"Did the Eighth Route Army save you?" Fang Ligong said in surprise.
"That's right." The third battalion commander nodded helplessly.
He never thought in his life that one day he would be saved by a group of gangsters.
"How many Japs are there on the other side?" Fang Ligong asked again.
The third battalion commander thought for a moment and said: "There is almost a squadron. When we rushed up to assist in the battle, they had already ended the battle."
Hearing this, Chu Yun's expression softened a little.
If his own infantry battalion was beaten by a small group of enemies and needed support, Chu Yunfei would really want to curse.
But soon, Chu Yunfei felt that something was wrong.
"What did you just say, that the Eighth Route Army wiped out a Japanese squadron?" Chu Yunfei said with surprise on his face: "How many people did they come and how long did it take to annihilate them?"
"There are probably dozens of people. It was too dark and we didn't count carefully. It's only a few hours." The commander of the third battalion said.
"The battlefield was in a mess, and the Japs wanted to eat us again, so we didn't have much time to care about it. I only knew that the Japs' flanks were attacked later.
When we launched a counterattack, they had already finished fighting and were cleaning the battlefield."
"Just a few dozen of them wiped out a Japanese squadron?" Fang Ligong said with disbelief: "Did you pay attention carefully?"
Not to mention dozens of people, if the Jinsui Army were to do this, at least one reinforced battalion would be needed to kill a squadron of Japanese.
But it cannot be completely annihilated, the most it can do is defeat them. If you want to completely annihilate them, you will need at least one more company.
"Chief of Staff, I watched very carefully. If it weren't for them, we wouldn't be able to get out now." The third battalion commander said seriously.
"Are you just going to watch these dozens of people take away the people we need?" Fang Ligong said with a hint of anger.
"Did you negotiate with them? Did you tell them which army you belonged to?"
"I told you, but they don't care at all." The commander of the third battalion looked helpless: "They saved our third battalion, we can't just start a conflict with them like this."
Having said this, he added silently in his mind.
Moreover, this team is full of weirdness. They can quickly wipe out even a squadron of Japanese troops, let alone their own battalion.
The third battalion commander believed that if they were really angered, those guys would definitely take action directly, regardless of whether you were the national army or the Japanese army.
Of course, you must not say these words, otherwise you will definitely go to the law and be punished.
"What about Sam? You didn't tell him that we are a unit of the Jinsui Army and can we give them preferential treatment?" Fang Ligong asked.
"We told him, we told him when we met him, but that Sam, he didn't want to go with us either," said the commander of the third battalion.
"He said that Ding Wei saved him and wanted to follow Ding Wei. He is an Allied pilot. How can we force him..."
"Ding Wei?" Chu Yunfei's eyes lit up and he asked: "Did you just say Ding Wei?"
"Yes." The third battalion nodded and said, "The guy in the lead is called Ding Wei."
"Who, Ding Wei, why is it him again!" Fang Ligong was a little anxious: "Is it Ding Wei from the 28th Regiment?"
Being picked off by the 28th regiment one after another, Fang Ligong also felt a little burned in his butt.
"That's right, it's Ding Wei from the 28th Regiment." The third battalion commander said, "He said he was from the 28th Regiment, and he also said he was the squad leader of the cooking class."
After a pause, he continued: "But no matter how I look at him, he doesn't look like a squad leader. What he said about the cooking class is not pure nonsense."
"Chief of the cooking class..." Chu Yunfei showed a smile.
Ding Wei was indeed punished for killing a prisoner of war and took off his regiment leader's hat.
Combined with what he said yesterday, the guy yesterday must have been the top guy.
"How come Ding Wei, with dozens of men, wiped out a squadron of Japanese soldiers?" Fang Ligong asked.
"I can't describe it. In short, they are very strange." The third battalion commander thought about it and said.
"Weird?" Chu Yunfei became interested: "What a strange method, these are not all troops, what's so strange about it.
Ding Wei joins the cooking class, is it possible that they can carry a big pot and smash the Japanese to death?"
"No, everything about them is weird." The third battalion commander said with lingering fear: "The first thing is the clothes they wear. They are not wearing military uniforms, but tattered clothes."
"Tattered clothes?" Chu Yunfei asked.
"Although he is dressed like a beggar, he is easy to hide. If he lies on the ground and doesn't move, he won't be able to see anyone on the ground." The third battalion commander added.
"What else?" Chu Yunfei asked.
