possessed family-transmitted martial arts skills and had been specially trained by Nan Weiren's faction to be sent to Li Baoguo's side. Most importantly, Wang Xiaohei himself genuinely enjoyed this kind of thrilling and adventurous special warfare life.

  A low hum, characteristic of the local insect called "dog lou", came from the front. In the empty mountains, it sounded very jarring and extremely ordinary. This dark whistle was still sent out early in the morning to monitor the devils, they moved with the devils and reported their actions at any time.

  Having gathered the password, Wang Xiaohei led his men to hide in the thick grass. In the binoculars, there were more than a dozen devils who had searched this way, and the mountain road behind the devils was cold and deserted. The winding mountain road stretched deep into the mountains, with a misty fog hovering at the exit of the forest.

  Wang Xiaohei handed the telescope to a tall and sturdy warrior beside him: "Lao Kang, it's yours!"

  Lao Kang, Kang Baocheng, from a butcher's family in Kangjia Town, was imprisoned and sentenced to death for offending the wealthy landlord Kang Baokang and his son, but was rescued by Yang Jue and joined the revolution.

  Kang Baocheng took the binoculars and looked: "These devils are quite powerful, great, I like it!" He turned his head to say to those behind him: "Brothers, let's get to work!" This was a phrase he loved to say when he was a butcher.

  Only a cluster of grass swayed, and a team member followed Kang Baocheng to sneak up on the ghostly search team.

  The rustling of insects and the chirping of birds in the forest made the environment even more serene. Seven or eight devils were cautiously searching forward, looking like seasoned veterans. Suddenly, a stone flew out from somewhere and hit the helmet of the last devil, making a crisp "ding" sound, which was so clear in the quiet morning breeze.

  Several devils immediately crouched down with their guns at the ready, scanning their surroundings.

  The surrounding forest was quiet except for the chirping of insects and birds, but to a few devils, it added a few more mysterious colors.

  The devils crouched, covering each other, and retreated backwards. Suddenly, in the circle formed by the devils, a clump of grass, someone stood up shouting: "You stepped on my foot!"

  It happened suddenly, and several devils were frightened, hastily turning around towards the inner circle.

  At this moment, from the grass beside the devils, all sorts of deadly things flew out: either a wooden arrow shot straight through the devil's chest; or a dagger stabbed directly into the devil's back; or a lasso suddenly pulled the devil into the grass. In an instant, the devils were killed off.

  The person standing in the middle shouted softly: "Leave one for me!"

  No echo, only silently collecting their respective spoils of war and gathering around Kang Baocheng who stood in the middle, vigilantly guarding against all directions.

  The devil's luck was really good, and after getting up in the morning, he had a stomachache that wouldn't stop, and didn't know what he ate, had some diarrhea, originally wanted to ask for leave, but heard the captain say that this time there would be a lot of benefits to be gained, so he reluctantly followed the team out, and was also assigned as the vanguard. Of course, as an old soldier, Tuanmu still knew the rules and didn't dare to talk nonsense, following the small team leader to scout ahead. From the battle experience in recent days, he knew that being a vanguard meant robbing some things in advance.

  However, after entering the woods, out of habit as an old soldier, they still searched very cautiously. Duanmu, due to unbearable stomach pain, quietly fell behind a few steps, wanting to solve his personal problem. As soon as he half stood up, he saw the scene from earlier and was so scared that his legs trembled uncontrollably. The people who were with him just now were all notorious old slippery fish, and they had been done in by one move. Duanmu quietly lay down behind a clump of grass, knowing that the large search party was right behind him. He waited, planning to fire a warning shot after the party arrived.

  Kang Baocheng and Wang Xiaohai are also waiting.