Chapter 12: Mandalay (3)
The English interpreter from the reconnaissance team a few miles away was soon sent to Ma Dacheng, and with the communication of the English interpreter, Ma Dacheng quickly learned about the latest situation in Mandalay from the mouths of these rescued British soldiers. By handing over the rescued British soldiers to another reconnaissance team that had rushed to hear the news, Ma Dacheng stopped and continued to march towards the flank of the British line in Mandalay according to the plan that had been made in advance.
Myanmar is located in the subtropics, the territory is mountainous and jungled, when they received mountain warfare training in the Ruili training camp, Ma Dacheng and others had already been taken by the foreign instructors of the umbrella company to cross the border into Myanmar many times, so the reconnaissance team was not surprised or frightened by the deep jungle in front of them. Like most jungles, the jungle they are in is also deep and dark, the forest is dark, so dark that it seems that everyone can only rely on their senses to judge whether there is an obstacle in front of them!
Relying on the guidance of the Burmese indigenous guide, Ma Dacheng and his group quickly walked through the jungle, and when they approached the edge of the jungle, Ma Dacheng, who was following the guide, suddenly raised his right hand clenched into a fist, and the scouts behind him immediately squatted down on the spot. The Burmese guide, who was only carrying a machete, ran out and disappeared into the grass, and a few minutes later, the Burmese guide returned, and as Ma Dacheng judged, the Burmese guide found a Japanese soldier in front.
Based on what the Burmese guides discovered, Ma Dacheng quickly made a decision, and the four people, including Ma Dacheng, stayed where they were, while the others followed Myanmar and began to move towards the flank that led them. When Ma Dacheng really saw the Japanese soldiers in the scope, he found that the number of Japanese soldiers in this group was completely different from what the Burmese guide said, and in this Japanese squad of 15 people, there was actually a light machine gun and two grenadiers, led by a Japanese second lieutenant.
Ma Dacheng didn't think much about it, he was transferred from Yan'an to Ruili by his superiors, and the ultimate goal was to kill the devil. With Ma Dacheng's gesture, the other three people scattered around him quickly disappeared into the grass, and those who could be transferred into the reconnaissance force had some of their own housekeeping skills, but they were just ordinary jungle lurking, which was not enough for Ma Dacheng and them.
Compared with Ma Dacheng's ease, the Japanese soldiers walking in the jungle were much more cautious, especially Kobayashi Koichi, the newly promoted second lieutenant, who was even more vigilant against all the movements around him. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, Kobayashi Koichi will always think that the black shadows he sees in the corner of his eye are enemies hidden in the jungle, in fact, those black shadows are not enemies at all, but trees or bushes that are everywhere in the jungle.
Kobayashi Koichi's caution at the moment would have been laughed at by the soldiers present if it had been placed in an ordinary Japanese army, but none of these Japanese soldiers who followed Kobayashi Koichi into the jungle laughed at Kobayashi Koichi's caution, because they knew that if it weren't for Kobayashi Koichi's caution, maybe they would have been killed by the British soldiers hiding in the jungle in the last pursuit.
With a soft "click", Kobayashi Koichi, who was stepping on a dead branch under his feet, suddenly stopped, and the Japanese soldiers on the march immediately dispersed, and after they saw the situation clearly, they could only silently muttered in their hearts Kobayashi Koichi This is really afraid of snakes. Just a few meters away in front of Kobayashi Hikatsu, a jungle python was leisurely devouring its prey, looking at the jungle python's wide open mouth and the prey that had been swallowed in half, Kobayashi Koichi's throat itched for a while and almost vomited on the spot.
There are snakes in Japan, but Kobayashi Koichi had been living in the city before joining the army, and he had never had the opportunity to see such a large jungle python, so it was no wonder that he was so afraid. Kobayashi Mitsuichi moved his steps to bypass the jungle python that was eating, but at the moment when he was about to raise his foot, he only heard a soft "pop", and the machine gunner who followed closely behind Kobayashi Koichi shook his body and fell heavily to the ground.
The warm blood instantly wet the dead leaves under Kobayashi Koichi's feet, and the red of the blood was very conspicuous in the withered yellow leaves. As soon as he shouted these words, he heard a soft sound like a balloon popping in his ears, and then looked at the subordinates behind him, several of them had already convulsed and fell to the ground.
Unable to imagine that he had been ambushed, Kobayashi beckoned the surviving soldiers to be careful and hidden, while looking left and right to try to find out the ambusher's location. With a crisp "dang", a Japanese soldier trying to grab a light machine gun was shot in the head by a burst of bullets, and the steel helmet he wore on his head apparently did not provide sufficient protection, and the bullets fired by the ambushers easily gouged through the steel helmet.
