Chapter 1 An Evening Too Short, Loneliness Too Long

The distance from the south of the city to the north became exceedingly short amidst the fervent exchange between Regiment Commander Ding Zimin and Xiang Zhengcheng.

Xiang Zhengcheng hadn't even fully displayed his utter loyalty when the northern city walls came into view.

Regiment Commander Ding Zimin pointed at the city walls, "We're here!"

Although Xiang Zhengcheng's words had been impassioned, he was now at the destination.

He was still very afraid in his heart, but he was very clear: the commander had been amiable, but that was only one side of him.

He mustn't forget that the person who had carried out the "one-in-eleven execution" order in the south of the city was his subordinate.

To prevent Commander Ding from noticing his fear, Xiang Zhengcheng, after the car stopped steadily,

waited for Commander Ding to get out of the car and hurriedly jumped out himself, pointing to a house below the city walls and saying:

"Commander! That room is where the Japanese devils are staying."

The first car stopped, and all the cars following behind stopped one after another.

The soldiers in the cars all rushed out.

The two puppet soldiers, Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia, who had just run down from the city walls, each carried a Zhong Zheng rifle.

They hadn't decided which Taijun (Japanese officer) to approach when

Xiang Zhengcheng spoke up: "Old Turnip! Here!"

Old Turnip was Luo Chengzai's nickname, and hearing someone calling out,

he and Qi Heqia immediately ran towards the voice calling them.

Xiang Zhengcheng looked at the two of them and asked directly, "Where are the Taijun?"

Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia both pointed to the room he had just indicated: "Keep your voice down! The Taijun are all sleeping in the room."

Commander Ding asked, "And you puppet soldiers? Where are you sleeping?"

Luo Chengzai could feel the commanding presence in Commander Ding's voice, and without the slightest hesitation:

"In the rooms next to the Taijun."

He immediately sensed the Taijun's dissatisfaction and quickly added, "All three rooms next door are full."

Both Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia were thinking, "This Taijun speaks the local dialect too well."

As they were reporting, teams of Taijun who had gotten out of the cars had already rushed to the row of houses they had indicated.

Commander Ding instructed the two company commanders beside him: "Company Commander Jing, your company will attack the Japanese devils.

The Japanese devils are sleeping in that room, throw a few more grenades in there.

Also, send a platoon to the city walls to take over the defense.

Company Commander Geng, your company is responsible for disarming the puppet soldiers.

If there is any resistance, execute them on the spot!"

Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia were so frightened when they heard the commander's orders that their faces turned pale.

Their upper and lower teeth chattered, making a rattling sound.

Seeing this, Xiang Zhengcheng immediately said, "Old Turnip, don't worry.

The commander is only attacking the Japanese devils, not killing people!"

Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia were both thinking, "Throwing a few more grenades in there.

That's only attacking the Japanese devils and not killing people?"

Regiment Commander Ding Zimin said coldly, "As long as the puppet soldiers don't resist, nothing will happen!

If anyone is determined to work for the Japanese devils, I won't be soft-hearted either!"

Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia quickly said, "We won't resist! We won't resist!"

Xiang Zhengcheng said, "You won't resist! Hurry up and hand over your guns! Go and tell the brothers!"

Regiment Commander Ding Zimin looked approvingly at this puppet soldier who kept expressing his loyalty: Good lad! You have a future!

Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia hurriedly and clumsily put down the rifles they were carrying and the two grenades hanging from their waists.

Only then did they run towards the rooms where the puppet soldiers were staying.

Company Commander Jing Chenghua received the order and strode back to his company: "Liu Jie, you take four men and tie together four bundles of grenades.

Throw them into that room and blow up the Japanese devils.

Platoon Leader Zhang, take your platoon to the city walls and pay attention to the movements outside the city.

The rest of you, pay attention to the surrounding situation."

