After nearly seven hours of escape, Miyamoto Chuan and the second lieutenant were almost desperate.
After running for an hour with a load of more than ten kilograms, the sweat on his body had soaked out of his military uniform. His mouth seemed extremely dry as if it was on fire. His heavy breathing still could not suppress the lethargy in his mind. Miyamoto Kawazu knew that this was already...
Signs of severe dehydration.
However, he only had the right to rest for five minutes at most, but he did not dare to fetch water from the flowing mountain spring 400 meters away.
Because the Chinese have already caught up.
They have been following him since they accidentally discovered the clue four hours ago.
The Chinese may not know where they are, but they have a large number of people. One infantry company and three infantry platoons are searching southward along the mountains, and the three infantry platoons are composed of three ten-man infantry squads.
The distance between infantry squads would not exceed 40 meters. The infantry fired and bayoneted every suspicious cave and bush.
In other words, one infantry platoon can search a mountainous area up to 150 meters wide, while three infantry platoons can search up to a mile wide.
Of course, this is not the scariest thing.
The most terrifying thing was the local mountain people. I heard that the army was going to search for a few escaped Japs. They took guns and hoes and even carried a hatchet and followed the army to search the mountains. There were more than 400 mountain people.
People. Even mountain hunters came to help with hunting dogs unique to the Taihang Mountains.
Although the nose of a hound is not as good as that of a wolf, it definitely belongs to the most acute sense of smell among dogs. It can be said that the reason why the large search force can keep hanging on to the five Japanese soldiers who retreated southward from the commander is that
A dozen hounds desperately twitching their noses in the bushes played a huge role.
Especially when a fool couldn't help but solve one person's three urgent needs on the way to escape. After he had no time to bury it, the slender-waisted hound who made a living chasing rabbits, catching chickens and shooting wild boars seemed to have found his target, leading a group of up to 150 people.
The infantry company followed the escape path of the remaining five Japanese soldiers of the special attack team.
What's even worse is that these mountain people are so familiar with the local terrain that they know where to go and where not to go.
But the five Japanese soldiers headed by Miyamoto Gawa and the second lieutenant had no way of knowing that although the military map in his hand was detailed enough and even marked where there were Chinese mountain villages, it did not mean that the imperial intelligence officers had time to think.
Mark where there are cliffs and where there are cliffs or where there are dense bushes blocking the way.
Therefore, although they set out on the road more than an hour earlier than the Chinese search force, the five remaining Japanese troops are now only two miles ahead of the 200-strong search force sent by Liu Tuanzuo to search south.
This made Second Lieutenant Miyamoto, who was lying in the grass on the mountain with a telescope watching what was behind him like a tarsal maggot, anxious but helpless.
At dawn, he discovered the Chinese who were following behind him. It was not that he did not try to increase his forward speed to get rid of this group of Chinese who were searching with torches without scruples.
However, two hours later, he desperately discovered that these Chinese people were like tireless machines. They kept moving forward and never stopped. Even when eating, they grabbed a handful of food from the ration bags they carried with them.
Just stuff the powdered grain into your mouth and drink a few mouthfuls of mountain spring water.
How could Miyamoto Kazuzu, who had never dealt with the Red Army, know that regardless of the equipment and firepower, the Red Army's tenacity in marching 200 miles of mountain roads day and night while fighting was second to none on this planet.
No second team dares to claim to be first.
On this point alone, even the five masters of Itto-ryu, led by Miyamoto Kazuzu, are far inferior. At least, they have never had to pull the pony's tail to maintain the motivation to move forward while closing their eyes and entering a light sleep state to recover.
Physical experience.
Since there is no way to escape, the only option is to fight. As the most elite officer of the Japanese army, Kazuya Miyamoto tried to fight back. If the Chinese commander could be shot, then maybe the Chinese would fall into chaos because they were leaderless.
It might have a fundamental effect on them leaving this damn place.
However, through the telescope, Miyamoto Kazuzu, who quietly set up the only 38-gauge spear carried by the five of them, discovered to his annoyance that all the Chinese military uniforms were exactly the same, they were all thick blue cloth military uniforms with leggings and cloth shoes.
, all their collar badges were taken off.
After observing for a full twenty minutes, even if this group of Chinese people discussed once during the search, there were still five or six people hiding behind a big rock for a few minutes, and then everyone returned to their own teams.
He couldn't be sure about the so-called supreme commander at all. Even though the straight-line distance from the top of the mountain to the Chinese who were supposed to be officers was only 400 meters, he hesitated for a long time but still didn't dare to shoot. There was no guarantee that the supreme commander would be killed.
To kill him with one shot, he also has to expose his position. Kazu Miyamoto, who is known as the second lieutenant officer of the 20th Division's most elite Marine Corps, is not that stupid.
Not to mention that the Japanese second lieutenant could not tell who the platoon leader of the 9th Company of the 772nd Regiment was. Even when Liu Tuanzuo came, he did not know. Before entering the Jiuguan position, he strictly ordered all officers and soldiers, including himself, to take off their uniforms.
Wear a collar badge representing your military rank.
The prowess of the Japanese gunners was demonstrated to the Independent Regiment during the Great Wall War. Two of his infantry platoon leaders were shot by Japanese gunmen who were ambushing them 400 meters away from the front of the position just because they were careless with telescopes hanging around their necks.
