Chapter 123: Turning to Karaka (4)
The old cannon pouted dissatisfied, dragged the Japanese prisoner, and followed Yan Shijun into the back of a bush. This was confessed by Zhao Zhi, Yan Shijun, who could speak Japanese, was responsible for questioning the prisoners, and Lao Cannon, who had experience in slaughtering cattle, was responsible for extorting confessions when the prisoners resisted. Let yourself listen to Yan Shijun, the old cannon is very dissatisfied, anyway, he is also a captain, but he still has to listen to a senior soldier. Xiucai's death, the doglegs are all blamed on Yan Shijun, if it weren't for saving this guy with glasses, Xiucai has been hiding under the roadbed, there would be no danger at all.
Perhaps the old cannon's dissatisfaction was noticed by Yan Shijun and suddenly stopped. Yan Shijun didn't look back, just said lightly, "I know that you are not satisfied with me, even the commander is not satisfied, when the battle is over, if I am not dead, this life will be returned to Xiucai, now is not the time"
"Holy shit, there are eyes on the back of his head, how does he know that Lao Tzu is scolding him?" The old cannon looked at Yan Shijun's back in surprise, and the boss with his mouth open was no less than seeing some demons and monsters. The old cannon didn't expect that what surprised him even more was still behind, and when Yan Shijun interrogated the Japanese prisoners in fluent Japanese, the old cannon was completely petrified. He didn't expect that this glasses were even better than Xiucai's Japanese, just like those Kwantung Army in the Northeast. Only then did the old cannon understand the reason why Zhao Zhi wanted Yan Shijun to enter the advance camp, this dog's glasses are really a capable person.
Zhao Zhi sat on a stone with a calm face, the scouts had already been let out, and Zhao Zhi was afraid that there were similar Japanese reconnaissance teams around. The reinforcements happily cleaned up the battlefield, a few daring guys rummaged through the trophies on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and the doglegs sat boredly on the slopes. "Sir, this is for you, I can't write, and I don't need it," said a soldier, handing the blacksmith a pen he had just gotten, with a smile on his face.
The blacksmith looked at the soldier in surprise, and was sure that he was not making fun of his illiteracy, so he laughed, "Keep it for yourself, I have it," said the blacksmith as he opened his purse, which contained watches, pens, and the like. "See, follow our commander to fight, these things are not rare for a long time," the blacksmith boasted to the soldier. However, there were indeed a lot of things in his leather bag, and the soldier who looked at it did not blink an eye.
"Mantou, go and bring those boys over" Zhao Zhi, who was pondering for a while, pointed to a few guys who were searching the pockets of the Japanese army. The unknown steamed bun roared a few times, and those guys all came around, and Zhao Zhi asked the steamed bun to call over, and it was the soldiers who quietly retreated during the battle just now.
When he was fighting, he didn't see anyone, and when he killed the battlefield to grab the loot, he ran well, and Zhao Zhi originally thought that it would be like this. But as soon as I looked up and saw those guys fighting with other soldiers for the spoils, I was angry. "What did I tell you before I left?" Zhao Zhi had a calm face, and his hand was on his waist intentionally or unintentionally, very close to the holster, almost on the pistol.
Looking at Zhao Zhi's posture, there is something that those guys don't understand. Plopped, a guy knelt down on the spot, "Sir, you just spare me this time, next time, I promise that I will not retreat next time, I will definitely rush up, really" The guy was frightened by Zhao Zhi, and cried without saying a word, his face was full of tears and snot. Several other guys quickly knelt down and begged Zhao Zhi to bypass them this time.
Just when Zhao Zhi was about to pull out his gun, Uncle Guo stopped Zhao Zhi. "I haven't really fought with the Japanese army yet, and now it's ominous to kill soldiers" Uncle Guo held down Zhao Zhi's hand and stuffed the pistol back into the holster. Zhao Zhi looked around, and the replenishment soldiers had already stopped moving, all looking at him. There was excitement, regret, schadenfreude, and disgust towards Zhao Zhi in his eyes.
"Battalion Commander Zhao, I think, forget it" Jiang Cheng looked like he was watching what you were doing, and said cool words on the side. As long as it is something that can make Zhao Zhi unhappy, Jiang Chengdu is willing to add a fire. There were not a few soldiers who escaped, not to mention 7 or 8, Jiang Cheng didn't believe that Zhao Zhi could kill these 7 or 8 people. Zhao Zhi's eyes narrowed, and the frightened dogs took a step back in unison, and Uncle Guo also slipped away with his hands behind his back.
"Before leaving, I said that you can escape the bullets and bayonets of the Japanese army, but you can't escape my bullets" Zhao Zhi said coldly, his face did look at Jiang Cheng, and the killing intent in his eyes made Jiang Cheng's whole body cold. "Yue He, come out," Zhao Zhi shouted. Yue He is the supplementary soldier who once talked to Zhao Zhi, the black and thin veteran. Zhao Zhi handed his pistol and a magazine to Yue He, "From today on, you are the law enforcement captain of the advance battalion, anyone who escapes the battle, kill first and report later." Whoever dares to stop will be shot on the spot"
Yue He didn't expect Zhao Zhi to come for real, the cold sweat on his face slid down his neck into his clothes, and he didn't feel the slightest coldness. Seeing that Yue He didn't react, Zhao Zhiteng stood up and handed the gun in his hand forward. The drowsy Yue He had no choice but to take Zhao Zhi's pistol and turn his head to look at the guys who had already collapsed to the ground, "Brothers, don't blame me Lao Yue, this is your own dead end" After a few gunshots, the few escaped guys all fell to the ground, and the bullet holes on their bodies were still emitting wisps of green smoke.
