Chapter 412 What a big lump! (Please vote for me!)
It’s not like the ‘intelligent’ Japanese have never struggled.
During the day, Major General Ushijima Mitsuru's smart little mind was of course thinking at full speed about countermeasures against the attackers.
In order to prevent the senior officers in the army from being sniped by the Chinese lurking in the bushes in the distance, he sent 20 squads of more than 400 top soldiers to search and advance within two miles of the outside of the army.
The distance between each vanguard infantry squad will never exceed 200 meters. If any squad is attacked, at least three squads can merge into an infantry squad within one minute. Not to mention that there are only a few Chinese.
Even with dozens of people, an infantry squad grouped together can resist until reinforcements arrive.
The 36th Infantry Brigade does not have cavalry and lacks sufficient mobility, but the large number of people is Ushijima Mitsuru's biggest advantage at present. He even used the army as bait and used the spearmen to set up a dragnet around them, waiting for those few to keep trying.
The damn little blood-sucking mosquitoes are caught in the net.
It has to be said that from the morning to the afternoon of November 12, after experiencing three consecutive long-range cold gun attacks, Ushijima Mitsuru, who had the potential to become a general, was forced to use his wisdom. This trick seemed to be quite effective. From afternoon to night
After arriving, for three whole hours, there was no more attack.
All the officers and soldiers of the 36th Infantry Brigade breathed a collective sigh of relief.
However, at night, the damn mosquitoes pop out again to suck blood.
And this puff is a big mouthful of Baga.
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The 36th Infantry Brigade's two infantry regiments and six infantry brigades, plus an artillery battalion of the division's artillery regiment and two regiments of baggage trains, numbered nearly 10,000 people and marched on rural dirt roads for 10 miles.
Even if Ushijima Mitsuru dispatched 20 vanguard teams, for such a huge formation, the search teams of ten teams on the left and right sides could not guarantee all-round surveillance without blind spots, especially under the cover of pitch-black night.
To put it bluntly, the net woven by Ushijima Mitsuru may be suitable for catching wild boars, but if it is used to catch mosquitoes, it is really too much.
However, if it was still like during the day, if they fired a few cold shots and fired two cold cannons, even if the search team heard the sound and rushed to catch up, they could not catch up, leaving the blood-sucking 'mosquito' to flap its wings and run away, Ushijima was full of
Your Excellency, the Major General, may just bite his molar teeth into pieces and admit it.
However, it was really too much to have an entire infantry squadron attacked at 10pm.
Yes, you read that right, it was not an infantry squadron of Chinese who came to attack, but an infantry squadron of Japanese infantry who was attacked, and this was in the midst of a large army with 20 vanguard squadrons deployed on the periphery.
This is too much, just like the mosquito Taoist who took a bite of the Tathagata Buddha and sat on the twelve-grade golden lotus.
It cannot be said that this infantry squadron was not vigilant enough. In order to avoid being attacked by possible black hands of the Chinese, the infantry squadron did not even dare to light a bonfire on a cold autumn night. The sentry in charge of the alert was 30 meters away from the infantry squadron’s dinner point.
Domi also went to great lengths to put up barbed wire around the place for safety.
It can be said that in view of the attack last night and the continuous harassment by the hateful Chinese during the day today, the Japanese infantry are extremely vigilant.
In order to have a good sleep tonight and repair their extremely tired bodies so that they can continue to pursue the Chinese tomorrow, nearly 200 Japanese infantrymen dragged their tired bodies from 7 to 9 p.m. and spent more than two hours digging.
Simple trench.
All soldiers will sleep in simple trenches at night. Although it is cold and damp there, it is enough to ensure that they are not afraid of the Chinese's cold fire and even the attacks that the Chinese may organize after dark.
The Chinese have done this several times under Songjiang City. The idiots from the 114th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment will fall for it, but the 'Strongest Division on the Surface' will never make this mistake.
It can also be seen that the 36th Infantry Brigade was afraid of the pursuing Chinese army. In the past, they were just fearless and would not treat it so cautiously.
It is already very hard, and if the soldiers are allowed to eat even colder rice balls with cold canned meat, no infantry squadron leader would be so cruel.
Therefore, the Japanese infantrymen, who had worked hard for a day, lit a fire in the simple trench. It later proved that this fire may have exposed their exact position to the enemy hiding in the darkness.