Completely unable to hear the sound of the bullet coming out of the chamber, Kobayashi Koichi and the others could only roughly judge the direction and location of the ambusher by relying on the part of their companion who was shot. With a quick shot, Ma Dacheng changed positions again, as the ambush party, what Ma Dacheng learned in the training camp was to eliminate the other party as much as possible, but when attacking, he had to learn to protect himself. Ma Dacheng is a veteran of the battlefield, he will not be bored with this, on the contrary, Ma Dacheng likes to use this tactic to fight against Japanese soldiers.
"Poof" Another Japanese soldier was shot, and the blood arrow shot out of the bullet hole splashed on the back of Kobayashi Koichi's hand, and the viscous and warm plasma made Kobayashi Koichi's heart even more irritable, but he didn't dare to move his position at will. Ma Dacheng and the four of them are like hunters in the mountains, constantly changing positions at the same time, they are also constantly shooting the soldiers under Kobayashi Guang, and in just a few minutes, more than half of the 14 soldiers under Kobayashi Guang have been shot.
Kobayashi Koichi concentrated all his attention and listened to the movements around him, but it was a pity that in addition to hearing his own rapid breathing, what he heard was the ** sound forcibly suppressed by his injured subordinates. Kobayashi Koichi will regret it a little, after successfully encircling and killing the last batch of British routs, he should return to the squadron with his soldiers, but it is because of his greed that he will fall into the current situation.
Just when Kobayashi Koichi secretly regretted it, two more Japanese soldiers who followed him were shot and killed, and a soft sound from his side had been successfully captured by Kobayashi Koichi. The voice that Kobayashi Koichi caught was very subtle, but even such a subtle sound was captured by Kobayashi Koichi. He slowly raised the rifle in his hand, like a hungry wolf in the jungle, and quietly aimed in the direction where the voice came.
"Ahh ......" A figure suddenly flashed out of the bushes, Kobayashi Koichi was about to pull the trigger, but saw the figure that flashed out of the bushes suddenly disappeared from his sight, and when Kobayashi Koichi turned over and got up, he saw another voice suddenly rushing from his side. "Poof" "Poof" "Poof" Kobayashi Koichi didn't have time to react at all, his body had already been stabbed three times in succession by a short knife, and the bloody blood arrow splattered out along the edge of the knife, and Kobayashi Koyashi's eyes were full of loss and remorse and fell to the ground again.
The ambusher appeared so suddenly, not to mention that Kobayashi didn't have time to react, even the other Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to be alive. There was a crisp "click", and Ma Dacheng's knee slammed into the chest of one of the Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese soldier fell like a puddle of mud. He was smashed by Ma Dacheng, along with his sternum and spine, and even if he wanted to live, it might not be possible at all.
The other three scouts who followed Ma Dacheng also poured out, whether it was a pistol with a silencer or a tactical short knife unique to scouts, Kobayashi Koichi and his 14 soldiers became a pile of corpses in the jungle in an instant. Such a small-scale ambush battle, in fact, in Ma Dacheng's opinion, can not be regarded as a battle at all, because they have not yet used their full strength, in a sense, Ma Dacheng and the four of them are more like playing a game with these Japanese soldiers.
Weapons, ammunition, personal belongings, and Kobayashi Koichi's Japanese military uniforms were all looted by Ma Dacheng and the four of them, ignoring the stripped pig-like corpses, Ma Dacheng and his gang were just waiting for the translator to check the diaries written in Japanese. Checking the diaries of Japanese soldiers is a major source for scouts to obtain information about the Japanese army, especially the diaries of officers like Koichi Kobayashi, who can find information of interest to scouts from them.
A dozen diaries written in Japanese were quickly read by the young translator, from which a dozen pages were torn out and the rest became handwritten by the scouts. "Captain Ma, you may have to send two people to send me back first, this thing needs to be analyzed by the intelligence analyst, I can only see a rough idea." The translator's eyes flashed with inexplicable excitement, and Ma Dacheng came to a conclusion from this, the ambush just now was not in vain.
After arranging for two scouts to escort the interpreter to leave first, Ma Dacheng and the others had a brief lunch, and continued to move towards the edge of the jungle with the captured booty, until the Burmese guide who led the way stopped again with a frightened face. "Grandma's, this time I caught a big fish, this looks like a squadron of devil soldiers." Ma Dacheng, who put down the binoculars, couldn't contain the excitement in his heart, and habitually licked his upper lip with his tongue, and those who were familiar with him knew that once Ma Dacheng made this action, it meant that the battle was coming.