The third battalion commander continued: "Then there are their weapons, which are all automatic firearms. I heard they are Italian products, called Boretta submachine guns.
They must have received very strict military training. I sent people to secretly look at the corpses of the Japanese. They were either shot in the head or in the chest, and the bullets were all heading towards the fatal place."
Fang Ligong's expression showed a hint of confusion, is this the fucking Eighth Route Army?
When did this group of Tubalu develop this kind of army?
There was deep worry in Chu Yunfei's eyes. This statement was not like that Yamamoto Kazuki trained troops.
Could this small-scale team really have such strong combat effectiveness?
Although Chu Yunfei was a general, he also came from a traditional military academy. The foreign war cases he saw were basically examples from the battlefield.
It was nonsense to Chu Yunfei that such a small force could create any miracles on the battlefield.
Even if there was an example of Yamamoto scoring 200-0, Chu Yunfei would only treat it as the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, causing the team to suffer losses.
If Kazuki Yamamoto's small army was really so powerful, then they would have no decent record in the future, and almost all of them would be defeats.
In the end, Yamamoto Kazuki himself was captured alive by the 28th Regiment and died in the 28th Regiment.
But now it seems that things may not be that simple.
It's not that Kazuki Yamamoto is useless, but that the team trained by Ding Wei has stronger combat capabilities, so Yamamoto's team is not highlighted.
"Tuanzuo?" The third battalion commander whispered: "Tuanzuo, what's wrong with you?"
A voice brought Chu Yunfei back from his thoughts.
"It's okay." Chu Yunfei waved his hand and asked: "Is this team really what you said?"
"That's right, Commander, I have no need to deceive you. Moreover, I think this news is very important and I don't dare to hide it!" said the commander of the third battalion.
"What do they look like? Have you seen them?" Chu Yunfei asked again: "In other words, do they have any physical characteristics."
The third battalion commander shook his head: "No, their faces look like ghost drawings. Plus it's night and they are covered in tattered clothes, so they can't see anything clearly."
"Okay, I understand." Chu Yunfei waved his hand: "You can go down and rest first."
Now, Chu Yunfei was no longer in the mood to deal with the battalion commander.
Instead, they were very interested in the mysterious team that rescued them yesterday.
He was already sure that the cooking class was nothing more than Ding Wei's random talk.
"Team leader, the appearance of such a team in the Eighth Route Army is not a good thing for us." Fang Ligong looked worried.
"If this matter is true, I think we should report this matter to our superiors and let them hold the Eighth Route Army accountable."
"What's the responsibility?" Chu Yunfei asked.
"This..." Fang Ligong was speechless for a moment.
Chu Yunfei said: "This team belongs to the Eighth Route Army and is within the 28th Regiment. We can't find any reason to cause trouble with them."
"Then what should we do?" Fang Ligong said: "We were surprised to find none of the five Allied pilots. They were all rescued by the Eighth Route Army."
When this matter was mentioned, Fang Ligong looked depressed.
What is this? I thought I could get the last bite of meat into my mouth, but it was snatched away by the Eighth Route Army again.
"Brother Ligong, give up those useless thoughts. If you have such idle thoughts, it is better to use them on the anti-Japanese battlefield!" Chu Yunfei said.
"At present, foreign enemies are facing us. We should use these thoughts on the anti-Japanese battlefield, rather than using them to deal with our own friendly forces."
"But..." Fang Ligong wanted to defend himself.
But thinking about the temperament of his group leader, he had no choice but to give up the idea of persuading him.
"Brother Ligong, what do you think of their team?" Chu Yunfei asked.
Fang Ligong said: "We haven't seen them yet. From the few words of the third battalion commander, we can only understand that they are indeed very powerful.
A troop of dozens of people, even if there are 70 of them, with full attack power, one person will kill about three Japanese on average, which is already a very impressive record."
Chu Yunfei nodded and said: "That's right, brother Ligong, do you think we can also train such a team?"
"Tuanzuo, do you want to imitate the Eighth Route Army?" Fang Ligong said in surprise.
Chu Yunfei said in a deep voice: "If the Eighth Route Army can do it, why can't we do it? And I think.
This kind of team is very likely to shine on the battlefield one day in the future."
Fang Ligong didn't believe it. How could a small army still want to rebel on the battlefield?
The battlefield is a place where wealth is competed. It depends on who has a stronger gun, more shells, more bullets, and a stronger unit.