Company Commander Geng Xingwen returned to his ranks: "Zhu Youcheng, Chen Zhiwen, Fei Wu, you three platoons,

each platoon is responsible for one room, go and pull out all the puppet soldiers inside.

If there is any resistance, kill without mercy!"

"Yes!" The three platoon leaders received their orders and discussed it.

The soldiers of the three platoons immediately rushed to the front of those rooms.

The soldiers in front of the four doors kicked the doors simultaneously.

Sergeant Liu and his four men each carried a bundle of grenades, the back covers already open, the fuses all looped around their fingers.

As soon as the door was kicked open, four bundles of grenades were thrown in almost simultaneously.

Dozens of grenades made a "hissing" sound at the same time and slid into the room.

The other three doors that were kicked open also immediately had seven or eight soldiers in Japanese uniforms rush in.

They rushed in and immediately ordered, "Everyone listen up, get up immediately and go outside!"

Among the soldiers who rushed in, some pointed their guns at the puppet soldiers in bed.

Some quickly took out all the guns and ammunition that the puppet soldiers had placed against the walls.

At this time, the four bundles of grenades thrown into the Japanese devils' room exploded.

A huge explosion was heard.

These puppet soldiers who had just been awakened by the sound of the doors being kicked open had not yet recovered.

They didn't know what was happening.

They were immediately greeted by the butts of the rifles of these "Taijun" who had rushed in.

Luo Chengzai and Qi Heqia's voices came from outside the house:

"Captain Yang! These are the National Army, the National Army doesn't kill fellow countrymen.

Don't let the brothers resist!

The National Army doesn't kill fellow countrymen, brothers, don't resist!"

The two puppet soldiers were earnestly shouting outside.

Xiang Zhengcheng was also shouting, "Brothers, don't resist, all the Japanese devils in Moling Pass are dead.

All the city gates have been occupied by the National Army.

Moling Pass has been liberated!

Brothers, today is a good day, we finally don't have to be traitors anymore."

No matter what, the three puppet soldiers' shouts outside had a calming effect.

Hearing their words, these puppet soldiers, who had just been frightened, seemed to have found a backbone and finally began to cooperate willingly.

Squad Leader Yang Kangbo finally regained a bit of his squad leader's demeanor at this time.

He said to the soldiers aiming at him, "Officers! Officers! I am their squad leader.

Let me get dressed, and I'll come out immediately."

First, show goodwill to these officers who were holding guns and obviously not easy to talk to!

This could never be wrong.

Then, Squad Leader Yang Kangbo shouted loudly, "Brothers, cooperate with the officers.

Do whatever the officers tell you to do!

If anyone disobeys, I'll skin him alive!"

Even before he shouted, the puppet soldiers in the entire squad were already very obedient.

Regiment Commander Ding Zimin saw this group of disheveled puppet soldiers trembling in front of him.

Looking at these puppet soldiers, Commander Ding ordered, "Company Commander Geng, lock them in a room.

Count the number of people, and when you count them tomorrow morning, if there is one missing, the rest will all be buried alive with him!"

"Yes!" Company Commander Geng quickly accepted the task.

"Count them!"

Platoon Leader Chen Zhiwen immediately began to count:

"One, two, three..."

He quickly counted, "Fifty-five."

Squad Leader Yang Kangbo quickly reported, "Reporting, officer, there are only fifty-four people in our squad!"

Xiang Zhengcheng also quickly stated, "Officer! I came with you.

I don't count as one!"

Chen Zhiwen laughed and reported to Company Commander Geng, "There are a total of fifty-five puppet soldiers, one of whom came with us as a guide."

Regiment Commander Ding Zimin obviously had a good impression of Xiang Zhengcheng: "The guide will follow us.

The remaining fifty-four puppet soldiers will be locked in the room.

If one is missing when we call roll tomorrow morning, none of them will be left alive."

"Yes!" Company Commander Geng replied.

Commander Ding ordered, "You will set up camp here and rest, Platoon Leader Fei, take some men and follow me!"

