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Yang Ling also took the initiative to conduct a self-criticism at the meeting held by the Lieyan Special Forces Brigade, but after all, he had lost the battle, and it was not possible to do self-criticism if he wanted to restore morale.
In order to restore the morale of the Raging Flame Special Forces Brigade in a short period of time, the easiest way is to use an eye for an eye, blood for blood, and restore morale and combat effectiveness through victory.
So after withdrawing to the mountainous area, on the one hand, Yang Ling reorganized the Lieyan special warfare team, and on the other hand, he used the liaison officer to collect information about the little devil, hoping to take the initiative to attack and win the battle one at a time.
The Lieyan Special Operations Brigade originally had two squadrons, but after a series of battles, the number of officers and soldiers was severely reduced, and the two squadrons were no longer full.
In order to better display his combat effectiveness in the coming battle, Yang Ling was going to shrink the two squadrons into one.
While Yang Ling and the two squadron leaders, Grizzly and Zhang Tie, were discussing how to downsize the Raging Flame Special Operations Brigade and the firepower configuration of each special warfare team, the liaison officer sent by the 18th Army found Yang Ling.
"Have you collected information about devils?"
Seeing the liaison officer approaching excitedly, Yang Ling thought that he got rid of him and went to the intelligence department to collect information about the devils.
"Mr. Yang, I got back some information from the devil, but I have something more important to tell you." The liaison officer said with a smile.
"Oh? Is there something more important?" Yang Ling was confused when he saw the liaison officer's mysterious look.
The liaison officer hurriedly explained: "This time we lost Yichang, the Chairman and Chief Chen Cheng were very upset, and ordered us to immediately launch a counterattack against Yichang and take Yichang back!"
"Counterattack Yichang?"
Yang Ling was also taken aback. Now there are three elite devil divisions in Yichang. Although the devils showed signs of retreating, Yang Ling knew that after the devils issued the order to retreat, they changed the order again after only one day, and the devils immediately turned around. Occupy Yichang again.
"It is to counterattack Yichang, but you also know, Mr. Yang, that our army has been newly defeated, with serious losses in soldiers and insufficient weapons and ammunition. If we want to launch a counterattack and win in a short period of time, it is tantamount to nonsense. The troops need time to recover their combat effectiveness. .”
"So we, Commander Peng, decided to send a group of capable troops to infiltrate the devil-occupied area in Yichang first. On the one hand, we will carry out precise strikes on the devils, and on the other hand, we will collect as much information as possible to prepare for the counterattack of our main force. "The liaison officer explained.
When he heard that the main force was not fighting back with all their strength, Yang Ling finally felt relieved. If he forced a counterattack now, with the current strength of the 18th Army, he might not only fail to win Yichang, but would lose it in vain. Many officers and soldiers were sacrificed.
In Yichang and the surrounding areas, there are now three elite divisions of devils. It is not a group of pigs, but a group of wolves, wolves with sharp fangs.
"Is our Lie Yan special combat team also in this action plan?" Yang Ling asked.
The liaison officer nodded: "This time, apart from Mr. Yang and your Lieyan Special Operations Brigade, each regiment will form an elite special agent company, and several nearby guerrilla forces will also cooperate with you."
"The main task of this attack is to attack and destroy the devil's communication facilities, headquarters, officers, warehouses, roads, etc. while the devils have just occupied Yichang and are unfamiliar with the local area, and at the same time collect intelligence to prepare for the main force's counterattack. "
"Our Raging Flame Special Operations Team is fully capable of these tasks. When will we start?"
The Lieyan special warfare brigade suffered two consecutive defeats and urgently needed a victory to boost their sluggish morale. Yang Ling was not prepared to refuse.
"Because the newly formed spy companies of each regiment need time to adjust, the scheduled departure time is tomorrow night."
"What about weapons, ammunition and guides?"
"Don't worry, Chief Yang, it will be ready later today."
"I still need all the latest information about the devil, can I get it?"
