Captain Aoki has been in the position of squadron leader for a year. After the war of aggression against China began, many classmates in the front-line troops were promoted to major captain based on their military exploits.
Because he stayed behind, even though he was also the squadron leader of the main force in the field, he was still stuck in the position of squadron leader because he had no military exploits.
In this encirclement and suppression of the Eighth Route Army, Aoki was very dedicated from the beginning.
In his opinion, although the big battle is not his turn, if he can gain more military exploits in this encirclement and suppression campaign, he will also be favored by the commander of the regiment, and then be recommended as a major captain.
Captain Aoki has missed too many opportunities for promotion. This time, he could not miss it again no matter what. Therefore, as soon as the encirclement and suppression operation began, his squadron took on the main combat mission.
Just last night, he suddenly received news from the captured guerrillas that hundreds of people suddenly poured into the village where the divisional headquarters was located, including women and war horses.
It was well known that the Eighth Route Army was extremely poor, but it was able to produce so many war horses, and there were also many Eighth Route Army girls. Captain Aoki immediately realized that he might have encountered the Eighth Route Army's First Division Headquarters.
After the pie-in-the-sky incident hit him, Aoki was very excited. At the same time, he thought that if he could capture the First Army Division Headquarters and eliminate or capture Yang Chengwu, then based on this merit alone, he would be promoted to Major Captain.
It's a sure thing.
However, there is only one premise: the credit for destroying the First Army Division Headquarters must be shared exclusively by yourself. If a few more people share the credit, there will be many more competitors for promotion to Major Captain, and the hope will be much smaller.
Therefore, Aoki did not take the intelligence team, but directly led him to the center, changed the encirclement route, and fought non-stop all the way to the headquarters.
"Baga, the China Mountain Road is really difficult to walk. Vice-captain, how far are we from the goal?" Aoki, who had suffered a lot because of the continuous rush, couldn't help but ask.
"There are still six kilometers, and we can launch the attack in another hour!" The deputy captain was also very tired, and was made disgraced along the way. But thinking of the great glory that destroying the Eighth Route Army's First Army Division Headquarters might bring to him,
The fatigue on his body was immediately wiped away, and he answered very excitedly.
Captain Aoki's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then ordered: "Order the warriors to continue on their way, and strive to attack the Eighth Route Army's First Army Division Headquarters before noon and destroy it!"
"Bang bang bang..." As soon as Aoki gave the order, a series of crisp gunshots rang out from one side of the team.
Aoki instantly judged that the gunfire came from the left wing of the army 150 meters away, and it was the gunfire fired by the Imperial 38th Gate.
Although the attacker was far away from him, because the troops were marching and the formation was very dense, several soldiers still fell on the road with screams.
"Baga, the enemy has a sneak attack, machine guns, counterattack immediately!" The captain of the Japanese team closest to the sneak attack immediately issued a counterattack order.
Machine guns and rifles immediately rang out, firing dense bullets at the location where the gunshots were heard.
But their counterattacks failed to achieve results. As soon as their guns rang out, the attackers disappeared without a trace in an instant as if they had never appeared.
These sneak attackers were none other than Zeng Quan, whom Wang Ping had left behind to lure the enemy.
Although he was not a time-traveler, as an old Red Army veteran who had gone through the Long March, Zeng Quan also achieved proficiency in the use of guerrilla warfare.
Therefore, it was almost impossible for the Japanese to capture Zeng Quan during guerrilla warfare.
In the end, Aoki could only vent his dissatisfaction and anger with curses, and then ordered the troops to continue on their way.
"Bang bang bang..." After walking less than two hundred meters, the familiar sound of gunfire rang out on the left wing of the army again. It was the same sneak attack distance and the same sneak attacker.
The Japanese responded quickly and counterattacked, but because Zeng Quan retreated as soon as he hit him, the Japanese still failed to eliminate a single Eighth Route Army soldier in Zeng Quan's hands.
"Captain, four more warriors are in pieces. The Eighth Route Army is too cunning. If we don't attack to eliminate them, this despicable sneak attack will cause us heavy losses!" the deputy captain reported with a worried look.
"You're right!" Aoki agreed with a frown.
"According to this rate of loss, by the time we reach the Eighth Route Army headquarters, the army will have lost at least half of its warriors. This cunning sneak attacker must be eliminated before we can rest assured."
After a brief hesitation, he frowned and ordered: "Notify the first team that if they are attacked again, they will immediately counterattack and catch up with and destroy the Eighth Route Army that attacked us!"
"The main force of the squadron continues on its way. After completing the mission, the first squadron will immediately catch up with the main force!"
"Bang bang bang..." As soon as Zeng Quan's third round of sneak attacks began, the Japanese army moved.
More than fifty Japanese soldiers, armed with rifles, light machine guns and grenade launchers, charged at Zeng Quan and the others like hungry wolves.
As soon as the Japs moved, Zeng Quan ordered with excitement on his face: "Comrades, the Japs have sent out troops, just an infantry squad! Retreat, take them to the company commander to retreat, don't be targeted by the Japs."
The Japanese chased them for less than half a minute when they saw the backs of Zeng Quan and others.
They were simmering with anger, like hungry wolves, chasing after them closely, and from time to time they raised their rifles and shot at the backs of Zeng Quan and others.
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the guard company began to suffer casualties.
The Japanese became even more arrogant at this time and continued to speed up their pursuit, hoping to eliminate Zeng Quan as early as possible.
There is an idiom called getting carried away, and this is the situation now when the Japanese are chasing soldiers.
In order to catch up with Zeng Quan, they only pursued speed and completely ignored the terrain on both sides of the mountain road. At this time, they simply skipped even the most basic search and investigation, and just wanted to rush forward.
"Company commander, the Japanese are coming!" Zhong Yusheng, the guard squad leader, reported nervously and expectantly.
Although following Wang Ping, we have encountered an elite infantry squad of the Japanese army more than once, but in the past we had used guerrilla warfare to eliminate them bit by bit, just like cutting off flesh.
But this time it was different. With a guard company composed of 80% of the recruits, and a guard company that was short of guns and ammunition, it was able to hold on to an infantry squad of Japanese soldiers and eliminate them quickly.
For Zhong Yusheng, this was more difficult than a sneak attack on a Japanese infantry squad, and it was full of unexpected variables, so he couldn't help but be nervous.
