This grenade came so unexpectedly that Haneda Shichi couldn't help but break into a cold sweat.
Gu Changguo's reaction was too fast, so fast that the grenade was fired as if he had preset the location in advance and set up an ambush. "Haneda-kun, there seems to be a large Chinese army ahead." Someone who has a good relationship with Haneda. The gendarme said,
Haneda's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "We must find out the specific size of the Chinese troops. You two, go out and test it out. You use machine guns to cover me. I want to teach the Chinese a lesson. Give me your guns." .”
Since the Second Great Wall War of Resistance, the Japanese army has begun to equip lower-level troops with snipers and sniper rifles. There is a sniper in Haneda's team, and Haneda now wants to overstep his authority and act as a sniper himself.
Several Japs didn't dare to disobey him. The two men who were called out to test looked at each other, suddenly howled and then rushed out bravely. The other two machine gun shooters pretended to use their crooked neck machine guns and fired wildly. Sweep up,
When the machine gun fired, Brother Xu shouted to Gu Changguo: "Master, get down."
Gu Changguo grinned coldly and fired quickly again. Another grenade flew out. This time the target was the machine gun protruding from the bend.
The grenade flew out, and two Japanese soldiers with the belief of death ran out from the side of the crooked-neck machine gun. Then they discovered the enemy's situation. About two hundred meters away from them, a Chinese man was standing there motionless. And the muzzle of the weird gun in his hand has spit out flames,
"Shoot." The two Japanese soldiers encouraged each other at the same time, then squatted down and raised their guns to aim and shoot. But just as they took a half-crouched position, their bodies were suddenly swept by a strong force, and then a sharp pain was transmitted to their brains. He fell down screaming, unable to fire a single shot until he died.
After killing these two Japs, Gu Changguo lay down on the spot. Almost as soon as he reached the ground, dozens of machine gun bullets swept across the place where he had been standing.
Brother Xu saw a cry of cold sweat. Lin Gangyong, who was behind them, had his heart lifted up, but then he fell down safely. He was squatting half-crouched, and was about to aim and shoot the machine gunner. Suddenly, a ball of fire exploded near the machine gunner, and then , the machine gun misfired, and he was sighing softly when he suddenly saw something flashing. He was shocked and realized that it must be the same thing as the sniper scope on his gun, and he pulled it open without hesitation. safety, then took aim and pulled the trigger,
He saw in the scope that it was the reflection of a scope, and his finger had already moved. Then he said to himself with a little regret: It's a pity that he didn't get a headshot.
Lin Gangyong was also very confident in his marksmanship. When he placed the center of the cross on the scope on Haneda Zhiqi's rigid face, he felt that he must have hit it. However, considering the wind speed and distance, it might only be a hit. Can hit his chest or neck,
He underestimated Haneda Shiki's ability. Haneda Shiki's marksmanship was definitely not as good as his, but he was very good at judging the sense of danger. He originally wanted to aim at Gu Changguo, but after the machine gunner was killed, he realized something. , and immediately rolled to the side. This rolling moved the gun in his hand. As a result, Lin Gangyong's shot hit the scope on his gun by accident. With a "pop" sound, the scope exploded. It was smashed, and a few pieces of broken glass scratched his face and neck, leaving a few blood grooves on it.
Haneda Zhiqi broke out in a cold sweat. He secretly said that he was lucky. At the same time, he concluded: This should be a premeditated ambush by the Chinese people, but fortunately, we are just a small force. Well, I understand, a large force of the Chinese people. It should be in this direction, then we can retreat.
Haneda Shiki, the top kendo master of the 36th Regiment, was scared away without even seeing the faces of Gu Changguo and the three of them clearly. This was nothing. After all, their mission was not to fight. However, because of this, Wrong information was returned, which caused a serious deviation in Kazuo's subsequent judgment.
After receiving Haneda's report, Shuki Kazuo also believed that this was the direction of the main force of the 11th Gakushu Division. "Didn't you see the battle flag of the China Army? Then, they have really mastered the actions of our army, so I thought They're going to ambush us." Kazuo Shumu speculated illogically,
Captain Ji Zuojun, chief of staff of the 36th Regiment, raised a question: "If the China Army really wants to ambush our army, then it should not take the initiative to expose it. After all, Haneda-kun and the others are just a small reconnaissance unit."
Kazuo Shumu said: "When the reconnaissance troops from one direction come back, we will know whether it is a trick of the Chinese people."
Both sides dispatched a large number of reconnaissance troops in the same direction, and in the confrontation between the reconnaissance troops, the 11th Xuexi Division had a great victory. Except for two small teams, they were besieged by superior forces because they rashly broke into the Japanese array. All the members of the team were killed. In other battles, most of the Japanese troops retreated in panic after paying a certain price of casualties. Then a difficult problem was put in front of Kazuo Kyumu. Is this really the main attack direction of the 11th Division?
Ji Zuojun was quite dissatisfied with Kazuo Kumiki's over-cautiousness. He had only recently been transferred to the 9th Division, so he did not have the painful experience of his predecessors. He only took a high look at the Xuebing Army. He felt that , Since the mission of the 36th Regiment is to snipe the 11th School Division, when the enemy is discovered, it should press forward without hesitation and actively seek battle, so that the 11th School Division's plan to rescue the 12th School Division will fail.
