"The Chinese started preparing to camp before 4 o'clock?" Kunizaki was slightly startled after receiving the reconnaissance information of the advanced soldiers.
"Order the entire army not to move, and continue to monitor them from a distance to see what they want to do!" The Japanese Army Major General, with a shadow in his eyes, could only remain unchanged in response to changes.
However, sufficient battlefield experience reminded the Japanese Army Major General that this may not be a good sign.
But the chance of the Chinese discovering them was extremely small. In order to prevent the news from leaking out, his Kunozaki detachment marched from the station overnight. Whenever they encountered Chinese people in mountain villages along the way, they were all silenced, and this was all virgin forest, let alone him.
There are nearly ten thousand people, even if there are several times more, they will not be easily noticed.
He could only choose to take a gamble, betting that the Four Troops were exhausted from marching for several days in a row. Seeing that they were about to enter the war zone, he decided to take advantage of this rare gap to stop and rest.
But the truth may be, as Kunisaki intuitively suspected, it was deviating in a direction he didn't want at all.
First, in the late afternoon, more than 200 Chinese soldiers arrived at the small mountain village called Hexi Village and began to dig field trenches along the river in front of the village for defense.
This is not bad. After all, digging field trenches in campsites is not a patent of the Imperial Japanese Army. The Four Troops are a serious concern of the Imperial North China Front. If they are not even vigilant, then the Japanese Army Major General will not be able to accept himself.
The fact that we were defeated at their hands!
The defense line formed by a group of light infantry may not be able to stop the attack of the army, but it can at least warn the main force that will follow. This is enough to show that his opponent is definitely a careful and cautious person. Kunisaki even judged the opponent's personality through this detail.
Of course Kunizaki knew that Tang Dao would never be in the army in front of him. Intelligence showed that the young commander who made the entire North China Front Army hate and fear him was in Tongguan at this time. It was precisely because of his presence that the Third Division
He was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
It is said that the various shocking secret attacks that took place in the mountains near Fenglingdu were carried out by him personally leading the team. This is very consistent with the North China Front Intelligence Section's description of its combat characteristics.
As fierce as a tiger and as cunning as a fox! Just eight words vividly describe the characteristics of this Chinese army colonel who has been fighting against the imperial army for more than a year.
As Tang Dao's opponent, although he always wanted to kill him quickly, Kunizaki knew clearly that if he encountered Tang Dao again, based on Tang Dao's past performance, he was very likely to lose.
Fortunately, at least this time he doesn't have to face that terrifying opponent directly. The battlefield still has to rely on strength. Without Tang Dao's personal command, the combat effectiveness of the elite army in front of him will be reduced at least half, even if the opponent's commander also has
Pretty good traits.
But at ten o'clock at night, the scout discovered that the Chinese army near Black Dragon Pool had not rested as he imagined. Instead, they stayed up all night to dig trenches. What's more terrible is that the Chinese no longer even covered up and sent a large number of soldiers to carry out the attack.
Using torches, they began to search the mountains and forests around their campsite.
"Damn it, the Chinese must have discovered something!" On this windy and snowy night, Kunizaki was finally sure that his imaginary strategy of "replying others with their own deeds" was completely bankrupt.
The reason why the Chinese stayed where they were was not to rest and recuperate, but because they sensed danger. In order to confuse their opponents, they did not make any changes in the afternoon and did not start building fortifications overnight until night.
As for why he didn't escape overnight, Kunizaki could probably understand his commander's thoughts. Escape without fighting has never been the Four Elements Regiment's style. No matter what, they had to at least take a chance on those who dared to wait for them in this Chinese mountain.
opponent.
This is also the confidence that belongs to the strong!
Although he already knew that he was about to turn from an ambush into a strong attack and the intensity of the battlefield would be much higher, at least this powerful opponent did not leave and gave him a chance to avenge his humiliation.
Kunizaki, who has two complete infantry regiments, 24 mountain guns and 8 105 howitzers, is confident enough that he can break through the defense line of a Chinese infantry corps, not to mention a mere infantry regiment.
