Kawaguchi Heiji held up his telescope and looked at Shaqiao Gang for more than ten minutes.
Through the field of view of the telescope, Kawaguchi Heiji could clearly see everything on Shaqiao Gang, the nearly dangerous terrain, the trench dug in front of Xiasha Bridge, the barbed wire fence and the antlers placed there, as well as the sand bridge piers.
The abandoned military camp is also clearly visible.
Previous intelligence showed that the Dameishan Independent Regiment was stationed in the military camp on the pier of Shaqiao.
But now, it seems that there is only an abandoned military camp left on the sand bridge pier, and there is not even a ghost on it. But the more this happens, the more Kawaguchi Heiji's thick eyebrows are twisted into a ball, almost squeezed into the character "Sichuan"
, the old devil can almost change his surname to Chengchuan Mei.
"Baga Yalu." Kawaguchi Heiji couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "What is Xu Rui doing?"
Yongjin Tatsuya said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I have read China's Romance of the Three Kingdoms. The book once described a very classic story. It said that Zhuge Liang deliberately opened the city gate in the face of Sima Yi's army and sent only a few old and weak soldiers.
When it comes to cleaning the streets, does Xu Rui want to imitate Zhuge Liang's empty city strategy?"
"Empty city plan?" Kawaguchi Heiji said, "Yongjin-san, you said the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is not in Meizhen?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, this is not impossible." Akira Muto couldn't help but interrupt and said, "The combat strategy of the guerrillas is different from that of the Chinese government army. The Chinese government army only knows how to defend, but the guerrillas are very good at it.
Preserve your vitality and never hold on to one place. Now that the imperial army is pressing down on the territory, the Dameishan Independent Regiment knows that it is impossible to hold Meizhen, so it is possible to give up voluntarily."
Kawaguchi Heiji's furrowed brows still did not open: "You are saying that Mei Town has become an empty city at this time?"
Oluhara Junsi also suggested: "Maybe Meizhen has become an empty city. Maybe this is just Xu Rui's trick. Why doesn't your commander send a small force to launch a tentative feint attack first? If Meizhen has become an empty city,
, then there will be no resistance, and if this is Xu Rui's trick, his intention can be revealed."
This suggestion from Ogahara Junsi won the admiration of Kawaguchi Heiji.
"Yoshi." Kawaguchi Heiji nodded happily, and then ordered Muto Shodao, "Muto-san, immediately send an infantry team to launch a probing attack."
"Hai." Muto Zhang nodded heavily, turned and walked away.
After a while, more than fifty Japanese soldiers came out of the vanguard brigade's attack position and climbed onto the narrow Xiasha Bridge with shining bayonets. Due to the narrow sand bridge, the top width of the bridge could only accommodate two carriages running parallel, so the attacking Japanese infantrymen
The small team could not open up the skirmish line, and the formation seemed a bit crowded.
Kawaguchi Heiji always held his binoculars high and paid close attention to this infantry team.
Under the close attention of Kawaguchi Heiji, the attacking infantry team quickly passed the Xiasha Bridge and entered the sand pier between the upper and lower sand bridges. At this time, Kawaguchi Heiji's heart was hanging. He was worried about the sand pier.
There will be an ambush in the military camp, but I am worried that there will not be an ambush. This feeling is undoubtedly very contradictory.
As a result, Kawaguchi Heiji expected it, but it was also unreasonable. There was no ambush in the Sandun military camp.
Soon, the attacking infantry team took control of the entire Shadun military camp. The team leader also sent flag soldiers to the connection between Shadun and Xiasha Bridge to signal to the observation post: Safety in the Shadun military camp!
Muto Akira immediately ordered the semaphore soldiers to play the semaphore: Keep moving forward!
After receiving Muto Akira's order, the attacking infantry team crossed the sand bridge pier and stepped onto the Shangsha Bridge.
As the infantry team moved forward step by step, Kawaguchi Heiji and Nagashin Tatsuya's hearts grew a little more anxious.
When the attack team was halfway through, Kawaguchi Heiji had been waiting, but the blow that never came finally arrived. Accompanied by a very sudden gunshot, the flag bearer walking at the front of the entire attack team fell to one side, and then turned over.
The wooden guardrail on the edge of the sand bridge tumbled and fell into a canyon more than ten meters deep.
The gunshot came so suddenly that it was impossible to tell which direction it came from.
So the remaining fifty or so Japs all fell down on the narrow sand bridge.
The strange thing is that after the gunfire rang out, there was no sound again, which makes people wonder whether there was really a gunshot just now? But it is indisputable that a Japanese soldier has been shot and has fallen down a canyon more than ten meters deep.
fact!
After waiting on the sand bridge for more than ten seconds, the attacking infantry team stood up again and continued to move forward. This time, instead of walking forward slowly, they charged forward at high speed. In an instant,
, more than fifty Japanese soldiers rushed along the Shangsha Bridge towards the entrance 300 meters ahead.
However, this distance of three hundred meters has become a death march that the little devil cannot cross.
Almost at the same time as the Japs launched their charge, sudden gunshots rang out again, and this time, the gunshots that rang out were no longer isolated, but a mass of gunshots.
The two sniper teams that were ambushing on the left and right sides of the entrance, Xu Rui, Xiao Taohong, Leng Tiefeng and Zhuan Shanbao, fired at the same time, shooting hateful bullets at the little Japanese.