Hit in the chest and killed.
Before the search team set off this time, he specifically ordered the two red companies that had no experience in fighting the Japanese army not to salute or return military salutes during any report. If company and platoon leader-level cadres need to formulate marching routes and search plans, they must find safe places.
Place.
Although these company commanders are still the most junior officers, Liu Lang knows that because the Red Army only has one establishment, the 18th Group Army, they are all downgraded by one or even two levels. The future generals are now just
A mere brigade commander or division commander is a future marshal. These company-level cadres may not be awarded the golden star of major general in the future.
If they were lost in the Taihang Mountains, it would not only be a matter of Liu Tuanzuo's guilt, but perhaps a lot of people would die because of this. Liu Lang knew that in the later stages of the all-out war, these soldiers were sent out by the Red Central Committee to expand the Red Army.
Each of the company and battalion-level cadres in the force can command at least several thousand people.
If we say that there were so many Chinese people that they even had hunting dogs to help them out, this made Miyamoto Kazu and the other five Japanese soldiers extremely distressed because their vests were cold, but this did not cause despair to the few people who had received rigorous training in Japanese martial arts and had extremely tough minds.
As long as they still have the strength to continue retreating northward along the mountains, the road in the mountains is as far as five or six miles away, even though it is only two miles in a straight line. There is no way the Chinese can even hope to catch up with them during the day.
As long as it is nighttime, they will be safe for the time being. The Chinese will not be crazy enough to pursue them without rest or sleep for more than ten hours!
What really made the five Japanese soldiers despair was the dozen or so Chinese soldiers half a mile away from the Chinese troops and hundreds of mountain people who were searching the mountains in great numbers.
They are the most terrifying enemies.
They actually issued an order for the entire army to turn left and search based on the direction of a fallen bush halfway up the mountain. The result of this order was that Miyamoto did not continue to the north but turned to the west and fled into Shanxi.
Kawawa and others could only give up their carefully concocted strategy of seducing the east and attacking the west, and fled north again.
However, Miyamoto Chuan and himself knew that the bushes that seemed to leave traces inadvertently were carefully designed by him. The directions of all the vegetation were to the east and west, as if deserters were hurriedly escaping due north. In fact, he
He led five people and turned to the west long before the bushes covered with thorns.
Although there may be more Chinese troops there, getting rid of these terrifying Chinese talents is the top priority at the moment. Otherwise, neither the Chinese nor the Japanese may be seen again in the future.
It was very powerful to see through the disguise, but what made Miyamoto Chuan even more frightened was that an hour ago, he had only used a telescope to observe the group of people two miles away for no more than a minute, but the dozen or so soldiers seemed to have discovered
What did he do? He ran straight up the mountain towards Miyamoto River and where he was.
Miyamoto Kazu was almost scared to death. He crawled all the way into the dense forest and ran wildly with his four subordinates at the risk of their lives. Only then could he barely maintain a two-mile gap with the pursuing army.
But from then on, their traces could no longer be covered up, and the Chinese were determined to bite them.
Miyamoto Kawazu knew that when their physical strength was completely exhausted, it would be their death, and hundreds of Chinese would surround them from all directions and tear the five of them to pieces.
But now, their physical strength has almost reached its limit. In half an hour at most, if this pursuit does not improve, they will all be dehydrated and faint without the Chinese themselves.
Miyamoto Kawazu didn't know that the Chinese commander who was chasing them was Shan Ying, the captain of the 2nd Special Forces Team. He could fight thousands of bandits alone in the Qinling Mountains for three years. When it comes to chasing prey in the mountains,
In terms of ability, perhaps no one in the entire independent group can match him.
The excrement left by the Japanese army has proved that they are pursuing the correct direction. Miyamoto Chuan and his self-righteous camouflage traces are a big joke in front of the mountain eagle. The cowhide boots of the Japanese army with iron palms are tough enough to protect the feet well.
It also left enough traces on the mountainous ground. No one can show the hurriedly fleeing vegetation falling in the direction and at the same time sweep away the messy footprints left on the sand and gravel with branches.
But this Japanese army just did it. All the traces clearly showed that the Japanese were taking big steps to escape north towards the 20th Division.
If something went wrong, it would be a monster, so Shan Ying ordered without hesitation to turn left to search. As for why not to the right, the reason is very simple. There is a ravine on the right. Running into the ravine is the real way to seek death. There is a blockade at both ends. The only way to learn is to
Maybe Lei Zhenzi can escape by eating a peach and growing wings.
As for Miyamoto Chuanhe looking over here with a telescope, he quickly discovered that it wasn't Shanying and others who had Liu Tuanzuo's sixth sense. In fact, even Liu Tuanzuo was coveted by someone a kilometer away.
It’s also hard to feel.
But the so-called elite of the Japanese army were simply too careless. It was already noon, and the sunlight that was gradually beginning to move westward happened to reflect on the lenses of the telescope. The suddenly stronger light was suspicious for those who were trying to look at the mountains.
The position is really not too obvious to the special forces.
For special forces, even if they use a telescope to observe, they will use branches and vines to block most of the lenses to prevent the reflection of the lenses from alerting the enemy.
It doesn't mean you have high martial arts skills to become an elite.
Details determine the gap between the elite and the pseudo-elite, which is like a thin line but is actually a chasm.
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