Chapter 115 Seizing Teng County (1)

Zhu Shaoyuan didn't expect that saying a word would cause his friend to be whipped.

Having worked here for more than ten days, these laborers all knew one thing:

Take the beating and shut up. Those who dared to resist would be beaten even more. Although these puppet soldiers hadn't beaten anyone to death yet, there had been three instances of laborers being beaten until their skin was torn open.

Wen Chao didn't even dare to glare at the supervisor.

Neither did Zhu Shaoyuan.

He secretly swore in his heart: If I ever get the chance, I'll never live like this again.

Matsutake Jiro, the captain stationed at Teng County Railway Station, received a report: A detachment of imperial cavalry had arrived at the station.

The leader was a lieutenant colonel named Honda Yuto.

This time, Lin Fan, who was going by the name Honda Yuto, was assessing the defenses the Japanese had set up at the station.

The two company commanders, Gu Xiuming and Hua Deze, who had come in with him, were also taking stock.

When Captain Matsutake Jiro ran out of his temporary headquarters,

Lin Fan had already arrived at the door.

Just as Captain Matsutake Jiro was about to salute, Lin Fan spoke:

"My unit is here from Yi County. Prepare four thousand *jin* (approximately 4400 lbs) of soybeans for me.

The warhorses haven't had any soybeans for a while now.

Zhuifeng is as thin as a skeleton!"

Captain Matsutake Jiro looked at the warhorse being led by the orderly not far away.

It was strong and stout with a shiny coat. It didn't look even remotely thin.

However, the warhorses did seem quite exhausted, and the entire unit was still on horseback.

It was clear that the soldiers also looked tired.

Captain Matsutake Jiro didn't see any signs that the warhorses were thin.

But the man was a lieutenant colonel, so whatever he said was the truth.

A few days ago, the supply station at Lincheng had been wiped out by the Nationalist army, and the soldiers at the front lines were even having their food rations reduced.

It wasn't unusual for the warhorses to be without soybeans.

They couldn't possibly deprive the soldiers fighting the war of food to send soybeans to the warhorses, could they?

Of course, Matsutake Jiro didn't dare say that now.

He smiled and said, "Lieutenant Colonel Honda, please come inside.

The soybeans will be prepared immediately, immediately."

Lin Fan didn't intend to make things difficult for him. "Also, send some horse feed.

We'll rest for an hour and then leave."

At this point, he turned to the soldiers who were still sitting neatly on their horses and ordered, "Dismissed! We'll depart in one hour."

Captain Matsutake Jiro saw that the cavalry unit was only dismounting now.

Hearing that they were leaving in an hour, the soldiers' faces relaxed.

They began to lead their warhorses around in small groups.

Captain Matsutake Jiro quickly said, "Lieutenant Colonel Honda, the warhorses can be led over there to be fed properly.

We have a horse farm over there."

The horse farm he mentioned was actually just a place where mules and horses were raised.

Lin Fan nodded and pointed in that direction with his finger, "The horse farm is over there!"

Most of the cavalrymen led their warhorses in that direction.

Only about a dozen soldiers around Lin Fan remained.

Captain Matsutake Jiro understood: These were Lieutenant Colonel Honda's guards.

He invited Lin Fan, "Lieutenant Colonel Honda, please come inside to rest."

As soon as they entered the room and sat down, a Japanese soldier immediately served tea.

Lin Fan took it, took a light sip, and then put it down.

Pointing to a bullet hole on the wall, he casually asked, "Are there guerrillas harassing this place?"

Captain Matsutake Jiro quickly said, "Reporting to Lieutenant Colonel Honda..."

Lin Fan waved his hand. "Let's chat like friends. We're not outside."

Matsutake Jiro smiled. "Honda-kun! There is some guerrilla harassment.

They came the other night and were quite arrogant.

When we fired off our flares and the machine guns started firing, they all scattered.

I don't know when this bullet hole was left.

Honda-kun is very observant."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "They're just a disorganized rabble. Of course, they'll be afraid when they see our army's regular weapons."

After hearing what he said, Matsutake Jiro laughed heartily.

He seemed very happy.

An Ping, the platoon leader who had been waiting in the small woods outside the city, arrived with the artillery platoon of more than fifty men.

Along with the twelve *tu tanke* (earth tanks) from the First and Second Companies and the soldiers Lin Fan had left behind, there were over a hundred men in total.

