However, it was said that just after the Japanese 3rd Squadron entered the ambush circle of the 2nd Squadron, the Japanese 1st Squadron, which had been following unhurriedly 1 kilometer behind, advanced along the mountain road in a marching formation.
Since there were troops standing in front of the attack, they were not too vigilant during the march, and they did not send out leading soldiers.
When intensive gunfire came from the front, Lieutenant Naoya Ono, the leader of the 1st Squadron, knew the situation was not good as soon as he heard it.
As a grassroots officer who has experienced war and has certain battlefield experience, he knew as soon as he heard that it was because many automatic firearms were shooting at the same time that it appeared so dense. It was like hundreds of firecrackers being lit at the same time and exploding, with endless crackling sounds.
The 3rd Squadron does not have that much automatic firepower, so there is only one conclusion. The 3rd Squadron was ambushed by the enemy in a premeditated manner, and under the attack of so much automatic firepower, the losses of the 3rd Squadron can be imagined.
Got it.
But Lieutenant Naoya Ono did not panic. He did not think that a squadron of the brave and capable Imperial Army would be eaten up in a short period of time by what he considered to be a cowardly and incompetent enemy. Moreover, he heard that although the enemy's firepower was fierce, the number of people was not very large.
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Moreover, he also knew that the Northeastern Army was equipped with a lot of submachine guns. The commander on the opposite side could think of using automatic firepower together, which only meant that the other side had become a little smarter than before.
However, with his calm personality, he still sent a correspondent to the group headquarters a few kilometers away to report to the group leader that the 3rd Squadron had been engaged in combat with the enemy.
Then he immediately ordered his 1st Squadron and 2nd Squadron to go back to the battlefield from the forest on both sides of the mountain road. He led a dozen people from the squadron headquarters and 54 fresh troops from the 3rd Squadron to run along the mountain road to support them.
Until this moment, Lieutenant Naoya Ono could not have imagined that the 3rd Squadron, which he considered to be the best in combat effectiveness in the entire brigade, would completely collapse under such a ferocious and precise attack from the mercenary group, even within 5 minutes.
In fact, it cannot be said that it has collapsed, but it is equivalent to being annihilated.
Except for the more than 20 Japanese soldiers who escaped from the rear, most of the other 130 or so Japanese soldiers had turned into corpses. A few seriously injured soldiers who were not dead yet lay helplessly on the ground, fearful in the cold wind and icy snow.
Feeling the constant flow of blood and the increasingly cold body temperature, only God knows how many people will survive in the end.
Just after two squads of 108 powerful men rushed into the woods from both sides, Lieutenant Naoya Ono had no doubt that the battle was about to be won.
He follows the standard Japanese infantry attack tactics, attracting the enemy's firepower and attention head-on, and outflanking the troops on both sides is the real killing move. This is also the Japanese army's magic weapon tactic that has been invincible since the Russo-Japanese War, and it has been used now.
Perfect.
Especially when it came to the all-out war of resistance, countless battles with the national army were won by this roundabout tactic. What is annoying is that there is nothing surprising about this tactic. Everyone in the national army knows it, but
It just can't be cracked.
But unfortunately, everything that happened today and has yet to happen is destined to run counter to his expectations and intentions.
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Second Lieutenant Keiji Matsushita is the captain of the 1st Squadron. Today is the day he just turned 25 years old, and it is also the 3-year anniversary of his graduation from the Imperial Army Military Academy.
Ever since he graduated from the military academy and came to serve in Northeast China, he has had great respect and fanaticism for His Majesty the Emperor since he was a child. He has been determined to bring glory to his family and has never been given the opportunity to display his talents. The only battles he participated in were against those who had no idea.
Fighting against the anti-Japanese volunteers who had no combat effectiveness and could only do sneak attacks could not be called a battle at all for him, let alone gain honors and promotions from it.
It was not until the outbreak of the Rehe War that he finally felt passionate. Starting from Jinzhou, the imperial army was invincible wherever it went. Any Chinese soldiers or civilians who hindered the progress of the imperial army became his own and his warriors.
Corpse under bayonet.
Countless battles have proven that the imperial army is invincible. Often, a single charge can drive Chinese troops several or even ten times their own across the mountain. At this moment, Matsushita Keiji felt the pleasure of dominating other people's lives, and he realized
More exciting than being in a comfort station.
Regarding today's battle, when he led his 50 or so tough soldiers into the woods, he felt that exciting feeling again.
He waved his hand to his several Cao commanders to disperse the troops, and then prepared to rush in quickly. In less than 10 minutes, his troops would appear on the left wing of the battlefield, which at the same time meant that the group was ambushing.
The arm of the 3rd Squadron - the end of that army.
At this moment, he saw Captain Okishima Keitao of the 2nd Division ahead tripping over something. He didn't take it seriously at first, but the next thing made him open his eyes wide.
He saw an inconspicuous flash of fire, and in Matsushita Keiji's widened eyes, a cylindrical object jumping in the air and emitting a faint light appeared.
"Landmine..." Before Keiji Matsushita could say anything, he heard a crisp "Boom!"
Then, Matsushita Keiji looked at his abdomen and crotch that were bleeding out in disbelief, and an indescribable severe pain shot straight from several wounds to his brain.
"Ah... the flax fell..." Matsushita Keiji rolled on the ground, covered his crotch with his hands and looked up to the sky and screamed miserably. His voice sounded like a child who had his candy stolen.
Yes, a treasure was indeed stolen from Keiji Matsushita. The steel balls and fragments ejected from the landmine jumping in mid-air cut off his little brother by the roots.
At this time, there were several more heart-stopping explosions in the woods, followed by howls and calls for help.
The 1st Squadron and the 1st Squadron of the 183rd Brigade of the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Army became the first people in the world to experience the taste of German-made S-type landmines.
The first team was completely frightened by the S-type mines planted by Gao Xiaoshan and others. The Japanese leader Cao Chang, who took over the command of Matsushita Keiji, did not know how many mines there were in the woods, so he could only order the troops to temporarily withdraw from the same route.
In fact, for most of the Japanese troops in the 1st Squadron, it was impossible for them to retreat on their own initiative just because six or seven people were injured.
After the Japanese troops rushed into the woods, they only hit four landmines. No one died on the spot, and they were all seriously injured.
But the problem is that if these injured people died directly, it would be easy to say, but the whole damn three were injured, and it was visible to the naked eye that at least three of them had their balls broken or blown away, while Matsushita Keiji was directly injured.