The Japanese squadron leader, Captain Ozawa Yushi, was an experienced commander. He immediately ordered one of his teams to go down the mountain to investigate the enemy's situation and get in touch with the headquarters.
However, when the Japanese team went down the mountain from the south with a gentle slope, they were beaten back by a burst of gunfire from the bottom of the mountain.
"Report to the squadron leader that there is an ambush by the Chinese army at the foot of the mountain in the south. I see that there are many of them. I am afraid they want to attack the mountain."
"Nani? Are the Chinese crazy?"
Ozawa Yuzhi showed an indifferent smile.
Our brave imperial soldiers are not those Northeastern troops who ran away when they heard the sound of cannon fire.
On this steep mountain, there are four 92 heavy machine guns alone, as well as two Maxim water-cooled heavy machine guns abandoned by the Northeast Army. As long as they are not bombed by planes from the sky, you can't attack even if you pile up corpses.
To the top of the mountain.
And does your Chinese army have airplanes?
So Ozawa said disdainfully: "Katase-kun, your small team will go down the mountain from the north to explore again. If you encounter an ambush, you will withdraw immediately. If you don't encounter the Chinese army, then go directly down the mountain to the brigade headquarters to find out the situation. Please call the soldiers."
Restore contact with us as soon as possible."
"Hey!"
The squad leader, Second Lieutenant Yuya Katase, stood at attention and nodded.
Ozawa Yuzhi knew clearly that the Chinese army was ready to move at the foot of the mountain, but he still dared to divide his troops and send a small team to contact the friendly forces. This shows how confident he is in guarding Heizui Mountain.
Ten minutes later, Yushi Ozawa saw the flashlight signal from Yuya Katase, who had already descended to the foot of the mountain, indicating that there was no ambush by the Chinese army at the foot of the mountain.
This also made him feel relieved. In his opinion, as long as Heizui Mountain was not surrounded by the Chinese army, he was not afraid of the Chinese army attacking. He was a little worried before that after the military camp at the foot of the mountain was defeated by the Chinese army, Heizui Mountain would be attacked by the Chinese army.
Zuishan has become a lone army surrounded by all sides. If there is no guidance from the headquarters, the effectiveness of the artillery on this mountain will be greatly reduced.
As for whether the Chinese army will attack, Ozawa is not too worried. As long as the troops can hold on for 2-3 days, the larger troops will come up. By then, it will be time for the Chinese troops to turn around and flee.
With the ammunition and food reserves on the mountain, holding on for 2-3 days is not a problem at all. The only thing I am worried about is that the supply of drinking water is not enough, but it doesn't matter, just order to save water from now on. This small difficulty is not difficult.
The Imperial soldiers with strong will will not be defeated.
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But it was said that Li Daming led a platoon of soldiers to escort Gao Xiaoshan and the others through the dark night, trying to avoid local battlefields where the two sides were fighting along the way.
After setting off, Zhou Mingyuan took the initiative to serve as a vanguard, but was rejected by Li Daming.
In Li Daming's view, since the brigade commander asked himself to protect the wounded friendly troops back to the camp, and also specially selected the platoon with the strongest combat effectiveness in the guard camp, he would be responsible for all the security work on the escort road.
No matter how powerful the friendly forces are, can one of their medical soldiers be allowed to serve as a vanguard? Are their elite subordinates inferior to the friendly army's medical soldiers?
Originally, he felt that asking him to personally lead the team to escort the wounded from friendly forces was a bit overkill. Now that he was asking a friendly medical soldier to serve as a vanguard, how could he and his subordinates be embarrassed?
With this idea in mind, Li Daming directly rejected Zhou Mingyuan's kindness with a wave of his hand.
However, he never thought that a medical soldier could follow the team and rush out of the Japanese army. Is that an ordinary medical soldier?
Zhou Mingyuan has a calm personality and will naturally not argue with friendly troops. Besides, Gao Xiaoshan, the highest ranking member of the team, is still in anesthesia and comatose. The only one left is the somewhat arrogant captain officer in front of him, who can only do as he pleases.
But Zhou Mingyuan winked at the team members who were only slightly injured and could still walk, and everyone naturally dispersed. It seemed a bit casual, but it was Gao Xiaoshan and the other two team members who were lying on the stretcher.
Protected in the middle.
As early as when Zhou Mingyuan and several other Wudang disciples joined the mercenary group, Zhou Wen had repeatedly instilled in them the principle that they should not easily hand over the fate of themselves and their brothers to others, even if that person was an ally or a friend.
For the brothers of the mercenary group, the most trustworthy people on the battlefield can only be their brothers and comrades, and the weapons in their hands.
What's more, among the wounded escorted this time was Gao Xiaoshan, the second-in-command of the mercenary group. Everyone liked Shan Zi the most, was the most helpful, and was sincere and kind to others.
The soul of the mercenary group is of course the omnipotent scholar Zhou Wen, but the most heartwarming and reassuring big brother figure in the mercenary group can only be Gao Xiaoshan.
Of course, such a person must be carefully guarded, and there is no room for any mistakes.
Zhou Mingyuan knew Zhou Wen's intention of sending himself to escort these injured brothers back in the name of a medical soldier, so he naturally had to be very energetic.
Originally, if Li Daming agreed that he was the most advanced soldier, with his advanced state of Qi Sheng Jin and solid Wudang Kung Fu, his perception was far beyond that of ordinary people, so he would naturally be able to detect the situation in advance, notify the rear team in time to avoid and prepare for battle in advance.
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However, Li Daming's overly competitive spirit prevented him from fighting, and he could only silently hint to other team members to be ready to fight at any time.
Since the guard camp received great help from the mercenary group today, it was able to kill the Japanese very quickly, and they all had the impression that "the little Japanese are nothing more than that". Ordinary soldiers like them would not think that these little Japanese had actually been captured by the mercenary group.
All courage was gone.
In addition, Li Tianming did not tell the three leading soldiers to be more careful, so they reasonably believed that the Japs in the front of the camp had been completely eliminated, and there could no longer be any danger on the way back.
Therefore, the three leading soldiers did not hide their whereabouts. They basically stood up straight and moved forward. On the way, they encountered a few friendly troops who were still searching for the remaining enemies. After matching the passwords, they all passed through the battlefield without any danger.
, which makes them more assured and more carefree.
However, a small group of Japanese soldiers who came down from Heizui Mountain did exactly the opposite. They believed that since the camp was attacked by the Chinese army in a sneak attack, they would naturally encounter the Chinese army along the way, so they sent half of the group's top soldiers, led by the group leader.
Lead it yourself.
After a few Chinese top soldiers relaxed, they actually exchanged a few words with each other. It was these few words that allowed the Japanese soldiers on the other side, who were hunched over and slowly searching and advancing in the darkness, to hear the movement.
The Japs leading the team, Captain Cao, was a very experienced veteran. With a wave of his hand, the six Japs quietly dispersed and found hiding spots to hide.
However, the three Chinese top soldiers gradually emerged from the darkness in a swaggering manner. They had no idea that behind the few dark rocks in front of them, there were seven Japanese soldiers with bayonets in their hands and hideous faces.