In the cold countryside, more than a dozen broken Japanese corpses were piled up in a ditch. The grass covering the corpses had been pulled away, and they were surrounded by Japanese soldiers with cold eyes.
"Has been dead for at least an hour."
A Japanese soldier armed with a hundred-style charge inspected the cold and stiff body of the Japanese soldier, then stood up and reported to the Japanese Major Makino Kanan.
"Almost all of them were killed with one sword. The Chinese people who took action were very strong." Guizibing added.
Seeing the corpses of their companions who were quietly killed and hidden in the ditch, the Japanese Major Makino Kanan's face showed no expression at all, as if these were not their friendly forces.
"They fled north." Another Japanese soldier who was good at tracking wandered around the area and came back to report.
The Japanese's Skeleton Special Forces received orders to behead Yang Ling of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, so they entered the fighting area.
But who knew that before they could find the elusive guerrillas, they first encountered the scene where soldiers from the regular army were killed.
"Send a signal and ask the regular troops to come and dispose of the body." Japanese Major Makino Kanan ordered with a cold face.
"Hi!"
One of the Japs pulled out a flare gun from his waist and fired a flare into the sky, marking the location of the surrounding friendly troops.
"let's go!"
Regular troops soon came to deal with the corpses here. The Japs' Major Makino Kanan didn't waste any time. With a wave of his hand, he led the Japs from the Skeleton Special Forces and chased them north.
Yang Ling and the others have now completed the task of covering the main force's northward retreat. As more and more Japanese troops gathered in this area, Yang Ling and the others fended off the Japanese with a false shot and evacuated towards Huaiyin in the north.
But what Yang Ling and the others don't know is that the Japanese commander Shunroku Hata wants to deal with him quickly and has dispatched an elite skeleton special team to deal with them personally.
Although they deceived the regular Japs troops with a feint and let the Japs pursue south, the traces they inadvertently left behind in the face of the Japs Skeleton Special Forces who were good at tracking still brought them fatal consequences.
threats.
"Sir, we have got rid of the Japanese. Let's rest for the night before leaving."
Yang Ling and the others successfully escaped from the Japanese encirclement, and the brothers also relaxed. Seeing that it was getting dark, they didn't want to leave.
Although under the leadership of Yang Ling, their small force seemed to have an easy time being chased and intercepted by the Japanese, in fact they slept with one eye open.
Their nerves were highly tense. They had been entangled with the little devil for so many days. It could be said that they were extremely exhausted physically and mentally. Now that they had escaped from the encirclement, many of them wanted to sleep well for a few days and nights.
Looking at his brothers with bloodshot eyes and dirty bodies like savages, Yang Ling also knew that the brothers were in urgent need of rest.
Therefore, I had no objection to the suggestion of taking a rest. It only took one day to get to Huaiyin anyway, so there was no need to rush back all night.
Soon, Yang Ling and the others found a dilapidated village and prepared to camp here.
Because of the successive battles, abandoned villages like this can be seen everywhere in China. Some of them have entire villages that have fled, and some of them have been looted by Japanese rogues.
"Place the sentry five hundred meters away and add two sentries."
Although they have escaped from the enemy's encirclement, they are still in enemy-occupied areas. The enemy, puppet soldiers and traitors are everywhere. They dare not be careless at all, because this is related to their lives and safety.
"Sir, don't worry. I'll go and arrange the sentry posts myself." The fourth company commander said, naming several brothers and leading them to set up the sentry posts.
Because the task of luring away the Japs was carried out extremely smoothly this time, and a lot of Japs were killed by the way. We will be able to return to Huaiyin tomorrow, and the brothers are in a good mood.
The brothers were carrying military rations plundered from the little devils, including cans, biscuits and some candies.
"Don't light a fire, don't attract the little devils here." Seeing some brothers preparing to light a fire for cooking, Yang Ling stopped them.
The brothers had never eaten hot rice these days, but when faced with Yang Ling's order, they did not dare to refute, so they could only use bayonets to pry open the Japanese cans and eat cold food directly.
"It's the best to stew cabbage from canned food. It's delicious when it's hot. It's such a waste to eat it now."
The brothers put the canned meat into their mouths with their bayonets, and they missed the hot food infinitely.
"It would be nice to have some to eat. I also want canned cabbage stew. I think back then we ate hard, bare cakes and they were still alive and kicking." A brother was joking with a smile.
"Go, go, go, you don't know how to live at all."
The brothers have come off the highly tense battlefield. Now they are relaxed and no longer have tense faces.
"Everyone, please eat quickly and go to bed to replenish your strength. Get up at three o'clock and we will return to Huaiyin." Yang Ling looked at the brothers talking and laughing and reminded them.
"Sir, I haven't had a good sleep for several days. Why don't we leave before dawn?" a brother pleaded.
"If you want to be bombed by a Japanese plane, then leave at dawn, we won't wait for you." Deputy Battalion Commander Wang Dongming rolled his eyes at this brother and said.
"Hehe, I was just joking." The brother chuckled and started chewing the can in his hand.
Yang Ling and the others have been fighting with high intensity. Faced with the pursuit and interception of thousands of little Japs, it can be said that any negligence may lead to their demise.
Fortunately, they had completed their mission and jumped out successfully. Yang Ling was also very tired. After eating the biscuits, he wrapped himself in a ragged military blanket and leaned against the wall and fell asleep deeply.
The brothers were all very tired, and many of them tilted their heads and snored before they even finished eating.
The night was quiet, and soon shouts came one after another in this deserted small village, and everyone fell into a deep sleep.
The Little Devil's Skeleton Special Forces, led by its commander Makino Kanan, also arrived here at twelve o'clock at night.
"Sir, a Chinese sentry was spotted at the entrance to the village ahead."
The Japanese leader of the Skeleton Special Forces quietly sneaked behind a gentle slope and reported to Major Makino Kanan in a low voice.
Upon hearing the report from this Japs leader, a look of ferocity flashed across Major Makino Kanan's face.
"You go to the left, you go to the right, and the rest follow me."
The Japs' Major Makino Kanan didn't know whether the village ahead was the target of their pursuit, but based on the principle that he would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let one go, he prepared to launch a surprise attack on the squadron in this village.
Although the Skeleton Special Forces was rebuilt, there were only fifty people in number. They were divided into five tactical groups. They quickly laid out some booby traps around the village, and then quietly followed the gaps left by them.