Chapter 157: Japanese Snipers
Uncle Guo threw a piece of chewing gum into his mouth, carefully folded the wrapping paper and put it in his pocket, since he was recuperating in Ledo, Uncle Guo liked chewing gum, and he should always chew a piece when he was fine. Forcefully pulled the axe out of the back of the Japanese sniper, and a stream of bloody arrows rushed out.
The flying axe that Uncle Guo made just now was a blacksmith and Roger who were in a panic when they were in Ledo, so they summoned several Indian blacksmiths from Ledo to make a smaller version of the double-edged axe compared to the double-edged axe of Europe. The axe is short and sharp, and the whole thing is made of iron, although it weighs only 2 kilograms, but once thrown, the whirling axe still looks quite scary.
Although it was the rainy season, Zhao Zhi and his mules and horses were sufficient, and they did not carry a lot of items. The original planned journey of 9 days took less than 11 days to reach the edge of the jungle, although it was already 2 days later than planned, but it was still ahead of the time expected by Zhao Zhi.
After 11 days in the jungle, the proud Ye Tian put down his frame, mixed with Zhao Zhi and them all day long, humbly learning the jungle survival experience handed over by the dogs. Originally, Ye Tian, as a student of the Whampoa Military Academy, looked down on a hillbilly officer like Zhao Zhi very much, but since he entered the jungle, the performance of the soldiers in his direct company made him unacceptable.
Not to mention, the scouts came out, and the two wings were on guard against the marching common sense taught in these military academies, and even those female soldiers in the direct company were all unique. As soon as they set up camp every day, the female soldiers went into the jungle in their raincoats, and when they returned, their backpacks were already full of edible mushrooms, wild vegetables, and wild animals. You know, this is a jungle, the Burmese jungle that once swallowed tens of thousands of expeditionary soldiers, but these female soldiers are as casual as in their own vegetable garden.
Ye Tian finally admitted that he underestimated Zhao Zhi and this major younger than himself. The officers of the direct company are in their own group, they are all diehards who can dare to sacrifice their lives for Zhao Zhi, don't look at their usual lack of a positive shape, Ye Tian estimates that once an unexpected situation occurs, the officers of the direct company will be the first to counterattack.
Thinking about the regiment commander's instructions before he set off, Ye Tian felt funny, how could such a monolithic company that had been managed by Zhao Zhi be easily controlled by others. Zhao Zhi didn't have the heart to think about what Ye Tian was thinking now, Yuan Qingqing was sick, and he was very sick. The whole person has been in a coma for two days, and the last two days of the journey are basically carried out by everyone in turn.
Yuan Qingqing was bitten on the leg by a poisonous snake in the jungle in order to save Linda, although Zhao Zhi had already stripped off the piece of meat with a knife, and according to Lang Zhong's instructions, he sucked out the venom with his mouth. However, Yuan Qingqing's body was too weak and he had been in a coma all the time, but fortunately, after Linda's examination, he told him that the problem was not big, and as long as he recuperated for a while, he would get better.
It wasn't until the troops marched to the valley camp that there were less than 3 miles of concealment that Yuan Qingqing woke up quietly, which made Zhao Zhi excited, and Linda hugged Yuan Qingqing and cried with joy.
After a simple rest, Zhao Zhi and Ye Tian coordinated to make a battle plan, and Ye Tian's battalion was lined up in front as the main attack force. Scouts with goats and machetes each went out to survey the attack and guide the artillery. Uncle Guo's riflemen cooperated with Edward and the old artillery, covering the mortars and bazooka to seize the high point in order to carry out artillery bombardment and surprise attacks on the Japanese troops. Ye Tian also handed over his artillery to Edward's unified command, after all, the lethality of mortar hits is greater.
After waiting for 2 hours at the assembly point, the scouts came back with the news that more than 700 Japanese troops had surrounded the valley to death. Probably because of the rain, there was no sign of an attack by the Japanese troops, and the troops in the valley camp did not return fire. The scouts had cleared out several Japanese outposts and a mobile search team, which allowed the artillery to go to a higher level. The high point chosen by the goat was a mountain ridge, less than 800 meters from the Japanese line, but this distance was already within the range of the 81 mortars.
According to the plan, Uncle Guo's riflemen scattered and lurked 300 meters away from the Japanese defense line to cover the artillery attack, and the distance of 300 meters was simply a matter of hand-to-hand for a sniper rifle. Uncle Guo's rifleman squad has changed a little, now it is a sniper gunner with two Garand gunners, when the Japanese army is 100 meters away, the Garland gunner is the sniper's observer and gun flame cover, and when the Japanese army enters 100 meters, the Garland gunner will become the sniper's cover and barrier when retreating. This method was proposed by Roger first, and after the field application of Uncle Guo during their training, it was very appreciated by Uncle Guo.