Xiang Zhengcheng hurried to Commander Ding's side, following closely behind.

He didn't want to stay here; if one of those clueless lads ran away tomorrow,

the puppet soldiers here would probably not survive.

Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng woke up when the first gunshot rang out in Moling Pass.

He heard the gunshots coming from not far away, seemingly from the Taijun headquarters.

"The Taijun are fighting each other?"

He quickly stood up and shouted loudly, "Jing Zhengcheng! What's happening outside?"

The soldier called by the captain's name stood outside his door: "Reporting, captain, many car teams have driven past outside.

There are intensive gunshots from the Taijun headquarters, I don't know what's happening."

"Send someone to take a look!" Xu Lecheng ordered.

"Battalion Commander! It's dark as pitch out there, you can't see anything!"

"Have the brothers get up and guard the camp!" Xu Lecheng readily agreed.

"Toot! Toot! Toot! Assemble! Emergency assembly!" The entire puppet army battalion camp immediately became noisy.

In this era, electricity was still a luxury, and there was no such thing in such a small place.

In the puppet army camp, more and more torches were lit.

Jing Zhengcheng asked, "Captain! What's going on in the city?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? It's so dark that you can't see anything.

I don't know anything.

We'll talk about it when it gets light.

Let's go to a high place to take a look!"

Jing Zhengcheng quickly had people bring a ladder; there was no high place in this camp, only low houses.

If you want to stand higher, you can only go to the roof.

Standing on the roof, Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng looked at the Japanese devils' headquarters three hundred meters away, which was similar to his own camp:

There were people walking around in the yard with torches.

You couldn't see anything more clearly.

However, the gunshots over there had stopped.

Just now, sounds were coming from several directions, but now these sounds seemed to have agreed upon it.

Suddenly, they all disappeared.

Battalion Commander Xu stood in the cold wind for several minutes, but couldn't see any useful information.

He had no choice but to get off the roof, return to the house, and warm his hands over the brazier.

He was still thinking in his mind, "What exactly happened to the Japanese devils?"

As he was thinking, a soldier reported outside, "Squad Leader Ronghua is here!"

Lin Fan had just finished cleaning up Captain Kota Yujin's headquarters and immediately ordered Squad Leader Ronghua to point out the camp of the puppet army battalion in the city.

Soldiers from the Second Platoon of the Special Forces Company had quietly sneaked over in the dark.

They had already surrounded the entire puppet army battalion camp.

The Type 92 infantry guns and mortars were all aimed at the puppet army camp.

Only then did they let Squad Leader Ronghua do the work of this puppet army battalion.

This was newly contracted by Squad Leader Ronghua, who had said: As long as the Japanese devils are gone, these puppet soldiers will definitely not resist.

Squad Leader Ronghua knew these things, and now he could only succeed, not fail.

Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng was suspicious: "Ronghua is supposed to be guarding the south of the city, why is he here?"

He immediately reacted: "He's here to report the situation!"

Just as Battalion Commander Xu was thinking about things, Ronghua had been brought in by Jing Zhengcheng.

Battalion Commander Xu was vigilant: It was a bit chaotic in the city tonight, and he had to be careful.

At the door, Jing Zhengcheng carefully searched Ronghua all over in front of the battalion commander.

He indicated that he had no weapons before letting him into the house.

As soon as he entered the house, Battalion Commander Xu asked, "You're supposed to be guarding the south of the city, what are you doing back here?"

"Battalion Commander! The National Army is here! A large force of the National Army is here!" Ronghua said repeatedly.

"Nonsense! The National Army just retreated from Nanjing! President Chiang has already written about it in the newspaper.

Even if some remnants run over, they won't dare to attack the city." Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng was very clear-headed.

"It's true, Battalion Commander! There's a National Army force with more than a hundred cars.

And cannons have already entered the city.

They came from the direction of Lukou.

A long string of cars!