Forty-five minutes after Lin Fan and his men entered Teng County, it was time to act.

The twelve *tu tanke* rolled out of the small woods, and the artillery platoon also headed toward the South Railway Station.

Their force was discovered by the puppet soldiers guarding the railway station while they were still a thousand meters away.

The puppet soldiers immediately opened fire on the advancing force.

The sound of the heavy machine guns reached Captain Matsutake Jiro's ears.

His expression immediately changed. "These guerrillas actually dare to attack in broad daylight."

Lin Fan stood up with a smile. "Let's go take a look!

With me here today, they won't escape."

Captain Matsutake Jiro's eyes lit up. That's right! The guerrillas were all infantry.

Today, a cavalry unit had come to the South Station.

On this plain, cavalry were the natural enemy of infantry.

He immediately gestured, "Please!"

Walking out of his headquarters, Lin Fan ordered loudly, "Have everyone go to the defensive positions to take a look."

"Hai!" Wu Xiaobao replied.

He quickly ran out to relay the order.

Captain Matsutake Jiro hadn't expected this Honda-daren (sir) to be so enthusiastic.

Of course, he couldn't let this lieutenant colonel look down on him.

He also ordered, "Matsutake Company, everyone to the trenches!"

The arrival of two *taijun* (high-ranking Japanese soldiers) at the front line put a lot of pressure on Li Dali, the commander of the puppet soldiers.

These days, the Japanese soldiers of Matsutake Company only walked around the front-line positions in the morning and evening.

Each time, they would raise many questions.

Now that two units of *taijun* were going to the front-line positions, wouldn't they raise twice as many questions?

The *taijun* were in charge, so Li Dali, the puppet commander, didn't dare to say anything or do anything.

He could only bow and lead the way.

Before they even reached the positions, Li Dali and Matsutake Jiro realized that the force attacking today was different.

In the past, the guerrillas would retreat immediately after being sprayed by heavy machine gun fire.

And the puppet soldiers who were firing would also stop shooting.

Today, from the time the firing started until now, the heavy machine guns were still firing non-stop.

And the light machine guns had also joined in the firing.

There was even the sound of rifle fire.

By the time Lin Fan reached the front of the trenches, An Ping and his men had already advanced to within three hundred meters of the puppet soldiers' positions.

However, those charging hadn't yet returned fire.

The Japanese soldiers of Matsutake Company immediately entered the positions.

The soldiers Lin Fan had brought also followed behind the Japanese soldiers.

The First and Second Companies, along with Lin Fan, had nearly three hundred men who had entered the railway station.

One man watched each Japanese soldier, and others guarded the puppet soldiers' heavy machine guns and other firepower points.

It looked like supervision!

Captain Matsutake Jiro was constantly watching Lieutenant Colonel Matsuta's expression very carefully.

At this moment, he saw a very satisfied expression on Lin Fan's face.

He was relieved.

Lin Fan was also relieved. He ordered loudly, "Take action!"

As he gave the order, he moved his hand.

His left hand grabbed Matsutake Jiro, who was much shorter, by the throat, slammed him to the ground, and stepped on him with one foot.

His right hand drew his command sword and sent Captain Matsutake Jiro on his way with a single strike.

Commander Li Dali watched the scene unfold before him. Were the *taijun* having internal strife?

Why were they killing each other?

He looked around blankly. Everywhere on the defensive line, there were similar scenes.

Wherever two *taijun* were together, one would always fall into a pool of blood.

Lin Fan placed the command sword in his hand on Li Dali's neck and coldly ordered:

"Tell your men to put down their guns!"

Survival was the priority!

Li Dali, the puppet commander, opened his mouth without the slightest hesitation:

"Put down your guns! Put down your guns!"

He had already clearly seen that the heavy machine guns and machine guns of his unit had been seized by this newly arrived *taijun* unit.

The muzzles were no longer facing outwards, but inwards.

Wu Xiaobao took out the Special Forces Brigade flag and waved it.

An Ping and his men in the distance immediately charged towards this side.

The puppet soldiers on the Teng County Railway Station defense line were quickly replaced by soldiers from the First and Second Companies.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming was now in the dispatcher's office at the Teng County Railway Station.

He ordered the railway workers in the dispatcher's office not to move.

No movement, no harm!

This also applied to the train parked on the railway line.

When the gunfire rang out, the staff on the train didn't make any movements.

They had heard too much gunfire these days.