"Order all units to no longer hide and light bonfires to keep warm. However, each team is only allowed to light one bonfire for the whole team to keep warm. No more bonfires are allowed. This is a violation of military law!
Tomorrow at seven o'clock in the morning, the entire army will attack Hexi Village and inform the two captains of the 11th Infantry Regiment and the 21st Infantry Regiment that whose infantry crosses the river first and enters the Chinese position will be the first to achieve this goal." Kunisaki was stunned.
He looked up at the snowflakes falling in the night sky and issued military orders.
The cold snowflakes fell on his face, which calmed down the slightly irritable mind of the Japanese Army Major General. The Chinese people have vicious minds. If they did not have scouts who could spy on their behavior of digging trenches overnight, then tens of thousands of empires would be killed tonight.
The officers and soldiers, including himself, had to carry it all night in the cold and snowy night.
"Tsk tsk! Battalion Commander, there are a lot of people coming from this little Japs! Just looking at the fire, there are estimated to be four to five thousand people. Fortunately, the commander reminded us to slow down the march, otherwise this guy will run into the Japs encirclement. Brother
Not many of us can survive." Li Jijin, wearing a camouflage suit and lying on a small peak next to Hexi Village, put down his telescope, his face full of joy.
A few miles away, in the Shunwangping River Valley and on the mountainside, sparkles flashed like stars, almost naked, announcing their number to the old soldier Youzi.
"That's right, the little devils have become smarter now. They dare to send elite soldiers to peek at us until they know that we have discovered them. Otherwise, even if the snow tonight is not freezing to death, it will still be cold for Gou Ri's experience." I thought.
The Japanese army reacted so quickly, which made Li Jijin slightly regretful.
"Well! Shen Laoliu's tongue has long been confessed. Opposite us is the Guoqi detachment. The leader of this detachment, Guoqi Zheng, is our old rival. The team leader said that this person is ruthless and wise, but his personality is headstrong and extremely selfish.
Big, after we suffered a big loss in Guangde last time, he must be eager for revenge. Maybe this is something we can take advantage of." Leng Feng, who was also lying on the mountain peak, responded coldly without taking away his telescope.
"Moreover, the number of fires we saw did not match what a detachment-level force should have, which shows that Kunizaki is still trying to conceal his total force at this time. What we see is just what he wants us to see.
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"Oh! This old devil is quite a thief. I almost fell for his stupid trick. Fortunately, Shen Laoliu caught a few tongues." Li Jijin scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"He just doesn't want to scare us away now. Don't worry, before dawn, Kunizaki will no longer hide all his strength and attack your 7th company position with all his strength." Leng Feng exhaled a white breath.
"You will notify Shen Laoliu later so that he does not scare away the Japanese elite soldiers and leave some eye contact so that he can notify Kunizaki of any changes on the battlefield at any time."
"That's no problem. That guy Shen Laoliu is a very thief. He knows what to do." Li Jijin grinned.
"Battal Commander, I'm going to make a digression here. Three months ago, Shen Laoliu was injured so badly that he was about to die. Not to mention he survived, but he was still alive and kicking in two months. What do you think of his baby?
To make it happen, could it be that the master of Long Ying Long Village has some ancestral secret recipe?" Li Jijin suddenly started gossiping regardless of the occasion.
"What do you want to say, Lao Li, just say it directly, don't beat around the bush. Also, Second Lieutenant Long is not the leader of the village now. She is a member of my four-line group. Don't call us wrong in the future and make people laugh at us."
People from the camp." Leng Feng said coldly without turning his head.
As old comrades-in-arms, we have been getting along day and night for more than a year. Veteran Youzi used Shen Laoliu as a cover but he meant something, but Leng Feng knew it as soon as he heard it.
"Ahem! Well, Mrs. Yue has been visiting the brothers in the camp suddenly less recently. Aren't the brothers all a little bit murmuring in their hearts? Just ask me to ask. You also know that those guys are all in their hearts.
You can't hide things." Li Jijin glanced around and saw that the security guards were more than ten meters away, so he continued to speak in a low voice.
This time, it took a long time to wait for Leng Feng to answer.