Uncle Guo, as the commander of the rifle squad, could not have been on the front line, but the old man was unwilling to stay behind, so he was willing to mix with his gunners, and Zhao Zhi, who had no choice, had no choice but to let the dog follow Uncle Guo to the battle line. Who knew that Uncle Guo and Gouzi acted too much, and after cleaning up several Japanese secret posts with crossbow arrows one after another, they actually sneaked into the combat area of Japanese snipers.
The long-term sniper operation has allowed Uncle Guo to develop a skill that no one else has, and this old guy can always feel the existence of danger more than others. As they passed a nest of bushes, Uncle Guo grabbed the dog, and there was a bump in the muddy water about 40 meters away. The bulge was inconspicuous against the muddy water and turf, and if Uncle Guo hadn't pointed out the bulge, the dog wouldn't have noticed it at all.
Raising his hand to signal the dog to be quiet, Uncle Guo took out the flying axe on his waist, ran a few steps under his feet, and threw it violently. The spinning axe made a strange arc, sending out a whistling in the air, slashing into the bulge. Under the gaze of the dog and Uncle Guo, the suspicious bulge in the muddy water struggled and writhed desperately a few times, and after a convulsion, there was no movement.
"Uncle, you can do it" The dog gave a thumbs up, and the few whiskers on the jaw of the happy uncle also swayed in the breeze and rejoiced.
"Let's go, go over and have a look" Uncle Guo slowly climbed along the wet turf with the dog, and sure enough, the bulge was turned over by the dog to reveal a human face. "It's a sniper of the Japanese army" Uncle Guo picked up a rifle next to the corpse, and there was also a sniper scope on it.
"The dog is far worse than us, and one person dares to come out, he is a guy who only cares about his head, and he deserves to die" The dog spat lightly at the corpse. Now he finally understands why Uncle Guo and Roger keep insisting that their gunmen should be in a team of three.
Uncle Guo carefully looked at the Japanese army's sniper rifle, opened the bolt and checked the side, and looked around with the gun, "Yes, it's a good gun, but it's a pity that there is only one"
The dog pouted disappruptively, "Can it have Mauser and Haruta good?" The sniper scope is still mounted on the side, it's too much of a hindrance."
Uncle Guo doted on the dog's steel helmet, "You know a fart, your gun is good, but once the logistics and supplies can't keep up, it's a burning stick." This gun and the 38 rifle are a kind of bullet, as long as there are little devils, you don't have to worry about bullet supplies, you know? ”
The dog scratched the muddy water on his chin, rolled his eyes and muttered to Uncle Guo in a low voice, "Will this little devil's gunman be like us, a lot of guys will come out together and then disperse." If that's the case, let's get rid of them, aren't there a lot of these sniper rifles? ”
Uncle Guo thought for a moment, "Go back, strip the corpse naked, go back with everything, show the chief and the turnip, and see what they say" The two people tied their belts to the equipment pulled from the corpse, and followed the way they came, all the way back to the assembly place.
"This is a sniper of the Japanese army" After carefully looking at the equipment and sniper rifles that Uncle Guo brought back, Roger was very sure that he was a sniper of the Japanese army. "I once saw a document at the headquarters that our coalition forces had encountered Japanese snipers and suffered a lot of casualties when our coalition forces were fighting in Burma last year," Edward recalled a report he had seen at the Ramgar headquarters.
The document records that a 50-man British patrol was pursued by Japanese snipers for a full eight miles before being rescued by an armored unit. By the time the armored vehicles had leveled the hiding place of the pursuing Japanese troops, the search team found only the body of a Japanese sniper, and the British patrol was now less than 20 people. And the traces at the scene show that it was not the Japanese army that was chasing them at all, it was just a Japanese sniper who was chasing them all along.
Seeing that Zhao Zhi began to be silent, Uncle Guo hurriedly pulled Zhao Zhi aside, "I need this sniper rifle from the Japanese army, I will personally bring people up to fight with them" Zhao Zhi knew what Uncle Guo meant, and his direct subordinates have always had a great appetite for supplies, which has aroused questions from some bigwigs. Uncle Guo's sniper squad has been limited to 20 people because of the lack of special guns, and the other alternate riflemen are still using Garand.
The attack plan formulated by Zhao Zhi generally requires the riflemen to attack or cover in multiple ways, which often seems to be the riflemen's manpower is not enough. If Uncle Guo can get the sniper rifle of the Japanese army, then his sniper team can be expanded immediately, which is indeed a good thing for the direct company.
"No, Lao Tzu's brother can't fold here" Zhao Zhi resolutely refused, and asked someone to show Uncle Guo and the dog. According to Roger, the snipers of the Japanese army are selected from the veterans in the army, and they are inseparable from the sniper rifle, and even put the gun in the bed when they sleep. Uncle Guo's riflemen touched the sniper rifle for only a year, and compared with those Japanese snipers, Zhao Zhi never made a loss-making deal, and he would not take his brother's life for a few guns.
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