Anyway, as long as they didn't resist, they would do whatever they were told. Whether it was the Japanese or the Nationalist soldiers, no one would vent their anger on ordinary workers like them.

When Hua Deze led a dozen men onto the train and asked them to get off,

These people also cooperated honestly.

The *taijun* had given orders, so what else could they do?

When the gunfire rang out, the laborers who had been carrying goods at the station immediately ran to the side to hide.

Wen Chao then said to Zhu Shaoyuan, "Good brother! Your words just now caused me to get whipped."

Zhu Shaoyuan said in a low voice, "I was afraid that you would look around and ruin Brigade Commander Lin's plans."

"Which Brigade Commander Lin?"

"The one who let us eat our fill of meat. Who else would I remember besides him?" Zhu Shaoyuan said with a smile.

"Brigade Commander Lin and his men are back?" Wen Chao's eyes lit up.

"I saw them. That cavalry unit that came in just now were all Brigade Commander Lin's men.

I guess the ones coming from outside are his men too."

"But! They don't have that many people, do they?" Wen Chao said with some concern.

"Don't you remember Long Family Village! If they need people, wouldn't they recruit them these days!" Zhu Shaoyuan immediately retorted.

"That's true! I've been beaten here every day these past few days, and I want to join Brigade Commander Lin's unit too.

We can eat meat every day and don't have to get beaten."

"I want to go too! Which of the brothers who ate meat together a while ago doesn't want to?

It's just that we didn't find an opportunity. Well, hasn't the opportunity come now?" Zhu Shaoyuan said in a low voice.

While they were talking, the soldiers of the First and Second Companies were methodically taking control of the entire South Station.

Liu Guitang, the commander of the puppet 10th Army, had been feeling uneasy since he woke up this morning.

Although he had walked around the entire Teng County defense area early in the morning,

He still couldn't feel at ease.

He had been living like this every day these days.

"How much longer will I have to live this life of anxiety?" Liu Guitang sighed softly when he was alone.

Just then, gunfire came from the south of the city.

It startled him.

He quickly stood up and asked, "Where is that gunfire coming from?"

"It sounds like it's coming from the south of the city!"

"Quickly send someone to find out!"

The gunfire continued non-stop and became increasingly intense.

This made Liu Guitang's already unstable heart beat even faster.

The people sent to scout out the situation hadn't returned yet.

The phone calls to the South Station weren't being answered either.

This gave him a strong premonition of impending doom.

Liu Guitang, having learned from his experience at Hanzhuang, immediately ordered: "Prepare the horses!

The Guard Company will be ready to depart at any moment!"

The last time he ran away from Hanzhuang, he hadn't brought a single soldier with him.

This time, after arriving at Teng County, he had learned from his painful experience and summarized the lessons.

He had specifically equipped his Guard Company with horses so that he would have a unit to protect himself when he ran away.

The gunfire in the south of the city suddenly stopped.

Liu Guitang's uneasy heart finally settled down:

The guerrillas who had come to attack must have retreated.

It was good that they had retreated!

It was good that they had retreated!

His heart, which had been uneasy all along, could finally calm down now.

Liu Guitang was really too cautious as the commander of the puppet army.

Only now did he dare to issue an order to the Guard Company, which was already fully armed and ready to go in the courtyard outside:

"Dismissed! Resume normal duties!"

The company commander of the Guard Company agreed and immediately issued an order to his more than three hundred valiant soldiers to dismiss.

This unit was the elite force that Liu Guitang had just selected from the entire army after escaping from Hanzhuang.

It had to be said that there were still many talented people in the puppet Manchurian army.

Back then, Old Zhang had run the Northeast Jiangwutang (Military Academy) on a large scale, accumulating a considerable fortune.

Most of the materials and wealth were given to the Japanese.

Some of the talented people who were trained followed Little Zhang into the customs.

Some went up the mountains after the Japanese came.

Some joined the Anti-Japanese Allied Army after the Japanese came.

But more people stayed in the army and became puppet Manchurian soldiers.

The more than three hundred soldiers in the Guard Company were all handpicked experts that Liu Guitang had selected from various units.

Each of them was able to ride and shoot, and it was a trump card to protect his life.

Watching these soldiers leave under the leadership of their respective officers outside the courtyard,

Liu Guitang slowly walked back into the house and sat down.

Just then, his staff officer brought in a puppet soldier covered in sweat.

