Although Jiro Hattori was surprised that the Chinese Air Force planes that had not been seen at all during the Battle of Jehol suddenly appeared in the sky, he was only surprised. Under the deterrence of the powerful aviation force of the Kwantung Army, these Chinese aircraft could only carry out some operations.
For reconnaissance activities, as for taking the initiative to attack, they would not dare to do so no matter how many times they were given the courage. The behavior of the plane just now is proof of this.
But he knew that the whereabouts of the 14th Brigade had probably been exposed, which slightly clouded his complacent mood when he left the city.
But it doesn't matter. As long as he captures Lengkou Pass before several relatively strong reinforcements from the Chinese army, he will have the initiative in the entire Great Wall battlefield. The first success in the attack on the pass is his own 14th Brigade.
So even though he now knew that his whereabouts had been exposed and that several of the leading soldiers in front had been killed, he still felt generally good and had a confident expression on his face. He just issued an order to speed up the march.
However, half an hour later, Hattori Jiro's face turned slightly ugly after receiving the report from the front.
Nani? More than twenty imperial soldiers have been killed and injured by despicable Chinese gunmen, and the first brigade has moved forward and sent search troops in three directions: left and right, but they were still attacked in all three directions.
Attack by the opponent's sharpshooters.
The key is that from the beginning, only the leading soldiers from the front were shot. Just half an hour later, they were also attacked from the left and right directions. This shows that these Chinese gunmen are not stragglers, but premeditated, organized and coordinated.
A sneak attack would be a bit difficult.
Until now, Colonel Hattori Jiro still believed that the Chinese army's attack was to delay the march of the 14th mixed brigade and buy time for the main force of the Chinese army on the Great Wall defense line.
What he didn't know was that even Zhou Wen, the instigator, had not anticipated what kind of monster the Japanese army would face.
A small force that was instilled with the concept of special operations in their teenage years. After four years of unremitting training comparable to that of later generations of special forces, they also experienced wars of various sizes. The key is that they still won every battle.
, stepping on the corpses of countless enemies, stepping onto the throne of the single-soldier king step by step.
Now, Zhou Wen allows them to kill the enemy with the purpose of killing the enemy without abiding by any rules and without any tactical restrictions. It is equivalent to untying the shackles of tactical discipline and morality on them. They can go into battle lightly and just kill the enemy when they see them.
It's over.
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On a high slope covered with residual snow and dead branches, Zuo Mingqing, the senior disciple of the younger generation of Wudang Dragon Sect disciples, was nervously observing the looming sight in the distance with the 2.5x Zeiss scope on the G31 semi-automatic rifle in his hand.
Shit yellow figure.
Although he had previously achieved the result of killing three Japanese soldiers in the ambush battle at Wazikou, and although he had also witnessed the madness of the Japanese army after they were at the end of their rope, he still couldn't help the shortness of breath and dry mouth caused by the accelerated heartbeat.
This is a normal reaction of a new soldier who has not yet fully adapted to the battlefield.
No matter how hard you train and how excellent you are, when you face a living being whose flesh is torn apart by bullets and shells, spurting out blood, and making inhuman wails and ghostly screams, the visual and auditory impact will be felt
It will inevitably cause people to have negative emotions such as tension, fear, doubt, wavering, etc.
The guerrilla area was divided according to each squad. The first one to spot the Japanese vanguard was the third squad led by Li Hu.
At that time, the four riflemen of the third team each aimed at a target 300 meters away and fired simultaneously. Only Zuo Mingqing missed the target. Two of the 12-man Japanese soldiers were killed and one was injured. The rest of the Japanese army responded quickly and immediately
They began to lie down on the spot or hide behind trees. Although they did not hear the gunfire, they could roughly judge the direction in which the bullets were coming. A crooked machine gun fired in this direction.
Li Hu, however, did not quarrel with the Japanese army and ordered all team members to retreat on the spot. Then he pulled Zuo Mingqing, who was looking frustrated, to move back along the slope and once again distanced himself from the Japanese army.
In fact, it was not Li Hu who retreated because he was afraid of casualties. He was just afraid that the Japanese army would suffer too many casualties and became vigilant, which would not be conducive to the subsequent plan to lure the big fish.
Just after his team discovered the top soldiers of the Japanese army, since the Japanese army had not yet completely entered the Yanshan Mountains, Li Hu just conducted some harassing shooting, asking his brothers to shoot first, and at the same time began to notify nearby teams.
It should be said that these brothers in the first team are all old masters of fighting. After communicating with each other, they rushed over from several directions with a tacit understanding, and they didn't just want to kill a few top Japanese soldiers.
It's a simple matter, but you want to eat a lot of meat.
A detachment of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers is not enough for the brothers. It would be interesting to join a squadron.
Now, at a new blocking point, Zuo Mingqing looked at the Japanese troops in front of him. He still couldn't control his heartbeat. He felt so ashamed that he really wanted to punch himself twice. He usually shot 400 meters with perfect marksmanship and was eaten by dogs.
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At this moment, Li Hu's calm voice sounded in Zuo Mingqing's ears: "Mingqing, don't think about shooting, count the number of Japs first."
After receiving the order, Zuo Mingqing slowly moved his rifle and began to count the number of Japanese troops through the scope.
"1,2,3,4,5...14...20...40..." He counted silently in his mind, and after a while he turned around and reported: "Team leader, there are 47 people."
In fact, Li Hu himself used a telescope to more easily identify the number of Japanese troops. He actually wanted to ask Zuo Mingqing to divert his attention and relax his overly nervous mind.
Li Hu knew that this was a small group of Japanese soldiers who had been killed and injured by several of his own soldiers before, but now there were only 47 of them.
The number of the Japs' top soldiers has increased from one squad to one squad, but they're not good enough!
"Others don't shoot. Tiehan shoots. Don't shoot at random, just shoot with a drum... Oh no, Ming Qing can shoot too."
The Tiehan Li Hu was talking about was a member of the original machine gun team of Uncle Ma, named Zhang Tiehan. As a disciple of Uncle Ma, he was naturally proficient in controlling machine guns. So Li Hu asked him to fire bursts because he was afraid that this guy would be too accurate in spot shooting.
, if the little Japs in this small team suffer too many casualties, I'm afraid that there will not be a squadron coming later, but a brigade.
A large group of Japanese troops, even if all members of the squad arrived, would not be able to eat enough. If they were not stuck by the enemy, casualties would be inevitable. You must know that the death order given by the scholar was not to cause large casualties.
Zuo Mingqing couldn't help but be disappointed when he heard Li Hu's initial order, but when he heard that he could also shoot, he immediately became energetic, raised his gun and started taking aim.