The location where Xu Rui and the others lurk is very tricky. There are towering rocks everywhere and dense ferns in the middle. Even in such a mid-winter season, these ferns are evergreen, so with the help of the ubiquitous ferns,
Under the cover of rocks and ferns, the Japanese couldn't find Xu Rui's hiding place.
If Xu Rui and the others had used ordinary rifles, the Japs could have determined the location where Xu Rui and the others were hiding through gunshots and muzzle flashes. Unfortunately, Xu Rui and the others used sniper rifles equipped with silencers.
, there is no muzzle flash, and the sound of the gun is very light, and it is difficult to hear it when it is more than 20 meters away.
The location where Xu Rui and the others are hiding now is at least 500 meters away from the Japanese!
At such a long distance, even if the Japs discovered them, it would be difficult to pose a threat. The Japs can only shoot at such a long distance with the Type 92 heavy machine gun, and the effective range of the 38 Gai is far more than 500 meters.
However, at present, few of the reserve soldiers of the Kumamoto Division can accurately hit a target five hundred meters away.
Many of the previous Kumamoto veterans were able to accurately hit human-shaped targets five hundred meters away. Unfortunately, most of these Kumamoto veterans died in the Battle of Feicheng. Later, these reserve soldiers and reserve soldiers were added to the Kumamoto Division.
, the military quality is far worse than the original Kumamoto veterans.
Therefore, in the current Kumamoto Division, few Japanese can fight so far.
However, the distance of five hundred meters is nothing to Langya.
Especially the Mauser 98K sniper rifle equipped with a scope makes the Wolf Fang even more powerful. At a distance of 500 meters, even Hua Niu and Pestilence Dog can hit their vital points, not to mention Xiao Taohong and Xu Rui.
.
However, the only ones who fired were Xiao Taohong, Xu Rui and Hua Niu, while the plague dog hid in the tree to keep a lookout.
Xu Rui and the three of them were having a good time fighting when another pine cone fell. When Xu Rui looked up, he saw the plague dog hiding in the shade of the tree uttering a series of sign language: At least one squadron of Japanese soldiers.
, came around from the three o'clock direction, apparently wanting to intercept them and cut off their retreat.
Xu Rui then smiled and said in a ferocious voice: "The little devil is still doing the same thing. If the front is blocked, he will attack from both sides. Hehe, he is so naive that he takes the Wolf Fang's retreat. He really doesn't know how to live or die."
After saying that, Xu Rui turned to Xiao Taohong and said: "Xiao Taohong, you immediately send a telegram to the first regiment and the second regiment, and order the first regiment to come over immediately and wipe out all the little devils in this brigade, and then let the second regiment
If the regiment blocks the Japanese reinforcements, we must buy at least one hour for the regiment!"
"Yes." Xiao Taohong agreed and backed away quietly.
Soon, a beam of radio waves was shot out from the hill.
(Dividing line)
Nanjing, Fanghua Garden.
A communications staff officer hurriedly walked into the war room, bowed to the riverside Shozo, and reported: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, we just received an urgent call from the Kumamoto Division. The arson operation in the afternoon failed again, and more than 500 emperors were killed."
The warriors of the army were shattered on the battlefield, and more than 300 warriors of the imperial army were seriously injured."
"Baga, so many people died?" Hebian Zhengsan couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.
Kawabe Masami originally thought that after changing to a large force to set fire, the losses would be at least smaller, but he did not expect that the losses would be even greater than those in the morning. In the morning, dozens of arson teams were sent out, and the casualties were only 500 people.
A large force set fire to it, but they actually suffered nearly a thousand casualties, including more than 500 killed in action.
According to this way of death, how many days can the Kumamoto Division survive?
"Hai." The communications staff member paused and said, "According to the intelligence provided by the Kumamoto Division, the arson troops they sent not only had to break through the Wolf Fang's blockade, but also faced the danger of being surrounded by the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment at any time. Among them, the infantry
The Hyuga Shi Battalion of the Thirteenth Regiment was first attacked by Langya during the arson attack in the afternoon, and then was surrounded by at least four battalions of the Dameishan Independent Regiment. Most of the more than 500 imperial warriors were crushed.
They are officers and soldiers of the Hyuga Shi Battalion."
"What are you talking about?" Two black lines immediately appeared on the forehead of Hebian Shozo, and he said angrily, "The Hyuga Shi Battalion was surrounded by four battalions of the Daimeishan Independent Regiment. Did the Kumamoto Division just keep watching? Okabe Division
Didn’t the regiment commander send troops to rescue?”
The communications staff officer said: "The commander of the Okabe Division sent reinforcements to rescue them. However, the reinforcements were blocked by the Dameishan Independent Regiment on the way. Moreover, the Dameishan troops that blocked the block also had at least four battalions, and even one
The artillerymen engaged in a small-scale artillery battle with the independent artillery brigade of reinforcements."
"Nani?" Hebian Zhengsan was stunned when he heard this, "There are also four battalions of reinforcements?"
"Hai." The communications staff officer said with a heavy pause, "The Kumamoto Division reports that there are at least four battalions."
"Okay, I understand." Hebian Zhengzo waved his hand, and the communications staff officer turned around and exited the operations hall.