"Reporting, Commander! This soldier has a situation to report."

"Speak!"

"Reporting, sir! The *taijun* at the railway station are killing each other."

This soldier had run too fast and was a little out of breath, but he still made himself clear.

But Liu Guitang didn't understand what he meant: "What do you mean, *taijun* killing *taijun*?

Explain yourself clearly!" His voice was very authoritative.

As a commander, Liu Guitang always had to show off his power in front of ordinary soldiers.

"Reporting, sir! A unit of *taijun* cavalry came this morning.

They said they would rest at the railway station for an hour and then leave.

But less than an hour later, someone attacked the station from the outside.

The newly arrived *taijun* went to the front-line positions with Matsutake *taijun* to investigate.

For some reason, the newly arrived *taijun* killed Matsutake *taijun* with one strike.

The *taijun* who came with him also killed all the *taijun* in Matsutake Company.

And they disarmed the brothers guarding the railway station."

"What about Li Dali?" Liu Guitang stood up abruptly.

"Commander Li was also disarmed, but he's not dead!" This puppet soldier saw clearly that the commander was still alive.

"What else did they do?" Liu Guitang had already walked up to the soldier.

"They raised a red flag that looked like the Anti-Japanese Allied Army's flag, but the pattern was a little different."

Hearing this, Liu Guitang's face changed drastically.

He ordered loudly: "Guard Company! Assemble immediately and prepare to depart."

The company commander of the Guard Company, who had just dismissed the unit, ran in immediately:

"Sir! I will immediately organize the unit to take back the railway station."

"Bullshit! Assemble the unit immediately. They are in the south, and we will leave from the north gate.

Outside, the vast world awaits us!"

The company commander of the Guard Company was stunned. He didn't understand the logic behind this.

Was this running away?

Were they trembling at the mere sound of the wind?

That must be it! Liu Guitang ignored the soldier who was still standing in front of him and said to the staff officer who had brought the soldier in:

"You immediately order the 10th Army to abandon Teng County and retreat from the north gate."

"Yes!"

Although this staff officer didn't know what had happened,

He still knew about the situation when the commander had led a group of senior officers back from Hanzhuang a few days ago.

Although he didn't know the inside story, some of the details were still revealed when those bare-handed commanders who had run back got drunk.

They had been driven out of Hanzhuang by a unit carrying a red flag.

That unit didn't have many people, but they were extremely fierce.

Even the *taijun*'s elite troops couldn't stop them, and two companies were wiped out right under their noses.

If the commander hadn't been quick to react, everyone would have been trapped in Hanzhuang.

Liu Guitang had just issued the order when he ran into the courtyard.

He had developed the habit of having two horses ready in the courtyard at all times.

He could get on his horse and leave at any time.

The purpose of preparing two horses was to prevent accidents.

The soldiers of the Guard Company, who had just been dismissed, were indeed the elite force that the 10th Army had specially selected.

In just a moment, the entire company was ready to go again.

Liu Guitang went out of the courtyard and only said one word: "Go!"

Dozens of soldiers in the Guard Company immediately spurred their horses and charged ahead.

They protected him in the middle, and the sound of hooves pounded towards the north gate.

Lin Fan didn't know what was happening inside Teng County.

But Mao Wenxing in the air saw it clearly.

He reported to Lin Fan: "A cavalry unit of more than three hundred men rushed out of Teng County and headed north.

The puppet soldiers on the city walls of Teng County are in chaos. They are all running towards the north."

This puzzled Lin Fan: What was going on?

He hadn't sent anyone to attack yet!

But if the puppet soldiers were running away, of course he had to send someone to chase them.

Lin Fan ordered, "Gu Xiuming!"

"Here!"

"You take the First Company, with the radio, and chase after those puppet soldiers under Mao Wenxing's guidance.

Don't rush out of the north gate of Teng County."

"Yes! We won't go out of the north gate of Teng County!"

Lin Fan's biggest problem now was a shortage of manpower.

He only had four hundred soldiers under his command.

The artillery platoon couldn't be used to chase people.

They had already captured a puppet army regiment here. Although they had been disarmed, they still needed someone to guard them.

At this time, someone took the initiative to come forward.

At least three hundred of the laborers, like Zhu Shaoyuan, had followed Lin Fan and his men on the road from Teng County to Lincheng once before.

When the puppet soldiers were disarmed, Zhu Shaoyuan, Wen Chao, and the others had snatched the foremen's whips.