Tonight, all the members of the platoon of Kamikawa Naihiroto, who were guarding the south of the city, have been killed.

The gunshots just now were the National Army attacking the Japanese devils' headquarters.

The entire Kota Yujin squadron is dead.

It was terrible! I personally saw those Japanese devils being strafed by machine guns,

being stabbed to death by bayonets.

More than a hundred Japanese devils in the headquarters all died in the blink of an eye.

Captain Kota Yujin and several squad leaders also all died in the headquarters."

"The gunshots just now were from attacking the Japanese devils?" Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng was somewhat convinced.

"Just now, I also heard the sound of fighting coming from the north, east, and west of the city.

It only lasted for a while and then stopped, I guess the Japanese devils in those places are all dead." Ronghua said in horror.

"That's not right! Since the National Army is here, how are you still alive?" Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng's thinking was quick.

"The National Army only kills Japanese devils, not fellow countrymen. They said that the National Army doesn't kill fellow countrymen. Therefore, they spared the lives of us puppet soldiers.

I'm here to persuade the battalion commander not to resist.

This National Army force not only has mortars and Type 92 infantry guns, but also 150mm heavy artillery.

Battalion Commander, the brothers in this camp are afraid that they will all be blown to death by a few shells." Squad Leader Ronghua began to perform his duties.

He was a very qualified persuader!

Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng heard that all the Japanese devils in Captain Kota Yujin's headquarters were dead.

He asked again, "Did you really see it with your own eyes?"

"I saw it with my own eyes, I also saw Captain Kota Yujin's body.

He was killed by having his throat cut, and there was blood all over the floor.

Battalion Commander, why don't you believe me?

If the Japanese devils hadn't all died, Moling Pass would still be full of gunshots at this time.

Even if the National Army didn't shoot, the Japanese devils would definitely shoot!" Ronghua persuaded earnestly.

Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng said with a wry smile, "In this situation, what choice do we have?

Let's surrender!

Anyway, it's not the first time we've surrendered.

Once you surrender, there will be countless times after that."

After saying that, Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng stood up and walked out of the room.

He ordered loudly, "Everyone assemble!"

Jing Zhengcheng, who was just at the door, had heard all the conversations in the room.

He immediately blew his iron whistle, "Assemble! Everyone assemble!"

"Those on duty, come in and assemble too!" Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng said.

"Those on duty, all come in and assemble too!"

This order was immediately spread.

The puppet soldiers who were still on alert and defending everywhere began to run back from all over the place.

In ten minutes, the entire puppet army battalion was assembled.

Battalion Commander Xu ordered, "Everyone wait here."

He himself followed Ronghua out of the camp gate, and Squad Leader Ronghua shouted into the darkness, "Officer! The Battalion Commander is willing to return to the right path!"

In the darkness, cars immediately started up with a "cough! cough! cough!" sound.

Soon, the car headlights lit up one by one.

Lin Fan strode towards Battalion Commander Xu under the light of the car headlights.

Behind him followed a team of Special Forces Company soldiers.

Ronghua quickly introduced, "This is the National Army officer!"

Lin Fan walked up to them, "Welcome to return to the right path!"

Battalion Commander Xu quickly stood at attention and saluted, "Reporting, officer! The puppet army battalion has completed assembly, please give instructions!"

Lin Fan smiled, "Everyone! Put your weapons down and concentrate them in front!"

"Yes!"

Battalion Commander Xu agreed.

Lin Fan walked in the middle, and Battalion Commander Xu accompanied him into the camp.

Behind them were the Special Forces Company soldiers and cars following in.

The puppet soldiers standing in the middle of the camp could see the dark gun muzzles exposed in the car compartments.

They also saw the battalion commander and an officer in a Japanese Major's uniform walk in.

The battalion commander walked to the front of the puppet soldiers and shouted loudly, "Everyone, by squad, starting from the left.

Hand over all weapons to the front."

