Chapter seven hundred and sixtieth battle of wits and courage
"Now there are not only small groups of Japanese infiltrators, but also some puppet troops disguised as guerrillas..."
The changes on the battlefield were quickly summarized to Yang Ling. What surprised him was that the Japanese soldiers' ability to learn and adapt was so strong.
Not long after their hunting operation started, the Japanese not only formed a combat team of the same size, but also infiltrated to fight back.
"How are our casualties?"
Although Yang Ling was shocked, her face remained calm and unmoved.
Zhang Liechen replied: "Our brothers were unprepared and suffered more than thirty casualties. Now most of the combat teams have withdrawn."
As for the result of this casualty, although Yang Ling knew that there would be casualties in war, he still felt a faint pain in his heart when he heard that his brothers were injured or killed. However, he knew that this was war, a cruel war, and there was no way to escape it, so he could only face it bravely.
As a commander, he must be hard-hearted even if his heart hurts. For an army to grow, it must experience the baptism of blood and fire, and casualties are inevitable.
Moreover, now that the country has been destroyed and the family is destroyed, as soldiers, they have already put life and death aside from the moment they put on their military uniforms, and have no intention of returning alive. As long as they can defeat these invaders, they are willing to shed their lives and blood, and sacrifice their lives again and again.
What does it matter?
Although their brothers have undergone a period of brief training, in terms of strength, they are still far behind the Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese soldiers are completely fed by bullets, and their marksmanship is accurate. They went through two years of training in China, and fired countless bullets.
Moreover, they will undergo several days of adaptive training before entering the battlefield. In just these few days, each Japanese soldier will fire at least about 500 rounds of bullets for practice.
On the other hand, for the officers and soldiers of the Chinese ** Corps, they were thankful to be able to fire a few rounds of bullets to practice before going to the battlefield. Especially during tense moments of war, most of them didn't know how to shoot, so they were pulled into the trenches to learn how to shoot.
Even until he died, he could not fire hundreds of bullets.
Although the officers and soldiers of Yang Ling and his guerrillas lurked in the dark to hunt the Japs, most of them were not very good at shooting, so their shots against the Japs and puppet soldiers were limited. Most of the time, they only wounded the enemy, which was only up to 100%.
It's just a harassment effect.
Yang Ling hoped that his brothers would continue to grow in such low-intensity battles and feed them with the blood of the Japanese soldiers into an iron-blooded and brave force.
But now the Japanese are fighting tooth for tooth and launching counterattacks in the same way. Yang Ling and his guerrilla officers and soldiers are suddenly at a disadvantage. After all, the guerrilla officers and soldiers are not as good as the Japanese in terms of tactical literacy or marksmanship.
Moreover, now those well-trained puppet troops have also joined in this infiltration operation, which has put Yang Ling and others in a passive state.
"Sir, should we temporarily withdraw to Yangjiawan? After all, we will suffer losses if we continue to fight like this."
Zhang Liechen was also worried. The Japs were strong and now they had sent out these tactical teams for counter-infiltration. They felt heavy pressure.
"No, we can't retreat! If we retreat, it will only encourage the Japanese soldiers' arrogance, and all our early efforts will be in vain."
Although the hunting operation is now in trouble, Yang Ling knows that if they retreat now, it will not only affect their morale, but also the situation they just opened will be shaken again.
For their third guerrilla detachment, this is a hurdle. If they can't cross it, they will be suppressed by the Japanese and puppet troops again. I'm afraid that they will really be like lonely ghosts.
Chased and hid everywhere.
Zhang Liechen was not a person who was afraid of death. In fact, he was extremely reluctant to withdraw to the Yangjiawan camp in despair. After all, the situation had just begun. The reason why he suggested a temporary retreat was also for the sake of his brothers.
Now seeing that Yang Ling decisively rejected the idea of retreat, he simply gave up.
"Sir, if you don't withdraw, then I will personally take my brothers to the countryside to encircle and suppress the Japanese and puppet troops who have infiltrated! Damn it! I don't believe that we can't destroy them!"
Zhang Liechen, as the deputy captain of the detachment, was shot in the leg during the battle in Qinghe Town. Now that he has recovered, he is looking for revenge on the Japanese.
"If we set up a search team to go to the countryside to encircle and suppress the Japanese and puppet troops who have infiltrated, wouldn't we be playing into their hands? They are doing it secretly and we are doing it openly, and we will still suffer."
Yang Ling clearly remembered that a few days ago, the Japanese also formed a search team to kill the guerrilla officers and soldiers who attacked them mysteriously, but the result? They were beaten to death by cold shots.
If they set up a search team now to encircle and suppress the infiltrated Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, they would probably be in the same position as the original Japanese soldiers, and they would be in trouble.
Zhang Liechen suddenly turned bitter when Yang Ling reminded him: "But we can't just watch them hide in the wilderness and attack us, right? It's not a problem for us to hide in the village all the time."
Facing the Japanese infiltration squads, Zhang Liechen was completely at his wits' end. If he retreated, the good situation he had just opened would be ruined. But if he didn't retreat, he wouldn't be able to defeat them. It was really worrying.
Zhang Liechen was at a loss what to do, but Yang Ling had no such concerns. He was the one who proposed the hunting operation, and naturally he had ways to deal with the Japs' counter-hunting.
Although the Japs learned from Yang Ling and sent small groups of troops deep into the countryside to counterattack, the Japs had just begun to learn and were still in the exploratory stage of many things.
Yang Ling and his hunting team could replenish food in the nearby villages, but the Japs couldn't. They had to go back to strongholds, gun towers and other places to replenish food, which gave Yang Ling and the others a chance to counterattack.
A stern look flashed across Yang Ling's face and he issued the order.
"Ask our brothers to bring five days of dry food, and we will go around behind the Japanese soldiers to ambush them. These Japanese soldiers who have infiltrated have eaten their dry food and will naturally go back to replenish it. We will intercept them halfway! Now that they are here,
, then don’t go back!”
Don't the Japanese want to learn from them and fight against hunting? I'm afraid that by imitating tigers, they will not turn out to be like cats, but will become the target of being hunted again.
After all, Yang Ling and his guerrillas are composed of many locals, and they are extremely familiar with every forest and field, but the Japanese are not. The only thing their tactical team relies on is the simple map drawn by the traitor.
This is Yang Ling's advantage.
Under the leadership of Yang Ling, the brothers of the two combat companies quietly left Xiaowangzhuang overnight, bypassing the vast countryside in front of them, and under the cover of night, they detoured behind the little devils and traitor infiltration teams and laid an ambush behind them.
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"Go to the wooden bridge ahead to ambush two combat groups!"
"Traps are also set up on both sides of the road."
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When the small groups of Japanese troops that had infiltrated were still lying stupidly on the cold and damp grass, ready to attack the passing guerrilla officers and soldiers at any time.
Little did they know that the guerrilla officers and soldiers had already sneaked up behind them overnight to ambush them, setting up a net and waiting.
Yang Ling and the others were unable to find the Japs who were hiding in the vast countryside and preparing for a sneak attack, but they were now hiding on the only way for the Japs to return to replenish ammunition and food, and were waiting. Yang Ling believed that the Japs would soon fall into their traps.