Yano chased the whooping crane to the place where the big-bellied kapok tree was chopped down, and immediately saw the marks left by the machete.
Yano touched the traces on the tree and said to himself: "Same kapok tree, same knife marks. Do the Chinese dislike my poor tracking skills? Why do they have to mark it for me?"
"Report to the ensign, there are no traces of the enemy's march ahead." A sergeant came to report.
"Didn't you find it?" Yano went over to check it out personally. After walking for more than three hundred meters, he really didn't find any trace of anyone walking.
When Yano returned to the kapok tree, another soldier came and reported: "Report to the second lieutenant, the enemy should have crossed the river from here, and there are some footprints on the beach."
Yano ran over quickly, and sure enough, neat footprints were still clearly imprinted on the beach.
"Why did you have to turn back to this side of the river when you were walking on the other side of the river? Is it because you were attacked by artillery fire? Wouldn't you be attacked by artillery fire when you cross the river?" Yano was asking himself when Yoshida Shoichi came over with his team.
"Report to Major, the enemy should have crossed the river here." Yano reported.
"Well." Yoshida counted different footprints on the beach, then observed the river surface, the water, and then looked at the woods on the other side with a telescope, "The mountains on the other side are densely forested and the river bank is towering. It is a good place for an ambush. If we work together
Cross the river from here and when walking in the middle of the river, if you are blocked by the enemy on the other side, you will surely suffer heavy casualties."
Yano took a telescope and looked twice, then said to Yoshida: "Major Hideaki, I'm still wondering why the enemy crossed the river, walked a certain distance, and then crossed again."
"The enemy deliberately cut down trees and left traces of marching, all in order to lure the enemy deeper. As a field force chasing the Chinese reconnaissance team, we must pursue them. However, if we blindly follow behind them, sooner or later they will bite us back.
"In order to reduce the casualties of the imperial soldiers, you should lead the small team in the front, and I will lead the large team in the back." Yoshida is scheming, but he doesn't know that Luo Yuesong, an outstanding Chinese soldier of the Young Faction, not only studied in the Chinese Military Academy,
He had also studied at the Japanese military academy and had been tempered by blood and fire in actual combat. It was not as easy to deal with as he thought.
"Report to the Major, Second Lieutenant Kishida of the Artillery Regiment reports to the Major." It's Kishida here.
"Well, okay, you called for the artillery fire to bombard the Chinese reconnaissance team, right?" Yoshida asked Kishida, holding his saber.
"Yes." Kishida held his head up proudly.
"Well done, Kishida-kun. It can be seen from the blood stains that the shelling caused damage to the Chinese reconnaissance team." Yano said happily.
"Thank you for taking care of me." Kishida bowed to the two officers.
"At this point, we are far away from the artillery regiment's defense area. We have been tracking this reconnaissance team for a long time. I think you should go back and report to your commander. The pursuit mission should be completed by Yano-kun and I.
." Yoshida looked at Kishida's team. There were less than ten people, so following them wouldn't have much effect.
"Hey, follow Major's instructions." Kishida had a look of joy on his face, which was perhaps what he expected most.
"Thank you for your hard work, Kishida-kun." Yano bowed to Kishida to see him off.
"Thank you for your hard work." Kishida saluted Yoshida and Yano respectively, and then led the team back.
While Yoshida was still watching Kishida off, Yano asked Yoshida for orders: "Major, I will lead the team across the river right now."
"Yeah." Yoshida turned around, "The team should cross the river. Don't cross the river at the same time. They should divide it into batches. The first group will be three people, and the others will cover. After the three people cross the river, search immediately. If no enemy is found, go immediately.
Establish a defensive line, and then the second and third groups of people will cross the river."
"Hi, Major Hideaki." Yano agreed and began to organize the soldiers to cross the river in batches.
The first group successfully crossed the river. After a search, no enemies were found, so they established a defense line on the spot and sent a message to the other side of the river. Yano organized the second group of people to cross the river.
Just when the second group of people reached the middle of the river, there was a "bang" sound and a gunshot was fired. An imperial soldier fell into the river, and his blood spread along the river.
The three imperial soldiers on the other side immediately fired at the place where the gunfire was fired, but the enemy did not fire back. After firing one shot, they disappeared.
The imperial soldiers in the middle of the river continued to forcefully cross the Pingqiang River, and within a few minutes, they successfully crossed the river.
"Major, do you want to continue crossing the river?" Yano asked Yoshida.
Yoshida waved forward, and Yano crossed the river with the third group of people.
Yoshida judged from the sound of gunshots that the enemy attacked the Imperial soldiers crossing the river from a long distance, and it should have been fired by a sniper. After the Imperial soldiers on the other side fired at the enemy snipers, the snipers did not fire back. This made
Yoshida felt very comfortable and struck when the army was crossing the river. It seemed that the enemy commander also knew about it, but the enemy commander just wanted to delay the advancement of the pursuing troops and struck. "Haha", Yoshida touched the mark on his upper lip.