The sound of heavy raindrops falling on the leaves and the weak moans of the injured Wei Youren kept reaching Song Xiaobao's ears. He knew that the fate of the entire team was now resting on his shoulders.
If he couldn't kill the Japanese sharpshooter in time, the entire team would be in danger of being wiped out.
At this time, he couldn't help but think of the teachings of one of the most famous hunters of the 200th Division: When encountering a Japs sharpshooter, if no trace of the enemy is found, you must first learn to put yourself in someone else's shoes. If you were a Japs, what would you do?
How to do it.
All fools know that once a shot is fired, the target must be quickly moved. Staying there stupidly is courting death.
Judging from the situation just now, the kid opposite is a shrewd guy and will definitely not make such a stupid mistake. But which direction will he go?
Song Xiaobao looked around. All his comrades were hiding behind tree trunks and shelters. If the Japanese sharpshooter wanted to expand his victory, he would definitely need to attack from both sides, but would he attack from the left or the right?
By the way, even if the kid takes a detour, he will definitely not go too close, and there is an open space tens of meters away on the right wing, with no obstructions or bunkers. Once he fires, his own grenade will blow him into pieces, so...
After determining the general direction of the enemy, Song Xiaobao slowly moved the barrel of the gun and looked towards the left wing with wide eyes.
The green tropical shrubs blocked the view, and the rain hitting the shrubs caused the leaves to sway slightly. At this moment, a bush in the aiming circle suddenly shook violently.
Song Xiaobao saw a clump of green weeds emerging from under the bushes. Although he didn't know it clearly, his intuition told him that this was the target he was looking for.
"You bastard, I finally found you."
With a dull gunshot, Song Xiaobao saw the green weeds suddenly collapse, apparently hitting the target.
After receiving the safety gesture from Song Xiaobao, the soldier closest to Wei Youren immediately rushed to him and took out a bandage from his body to stop the bleeding, but it was no longer needed. The pale-faced Wei Youren had stopped breathing.
The reconnaissance team divided into three combat groups also began to rush towards the direction of the Japanese army. After a burst of grenade explosions and rapid machine gunfire, the rainforest returned to silence again, with only the rustle of rain hitting the leaves.
"Sir, all the Japs' investigation team has been wiped out, but Wei Youren..."
After hearing the bad news reported by his subordinates, Song Changgui slammed his helmet to the ground. The other soldiers also stood there, looking at Wei Youren who was lying on the ground, pale and wide-eyed, lowering his head.
They lost another comrade who shared life and death. The rain slipped from their bodies and splashed into the faint blood at their feet. Soon, the blood became weaker and weaker until it was completely washed away by the rain...
"Gu Wenyi... put Xiao Wei on your back and let's go home!"
As it approached evening, the rain finally stopped. A reconnaissance team composed of more than a dozen young soldiers walked hard in the dense jungle. The laughter and laughter were gone, and inexplicable sadness lingered in everyone's hearts.
The rain was pouring continuously. There were several inconspicuous courtyards in the east of Yangon City. Some camouflage branches were piled randomly around the courtyards. From time to time, some officers walked by.
Gao Jiwen, the deputy commander of the 200th Division, was sitting on a stool built up from shell boxes, looking at the sky that had just cleared up and started to clear up in the afternoon less than a night ago, with a look of exhaustion on his thin face.
Since the death of the division commander General Dai Anlan a few days ago, the radio station at the division headquarters has also broken down. Chief of Staff Zhou Zhi had no choice but to personally lead a platoon to break through the encirclement and rush to Yangon to ask for help from Commander Luo Zhuoying.
Now everything in Tonggu City is on his shoulders, especially these days, Japanese aircraft have increased their bombing of Tonggu, which makes the 200 Division, which already lacks anti-aircraft weapons, even more difficult.
Just yesterday, Liu Shaohua, the leader of the 599th Regiment, died while commanding the battle. Gao Jiwen could only serve as the leader of the 599th Regiment himself, which made him even more tired.
"Sir...Sir Gao!"
Accompanied by the sound of stepping on muddy water, Liu Shuren, the leader of the engineering regiment, strode in.
"Sir... just now, a reconnaissance team we sent came back. They brought back a message that they encountered the Japanese 56th Search Regiment near Langguji in the east. The reconnaissance team briefly stayed with them.
They quickly evacuated after the exchange of fire, and the purpose of the Japanese troops is still unclear."
"The 56th Search Wing? What are they doing here?" Gao Jiwen immediately became wary.
By the way, in some divisions of the Japanese army, there is a special unit: the search wing. As the name suggests, this unit is responsible for the most important campaign reconnaissance mission, but it does not stop there, it is also responsible for campaign breakthroughs and campaign maneuvers.
, battle pursuit and other multiple tasks.
Their organization is also very interesting, equipped with cavalry and even chariots, and the soldiers are carefully selected from each unit.
Judging from the above description, this kind of regiment seems to be quite powerful. The soldiers are well-equipped and well-trained. At first glance, they look quite elite.
But in fact, this type of regiment is still very different from an ordinary infantry regiment.
His biggest problem is that the establishment is too small.
An ordinary infantry regiment can usually have more than 3,800 or even 4,000 people, but a search regiment can only have more than 400 or less than 500 people when it is exhausted.
Therefore, their main combat mission is not to fight positional warfare, but to conduct reconnaissance, raids and infiltration. This is already the prototype of later generations of special commandos.
Where is that team now? Let their captain come to see me immediately.
"yes!"
Soon, a second lieutenant was brought to him by the guards.
"Reporting to the commander, Song Changgui, the captain of the 11th Investigation Team, is here to report and ask for instructions from the commander!"
"Take a break!"
Gao Jiwen waved his hand and handed him a teapot, "Sit down and drink some water."
"Thank you, sir." Song Changgui was not polite. He took the teapot and drank the water in one go before placing the teapot on the table.
After seeing him finish drinking the water, Gao Jiwen said, "Speaking of which, what did you see in Langguji?"
Song Changgui said: "We discovered a Japanese unit, which consisted of more than a hundred cavalry and more than a dozen Type 89 tanks.
Originally we wanted to get closer for reconnaissance, but we didn't expect that the Japanese army was extremely vigilant. Even though it was raining heavily, they still sent out a considerable number of guard posts and we were discovered as soon as we approached.
For this reason, we had to evacuate immediately, but the Japanese army secretly sent troops to pursue us, and even sent a small force to go around our front to block us. We almost couldn't come back.
Fortunately, we captured an injured prisoner, and after interrogation we found out that they were the 56th Search Wing, but the prisoner did not know the purpose of their trip."