In the wet and muddy rice fields, company commander Li Tiezhu lay quietly in the darkness, his eyes darting between the dark outline of the village in front and the bright light from the fire at the entrance of the village from time to time, his face looking a little impatient.
In the rice field behind Li Tiezhu, more than 800 defeated soldiers who were still able to fight were covered in darkness. They were all twisting uneasily in the mud. It was freezing cold, and they were lying in the cold and wet mud.
, it is indeed not a comfortable thing.
What a waste of reconnaissance! Li Tiezhu cursed bitterly in his heart. They picked off the wounded who were left behind, as well as more than 800 brothers, and charged directly to the village with their bayonets. It was simple and hassle-free, unlike lying in the mud now.
Live and suffer.
However, Yang Ling was the battalion commander, and Li Tiezhu was just the company commander who obeyed orders. If Yang Ling wanted to conduct a close investigation, he could only lie down in the cold rice fields and wait for Yang Ling and the others to come back.
Li Tiezhu was born in the Gui army and was brave and not afraid of death. He was used to using charges and bayonets to solve problems. However, Yang Ling was much more cautious. He did not lack courage, but he did not want his brothers to make unnecessary sacrifices, so he always wanted to touch as much as possible before a battle.
Know the enemy's situation clearly and know yourself and the enemy so that you can fight without danger.
Yang Ling, with the agile Jiao Chaoming and a few broken soldiers, carefully explored the area around the village under the cover of night, determined the location of the Japanese's light and dark sentries and the general configuration of firepower, and then returned to their hiding place in the rice fields.
"The Japs have a machine gun bunker at the entrance to the east of the village. There are two groups of light and dark sentries, one group is behind the big tree and the other group is behind the stone. The house ten meters away from the left side of the village entrance is very quiet. I guess there is a hidden machine gun.
, almost to the west of the village, there is a set of hidden sentries on the roof, and the open sentry is at the entrance of the village, and there is an open space two hundred meters away from the entrance of the village. The Japanese even lit a fire for lighting..." Yang Ling reported the investigation situation to several company commanders in a deep voice.
explained.
Yang Ling kept talking, and the faces of several company commanders changed from surprise to shock. They did not expect that Yang Ling's investigation was so meticulous. Jiao Chaoming, who followed Yang Ling, was even more impressed by Yang Ling at this moment.
Jiao Chaoming has always been used by Yang Ling as a scout, and he is proud of his superior abilities. But after following Yang Ling for a walk this time, he realized what it means to have someone outside the world. Compared with Yang Ling's sophisticated investigative ability and keen insight, Jiao Chaoming
, he is like a toddler, not even a little bit different.
Fortunately, Yang Ling deliberately cultivated several outstanding scouts and provided field teaching during the investigation process, which benefited Jiao Chaoming and other defeated soldiers a lot.
When several company commanders heard Yang Ling's investigation report, they all looked ashamed. When Yang Ling was about to go out to investigate, they were still slandering Yang Ling for unnecessary actions. Now it seems that without such meticulous investigation, they would have launched blindly.
If you attack, you will definitely get a bloody head.
"Battal Commander, the Japs are so heavily guarded that the village is difficult to attack." Company Commander Qin Shou frowned and expressed the thoughts of the other company commanders.
Yang Ling also knew that the offensive task this time was arduous. The Japanese camped in the village. If they could not break into the village quickly, the attack would turn into a tough battle. With the strength of the defeated soldiers, Yang Ling did not think that they had the ability to fight a tough battle.
Looking at the worried company commanders, Yang Ling expressed his thoughts: "If we are prepared and unprepared, we still have a chance, but we must move quickly and rush into the village before other Japanese soldiers can react."
Yang Ling did not give the company commanders a chance to speak again, and immediately began to assign combat tasks vigorously and resolutely, because he knew that sometimes just one voice was enough.
"Captain Yang..."
Just as Li Tiezhu was about to speak, he was interrupted by Yang Ling with a wave of his hand: "I don't care what opinions you have, just hold them back for now until this battle is over."
"But……"
"Nothing but, you just need to do as I say, and tell the other brothers that if anyone slips up, don't blame me, Yang Ling, for turning against him."
The first half of Yang Ling's sentence was addressed to Li Tiezhu, who was full of complaints, and the second half was to hope that the company commanders would send a message to other defeated soldiers to give them a warning. After all, there was a mixed bag among the defeated soldiers, and it was inevitable that some would act smart and act recklessly.
"Is everyone clear about their respective tasks?"
"clear!"
"Okay, then take action."
Soon, the defeated soldiers lying in the rice fields were divided into two, and one group headed towards the east of the village. The rest, led by Yang Ling and others, crawled forward under the cover of night until they were two hundred meters away from the entrance of the village.
It stopped at the meter position.
Because there was an open space in front of him, it was easy to be exposed if there were many people. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Yang Ling decided to lead people up to deal with the sentries first.
Yang Ling raised his hand behind him, and several broken soldiers carrying grenades and short guns immediately understood and followed Yang Ling, crawling cautiously towards the entrance of the village.
Although the cold wind was biting, the few Japanese sentries standing on guard at the entrance of the village did not approach the burning fire. Instead, they crossed their legs and crossed their guns outside the range of the fire. Their eyes wandered in the darkness. Even the slightest disturbance could not escape them.
Those keen eyes.
The Japanese sentries were very vigilant, and Yang Ling and the others did not dare to be careless. Although the distance was only a short two hundred meters, they crawled for half an hour, moving forward almost inch by inch.
When he was still fifty meters away from the Japanese sentry, one of the soldiers crawling forward accidentally made a little movement, which immediately attracted the attention of a Japanese sentry.
The Japanese stared in this direction for several minutes, and then turned his gaze in other directions until he confirmed that there was nothing unusual. Yang Ling and the others broke out in a cold sweat.
After half an hour of crawling carefully, Yang Ling and the others had crawled under the eyes of the Japanese sentry. However, they did not act immediately, but lay dormant quietly.
It was a cold night, and Yang Ling and the others lay motionless on the cold ground. Not only were they shivering from the cold, but their hands and feet were sore and numb, almost stiff.
During the long wait, a detachment of Japanese soldiers marched out of the village, and with the chatter of chatter, they began to change their guard.
The changing of the guard of the Japanese soldiers exposed their hidden sentry. In addition to the one Yang Ling and the others had detected earlier, there was another one behind a broken wall. Without Yang Ling's instructions, a broken soldier had already quietly touched it.
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Yang Ling estimated that the defeated soldier had arrived, carefully took out the sharp bayonet and held it in his hand, and suddenly jumped out like a cheetah.
The Japanese sentry had just gotten out of the bed and had not yet entered the state. He suddenly heard a strong wind coming from behind him. He subconsciously turned his head and saw a sharp sword flash. A bloodstain had already appeared on his throat and the bloodstain was expanding.
It turned into a gap, and hot and sticky blood was gushing out.
Yang Ling's knife not only cut off the Guizibing's throat but also cut his aorta. The Guizibing's mouth was so big that he couldn't scream, and all the blood came out. His body went limp unwillingly, and was beaten by Yang Ling.
Put it on the ground.
Just when Yang Ling took action, the defeated soldiers from other directions took action one after another to prepare for the attack. These unexpectedly defeated soldiers were carefully selected by Yang Ling from thousands of defeated soldiers.
With some strength, he quickly and neatly eliminated the Japanese sentries.