The puppet soldiers were already used to this kind of thing: those who surrender must first hand over their guns.

Pan Kaijie's squad was on the far left, and Squad Leader Pan Kaijie was the first to come out and put his rifle on the ground.

He put the bullets on one side, and the grenades on another.

He seemed very experienced.

The puppet soldiers following behind him did the same.

Lin Fan could see that the discipline of these puppet soldiers was not bad!

The surrender here was going very smoothly.

Regiment Commander Ding Zimin had arrived here with his men at this time.

When he saw Lin Fan, he laughed and said, "Company Commander Lin! The east, north, and west of the city have all been captured.

All the Japanese devils have been annihilated, and the puppet soldiers have all surrendered.

None of our men were injured.

This battle was really great!"

When he spoke, he didn't pay any attention to the puppet soldiers present.

Battalion Commander Xu looked at this officer in a Japanese uniform again.

He couldn't help but take a few more glances, this person's voice was too distinctive.

He was obviously not a Japanese devil!

Now he realized: these officers all had a white towel tied to their arms.

This discovery made him truly believe: these people were really the National Army!

With this discovery, Battalion Commander Xu looked at Lin Fan and asked cautiously:

"Officer! Which unit are you from?"

Lin Fan smiled, "I am Lin Fan, the company commander of the Special Forces Company of the 542nd Regiment of the 88th Division! Commander Ding, tell him!"

Commander Ding said proudly, "We are from the 83rd Army, Commander Ding Zimin!"

Battalion Commander Xu was even more confused: he could see that

the rank of regiment commander was much higher than that of company commander.

But here, he could clearly feel that this company commander was in charge.

"88th Division?" Battalion Commander Xu certainly knew this unit, it was one of the most elite units.

"Company Commander Lin! Is the 88th Division here at Moling Pass to prepare for a counterattack on Nanjing?"

Lin Fan said coldly, "Military secret!"

Battalion Commander Xu realized his identity at this time: puppet soldier! Prisoner!

He quickly said, "Company Commander Lin, I didn't mean anything else.

I was just excited when I thought about it!

Excited!"

Lin Fan nodded with a smile, "You were able to think of that and get excited!

It shows that you are still a patriotic Chinese with a conscience!

We are willing to give you this opportunity.

You will temporarily return to the barracks to rest, and after dawn, gather all your men from various places.

Then we will make unified arrangements!"

Lin Fan ordered Liu Laopao, "Send someone to guard this place, and collect all these weapons."

Liu Laopao immediately directed the soldiers to load all the weapons piled together onto the cars that had driven in.

Commander Ding looked at those weapons and said enviously, "Company Commander Lin!

These Zhong Zheng rifles are exactly what our regiment uses.

Give them to us!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Everyone in your regiment already has a gun, what do you need these rifles for?"

"To replace them! Most of these guns are better than ours!" Commander Ding didn't hide anything.

Lin Fan thought about the guns in their regiment, which were indeed badly damaged.

There were also some old cannons and such.

He finally nodded, "Exchange them for old guns or other guns, one for one!"

"Okay!" Commander Ding Zimin happily agreed.

"But! Company Commander Lin, what use is it for you to collect these old guns?

You have enough guns stored in your company to arm a division!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Not enough, not nearly enough!

I want to establish a base area behind enemy lines, and I want everyone in the base area to be able to use guns.

This requires many weapons."

Commander Ding Zimin was stunned; he didn't expect this Company Commander Lin to have such great ambitions:

"You want to make everyone a soldier!"

Lin Fan said with a smile, "Yes! If we were all soldiers now, with 400 million compatriots, that would be 400 million soldiers.

Which country in this world would dare to try to take our land.

How would the Japanese devils dare to invade us?"

Commander Ding Zimin was silent!

He had never thought about such a problem; he only wanted to get some good weapons and equip his regiment a little better.

Then he would get a promotion, preferably to army commander or division commander or something.