They fiercely returned all the anger they had suffered these days.

It wasn't just the two of them who did this; hundreds of laborers all did the same.

The few foremen were now lying on the ground, covered in blood and flesh, taking more air out than in, clearly not going to live.

At this time, those laborers who had done the beating seemed to be afraid.

They quickly threw away the whips in their hands and hid to the side, as if to disassociate themselves from what they had just done.

Zhu Shaoyuan pushed the laborers aside and ran to Lin Fan:

"Brigade Commander Lin! I want to join the army!"

Looking at him like this, Lin Fan said with a smile:

"Brother Zhu! I saw you just now, but I was pretending to be a Japanese soldier and didn't dare to greet you."

Hearing Lin Fan say this, Zhu Shaoyuan became excited: Brigade Commander Lin, such a big shot, still remembered him.

He immediately became happy.

Lin Fan also said to Wen Chao, "Brother Wen, I'm sorry just now.

At that time, the timing wasn't right, and you got whipped for nothing."

Wen Chao heard Brigade Commander Lin say this.

Thinking of the days he had spent these days, he felt like a child who had been wronged outside.

It was like the parent had exposed it, and he was grateful and resentful at the same time.

He quickly said, "Brigade Commander Lin! You still remember us.

You still remember me!"

Lin Fan said with a smile: "If you become my soldiers, you will have to leave Teng County and follow me to fight the Japanese all over the country.

Are you willing to do that?"

"We are willing! The days with the Japanese are not fit for humans.

They tricked us into working, saying that we would get three meals a day and five *jiao* (0.5 yuan) a day.

The three meals weren't even as much as one meal before.

We couldn't get enough to eat. The five *jiao* a day was said to be used to deduct our food money and the money for staying at the railway station.

After working for a day, we not only didn't earn money, but we also had to pay the Japanese three *jiao*.

We were not allowed to leave until we settled the bill."

Hearing this kind of accounting method, Lin Fan knew very well: this was the basic operation during the primitive accumulation of capital.

He asked the rest of the laborers, "Are there any of you who want to follow us?"

Immediately, many people gathered around: "I want to be a soldier!"

"I want to fight the Japanese!"

……

Lin Fan looked around. Although not all the laborers wanted to follow him, at least more than half of them wanted to join the army.

Many of these laborers had worked with the Special Forces Brigade before.

A few had heard Zhu Shaoyuan and the others mention the life of white rice and a *jin* (approximately 1.1 lbs) of meat for every meal a while ago more than once these days.

They had already made up their minds and had ideas.

Lin Fan ordered Hua Deze, "Temporarily assign these people to the Second Company.

Each veteran of the Second Company will take two new recruits.

Distribute the guns and have them guard the puppet soldiers."

"Yes!"

Hua Deze hadn't expected that his company would suddenly expand to more than five hundred men.

He had been envious of the First Company, which had more than three hundred men, a few days ago.

Although only a dozen new recruits who had just joined the First Company had come this time,

But the new recruits would always grow up.

With a larger unit, manpower could be properly arranged all at once.

What originally required a platoon to guard these puppet soldiers,

Now only needed a squad.

Lin Fan looked at the supplies piled up at the railway station. There weren't as many supplies here as there were in Lincheng last time.

Even so, these supplies were still very abundant.

Lin Fan ordered, "Long Fei and Long Shu, find someone to send a message to Long Family Village.

Ask Village Head Long to send dozens of people to take some supplies back for use.

Zhu Shaoyuan, Wen Chao, find some carts and boats.

We will transport all the things here away today.

We won't leave a single blade of grass for the Japanese."

To those laborers who didn't want to join the Special Forces Brigade, Lin Fan said kindly:

"We are an anti-Japanese force. We have fought in Teng County before.

Some of you have helped us transport supplies to Lincheng before.

This time, it's the same as last time; we're still transporting supplies.

But it's not going to Lincheng; it's going to Taierzhuang.

After we deliver them, we will settle the wages, issue travel expenses, and food for the return trip.

The wages are one *yuan* (dollar) a day, settled daily."

Immediately, someone among the laborers said, "Brigade Commander Lin! We trust you.

I walked with you once last time. If it weren't for the fact that I have elders and young children at home, I would have followed you this time.

Although I can't follow you to fight the Japanese,

But delivering goods is no problem."

After expressing his position, this person swallowed obviously.

