Chapter 41: The First Battle of the Mountain Forest Police Team (Part 1)

  Endless snowy plains, a team sped across the snow-covered ground, their skis plowing through the drifts and sending up swirling clouds of snow, leaving behind two trails.

  Under the icy blue sky, the sun shines brightly. The entire team forms a line, head to tail, connected in an unbroken chain. Their white snow camouflage uniforms blend seamlessly into the snowy terrain, just like a flock of swallows taking flight, agile and nimble. If you don't look closely, it's impossible to tell that there is a team of dozens marching across the snowy ground.

  Tang Qiuli led his troops on a forced march towards their current battle objective, Heihu Mountain.

  Even when the team was training at the base, Tang Qiuli had thought about this issue. Who is the team's first combat target?

  For this matter, Tang Qiuli was entangled for a long time and chose the Japanese devils as the target of the first battle. To be honest, he still didn't trust himself because he knew the combat quality of the Japanese soldiers and the education of Bushido spirit over the years. They had just occupied the entire Northeast and their morale was high. Although the Blood Hand Gang's knife was sharpened enough to be sharp, Tang Qiuli did not want to cut it on an iron plate for the first time. The most feared thing in the first battle is to lose, which would make the military prestige collapse, the soldiers disheartened, and if things go wrong, there would be a risk of total destruction and dispersal of the troops. In his heart, he could despise the enemy, but tactically, he had to take them seriously.

  This was the result that Tang Qiuli least wanted to see, for this, he carefully considered it for many days and also discussed his own ideas with Autumn Shengge and others several times. According to the intelligence gathered by Autumn Quan and others, the final decision was made to make the mountain forest police team in Hei Mangzi Gou the first battle's annihilation target, as an opportunity for the team to temper itself in actual combat.

  During this time, he sent out Qiū Quán to scout out the target of this operation, requiring them to gather as much detailed and in-depth information as possible, and gave the scouting party specific directions and tasks.

  After Qiū Quán and his team went out for a few days, they gathered all the detailed intelligence on Hēi Xiāo Gōu and sent it to Táng Qiū. Looking at this intelligence, Táng Qiū couldn't help but admire Qiū Quán's natural talent as a scout and that of his reconnaissance team members. This intelligence was incredibly detailed, and he had no idea how they managed to obtain it. Let's just say that the soldiers on Hēi Hǔ Shān remembered every detail of their trips to the latrine, it was simply incredible!

  Tang Qiuli looked at these intelligence reports, a detailed battle plan gradually matured in his mind. Right, let's attack the Mountain Forest Police Team of Hei Mangou.

  As for these fake cops in Hei Mangou, they are not good people at all. Originally, they were bandits who occupied the mountains and rivers, their main business was robbery, kidnapping, and extortion. The big boss's nickname is "Zhan Manjiang", which means that the entire Songhua River basin is his territory.

  "This 'Occupying the River' is not a local, and no one knows his surname. His hometown is near the China-North Korea border in Changbai Mountain. His family is a well-known wealthy household in the area. This guy has never been a good kid since he was young. As soon as he grew up a bit, he didn't do honest work. At home, he was a lazybones, every day carrying a bird cage, socializing with friends, not studying, and engaging in all sorts of bad behaviors such as fighting, visiting brothels, running a wine shop, usury, bullying good people, playing tricks, and using underhanded methods."

  His father couldn't control him, and when he was eighteen years old, this kid suddenly became infatuated with his second aunt. He would often sneak peeks at her while she was bathing or changing clothes. One day, after getting drunk and returning home to find no one around, he took advantage of the situation and raped his second aunt on the bed. Just as he was pulling up his pants, his father came back home and saw what had happened. He was so furious that he wanted to slap him in the face, but instead, he was kicked to the ground by the kid and left lying there.

  Later, his father drove him out of the house, and this kid kicked his foot, went up the mountain, and entered the gang. At first, he was just a small servant, serving as a close person (similar to a servant) for the big boss. He knew how to do things, see the wind and make a boat, guess what people think, that's clear. The big boss had nothing good except for his lust, this kid took advantage of the opportunity, gave the big boss a tiger-wolf poison, as a result, the big boss died on the woman's belly that night, this kid made another move, killed several close confidants of the big boss, and finally sat on the head chair of the mountain stronghold.

  After becoming the master of Jiang's family, the first thing he did was to take Hu Zi and ransack his own home. What's more, this little devil actually killed his second brother and took his second sister-in-law up the mountain, making her the mistress of the stronghold. You say this little devil is poisonous enough, not recognizing any relatives!

