March 12th at noon.

After crossing the river, the Lion Dragon Beast troops, which had been walking for more than two days, finally crossed more than 80 kilometers of jungle and officially entered the Mogu area.

Immediately afterwards, the entire army headed straight to the outskirts of Magu City, imprisoning hundreds of British prisoners.

Because there was more than a day of continuous spring rain in the middle, the road was muddy and slippery and inconvenient for marching, the troops arrived nearly one day later than expected.

The march time that came over lasted for so long means that the time to return would be further compressed.

This is actually a very bad signal.

However, Wingate was not too worried. Instead, he became more and more excited because he was getting closer to the destination of the captive camp.

From beginning to end, until now.

Wingate didn't feel that there was any possibility of failure in this rescue operation.

In his eyes, there is only victory and return in triumph.

It was almost dark that afternoon, the Lion Dragon Beast troops, which had advanced for several hours, were finally less than ten kilometers away from the prisoner camp.

In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese army too close, the lion and dragon beast troops, which are trapped in horses, can be adjusted.

The entire army did not go to the prisoner-of-war camp in one breath, but chose to stop and camp on the spot for rest.

While the soldiers were organizing their camps, orders from Wingate were sent to various departments, and pre-war preparations began.

First, a large number of front-line scouts were sent out to explore the surrounding terrain and investigate the Japanese and puppet army strongholds.

Prepare for the next attack and retreat after the battle.

The two of them set out for a group of reconnaissance teams. Their mission was more important and dangerous than the scouts, and they needed to go to the city of Magu and the prisoner-of-war camp to conquer the site.

This is not a special arrangement made just for Mogu.

It is an indispensable preparation process before every attack.

Feng Yuntian, the "King of Reconnaissance" who went deep into the enemy's internal investigations several times in a row, did not set out this time.

It’s not that Feng Yuntian is lazy and unwilling to do it, but that Wingate is intentional.

He made a special trip to find Feng Yuntian and asked him to have a good rest this time without having to participate in this action, just to appreciate the performance of the lion, dragon, and beast boy.

The reason for doing this...

Very simple!

Wingate said that Feng Yuntian is a Chinese soldier and cannot stay in the Lion Dragon Beast Army forever. One day he will return to lead his troops to fight.

If Feng Yuntian had to rely on Feng Yuntian for every operation, then the Lion Dragon Beast troops would be in trouble after Feng Yuntian returned to his country.

Intelligence collection can become a fatal disadvantage!

In order to prevent this situation from happening, he wanted to give the young men of the Lion Dragon Beast a chance to show their own, and to exercise the reconnaissance ability of the Lion Dragon Beast.

On the surface, this explanation sounds very reasonable, but in fact it hides Wingate's selfishness-

I want to take all the credits of this action!

If Feng Yuntian continues to collect information, the final action will inevitably be based on Feng Yuntian's plan, and Wingate will become a foil again.

Wingate wants to win a victory that belongs to him, so he certainly cannot allow this situation to happen.

Feng Yuntian has excellent observation skills. Wingate's ideas cannot escape his eyes at all. He originally wanted to try his best to investigate and see if this operation can be completed smoothly.

But Wingate was so straightforward, so Feng Yuntian couldn't say anything more.

The lack of Feng Yuntian's participation in this operation means less opportunity to sneak into the prisoner-of-war camp with makeup and obtain the most core intelligence.

If Feng Yuntian could lurk in, many things could have been avoided.

And because of Wingate's greed, he missed another opportunity to avoid risks, which brought the tragedy that could have been avoided back on track.

the next day!

It's 6 o'clock in the morning!

After a night of rest, the Lion Dragon Beast troops removed the fatigue caused by the continuous long-distance marching, and their overall condition has almost recovered.

Scouts and reconnaissance teams who went out to investigate the enemy situation also often came back to a large amount of available information.

In response to the real-time information obtained from the reconnaissance and the information sent from the British Army Command, Wingate gathered all the officers of each department together and began to discuss specific plans for this operation.

The whole process was mainly based on Wingate's ideas, and other advisers also made some small suggestions.

Feng Yuntian and Meng Fanle remained silent throughout the whole process. The two of them didn't want to fight this rescue battle, so naturally they had nothing to say.

