Chapter 140: Fierce Battle in the Mid-Mountains

"Ah, comfortable" The sky was already bright, and Zhao Zhi was still nestled in the blanket, not wanting to move at all. Metropolis. It's been two days since the defeat of the Aoki squadron, and Zhao Zhi is sleeping every day, anyway, the sappers and the advance battalion have Uncle Guo and Roger, so he doesn't have to worry about it. When they were in the jungle, Zhao Zhi, who was dizzy from hunger, miscalculated the distance and time, in fact, Zhao Zhi and the others were only less than 10 miles away from getting out of the jungle, as long as they held on for another day, they could get out of the jungle.

Last year's rainy season had a great impact on the plains, which were no longer suitable for aircraft take-off and landing, and without large machinery, the laying of airports with manpower alone was simply a fantasy. The headquarters temporarily changed its plan and decided to increase the airdrops, allowing the engineer company to use the earth, rock, and airdropped cement to build hoarding points and hoard airdropped materials. It doesn't matter if the headquarters changes the plan, but the guys in the advance battalion have become coolies, and they are digging holes and building houses with the sappers every day.

The camp chosen by the old cannon is good, there is a bare mountain 5 miles away from the canyon, and there are no trees. Such a terrain is not afraid of the Japanese army, and the plain shooting range is open, which is convenient for defense. The camp of the engineer company was in a valley less than a mile behind the gorge, where there was a spring and a waterhole, enough for construction and food for several hundred people, and the stockpiling point was built in the valley, surrounded by high, steep and strange peaks, which could be evacuated into the valley at any time in case of attack. Zhao Zhi, who had become a complete idler, had to sleep every day with nothing to do, and in his spare time, he could just go and see the progress of the construction of the trenches in the middle of the mountain. His behavior made the guys in the advance battalion very despised and spurned.

"Let's get up and eat" Linda entered Zhao Zhi's tent with a lunch box, and the supplies were abundant, which made Linda regain her former look. Zhao Zhi's daily life is taken care of by Yuan Qingqing and Linda, the clothes belong to Yuan Qingqing, and the meals belong to Linda, but the two of them have a clear division of labor. "You feed me" Zhao Zhi was lying on the bed, insisting that Linda feed himself, and when the two of them were flirting, the tent was violently opened.

Looking at the cramped dog, Zhao Zhi picked up his military boots and smashed them over, "You can't shout a report when you come in on a dog's day?" Sooner or later, I will be angry with you" Linda sorted out her military uniform, bowed her head and stepped out of the tent, Zhao Zhi put his hand into Linda's military uniform, and happened to be seen by the dog, and the thin-skinned Linda could still stay in the tent. "Sir, the headquarters is in an emergency" The dog smiled and handed Zhao Zhi a telegram order.

"Damn, what the hell are you doing?" Looking at the message, Zhao Zhi's brows furrowed. It turned out that the Japanese army at the Ghost Gate Pass was not only the point that Zhao Zhi and they exterminated, Zhao Zhi and they just forced the Japanese army into the mountains. As soon as the advance battalion left, the Japanese army came out again, and now it has occupied several peaks in the Ghost Gate Pass. Relying on crossfire, the engineer regiment was blocked on the front line of the Ghost Gate, and the paving was temporarily stopped. The headquarters still asked the advance battalion to turn back to the Ghost Gate Pass again, and cooperated with the 114th Regiment to open the Ghost Gate Pass to ensure the normal paving of the road.

"Bullshit" Zhao Zhi threw the message directly, and the bigwigs above said lightly, the jungle is not their own vegetable garden, just leave, what do you think of the advance camp. "Call them back, just say that the advance battalion has just defeated a squadron of the Japanese army, needs to rest, and can't cross the jungle" Before Zhao Zhi's words fell, the goat rushed into the tent, "Sir, I found the Japanese army, 30 miles away, about a team"

"Good" is just a dozing pillow, the Japanese army came at the right time. Zhao Zhi slapped his thigh excitedly, "Call back to the headquarters, the front of our department found Japanese troops, the number of which is unknown." In order to ensure the safety of the engineer company and the airdrop, it may be difficult to evacuate, and the headquarters is expected to provide weapons for the airdrop" Ignoring the dogs and goats, Zhao Zhi went to Edward.

The telegram sent back by the advance battalion caused a thousand waves at the headquarters for a while, and the airdrop plan had been revised many times, which consumed a lot of manpower and powerlessness, so it could not be stopped. After some discussion, a battalion of the 114th Regiment was transferred back from the Karaka line, and the remaining troops of the 114th Regiment were prepared to carry out a strong attack on the Ghost Gate Pass. Zhao Zhi's advance battalion was still responsible for the operation of the engineer company in the plains, preparing for the hoarding of supplies.

Mitsui was a lieutenant of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, and there was a reinforced squadron under him, all of whom were veterans of 4 or 5 years of military experience. In the past few days, the search team has received reports that a large number of planes have appeared over the plain between Magao and Sunbrabeg, as if they were airdropping supplies. Mitsui's squadron has always been stationed in the Hukang Valley, and every day it is to catch some locals to build fortifications, and as soon as they receive the report of the search team, they rush to the plain with the entire squadron and 300 Burmese servants. Mitsui's subordinate has a soldier Cao, who said that he had encountered the expeditionary force in this area last year, and it was here that Hatoyama, the mountain army, was killed by the expeditionary force.

Hatoyama and Mitsui are fellow villagers, their homes are not far away, and they also enlisted in the army at the same time and entered the Chinese theater together, and were transferred to Burma together. That soldier Cao used to be a soldier under Hatoyama, and after being ambushed by Zhao Zhi and them last year, he fled back to Sun Brabang with Hatoyama's body on his back, and was taken in by Mitsui.

