860 is an important link
Han Feng's grasp of the situation of this battle is very accurate.
As he thought, so far, the biggest advantage for the Far Eastern Regiment was that the devils did not know that the Far Eastern Regiment had discovered them in advance.
When the Japanese puppet army was relying on intelligence to encircle the place where Han Feng and the others had originally settled, the Far East Regiment had already marched quickly towards Yazikou under the personal leadership of Han Feng, preparing to arrange an ambush there.
At the request of Han Feng, the soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon had already spread out the scope of reconnaissance and marched in advance as the eyes of the whole regiment.
The devil naturally also did reconnaissance work, but Yamamoto Saburo expected that Han Feng and his party did not know that their position had been betrayed by traitors, so in order not to delay time, their investigation scope was not too large.
Just send a vanguard to reconnoiter and lead the way before the main force is a few hundred meters away.
Han Feng handed over the task of killing the devil scouts to Shi Xiaoquan of the commando.
Of course, in order not to expose the ambush of the main forces, the whole mission must be quiet, and the suspicion of the follow-up main forces of the Japanese army must not be aroused.
This requires excellent camouflage preparation, Shi Xiaoquan brought an elite team, and there are some fighters of the commando team as auxiliaries, so the camouflage work is naturally not a problem.
The snow-white cotton clothes, dressed with some pine branches and covered with some snow, make them almost one with their surroundings.
Around 5 p.m.
The ambush forces were all ready on both sides of the cliff.
The commando team carrying automatic fire also occupies the commanding height, which is not far from the main battlefield where the battle is expected to break out, only more than 200 meters, which is difficult for submachine guns to cause casualties, and automatic rifles are a different matter.
After calmly waiting for another three minutes, a Japanese squad quietly emerged from the forest.
This is the vanguard of the Kwantung Army brigade that was sent to reconnoiter ahead of the team.
It can be seen that these Kwantung Army scouts are well trained.
Shi Xiaoquan found in his patient waiting and observation that this Kwantung Army scout was actually divided into two parts, and the squad of more than a dozen people at the front was not so much responsible for reconnaissance as it was purely a bait to lure the enemy to appear.
Once they hit the Far Eastern Regiment, this Japanese scout would not hesitate to shoot.
Even if their whole team is wiped out, they will pass the news back with gunfire as soon as possible.
The other second part is very hidden, separated by the first detachment for a considerable distance, and their numbers are scattered behind the surrounding woods and snow packs, like dark sentinels, always vigilant about the situation of the cannon fodder squad at the front.
Once the battle breaks out, the death of the cannon fodder squad at the front can buy them time to escape, and then quickly return the information.
This also means a problem, once Shi Xiaoquan and others make a move on this cannon fodder Japanese squad, they will inevitably be exposed to the sight of the Japanese scouts following behind this squad.
If it weren't for Shi Xiaoquan's careful observation, he would have really fooled these Kwantung Army scouts.
"Wait, you pay attention, there are hidden devils quietly following behind."
Shi Xiaoquan pressed the shoulder of a soldier beside him, and said in a low voice: "Give me an order, everyone hides, let go of the Japanese reconnaissance team in front of you, there must be no movement, and kill the devil sentry scouts behind you first." ”
"Yes."
"The captain said, let go of the group of devils in front of you, and kill the devils who are following behind first."
"Let the devil in front of you pass. Kill the devils who are following behind first. ”
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One by one, the orders were passed silently.
"Ten people, four behind the big tree due north, three behind the snow pack in the west, and three in the hollow in the east, our place is the only way for them, tell the brothers, don't move, first avoid the search of the first group of devils, and wait for them to touch themselves before they do it."
"Yes."
"Stake, the devil's scout is divided into two parts, we may have to do it together, you bring half of the brothers, and after I succeed here, you will kill the devil's team over there."
"Okay." The stake took some men and retreated silently.
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5:17.
The Japanese reconnaissance detachment was the first to touch it.
Approaching the mouth of the cliff, the surrounding vegetation suddenly became luxuriant.
Most of them are covered in snow, but some of them are green, which are evergreen cedars that bring life to the boring snow season.
Seeing the changes in the surrounding environment, this Japanese reconnaissance team was obviously more vigilant, and they scattered the team a little, holding rifles and searching around.
It's just that this vast mountain, everywhere seems to be snowy, occasionally mixed with these greens, monotonous and boring, they all the way up from the foot of the mountain, everywhere is scouting, it is impossible to be fine everywhere.
Moreover, Saburo Yamamoto also understood the reason for the speed of soldiers, and he was also afraid that the Far Eastern Regiment would smell the danger and flee in advance.
His order to the Quartet was to move forward as fast as possible to close the encirclement.
Therefore, the reconnaissance detachment of the Kwantung Army, as the vanguard, did not dare to stay in one place too much, but just swept around, and could not see the enemy, so it continued to advance and reconnoitre.
Besides, they also knew that there were dark sentry scouts behind them.
Even if there is an enemy in ambush here and they don't detect it, if the enemy fires at them, they will inevitably expose themselves.
Out of this mentality, the reconnaissance work of the Japanese army's vanguard reconnaissance team was not particularly meticulous, and Shi Xiaoquan and his party were elite soldiers specially selected from the Far East Regiment.
Everyone traveled all the way from Kannai to the north, dealing with the snow almost all day long, and how to disguise themselves in the snow and blend in with the surrounding environment is a compulsory course for almost every soldier.
At this moment, what I have learned on weekdays has finally come in handy.
Shi Xiaoquan was lying tightly under the snow at the bottom of a shrub at this moment, and the original snow was hollowed out into a herringbone by him, and the whole person was lying on it, which was tightly in line with the dark earth.
was already dressed in a white cotton suit, covered with a layer of snow.
Just raised slightly at the position of the head, the two big dripping eyes secretly observed everything around them.
The two devils walked over head-on, and the snow boots that were also popping on the snow almost rubbed Shi Xiaoquan's ankles.
Shi Xiaoquan hurriedly lowered his head and quietly waited for the footsteps in his ears to go away.
At the same time, this is happening almost simultaneously all around.
Shi Xiaoquan even prepared for the worst, if any soldiers were exposed, he would lead the team to kill this Japanese squad as soon as possible.
As for the Japanese scouts who were secretly moving forward in the rear, they must not be let go.
It's just that in this way, although the Japanese scouts can't report back the detailed information, the battle will still be exposed.
Once the devils are on guard, the ambush set up by the main force at Yazikou may be greatly reduced.
Therefore, when carrying out the mission of killing Japanese scouts, the regiment commander Han Feng told Shi Xiaoquan whether this battle could achieve a big victory.
Whether the tasks that Shi Xiaoquan and the other soldiers are responsible for can be completed will be a very important part.
Such an important task, but the regiment commander did not hesitate to give it to himself.
Thinking of this, Shi Xiaoquan secretly clenched his fists, this time, even if he died, he must complete the task.