On the highway, more than two hundred Japanese troops were marching slowly in an orderly queue toward Baoxing Town...,
Although Tachibana Koji only brought one infantry squadron to Baoxing Town, it was a strengthened squadron. In addition to three infantry squads, there was also a mortar squad.
Simply speaking in terms of the combat effectiveness of the Chinese and Japanese armies, such a strengthened squadron is enough to withstand a full battalion of the Chinese army without being at a disadvantage. Even if it faces a full regiment of the Chinese army, it is still capable of fighting.
There is no problem in persisting for at least a few hours, which is why Tachibana Koji dared to bring only one squadron to Baoxing.
Tachibana Koji believed in his own judgment and firmly believed that the remaining troops of the temporary 79th Division had been disintegrated.
But when Tachibana Koji saw the dense bamboo forest in front of him, a hint of warning flashed through his heart involuntarily. At that moment, Tachibana Koji let out a light sigh and stopped the tall horse under his crotch.
Captain Kono, who was walking behind Tachibana Koji, also reined in his mount.
As soon as Captain Kono stopped, the Japanese column advancing forward also stopped.
(Dividing line)
On the hill.
Seeing the Japanese army suddenly stop, the veteran immediately became nervous.
The veteran said: "Why did the Japanese suddenly stop moving forward? Could it be that they discovered some flaw?"
Xu Rui said: "Don't be nervous, the little Japs are just a little suspicious. It's so dangerous to have a bamboo forest. It would be strange if the Japs are not suspicious. But don't worry, they won't find anything."
The old soldier gave a soft hum and stopped talking.
(Dividing line)
Captain Kono came to Tachibana Koji and asked: "Captain, are you worried about an ambush in the bamboo forest ahead?"
Tachibana Koji did not say anything, but squinted his eyes and looked at the bamboo forest. He saw that the bamboo forest was very dense. It was already winter. The forest was covered with thick dead bamboo leaves. With such thick dead leaves, it was easy to hide several people.
And this large bamboo forest is enough to hide thousands of people.
Captain Kono added: "Captain, the vanguard group has conducted fire reconnaissance just now and found no abnormalities."
Seeing that Tachibana Koji still didn't speak, Captain Kono asked again: "How about sending a small team into the bamboo forest to search?"
However, Tachibana Koji still didn't speak. He just raised his wrist and looked at his watch. After about five minutes, Tachibana Koji suddenly smiled and said, "Open the way!"
Captain Kono said in astonishment: "Captain, are you no longer searching?"
"No need." Tachibana Koji said, "There will be no ambush in the bamboo forest."
Captain Kono said in surprise: "The captain was worried just now, why is he so sure there won't be an ambush now?"
"The reason is very simple." Tachibana Koji smiled slightly and continued, "If there is really an ambush in the bamboo forest ahead, if you are the commander of this ambush and see the imperial army suddenly stopped and stopped moving forward, you
What judgment will you make, and what kind of reaction will you make?"
Captain Kono thought for a while and then said: "If I were the commander of the ambush, I would wonder if the imperial army had discovered any loopholes, and then I would order to take action in advance." At this point, Captain Kono had already sorted out Tachibana Koji.
thought, and then said with sincerity, "The captain of the unit is wise, and I admire him for his humble position."
Tachibana Koji said: "This is nothing, it is just a summary of my many years of experience. When you fight more battles, you will naturally summarize your own combat experience."
"In this humble position, I dare not compare myself with the commander. The commander is a top student who graduated from the University of China and is also a member of the Saber Team. In this humble position, I only went to the Army Academy and my grades are only average." Captain Kono complimented Tachibana Koji and made a gesture to indicate it.
The troops continued to advance.
The Japanese column standing on the road continued to move forward.
Five minutes later, the Japanese army gradually penetrated deep into the bamboo forest.
While Tachibana Koji was chatting with Captain Kono, he was still scanning the surroundings vigilantly. This was also a good habit he had developed over many years in the army, and he never relaxed his vigilance at any time.
This good habit soon brought luck to Tachibana Koji.
At a certain moment, out of the corner of his eye, Tachibana Koji suddenly noticed a faint red light flashing in front of him.
With many years of experience, Tachibana Koji immediately realized that it was the muzzle flash of a rifle when it was fired.
In an instant, Tachibana Koji reacted instinctively. He tilted his head to the right, and then felt a burning pain on his right cheek.
Tachibana Koji immediately realized that he had been shot, but fortunately it did not hit a vital point!
"The enemy is attacking, take cover quickly!" Tachibana Koji turned sideways, rolled off his horse, and turned around to remind Captain Kono to dismount and take cover, but it was already too late. Captain Kono had already been shot, and a bullet came directly from his
It was injected between the eyebrows, penetrated the entire skull cavity, and then came out from the back of his head.
Although the wound was not serious, Tachibana Koji knew very well that Captain Kono's brain tissue had been turned into a paste, and the man was too dead to die anymore.
Then, Captain Kono fell down from his horse.
