The main force of over six thousand men surged forward in a mighty, rhythmic flow. Filled with fighting spirit, the soldiers moved with rapid, purposeful strides along the forest path.
As the spearhead of the operation, Lin Feng led his four battalions at the very front of the main column. With the Friend-or-Foe Identification Map in hand, avoiding the Japanese along the way proved to be no difficult task. Since the capture of the Japanese battalion headquarters, the nearby Japanese troops seemed strangely stimulated, deliberately avoiding patrols in the direction Lin Feng was heading. Lin Feng had already observed this exact phenomenon at least five times, and many of the retreating units were of company size.
To ensure success, Lin Feng even ordered all battalion headquarters to shut down their radios for this breakout mission. Li Baoguo, in turn, dispatched the Reconnaissance Company to scour the surrounding area repeatedly, leaving no room for the possibility of Japanese scouts lurking nearby.
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