Chapter 19: The Ace Who Met Ahead of Time (New Book Seeking Attention)

  "Where has the vehicle fleet of the Chinese gone?" Yamada Tadakazu, captain of the Japanese Army's Special High Command North China Special Action Squad, had come to intercept Chen Feng's vehicle fleet under the orders of Bureau Chief Hirahara Eiichi.

  "Report to Lieutenant, the vanguard of the Chinese troops is less than three kilometers away from our current position. At the speed of horse-drawn carriages, they will arrive in no more than twenty minutes." The soldier called Takeda replied in a low voice.

  "Are you sure there are less than fifty Chinese troops escorting the convoy?" Yamada Tadakazu asked again.

  "Hey, the Chinese convoy has nearly 800 to 900 vehicles, with one driver per vehicle. The drivers are unarmed, and there are also over 50 cavalrymen escorting them. If we can eliminate those 50 or so cavalrymen, we can destroy the entire convoy." Wada continued to answer.

  "Alright, order the troops to get ready for battle and wait for my command to open fire. We must annihilate that Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei column and not let them return to Suiyuan smoothly." Captain Yamada said coldly.

  "Hi!"

  In a dense forest five hundred meters away from Yamada Tadakazu, Xu Bao looked at the three squadron leaders in front of him with a cold expression.

  "There are about 120 little devils, each equipped with a submachine gun, no heavy weapons, and no sniper rifles. Now listen to my orders, the first platoon is responsible for the devils in the left mountain forest, the second platoon is responsible for the devils in the right mountain forest. The third platoon will make a surprise attack from behind the Japanese army's back, and together with the first platoon, they will attack the little devils from both front and rear. The main force and I will also attack from behind the little devils on the right side, and together with the second platoon, we will attack the little devils. It is now 8:10, and at 8:20, we will launch a surprise attack, and we must resolve the battle within five minutes. Do you all understand?" Xu Bao gave orders in a cold voice.

  "I understand!"

  "Let's go!"

  The cavalry was getting closer and closer to the battlefield, and Yamada had already seen the torches burning on the horse-drawn carriages not far away. As for this battle, Yamada didn't worry at all. They were the best soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, and every member of the special operations team was carefully selected and well-equipped. Although there were only over a hundred people, their combat effectiveness was not much different from that of an infantry battalion.

  But the Chinese cavalry team was far inferior, with about 1,000 carters, but in reality, the carters could not be counted as combat personnel, and only the 50 cavalrymen had real combat power. The target of the cavalry was large, and Yamada was confident that he could annihilate this small cavalry team in the first round of attack, and at that time, those Chinese carters would still be slaughtered by the Imperial Army.

  However, just as Yamada was feeling triumphant, a loud "bang" suddenly echoed through the mountain forest. A bullet with a red tail shot up into the sky, spinning around several times before exploding. After the explosion, the entire mountain forest was illuminated brightly, and all the monsters and demons revealed their true forms.

  "It's bad, it's a flare! We've been discovered, order the troops to attack immediately and annihilate that group of people!"

  Yamada's order had just been given when intense gunfire erupted all around, and the soldiers beside him continued to fall.

  With a loud "bang", Tanaka's companion, Shōji, fell to the ground with half his head blown off.

  Yamada Tadakazu took a deep breath and shouted loudly: "Be careful, the Chinese have snipers!"

  Suddenly, Yamada felt a palpitation and without thinking, he rolled backwards to hide behind a rock. Just as he hid, he saw that the big tree where he had just taken cover was hit with several bowl-sized holes, with green smoke still rising from them.

  Yamada Tadakazu felt a chill run down his spine, fortunately he was quick-witted, otherwise with just this one shot he would have been done for. What Yamada Tadakazu didn't know was that Chen Feng's special forces team used sniper rifles specially modified by Chen Feng himself, not only did they have a longer range than ordinary Mauser sniper rifles, but also had a higher hit rate, and the bullets were also specially treated Sam bullets.

  The dum-dum bullet, also known as the Sammy, is a type of expanding bullet that explodes upon impact with the target, often creating a single bloody hole. It is a type of ammunition explicitly prohibited by international law.

  Although it is a prohibited bullet, what does Chen Feng have to do with it? He just processed ordinary rifle bullets simply, making them produce the same shooting effect as Sam bullets. However, in essence, the special forces still use ordinary sniper rifles and bullets, which do not violate international laws.

  Seeing the soldiers around him falling one by one, Yamada Tadashi probably won't make it until today. Seeing the convoy nearby, Yamada Tadashi is extremely unwilling to give up. He is very clear that those horse-drawn carriages are loaded with weapons and equipment, and if he can just blow up one of them, all the carriages will explode. Thinking about what General Hirano said before he left, this is a huge arsenal of several hundred carriages worth of military supplies, and once it falls into the hands of the Chinese, the consequences would be unthinkable.

  "Takeda, order the troops to charge and break through the Chinese lines!" Yamada Tadakazu gave the command with a stiff upper lip.

