Chapter 14: Mandalay with Fire and Blood (5)
The Japanese troops, who had been harassed by repeated attacks, did not realize that they were encountering typical guerrilla tactics, and these Japanese soldiers who had just been transferred from the Japanese mainland had not even heard of the so-called guerrilla warfare. Sure enough, after the Japanese captain returned to the camp with his soldiers, Ma Dacheng, who had disappeared into the jungle, reappeared and launched another attack on the Japanese troops outside the jungle, and this time they fought even harder than the last time.
More than a dozen snipers in the reconnaissance unit shot with all their might, and when they retreated into the jungle for the second time, the Japanese troops outside the jungle suffered heavy casualties, and the highest rank among them had changed from captain to Cao Chang, and there were only two Cao Chang left. A squadron of the Japanese army numbered between 180 and 230 people, and a regular infantry squadron was actually beaten like it is now.
The telegram asking for help had already been sent, and no one knew when they would be able to wait for reinforcements, but the remaining Japanese soldiers still obeyed the command of the two Cao Commanders, reinforcing the bunker with the corpses of their fallen comrades while being vigilant about the abnormalities around them. "Yo, the little devil wants to be a shrunken turtle, from now on, snipers can shoot freely, and before the reinforcements arrive, I want to see that there will be no more than 10 people alive in these little devils." Ma Dacheng, who was half-squatting at the edge of the jungle, was also ruthless, and saw that the Japanese troops outside the jungle were playing the trick of holding on and waiting for reinforcements, so he ordered all the snipers to shoot freely.
The snipers of the Independent Army have been tempered with at least tens of thousands of bullets, and Ma Dacheng has just ordered that snipers can shoot freely, and the dozen or so snipers who set off with the reconnaissance team are in spirit. With their respective observers, the snipers slowly move their positions until they find a suitable position for their shot. The gunfire was sparse but did not stop for a moment, and the accuracy and range advantage of the German Mauser sniper rifle were fully apparent at this moment, accompanied by the sparse but accurate sound of shooting, and the Japanese soldiers outside the jungle were shot one after another.
Yamashita, who was completely hiding under the corpses of his companions, wanted to cry without tears at this time, and after Matsumoto was shot and killed, Yamashita became the only Cao Chang among the surviving soldiers. Looking left and right, the surviving companions were all looking at him, but there was no better way to do it at this time. Rushing out and fighting hard with the other party, it can only be sent to death in vain, but even if they dodge like this, there are also companions who have been shot one after another, and if the reinforcements dare not come again, maybe those who survived will all die here in the end.
All the people who were still alive could only pray and wait silently, and some soldiers who could not bear this humiliation were beaten into blood gourds by the swarm of bullets the moment they showed their figures, and the strength of the enemy made them very terrified under the mountain. The voice of the outpost came from the walkie-talkie, and when he learned that a group of Japanese troops was coming this way, Ma Dacheng ordered the reconnaissance team to retreat into the forest at any time. As if they had said it in advance, Ma Dacheng and the others had just retreated into the depths of the woodland, and the reinforcements they were expecting at the bottom of the mountain hurriedly arrived.
Knowing that there were less than 10 soldiers left in the Hashimoto squadron in front of him, Jiro Kurokawa, who was ordered to come to the rescue, couldn't believe it at all, but the corpses scattered in front of him were already very telling of reality, so he couldn't believe it. The Hashimoto squadron, which ranked first in combat effectiveness in the brigade, was beaten like this, Kurokawa was not arrogant enough to lead his squadron into the forest to pursue the fleeing enemy, the only thing he could do now was to help the surviving soldiers of Hashimoto's squadron clean up the mess, and then wait for the brigade's orders.
Ma Dacheng, who retreated into the forest, did not go far, in fact, Ma Dacheng and they were also ready to look for an opportunity to leave the Kurokawa squadron here. The division headquarters had already issued an order, only saying that it should not engage in frontal positional warfare with the Japanese army, but it did not say that it could not engage in guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army. The reconnaissance unit was already good at mountain warfare and jungle raids, and the position occupied by the Japanese troops outside the jungle seemed to advance and retreat freely, but when they actually encountered the guerrilla troops, that kind of terrain would become a nightmare for the Japanese army.
While waiting for the outpost to reply, Ma Dacheng and the others hurried to fill their stomachs while redistributing ammunition, and once the fighter plane came, they would have no time to eat. The outpost hidden at the edge of the jungle had been observing the movements of the Japanese troops outside the jungle, and when they found that the Japanese troops who had come to help did not leave, they immediately transmitted the situation back to Ma Dacheng on a walkie-talkie, who was overjoyed and immediately led people back to the edge of the jungle to wait for the opportunity to attack.
The combat effectiveness of the Kurokawa squadron is not as good as that of the Hashimoto squadron, and even the number of troops is less than that of the Hashimoto squadron, but even so, the Kurokawa squadron has nearly 200 people. Looking at the well-defended Japanese soldiers outside the jungle through the scope of the sniper rifle, Ma Dacheng now misses the Browning large-caliber heavy machine gun very much, if he can have a few such heavy machine guns at hand, none of these Japanese soldiers outside the forest can escape.