"The intelligence department is doing its best to collect it, and it will be delivered before you leave."
After hearing what the liaison officer said, Yang Ling also nodded. He didn't want to fight an uncertain battle. If he rushed over recklessly, he would risk his brothers' lives.
The text of the first thousand and 360 chapters five bloody debts
At noon, Yang Ling's Lieyan Special Operations Brigade appeared outside a small village surrounded by mountains and rivers on the outskirts of Yichang.
Yang Ling and the others spread out and hid when they were a few hundred meters away from the village. This place was already very close to Yichang. They were worried that they would be exposed in an encounter with the devils in the village.
Although it was already noon, there was no cooking smoke in the village, and it seemed rather lifeless.
Yang Ling waved to the grizzly bear lying a few meters away, and the grizzly panda ran up to Yang Ling and lay down in front of him.
"Let the brothers in the investigation team go in and have a look." Yang Ling ordered in a low voice.
Grizzly waved his hand to the back, and the three cats, wearing green thatch camouflage and covering each other one after the other, ran towards this small village with only a few dozen households.
The brothers of the investigation team approached the village without any risk. After making sure that no enemy was found, they leaned against the wall and sneaked into the village cautiously.
"Press the fire and be ready to fight at any time!"
After seeing the brothers of the investigation team enter the village and disappear from sight, Yang Ling lowered his voice and gave orders to the brothers.
It took only a few minutes for the brothers in the investigation team to enter the village, but for the brothers hiding outside, it seemed as long as centuries.
When Grizzly waited a little impatiently, a brother from the investigation team rushed out from the entrance of the village, gesturing for safety from a long distance away.
"The Fourth Special Operations Squad is guarding the periphery, and the rest are entering the village."
Yang Ling and the others were ordered to infiltrate into the devil's occupied area for a surprise attack. Now that they are close to Yichang, they dare not go any further. They have to find a place to hide and rest, and wait until dark before moving.
"Why did it take so long to investigate?" Grizzly asked blamingly when he saw the pale-faced brother of the investigation team at the entrance of the village.
"We found something in the village." The brother of the investigation team replied.
"what?"
"Dead people, all the villagers were killed." The brother clenched his fists and said.
"Go in and have a look."
Yang Ling also smelled a smell of blood, and immediately strode into the village.
Soon, they came to an uneven open space in the center of the village, and the open space was strewn with corpses of men, women and children. The blood had solidified, and countless mosquitoes and flies were flying around. The stench of stock is pervasive.
Seeing this scene, even though many brothers were burned in blood, they still couldn't help but feel agitated in their hearts, gritted their teeth and turned pale.
"They were all shot by machine guns, and they were shell casings from a crooked machine gun." A brother from the investigation team who had sneaked into the village before came over and handed over a shell casing.
"Damn, these bastards!"
Although the brothers knew that the little devils often plundered property and food in the war zone between the two sides and created no man's land, but when the brothers really saw this scene, the strong visual impact still made it difficult to hold back the raging anger in their hearts.
Yang Ling hadn't seen such a scene for a long time. The devils implemented a relatively mild policy in the occupied areas behind the enemy. As long as they were not helping the people of the anti-Japanese troops, they generally would not slaughter wantonly.
After all, many of their puppet troops are inextricably linked with the people in the occupied areas. If they slaughtered wantonly, those puppet troops would have turned their backs.
But in the area where the two sides are fighting on the frontal battlefield, the vicious devils are extremely crazy in the state of war. No matter whether they are civilians or soldiers, once they fall into their hands, they will never survive.
Now seeing that the people in the entire village were mowed down by the little devils with machine guns, one can imagine the anger in the hearts of the brothers.
Yang Ling still wanted to take a break in the village and learn about the devil's movements, but who knew he would encounter such a situation.
The war has made the little devil's psychology extremely distorted, and the crazy slaughter has become a way for them to promote force.
"Have you found anything else?" Yang Ling asked the brothers in the investigation team with a gloomy face.