The Japanese soldiers who finally had a mouthful of hot food finally felt a sense of happiness. Familiar soldiers sat around and discussed their beautiful hometown and gentle girl in low voices.
The sky was a little gloomy, although there was no moon in the night sky and the stars were a little dim, but the familiar local voices and faces could indeed give some psychological comfort to the Japanese officers and soldiers who had been nervous for a day.
Just like the Japanese army captain who could not refuse to give the soldiers a bite of hot food, the second lieutenants and captains also could not refuse the soldiers gathering quietly.
There were more than 100 people sitting in the open space the size of two basketball courts.
Dipping in the canned broth and feeling the aroma of the hot rice balls on their tongues, many Japanese soldiers had satisfied smiles on their faces.
The attack happened at this moment.
"Bang!" There was a muffled sound.
What is this sound? Shelling? But how is this possible?
The faces of the Japanese soldiers, like their commanders, instantly became stiff.
However, at the moment when the Japanese infantrymen's minds went blank due to the harsh training and battlefield experience, their bodies responded extremely correctly.
At least more than a hundred people fell to the ground the moment they heard the huge muffled sound.
A common posture for a man lying flat with his butt facing up facing another man with a ferocious face.
The attack came a little later than they thought.
So much so that they could still look up and see the horrifying scene after lying down.
A big black bag just fell in the sky, as if the gloomy God had taken a dip in it.
What a big lump!
But it was definitely not a cannonball.
This was the instinctive judgment of the Japanese infantrymen who saw this scene.
However, that was also the last scene that many of the more than 160 Japanese infantrymen present saw in their lives.
That is indeed not a cannonball.
That's an explosive package! A large explosive package weighing over 15 kilograms!
"Boom!" After a loud noise, the whole earth seemed to tremble violently.
Even Mother Earth was shaken, and it was obvious how miserable the Japanese infantrymen at the center of the explosion would be.
The number of Japanese soldiers who were killed on the spot was actually only more than 30, but the number of Japanese soldiers who died miserably in three consecutive days due to the huge power of the explosive packs that damaged their internal organs turned out to be more than 100. In the end, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers who survived by chance and those responsible for guarding 30 meters away
The sentinels have all become disabled.
Without exception, they all became deaf, and their eardrums were shattered by the explosion of the huge explosive bag.
In this era, there are no artificial eardrums for them to replace.
Ushijima Mitsuru, who was eating rice balls, was so startled by the loud noise that he almost choked to death on the spot. The furious Japanese Army Major General didn't even wait for the casualty report, and immediately fired flares from all infantry brigades in the army, illuminating the entire wilderness in white.
However, no eggs were found. A search team with thousands of people worked for an hour or two, but could not find even a single Chinese hair.
However, they found some traces left by the Chinese in the grass on a slope 200 meters away from the attacked infantry squadron.
The Japanese infantrymen who were too vigilant to carefully observe the surrounding environment with flashlights and even used mine detectors still encountered misfortune.
A bundle of cluster grenades sent six Japanese infantrymen and a commander directly to the main road where they met Amaterasu.
In addition, a broken gasoline barrel that was blown away fell and killed an unlucky child who was lying on the ground thinking he had escaped a Chinese booby trap.
That may be the first scene of how the Chinese miraculously delivered a large explosive package to the infantry squadron camp, but how did they do it with just a gasoline barrel? How did the Chinese quietly transport a gasoline barrel and do this?
How many explosives were put under the nose of the army?
No one can give you a perfect answer to the commander of the Ushijima Brigade.
The fact that a sudden explosive charge caused an infantry squadron to completely lose its combat effectiveness made Ushijima Mitsuru really...
Big teeth that broke a bite!
So frustrating!
Baga! If you have the ability, don’t sleep. Come on! I will fight with you.
The angry Japanese Army Major General was so angry that he issued a very unwise military order.
The whole army was divided into two waves and took turns falling asleep.
In other words, everyone is waiting for the Chinese to come with their big eyes wide open, and then go up together to kill him.
But, the Chinese are not coming.
Six kilometers away from the 36th Infantry Brigade camp, Lu Sanjiang was already sleeping sweetly while leaning on a tree trunk.
"Everyone, go to bed and gather your energy. Let's do some Japanese work tomorrow."
This is the order given to everyone by Tang Dao, who quietly returned from the dark night.
In the dark night, the little head of 'Iron Hammer' emerged from Niu Er hiding in the grass, with a pair of bright dog eyes and ears raised high.