Lin Fan asked Battalion Commander Xu, "Where are all the material reserves for the entire Moling Pass?"

Battalion Commander Xu quickly said, "They are all in the courtyard of Captain Kota Yujin's squadron."

"What are the recent movements and orders from the Japanese devils?"

"Nothing! After the Japanese devils occupied this place, a lot of materials passed through here a few days ago.

Since the day before yesterday, no materials have been sent over.

The Japanese devils have already broken through Nanjing, and they can transport the materials they need from the Yangtze River.

They no longer need to go through here." Battalion Commander Xu was clear about this point.

Lin Fan knew that the Japanese devils hadn't issued any new orders recently.

He couldn't find any new clues and could only leave it at that.

He didn't use Captain Kota Yujin's headquarters and set up his own headquarters in the puppet army camp.

This was trust in Battalion Commander Xu.

Battalion Commander Xu was still somewhat excited.

In the newly established headquarters,

Lin Fan said to Commander Ding, "Commander Ding, do you want to rest for a while?"

Commander Ding wasn't sleepy at all, "We fought this battle too well tonight, too smoothly.

To be honest with you, Company Commander Lin, I can't sleep, I'm too excited."

Lin Fan said with a smile, "It's good that you can't sleep, let's discuss what to do next."

He pointed to the map and said, "This is Moling Pass. Yesterday, our scouts saw a Japanese devil team of 300 men heading towards Fangshan.

When they were tracking them, they were injured by an ambush set up by the Japanese devils.

I estimate that this team is coming to Moling.

That team that ran out of Jurong is also heading towards Moling Pass.

They may also come to Moling Pass.

There are more than 1,000 Japanese devils who escaped from Jurong.

The two Japanese devil teams add up to about 1,500.

I just don't know if they can meet up!

Tomorrow we'll wait here for a day, and if these two groups of Japanese devils don't come,

the Special Forces Company will leave and leave you here to guard it."

Commander Ding asked, "How long will we have to guard here?"

Lin Fan thought for a while, "Three days at most, and the shortest is not guarding at all, and following us."

Commander Ding couldn't figure it out: what kind of strategy and tactics was this?

Lin Fan saw his confusion, "The three of us together can only fight guerrillas with the Japanese devils, we don't have the strength to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese devils yet.

Therefore, if few Japanese devils come, we'll fight!

If many Japanese devils come, we'll run!

Actually, we have the initiative now.

The Japanese devil army looks strong on the surface, but they have too many cities to defend.

Some unimportant nodes in these cities have too many troops stationed there.

Even if all the troops in the entire Japanese devils country are sent over, it won't be enough.

If their troops are small, they can't stop our attack.

We just annihilated two Japanese devil regiments sent from Nanjing yesterday.

If we don't give them a little stimulation, these Japanese devils won't continue to send soldiers out.

Today we occupied Moling Pass, forming a three-sided attack on Nanjing.

If they want to send troops over, they can only slow down their pursuit of the main force of the National Army.

They even have to withdraw troops from the front line to fight us.

At that time, we can retreat."

Commander Ding still couldn't understand what the benefit was of doing this.

However, he understood one thing from Lin Fan's explanation: the Special Forces Company didn't mean to use his team as cannon fodder.

That was enough!

To be honest, he didn't understand Lin Fan's strategic thinking at all.

But through the battles of these two days, he could feel that Lin Fan's command was completely fine!

Fighting! In the end, success or failure is judged by the results.

Winning a battle is good.

Losing a battle is definitely not good.

Just like tonight, overnight, the team traveled hundreds of miles.

They captured three cities in a row!

If this were in ancient times, it would definitely be written into the history books.

With his worries put down! Commander Ding was able to sleep.

Otherwise, he felt like he was lying on a volcano.

Moling Pass was only 40 li (20 km) in a straight line from Yuhuatai in Nanjing. If the Japanese devils sent heavy troops out of Nanjing, it would only take half a day to get here.

