The 20th Cavalry Regiment roared out of Huoshan City.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu walked in the middle of the column,

Looking at this unit that had been resting for nearly a month,

His heart was filled with pride.

This was a very powerful fighting force.

The devils under his command

Hadn't been on the battlefield for a month,

Or tasted blood.

These devils were already starving for action.

When they heard the order from Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu,

Each and every one of them howled

And quickly returned to their camp.

They packed their bags,

And leapt onto their warhorses.

They prepared as quickly as possible,

As if afraid that if they were even a little slow,

Division Commander Fujie Keisuke would cancel the order.

When the devil cavalry's 20th Regiment set out from Hefei

To attack Liu'an,

Division Commander Fujie Keisuke had the infantry brigade launch the attack,

Without assigning any tasks to the cavalry.

When attacking Huoshan,

Division Commander Fujie Keisuke still used the infantry brigade,

Only this time it was the 30th Infantry Brigade,

Still not deploying the 20th Cavalry Regiment.

Now they finally had the chance to move,

And to operate independently outside.

What a wonderful opportunity!

Of course, Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu knew what his men were like,

But he didn't care.

If you want the horse to run, you have to feed it grass.

But grass alone isn't enough, you have to add some料 (liao, ingredients),

And add some grass at night.

The same was true for the tiger-like devils under his command.

Occasionally letting them go out and forage,

Letting these devils vent their energy

Would not only make them easier to manage,

But also maintain their crazy, bloodthirsty nature.

The distance from Huoshan to Zhangjia Village was seventy kilometers.

Warhorses at full speed could reach forty-five to sixty kilometers per hour,

But that couldn't be sustained.

Besides, the devil's 20th Cavalry Regiment wasn't going to be greeted with cheers when they reached their destination.

They were going to fight, so even though time was short,

The 20th Cavalry Regiment was only maintaining a speed of twenty kilometers per hour.

Running for a while,

Then slowing down for a while,

And resting for fifteen minutes every hour.

Leading the entire column was the 1st Battalion.

Battalion Commander Iwaita Taiya rode at the very front.

Still with him were the two guides they had hired.

Although the devils had detailed maps,

No map could compare to a guide familiar with the roads.

Zong Gaoyi used to be a peddler carrying goods to the villages around Hefei.

Now he was fifty-three years old,

And he had been traveling this area for thirty-eight years.

Whether it was around Hefei, or Liu'an, or Huoshan, Tongcheng, Shucheng,

He was extremely familiar with all of these places.

He knew every road and every village,

And many of the young women and daughters-in-law in those villages were his regular customers.

Ever since the devils occupied Hefei,

Zong Gaoyi suddenly realized

That the money he earned carrying his goods to the villages

Wasn't as much as he could earn guiding the devils.

And when he worked for the devils,

Walking in the city,

The bosses who used to give him credit

Changed from being arrogant to bowing and scraping.

This made Zong Gaoyi very satisfied.

Today, the Taijun (Japanese soldiers) were going to Zhangjia Village.

The name Zhangjia Village was too common.

Every county had one,

And some counties even had several named Zhangjia Village.

But after hearing Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu's explanation:

This Zhangjia Village was between Liu'an and Shucheng,

Closer to Liu'an.

Zong Gaoyi had already figured it out:

He had been to this Zhangjia Village before.

Although it had been half a year,

The road hadn't changed,

And the village would still be there.

The destination of this trip immediately appeared in his mind,

And a shortcut was slowly forming.

The old man used to be unable to read maps.

After spending so many days with the devils,

Especially since he really was familiar with the terrain,

The devils had specifically taught him how to read maps.

Now Zong Gaoyi pointed at the map and said,

"Taijun! We shouldn't take the main road.

If we take the main road all the way,

We'll be going around in circles and wasting a lot of time.

We can take many small paths through here, here, and here.

If we go that way,

We can cut at least twenty to thirty *li* (Chinese miles)."

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu was very happy.

"Yoshi!

You're a very good man!"

Now Zong Gaoyi rode a warhorse,

Leading the devils.

The devils had also taught him how to ride a horse.

The old man in his fifties

Had mostly ridden donkeys before,

And now riding a horse was shaking his bones apart.

