The Japanese took a photo of the powerful combat effectiveness of Lieyan's 1st Special Forces Squadron. Because they didn't have much intelligence on the mountainous area, they didn't dare to go deep into it without permission.
The injured Han Er and Li Shoujiang caught up with the other brothers who were waiting for them. When they learned about their fierce battle, everyone took a breath and gave them a thumbs up, knowing that they were lucky to be alive.
They not only broke out from the encirclement of the Japanese and puppet troops, but also killed the Japanese army, causing them heavy losses. It can be said that their mission was successfully completed.
After confirming that the Japs were not chasing into the mountain, Grizzly Bear returned to the Xiaoqingshan camp with his exhausted brothers.
A few days later, they arrived at the outskirts of Xiaoqingshan's camp. In the jungle ravines, sentries' orders were heard from time to time.
Grizzly Bear and the others all followed the instructions, and the news of Grizzly Bear's safe return was quickly transmitted back to the headquarters.
Although it had only been more than ten days, Yang Ling had been thinking about the brothers of the 1st Lieyan Squadron who were attacking, so he immediately took people to greet them.
Grizzly Bear and the Flame 1st Special Forces Squadron were ceremoniously welcomed by the officers, soldiers and people of Xiaoqingshan Camp. Facing the noisy scene of gongs and drums, the brothers straightened their backs and felt extremely honored.
"Reporting to the commander, the 1st Special Operations Squadron of Lieyan has completed its attack mission. Please return to the team!"
Although the grizzly bear was covered in traces of gunpowder smoke and had an unkempt beard, he stood up and saluted Yang Ling with great momentum.
"Permission to return to the team!" Yang Ling felt relieved when he saw that there were many brothers.
"Brothers, thank you for your hard work. I have ordered the cooking team to prepare meals. Let's go take a bath first. After taking a bath, you can eat. Then while you are eating, tell me how you fought against the Japanese."
Yang Ling looked at his brothers who had a sour smell all over their bodies, nodded with satisfaction and asked them to take a shower first.
The brothers were living in the open these days. Although they were helped by local intelligence personnel, they never had a hot meal. They all lost weight. When they heard that there was a hot meal, they all became excited.
The brothers healed their wounds and bathed. Soon the brothers looked brand new, but the murderous aura after the bloody battle could not be dissipated, making them look more calm and powerful.
During the break between meals, Yang Ling briefly listened to some of the brothers' attacks, and affirmed their attack on the Japanese and puppet troops.
He also praised them on the spot and promised to reward them next, which moved these brothers who had returned from the bloody battle.
Yang Ling also understood the situation of the attack from the brothers' descriptions, but after the brothers dispersed and rested, he still asked Grizzly Bear to report to him in person.
Commander Grizzly Xiong is the commander of the 1st Special Operations Squadron of Lieyan. He reported everything from the time he left the mountain to the time he came back.
The senior officers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps, including Yang Ling and Zhang Liechen, who listened to the report, were also shocked. Compared to the chat at the dinner table, they still felt the danger behind the victory when they heard the report from the Grizzly Bear System.
The 1st Special Forces Squadron of Flames led by Grizzly Bear achieved great results in its first actual combat, especially the sniper team of the 3rd Special Forces Squadron who performed particularly well.
Li Shoujiang and Han Er wiped out a Japanese squad, which was the first time they did so in the entire Sulu theater, not to mention the North Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps.
Although Yang Ling and his opponents are now Japanese garrison troops with low combat effectiveness, the results achieved by Lieyan's 1st Special Forces Squadron were beyond Yang Ling's expectations.
"Your performance this time is obvious to all. After the people from the Intelligence Department verify it, I will personally take credit for you." Yang Ling praised the performance of Lieyan's 1st Special Warfare Squadron.
"Sir, I made a mistake in leading the team this time, which almost caused the entire army of the brothers to be wiped out. I request punishment."
Hearing Yang Ling's praise, Commander Grizzly felt his cheeks burning and felt guilty.
If he had not underestimated the enemy and rashly led a team to ambush the Japanese major without carefully analyzing the information obtained, the brothers would not have been besieged in the end.
They fought for a full day before breaking out. If it weren't for the bravery and skill of the brothers and the incompetence of the puppet army, they would have been finished long ago.
So now, instead of feeling any honor, he feels that because of his mistake, he almost ruined the brothers who believed in him, and he is full of self-blame.
Yang Ling saw that Commander Grizzly Xiong took the initiative to admit his command mistakes, and nodded with satisfaction. He was not afraid of people making mistakes, but he was afraid that people would not dare to admit their mistakes.
"No one is perfect, and no one is perfect. Everyone makes mistakes. It's good that you can realize your mistakes. I didn't read you wrong."
Yang Ling immediately changed the subject and said: "But it is not enough to be aware of your own mistakes. You must seriously summarize and reflect on it, and draw inferences about why you made such a mistake."
"Well, after all, you won the battle this time, and you have a good attitude in admitting your mistakes. I am not a person who can't distinguish between right and wrong. I will punish you by writing a summary and reflection report on some of the things that happened during this battle.
Write down all your questions and reflections to avoid making the same mistakes next time.”
When he heard that Yang Ling had not removed his position as squadron leader, but only asked him to write a summary and reflection report, Grizzly Xiong was also stunned, and then he was deeply moved.
"Thank you for your forgiveness, sir. I will reflect deeply and make a summary!" Grizzly promised, patting his chest.
Yang Ling said with a smile: "It's the brothers you should be grateful to. If they die this time because of your carelessness, do you think I will take care of you?"
"Okay, you have worked hard this time. I will give you a week's leave. Go back and have a good rest." After Yang Ling finished speaking, he ordered the grizzly bear.
"yes!"
The grizzly bear stood up and saluted before striding away.
"Sir, why don't you punish him this time?" Liu Shengcai, a staff officer from the Intelligence Department, asked doubtfully after seeing Grizzly Bear leave.
After all, this time Grizzly Bear almost caused the entire 1st Special Operations Squadron of Lieyan to be annihilated. This was a big mistake. According to regulations, dismissal is a minor matter.
"This is not only his fault, we also underestimated the little devils. We did not expect that they would formulate countermeasures so quickly. Your intelligence department's hidden stake outside the mountain was also confused this time and did not provide information in time.
Give it to them, and you can also go back and write a review." Yang Ling looked at Liu Sheng from the Intelligence Department and said.
"Uh." After Liu Sheng was stunned for a moment, he saw the serious look on Yang Ling's face and knew that Yang Ling was not joking.
"Yes!" Liu Sheng agreed quickly and cheerfully.
"Notify Lieyan's Second Special Operations Squadron to be prepared and attack in three days."
Now that the Lieyan No. 1 Special Operations Squadron has returned victoriously, Yang Ling has seen the advantages of small-scale elite force operations, so it has become a top priority to cultivate a group of elite troops with strong practical combat capabilities as soon as possible.