Kunizaki started to implement his plan to divide his troops early in the morning.
The entire army was divided into three groups, and the left and right wings began to enter the mountains to search for the Chinese troops hiding in the mountains.
Of course, the search is not about driving into the mountains blindly and searching blindly. Not to mention the thousands of people hiding in the vast mountains, even tens of thousands of people can't even see a shadow.
Kunisaki actually placed most of his hopes on the navy's reconnaissance planes. In this case, he would not have to take any risks. The main force would be on standby in a relatively open place, and he would only wait for the reconnaissance planes to radio the ground to report the specific location of the Chinese.
But an accident happened.
On this day, it was sunny and sunny in the mountainous areas of southern Anhui, but the East China Sea was filled with thick fog and wind, and the navy did not dare to take off fighter planes at all.
There was no way, tens of thousands of people couldn't just wait there, Kunizaki had no choice but to use infantry as the main search team...
Just as Tang Dao expected, the Japanese army targeted the villages in the mountainous areas from the beginning. They found more than a dozen villages in a row but all were empty. Angry, Kunizaki was stunned and could not send more search teams to increase the search area.
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However, in order to prevent being bitten by the Chinese hiding in the mountains, Kunizaki devised a new trick.
An infantry brigade with 800 people from four infantry squadrons spread out in all directions as a search team to conduct a blanket search, while he led an infantry brigade and an artillery unit in the center.
Each infantry squadron is responsible for one direction, and then each infantry squadron is divided into three infantry squads. The squads then become the main search team in the form of squads.
The location where the small team is advancing is generally no more than two or three kilometers away from the area where Kunizaki's main force is located.
This not only ensures that the search teams and Japanese troops can support each other, but also searches a sufficient area.
how to say?
Kunizaki's routine is like a big octopus, extending out four tentacles, and then the main tentacles branch out, and finally form a net.
If any node is attacked, indicating that it has encountered the Chinese army, the network can be quickly assembled to surround and eat the prey.
Of course, there are risks in this. For example, if a small team or even a small team encounters a large number of Chinese, they will be quickly eaten, but compared to catching the big fish of the Chinese army, this loss is definitely acceptable.
It was against this background that Miyamoto Tatsuuchi led his small team to search along the foot of the hill.
As a veteran with five years of military service who has participated in more than a dozen battlefields in North and East China, Miyamoto Tatsunai is actually very aware of his current situation.
That is, danger!
Even though he was one thousand meters away from the main force of the infantry squadron behind the line, he was not attacked by the Chinese, but the Chinese might show up from time to time.
After the Battle of Mouse Mountain, Miyamoto Tatsunai, who had no chance to fight and had been observing the battlefield, knew that the combat power of this group of Chinese was not comparable to that of the ordinary Chinese army. The Chinese with the same strength might not be able to defeat them, but if there were twice as many
Or how many times?
He was completely sure that if he did encounter dozens of Chinese, his squad of only thirteen people would most likely be wiped out by the Chinese before the main force from the rear arrived.
Damn it, what a bullshit search team, these guys are just bait and cannon fodder. From the moment Miyamoto Tatsuna received the mission, he had various MMPs in his heart, greeting the officers from the squadron to the squadron to the brigade.
Yes, they are not so much a search team as they are baits thrown out by Kunizaki. As long as the Chinese dare to bite the hook, the overwhelming 'net' will roll over and trap the Chinese.
This is the tragedy of being a bait. The fish is caught, but the bait is basically gone.
Miyamoto Tatsuuchi didn't want to be eaten as bait. He wanted to live well, so he didn't pay much attention to the search. He kept warning his subordinates in the team to be vigilant to prevent being attacked.
This tension was also passed on to the Japanese soldiers in the small group. They were almost divided into three parts. Three riflemen took the lead as the forward, and in the middle were two infantrymen and Miyamoto Tatsuuchi who together protected the two grenadier soldiers.
, and near the end are three riflemen protecting two machine gunners.
Then, the first-class soldier Chizoji who was walking at the front, perhaps because he was too frightened, actually gestured to Commander Miyamoto Tatsuuchi in the rear to indicate that he had discovered the 'enemy situation'.
That completely stopped the little hearts of a group of Japanese soldiers who were already fighting with nothing but grass and trees.
It wasn't until Miyamoto Tatsunai climbed up to where the three infantrymen were in a very standard crawling posture that he almost gave the superior soldier a slap in the face.
It's not because the superior soldier discovered a black sheep and it was too humiliating for more than a dozen Imperial Army soldiers to eat a mouthful of mud as they faced the enemy, but, you bastard, can you stop being so sharp-eyed?
If you find this sheep, it proves that you have found the Chinese mountain people, which means that we have to go to the village to find the Chinese as guides or to question the whereabouts of the Chinese army.
But that undoubtedly greatly increased the risk of the trip.
Baga, can't you just pretend you haven't seen it? Let's go back after searching this area safely. How perfect is Baga?
Military merit? Compared with a life, military merit is nothing! The infantry brigade under Colonel Takeuchi Unzan claims that dozens of people have received military merit for their bravery in combat, but the small wooden boxes belonging to them contain their own bones.
Not necessarily yet!
But for Miyamoto Tatsunai, who was angry at the stupidity of his subordinates at this time, now that he had discovered the target, he could not pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend that he had not seen it. In addition to him and Chizoji, the idiot, there were 11 other people in the infantry squad.
, two of the grenadiers were temporarily added to him by the team.
As long as he dares to do this, he has every reason to believe that a few small reports will come to the squadron leader, and there will be many people who want to take his position as commander.
"Surround us and don't let the Chinese escape!" Miyamoto Tatsuchi, who had no choice but to make up his mind, had to give the order.
The three groups of Japanese troops covered each other and approached the hillside more than 300 meters away. Until the last 100 meters, they no longer concealed their bodies and began to run at high speed.
Shitou, who was frightened by this scene, stayed for three seconds, finally realized what he was doing, turned around and ran away, calling Dahei: "Dahei, run!"
The animal's instinct made the big black sheep feel the strong threat posed by the dozen or so people running towards him, and he also started running after his little master.
However, it was already too late.
Although the thick-bodied Japanese soldiers were heavily armed and on mountainous terrain, their running speed was extremely astonishing, far beyond what a seven-year-old Chinese child could match.
Especially after seeing a Chinese child appearing from behind the stone, Miyamoto Tunai's eyes became extremely happy.
Regardless of incompetence, it is easier to interrogate a child than an adult. Perhaps, there is no need to threaten him with a cold bayonet, and he can be tempted to tell the truth with a few toffee.
"Don't shoot, capture them alive." Miyamoto Tatsuchi breathlessly ordered his colleagues who had already pulled the bolt of their guns.
No matter how precocious Shitou was, he was still just a seven or eight-year-old child. His legs were almost stiff due to extreme fear, and he only ran a dozen meters before he tripped and fell to the ground.
The big black sheep that was following closely behind saw the little master who had been accompanying him day and night, and he stopped running. Instead, he turned around, lowered his head, and faced the Japanese soldiers who were already within a few dozen meters of him.
Sheep may not be as spiritual as dogs, but when threats come, they will also protect their owners. On the grassland, there are real examples of sheep, led by the leader, frantically using their horns to fight back against their natural enemies, wolves.
But like now, it is a strange thing for a ewe to choose to face a dozen vicious men with sharp knives alone for the sake of her master.
"Dahei, run away! Leave me alone." The Chinese child cried.
"Yo Xi! This sheep is good. I'll kill it later. I haven't eaten the fragrant roast mutton for several months."