But he had to endure it,

Because during these days of guiding the devils,

Zong Gaoyi had seen too many things the devils did to ordinary people.

Killing people over the slightest disagreement

Happened every day.

A company-sized formation like the 20th Cavalry Regiment setting out together today

Meant that another village was bound to suffer.

Zong Gaoyi didn't dare bet his life.

Not far from him,

The devils had also hired another guide.

Luan Jinglong watched Zong Gaoyi talk eloquently in front of Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu,

And it would be a lie to say he wasn't envious.

The old man Zong was already over fifty years old,

And yet he was so highly valued by the devils,

That Luan Jinglong had become a complete decoration.

Just like today,

He clearly knew the way to Zhangjia Village,

But not a single Taijun came to ask him about it.

Although Luan Jinglong also admitted that

He really wasn't clear on some of the roads.

But the main roads were easy to travel,

And the small roads were obviously difficult, right!

He had these thoughts,

But he didn't dare to reveal them.

Fortunately, he was young,

Only in his thirties,

And he could outlast Zong Gaoyi, that old geezer.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu didn't even glance at these guides.

He only cared about when the unit would reach the battlefield.

An hour later,

The 20th Cavalry Regiment stopped to rest by a small river.

It was already past ten in the morning.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu waved to Zong Gaoyi,

And Zong Gaoyi quickly ran over.

"Taijun! Did you need something?"

"The next place we rest,

We need to find a village.

We need to rest and eat in the village."

"Hai!

Taijun, don't worry. Twenty *li* ahead,

There is a Zhoujia Village.

There are over two hundred households in the village.

It's not a small village,

But it's not on the main road,

And few people go there."

"Oh!" Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu's eyes lit up.

A village with a large population,

And little contact with the outside world,

Was this the Amaterasu Omikami's reward for his regiment?

"Yoshi! Your plan is good!

Very good!"

Zhoujia Village!

Zong Gaoyi had only been there once a year ago.

The people there were all very nice.

They were all honest people,

And he could sell everything he carried there.

It was just that the place was a bit too remote,

And many people couldn't find their way there.

The devil's 20th Cavalry Regiment had over two thousand warhorses.

At this time, they all took off their saddles.

The soldiers led their horses to drink water in the small river,

Wiped the sweat off their bodies,

And fed them some dry rations.

After the horses were completely free of sweat,

They washed them again.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu saw that it was almost time,

And then ordered,

"Continue moving forward!

The next time we rest,

Find a village,

And let everyone have some fun!"

With one sentence, he made the devils of the entire cavalry regiment excited.

What these devils liked to do most was have some fun.

Since the regimental commander was thinking of them so much,

Of course, they had to be more valiant on the battlefield.

Seeing the devils of the entire 20th Cavalry Regiment with their morale soaring,

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu's mood was also flying high.

He couldn't wait to find that village right away,

Or to arrive on the battlefield right away!

An hour later,

The Iwaita Taiya Battalion, at the head of the 20th Cavalry Regiment,

Finally found Zhoujia Village under Zong Gaoyi's guidance.

At noon,

Scattered across the plain was a village,

With wisps of smoke rising from the rooftops of every house.

At first glance, this village was indeed a bit large,

With several hundred households scattered across this area.

Battalion Commander Iwaita Taiya pointed his saber at Zhoujia Village.

"Enter the village!"

More than seven hundred devil cavalrymen charged forward at once.

They were just the vanguard of the entire 20th Cavalry Regiment.

Behind these devils,

Were two more battalions of devils,

Surrounding the entire Zhoujia Village.

Zhou Mingrui was the village chief of Zhoujia Village.

Today, he had just arranged for the farmhands in his family to bring the crops back from the fields.

Sitting in the shade outside the main room,

He chatted with the farmhands about things from all over the world.

Zhou Tianhuai was a young man of only twenty years old,

And he was clearly more concerned about the outside world.

He was telling everyone about when he went to the city,

And saw the devils in the city carrying guns,

And snatching daughters-in-law.

He said, "The world outside is in chaos.

The Dongyang (Japanese) devils occupied Shanghai last year,

And occupied Nanjing and Beiping.

This year, they occupied Xuzhou and Hefei."