"Two!" Xiao Taohong muttered, quickly pulled the bolt to eject the shell, then pushed the bullet to load, then quickly raised the gun and aimed at a Japanese soldier who was running on the sand bridge, and then gently pulled the button.
The rifle pressed against his shoulder shook violently, causing a slight pain in Xiao Taohong's shoulder.
The next moment, the Japanese soldier on the sand bridge in front fell into a pool of blood.
"Three!" Xiao Taohong pulled the bolt again, and a hot brass cartridge case jumped out of the gun chamber with a curl of green smoke, landed on the rock and bounced up, then with a crisp tinkling sound.
It jumped far away, and finally fell into the grass and disappeared. Then, Xiao Taohong pushed the bullet and loaded the gun again.
"Four!" Xiao Taohong continued to pull the bolt to escape, but on the sand bridge ahead, another Japanese soldier fell in a pool of blood.
"Five!" Xiao Taohong pulled the bolt again, then took out a bridge clip filled with bullets from her satchel, pressed it into the barrel of the gun quickly, closed the bolt cover, and loaded the bullet again.
Xu Rui lay beside Xiao Taohong and had no intention of "stealing business" with Xiao Taohong.
Only when the Japs' machine gunners fell to the ground and tried to suppress the fire at their sniper point, Xu Rui would shoot out with lightning speed and kill the Japs' machine gunners with one shot. The attacking Japs team had three crooked handles.
, a total of twelve people, including the chief shooter, deputy shooter and ammunition hand, were all killed in Xu Rui's hands.
The sniper point where Xu Rui, Xiao Taohong and the others are located is less than 500 meters away from Shangsha Bridge. This distance is a bit difficult for ordinary gunners, but for a super soldier like Xu Rui, it is just a piece of cake.
He didn't even need to aim at such a distance, he just raised his hand.
The distance from the sand bridge pier in the middle to the entrance of Meizhen is less than three hundred meters. However, it is this short sand bridge of less than three hundred meters that has become a death march that the Japanese army cannot cross.
The Japanese team of fifty-four people rushed halfway to Shangsha Bridge and were still 150 meters away from the entrance to Meizhen. They had already suffered more than twenty casualties!
They knew the enemy's location but were unable to fight back, and the enemy's marksmanship was extremely accurate. Therefore, after suffering nearly half of the casualties, the remaining twenty or so little Japs finally lost the courage to continue charging and did not wait for the rear.
The flag soldiers gave the order to retreat, then turned around and retreated hastily.
Unfortunately, however, the retreat was not an easy one.
In the end, the fifty-four Japanese who attacked all fell on the sand bridge. Although a dozen of them were not dead but lost the ability to move, because the medical soldiers could not come forward to treat them in time, there was still only one waiting for them.
One outcome is death from blood loss.
Kawaguchi Heiji slammed the telescope in his hand to the ground, and the muscles on his face were twitching violently.
It felt really bad to watch an entire infantry squad being shot one by one by the squadron's snipers while he stood on the forward observation post with nothing to do.
But Kawaguchi Heiji really had nothing to do, because the artillery and aviation forces had not arrived yet, and the grenade could not hit that far. The Type 92 heavy machine gun had enough range, but the Chinese sniper points were very tricky.
There are mountains or boulders on both sides. Unless you mount the heavy machine gun on the Shangsha Bridge, it is impossible to pose a threat to the Chinese snipers hiding in several sniper spots.
Muto Akira said solemnly: "Xu Rui is indeed cunning. He took advantage of the steep terrain of Shaqiao Gang. Just a few snipers completely blocked the entrance, preventing the imperial army from entering."
Yongjin Tatsuya said: "But it's not impossible."
Muto Akira snorted and asked, "I wonder what the Chief of Staff has to say?"
Yong Jinda also raised the telescope in his hand and said: "I just paid attention to the two sniper points set up by the Chinese Army on the left and right sides of the entrance. These two sniper points are very concealed. The heavy machine guns of the Imperial Army are left behind.
There is no way to threaten them under the Xiasha Bridge. Only by going forward to the Shangsha Bridge can we pose a threat to them."
Muto Akira said: "What do you mean, Chief of Staff, to move the heavy machine gun squadron forward to Shangsha Bridge?"
"Hai." Yongjin Tatsuya paused and said, "After the heavy machine gun fire suppressed the Chinese army's sniper point, the imperial army could easily pass through the Shangsha Bridge and enter Meizhen."
Muto Akira and Ogawara Shunsi turned their eyes to Kawaguchi Heiji.
The strategy Tatsuya Yongjin just mentioned is a safe approach.
Unless the Dameishan Independent Regiment possesses long-range heavy artillery, their artillery cannot pose a threat to the heavy machine guns on the Shangsha Bridge pier. In this way, the heavy machine guns on the Shangsha Bridge can carry out sniper firepower on the independent regiment.
With effective fire suppression, it would not be difficult to break through the natural dangers of Shaqiaogang.
However, Kawaguchi Heiji shook his head and said, "No."
Yongjin Tatsuya asked in confusion: "Why?"
Kawaguchi Heiji frowned and said in a deep voice: "Don't forget how Hamura-san's jade was shattered. How did you know that the Shina people didn't plant a bomb under the sand bridge pier? Maybe Xu Rui deliberately made such a statement
The formation is designed to lure the heavy machine guns of the imperial army into the sand bridge pier."
Yongjin Tatsuya and others were horrified when they heard this.