Mitsui's mountain warfare is not Hatoyama's opponent, but with battlefield experience, Hatoyama is far inferior to Mitsui. This time, Mitsui came prepared, and as early as a few days ago, he sent a team to set off in advance to search the place where the plane was dropped, and he had already locked down Zhao Zhi's location. Mitsui, who set off later, carried a large number of heavy weapons, 75 mountain guns, mortars, 92 rifle guns, and light and heavy machine guns.

It's not the rainy season yet, and Mitsui can transport troops by truck all the way from Sunbrabeng, which is very convenient. When the goat's scout team found out about the Japanese search team, the Mitsui squadron was only 50 miles away from Zhao Zhi, and the truck only needed more than two hours to arrive. Zhao Zhi's precautions were good, the Japanese army's search team only knew that Zhao Zhi was on the side of the mountain, but they couldn't get there, and they didn't know what Zhao Zhi and they were doing exactly.

There were Japanese soldiers guiding the direction along the road, Mitsui led the convoy all the way forward, and the convoy stopped at dusk, when there were still 10 miles away from Zhao Zhi. They met the remnants of the Japanese army of Aoki's squadron who had escaped from the woods, and according to the descriptions of the remnants, Mitsui estimated that Zhao Zhi and their numbers should be smaller than his own, and Mitsui was going to strike while the iron was hot and prepare to attack Zhao Zhi and them at night. Zhao Zhi was still happy that the headquarters had changed its plan, and he hadn't taken the Japanese squad to heart yet. It is impossible for the Japanese army to send a small team to fight with them, it must be a reconnaissance team of the Japanese army or something.

Zhao Zhizheng was directing the guys of the advance battalion to dig trenches and communication trenches, and they were very busy. It was already dark, there was no moon, and the sky was full of stars. The trenches were littered with lights, and the unbridled laughter of the tired men wafted in the wind along with the smell of wine and food. These fortifications, built in the face of danger, were enough to make them slack off against the enemy. Little did they know that a group of enemy troops, armed to the teeth, had circled below them.

A group of dark shadows took advantage of the night to creep over, crawling slowly on the ground, crawling towards the trench on the side of the mountain. The Japanese stopped in front of a mound of earth, which was less than 20 meters away from the nearest bunker. Two soldiers were talking in a whisper in the bunker, and a cigarette butt was flashing brightly and darkly, and it was one of the sentries smoking. The leading Japanese soldier drew his bayonet, and the bayonet reflected the cold light in the starlight, and the eyes of the Japanese soldiers were full of cold light. The soldier next to him glared at him, soaked the soil with saliva, and wiped it on the bayonet for him, covering the cold light on the bayonet.

The two Japanese soldiers crawled to the bunker with bayonets in their mouths, and in the silence of the night, the slightest sound seemed abnormal, making the Japanese soldiers lying on their stomachs fearful. The two sentinels stopped talking, as if they had heard something, and one of the sentries crawled out of cover and looked around. After looking at it for a while, he didn't find anything abnormal, and he cursed lightly and turned around to go back to cover. The two top soldiers of the Japanese army could not let go of such a good opportunity, and crouched down and rushed over, they were going to sneak up on the two sentries in the bunker.

It was already close, less than 2 meters away from the sentry, and the two Japanese soldiers looked at each other, raised their bayonets and pounced. Just as the bayonet was about to pierce the sentry's back, the situation changed abruptly, and the sentry seemed to be stepping on something, and as soon as his body was crooked, he fell into the bunker, and the bayonet of the Japanese soldier was hollow. Just as the Japanese soldiers were about to jump into the bunker, they saw two black shadows coming out from behind the mound of dirt next to the bunker. The Japanese soldier who jumped into the bunker first pounced on the sentry who fell into the bunker, but his mouth was covered by a big hand behind him, his throat was cold, and he heard a rustling sound in his ears, which was the sound of blood splattering. "Sneak attacked" was the last consciousness in the minds of the Japanese soldiers, but the rapid massive blood loss made him unable to shout. With a last bit of consciousness, the Spike let go of his fingers and let the bayonet fall heavily to the ground, at least to alert his comrades in the bunker.

The silence in the bunker made another Japanese soldier in the bunker tense, and he leaned down and looked over. I saw my companion standing in the bunker, with his head down and not knowing what he was doing, no, his companion's lowered head was a little weird. The Japanese soldiers who were about to shout saw a black shadow flash in front of them, and their throats were sweet, something hit their necks. "It's a bayonet" The Japanese soldier trembled and touched the thing on his neck, it was a bayonet of a 38 rifle, and the Japanese army knew a lot about the firearms produced in their own country.

My head was already dizzy, I couldn't see clearly, my whole body was weak, my body began to feel chills for a while, and my mind had begun to blur. The tip of the Japanese soldier, whose neck had been pierced by a bayonet, lay on the edge of the bunker ditch, motionless and his eyes wide open. The Japanese soldiers held their breath and quietly stretched out their hands to their waists. Suddenly opened the safety of the grenade, and with a "boom" sound, a fireball exploded in the bunker, and the entire bunker was shrouded in fire and smoke.

Seeing that their whereabouts had been exposed, the Japanese troops lying on their stomachs simply began to attack directly, and a large group of Japanese soldiers got up with their heads down and began to attack. The artillery brought by Mitsui also began to bombard, and large orange fireballs began to bloom on the side of the mountain, and clouds of smoke rose up, and choking gunpowder smoke enveloped the place.

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