In the dim night, the roar of artillery was heard, and harsh flashes of light continued to come from the north. The flash of light illuminated the thick clouds, making the clouds look particularly ferocious.
The fifth theater's misjudgments and communications were eavesdropped by the Japs. As a result, when the Japs launched the second phase of their battle plan, all Chinese troops were caught off guard and had to hastily switch from heading east to heading north to resist.
Sun Zhen's 41st Army stationed on the Han River line was defeated in just one day. The Japanese 3rd and 39th Divisions advanced hand in hand, advancing at an alarming speed.
When the units of the 41st Army were preparing to establish a foothold in Xiangyang, collect the broken troops and re-build the defense line, the Japanese infiltration force was already approaching and launched an infiltration operation.
"Boom!"
The violent explosion shook the ground, and the explosion's fireball illuminated the dark night sky. Many squadron depots and warehouses were attacked by Japanese infiltration troops.
"Da da da......"
"Bang bang bang!"
Thousands of gunshots rang out from all directions, and it was so dark that no one could figure out the situation.
"Retreat quickly, the Japanese are coming!"
The troops of the 41st Army and the 22nd Army, who had just retreated from the front line of Hanshui and had not had time to rest and recuperate, were forced to continue to retreat under the leadership of their respective commanders without knowing the chaotic situation of the enemy.
The small village where the temporary military headquarters of the 41st Army was located was also attacked by the Wolf Squadron led by Japanese commander Makino Kanichi.
The Wolf Squadron led by Makino Kanichi had amazing combat effectiveness. They pursued them directly from the Hanshui battlefield to Xiangyang. They didn't even bother to care about the stragglers of the Japanese Army along the way, and directly pursued them.
Although the Japanese commander Makino Kanichi led his Wolf Squadron to shine on the battlefield of Hanshui, he felt that it was not enough.
Therefore, he led the Wolf Squadron to pursue the retreating Squadron. The main purpose was to find the headquarters of the Squadron and try to gain something.
Pursuing along the way, their Wolf Squadron took over the two battalion-level headquarters of the Squadron. Through torture of the prisoners, they learned that the headquarters of the 41st Army was stationed in this area.
Therefore, the daring Makino Kanichi left the main force and headed straight here with his Wolf Squadron. After some investigation, he determined the location of the 41st Army's headquarters and immediately launched an attack.
The commander of the 41st Army, Sun Zhen, was having a meeting with his defeated division commanders when he was suddenly attacked. His original intention was to let the special agent company go and destroy this small group of enemies.
It's a pity that the elite spy company can't help. Makino Kanichi's Wolf Squadron is not a regular Japanese army, they are the elite of the mainland advance team.
The training subjects of the mainland advance team are all special operations training. Although they cannot achieve all-weather combat capabilities, they still have no one-stop enemy when facing the Chinese ** team with slightly inferior weapons and equipment and tactical literacy.
The senior officers of the 41st Army hurriedly moved under the protection of the guards, while in the dark night, the Wolf Squadron led by Makino Kanichi continued to advance.
"Block, block this little devil!"
The company commander of the special agent company directly under the 41st Army led his brothers in a fight with these little devils and lost nearly half of them. However, he knew that behind him was the military headquarters. In order to cover the transfer of the military headquarters, he could not retreat.
Half step.
"Da da da......"
Several light machine guns in the secret service company opened fire crazily, and countless tongues of flames swept wildly into the darkness. They alternately covered the Japanese soldiers from the Wolf Squadron who were charging forward. Although their evasive movements were standard, many of them were still beaten and fell to the ground covered in blood.
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“Bang bang bang!”
Several red lights appeared in the darkness, and amid the shrill roars, several grenade grenades hit the village's spy company defenders.
"Boom-boom!"
The hot air waves from the explosion swept all around, and the machine gun positions of the two special agent companies were directly blown to pieces by the men and their guns.
The Japanese soldiers of the Wolf Squadron who were lying on the ground and shooting took the opportunity to rush forward. The Chinese rifle officers and soldiers who relied on the sandbag bunkers to shoot were unable to stop their advance.
"Puff puff!"
The flames of the explosion caused a lot of flammable materials to burst into flames. Under the light of the fire, the officers and soldiers of the special agent company who relied on sandbags to resist were continuously shot and fell to the ground.
"Teng Teng Teng——"
The heavy machine guns of the secret agent company that had just moved their positions soon roared again. Under the raging scarlet bullets, more than ten Japanese soldiers from the Wolf Squadron were beaten into pieces as soon as they rushed forward.
Although Makino Kanichi's Wolf Squadron was elite, the 41st Army's Special Agent Company was also a carefully selected elite. The sudden collision between the two sides caused the careless Makino Kanichi and others to suffer a huge loss.
Makino Kanichi and the others chased them all the way. With their strong fighting power, almost no one could stop them, which made them become arrogant.
But now they ran into the special agent company directly under the 41st Army, which was desperately resisting and covering the transfer of the military headquarters. It was like a wall was built, leaving them with a bloody head.
"idiot!"
Seeing that the defenders actually had an unused heavy machine gun, and seeing that the people who rushed forward were suppressed, the Japanese commander Makino Kanuki cursed with a pale face.
Makino Kanichi found a favorable position and lay down. The crosshairs of the sniper rifle scope in his hand were aimed at the heavy machine gunner who was shooting desperately in the distance.
The vision at night is extremely dim, and although the flames of explosions are constant, it is still very difficult for snipers of this era to successfully kill the target, which requires rich shooting experience.
"boom!"
Soon, Makino Kanichi pulled the trigger. With a shock on his shoulder, the whistling bullets flew through the night and accurately penetrated the chest of the defender's heavy machine gunner. The sound of heavy machine gun shooting stopped abruptly.
When the deputy shooter saw that the shooting brother was shot and fell backwards, he didn't bother to check whether he was still alive. He took over the shooting and shouted in the distance: "Stretcher, take the stretcher down!"
Two stretcher bearers rushed over despite the hail of bullets. Just as they squatted down to lift the shot heavy machine gunner onto the stretcher, a stream of warm blood spattered on their faces. They had just called them over.
The sub-machine gun shooter's head exploded and he fell beside them.
"What are you still doing? Help supply ammunition!"
Before the two stretcher-bearing soldiers could react, a heavy machine gun ammunition hand shouted at them and quickly took over the firing position.
"Teng Teng Teng——"
The heavy machine gun spit out tongues of fire in the dark night, and streams of blood spattered. Soon, a circle of Chinese officers and soldiers were killed around the heavy machine gun.
A dying soldier on a stretcher looked at the Japs rushing towards him in the firelight. He struggled to get two grenades from the wet pile of corpses, and waited for the Japs to come over while breathing heavily.
"Boom!"
When the two little Japs crossed here, there was a sudden roar, and the two Japs were immediately blown away with their flesh and blood, and were knocked towards both sides.
"Bang bang bang..."
The remaining officers and soldiers of the special agent company who were responsible for covering the rear either fired grenades or rushed forward with bayonets in hand and were mowed down to the ground by Bai-type submachine guns. Soon they were all killed, and blood flowed into channels.
When the Japanese commander Makino Kanichi rushed to the farmyard of the 41st Army in the village, the messy items everywhere showed that the people here evacuated in a hurry.
"Chase!"
Unwilling to be reconciled, the Japs commander Makino Kanichi quickly retreated from the yard and led the Japs of Wolf Squadron in pursuit into the distance.