Until this time, Tachibana Koji had not thought about the worst. He had encountered a Chinese rout with good marksmanship, and he was just hiding from a distance to shoot coldly. It must be said that Tachibana Koji, a little devil, was really too judgmental about himself.
He was confident, but what happened next made Tachibana Koji unable to believe his eyes.
After the gunshot, a wave of shouts immediately rang out from the bamboo forests on both sides of the road.
Immediately afterwards, the thick fallen leaves piled on the ground in the bamboo forest turned up one after another, and then Chinese soldiers emerged from the ground one by one, carrying Isshiki's German-made submachine guns and launched a charge. Tachibana Koji counted them roughly.
, the number of Chinese soldiers who came out of the bamboo forest was at least two hundred, or even three hundred!
Tachibana Koji instantly realized that this was the remnant of the temporary 79th Division.
"Baga!" Tachibana Koji said angrily, "This is impossible, impossible!"
It’s no wonder that Tachibana Koji was furious, because this was completely beyond his expectation. He never expected that after the squadron ambushed the prince’s special train and killed His Highness, not only did they not leave, they actually dared to set up an ambush on the spot. Once again
Ambush the imperial army who came to collect the body of His Highness the Prince!
That's crazy, that's crazy!
So bold, so bold!
Isn't the squadron afraid that it will become a whole brigade or even a whole regiment later?
Unfortunately, it's too late to say anything now, Tachibana Koji only led one squadron!
Although Tachibana Koji was the captain of the regiment, he was not the direct commander of the Kono Squadron. The death of Captain Kono caused a brief chaos in the command of the Kono Squadron, but it was less than a minute of chaos, or even less than a minute.
, but brought disaster to Kono Squadron!
The remnants of the temporary 79th Division launched a charge from a distance of about 200 meters. Before the Japanese army could make an effective response, the squadron had already closed within 150 meters.
One hundred and fifty meters, it has entered the effective range of the submachine gun!
More than two hundred submachine guns opened fire at the same time, and the first wave of firepower knocked down nearly half of the Japanese army.
Only then did the remaining Japanese troops react, either hurriedly spreading out to find cover, or squatting on the spot to shoot, or simply launching a countercharge regardless, but in the face of the ferocious and perverted firepower of the temporary 79th Division, all these were
It was all in vain. In less than two minutes, most of the Kono Squadron suffered casualties, but the squadron's casualties were almost negligible.
Only less than half of the class's Japanese soldiers were left, and they retreated and huddled together, with Tachibana Koji in the middle.
Tachibana Koji knew that he would never survive this time, but even so, this little devil still did not give up. He wanted to figure out one thing before he died in the battle. After Lin Feng died in the battle, he temporarily organized the Seventy-ninth Division.
Who is commanding this remnant army? If possible, he would be very happy to take this person and bury him with him.
Tachibana Koji held his saber tightly and shouted at the Chinese soldiers who were surrounding him with submachine guns: "I am the captain of the 6th Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Japanese Army, Tachibana Koji, and I want to talk to your commander!"
The veteran rushed to the front with a 38-gai with a bayonet attached, knocked down a Japanese with one thrust, then aimed his gun at Tachibana Koji and was about to pull the trigger.
Just now, he failed to kill Tachibana Koji with one shot, which made the veteran very embarrassed.
However, before he could shoot, a big hand stretched out from the slant and pressed down on his right hand that was on the trigger. The veteran looked back quickly and saw that it was Xu Rui.
Xu Rui said coldly: "Don't worry, let me ask him a few words."
After saying that, Xu Rui held the 38-style military spur behind his back, pushed out the remaining soldiers blocking him and walked out.
Tachibana Koji's cold eyes immediately fell on Xu Rui. The moment he saw Xu Rui, Tachibana Koji knew that he had been deceived by Lin Feng, and commanded the remnants of the temporary 79th Division to break out from Wuxi and attack the 6th Regiment
It was not Lin Feng who moved the team headquarters and artillery positions, but the guy in front of him. There was no reason, but Tachibana Koji firmly believed in his judgment.
"Is it you?" Tachibana Koji said in a deep voice.
"Yes, it's me!" Xu Rui replied coldly.
No one can understand the conversation between the two people, only the two parties involved understand it.
"I must admit that you are a true master of tactics and the best among all the lieutenants I have ever seen." Tachibana Koji slowly pulled out his saber and said, "You are even better than most officers of the Imperial Army of Japan.
You must be outstanding. If I am not wrong, you must have studied in a Japanese or Western military academy."
"You are the worst commander I have ever seen." Xu Rui just stood there casually, completely unlike Tachibana Koji who acted like he was facing a formidable enemy, and said calmly, "Same low-level mistake,
You committed it once or twice, but you committed it three or four times again. I really can’t imagine who could be more stupid than you."
Tachibana Koji was not irritated and said coldly: "If you think I will be irritated, you are wrong. The most important thing about our Shinto Muen-ryu is calmness of mind!"
"You overestimate yourself." Xu Rui said calmly, "There is no need to provoke someone like you."
"Very good." Tachibana Koji said, "Then let's have a one-on-one duel in samurai style."