He said in a low voice to the brothers around him, "Now, when I speak, I think of the meat I ate those days.

It feels like more than all the meat I've eaten in all my previous years."

Lin Fan now had a sudden increase of more than three hundred troops on hand.

He ordered: "Company Commander Hua! Send the Second Platoon to meet Company Commander Gu and his men."

Now, one platoon of Hua Deze's was actually a full company.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming led the First Company, riding warhorses and listening to Mao Wenxing's guidance, towards the north of the city.

This time, the First Company was no longer advancing lightly. Heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns were all there.

Although marching like this was slower, they could respond to emergencies at any time.

The First Company had not rushed out of the station far when they encountered a group of puppet soldiers running over in a panic.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming, riding on his warhorse, rushed up and asked loudly:

"Why are you running around?"

This group of puppet soldiers, seeing a group of neatly dressed *taijun* in front of them, and the one asking the question was a major,

A person who was obviously the leader of the puppet soldiers carefully replied:

"Reporting to the *taijun*! We received the commander's order to transfer the entire army to the north of the city."

In fact, the order he received was to retreat.

At this time, he didn't dare to say it in front of the *taijun* and could only say transfer.

Gu Xiuming was furious: "This Liu Guitang is so bold that he dares to disrupt our army's morale.

You people too, abandoning your positions is a crime punishable by death!

Someone!

Take away their guns.

Escort these people to the South Railway Station."

This unit of more than three hundred puppet soldiers didn't dare to move.

The person who had just answered didn't dare to ask anything.

He obediently let the *taijun* take away his gun.

Fortunately, the *taijun* only took away their weapons and didn't make things difficult for them.

Gu Xiuming ordered, "Squad Leader Jiu, take them back."

The soldiers of the Ninth Squad immediately escorted these puppet soldiers to the South Railway Station.

Gu Xiuming and his men were still wearing full Japanese uniforms. No matter how you looked at it, they were Japanese soldiers that the puppet soldiers were very afraid of.

Before they even reached the north gate, the First Company had captured four batches of puppet soldiers using this routine.

The entire company had only sent out four squads to go back.

Now there were fewer soldiers around Company Commander Gu Xiuming.

The north gate was just ahead, and the gate was crowded with puppet soldiers who wanted to leave the city.

As soon as Gu Xiuming and his cavalry unit appeared,

The puppet soldiers, who had been noisy just now, fell silent all of a sudden.

The *taijun* were not in a good mood.

Not to mention those officers among the *taijun*.

The north gate, which had been so crowded that water couldn't pass through, suddenly made way for a road.

This road led directly to outside the city.

The puppet soldiers inside the city could clearly see that this *taijun* was very angry.

Very angry!

The soldiers of the First Company were already busy.

Right in front of these puppet soldiers, heavy machine guns were lined up in a row.

The muzzles were aimed at these puppet soldiers.

Directional mines were also being installed, also aimed at these puppet soldiers.

The infantry guns were aimed directly at the north gate. If a shell were fired, there wouldn't be a single survivor in the city gate.

The puppet soldiers who had been crowding to leave the city just now were like water that had suddenly been turned off at the faucet.

They stopped flowing all of a sudden.

Gu Xiuming, riding on his warhorse, waved the command sword in his hand in the air:

"Cowards! You bunch of cowards, the empire's warriors are fighting bravely in front.

You heard the gunfire and started to run away!

Your commander is a coward!

You are cowards too!

Now everyone, listen to my orders:

Put down your weapons, put your hands on your heads, and squat down in place!"

Those puppet soldiers who were already walking in the city gate had already seen the sky outside the city.

At this time, they wanted to sneak a few more steps forward.

That way, they could run out.

No matter what, as long as they ran out, wouldn't the sky be the limit for birds to fly and the sea be the limit for fish to leap!

A dozen puppet soldiers thought so and did so.

As soon as they moved their feet,

They heard a loud "boom."

Then there was the sound of shells exploding in the city gate.

The infantry guns were aimed at the city gate. When the puppet soldiers tried to run, the artillerymen of the First Company didn't hesitate and fired immediately.

When the artillery fire rang out, the puppet soldiers in the city were so scared that they quickly threw the weapons in their hands on the ground.

They put their hands on their heads and squatted down! Not daring to move.

This shot was only hard on the puppet soldiers in the city gate.

Those who were close were victims of collateral damage and were hit by shrapnel and buried with them.