The old man Zhou Mingcheng, of the same generation as the village chief, laughed.

"What does it matter to us whether they occupy those places?

No matter who rules the world,

The grain that the common people have to pay won't be less,

And the labor they have to provide won't be less.

Whose world isn't for the sake of the common people?"

"Those Dongyang people even dare to snatch daughters-in-law in the streets!

They're devils!"

Zhou Tianhuai's face turned red, and he shouted loudly.

Zhou Mingcheng chuckled twice.

"He's getting anxious! He's getting anxious!

It's not your wife, what are you anxious about?

Her own man isn't anxious!

What are you anxious about?

You're talking about Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beiping,

So many common people,

Aren't they still alive?"

"No! I heard that the devils killed three hundred thousand of our people in Nanjing!" Zhou Tianhuai stood up excitedly.

"Look, look!

The devils killed three hundred thousand people,

But the people there still survived!

We are just common people.

Having something to eat every day

Is a gift from God.

And if we get a wife,

Life will be even better.

As for how chaotic it is outside,

As long as it doesn't affect us,

Who cares.

Dongjia (Landlord)!

The harvest is good today.

Should we give everyone a bowl of wine later?"

Zhou Mingrui's mind was wandering,

And when he heard his distant cousin,

Who was also his farmhand, asking for wine to drink,

He was slightly stunned, and immediately said,

"There's wine! There's wine!

This is still the good wine we had you exchange for in the city the year before last."

Everyone in the yard swallowed.

The landlord was good in this respect.

Whenever they put in a lot of effort,

He would always give everyone a bowl of wine to quench their thirst,

And after the harvest, he would slaughter a pig,

To reward everyone.

"The landlord is generous!"

"The landlord is a good man!"

"The landlord is a good landlord!"

Just as these farmhands were racking their brains to flatter the landlord,

The sound of hurried hooves rang out in the village.

The sound of hooves was not only hurried, but there were also many of them.

Even those who were in the yard,

Felt the ground shaking.

"Tianhuai! Go and see,

What's happening outside?" Zhou Mingrui was still the village chief,

And he could still calmly arrange manpower.

Zhou Tianhuai quickly ran out the door.

After only looking outside,

He quickly ran back.

"Dongjia! A lot of devils have come outside,

All riding tall horses,

Waving their swords,

They're everywhere in the village!"

Everyone in the yard turned pale.

The smoking pipe in Zhou Mingrui's hand fell to the ground.

He didn't bother to pick it up,

And asked anxiously,

"Did you see clearly?

Are they really devils?"

"They're devils! I've seen them in Hefei City.

They're all wearing the same thing."

Zhou Mingcheng quickly said,

"Whether they're devils or Guojun (Nationalist soldiers),

It's all the same when they come,

They want to eat and drink!

The landlord is probably going to lose money."

But he wasn't afraid.

Zhou Mingcheng was an old bachelor,

And if one person was full, the whole family wasn't hungry.

He had always been working as a farmhand here at his clan brother's house,

And he would spend any money he had in the city.

Now he wasn't worried about the devils taking his things.

Zhou Mingrui sighed.

"That's true!

If it's a blessing, it's not a disaster. If it's a disaster, you can't avoid it!"

After saying that, he picked up the smoking pipe that had fallen on the ground,

Stood up, and walked outside.

He was the village chief, and also the clan leader of the entire Zhoujia Village,

And he couldn't avoid these things!

Just as he hadn't even walked out of the yard,

With a "bang!"

The yard door, which was only half-closed, was kicked open.

Zong Gaoyi walked into the yard.

And quickly bowed.

"Taijun! This is the home of the village chief of Zhoujia Village."

Zhou Mingrui saw that the person who had kicked down his door was the old peddler from before.

This old man had been coming to Zhoujia Village to do business since he was young,

And he would stay at his house every time.

Seeing a familiar face today,

Zhou Mingrui's heart relaxed a lot.

The farmhands in the yard

Also felt a lot more at ease when they saw Zong Gaoyi.

Everyone knew each other.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu directly ordered,

"Are you the village chief here?"

"Yes! Yes!" Zhou Mingrui quickly responded.

"The Taijun want to rest here for a while.

