Chapter 141: The Japanese Army's Fishing Operation

  Wang Jinfu was anxiously waiting for the Japanese on this side, while Dong Li Mao and others were distributing ammunition to each soldier.

  Zheng Chenggui brought over a dozen mules, his men lacked weapons, many didn't even have guns yet, so the firearms were just right for the mules to carry, with each person carrying an ammunition box.

  Dong Li Mao's special agent team was not short of firearms, what they needed was ammunition. They quickly carried a box of ammunition each and left.

  At the farewell in front of the ammunition depot, Dong Li Mao grasped Zheng Cheng Kui's hands and said:

  "Captain Zheng, we have a long way to go from now on. Our contact will mainly rely on human means, although it's primitive, but it's safe and reliable."

  "Alright, let's join forces and beat that wild dog together. Take care!" Zheng Chengkui said tightly grasping Dong Limao's hand.

  Both of them felt like they had met too late in life.

  Wang Jinfai's abacus was smashed by a security guard who had been monitoring him.

  "What! Ran away!" Wang Jinfai was furious and slapped the security guard who came to report on Dong Li Mao and Zheng Chengkui's movements, shouting: "Still not quickly following up! Keep an eye on where they are escaping!"

  The security team, these people are either lazy or rascals, the majority of them just muddle along, normally they can bully ordinary people, but if something real happens, each and every one of them will run faster than a rabbit. They all know that Dong Limao and Zheng Chengkui are not easy to mess with, if they get caught by the other side while following closely, their lives would be over. So they follow from far away, at night, but it's too far to see clearly, and Dong Limao and his group didn't take the highway or main road, but instead went up the mountain through small paths in the mountains.

  Dong Li Mao went east, in the direction of the cave where ammunition and supplies were hidden on the Dianmian Highway's Gaoligong Mountain section. Zheng Cheng Kui and his group went north, towards the direction of the wild mountain between Myanmar and India.

  Wang Jinfai's security team followed for two or three miles, but fearing the wild wolves and snakes on the mountain, they all returned to the city to report back.

  Fortunately, they didn't follow again. Otherwise, the scouts Liu Yuzhong placed at the back would probably have cut their throats with knives.

  As Dong Li Mao led the special agent team to the intersection of Chuxiong Highway and Tenglong Highway, they saw from the mountain that dozens of trucks and armored vehicles were driving with headlights towards Tengchong County.

  "It's come so quickly! There must be a problem here, it doesn't seem like they're coming to attack the city, but rather as if someone is intentionally rushing towards us, which means that someone has informed the little devils!" Liu Yuzhen said standing beside Dong Li Mao.

  "That's right! Someone has indeed informed the Japanese devils!" Dong Li Mao nodded and said.

  "It won't be Zheng Chengkui and his people..." Liu Yudong guessed that there might be a problem within Zheng Chengkui's group.

  "Don't guess randomly, it's not them." Dong Li Mao interrupted his words.

  "So you're saying Lian Zhang knows who sent the letter to Xiao Gui Zi?" Liu Yuzhong asked.

  "I don't know yet, but I'll find out!" The intelligence received by Dong Li Mao only said that someone had informed the little devils that Dong Jia Cheng was in Tengchong City, and that a large team of devils from Longling had rushed to Tengchong by car, without mentioning who had leaked the information.

  "Commander, how did you find out that a large group of Little Devils are heading towards Tengchong?" Liu Yutang asked.

  Dong Li Mao glanced at Liu Yu Zhen and asked: "How long have you been a scout?"

  "More than two years." Liu Yudong didn't understand why Dong Li Mao asked this.

  "You're also a veteran detective, you should know that some intelligence contacts are single-threaded for the safety of the informants. Do you understand what I mean?" Dong Li Mao replied to Liu Yu Guang's question in this way.

  Liu Yudong awkwardly smiled and replied: "Understood, Commander!"

  Leading a large contingent of Japanese devils to Tengchong was a lieutenant colonel named Ikeda Kōji, who had been full of confidence and wanted to wipe out Dong Limao and his men in the city of Tengchong, but ended up with nothing.

  "Hah...!" Ikeda Kōji slapped Wang Jinfu several loud slaps, kicked him to the ground with one foot, pulled out his samurai sword, and was about to split Wang Jinfu in two.

  King Jincai was so frightened that he quickly asked the interpreter for help: "Please tell him, Tengchong City has a large amount of grain stored, I will hand it all over to the Japanese Imperial Army as military rations."

  After hearing the translation, Ikeda Kōji put away his sword. He didn't intend to kill Wang Jinfu with one slash anyway; he just wanted to intimidate him and show off a bit. He knew better than anyone that in the future, collecting taxes and maintaining local order would still rely on using Chinese traitors like Wang Jinfu, and it was easier to control someone who feared death rather than those who were reckless and arrogant.

  The reason why the Japanese invaders were able to swallow up half of China was not because their military strength was so powerful, but rather because the puppet government of Wang or some Chinese traitors who were afraid of death and willing to be Japan's running dogs sold out for them. The Japanese made full use of these traitors, no matter where they went, they would always find ways to cultivate a group of loyal running dogs.

  Tengchong City, of course, cannot be without running dogs. It's impossible to kill all the Chinese in the city, or how can the Great Japanese Imperial Army get money and food to supply the front lines? They even want to restore local industry, commerce, and agricultural production as soon as possible, which requires establishing a puppet government that will die for them to manage.

