"Tell the 58th Division that the Japanese are less than ten miles away from us, and there may be an artillery attack soon. Ask them to pay attention to the artillery fire."
In fact, the bunkers of the Paratrooper School are very strong. Not only are the trenches strong, but the tops of the trenches are all covered with a layer of logs, a layer of sandbags stacked several times, and turf on the top.
It's basically impossible to figure it out clearly unless you launch an infantry attack immediately.
The Japanese Sixth Division is worthy of being the vanguard of the invasion of China. After the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese cabinet had great concerns about expanding the war against China. Therefore, the Japanese Army General Staff designated the line from Suzhou to Jiaxing as the restriction line (the Sujia Line).
Japanese troops were not allowed to cross.
In this way, Jinling City was also excluded from the battle line.
However, the commanders of the Tenth Army, Heisuke Yanagawa and Hisao Tani, decided to break free from the "reins" after conspired. This group of lunatics carried the staff headquarters on their backs and pursued Jinling alone and reached Huzhou, making the Sujia Line a virtual reality.
From this perspective, Yanagawa Heisuke and Hisao Tani are very good tactical commanders, but their strategic considerations are much worse.
Although Hisao Tani was harassed by the detective team on the way forward, the entire Sixth Army arrived at the Niushou Mountain battlefield as scheduled and immediately launched an artillery team to launch a probing attack on Niushou Mountain.
Probably the attacks on the road made Hisao Tani feel that this battle was not easy, so he only sent out a large group during the trial attack.
The first time the soldiers stepped into the not-dense woods in the south of the Yangtze River, some veterans already spoke to their newly recruited soldiers.
"Don't take the mountain road..."
This is what almost all veterans warn new recruits, because it is undoubtedly the most likely situation to step on a landmine. In addition, pay attention to...
Following the earnest instructions of the veterans, the new recruits bent down and stretched out their steps cautiously. As they slowly fell, they had to carefully feel whether there were mine trip strings or hair-pressing devices in the grass.
In fact, there is nothing disturbing. The woods are quiet in winter, and so many people going up the mountain have already scared away the birds.
Under the leadership of the veteran, a large group of Japanese soldiers opened a skirmish line and slowly approached the top of the mountain.
"ah"
The silence suddenly collapsed like fragile porcelain, and a loud and sharp scream almost pierced people's eardrums.
"Stop, stop, don't move..."
Almost everyone's footsteps stopped at the same moment, looking nervously at the still green and moist mountains and forests in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Watch your step, pass down..."
A distant voice came. The soldiers looked at each other and complained wildly with their eyes.
Everyone knows to be careful where you step, but who knows what you should be careful about when you step.
"Watch your step, pass down..."
The veteran stretched out his neck and shouted, but after shouting, he immediately lowered himself and squatted in the grass. It could be heard from his nervous breathing that the veteran was very nervous.
The newly recruited soldiers didn't understand why the veterans reacted like this to the battle ahead as this was just an ordinary mountain.
You must know that to deal with the Chinese army in front, there was enough firepower and a tragic charge, but I have never seen the veteran so nervous. But this is probably not the time to ask him. If you speak out to break the deathly silence, the veteran will definitely be
Slap.
The veteran's hand waved silently, and then he slowly moved forward.
He paused at every step, but the direction he was moving was not straight forward, but towards a few bamboos.
In the surprised eyes of the new recruits, the veteran pulled out his bayonet and cut off the longest bamboo in a few strokes. It was about the thickness of a grenade and about four meters long.
Then slowly lie down on the ground and throw the bamboo as far forward as possible.
The moment he threw the bamboo pole, he held his head with his arms and lay motionless on the ground. The recruits who were startled by him also lay motionless on the ground, each holding their helmeted heads.
However, there was no expected explosion, and the roar of an officer in the army was heard nearby.
"Move forward... hurry up... don't dawdle..."
The veteran who was urged to get up muttered a curse,
"Aren't you going to wait too long? You can't be too careful when facing the Demon King of the Four Elements. You're a bastard who doesn't know anything."
Although he had to lead the recruits forward at the officer's call, the progress was still slow and careful. Moreover, he would throw out bamboo poles from time to time to explore the way, and never step out of the grass that the bamboo poles had explored.
"Did you see it? It's the masterpiece of the Four Elements Demon King. Everything becomes his weapon on the battlefield."
The recruits followed the veteran's fingers and saw that it was a closed bamboo tube. Although it looked simple, the fang-like bamboo nails that pierced the bamboo tube after being closed still made the recruits feel their scalps numb.
"The person who screamed just now must have been hit by this thing. Be careful...be careful. You can never be too careful when facing the Demon King of the Four Elements..."
The recruits began to admire the cautious veteran, but some people still thought that he must have been scared by the "Four Elements Demon King". But he was a soldier of the Sixth Division, why would he be afraid of the legendary "Four Elements Demon King".
In fact, the Sixth Division and the Shigeto Brigade stationed in Wanwan are both in Kyushu. Therefore, many soldiers of the Sixth Division heard about the horror of the "Four Elements Demon King" from their fellow villagers.
"Follow my footsteps, the places I haven't stepped on are not safe..."
"The untrodden place is not safe..."
A bold recruit disagreed and imitated the veteran's voice vividly, which immediately caused a burst of laughter from the young recruits nearby.
However, the veteran guarding the road in front did not rush over and slap him twice as usual. This was on the battlefield, and all those who lost their vigilance would be eliminated.
The soldier who just spoke was careless when he stepped, and immediately deviated from the footsteps of the person in front of him.
"Peng"
A small explosion sounded from under his feet, and then the soles of his feet wearing suede leather shoes turned up as if they were folding. The young soldier, who had just gotten off the ship for even a week, did not feel the pain immediately. He just looked at it with a demented expression.
Turn yourself over to the balls of your feet.
It took him a few seconds to realize that this was not normal, this was definitely not normal, and no one could do it with the soles of his feet.
It was only then that he screamed in terror. The recruits who came with him were all stunned for a moment, not knowing what to do.
"Squat down... everyone squat down, bastard, no one is allowed to move..."
Amid the shouting, the veteran at the front shouted to the injured soldier,
"Keep standing, don't hit anything, understand. For the person behind, use your bayonet to find a safe passage around him."
This was not difficult. The soldiers behind him pulled out their bayonets and squatted on the ground, slowly stabbing at the ground.
But the soldier who had injured one of his feet could no longer hold on. His intact foot that had maintained the "golden rooster independence" could no longer stand firmly and couldn't help but jump to the side.