"Hidden, hidden, Japanese artillery attack." The Japanese army, which was attacked by peripheral mercenaries after dawn, suddenly changed their temper. After a hurried breakfast, the Japanese army began to continue yesterday's encirclement and suppression. However, today's Japanese army was somewhat abnormal. Compared with yesterday's heavy troops
In pursuit of encirclement and suppression, today's Japanese army seems to focus more on long-range strikes. They will first use artillery fire to bombard all places where they think the enemy troops are hidden, and then the infantry who are ready to go will swarm forward and use superior force to control the areas that have been attacked by artillery fire.
The mercenaries were equipped with American equipment. They also had sniper rifles and bazookas. They had night vision devices and walkie-talkies, but they could not withstand the fierce bombardment of the Japanese army. After the Japanese army changed its tactics and began to gradually encroach, the mercenaries
There are fewer and fewer areas that can be controlled. The places recaptured at night are taken back by the Japanese army. The mercenaries are once again driven back to the mountains, and the number of unlucky mixed soldiers is also getting smaller and smaller.
There were Japanese reconnaissance planes circling in the sky, and the coordinates of the Japanese artillery attack came from the intelligence of the Japanese reconnaissance planes. The mercenaries who planned to use the terrain to ambush the Japanese had to withdraw into the mountains and forests. The forest could block the sight and search of the Japanese reconnaissance planes. "
Withdraw into the mountains, bring the Japanese troops in and fight again, so that their artillery will be of no use." The Japanese army changed their tactics, forcing Zhao Zhi to abandon almost all peripheral positions and defensive areas and use all his mercenaries.
Retreat toward the mountains.
"It's strange, why aren't these Japanese soldiers chasing us today?" Zhao Zhi and his escort team have been here for more than half an hour, and there is not even a shadow of a Japanese soldier. He is afraid that they will be captured by the Japanese army.
Zhao Zhi on the road contacted several nearby mercenary teams through walkie-talkies, and found that the Japanese troops did not pursue them into the mountains at all. The mercenaries wandering around the periphery also sent news by telegraph, saying that the Japanese troops they were investigating did not
Want to continue pursuing the move into the mountains.
"Maintain the current defense line. All mercenary teams will be more vigilant and take turns to rest." Zhao Zhi's new order made the mercenaries under him a little confused, but everyone still chose to follow the order. The mixed soldiers who fled into the mountains scattered as mercenaries
The soldiers brought the latest news. The Japanese army seemed to have a genuine intention to pursue them into the mountains. However, they had already divided and surrounded most of the mountainous areas in Fukuoka Prefecture. If the Japanese army did not come in, the mercenaries would not be able to get out.
"There is no need to save food. As long as we persist for one more day, the Japanese army will not be able to hold on anymore." Before Zhao Zhi began to shrink his troops and stationed in Fukuoka, he had already received a telegram from Luo Lin. The US military originally planned to give up its plan to attack the Japanese mainland with Thunder.
But the Rockman family just rallied a large number of influential members of Congress to suddenly raise an issue in Congress, instructing the U.S. Pacific Fleet to continue the operation against Thunder. Taking over the Philippines and taking over Japan are not comparable at all. If Thunder's plan is really
If it can be implemented smoothly, perhaps the US military will be able to end the Asian campaign earlier and transfer the troops trapped in Asia to fight in Europe.
The U.S. fleet assured Rowling that it would appear in Japanese waters on time, and the Rockman family's ocean-going supply fleet assembled in Hawaii has also crossed the North Pacific and is heading to Kyushu Island. This fleet, full of hopes of the Rockman family, is fully loaded with weapons.
Ammunition and a large number of skilled workers. Time is what Zhao Zhi needs most at the moment. The Japanese army self-righteously wants to trap Zhao Zhi to death in the mountains, but they don't know that this is exactly what Zhao Zhi wants to see. Although confrontation and stalemate are extremely difficult to endure
Yes, but Zhao Zhi hopes to give his mercenaries some rest time.
Thunder's mercenaries have all experienced the toughness of the jungles of Myanmar. It is no exaggeration to say that the combat effectiveness of Thunder's mercenaries in the mountains far exceeds their ability to fight on the plains. Facing these mountains and forests in Fukuoka County, Zhao Zhi's mercenaries The soldier felt as relaxed as returning to his own home. Ma Da, who had been promoted to squadron leader, was shot in the left thigh. The bulletproof vest could only protect his upper body, but it failed to prevent the cold shots fired from the Japanese army close to the ground.
"Damn little devil" Ma Da tightened the gauze on his thigh, endured the pain and gritted his teeth and sat on the ground. His bulletproof vest had already been embedded with several warheads of the Japanese army's Tosaka rifle bullets. If it weren't for these he had always called The cumbersome thin steel plate may have killed him several times. Most of the 3,000 mercenaries under Zhao Zhi were injured, and the number of dead in the battle had reached a hundred. This was only the second day, and all the mercenaries did not know that they could I can't survive this battle.
"Coming, coming." One of Ma Da's mercenaries slipped down from the tree, his eyes full of excitement. More than 30 mercenaries under Ma Da were preparing to ambush the Japanese army here, but they had been ambush for almost an hour. , the Japanese army they were targeting arrived belatedly. More than 30 mercenaries each found their own positions, and they only waited for the Japanese team to enter the fire range before they could open fire. However, the opposite happened. The Japanese squad that was regarded as the target by Ma Da and others marched to a place less than a hundred meters away from the ambush circle and stopped. Not only did they stop, but they also had the intention of turning back.