Li Jijin couldn't ask further questions, so he could only wait patiently for his cold-faced and warm-hearted battalion commander to speak.
"Qingru brought me laundry last time. I told her that the army now employs a washerwoman. She has to be busy with primary school management and taking care of three children. She should not be too tired. The three children
I will send someone to deliver the required fees to your home on time.
Since then, Qingru has never seen her again. Even during this expedition, she was nowhere to be seen. Only three children came to see me off!" Leng Feng's bleak and lonely voice came out.
‘Damn it! Is there a man in this world who is more ignorant of style than me, the battalion commander?’ Li Jijin’s eyes darkened, and he complained crazily in his heart.
If it weren't for the fact that it was wartime and the veteran oil man had to spit in his face, wouldn't it be obvious that you were driving people away! Just like that, you're still a lonely bird!
"Brother Jiujin, when I was holding the little stone that night, I promised that I would never avenge my Leng family and cut off the heads of thousands of Japanese invaders in this life. If I am happy for one day, I will go to the eighteenth level of hell after death.
." Leng Feng muttered to himself.
"However, when I saw Qingru coming, she was right next to me without saying anything, and I couldn't help but feel happy. But in that case, I couldn't help my brother who died in my arms. He was only seventeen years old.
"He didn't wear any good clothes, nor did he eat any good food. Even if he wanted to eat a candy, he had to carry me on his back to avoid being scolded by me."
The telescope covered the eyes of the famous cold-faced battalion commander of the Four Elements Regiment, and Li Jiujin could not see the damp eye sockets behind the telescope.
His younger brother died in battle right in front of him, which not only became Leng Feng's lifelong pain, but also became his inner demon, making it a sin for him to feel happy.
But he is a human being. When love sweeps in like a flood, who can resist it?
"Brother, if you call me Brother Jiujin, then I won't call you Battalion Commander. I'll just treat it as two of us brothers having a little chat before the war.
First of all, your idea is wrong. If Xiao Shitou knew that you, an elder brother, don't even dare to like a girl, I would definitely blame you.
Let's take a step back, let's not talk about love and love, just say that you are the only one left in the Leng family. According to our Chinese tradition, there are three unfilial piety and the worst is not having children. No matter what you say, you have to marry a wife and have a baby!
Why, you are not allowed to look at your wife and children and smile?
Moreover, you, Battalion Commander Leng, led our third battalion to kill five or six thousand Japs, if not eight thousand! Why, you still have to lay the bodies of the little Japs in rows, and you, the battalion commander, will chop them up with one knife.
Woolen cloth!
I, Lao Li, am already 32 this year, and I have lived for most of my life. I am not as well-educated as my brother. It wasn’t the group that forced me to read. I can’t even write my mother-in-law’s name now, but I have summarized a few points.
life experience.
This is one of them! Before doing anything, you have to think carefully about whether you will regret it. Just like I am determined to risk my life and work with the group. My purpose is just to hope that my wife and children can have stability.
Life, if they can live well, I will not regret it at all!
It’s not like you don’t know about that boy Gu Xishui. When he arrived at the battlefield, Yaomei was gone. What a good girl. The most sad thing about Gu Xishui was that he didn’t even say he liked her yet!
Now, as long as he comes back from the war, he will sit in front of Yao Meier's tombstone for a whole day, and then hang the medal on that tombstone. Who wouldn't feel sad if he saw it!
Brother, what you do is your business. I just advise you to think clearly and don’t regret it in the future. That’s the most stupid thing!”
Li Jijin muttered softly, wanting to smoke a cigarette, but he remembered that he couldn't light a fire to expose his target, so he casually pulled a piece of dead grass into his mouth and held it in his mouth.
"Huh!" After a long time, Leng Feng gently exhaled a white breath.
Putting down the telescope in his hand, he rubbed his face, which was frozen in the wind and snow, and his eyes, which were still looking into the distance, seemed much brighter.
"After this battle, I will report to the regiment headquarters!"
"What are you doing?" Li Jijin was slightly startled.
"Get married!" Leng Feng stood up.
"Uh" Li Jijin wanted to cover his forehead.