  After the Japanese occupied the three northeastern provinces, he also followed the trend and raised the anti-Japanese flag. He obtained a lot of equipment from Ma Zhanshan, the governor of Heilongjiang, and was given a number by the Anti-Japanese Democratic Allied Army, which assigned him a political commissar. However, this guy was "a disabled person shouting while sitting", and had never seen him kill a Japanese soldier.

  Later, seeing the Japanese forces were strong, he surrendered to the Japanese and handed over the political commissar of the Anti-Communist League to them as a gift. The Japanese highly appreciated him and gave him a large sum of money. They also reorganized his troops into the Mountain Forest Police Corps and sent them to Hei Anzi Gou by the Songhua River, where there was a small gold mine and a logging camp, showing their great trust in him.

  This little scoundrel was shaking all over, bringing along the bearded men under his command, also known as the mountain police squad. Anyway, they were all the same. They came here and this little scoundrel started doing evil without any scruples, claiming that "the horse's fodder is for humans to eat, every night they have to enter the bridal chamber, and every village has a mother-in-law!" He brought disaster and suffering to the villages within a hundred miles around. If some family's child wasn't well-behaved, as soon as he said "I'm here", this child would immediately become as obedient as a cat! The common people mentioned him with hatred in their teeth, cursing him to die early, but the gun was in his hand, and they were helpless, unable to do anything, and could only endure.

  Tang Qiuli chose "Zhan Manjiang" as the primary target after careful consideration, taking into account the team's current strength and the combat experience of its members, in order to avoid a first battle with the enemy.

  Firstly, it's to get rid of the plague for the common people and make a name for the Blood Hand Gang. Secondly, recently the little devils have replenished their equipment, and the team members have consumed a lot of ammunition during training at the base. If they don't resupply soon, they'll be in trouble. Thirdly, these guys rely on the Japanese to back them up, so other factions don't dare to mess with them. This place doesn't have an Anti-Japanese League team yet, and this little devil is arrogant and lax in his defense, making it a good opportunity to strike.

  So this time, Tang Qiuli led the entire team out, bringing enough ammunition. He wanted every team member to go through the baptism of war and grow up in battle.

  On the third day at noon, the team arrived in a dense forest near Hei Mangzi Gou, waiting for nightfall. Hei Mangzi Gou is over 200 miles away from the base. Although all team members know how to ski, Tang Qiu didn't rush them and instead controlled their marching speed to conserve energy and strength.

  The sky gradually darkened, and the team members all hid in the temporary snow pits dug on the snowy ground to rest. This was a common way to avoid the cold in the wild, not too cold. In order not to expose the target, no fire was lit. The team members ate some dry food they carried with them, gnawed at a few mouthfuls of snow, and rested quietly. However, no one had any idea of sleeping, how could they sleep?

  Tang Qiuli watched as the team members whispered to each other, their expressions revealing that they were all in a state of extreme excitement, with a hint of tension. It was only natural, after all, this was their first real-life battle.

  Tang Qiuli reviewed the entire battle plan in his mind again, to see if he could find any flaws or anything that he hadn't thought of.

  No wonder Tang Qiuli was so cautious, this group of mountain forest police had more than 160 people, and the ratio with their own team was more than three to one. These beards were not rookies, they all came from the hail of bullets, although they didn't have the training and equipment of the Japanese devils, but these beards' individual quality was good, after all, they had been in the forest for so many years, their marksmanship was very accurate. What about his own team's strength? He knew it clearly in his heart.

  For this, Tang Qiuli set up two plans. One was to launch a surprise attack, sneaking up the mountain without being detected, and trying to eliminate these troublemakers in their lair, thus avoiding casualties among his troops. The other plan was that if the surprise attack failed, they would switch to a strong assault, which was not what he wanted to see. Based on different firepower configurations, he divided personnel and equipment into several groups, and according to the development of the battle, temporary adjustments could be made on site, changing the combat mode as needed.

  It's already the second half of the night, and the wind has picked up. The strong gusts are causing the treetops to howl loudly. Thick, dark clouds have covered up half of the crescent moon in the sky. Heaven is being kind, this is a good omen for Tang Qiuli. This weather situation is beneficial for the team's actions.

  As the time arrived, Tang Qiuli gathered his team members together and repeated the battle plan and key points again, emphasizing that they must listen to the command of each team leader. After arranging these, he waved his hand, "Depart!" The entire team was divided into four combat squads, following the reconnaissance route, like four arrows shot from a bowstring, heading towards the dark and deep Hei'an Gou, where only faint lights were flickering in the darkness.

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