Okuichiro did not reveal his true intentions when assigning specific tasks. Therefore, almost all the Japanese front-line commanders thought that their goal this time was to imitate the 12th Division. In this way, the 36th Regiment The combat mission became very critical and important, which also forced Kazuo Shumu to treat it with caution.
After Gu Changguo led his two apprentices to repel Haneda Zhiqi, he first asked Lin Gangyong to go back and report the enemy's situation, and then asked Brother Xu to stay behind while he followed the retreat route of Haneda Zhiqi's team.
The reason why he did this is because of his characteristics as a scout. After discovering the enemy's situation, he must obtain more detailed information as much as possible. Then, at least he must be able to figure out which enemy force or size he is facing. , and if we can figure out the enemy’s motives, then it would be perfect,
Gu Changguo's original plan was to catch a tongue, but fortunately, he saw the flag of the 36th Regiment not long after marching with Haneda Zhiqi. In this way, he did not need to risk going deep into the enemy's position. The front line went to catch tongues,
Gu Changguo soon returned to the main force. Rao Guohua learned detailed information from him and immediately realized that the appearance of this Japanese army was aimed at them.
"Master, what should we do next?" Two brigade commanders and several staff officers surrounded Rao Guohua, and everyone's eyes fell on his calm face.
"Contact the military commander first and inform them of this information, and then make a decision based on their situation." After careful consideration, Rao Guohua made the above decision.
Half an hour later, Jiang Guangnai replied to the telegram. The telegram stated that they should obtain more detailed information immediately. If the Japanese army really only had a 36th Regiment dragging among them, then the forces of the two divisions could be combined to counterattack. Come over and annihilate these Japs,
The reason why Jiang Guangnai dared to make such a bold decision was related to the Japanese bombing they encountered.
The reason why Okuichiro dared to use a regiment of troops to besiege the 12th Gakushu Division and create a posture of focusing on attacking the division was because of the bombers on the Soryu aircraft carrier. In his opinion, if bombers participated in the battle, Even if the 19th Regiment and the troops directly under the 18th Brigade cannot cause great damage to the 12th Academic Division, they can at least hold it firmly in place. As long as this step is achieved, then the mission of the 19th Regiment is That’s done, let’s look at the 6th Brigade next.
Okuichiro didn't expect that the first wave of bombers led by Kuramura Atsuhime would behave so badly. Not only did they fail to cause serious damage to the 12th Academy Division, they actually even destroyed the opponent's few tank troops. were not eliminated, this directly led to Jiang Guangnai's initiative to break out of the encirclement and seek fighter opportunities, thus causing the premature exposure of the 36th Regiment's strength.
After exchanging telegrams for half an hour, Rao Guohua and Jiang Guangnai led their troops to launch a fierce attack on the assembly area of the 36th Regiment. At the same time, the 12th Xuexi Division began to break out, and the direction of the breakout was chosen to be opposite the 11th Xuexi Division. direction,
The battle started at ten o'clock in the morning. At eleven o'clock, the 36th Regiment, which was struggling to block the 11th Xuexi Division, was violently attacked from behind by the 12th Xuexi Division.
The Twelfth Division's attack was more fierce than that of the Eleventh Division because they had chariot troops, and in a decisive battle in such a vast field, the presence of the chariot troops was of great importance.
Kazuo Kumiki originally thought of fighting a good battle and holding on for at least three days to give the main force an opportunity to encircle and annihilate the Twelfth Academic Division. However, after the Twelfth Academic Division came from behind, let alone those Now that he is a soldier, his morale has collapsed.
His first reaction was to send a telegram to question the captain of the 19th Regiment, Yamato Heio: "Why did the 12th Division come out of the encirclement? Which direction did you defend?"
Kazuo Shuki thought that the 19th Regiment was just a part of the 12th Regiment that surrounded and annihilated the 12th Regiment. The combat orders for the 19th Regiment were issued together with the 36th Regiment, so he thought that the 12th Regiment was encircling and annihilating the 12th Regiment behind him. It is the 19th Regiment,
Faced with the questioning of his colleagues, Yamato Heio had trouble saying that, in fact, he did not know until he went out alone that his regiment was not part of the troops participating in the encirclement and annihilation of the 12th Division, but the entire unit. He also recently fell into the 9th Division. However, considering this situation, he did not have the confidence to trap the entire 12th Division with a single regiment. Fortunately, he later learned that there was support from the naval aviation, and he became somewhat confident. Under this situation, he could only trust the aviation on the Soryu aircraft carrier to the greatest extent, but now it seems that Kuramura Atsuhime has betrayed his trust, because their bombing ended hastily, which directly allowed Jiang Guangnai to capture fighter planes, and when the 12th Academy Division began to break through to the northwest, Yamato Heio knew that the plan to encircle and annihilate the 12th Academy Division had failed.
At this time, he thought that Okuichiro's real purpose was to encircle and annihilate the Twelve School Divisions.