How could he, with only one regiment, withstand the Japanese devils' attack?

Now that he heard what Lin Fan said: if the Japanese devils sent few people, they would defend it.

If the Japanese devils sent many people, they would leave!

Commander Ding Zimin was actually clear about this kind of tactic.

Their 83rd Army's previous opponent wasn't the most skilled at this kind of fighting?

So this was the common tactic of weak teams!

He had already learned some things about the Special Forces Company from the army commander's mouth these two days.

For example: why they could have more than 1,000 soldiers in one company.

Why their company had so many heavy artillery pieces.

This topic couldn't continue to be explored, although it was wartime now, and President Chiang was also advocating uniting all forces that could be united to resist the Japanese devils.

But Commander Ding knew that unity might only be temporary.

He could even think that unity was only temporary, why didn't Company Commander Lin have any defensiveness against the 83rd Army and the 66th Army?

He couldn't figure it out!

And he couldn't ask!

Commander Ding lay down and started to rest with his questions.

Lin Fan didn't insist either, and he also started to rest.

Special forces soldiers who had received systematic training in later generations could enter deep sleep in just a few minutes.

In this way, an hour of sleep could fully restore their spirit and physical strength.

This was what he was doing now!

The Special Forces Company soldiers were still in the initial stage of physical training these days.

Lin Fan didn't have the idea of ​​fully disclosing the training methods of later generations.

Weaponry is a double-edged sword, in one's own hands it is a sharp sword.

In the hands of the enemy, it is a disaster!

What he wanted to train was an elite force that could completely obey orders.

While Lin Fan was resting, Feng Junya was directing the soldiers of the Eighth Platoon to set up all five heavy artillery pieces.

They were ready to bomb the Japanese devils at any time, although they didn't know where the Japanese devils were yet.

Moling Pass slowly returned to peace again.

At six o'clock in the morning, Battalion Commander Xu was awakened by the sound of neat footsteps on the training ground.

Not only him, but also the entire puppet army and Commander Ding, who lived in this camp.

When they walked out of the barracks,

they saw in the dim light that there was a team running on the training ground. The footsteps of this team were swift and vigorous.

You could tell from the voices of "one-two-one, one-two-one" that the soldiers shouted during their run that these soldiers were full of energy.

Seeing that the Special Forces Company soldiers had the same actions as his team last night, delaying most of the night's rest time,

they were still training early in the morning today.

Commander Ding seemed to have found a little distance between the two sides.

Battalion Commander Xu looked at this team, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong!

When he saw some of his soldiers walking out of the camp,

he compared the two and realized one thing: this team running on the training ground was actually carrying backpacks and weapons.

He saw that among the running soldiers, some were carrying a Type 38 rifle, and some were carrying a mortar barrel on their shoulders.

Behind the barrel, there must be a gun mount, and next to them were soldiers carrying ammunition boxes.

With this discovery, Battalion Commander Xu's focus of observation obviously changed.

Then he saw even more: heavy machine guns and light machine guns were all in the running team.

Battalion Commander Xu couldn't help thinking: "If there was a team ambushing at this time, this team that was exercising.

I'm afraid it would be able to fight back immediately!"

He didn't know that Lin Fan had been considering this: his education for the Special Forces Company had always been "Under any circumstances, when attacked, you must be able to fight back immediately."

Battalion Commander Xu also discovered a new thing: Lin Fan, who was obviously an officer yesterday, was now like all the soldiers.

He was carrying a package, a rifle, and a mortar barrel, and in front of and behind him were soldiers carrying ammunition boxes.

Even the company commander was training with the soldiers?

Battalion Commander Xu was a little puzzled.

He didn't know Lin Fan's position in this team, so he wasn't very surprised!

Commander Ding's eyeballs were about to fall out: Company Commander Lin was actually participating in training with the soldiers!

