Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2188 No matter how small a grasshopper is, it’s still meat!

Kitahara Hiroyuki finally dealt with the two old Japanese devils, Sato and Takahashi, and they could finally discuss the next battle plan.

Kitahara Hiroyuki first asked Sato and Takahashi about some details of the battle.

Kitahara Hiroyuki had only fought with Danwu at Lushunkou. He had never been involved in a direct battle.

After this round of questioning, he realized that he had actually underestimated Ye Xuwen's combat command ability.

Of course, Kitahara Hiroyuki didn’t know Duanwu’s real name, he only knew the name Ye Xuwen.

Kitahara Hiroyuki sighed and said, "The combat command capability of that man named Ye Xiuwen is very strong. He is indeed a strong opponent for us."

Sato and Takahashi were delighted to hear what Kitahara Hiroyuki said. After all, even Kitahara Hiroyuki said that Ye Xuwen was very strong, so it was not unfair for them to lose.

At this time, Kitahara Hiroyuki continued, "Sato-kun, Takahashi-kun, we three must go all out to deal with Ye Xuwen. And I asked the teacher for air support. So we have to proceed step by step. Do you have any opinions?"

Colonel Sato and Colonel Takahashi nodded frequently because they thought the same. The enemy was very cunning, and if they continued to advance, they would definitely lose more imperial troops.

By the time Kitahara Hiroyuki finished discussing with Sato and Takahashi, it was almost noon.

During this period, they sent out seven or eight reconnaissance teams to conduct reconnaissance in the burned jungle.

This time, the Japanese learned to be smart and used a pole more than two meters long to explore the way ahead. If they encountered a fire pit with ashes on it, they would go around it. They actually gradually approached the exit of Hupigou.

There is a long firebreak ahead, and further ahead is a lush forest.

One of the Japanese soldiers laughed and cursed: "These Chinese are actually quite smart. They built such a long firebreak and escaped the fire."

Another Japanese soldier reminded: "We still need to be careful. The Chinese are very likely to ambush us in the woods."

The devil said: "That's right, our enemies are very cunning. They might attack us by surprise."

At this point, he said to the Japanese soldiers behind him: "We should not be too far apart, otherwise the enemy will have an opportunity to take advantage. We must also be careful of the Chinese traps."

The Japanese soldiers behind nodded frequently, because everyone knew how terrible the Chinese traps were.

But at this moment, there was a loud gunshot, and the leading Japanese soldier fell to the ground.

The other devils were horrified, but at this moment, the sound of gunfire continued.

It turned out that Duanwu had brought his men here to ambush the Japanese.

Duanwu cut a firebreak here, which is nearly 60 meters wide.

The Japs came out of the burned forest and now stood in this open area without even any cover.

So it would be strange if Duanwu didn't ambush them here.

Although the devils only had a small team of a dozen people, it was enough for Duanwu.

  He never despised a small target. If he took away a dozen Japanese soldiers in this wave, he could at least get a dozen guns, right?

Given the character of the Japanese soldiers, it would be no problem for each of them to carry a hundred bullets.

If everyone contributes two to three grenades, Duanwu can definitely make a small fortune.

So Duanwu and his fifty-plus men wiped out a dozen Japanese soldiers in just one encounter. Duanwu ordered, "Ma Sanpao, take your men to defend the other side of the forest, beware of the Japanese soldiers and other reconnaissance teams. Long Qianyan, take your men to clean up the battlefield immediately, don't let go of even a button of the Japanese soldiers."

"Yes!"

Ma Sanpao and Long Qianyan took action one after another, while Duanwu brought a dozen people to support them.

In case there are still Japanese soldiers, they can suppress them with firepower as soon as possible, so as to cover Ma Sanpao and Long Qianyan's retreat.

Duanwu had no choice but to take the risk. He was poor. And especially for grenades and explosives, which were in short supply. If he didn't find a way to replenish them, at most he could launch an ambush that effectively killed the enemy, and then he would only have rifle bullets left.

So Duanwu had no choice but to get some weapons and ammunition to replenish them first.

  When he thought of this, Duanwu wanted to curse the Japanese. How wonderful it would be if in the battle of Dashanwan, the Japanese found themselves ambushed and all three commanding heights were captured by the enemy, and they immediately ordered a retreat?

And if that battle had been successful, at least half of the weapons and ammunition consumed by Duanwu could have been replenished.

But unfortunately, the Japanese chose to attack by force, which was beyond his expectations.

However, no matter how the situation on the battlefield changes, the war must go on, and Duanwu can only get some weapons and ammunition replenishment when he has the chance.

This time, Duanwu also got a machine gun and more than 300 machine gun bullets, which he took away happily.

When the Japanese army arrived later, they only saw corpses everywhere.

Sato said angrily, "That's right. We don't dare to send out a reconnaissance team. The enemy can easily eat up a reconnaissance team of more than a dozen people."

Kitahara Hiroyuki also frowned slightly, because he finally understood the helplessness of Sato and Takahashi.

Because if you can't grasp the opponent's movements in real time, you will be very passive.

However, if you send out scouts, nine times out of ten they will not come back. Not only will they not be able to detect anything, but they will also continue to lose personnel.

So at this time, it would be nice to have a reconnaissance plane.

Of course, there are reconnaissance planes, and they can't all point at the reconnaissance planes. Once the enemy hides in the woods, it will be difficult for the reconnaissance planes to find them.

Therefore, the most urgent task is to organize one or several elite reconnaissance teams to conduct reconnaissance in the front.

The first is to beware of enemy traps, and the second is to prevent the enemy from attacking the reconnaissance team.

Therefore, the number and personnel of the reconnaissance team need to be discussed and finalized by Kitahara Hiroyuki, Sato, and Takahashi.

As time passed, the three devils finally came to an agreement, drawing the best of the best from each unit to form two 50-man reconnaissance teams.

Each squad was equipped with four machine guns, eight grenade launchers, and two snipers. Kitahara Hiroyuki also required that the distance between them should not exceed 500 meters, and that they should search forward slowly.

At this time, the Japs were no longer in a hurry. The enemy now had only one way to retreat, and that was the Valley of Evil.

Kitahara Hiroyuki was quite familiar with the Valley of Evil. After all, he had entered the Valley of Evil before. Although he was eventually driven out in a miserable state by Ma Sanpao and others, at least he was familiar with some of the terrain.

  Therefore, Kitahara Hiroyuki gained more confidence in this battle and was just waiting for his reconnaissance team to bring him good news!

(End of this chapter)