However, Kawabe Shozo walked to the side of the simulated sand table, looked at the sand table and fell into deep thought for a long time. Nakamura Shun finished handling the chores at hand and returned to the combat hall, just in time to see Kawabe Shozo waving his arm.
Nakamura Jun came over and asked: "Chief of Staff, did you find anything?"
Hebian Zhengsan made a sound and asked without answering: "Nakamura-san, have all the arms urgently transported from southern Anhui and western Zhejiang been transported to Pukou?"
"Hai." Toshi Nakamura paused and said, "It has arrived safely."
"Yo Xi." Kawabe Shozo said happily, "Remember, you must do a good job in security to ensure the safety of the arms. The Osaka Division carries only enough arms to last for seven days, and it is still pointing to this batch of arms for emergency purposes."
After a pause, he continued, "Also, we must recruit a convoy as soon as possible to transport the munitions to the front line."
"Hai." Nakamura Shun paused and said, "I have asked the reform government to collect a fleet of vehicles."
"Hey," Kawabe Shozo said again, "We also need to contact the Second Army. The ammunition carried by the Kumamoto Division can only last about half a month, so the ammunition allocated from the Second Army
The ammunition must be transported to Feicheng within ten days, otherwise the Kumamoto Division will face the dilemma of running out of ammunition and food."
Nakamura Shun said: "I have already contacted His Highness Higashi Kyuri. His Highness Higashi Kyuri said that the arms allocated to the Kumamoto Division will be shipped from Wuhan within seven days at the latest. I have already calculated that if we take the Yangtze River waterway,
The arms allocated from Wuhan should be transported to Feicheng within ten days."
"Yo Xi." Hebian Zhengzo said happily, "Hebian Sang, thank you for your hard work."
Nakamura Shun shook his head and said: "These are what a humble job should do."
Kawabe Shozo added: "In this way, the arms problem has been solved, because the arms transferred from the North China Front Army and the Kwantung Army will also be transported to Shanghai within one month. With this batch of arms,
The materials allocated to support the base camp have been replenished, and now we can finally sweep the Damei Mountain area without any distractions."
Jun Nakamura nodded and asked casually: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, how is the arson operation of the Kumamoto Division going?"
"It was very unsatisfactory." Speaking of the arson operation of the Kumamoto Division, Kawabe Shozo's face immediately darkened. "At the end of the day, the fire did not burn out, but the Kumamoto Division lost more than a thousand officers and soldiers."
Nakamura Shun said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, you didn't even light a fire?"
Hebian Zhengzo said: "That's not true. There were still a few fires burning. However, due to the lack of protection, they were quickly extinguished by the Chinese people. Damn it, if there had been a strong wind at that time, the fire would have spread immediately.
I could completely lose control, but there is no wind at all, God is not kind to me."
Nakamura Shun asked again: "Have the aviation troops been dispatched?"
"That's not true." Kawabe Shozo shook his head and said, "Sending out aviation troops to drop brimstone bombs is our last trump card. We can't reveal it too early."
Nakamura Shun nodded expressionlessly, but he was hesitating in his heart. Should he also report the final trump card of Kawabe Shozo to Xu Rui? If he didn't report it, what if the Dameishan Independent Group suffered a big blow?
Unfortunately, Xu Rui will definitely not let him go, but if he is reported to Xu Rui, the raid may fail.
Personally, Nakamura Shun still hopes that the Japanese army will win the sweep.
Kawabe Shozo noticed that Nakamura Jun had a strange look on his face, and asked in surprise: "Nakamura-san, what are you thinking about?"
Nakamura Toshi just woke up from his dream, let out a light sound, and said quickly: "I'm not thinking about anything, I'm just feeling a little emotional."
Kawabe Shozo did not ask too many questions, and added: "This is only the first day. It doesn't matter if the arson fails. There is still plenty of time. What's more, the defeat of the Kumamoto Division is not without gain. From then on,
We still obtained a lot of valuable information during today's arson operation."
After saying that, Hebian Zheng pointed at the sand table with three fingers.
Nakamura Jun looked closely and saw that the small blue flag representing the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment had been planted at the western foot of Dameishan. In front of the Osaka Division, except for a small blue flag near Pucheng, there was nothing else.
.
Kawabe Shozo said: "Through today's actions, it has been basically confirmed that the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is in the area of Daping Town. Obviously, Xu Rui pointed the finger at the Kumamoto Division again and concentrated all his forces to attack the Kumamoto Division.
The group will attack, but Okabe-san will tell him with cruel facts that it is difficult for his wishful thinking to succeed."
Nakamura Shun said: "The Kumamoto Division is not the Iida detachment, and it is difficult for Xu Rui's plan to succeed."
Kawabe Masami said: "But Xu Rui's arrogance gave us a God-given opportunity!"
"A God-given opportunity?" Toshi Nakamura asked with a shiver in his heart, "What kind of God-given opportunity?"
Hebian Zhengsan pointed to the location of Meixian County and said: "At present, the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is gathered near Daping Town. The defense of Meixian County must be very empty. If we send a force to go straight into Meixian County at this time, maybe
Then we can break through the Shaqiaogang Fortress in one fell swoop before the Dameishan Independent Regiment can react."
