Chapter 47: Night Raid on the Train Station (Part 1)

  All the houses in this village have begun to fall into disrepair, for their owners fled hastily when the devils came and had no time to tend to these immobile companions.

  "We're still unclear about the situation inside the train station, and our reconnaissance is too limited." Yang Jie continued, "What do you think?"

  Li Baoguo took a look at Nan Weiren, "I think there are only two companies of devils stationed inside. The key is how we can sneak in quietly. The ground outside the train station is all paved with nail boards, and there are trenches, which must have water inside. The walls on all four sides are too high, and there are artillery towers at the four corners, searchlights, it's too dangerous, the difficulty is too great."

  Nan looked at the two men, "Li Baoguo is right, the devils' garrison will not exceed two companies. You see, a county town, the devils can only station one battalion of troops, now they are divided in five directions, which means all the troops stationed in the county town are placed here. So, according to the number of a battalion, based on our observation, the number of people in the five artillery towers is not the same, but roughly around 100-200 people, and there will not be more than 300 devils inside. If things go wrong, there may only be one company inside."

  "If Captain Li were here, it would be better." said Li Baoguo.

  "She's useless, the devils inside and outside are not in harmony with each other, I think the devils inside may have priority." Yang Cong thought for a moment, "In this case, inform the political commissars to make preparations for reception, tomorrow night we will start our action, Li Baoguo's special warfare team will be stationed here, and we will take your special warfare company with us. Order the second battalion, base special operations group, and training group to take down those artillery towers after we succeed, and have the third battalion send over some troops to provide support."

  "Can't we take action on the road where the devils are transporting?" Xu De asked in a low voice.

  "No way. The devils won't transport so many things at once, besides the devils will have a large troop to escort them. If we hadn't destroyed the railway thoroughly earlier, it would be impossible to destroy it now, the devils have deployed a large number of people along the road to ensure the safety of this batch of materials." Yang Jie said in a low voice, looking at several people, "Tomorrow morning?"

  "October 3rd," Xu De said.

  Disguise is the simplest and most basic compulsory course for special warfare personnel. On October 3rd, as soon as the sun had just set, the sky was still hazy with a faint yellow light, the soldiers of Iron Blood Company and Blood Blade Company had gathered in the small pine forest. They had checked their equipment several times, but the captains hadn't arrived yet. However, they were accustomed to special living conditions and arranged sentry posts on their own initiative, each finding a shooting point to ambush.

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  The night wind brought a gentle mist, the white dew had already passed, and the September weather was getting cold. As a special team, the special forces were highly valued and had been equipped with padded jackets. They all knew that even the company commander was still wearing a single layer of clothing, just like their comrades in other troops, struggling to get through the gradually colder days.

  In the dark night, the fog can only be felt but not seen. However, for those who are used to working at night, the thin fog like a light silk or the thick fog like a cotton ball, are their favorites, because such things seem to give people a sense of security. Of course, danger often comes with it.

  The team members who had been selected in the fog quietly disappeared beside their comrades, even their slight snores didn't stop, slowly disappearing into the night sky with their silhouettes.

  In a place less than ten meters away from the trench, the grass suddenly became dense. The enemy's artillery tower was only about sixty meters away, and along with the night wind, even the enemy's loud laughter on the artillery tower could be heard. The enemy's searchlight scanned every two minutes, basically uninterrupted.

  It's nine o'clock. The sound of the devils in the artillery tower also subsided.

  The night was very quiet, and the starlight in the clear night sky shone through the thin fog with a weak light. Black, but not too black.

  The fog was floating lightly up and down in the beam of the searchlight, sweeping across the grass below.

  Quiet. The autumn insects in the grass are singing loudly, making the night even quieter. A night bird cried out sharply in the sky and flew southward - was it a lost wild goose or a lonely traveler of the night? "Bang!" A gunshot rang out, the night bird wailed as it fell to the ground, and from the watchtower came a burst of loud laughter.

  "Zuǒ Mù jun, your marksmanship is really too accurate." A slightly childish voice said.

  “Haha……,” Zuomu laughed, “As long as you train hard, you can definitely do it too.” Zuomu proudly gazed up at the sky, and out of the corner of his eye, he seemed to catch a glimpse of a black shadow flashing across the trench. Zuomu hastily shone the searchlight in that direction, but there was nothing on the wide defensive ditch, only the calm water surface with some slight ripples in the hazy fog. As a sniper, he naturally trusted his own eyes; but as the actual supervisor, he knew very clearly that this trench was eighteen meters wide and three meters deep. Not to mention people jumping over, even tigers couldn't leap such a long distance from flat ground, let alone the fact that the side of the trench had inverted nail boards, making it impossible for anyone to get a foothold. After scanning with the searchlight, Zuomu lightly shook his head and handed the light back to the young soldier.

  "What's wrong? Is there something going on?"

  "No." Zuomu Ke was not a person who spoke recklessly, he was very clear about the punishment for spreading false military information in the army, especially in this special situation, it was simply a matter of life and death. This morning, Captain Lin Zhong ordered his men to beat him up just because he said something wrong, and also ordered him not to eat dinner. It is said that General Yamashita scolds Captain Lin every day, and his words are extremely severe.

  The days of Yamashita Taizō are really like sitting on pins and needles. Originally, it was just a passing material in Zhuozhou, but now it has become hoarded. The original plan for repairing the railway was three days, but now it's been a week, and there is still no movement. I heard that even with the protection of heavy troops, only a little bit can be repaired. But the direct order from the North China Military Command is to take lives very seriously. Yamashita naturally knows that Zhuozhou is not peaceful, just by looking at the railway. With so many materials, the guerrilla forces may have already known about it, and it's even possible that they will attract a large number of Eighth Route Army troops! The strength of the Kobayakawa detachment is clearly insufficient, and the military police no longer need to bother interrogating those suspicious suspects, directly shooting them dead. Yamashita secretly congratulated himself on his foresight, letting people build defensive fortifications, and they were all completed within four days. The Chinese are really capable, and they don't even need to be paid, as long as they agree not to kill them, they will obey very well. Haha, not killing them? How strange! Such an important secret, how can it be leaked? In Zhuozhou city and outside the city, as long as someone looks suspicious, fire immediately. The only benefit of doing this is that if the guerrilla scouts are going to retaliate, they will definitely know in advance whether those elusive guerrillas have come or not. Yesterday, just yesterday, the military police were attacked, and the enemy's firepower was very fierce, with more than a dozen military police killed. But Yamashita was very happy, immediately sending a telegram to his good friend Saitō Kan, requesting him to support a detachment of troops.

  Just received news, tomorrow morning a group of reinforcements will set out and rush here, saying they have been ordered by the Command Center.