  He was well aware that under such intense firepower, even if this mission were to be completed by luck, his special operations team would probably be crippled. However, as a soldier of the Empire, completing the mission and annihilating the enemy was his duty, and he would not hesitate to sacrifice his life for it.

  Through the telescope, Xu Bao saw that the little devils actually rushed out in a swarm. He hung the telescope around his chest and coldly spat out two words: "Foolish!"

  After finishing, Xu Bao picked up the sniper rifle in his hand and fired three shots in a row. The flames spewing out of the muzzle of the assault rifle completely exposed the ghost's figure to the special forces' guns. Under the care of the special forces' powerful firepower, Yamada's special action team had not even rushed out 100 meters before being beaten back.

  "Takei, how many men do we have left?" Lieutenant Colonel Yamada Tadakazu asked in a hoarse voice.

  "Captain, we have 27 people here, three of them seriously injured and eight lightly injured! It's about the same on the spring side!" Lieutenant Colonel Takeda replied.

  "Leave the seriously wounded behind, we retreat!" Until today this mission has become impossible to complete. In order to avoid the annihilation of the troops by the Chinese, Yamada Tadakazu finally issued a withdrawal order.

  "Hi!"

  However, Major Yamada's idea was good, but the reality was cruel. The order had not been conveyed yet, and urgent gunfire came from behind them. Under the sudden attack, the special action squad of the devils was caught off guard.

  Under the pincer attack of the special warfare team, the Yamada Special Action Team was quickly annihilated, and Yamada Tadakazu was even simultaneously shot in the head by several sniper rifles, dying a miserable death.

  Ten minutes later, the special forces team gathered in front of Chen Feng again.

  "Xu Bao, report on the outcome of casualties!" Chen Feng asked in a deep voice.

  "Report to the commander, the special warfare battalion has annihilated all Japanese troops that came to attack, 122 people were captured without a single escape. My special warfare team had two deaths and eight injuries, one of whom was seriously injured." Xu Bao replied.

  "I'm very dissatisfied with this result, you are the most important trump card in my hand, a special warfare battalion with three companies against half of an infantry company of little devils, and you only handed in such an answer sheet, it's really disappointing. Xu Bao, how long did I require the battle to last?" Chen Feng said coldly.

  "Reporting to commander, 10 minutes!"

  "How long did you take?"

  "14 minutes!"

  "We've delayed for four minutes, that's it, now immediately go back and sweep the battlefield, then forty kilometers of forced march, let's go, wait for us at Gaomiao Township after dawn." Chen Feng said.

  "Yes!"

  To be honest, the special forces have already performed very well. Although Chen Feng appeared dissatisfied on the surface, he was actually delighted in his heart. Just now, Te also went to the battlefield and saw that the Japanese army ambushing them had only about 120 people, but Chen Feng knew that these 120 people were not simple. Except for their uniforms not being military uniforms, all other aspects looked like regular troops, plus those uniform submachine guns, Chen Feng dared to confirm that this was definitely the prototype of a Japanese special forces unit.

  The Anti-Japanese War had not yet broken out, but his semi-special warfare team unexpectedly encountered the embryonic form of the Japanese army's special forces and annihilated them.

  Although he was delighted in his heart, Chen Feng's face didn't show any joy. The special forces team had performed well, but they were still far from being the elite troops he had envisioned.

  In their previous life, they were a five-man team who pursued Du Haitao, the notorious drug lord who committed a heinous massacre in China. They chased him from China to the Golden Triangle, where they fought three battles and killed over 500 big and small-time drug dealers. They even broke into General Taylor's mansion and finally captured Du Haitao.

  This is the real special forces in Chen Feng's mind, and Xu Bao and others are far from it. The little devils don't have a complete theory of special warfare, nor do they have perfect training methods, and Chen Feng doesn't care about training such second-rate special forces teams.

  However, he is the backbone officer of the most elite special forces in the later Republic. He does not allow his trained special forces members to be half-baked either. What he wants are elites, what he wants are first-class special forces members, so Xu Bao and others still have to work hard.

  The Japanese army's action this time made Chen Feng very vigilant. When sweeping the battlefield, Chen Feng ordered Xu Bao and others to burn all the bodies of the devils with fire and clean up the scene.

  The team originally planned to rest for a night in Wanquan County, but in order to prevent any further mistakes, Chen Feng ordered the team to drive through the night and bypass the county town, returning to Xinghe overnight.

  On the second day at dawn, the convoy finally arrived at Xinghe border, Li Wensheng brought a cavalry regiment to meet them, and by noon the convoy finally arrived at the county town, this transaction was considered successfully completed.

  Adding the cost of medicine and medical equipment, Chen Feng spent over 2.6 million dollars in two transactions, using up nearly half of his family's assets. Furthermore, during this period, the Chen family had been buying up large quantities of grain, cotton, cloth, and other daily necessities, and had also signed a large contract with a coal mine owner in Datong. Not long after Chen Feng returned home, Old Man Chen came to find him and told him that they were out of money.

  Today Ao Tian is going back to Hohhot, so two chapters are released in advance.