Chapter 139: Defeating Aoki's Squadron

The whole valley is fighting fiercely, the devils outside the woods are the most, and the offensive is also the most fierce, the devils who are not afraid of death go forward one after another, rushing to the woods, where is their way of life, although they have the spirit of 'bushido' to support, but the current expeditionary force is not what it used to be. Metropolis. Within 50 meters, their 38 big covers were far from being the opponents of submachine guns, and the guys in the advance battalion were all prostrate on the ground, and when they picked up their submachine guns and swept them, the devils would fall one piece, and the devils would rush to the 30-meter line, and the groups would fall there, and the 30-meter line was like an invisible wall, and the devils would never be able to advance again.

"Fuck, Yankee stuff just works." The devil charged three or four times, leaving behind more than 50 corpses, and finally paused. In the gap between the devil's charge, the guys in the advance battalion picked up the submachine guns in their hands and looked left and right, although they already knew that this thing was easy to use, but only when they really saw its power on the battlefield would they be happy and convinced, if they still used the previous 'Hanyang made', the position would have been broken through by the devils.

Aoki, who was watching the battle from a distance, saw the fierce firepower on the position, and was secretly frightened, "When did the firepower of the people of China become so fierce?" If the fight continues like this, even if the troops are exhausted, they will not be able to break through the positions of the Zhina. ”

"Intensify the artillery attack and let the infantry charge." Aoki ordered the artillery to be fired, and the Chinese seemed to have the upper hand in individual weapons, and could only rely on the advantage of artillery fire to turn the tide of the battle.

"Boom," "Boom," "Boom," "Boom," and "Boom" huge explosions sounded one after another, and the mortar shells continued to fly straight to the position of the expeditionary force with a sharp whistle, and several mortars of the Japanese army started together, and puffs of smoke rose from the position of the expeditionary force, grass and trees flew sideways, and the shells blew up the position of the expeditionary force in a mess, and many soldiers were blown up into the sky by the air wave of the explosion, and when they fell to the ground, their flesh and blood were already blurred, and even those who were not dead were already dying. Makeshift positions without trenches at the edge of the woods were poorly defended against artillery fire, and the expeditionary officers and men had to lie on their stomachs to avoid shrapnel, rubble and blasts.

The observers assigned by Zhao Zhi on the top of the hill saw the Japanese artillery firing, and sent signals again and again according to the visual distance. According to the information of the observers, the artillery of the advance battalion adjusted the firing and did not wait for the second wave of Japanese artillery to attack, but preemptively launched and bombarded the Japanese artillery positions. The female gunners of the advance battalion, under the tutelage of Edward, improved the technique of artillery firing by several levels. Several Japanese mortars that were about to fire again were blown up by flying shells, and the gun bodies and gun carriages that had been divided were raised to a high level.

The Japanese infantry slowly came up again without the help of artillery fire, and this time they stopped rushing hard, but found shelter forty meters away from the Chinese army's position and hid first, taking advantage of their range advantage of 38 big covers to shoot and shoot. Except for the riflemen of the uncle, the others were lying on the ground motionless, and the sound of artillery on the position became sparse, and the sound of gunfire came and went, and the two sides changed from an artillery battle to a gun battle, and the valley was filled with gunsmoke for a while, and the shouts of killing became one.

The mouth of the valley was the focus of contention between the infantry of both sides, and it was also the key attack site of Zhao Zhi, where most of the artillery shells on the mountain fell. The trees and shrubs in the vicinity were blown away, and the soil on the ground was scraped by the blast wave, leaving only a white rock. Every time a shell came down, a large piece of stone chips exploded, each stone chip was like a bullet, and Hirota's team suffered heavy casualties, and in a short time two-thirds of them were killed. Zhao Zhi's infantry saw that the Japanese army was suppressed by their artillery fire, and began to charge again, they lay on the ground and fired a few shots, then got up and ran a few steps, and then lay down and fired a few shots, from rushing down to fighting steadily. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese army was suppressed and unable to fight back, it gradually encroached on the Japanese defense line.

Seeing this, Aoki asked the troops to cover each other and retreat alternately, and urged the troops not to fall in love with the war and evacuate as much as possible. After all, the advance battalion has an advantage in strength and terrain, and it will not be beneficial for them to fight any longer. The Watanabe team trapped in the valley had to give up, otherwise the entire squadron would be blocked here. The Japanese troops under Aoki's command retreated while holding back, and after more than half an hour of fierce fighting, Aoki fled into the woods with the remaining half of the squadron.

"Inform the goats and machetes, start hunting, not one will be left" Seeing that the main force of the Japanese army jumped out of the encirclement, Zhao Zhi calmly gave the order. The scouts of goats and machetes lurked into the woods early, just to prevent the Japanese army from escaping, but this time they fell into Zhao Zhi's trap. At this time, the dog-legged people really saw the benefits of walkie-talkies, and the goats, which were separated by 2 miles from the valley, had already opened a big net, waiting for the Japanese army to jump in.

"Chasing" Zhao Zhiyi shook his head, and the rushing steamed buns with dozens of submachine gunners followed the fleeing Japanese soldiers and chased down. The Japanese army had been defeated, and the high-spirited people who came had already died down and turned into rolling and crawling, and the doglegs, who had been in ambush for a long time, took their men and chased them into the woods in a dozen ways.

The Japanese army at the mouth of the valley and in the valley naturally didn't have to worry about Zhao Zhi, there were more than 100 sappers on the mountain, and at the two ends of the valley were Uncle Guo's riflemen and Edward's gunners. Now they are waiting for the goats to clean up the remaining Japanese troops, "Let's all go up" Zhao Zhi gave an order, and the soldiers who had long been eager to try carried their guns and rushed into the woods.