  Ikeda Kōji is a sinister and cunning guy, in order to surround and annihilate Dong Limao, he devised a plan called "Fishing", waiting for Dong Limao and others to take the bait.

  It can be said that the big and small commanders of the Japanese army invading China in Myanmar all wanted to capture or kill Dong Jiacheng alive to establish their own military achievements. In order to eliminate Dong Jiacheng, the highest command of the Japanese army in the China-Burma theater issued a top reward, regardless of whether it was a Japanese soldier or a Chinese person, as long as they captured or killed Dong Jiacheng, they would receive a large sum of money and a lifetime of wealth and honor.

  As a soldier, Ikeda Koji, who had no background and relied on his own hard work to get the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, also wanted to take this opportunity to advance his career by taking Dong Jiacang's head. When he heard that he had received reliable intelligence that Dong Jiacang and his special agent team were in Tengchong, a city without any defense, he volunteered to lead nearly a thousand men to rush to Tengchong. Unfortunately, he was one step late, but he would not give up easily. Based on his past experience fighting against the Chinese Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Forces in Northeast China, he believed that Dong Jiacang would not disappear so easily.

  So Ikeda Kōji reported his "fishing" operation plan to the brigade commander and got his consent, deciding to start implementing this "fishing" operation on May 7.

  A net for capturing and killing Dong Jiacheng and his special agent team was quietly spread out under the planning of Ikeda Kōji.

  Dong Li Mao, of course, did not know about Ikeda Koji's 'fishing' action plan. After he had brought the ammunition transported from the city and placed it in the cave, he did not hide in the cave but instead led his special agent team to rush overnight towards a mountain valley on the Tenglong Highway in the direction of Longling. He wanted to attack the Japanese squad that was heading from Longling to Tengchong County on May 7th at this location.

  That night, more than a hundred special agents camped in the forest. The next day was May 6th. Early in the morning, Dong Li Mao found Liu Yu Gang:

  "Liu Pai Zhang, select a few quick-witted scouts to go to the vicinity of Longling and Tengchong county towns, observe the movements of the little devils. If you see a small team of devils coming out of Longling county town heading towards Tengchong, don't rush to withdraw just yet, wait a bit longer to see if there are any more large devil troops or vehicle teams coming out of the city heading towards Tengchong. If there are large devil troops or vehicle teams following behind, hurry back and report immediately. This is very important, let the scouts remember it well."

  "Commander Lian, how did you know that a small group of Japanese troops would come out from Longling City and head in the direction of Tengchong County?" Liu Yudong was somewhat surprised at how detailed Dong Limao's words were.

  "Don't ask so many questions, just do as I say." Dong Li Mao had no way to explain and couldn't explain clearly anyway.

  Dong Li Maoming had some doubts in his heart, did Grandpa Tai really experience what he went through back then? Is it the truth I encountered or the historical records that are true? A large team of Japanese devils advanced into the city overnight, which is inconsistent with the historical records. At first, he saw that only a small team of Japanese soldiers entered Tengchong City on May 7th at noon, and dozens of people swaggered in. When he read the book, he also felt very puzzled. Attacking a county town, the Japanese only sent a small team of soldiers, how is this possible? Even if the Japanese had already known that there were no defending troops in the city, they wouldn't be so lightly armed, so he estimated that there must be some problems here, but he couldn't figure out what the problem was. After all, this was something his great-grandfather had experienced, and only when the time came would he know the real reason.

  May 6th passed quietly, and on May 7th, Dong Li Mao arranged the soldiers of the Special Operations Unit in a line, hiding them on the mountain ridge by the side of the highway. They were waiting for that small group of Japanese devils to drive into the ambush circle before taking action.

  Early that morning, four trucks came out of Longling City, with about twenty devils in each truck. On the top of each vehicle, a machine gun was set up, slowly heading towards Tengchong County.

  Two soldiers in charge of reconnaissance in the direction of Longling, as ordered by Liu Yukuang, did not immediately withdraw and hid in the trees on the side of the road. About half an hour later, more than a dozen trucks came out of the city again, each covered with canvas, unable to see if they were carrying people or goods, also heading towards Tengchong. The two soldiers hurried back to the mountain ridge where the special operations company was ambushing via a small path.

  At the same time, two reconnaissance soldiers responsible for monitoring the direction of Tengchong City saw a dozen trucks and two armored vehicles leaving the city. The two quickly took a shortcut back to report to Dong Li Mao.

  Just as the Japanese army convoy that had left Longling City was about to reach the ambush site on the mountain road, because it was a winding mountain road, it would take another ten or twenty minutes to enter the ambush circle. At this time, two soldiers who were scouting in the direction of Longling returned panting.

  "The convoy was long, with over a dozen trucks following behind, all covered with canvas, making it impossible to see what they were carrying."

  "Get ready, the little devil's convoy is almost here!" Liu Yuzhen saw through binoculars that four trucks would turn two more bends and enter the ambush circle.

  Dong Li Mao hesitated, could it be true that just like the book recorded, he could only watch as these dozens of little devils swaggered into Tengchong City?

  Just as he was hesitating, the two soldiers in charge of monitoring Tengchong City also rushed back and told Dong Li Mao what they had seen.

  Dong Li Mao was shocked, and only then did he understand that the small group of Japanese troops who had first left Longling City were just bait.