Just when everyone couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, thinking that tonight's regular report summary meeting was coming to an end.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe changed the topic and continued: "This afternoon, the forward troops were attacked by unknown enemies. Everyone should know that the troops suffered heavy casualties, right?"
"Hi..." Several squadron leaders were stunned for a moment before answering.
I never expected that the captain would pay attention to such a trivial matter during the summary meeting.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe obviously saw everyone's inner thoughts, and asked with a serious face: "Do you think this matter is too small, not worth mentioning, and should not appear in the summary meeting at all!"
Seeing that everyone was silent but nodded in acquiescence, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe continued.
"Let me tell you, everyone who thinks this way is wrong. This is not a small matter. In my opinion, this is a big matter that deserves everyone's attention and consideration!"
"We found bullet casings on the battlefield that the enemy had no time to take away when they retreated, and traces of their ambush positions!"
"There are imperial-made 65-caliber bullet casings and 79-caliber bullet casings inside!"
"A unit is equipped with two weapons of different calibers. More importantly, this unit does not have many troops. Judging from the traces left on the battlefield, the enemy's sneak attack forward unit has only fifty or sixty troops in total, but it is equipped with eight weapons.
Nine machine guns!”
"With such a small army equipped with so many machine guns and two weapons of different calibers, don't you see something?"
"The enemy who attacked our forward troops must be the Eighth Route Army!" a squadron leader stood up and replied.
"Among the Chinese armies operating in this area, both the Jinsui Army and the Central Army have their own standard weapons. In addition, in order to facilitate ammunition supply, they will not be equipped with the 65-caliber weapons of the Imperial Army!"
"Only the Eighth Route Army, because of poor equipment and lack of replenishment, would equip the battlefield and capture the weapons of the imperial army!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe agreed with his subordinate's analysis, nodded and continued to ask.
"However, according to intelligence, there is no main force of the Eighth Route Army active in this area!"
"Also, the equipment of the Eighth Route Army is very poor. A company equipped with one machine gun is considered the main force. The Eighth Route Army we encountered has less than one company, but it is equipped with eight or nine light machine guns. This means that
What?"
The captain of the first squadron who spoke just now frowned, thought for a few seconds and then shouted.
"The Eighth Route Army we want to mop up must have known in advance that we were going to attack them, and dispatched an elite force to ambush us along the way, harassing us along the way, and destroying our mopping up plan!"
"That's a very good answer. I reached the same conclusion!" Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe praised without hesitation.
He looked over the other subordinates one by one and said.
"Now you know why I mentioned this, what you think is a trivial matter, in the summary meeting!"
"Although we have not yet reached the so-called base area of the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army already knows our purpose and has sent troops to kill us, and is lurking around us!"
"The orders given to us by the military have repeatedly emphasized that the Eighth Route Army is good at ambush warfare, night fighting, and guerrilla warfare!"
"We have already seen the ambush battle this afternoon. We concentrated our superior troops and firepower and killed our forward troops in a burst of firepower. They retreated immediately after the attack, without giving us a chance to counterattack. They killed more than a dozen of our imperial troops with zero casualties.
, in terms of results, it is well-deserved.”
"If my judgment is correct, they will definitely not stop tonight and will continue to attack us with their special night attack!"
"That's why I asked the deputy captain to step up vigilance tonight and place hidden sentries around the temporary station to prevent enemy sneak attacks!"
"At daytime tomorrow, the Eighth Route Army, which has no forward troops for them to ambush, will definitely continue to attack us with the guerrilla warfare they are good at!"
"So from now on, all troops must work hard to deal with our enemies. We must not underestimate the enemy. Listen clearly!"
Several subordinates suddenly understood and replied: "It's clear!"
The worried Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe continued: "The night attack we witnessed in the afternoon caused us to lose a combat unit. Although the number of troops is not large, it is a shame for our entire brigade."
"Because these imperial troops were killed by them under the eyes of our main force."
"Tonight, I don't want to see the Eighth Route Army's night attack causing us any more losses!"
"Even if our soldiers die in battle, they should die on the battlefield, instead of being killed inexplicably without even seeing their opponents clearly!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe is very cautious and cunning. He can tell so many things in an extremely small ambush battle, which shows how extraordinary his abilities are. Otherwise, he would not be serving as the captain of the night combat infantry brigade with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
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At ten o'clock in the evening, the bustling Japanese and puppet temporary garrison gradually became quiet.
The soldiers sat around the campfire, and several people began to rest together.
In Nuoda's station, apart from the crackling sounds of bonfires and the footsteps of patrolling soldiers, the only sound left was the whistling wind that filled the entire station.
In the middle of the bushes one kilometer away, Li Hao and Hong Linfeng held up binoculars and stared at the Japanese and puppet army station for ten minutes without moving.
"Captain, are there really hidden sentries set up by little Japs around the station? Why didn't I find anything?" Hong Linfeng asked with a suspicious look on his face.
Then he stared at Li Hao with an eager expression on his face and asked, "Would you like me to bring a group of people over to have a look?"
"If there is a hidden sentry, I promise to retreat as soon as we meet the enemy!"
Li Hao cursed angrily: "When you withdraw, there will definitely be less than half of the troops left in each row!"
"Look at the outposts placed by the Japanese army around the garrison. Each post has at least one crooked rifle and three riflemen. There are only a few dozen meters between the post and the post. Also, they also placed a post every other post.
A heavy machine gun."
"This means that no matter where we attack from, we will be met with crazy suppressive fire from three Japanese crooked guns and one Type 92 type!"
"By the way, there are also dozens of riflemen nearby!"
"Do you think our platoon can escape unharmed under so much firepower?"
"Definitely not!" Hong Linfeng shook his head and replied.
But he did not give up and continued to ask: "But captain, the assumption you just made has preconditions!"
"The Japanese army deployed a large number of hidden sentries around the position to detect us in advance!"
"Without this premise, the result would definitely be exactly the opposite!"
"We successfully raided a Japanese outpost, catching the Japanese by surprise, and retreated immediately after the attack, without giving the Japanese a chance to counterattack!"
Li Hao did not put down his telescope, but pointed at a bush pile a few hundred meters away and said.
"I know you will be unconvinced. In that case, I will convince you today... just stare at the bushes. There are Japanese whistles in there. I just saw them moving!"
Hong Linfeng was shocked and quickly raised his telescope.
After staring at him for ten minutes, his eyes hurting, Hong Linfeng finally saw the bushes move.
The movement was small, but he still caught it.
Then the whole person was convinced: "Captain, you are right, these Japs are more powerful than we thought, they really set up hidden sentries!"
Li Hao nodded and ordered: "Since a close-range raid is no longer feasible, then we will act according to the original plan..."
"On the artillery platoon, if there is no gun available, fire three rapid fire rounds and prepare to fire!"
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