Have the people in the village

Feed the Taijun's warhorses well,

And prepare some good food for the Taijun."

Zong Gaoyi said loudly to Zhou Mingrui.

"Yes! Yes!"

Zhou Mingrui agreed repeatedly.

"How many Taijun are there?"

Zong Gaoyi was stumped by this question.

"Prepare for two thousand three hundred people!" Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu suddenly said.

Hearing about food for more than two thousand people,

Zhou Mingrui's face immediately showed some difficulty.

This was what an average household would spend in a year.

But he immediately reacted.

War! War!

The presence of soldiers was a disaster!

As long as he could send these devils away,

It would be good to make up for these things.

He immediately said,

"Please come into the house, officers,

Have some tea first,

I'll have people start cooking."

He led Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu and the other devils into the main room,

And took a handful of the tea leaves that he usually couldn't bear to drink himself,

Had someone boil water and send it up.

He also instructed the farmhands in the yard

To borrow large pots from every household in the village,

And to catch a pig from the pigpen.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu heard the pig screaming miserably outside,

And asked,

"What's going on?"

Zong Gaoyi quickly said,

"Village Chief Zhou is slaughtering a pig to prepare a feast for the Taijun."

"Yoshi! This Village Chief Zhou,

He's a good man, a very good man!"

The good man Village Chief Zhou was secretly having every household in the village hide their young women.

He also had a daughter of his own in her prime,

And he had just had someone tell her

To quietly run away.

Soon, Zhoujia Village became noisy.

All of the men in the village were being summoned.

Some were helping to chop firewood, others were helping to carry tables and set out bowls.

Originally, setting out bowls and washing vegetables was something that women did,

But today the situation was different.

The village chief had specifically instructed that

The women of every household were not to show their faces.

Village Chief Zhou had taken Zhou Tianhuai's story of what he had seen in the city to heart.

Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki of the 2nd Battalion, 20th Cavalry Regiment.

A villager was helping him lead his warhorse into the shade.

The villager drew cool water from the well,

And carefully watered the warhorse,

And threw the green grass he had cut for it to the horse.

Squad Leader Yushiki was very satisfied with the villager's work.

He stayed under the eaves,

Watching what used to be his job

Now being done by someone else,

He bored,

He got up and went into the house.

A thief never leaves empty-handed.

He had entered this house today,

And of course, he didn't want to leave empty-handed either.

He walked into the main room,

And without finding anything of value,

He walked towards a room on the side.

Just as he pushed open the door,

He saw two women huddled together shivering in the room.

A woman was hugging a little girl,

Hiding in the corner of the room.

Trying to curl up as much as possible, as if that would prevent them from being discovered.

"Yoshi! Hua Guniang (young woman), very good."

Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki walked over happily,

And pulled at the woman.

She was a young woman in her thirties,

And her face was already full of wind and frost from years of labor.

But that didn't matter!

Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki immediately moved to grab her,

And the woman began to resist fiercely.

The man who was in the yard,

Had become nervous when he saw the devil walking towards the room where his wife and daughter were hiding.

And now, hearing his wife's cursing from inside the room,

His body began to tremble.

The cursing grew increasingly sharp.

"Zhou Dazhuang! Your wife is being bullied,

Why aren't you coming over!"

Normally, Guihua wouldn't dare to shout at her man like this.

But today she was also anxious.

The bad person who had broken into the room

Was still a man,

And how could she, a woman, beat him?

It was hateful that her man was clearly outside,

But he didn't come in to help.

Guihua's voice grew even more shrill,

And carried a cry.

"Zhou Dazhuang! You turtle,

You see your own woman being bullied by outsiders and you don't dare to do anything!"

Zhou Dazhuang was brushing a warhorse,

The veins on his hands were bulging,

And the hand holding the brush was shaking violently.

In all the years of their marriage,

He had heard Guihua cry countless times,

Each time it had been because he had hit her.

No outsider had ever dared to hit his wife.

His wife was his,

And only he could hit her.

Today, hearing Guihua's cries from inside the room,

And the despair in her voice,

Was something he had never heard before.

The movements of her struggle grew louder and louder,

And were mixed with her daughter Meixiang's cries.

