Zhang Hai stepped forward and lifted up the white cloth covering the three brothers. He saw that they had been blown up beyond recognition by grenades, and their clothes were shattered into pieces of cloth. His face was ashen.
"Three were killed and six were injured, all caused by the Japanese's grenades." Deputy Captain Han Er stepped forward to report.
The selection of their sniper team is very strict. Not only must they have good marksmanship, but they must also be able to endure loneliness, so their sniper team has always been short of manpower.
But he didn't expect that just a few days after they arrived at the battlefield in Yichang, they would suffer so many losses at once, and Zhang Hai felt quite uncomfortable.
But he also knew very well that this was a real battlefield. Since it was a war, no one was immortal, so he hid his grief in his heart.
"Calm yourself down and find a place to bury her."
Zhang Hai did not appear to be excited and clamoring for revenge because his brothers were killed in battle. Perhaps he had become numb after seeing his brothers killed in battle too much, or he had learned to hide his grief.
Both the original snipers and the new snipers in the sniper team are veterans who have survived a hail of bullets. Although they have grief on their faces, they also know that this is inevitable.
The brothers of the sniper team wiped the blood-stained soil from the bodies of the three dead soldiers, changed them into clean military uniforms, and buried them under a green cypress tree next to the camp.
"You have also seen that the little devils are not so easy to deal with. They are also extremely insidious and cunning. This is a bloody lesson. I hope each of you will remember it and never underestimate the enemy at any time."
"I hope that from now on, each of you will fight with full vigor and use the blood of the Japs to honor our fallen brothers. Whenever one of us is killed in battle, we will have to pay ten lives of the Japs."
Although the sniper team leader Zhang Hai spoke calmly, every officer and soldier in the sniper team heard the murderous intent in his words.
"yes!"
A brother was killed in battle, and the blood-soaked lesson made all the snipers of the Flame Special Operations Brigade, who had just started doing live ammunition sniping, take it seriously. They clutched the sniper rifles in their hands, their eyes full of fierceness.
"Both teams one and two have suspended sniping tonight and readjusted their tactics."
Since the little devil had already adjusted his tactics, Zhang Hai and the others also adapted accordingly.
Sniper captains Zhang Hai and Han Erzuan discussed in the tent all night. They felt that sniping the Japs from the front was no longer effective, so they decided to expand the scope.
The Japs deployed grenade teams at the front to deal with their snipers. Once covered by grenades, it would be difficult for the snipers to escape.
So Zhang Hai decided to release the snipers so that they would not only snipe the Japs on the battlefield, but also sneak into the Japs' occupied areas and snipe the Japs at will.
The area occupied by the Japanese is vast and the terrain is complex, which is more conducive to snipers' attack and killing operations.
Early the next morning, Zhang Hai summoned the snipers from the first and second teams and announced a new sniper strategy.
Aren't the Japanese setting up grenade groups at the front to keep a watchful eye? Then I won't fight you head-on. Instead, I'll go behind you and attack you. See how defensive you are.
"You guys remember, sneaking into enemy-occupied areas will be more dangerous. You only have one chance to shoot for each sniper attack. Regardless of whether the sniper kill is successful or not, you must immediately move according to the predetermined retreat route."
"yes!"
I heard that I could go to enemy-occupied areas to snipe independently, and these snipers were very happy.
Although they are sniping at the Japs on the battlefield these days, they also operate as a sniper team and have developed the ability to conduct sniper operations in small groups. Going to enemy-occupied areas is like a fish entering the sea, allowing them to perform more freely.
"Some of you may be surrounded by the devils, but please remember to save the last bullet for yourself, lest you fall into the hands of the devils and suffer torture."
"If any of you falls into the hands of the Japanese and surrenders to the enemy, no matter where you are hiding, I will personally lead someone to deal with you!"
"This time, we still follow the old rules. We operate as a sniper team. After a week, no matter how effective the sniper attack is, we must come back for a roll call, otherwise we will be considered dead."
Sniper Zhang Hai asked seriously: "Did you hear everything I said clearly?"
"clear!"
"Okay, now everyone receives one week's dry food, one hundred rounds of ammunition per person, three grenades..."
Soon, the officers and soldiers of the sniper team of the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade were ready to go, and under the leadership of sniper captain Zhang Hai, they headed straight for the Japanese blockade.
At night, Zhang Hai and the others quietly passed through the Japanese blockade under the cover of night, and then dispersed into the Japanese-occupied area as a sniper team.
The sniper captain Zhang Hai was still responsible for leading the newcomer Lu Wenen. The two of them passed through two villages before lurking next to a road.
"Did you see that telephone line on the tree stump?" Zhang Hai, the sniper leader, pointed to the telephone line next to the road and said.
Lu Wen'en nodded: "I saw it."
"I'll cover you, go and cut the phone line." Zhang Hai ordered.
"yes!"
Lu Wenen understood what Zhang Hai meant, and quickly put his package on the ground, and leaned towards the highway cat's waist with the sniper rifle on his back.
After lurking beside the road for a while and making sure that there was no danger nearby, he quickly ran to the tree stump, climbed up quickly, pulled out a sharp bayonet, and cut several telephone wires.
After cutting off the phone line for communication with the Japs, Lu Wen'en returned to the place where Zhang Hai was hiding.
The two dug a foxhole on the spot, hid themselves in disguise, pointed their guns at the road, and began a long lurking.
The Japs' phone line was inexplicably disconnected. Unable to communicate with nearby military stations and patrols, the Japs quickly sent maintenance soldiers along the phone lines to start troubleshooting.
Zhang Hai and the others waited for less than an hour when they saw someone approaching with a flashlight on the road in the distance.
"The Japanese maintenance soldiers are here." Zhang Hai, who was in charge of being an observer, reminded Lu Wenen next to him in a low voice.
"There are only two people. We each deal with one, you deal with the other one?"
Zhang Hai quickly judged the number of Japs by using their flashlights, and decided to kill them all.
"I'll hit the one in front." Lu Wenen was stunned for two seconds before answering.
Zhang Hai didn't say anything to express that he knew. He gently loaded the bullet into the barrel of the gun, and then began to aim at the Japanese maintenance soldier with a flashlight on the road.
Soon, two Japanese maintenance soldiers who had been investigating along the way stopped under the tree stump and discovered the cut telephone wire.
"Someone cut it off intentionally."
An experienced Japanese soldier picked up the neat cut on the ground and said solemnly.
Another younger Japanese maintenance soldier looked around, full of doubts: "Who in the surrounding wilderness comes here to cut the phone lines?"
"It should be those wandering guerrillas." The old maintenance soldier guessed: "What they like to do most is to cause destruction."
"Okay, hurry up and reconnect it." The old devil began to take out things from his backpack, preparing to reconnect the line and restore communication.