"What the hell is going on?" Ma Da was confused by the actions of this Japanese team. Why was he chasing after him and was about to go back? Wouldn't all his hard work be in vain? If he pressed Ma Da as usual Because of Zhao Zhi's temper, he had already ordered his snipers to open fire to lure them over, but that could not be done now, because Zhao Zhi had already given an order in advance. If the Japanese army was not chasing them too closely, he would try to avoid fighting with the Japanese army. It was best to There has been an armed confrontation with the Japanese army.
Ma Da and other front-line commanders had absolutely no idea what Zhao Zhi was thinking. They also didn’t expect that Zhao Zhi was just stalling for time. The longer the delay was, the more beneficial it would be to Thunder. Anyway, there was no shortage of mercenaries hiding in the mountains and forests. Treat eating and drinking as a daily mountain training. "I'm going to sleep for a while. Don't wake me up until the Japanese army shows up." The scenery on the mountain is good, but Zhao Zhi, who is anxious, has no time to appreciate these scenery. He thinks about his old life. It doesn't matter if I just sit around, I might as well just wrap myself in a military blanket and sleep in the sun.
The Japanese army did not take the initiative to attack, and the Thunder mercenaries who had been attacking in small groups were mute at this time. If the Japanese army were not still going around to wipe out the scattered mixed troops, the entire Fukuoka County would basically be considered calm and peaceful. The commander of the Japanese army on Kyushu Island Okamura Neiji had already rushed to Fukuoka from Honshu Island by plane. After carefully reading all the battle reports, Okamura Neiji was quite puzzled about Zhao Zhi escaping into the mountains. Because in Okamura Neiji's opinion, he was beaten by ten Fukuoka County, surrounded by tens of thousands of Kwantung Army Corps, has become a death place for Lei Lei. Zhao Zhi is not incompetent, and there seems to be no need to put himself in Fukuoka County, a death place.
Okamura Neiji has not yet been able to catch any Thunder mercenaries alive. He has captured a lot of mixed soldiers, but those South Asian natives cannot understand Japanese at all, even though Okamura Neiji has found a translator who can speak Thai. , the Thai mixed soldiers captured by the Japanese army were all as stubborn as anti-Japanese corpsmen. No matter how the Japanese army forced and lured them, Okamura Neiji still could not get the information he wanted.
The battle situation on Kyushu Island seems to have been firmly controlled by the Japanese army commanded by Okamura Neiji. The battle report that has surrounded Zhao Zhi was immediately sent to Tokyo. The Japanese cabinet was ecstatic after receiving the battle report. Zhao Zhi's response to the Japanese army
The dangers are unanimously recognized by the Japanese cabinet. No matter what happens to Kyushu Island now, fortunately, the troops who were urgently transferred back to the country finally surrounded Zhao Zhi tightly in the mountains and forests of Fukuoka Prefecture. As long as the entire mountains and forests of Fukuoka Prefecture are blocked, I believe there will be no need for troops to be dispatched.
, Zhao Zhi can starve to death even if he is hungry, just like the Kwantung Army did against Yang Jingyu of the Anti-Alliance in Manchuria.
After receiving the reply from the cabinet, Okamura Neiji also looked complacent. This time, it was necessary to upgrade his military rank. He just surrounded Fukuoka Prefecture. The local division alone could do this. But Okamura Neiji was just
Think about it, he knows that Zhao Zhi is a scheming person. As long as the cabinet does not order the removal of the Kwantung Army troops for a day, he will use these Kwantung Army troops to slowly shrink the encirclement little by little, striving to minimize Zhao Zhi's hiding space.
Of course, Zhao Zhi didn't know that Okamura Neiji, who was commanding these Kwantung Army troops, had come to Fukuoka Prefecture. At this time, Zhao Zhi had been awakened by Luo Ying because a telegram was sent from China. Based on Lei Lei's power-on statement on the radio, the Japanese army
This operation was also broadcast to the entire China on the radio. After learning that Zhao Zhi was forced into the mountains by the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek in the South Bank Villa became an ant on the hot pot. Zhao Zhi, who led the army to invade Kyushu Island, had already become a
He exists like a national hero. If the people learn this news, there will definitely be riots in the Kuomintang-controlled areas. This is exactly what Chiang Kai-shek does not want to see.
Chiang Kai-shek had a kind of blind trust in Zhao Zhi. He did not believe that Zhao Zhi would put him in a crisis, so he sent a telegram to confirm the matter. Because the news was announced by the Japanese army, Chiang Kai-shek needed Zhao Zhi to make an accurate decision.
"How could this be? Does Boyuan have other actions?" After receiving Zhao Zhi's reply, Chiang Kai-shek's worries not only did not ease at all, but became more and more worried. Zhao Zhi admitted in the telegram that he was
They were besieged in Fukuoka by hundreds of thousands of Kwantung troops. They just asked Chiang Kai-shek not to worry about his own safety and to ignore the propaganda of the Japanese army.
"Darling, I think you are careless and confused. Don't you know what kind of person Boyuan is? Do you think he is someone who will suffer losses?" Song Meiling, who had already contacted Luo Lin privately, advised Chiang Kai-shek.
, although Luo Lin did not say it clearly in the telegram, Song Meiling guessed that Lei Lei was going to make a big move again, otherwise Zhao Zhi was exposed by the Japanese army and was trapped in Fukuoka, and Luo Lin, who stayed in Myanmar, would not remain indifferent. Moreover, the military commander had already found out that Lei Lei had
A large number of Jewish troops gathered in Jiaodong, saying that they were helping the 74th Army to defend against the Kwantung Army moving south, but Song Meiling guessed that those Jewish troops were Zhao Zhi's backup troops.