"Mama! Mama!

Papa! A bad man is bullying Mama!"

Zhou Dazhuang finally made up his mind.

He threw down the brush in his hand,

Picked up the firewood chopper in the yard,

And shouted as he charged towards the room.

Zhou Dazhuang was shouting,

"I'll fuck your mother! I'll fight you!"

He used these words to give himself courage,

Charged into the wide-open room,

And as if he were chopping firewood,

Brought the chopper down on Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki's head.

Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki was working hard to subdue the woman he had pinned down,

And he and Guihua were still tearing at each other,

When he heard hurried footsteps coming from behind him,

And the sound of a man shouting.

Yunaka Yushiki turned his head to look,

And just as he turned his head, he saw a firewood chopper coming down on his head.

He only had time to tilt his head slightly,

And the chopper brushed past his head,

And struck his shoulder.

Yunaka Yushiki cried out in pain,

And quickly released Guihua.

Don't do one thing, don't do two!

Zhou Dazhuang pulled out the firewood chopper,

And once again chopped at Yunaka Yushiki,

The devil's blood splattered on his body,

And Guihua was so frightened that her whole body went limp.

Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki was chopped four or five times in a row,

And he was no longer able to stand.

His body rushed out of Zhou's yard,

And fell to the ground.

Zhou Dazhuang was still chasing after him with the firewood chopper,

And there were other devils outside Zhou's door.

Seeing this scene,

They raised their guns and fired!

"Bang!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Gunshots rang out.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu, who was sitting at the village chief's house, jumped up from his seat in fright.

"Who is shooting?"

Soon, a devil reported.

"A villager chopped Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki to death."

Zhou Dazhuang's wife and daughter were both caught,

And Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu saw that this woman,

Was also somewhat attractive.

He hadn't expected that the devils under his command were so eager.

He had originally planned to wait until after the meal to prepare this program.

Now he had no choice but to bring it forward.

He ordered,

"An Imperial warrior's blood cannot be shed in vain!

Your village must send five hundred women over

To soothe the warriors' angry hearts,

And you must also send one hundred taels of gold

As compensation for Squad Leader Yunaka Yushiki."

Everyone in Zhoujia Village was stunned.

They didn't dare to say no to the devils.

But they dared to speak to the people in the village.

Immediately, people began to curse at Guihua,

Cursing her for killing her man,

And that she was so old,

What would it matter if the devils played with her for a while?

Now she had not only killed her own man,

But also put so many women in the village at risk.

At this time, Guihua was too frightened to stand,

And only shed tears.

But her daughter Meixiang was still shouting.

"Bad people! You're all bad people!

The bad people are bullying Mama!

What's wrong with Papa killing the bad guy?

You're even helping the bad guy."

...

Zhoujia Village's attempt to seek complete preservation,

Ultimately failed!

Zong Gaoyi watched as Zhoujia Village was already burning.

After the devils of the 20th Cavalry Regiment had eaten the food prepared by the men of the village,

They still gathered all of the people they could find in the village,

And mowed them down with machine guns.

The devils lit torches,

Set fire to every house,

And then ran out.

Zong Gaoyi had seen this kind of situation many times.

In fact, when he set out,

He knew that villages would definitely suffer along the way.

The devils of the 20th Cavalry Regiment, having vented their energy,

Were all full,

And well rested.

They rode their warhorses with satisfaction,

In high spirits, and with soaring morale.

Only the warhorses beneath them

Were the same as when they had set out,

With nothing changed.

The 20th Cavalry Regiment burned two more villages along the way.

They didn't have time to completely destroy these two villages.

They could only ride back and forth through the village hacking and killing,

And then set fire to the houses.

After Mao Wenxing returned to Tongcheng to rest for more than an hour,

He took to the skies again,

Flying casually along the way through Huoshan, Liu'an, and Hefei.

This time, he didn't fly very high,

In order to become more familiar with the terrain below,

To make it easier for the Special Operations Brigade to make maps.

From far away,

He saw thick smoke rising in the distance.

The plane went towards that place.

Below was a village,

And the whole village was on fire.

Mao Wenxing's plane descended, flying just above the treetops.

This time, he saw clearly.

There was an open space on the ground,

Piled with corpses.