No matter how strong your personal abilities are, they will not be of much use on such a large battlefield.
However, Fang Ligong would naturally not say these words. Now that Chu Yunfei has spoken, it means that he is interested in this matter.
Fang Ligong asked: "There are also weapons and equipment. Our regiment does not have automatic weapons. Procurement is also a big problem."
Chu Yunfei said: "It's very simple. We first train a group of team members, and then apply to the peak based on the number of people. It is impossible to have hundreds or thousands of submachine guns.
But if there are dozens of submachine guns, it won’t be a difficult task for us to climb the peak.”
"Team members, how do we train and how do we select?" Fang Ligong asked again.
Chu Yunfei pondered for a while and said: "Since we are setting up this kind of special team, we must draw on each other's strengths. We can select any soldiers with strengths.
For example, we can let soldiers who are good at marksmanship, have strong physical strength, good eyesight, and sensitive ears to join us and train them!"
"Then when do we start?" Fang Ligong asked again.
Chu Yunfei said: "It is better to choose a day than to hit it. Today, we will try to complete the selection work within three days!"
"Okay!" Fang Ligong nodded, and then said: "What about the Allied pilots? How should we explain them?"
"Just say whatever you want to explain," Chu Yunfei said angrily.
"Yes!" Fang Ligong responded and ran down quickly.
After yesterday's report, Chu Yunfei became more and more interested in Ding Wei and just wanted to meet him as soon as possible.
It would definitely be a very interesting thing to have a conversation with this person.
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Taiyuan, First Army Headquarters.
Okamura Neji looked at the message in his hand and frowned.
Ever since the reconnaissance squadron entered the jungle, no news has come out.
Even if the person is not found, the news should be sent back.
Could it be that they...
Okamura Neji suddenly had an unpleasant thought in his heart.
Without any hesitation, he sent out another reconnaissance team.
After this new search force walked out of their stronghold, they found another local villager who was familiar with the terrain, and together they entered the woods to search for traces of the missing squadron.
After searching deep into the woods, they quickly found traces of the battlefield, looking at the messy battlefield and corpses lying everywhere.
How could they not know what happened?
This team responsible for reconnaissance work did not hesitate at all. After walking out of the woods, they immediately sent a telegram to the First Army Headquarters.
"idiot!"
When Okamura Neji saw the message that had just been sent, he cursed fiercely.
The squadron responsible for the search fell down and was all killed. The result was obvious. They must have been attacked by the enemy.
As for the Allied officer, it was obvious that he was rescued by the enemy.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who was standing on one side, felt his heart skip a beat and looked at Neji Okamura cautiously.
At this time, the expression on Neji Okamura's face looked like he had eaten shit, which was extremely ugly.
Although Yoshio Shinozuka said nothing and acted as usual, he was really feeling gloating in his heart.
So what if you are a general of the Imperial Army? You will be defeated when you get here.
You have been calling me useless all day long, but when you got here and personally accepted the command of Shanxi, you failed one after another.
This is because the First Army is not good, and the commander of the First Army is not good. It is obvious that the enemy is very cunning.
Although Okamura Neji said nothing, when he saw Okamura Neji's reaction, he knew that nothing good must have happened last night.
Okamura Neiji continued to read the telegram, his brows furrowed into a "Chuan" character.
Except for the imperial troops in that squadron, which were all broken into pieces, the message mentioned submachine gun shells.
This enemy actually carried automatic firearms, although the model of submachine gun that can use such bullets has not yet been discovered.
But he was already certain in his heart that the force attacking the imperial army was not as easy to deal with as imagined.
According to the intelligence brought back by on-site reconnaissance, in addition to being attacked from the front, most of the submachine gun shells appeared on the two wings of this unit.
This also indicates that at least two groups of enemies surrounded the squadron.
The rifle bullets are all shell casings left behind by rifles made in Jin Dynasty, and it is basically certain that they belong to the Jinsui Army.
But what about the submachine gun bullets?
"Shinozuka-kun." Okamura Neji spoke slowly.
Yoshio Shinozuka bowed slightly and said in a respectful tone: "General, what's the matter?"
"Do you know of any army that has automatic firearms?" Neji Okamura asked.
Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Automatic firearms? This kind of weapon is expensive. I have never heard of anyone using it in Shanxi..."
Before he finished speaking, Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly thought of something.
Who said Shanxi doesn’t have troops with automatic firearms?