He even left the temporary command center with Meng Fanle behind on the grounds of being uncomfortable.

Wingate knew that Feng Yuntian was against this action, so he chose to do not ask for any advice or dissuade them from leaving early.

It's past two o'clock noon!

The military meeting mainly Wingate ended, and the final action plan had been determined, and officers from each department returned to their units with orders.

Since the operation was scheduled to be held at night, we would fight quickly by night attacks and then evacuate the battlefield before dawn.

Therefore, the lion and dragon beast that completed the combat mission assignment did not rush to set out, but waited until four o'clock in the afternoon to start the march.

When we arrived 500 meters away from the prisoner-of-war camp, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening.

Feng Yuntian and Meng Fanle left the field early and did not know the specific plan of this battle, so they didn't care about when the action would start.

The two of them followed the command center slowly with Aaron and the little monkey Qiuqiu.

It's like a melon-eating crowd!

The reason why Feng Yuntian kept following the command center was not to find opportunities to convince Wingate, but to get the first-hand battle report.

If there is any accident in the battle, it is time to run away as soon as possible.

As the saying goes: It is hard to persuade a damn ghost.

Feng Yuntian persuaded him, and he said everything he wanted to do.

We have achieved the responsibilities of a military adviser.

As a senior British officer, Wingate chose to take a British army to rescue their British prisoners of war.

As a Chinese officer, Feng Yuntian had no obligation to accompany him to die.

What's more, the two sides only cooperated once, and Feng Yuntian did not owe Wingate anything. On the other hand, Wingate owed Feng Yuntian the "advisor fee".

therefore!

As for the battle before the battle began, he and Meng Fanniao were thinking about how to run away later. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

Wingate didn't know Feng Yuntian's thoughts, and he was not interested in understanding it at this time.

Now that he has come outside the prisoner-of-war camp, Wingate is focused on "great achievements" and just wants to take down the prisoner-of-war camp in front of him.

As soon as 8 o'clock in the evening arrived, the battle started as scheduled.

The eight squads of the Lion Dragon Beast Army were divided into three groups, one of which stayed at the command center as a reserve force, and the other two groups launched an attack from the southeast direction in the most direct way, like the two entrances of the prisoner-of-war camp.

The battle started with good news, and the lion, dragon and beast troops were as powerful as the battlefield.

The two armies in the east and west directions, like a knife cutting tender tofu, easily tore open the entrance and rushed into the inner defense line of the prisoner-of-war camp.

The Japanese and puppet soldiers defending the prisoner-of-war camp had a small number of people, but poor quality, and could not stop the lion, dragon, beast troops like tigers.

When Wingate heard these gratifying battle reports, he was in a good mood and was full of surprise. He said that the battle would end within half an hour.

However!

Just less than 5 minutes after Wingate finished speaking, a 180-degree reversal suddenly came.

Five teams of the Lion Dragon Beast Army rushed into the prisoner-of-war camp and divided the troops into two groups according to the pre-set combat plan, and divided the labor and cooperation to end the battle as soon as possible.

The four teams on the first route were the main force and continued to attack the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

The attempt was to rely on the advantages of numbers and equipment to eliminate all the defenses that were forced into the military camp and then plunder the entire prisoner-of-war camp supplies.

The fourth team on the 2nd Route, as an auxiliary, rushed to the prison where prisoners were imprisoned, rescued prisoners of war and escorted the retreat.

In the information obtained by Wingate, prisoners of war in prison camps were classified in batches at night and were detained in a special prison compound.

There were very few Japanese troops standing guard, and there were only less than 20 people in total.

More than 200 elite lion, dragon and beast soldiers fought more than 10 of them with only second-line combat power. Every day, they went to the rear to see the "guarding family" Japanese troops in the yard.

Not to mention crushing!

That's completely instant kill!

This idea is not wrong in theory, but the actual situation is completely opposite.

The reason is that Wingate's real-time information has not been obtained at all, and what he has obtained is the "induced bait" deliberately released by the Japanese army.

The purpose is to catch a big fish and let the big fish fall into the trap.

When the Lion Dragon Beast Fourth Team ran over excitedly, killed several Japanese troops defending outside, opened the locked prison gate and was about to rush in and start saving people.

What I saw was not the imagined British prisoners of war, nor even the shadow of a British man.
To be continued...