Ma Dacheng missed the large-caliber heavy machine gun just to save some effort to end the battle early, and if he didn't have superior weapons, he would retreat, which was a denial of the ability of the reconnaissance unit. After calling a few backbones to sum up, Ma Dacheng decided to continue the strategy just now, first using snipers to carry out fixed-point strikes against the newly arrived Japanese troops outside the jungle to carry out attacks, and then taking advantage of the characteristics of the scouts' rapid movement to carry out a new round of guerrilla warfare with them.
The snipers were sent out again by Ma Dacheng, but it was a little different from the combat mode just now, before the snipers shot, Ma Dacheng led people to arrange a lot of tricks at the edge of the jungle. Hanging up the tripwire of the last treacherous thunder, Ma Dacheng waved his arms vigorously against the snipers who had been waiting for a long time, and in the blink of an eye, continuous gunfire rang out at the edge of the jungle. The Kurokawa squadron had already learned the methods of the attackers from the surviving soldiers of Hashimoto's squadron, and reinforcing the bunker and doing a good job of personal protection became the first task of the Kurokawa squadron, but many of them did not take these to heart.
The snipers of the reconnaissance unit opened fire, and the guys in the Kurokawa squadron who did not take it seriously became the first target of the snipers, and the gunshots, which were slightly duller than the 38 rifle, fell one after another, and the soldiers of the Kurokawa squadron who were exposed to the sniper's sight also fell one after another. By the time the machine gunners and grenadiers of the Kurokawa squadron came back to their senses and fired back, the snipers who had taken advantage of them had already disappeared without a trace, and there were dozens of corpses on the Kurokawa squadron's position.
"Boom" "Boom" The soldiers of the Kurokawa squadron, who could not stand being beaten and did not fight back, rushed into the jungle, only to hear a continuous explosion, and several fireballs and smoke had risen from the edge of the jungle, and the soldiers of the Kurokawa squadron who rushed into the forest retreated in a hurry. "Eight Geyalu, cowards, you're a bunch of cowards." Kurokawa Jiro, who had already been on fire, pointed at the jungle and scolded, this attack, which lasted less than 2 minutes, caused his squadron to lose at least 40 soldiers, which was really difficult for Kurokawa Jiro, the squadron leader, to accept.
The attackers had disappeared without a trace, and only the ** sound of the wounded soldiers of his squadron was left at the edge of the jungle, and Kurokawa Jiro's face was full of hideous color, he hated to cut off the heads of the attackers with his own hands, but unfortunately he couldn't do it now. The attackers did not face to face with themselves at all, nor did they give themselves the opportunity to fight head-on, but this kind of behavior and tricks, which they regarded as cowards, had already reduced their squadron by more than 20%.
Treating the wounded and collecting the corpses, that's all the soldiers of Kurokawa's squadron can do now, and Kurokawa's squadron can't leave here until they receive an order from the brigade. The silence was broken by an explosion on the edge of the jungle that had just calmed down, and a light machine gun of the Kurokawa squadron and the main and secondary marksmen were blasted into the air by a grenadier grenade, which came too suddenly but opened the beginning of a new round of attacks, and the barrage that flew out of the forest instantly knocked down more than a dozen soldiers of the Kurokawa squadron.
As in the previous attack, the grenade grenades and barrage that were fired from the forest only lasted for a short time before they stopped, and the sharp men of Kurokawa's squadron rushed into the forest under the cover of several machine guns, only to find that the attackers had disappeared without a trace. The cautious Japanese soldiers did not encounter any tricks this time, and it was not without gain, at least they picked up a dozen shells of German Mauser rifles in the grass at the edge of the woodland.
"Mauser rifles?" Kurokawa Jiro looked at the bullet casings picked up by the top soldiers, and his mind was full of questions, the British army would not be equipped with German-style weapons, and the only explanation was that the Chinese army went south into Burma, and you must know that the Chinese army was equipped with a lot of German-style weapons. Kurokawa Jiro used the radio to report his discovery to the brigade, but was told that the radio equipped by the squadron had been damaged by the attackers in the first place, as was the radio of Hashimoto's squadron.
In desperation, Kurokawa Jiro ordered the troops to retreat, and without the radio, they were alone, and if they continued to stay here, they could only be weakened again and again by the attackers until the whole army was annihilated. Finding that the Japanese troops outside the forest were about to leave here, how could Ma Dacheng and his gang let Kurokawa Jiro get his wish, the scouts' abundant physical strength showed their effect at this moment, and the Kurokawa squadron left the camp of Hashimoto's squadron less than a mile away, and it had already encountered no less than ten interception attacks.
Ma Dacheng's interception attacks became more and more fierce each time, and after showing off his assault rifle, Ma Dacheng even used the Bazooka rocket launcher in the attack. Under the continuous attack and interception of more than 100 scouts, Kurokawa's squadron was unable to withdraw to the location of the brigade in the end, and the news that the two Japanese squadrons were wiped out on the same day also caused a riot among the Japanese troops besieging Mandalay.