At least a thousand corpses of ordinary people

Were stacked together.

This was a very large village.

Mao Wenxing watched as the streams formed by the blood on the ground,

Were still flowing,

And he knew that the killers hadn't gone far.

He began to search around the village,

And soon saw thick smoke rising again in the distance.

He flew closer to take a look.

Another village with all of the houses on fire.

Many corpses were lying scattered on the ground.

And many people were trying to put out the fire.

Mao Wenxing was in the air,

And he couldn't communicate with the people below.

But he had linked the two burned villages together,

And it was clear that these arsonists were heading in the direction of Liu'an.

This time, Mao Wenxing flew directly towards Liu'an,

And soon saw a column of devil cavalry marching on the ground.

This was a devil cavalry regiment!

Mao Wenxing could be sure with just one look.

He had seen too many devil units,

And he could estimate the size and organization of the unit below at a glance.

This unit of devils was marching in this direction,

And no matter what their destination was,

It was definitely bad for the 3rd Regiment.

Mao Wenxing didn't stay any longer,

And flew all the way forward in his plane.

He contacted the 3rd Regiment a few minutes later.

At this time, Mao Wenxing, connecting the direction the devils were traveling,

And connecting the two villages,

Extending forward,

Wasn't that the place where the 3rd Regiment had fought the 19th Brigade of the devils for the last time this morning?

He also told Jia Shusheng about his deduction.

Hearing that a devil cavalry regiment had appeared behind him,

Jia Shusheng was in a bit of a bind.

Behind the 3rd Regiment were many laborers,

As well as logistics units.

Even the devil field hospital that the 3rd Regiment had just captured was in the rear.

According to Mao Wenxing,

The devil cavalry regiment was still more than ten kilometers away from Zhangjia Village.

Not much further than the 3rd Regiment was from Zhangjia Village.

What to do?

Mao Wenxing specifically mentioned that this devil cavalry regiment had already burned two villages along the way,

And had also killed thousands of ordinary people.

Hearing this,

Jia Shusheng had already made a decision in his heart,

And he immediately reported this information to Lin Fan.

Upon receiving the intelligence, Lin Fan didn't hesitate, and immediately sent a message back.

"Turn back immediately! We cannot allow the supply line behind us to be hijacked by the devils.

No matter what the cost,

Do not let a single devil escape."

Lin Fan was most angry about the devils' slaughter of villages.

Although the devils didn't admit what had happened in Nanjing,

Many high-ranking officers within their ranks were clear about it.

Under the pressure of international public opinion,

The devils had also said that they would rectify military discipline.

But in reality, the devils under their command

Didn't take military discipline seriously at all.

In the eyes of the devil commanders,

A unit without bestiality

Had no combat power.

In order to maintain combat power,

They were intentionally or unintentionally condoning the devils' acts of arson and plunder.

There was only one unspoken rule.

That it could not be carried out around big cities,

To avoid being photographed by foreign reporters.

Today, this devil cavalry regiment had once again carried out this inhuman act,

And Lin Fan was beyond furious.

Upon receiving the brigade commander's telegram,

Jia Shusheng immediately ordered,

The entire regiment to turn back!

The mission to attack Liu'an

Could be delayed by a day.

But this cavalry regiment that had been killing and burning along the way

Had to be annihilated at all costs.

The officers and men of the 3rd Regiment immediately turned back and charged towards Zhangjia Village.

The laborers following behind the 3rd Regiment,

Unlike the various companies of the 3rd Regiment,

The various companies of the Special Operations Brigade now had radio transceivers.

As long as their own plane appeared in the air,

They could communicate.

Even if the logistics team and the laborers saw Mao Wenxing in the air,

They wouldn't be able to talk to him.

The 3rd Regiment's march had now returned to normal.

The 1st Company was at the head of the column,

And the anti-aircraft machine gun company was at the rear.

Jia Shusheng loudly ordered over the radio,

"10th Company, 9th Company, immediately lighten your loads,

And return to Zhangjia Village at a fast march

To establish a defense line.

A devil cavalry regiment is charging towards the logistics team we left in the rear.

The main force will arrive soon."

Lin Fan once again issued an order to Xiao Jianying.

