The Japanese captain was stunned. He looked at the naked body under the mountain col and was stunned for a moment.
Yamamoto said coldly: "Obviously, this is the body of the disappeared imperial soldier, dragged here by those eight soldiers."
The Japanese captain quickly ordered people to go down the mountain col to collect the bodies, while cursing: "These Tubalu are just like bandits. As soldiers, it is inevitable to die in battle. Why should we humiliate the warriors of our empire like this? Even if they die, they will have their clothes stripped off?"
Are they like those guerrillas who are short of supplies and take their clothes back for the winter?"
Yamamoto was silent for a moment and said: "Tell us in detail what happened when this team fought."
"Hi!" Captain Japanese Captain said: "When I arrived with my people, the battle was already over. Not long ago, I received a communication from the Yegu team, saying that an enemy army was discovered and they were rounding up.
Judging from the traces of the battle, they did seem to be rounding up the target, but then they were attacked from behind."
"Your Majesty Colonel, judging from the successive battles, it was just the patter of gunfire before, but then it sounded like the sound of assault from a submachine gun. These two enemy troops should not be the same group."
Yamamoto glanced at the Japanese Captain with approval. He was now basically certain that the enemy force that attacked Ye Gu's team from the rear was the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.
Previously, he checked the wounds on the soldiers who were restrained, and also found 9mm Parabellum pistol bullets used by the MP38 submachine gun at the fighting site.
Perhaps it was these submachine guns that the Eighth Route Army seized from the reserve members of the special agent team in the prisoner of war camp.
Thinking of this, Yamamoto no longer delayed and let the Japanese captain lead him to continue tracking in the direction of the battle.
Soon, the group came to the area where Kong Jie had fought with more than 20 Japanese soldiers.
Looking at the corpses of more than twenty Japanese soldiers lying in the forest, the Japanese captain said:
"Your Excellency Dazuo, this is the second fighting area. The enemy's firepower is very fast. The reinforcements from both sides arrived in almost three minutes, but the enemy is still missing! After the whole battle, the enemy did not leave any trace.
The next body."
Yamamoto said nothing, how imaginative this scene was compared to the scene when he led a special agent team to sneak attack on the 57th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army!
He even had the illusion that the Eighth Route Army of the Independent Regiment seemed to have done it deliberately for him to see.
He wanted to sneak attack Daxia Bay, where the Eighth Route Army headquarters was located, but failed in Yangcun. Later, the independent regiment of Yangcun attacked his prisoner of war camp and destroyed the mine.
Yamamoto suddenly thought of an old Chinese saying and blurted out:
"It's not polite to come and not go!"
"Your Majesty Colonel, I don't understand what you mean." The Japanese Captain was a little confused.
Yamamoto shook his head and said: "Your previous judgment was wrong. The reason why this Eighth Route Army took off the soldiers' uniforms was not because they needed these clothes to keep out the cold. After all, this was a tense moment for them to escape, and there was no need to waste time or add burdens.
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"Then what do they want our soldiers' clothes for?"
"It's very simple. If you look carefully at these soldiers who died in battle, most of the bullets were fired towards the door. There is only one explanation for this situation. Our soldiers did not notice each other until the two sides approached very close distance.
His true identity."
The Japanese captain suddenly said: "You mean, they disguised themselves as our team!"
"This is the only explanation why they were able to break out so quickly." Yamamoto said flatly.
The Japanese captain said hurriedly: "I will contact the search teams from all parties and set up passwords to prevent the enemy from sneaking in in disguise."
After the Japanese Captain arranged the order, Yamamoto and the Japanese Captain continued to track Kong Jie and his party in the direction of the breakout.
At the intersection of a small road going down the mountain, the leader of the Japanese team who was leading the search reported: "I am reporting to you, Colonel, that the enemy has completely disappeared here!"
Yamamoto nodded, his eyes wandering among the mountain roads and the bushes and thorns beside them.
The old devil soon discovered some shallow footprints more than ten meters away from the mountain road. These footprints were stepped on some weeds. The marks were very shallow, as if they had been deliberately processed, but Yamamoto still glanced at them.
Come out.
"Have the search team been here?" Yamamoto asked.
The Japanese team leader replied: "Your Excellency Dazuo, there is no way down the mountain here, so we have never been here."
Yamamoto thought, bent down, touched the weeds that had been stepped on with his hands, carefully observed the clues, analyzed a little in his mind, and slowly said: "If you are sure that you have not been here, then it must be left by the enemy.
Judging from the footsteps, dozens of people passed by and left for about an hour."
Then Yamamoto followed the direction of the footprints and came to the bushes and thorns. Then he pointed at the bushes in front of him and said, "This is where this group of eight soldiers went down."
"But, Your Majesty Colonel, there is obviously no way out."
"Stupid, there is no road, can't we split a road?"
"Hi!"
After scolding the Japanese team leader, Yamamoto stood above the thorns and bushes and glanced downwards.
Although the narrow path is inconspicuous among the bushes, if you look closely, you will still find clues.
Yamamoto soon discovered the intersection that Cao Zheng had deliberately restored with trees and thorn strips. He picked it up with his command knife, and the trees and thorns that had been chopped off were blown away by Yamamoto.
Looking at the small gap that suddenly appeared in front of them, the Japanese captain and the Japanese squad leader were dumbfounded.
Is there really a path? Could it be that this group of enemy soldiers really carved a path through the bushes and escaped?
"Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, I'm sorry. This is my dereliction of duty. I will immediately lead people to continue the pursuit." The Japanese Captain said and was about to arrange the manpower.
Yamamoto reminded: "The eight groups who escaped are very cunning. If they leave from this road, there will probably be traps on the road. Let the Chinese explore the road ahead! The other troops are divided into two groups, and the manpower that takes a roundabout path will continue the pursuit.
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"Hi!" Captain Japanese responded.
Soon, the Japanese Captain led a team of men and asked the Imperial Army to clear the way ahead. They followed the thorny path cut by Kong Jie and his party, followed by the Japanese Captain's team, and finally Yamamoto's special agent team.
Boom——
The two unlucky puppet soldiers at the front tripped the booby trap that Cao Zheng had left on the thorny path. Under the impact of the grenade fragments, two puppet soldiers were killed on the spot and five or six others were injured.
This was because the puppet platoon leader had his own thoughts and deliberately kept the team at a certain distance.
The violent explosion broke the peace of the valley.
It also broke the temporarily relaxed mentality of Kong Jie and his party.
The Japanese are catching up!
At this time, the front of the team is still chopping the last section of thorns. As long as they rush out, they will completely leave this rugged and difficult area full of trees, vines, and thorns.
Looking at the direction where the explosion came from, Cao Zheng was a little surprised, "Damn it, are these little devils with dog noses? Why did they touch it so quickly? I obviously disguised the entrance very well." p>
Kong Jie frowned and said: "Maybe there is some tracking master."
"The road ahead should be opened faster. The students will take a break and try to complete the final journey within twenty minutes."
"Cao Zheng, lay some more booby traps and try to delay it!"