The soldiers of the advance battalion, which were divided into small groups, were like peeling apples, and they were wearing down the Japanese troops who fled into the woods layer by layer, and the traps, bullets, and bayonets were all the more useless, making the Japanese soldiers even more frightened. The jungle tiger of a year ago no longer had the majesty of its past, and only cared about running wildly, not daring to look at the fallen companions around him, nor to listen to the cries of his companions. They are already afraid, as long as they stop slightly, they will be entangled by the guys chasing after them, and there will be no chance to escape for their lives.

If the Aoki squadron was full of confidence when it came, then it is now a defeat and a rout, which is similar to the situation when the 18th Division pursued the expeditionary force a year ago. Aoki couldn't run for a long time, he was carried by his own lieutenants and orderlies. There was also a Japanese army nearby, the Mitsui squadron, which was also here to carry out a search mission, and they also had more than 300 Burmese servants there. Aoki and they need to go through the woods and over the three mountains to find the Mitsui squadron.

In the bushes and behind the trees, bullets were fired everywhere, and the fleeing Japanese soldiers wailed that they were hit and planted one by one. The grenades that blew up "boom" and "boom" never broke, and flames and smoke continued to rise up on the routed escape route of the Japanese army, taking more Japanese lives by the way. Gunfire kept flashing in the woods, how could the doglegs who took advantage of it easily let go of the Japanese army, and a chase battle began.

Zhao Zhi didn't have so many men in his hands, and most of the troops were placed on this side of the canyon, but Aoki was not fooled, and only 2 squads of the Japanese army were surrounded on this side of the canyon. The gunners on the top of the mountain had stopped bombarding the canyon, and the remaining 20 or so Japanese troops had long been suppressed by the riflemen, and Zhao Zhi planned to surround them inside and let them fend for themselves.

Uncle Guo's gunners naturally didn't know Zhao Zhi's plans, and they all crouched on their firing positions, rushing to shoot at the Japanese soldiers in the canyon, for fear that their guns would miss. At a distance of 200 meters, the 38 rifle was naturally not the opponent of the sniper rifle, and after a few rounds of shooting, except for a few Japanese soldiers who had made up their minds to be shrunken turtles, there was no Japanese resistance in the canyon. A few bamboo whistles sounded, and the submachine gunners on the Taniguchi position touched into the canyon under cover, and the scholars needed a few live mouths to ask for information.

Seeing dozens of murderous soldiers entering the canyon, the Japanese soldiers dressed as turtles threw away their rifles early, knelt in the open with their hands raised, and kept muttering something in their mouths. Although the submachine gunners couldn't understand what they were shouting, judging by the frightened expressions and movements on their faces, they probably surrendered or something. Without saying much, he rushed up, stepped on it directly, tied it up with rattan and threw it aside, and cleaned up the battlefield. Zhao Zhi has always had an order that before cleaning up the battlefield, it is necessary to clean up the wounded soldiers of the Japanese army. No one wanted to be attacked by wounded Japanese soldiers who pretended to be dead when cleaning up the battlefield, and this order has been carried out very well.

The battle in the canyon is over, and Aoki, who fled into the woods, has run. There were only two scout squads of goats and machetes in the woods, and it was indeed difficult to stop more than 100 Japanese troops at once. The scouts have always been Zhao Zhi's treasures, and he doesn't want the scouts and the Japanese army to carry it hard, so the scouts are just chasing the Japanese army as much as possible. The two scout squads were like two sharp blades, stabbing the fleeing Japanese soldiers with no skin and blood.

Originally, the Japanese army had been tired of dealing with the pursuit of the scouts since they fled into the woods, and dozens of submachine gunners carried by Mantou then chased into the woods, and the Japanese finally crossed under the powerful firepower. The defeated Japanese army was scattered, divided into small groups of a dozen or several people, and fled in the woods. Zhao Zhina could disperse the Japanese army, shouted with a walkie-talkie, and the steamed buns scattered with people and pulled into a skirmish line and pressed up, they wanted to drive the Japanese army back until the Japanese army was combined into a single force. The mountains here are high and densely forested, and once they are scattered by the Japanese army, it is not so easy to find them.

Zhao Zhi's manpower was already insufficient, and he didn't want to send people into the forest every day to search for the Japanese army who had slipped through the net. But it backfired, and the pursuit in the woods continued for a long time, but Aoki escaped with dozens of Japanese soldiers. Looking at the direction in which the Japanese troops had fled, the goats that had received the order to retreat spat fiercely on the ground, and the scouts who chased them out of the woods reluctantly withdrew to the canyon.

The results of this battle were good, defeating an integrated squadron of the Japanese army, and its own casualties were less than 100, almost a 1 to 3 result, which was rare in the previous records of the national army. The soldiers who used to think that Zhao Zhi was lucky, but now they are convinced by Zhao Zhixin, this is the first battle of the advance battalion to face the Japanese infantry squadron independently, and it is still facing a serious Japanese veteran squadron. The doglegs didn't care about rummaging through the corpses of the Japanese soldiers to pick up their own booty, which had long been the practice of the advance battalion, and Edward's foreign soldiers followed suit. Lang Zhong and Fang Tianyu and the female soldiers were searching for the wounded, and a large number of airdropped medicines made Lang Zhong no longer worry about the treatment of the wounded, as long as it was not a fatal injury, the injured guys were generally not in danger of life.

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