Those who were far away were also deafened by the sound of the artillery fire.

The puppet soldiers were in chaos immediately.

Some wanted to run to the outside of the city, and some wanted to run towards the city.

In short, none of them were still staying in place.

The infantry guns fired again.

Those puppet soldiers who had run into the city quickly lay on the ground.

They didn't move anymore! Those who ran towards the outside of the city were hit head-on.

After several consecutive shots, there were no more puppet soldiers standing in the city gate.

The First Company then stopped bombing.

Company Commander Gu Xiuming directed a platoon of soldiers to escort dozens of puppet soldiers.

They collected the scattered weapons that were thrown on the ground and piled them in one place.

More than two thousand puppet soldiers gathered on the north side of the city. None of them dared to run, and none of them resisted.

They just squatted on the ground obediently, waiting for the next order from the *taijun*.

The puppet soldiers lying on the ground at the city gate were only rejoicing at this time.

They were rejoicing that they hadn't been dizzy and ran out of the city just now.

With the weapons collected, Gu Xiuming then began to organize the puppet soldiers.

He asked them to form up in their original units.

At this time, the Ninth Squad, which had been sent out to escort them, returned.

The Ninth Squad Leader reported loudly, "The brigade commander sent the Second Company Commander to meet us.

We handed over the prisoners and rushed back."

Now there were more than two thousand puppet soldiers in the north of the city, which was really difficult for Company Commander Gu to handle.

He was originally thinking about how to escort them to the south of the city.

Now that the Ninth Squad had returned, the other squads would also be returning soon.

Gu Xiuming asked for instructions: "Brigade commander! I have captured two thousand puppet soldiers in the north of the city.

Please give instructions!"

Lin Fan ordered, "Have the Second Company escort these puppet soldiers back.

The First Company will establish a defense line in the north of the city and stay in touch at all times."

The puppet soldiers captured this time, all added together, numbered five thousand.

Liu Guitang's puppet Manchurian 10th Army had now been almost entirely given to Lin Fan.

Less than two thousand puppet soldiers escaped from Teng County.

With so many puppet soldiers, combined with the thousands of mules and horses at the station,

The transportation capacity was about the same.

Long Fei, Long Shu, and the other people from Long Family Village had been able to ride horses.

This action was in Teng County, so Lin Fan needed some locals.

That's why he brought them along.

Long Fei and Long Shu accepted Lin Fan's order and asked them to entrust someone to go back and report.

These people from Long Family Village immediately spurred their horses and rushed back to Long Family Village.

Long Zaitian, the old village head, had been in high spirits these days.

He now had a force of one hundred and fifty guns under his command.

With sufficient ammunition, more than thirty routed soldiers rushed to the outside of the village a few days ago, wanting to get some things by force.

Village Head Long sent them a hundred *jin* (approximately 110 lbs) of pancakes, but they were not satisfied.

They wanted a thousand silver dollars.

There were no silver dollars, but the old man put one hundred and fifty guns at the entrance of the village.

A burst of gunfire scared away the more than thirty routed soldiers.

The one hundred *jin* (approximately 110 lbs) of pancakes scared those people so much that they didn't dare to take them.

A few days ago, Long Zaitian even ran to Teng County Railway Station with these one hundred and fifty people at night, wanting to get something back.

He had heard that it was now the Japanese army's granary, and there were countless things.

But as soon as they walked in, they were shot down by the Japanese army's heavy machine guns.

The old man could only bring everyone back.

Hearing Long Fei and Long Shu say that Brigade Commander Lin was back again,

And that he had taken the station with his men,

And asked him to bring people to collect supplies,

Of course, such a thing couldn't be missed.

With one order, the entire Long Family Village was dispatched.

Everyone was like it was a holiday.

Driving carts and carrying burdens, they walked towards the city.

Long Fei and Long Shu heard that two family members had suffered gunshot wounds.

The bullets were still in the flesh, and the village doctor couldn't do anything.

"There are doctors in the unit, they can do it."

The two wounded were also pulled up in a cart and went to the city.

Lin Fan was already working on the captured puppet soldiers:

"Compatriots! Your hometown is in the Northeast!

Since your hometown was occupied by the Japanese, the people in the Northeast have either left their homes and villages,

Or they have become slaves of the Japanese. These years, you have been working under the Japanese.

You have done many bad things and suffered a lot of persecution from the Japanese.

We are the Special Forces Brigade of the 5th Theater