Must you first propose to Mrs. Yue? Then report it to the regiment headquarters?
It's amazing that a man like this, who doesn't know the slightest bit of charm, is actually liked by girls. It's absolutely amazing.
But that’s right, doesn’t my wife, whose body is wider than the door panel, love me to death? Especially after seeing the money I sent back, she wrote one sentence on the letter: “When will my father’s father be?”
Come back, I want a younger brother!"
When Li Jijin thought of the letter home from his wife, he instantly felt hot and didn't feel cold at all.
Perhaps the reason why I don’t feel cold is the credit of the quilt factory run by Boss Qian of Dakouzidong. Now all the officers and soldiers of the Fourth Army Regiment are wearing cotton-padded jackets filled with new cotton. Although the color is gray and black, the fabric is not the old-fashioned one.
Instead of using cotton cloth, I used a kind of fabric that is not only wear-resistant but also can block wind and some rain. In this winter, it is very warm.
And I also put on a kind of cotton rubber shoes under my feet. The rubber-soled shoes are non-slip, wear-resistant and waterproof. The only drawback is that they are not very breathable. Once you take them off at night, the smell can kill pigs and dogs, Guaiguai and Hammer.
The one who is far away is the proof.
"What's wrong? Didn't you say you can't regret it later!" Leng Feng, who seemed to have thought it through completely, looked indifferent. "I have figured it out. I can live with Qingru and three children, even if I really get married in the future.
I am willing to go to eighteen levels of hell!"
These love words are self-taught! Veteran Youzi gave a thumbs up to his battalion commander sincerely.
"Then now, let's kill a few more Japanese as dowry gifts for Qingru." Leng Feng raised the corners of his mouth in a rare smile, revealing a smile.
"The devils have set up such an obvious target now, and Battalion Commander Dahai can't do it unless he wastes some shells!"
Half an hour later!
The area in the river valley that was flickering with light suddenly burst into flames.
That was the result of the six Bofors Mountain Cannons unleashing their might.
This time the four regiments marched from the mountainous area, with only pack horses and no carts. Although the Bofors Mountain Cannon weighed 700 kilograms, it could be disassembled into 8 large pieces, so in addition to carrying 150 large-caliber mortars, the artillery battalion still carried
6 Bofors guns and a total of 1,200 rounds of artillery shells.
The average base number of 200 rounds of artillery shells per gun is enough for the artillery battalion to squander for a while.
Therefore, 120 rounds of artillery shells were poured on the heads of the Kunisaki detachment in less than 5 minutes.
With such obvious fire guidance, the Bofors Mountain Artillery, which is famous for its accuracy, was not accurate at all. It was simply unworthy of the deliberate arrangement of the Japanese Army Major General.
What's even more terrible is the Japanese Army Major General Duo Zhi's strategy of "increasing troops and reducing the fire", which caused the equally "juicy" Japanese infantry to make the bonfire extremely large. Only in this way can a squad of more than 50 people
People gathered around the fire to keep warm.
As soon as the artillery hit the ground, the Japanese soldiers who had been together for most of the night immediately performed a "Tiannu Scattering Flowers"!
That's simply not too spectacular.
"The sudden bombardment by the Chinese resulted in 127 deaths and more than 300 injuries." After receiving the damage report, Kunizaki was surprised that no blood spurted out.
Is there any natural reason for this? Is there any royal law? It is estimated that the Japanese Army Major General was roaring like this in his heart.
He considered that it was snowy and cold at this time, and the mountains were high and the roads were slippery. He wanted to fight again tomorrow out of humanitarianism. However, the Chinese unethically fired a barrage of artillery fire.
This is bullying the Imperial Japanese Army for not having artillery!
"Retaliation, we will bombard them back just as they bombarded us. If we can't locate the Black Dragon Pool, then we will raze that small village to the ground!" Kunizaki no longer looked as cold as before and roared angrily on the phone.
And dozens of kilometers away, another Japanese Army Major General also did not fall asleep in this late night, but his state of mind was very different from Kunisaki.
He was extremely surprised!
At this time, someone actually wanted to do business with him!