After the team ran for twenty minutes,

the soldiers holding the cannons and machine guns put these weapons away.

Everyone held the rifle they were carrying in their hands.

They started practicing bayonet fighting!

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The shouts of killing were deafening. Just seeing their training had already made the faces of the puppet army battalion soldiers turn pale.

The Japanese devils didn't have this kind of momentum when they trained!

Commander Ding Zimin found the direction for his team's future training.

He secretly made up his mind: his team must train like this.

If he also did morning exercises like ordinary soldiers, and trained the same way!

Thinking of this, he understood: leading by example! It's not acting, it's not just eating and wearing the same clothes as the soldiers.

But truly participating in the soldiers' training.

If he really joined the soldiers' training, just thinking about it, he knew how much encouragement it would give the soldiers!

The training of the Special Forces Company soldiers aroused Battalion Commander Xu Lecheng's competitive spirit.

He also stood up and blew the whistle in his hand.

This time he no longer asked Jing Zhengcheng to assemble the team for him: in the past, he felt that he was the battalion commander.

Doing these little things himself would damage his image.

Today, seeing a team like the Special Forces Company, where even the company commander carried guns and cannons like ordinary soldiers,

he couldn't calm down!

He also had to do it himself!

Even if the battalion commander personally became the whistler, it still took the entire puppet army battalion fifteen minutes to assemble.

This was still because he personally blew the whistle, and many soldiers ran back and called out the people in the same dormitory after discovering it.

Battalion Commander Xu looked at the soldiers under his command. When they assembled, not to mention carrying packages and guns,

just coming out to assemble empty-handed was still slovenly.

Now was not the time to dwell on these little things, Battalion Commander Xu directed the soldiers to start running along the road that the Special Forces Company had just run.

The training ground was a full 2,000 meters around.

Before they had even run one lap, some of the people in his team couldn't take it anymore.

Battalion Commander Xu himself was exhausted!

Now he understood: the gap between his team and others was one in the sky and one on the ground.

People were running fully armed and had run three laps in twenty minutes.

After running, they immediately started bayonet training.

Commander Ding Zimin also witnessed the speed at which the Special Forces Company soldiers ran.

According to the appearance of these soldiers, when they retreated, even without cars, few troops would be able to catch up!

With such soldiers, they could run past the Japanese devils even if they couldn't beat them!

The more he understood the Special Forces Company, the more he realized how big the gap was with them.

When the Special Forces Company's hour of morning exercise ended,

Battalion Commander Xu and his men's morning exercise had ended long ago. The entire battalion had only run two kilometers and then ended the training hastily.

Lin Fan saw all of this.

He walked over and said to Battalion Commander Xu, "Have your cookhouse make all the food for your battalion.

I'll send someone to bring you some canned food.

Two people will share one can in the morning!"

Hearing that there was canned food, Battalion Commander Xu was happy.

Lin Fan said coldly, "This is to be distributed to the soldiers to eat this morning.

If you dare to deduct any, I guarantee you won't live to see the dark!"

Battalion Commander Xu quickly said, "I wouldn't dare! I wouldn't dare!"

Actually, he had just made up his mind: "Prepare to use ten cans to make soup, so that all the soldiers can smell the flavor."

This time he felt that this Company Commander Lin could see through people's hearts.

Jing Zhengcheng couldn't help but take a few more glances at this company commander after hearing Lin Fan's words.

This company commander seemed to be a little different towards ordinary soldiers.

Just now he had also seen Lin Fan carrying a mortar barrel on the training ground, running a full three laps.

Lin Fan said to Commander Ding Zimin, "Have your men send all the puppet soldiers here.

Also, distribute the Japanese devil biscuits and canned food that we seized last night to the soldiers.

Distribute one kilogram of compressed biscuits and three cans of meat to each person every day, and let them try to finish them.

Share one can of fruit in water for every two people every day.

They must finish all of these, and they are not allowed to keep any!"

Canned food was a good