Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 71: No ethics, sneak attack!
Under the guidance of Wang Jiatian, Li Yunlong soon led a large force to a position about 300 meters away from the Japanese artillery position.

Li Yunlong waved his hand, and all the soldiers behind him lay on the ground and hid themselves.

The warriors merged with the night and the dead grass.

Li Yunlong raised his telescope and saw that the Japanese artillery position was located on a reverse slope, about 4 kilometers away from Yangquan City.

Around each field gun, there was a circular artillery bunker built with sandbags. Li Yunlong counted and found a total of 12 artillery bunkers... This was an artillery battalion of the Japanese. Behind the gun positions were ammunition boxes piled up like a hill. There were many Japanese guards around, and the steel helmets on the Japanese heads were clearly visible under the reflection of torches and muzzle flames.

The Japanese artillerymen were shirtless and busy in an orderly manner, stuffing shells into the gun barrel and then firing.

One shell after another rushed out of the barrel, drawing orange-red arcs in the night sky, like streams of light, falling into Yangquan City.

Boom, boom, boom... Waves of explosions suddenly rose in Yangquan City, and the continuous flames of the explosions lit up half of the night sky red.

The National Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had already fled, leaving only a group of Northeast Army troops to defend Yangquan City, vowing to fight the devils to the end.

The Northeast Army fought tenaciously relying on the city walls, and the Japanese were repelled twice. So the Japanese mobilized the 20th Field Artillery Regiment under the 26th Division to carry out indiscriminate bombardment of Yangquan City.

Li Yunlong's eyes turned cold and he called Song Daying, three company commanders and Zhang Dabiao to his side.

Li Yunlong immediately whispered, "Pass on my order. Reconnaissance Squad One will eliminate the Japanese's secret and visible sentries. Zhang Dabiao will lead the guard platoon to seize the commanding heights of the hill. Company One will attack from the left flank, Company Two from the front, and Company Three from the right flank."

"Our mission is to kill the Japanese artillery and blow up these dozen or so guns."

"Just leave after the bombing and don't bother with the devil any more."

Due to time constraints, Li Yunlong did not know whether there were any other Japanese soldiers in this Japanese artillery position besides one Japanese squadron, and he did not know how many there were.

So Li Yunlong ordered the guard platoon to occupy the commanding heights so that if the Japanese came to support, they could suppress them with firepower.

"Yes!" everyone shouted in a low voice.

Then, each company and platoon, led by their leaders, headed towards the designated location. The sharp northwest wind of early winter was howling.

Li Yunlong pulled the bolt of his submachine gun, loaded the bullet, and then led the second company to attack from the front.

At the same time, the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad were divided into groups of two and moved towards the Japanese's visible and covert sentries.

Whether this sneak attack can be successful depends on whether the reconnaissance squad can eliminate the Japanese sentries quietly!
Wei Dayong and Liu Shouren from the reconnaissance squad were grouped together, with Wei Dayong as the main attacker and Liu Shouren as the cover.

Before this, the reconnaissance squad had already figured out the location of the Japanese sentries, but they did not take action immediately to avoid alerting the enemy.

In the darkness of the night, two figures emerged from the dry grass like ghosts and moved towards a Japanese sentry holding a Type 38 rifle.

This Japanese sentry walked back and forth with his back to the artillery position, as if this would keep him warmer.

The two men's black T-shirts and shorts blended well with the darkness and the dry grass.

Soon the two of them were 5 meters away from the Japanese. If they went any further, they would be easily noticed by the Japanese. The Japanese were facing the direction of them. If they suddenly launched a sneak attack at this distance, the Japanese would probably not be able to react.

Liu Shouren picked up a small stone and made two gestures to Wei Dayong. Wei Dayong looked grim and nodded sharply.

He drew a dagger from the scabbard at his waist and lurked in the grass like a dormant cobra, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Japanese.

While the Japanese were turning around, Liu Shouren threw the small stone in his hand out.

The sound of a small stone falling in the grass attracted the attention of the Japanese sentry, who turned around and walked over to check the situation.

It's now!

Wei Dayong and Liu Shouren suddenly rushed out like cheetahs and headed straight for the Japanese sentry. The Japanese sentry heard the sound of wind whistling and shaking the grass behind him, and instantly realized something was wrong. He was about to react, but it was too late.

A large hand like a palm leaf fan covered the Japanese soldier's mouth, and a sharp short knife penetrated the back of his head, and the tip of the knife came out from under his neck. The Japanese soldier's eyes suddenly widened, and when he was about to kick his feet to make a strange noise, attracting the attention of the Japanese soldiers not far away, he found that his feet and hands had been bound and his gun had been taken away.

"Woooooooo..."

The Japanese sentry whimpered a few times, his breathing became rapid, as if all the strength in his body had been drained away. He fell uncontrollably to the ground, and his consciousness fell into endless darkness and loneliness.

Immediately afterwards, Wei Dayong slashed the Japanese soldier's neck with the dagger to ensure that there was no risk of error.

Then the two of them hid in the dry grass again, blending into the night and the dry grass.

Not long after, the other three groups of soldiers from the reconnaissance squad also killed two Japanese secret sentries and one Japanese visible sentry respectively.

Without the Japanese's secret and visible sentries, the soldiers of the New 30st Regiment quietly moved to a position about meters away from the edge of the Japanese artillery position.

……

"Keep firing!"

"Kill him!"

"Blow up all the Chinese!"

"..."

Major Junzo Idei, commander of the 26nd Artillery Battalion of the 2th Field Artillery Regiment of the Japanese Army, waved his command sword and urged hysterically.

The 2nd Artillery Battalion had been firing continuously for more than half an hour, and even the gun barrels were red, but they had to continue firing until the division headquarters ordered to stop firing.

At the urging of Junzo Idei, the Japanese soldiers lit cigarettes with the red-hot gun barrels. The firing speed, which had already slowed down, increased a bit.

One shell after another continued to fall into Yangquan City like flowing light, sending up streaks of explosions and flames.

Junsan Chujing's voice was almost hoarse. He had just attacked Pingding yesterday and was attacking Yangquan today, without stopping for a moment.

But the Japanese artillerymen were not very tired, but were more enthusiastic about attacking cities and seizing territories.

Major Idei nodded with satisfaction. He stretched out his hand and a Japanese guard handed him a military water bottle.

He turned around, picked up the kettle and took a big gulp. Although the mountain spring water from China was cold, it was very sweet.

Suddenly, Major Idei's expression changed, and he vaguely discovered something was wrong.

Then he suddenly looked up at the foot of the mountain. A few minutes ago, he saw the sentry standing not far away.

Disappeared.

However, Junzo Idei did not make too much of a fuss. Perhaps the sentry had gone to the toilet.

Because there are not only visible sentries but also hidden sentries around. If someone launches a sneak attack, it is impossible for the sentries to not even sound the alarm.

But for safety reasons, Major Idei ordered a few soldiers who were eating supper: "Hey, you guys, go over there and take a look."

"Hi." Five Japanese soldiers raised their Type 38 rifles and walked in the direction pointed by Major Idei.

The five Japanese soldiers were about to reach the sentry's position, but the next second, they fell down as if they had been electrocuted.

Sudden and intensive gunshots rang out at the same time.

Junzo Idei's face suddenly changed drastically, and he screamed hysterically: "Enemy attack!"

(End of this chapter)