"A devil cavalry regiment is heading towards the battlefield in the direction of Liu'an this morning.

The Aviation Brigade will set out in due course,

To assist the 3rd Regiment in annihilating the devils."

He also notified Jia Shusheng of this intelligence.

Knowing that the brigade commander had already ordered the Aviation Brigade to assist,

Jia Shusheng's heart was even steadier.

The 3rd Regiment had fought a beautiful battle in Zhangjia Village this morning,

And now that they were turning back again,

The soldiers were all happy to hear that there was a devil cavalry regiment.

2nd Company Commander Gu Xiangdi said loudly as he ran,

"Brothers! The devils see that we haven't eaten horse meat in a long time,

And they're bringing us food!"

Hang Feichen said with some disgust,

"Company Commander! Horse meat isn't good.

It's too rough,

And hard to chew!"

Qi Liangcai laughed.

"Who cares!

As long as there's meat to eat,

Don't mention it!

I haven't eaten horse meat in so long,

And I'm starting to miss it.

Especially the jerky made from horse meat,

It's chewy."

Kou Mingjun said loudly, "Horse offal stewed with potatoes is also delicious."

"There are no radishes now. We can try taro or winter melon."

"Yes, yes! Tonight we'll have braised taro with horse lung."

It wasn't just the 2nd Company,

But most of the soldiers in the entire 3rd Regiment were discussing what dishes they should make with those warhorses tonight.

The devil 20th Cavalry Regiment was now burning its third village.

They were like a swarm of leeches,

Starting from Zhoujia Village,

Running over to burn any village they saw along the way.

If anyone tried to stop them, they would draw their swords and kill them.

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu didn't stop this.

In his opinion,

The closer they were to the battlefield,

The more they had to maintain the devils' beastliness.

It was best to turn them all into beasts,

So that they could maintain their greatest combat power.

After burning this village,

Zong Gaoyi pointed ahead and said,

"Taijun! Zhangjia Village is ten *li* ahead."

At this time, Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu noticed a plane in the air,

Appearing over their heads again.

This was the third time!

The plane was a bit high, and he couldn't tell if it was on their side.

Mao Wenxing was talking to the ground from the air.

"The devils are not far to the west,

Heading towards you."

He was talking to the 10th Company of the 3rd Regiment.

Company Commander Ying Deyi heard that the devils were less than ten *li* away.

And his company had only just arrived at Zhangjia Village.

He immediately had the laborers who were digging pits and burying people scattered.

This wasn't a good time to have them digging pits.

It was time for the 10th Company to dig pits.

The officers and men of the 10th Company began to act nervously.

Each of the three platoons sent a squad out to dig pits and bury directional mines.

The rest of the unit nervously dug fortifications.

To deal with devil cavalry,

You couldn't do without good trenches.

The best were trenches that were 1.5 meters deep.

The devil cavalry was ten *li* away,

And it was impossible to dig trenches 1.5 meters deep.

The 10th Company could only hastily dig trenches that they could crawl into,

And prepare some more directional mines in front of the position for the devils.

Fortunately, the 9th Company also arrived at this time.

9th Company Commander Jiao Anzhi had learned on the way that the devils were about to arrive.

Now that his company had arrived,

They could only bury some directional mines.

There wasn't time to dig trenches.

The devil cavalry 20th Regiment ran the last ten *li*

Relatively quickly.

Battalion Commander Iwaita Taiya, at the head of the charge, saw that there was actually a defense line built by the Guojun on the road ahead.

He was immediately happy.

Hearing Zong Gaoyi say that Zhangjia Village was ahead,

But they had to get past the Guojun's defense line first.

Although he couldn't hear any gunshots ahead,

Regimental Commander Fujita Toshimatsu felt that he had found the right place when he saw the Guojun here.

He ordered, "The 2nd Battalion and 3rd Battalion will dismount and rest.

Let the 1st Battalion go and probe the situation first."

Upon receiving the order, Battalion Commander Iwaita Taiya immediately commanded.

"Charge!"

His unit had only just started to move,

"Buzz, buzz, buzz!" A low sound came from the air.

The soldiers of the 9th and 10th Companies were very familiar with this sound.

It was