Jiang Cheng was also frightened by Zhao Zhi's decision, closed his mouth tightly, and stopped talking nonsense. The soldiers looked at Zhao Zhi again, and they were already dodging, like small animals, no one dared to look into Zhao Zhi's eyes. The 300 supplementary soldiers are all veterans of various units, and if Zhao Zhi's methods are not tougher, the advance battalion will collapse sooner or later, and it will be reduced to a second- or third-rate army, waiting to be defeated by the Japanese army.
"Sir, have you asked clearly" Yan Shijun, whose face was pale, came back, followed by an old cannon full of blood. The job of forcing the prisoner to be questioned used to be Xiucai, but now that Xiucai is gone, Yan Shijun didn't dare to move the punishment, so he had to let the old cannon make do with it first. "They are from the 114th Wing of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, and Karaka is still in the hands of the British army for the time being. However, the prisoner confessed that the Japanese army had planned to enter Karaka to persuade him to surrender, and according to the usual style of the British army, it was estimated that the British army would surrender."
"Inform the goats, add the scope of the search, pay attention to the direction of Karaka, and beware of the Japanese reconnaissance team" Zhao Zhi asked the dog to call the goat with a walkie-talkie. If there is no problem with the prisoners' confessions, the Japanese army will definitely carry out a major attack on Karaka before persuading them to surrender, completely destroying the confidence of the British army in defending Karaka. Then the periphery of Karaka will definitely be the focus of the Japanese defense, and the Japanese army will not allow the two battalions that have captured the 114th Regiment on the periphery of Karaka to come to bad things at a critical time.
"Accelerate, get to Karaka before dark, we have to enter Karaka at night" Yan Shijun was very careful in interrogating the prisoners. The prisoner's confession only mentions the name of Nakasa, which is the highest military rank in the information he has ever said. Zhao Zhi judged that the Japanese army in Karaka had only one squadron at most, or less than two Japanese squadrons. The British have always been extremely arrogant, they will not admit their incompetence, and will only infinitely exaggerate the strength of their opponents.
"Wait, Battalion Commander Zhao Zhi, according to the intelligence of our 114th Regiment, there are a large number of troops of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army on the Karaka front. Can we do it? Jiang Cheng, who had endured not speaking for a long time, couldn't help but interject when he heard Zhao Zhi's order. Concerning his own life, Jiang Cheng had to ask carefully, he was the liaison officer of the 114th Regiment stationed in the advance battalion, and the advance battalion was going to directly enter Karaka, and he, Jiang Cheng, was also going to follow the charge with a gun.
Without speaking, Zhao Zhi just looked at Jiang Cheng coldly, turned his head and left. The dog patted Jiang Cheng with a hippie smile, "Staff Officer Jiang, our chief just has a dog face, don't worry about him, we can't do it" Jiang Cheng, who was bluffed by Zhao Zhi's cold eyes, came to his senses this time, and just wanted to thank the dog for his righteous words, the dog had already chased after Zhao Zhi.
Roger's training was still very effective, starting from Yan Shijun's shouting to assemble, and it didn't take much effort for all the soldiers to be assembled. After hurriedly saying a few words to pay attention to, Zhao Zhi waved his hand, and the troops quietly advanced in two columns along the road signs left by the scouts. To reach the outskirts of Karaca before dark, there are still more than 20 miles from here to Karaka, and it is time to accelerate.
"Don't stop, keep walking" Zhao Zhi picked up the guy who was panting behind him, it was already dark, and the sound of artillery could be faintly heard, it must be the Japanese army shelling Karaka. "Sir, the machete is back, and a prisoner has been captured" The dog ran back from the front team.
"Sir, I've already asked, there is only one infantry squadron and one artillery squadron of the Japanese army outside Karaka, and there are several reconnaissance squads, the number of which is about 500 people." Yan Shijun wiped the blood on his hand and carefully reported the information that the prisoner confessed, it seemed that the prisoner did not confess, and Yan Shijun was strong.
"What kind of artillery is the Japanese army? Where are the artillery positions? Zhao Zhi asked Yan Shijun anxiously. However, Yan Shijun also shook his head, claiming that the Japanese prisoner was only infantry, and he did not know the specific location of the artillery position, only that it was southeast of Karaka. "Inform the others to hide and rest in place and call the goats back" Before finding the Japanese artillery position, Zhao Zhi did not plan to attack Karaka. The Japanese artillery bombardment was severe, and Zhao Zhi had learned it when he was in Mandalay, and he didn't want to be shelled by the Japanese army again.
Jiang Cheng is not completely useless, he can also say that the staffing and weapons of the Japanese army are not far from ten. According to Jiang Cheng's estimates, an artillery squadron of the Japanese army should be about 200 people, equipped with four Type 41 75 mountain guns. According to the maximum firing range of the 75 mountain guns at 6300 meters, Jiang Cheng calculated that the Japanese artillery position should be on a hillside less than three kilometers southeast of Karaka, where there was a small village. Jiang Cheng came to the same conclusion as Edward, and Zhao Zhi was happy and threw Jiang Cheng a cigar as a token of encouragement.
Since he roughly knew the artillery position of the Japanese army, it was necessary to destroy this artillery position first, and Zhao Zhi decided to send all the advance battalions out. With the superior strength that overwhelmed the Japanese army, he took the Japanese artillery position in one fell swoop. On the one hand, it can reduce the pressure on the British army in Karaka, and on the other hand, Zhao Zhi can use the captured artillery to provide fire support for his side.
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