Chapter 281: Sakai Squadron

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? "Squadron Sakai?" Zhao Zhi looked at Yan Shijun with blood on his hands with some surprise, the captives they brought back had been forced to be questioned by Yan Shijun, according to their confessions, they were the top soldiers of the Sai Squadron. Most of the Sakai squadron is only 2 miles away from them in the mountains and forests, and the Sakai squadron with 2 mortars is obviously much more difficult to deal with than Miyaki, Zhao Zhi, who has learned the information, feels a chill in the back of his head, the current position of the battalion is on the plain, and there is no cover at all, if the Sakai squadron directly fires the artillery, then he and his brothers must not become a live target.

"Let's go, hurry up, don't want any extra things, carry the wounded up, let's hurry up and join the medical team" Zhao Zhi was already talking a little nonsense, and was kicked hard from behind by Uncle Guo before he quieted down. "You said lightly, how can we outrun the shells of the pursuers with these guys?" Uncle Guo pointed to the machine gun and Bazooka of the battalion under his command, and rewarded Zhao Zhi with another kick.

These heavy firepower were obtained by Zhao Zhi with great difficulty, so he threw away what he could, he just didn't turn his muscles just now. "Long hair, you take people to bury more explosives in front of the first trench, leave half of Lao Tzu's submachine gunners and riflemen, and the rest of the people you take first, go and join Qingqing and them, and I will chase you until dark" Zhao Zhi waved his hand undoubtedly, and drove Edward and them to go first, the 400 supplementary soldiers can't be counted on now, leaving them will only increase casualties, it is better to hurry up and get out of the house with equipment.

"I'll stay too, they have small cannons, we also have to have something to take, we can't let the little Japanese look down on our direct battalion, right?" The shy old cannon came over, and there was a hint of expectation on his face full of meat. In the ambush battle just now, the old cannon Bazooka didn't have a chance to show his face at all, he was holding back the fire. Zhao Zhi thought about it, since there is a guarantee of airdrops, there is no need to let the old artillery people still run around the mountains with rockets on their backs, and consuming some can also reduce the burden on everyone.

Zhao Zhi's eyes looked around, and finally fell on Edward's body, "Old love, you still take the reinforcements first, and after catching up with the rich man, you will use the radio to contact the headquarters to ask for airdrops." Bullets, explosives, rockets, mortars, I want them, the more the better, this will be handed over to you" Edward, who was grabbed by Zhao Zhi's shoulder, glared at the old cannon and a few of them, but nodded helplessly and agreed to Zhao Zhi's arrangement. Asking the headquarters for the airdrop of materials has always been done by him, and this time Zhao Zhi said that Edward did not agree, which hit his weakness.

"Junzi, you also follow Lao Ai" Seeing that Yan Shijun seemed to have something to say, Zhao Zhi directly glared at him and frightened him, "I'll give you half of the scouts and snipers, as well as the 2 sappers under Long Hairy, you have to take them to protect Lao Ai and find the rich man." As he spoke, Zhao Zhi's hand fell heavily on Yan Shijun's shoulder, and he pinched it with anticipation. Zhao Zhi did not have the nicknames of Yan Shijun and Edward for the first time, which was already a bit abnormal, and now he told Yan Shijun like this, which made Edward and Yan Shijun's hearts full of doubts and incomprehension.

"Sir, those boys are all assembled, ready to go at any time" Mantou ran over with his gun, and the reinforcements had already been assembled, just waiting for Edward and Yan Shijun before they could go. Zhao Zhi's words had already made Edward and Yan Shijun feel a little bad, but they were at a loss in a hurry, and Zhao Zhi's order was unquestionable, and the matter of evacuating troops in such a division had been experienced countless times when they were in the direct company, and everyone had already been commonplace.

The Japanese army's pursuing force could appear at any time, so Zhao Zhi immediately drove away with the doubtful Edward and Yan Shijun, with half of the snipers and scouts, and the more than 300 reinforcements. At this time, there were only 200 people left on Zhao Zhi's side, 20 snipers, more than 20 scouts, the entire Bazooka squad of old artillery, 50 submachine gunners and 60 riflemen, this is all the troops left by Zhao Zhi at present. When Edward and the others left, they only took half of the machine guns with them, and Zhao Zhi still had 4 machine guns in the trenches, plus the grenadiers and machine guns captured from the Miyaki squadron, Zhao Zhi's firepower at this time was comparable to that of a Japanese brigade, but there were no mortars.

"Am I doing the right thing?" Watching the soldiers digging anti-artillery holes in the trenches, Zhao Zhi leaned on the trenches and smoked a cigarette a little absentmindedly, and Uncle Guo sat beside him. Why did Zhao Zhi have to leave with Edward with Yan Shijun, others couldn't see it, but Uncle Yan, who was as cunning as a fox, couldn't see it. In this kind of plain terrain, if the enemy has long-range fire such as mortars, if no one volunteers to stay and stop the enemy, all the people in the direct battalion will be within the range of the Japanese mortars. As long as the Japanese army used mortars to block the way of the direct battalion, and at the same time sent troops to pursue from the flank, then what was waiting for the direct battalion was only to be firmly stuck by the Japanese army or fight hard until one side was completely annihilated and finally withdrew from the battle.

Zhao Zhi only had the 300 soldiers received by Xinpingyang in his hands to use, and the 400 additional soldiers received by Leduo could not be counted on at present, and once the troops were divided, it would be very dangerous for those who stayed behind to block the enemy. Blocking the Japanese army with a numerical advantage was not a very sure thing for Zhao Zhi, who only had one trench to use, especially after the first trench had revealed their position, Zhao Zhi's trench was no longer a threat to the Japanese army with mortars.

After leaving behind, it is a life of nine deaths, and there may be a way to survive if you withdraw in advance, but not everyone can go, so Zhao Zhi sent Yan Shijun, who was trained as a successor, away, and also took soldiers from all branches of the battalion directly under him. This is something that Zhao Zhi has carefully considered, or something that Zhao Zhi has thought about a long time ago, after receiving the telegram from Wallace, Zhao Zhi had a premonition of the difficulty of this trip, so every time he sent troops, he would intentionally or unintentionally leave the best of each branch of the army to follow him. Once there is an irreversible situation, these guys who can pass on the torch from the direct battalion to the direct battalion will protect Yan Shijun and kill him, no matter what the outcome is, as long as the direct battalion can be continued.

Zhao Zhi and Uncle Guo had already discussed these things, and after repeated persuasion, Uncle Guo reluctantly agreed to Zhao Zhi's idea, after all, everyone's best thing is mountain warfare, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, the doglegs will not let Zhao Zhi have an accident. Being pursued alone is not a fatal thing for these old people in the direct company, as long as they can have a chance to escape into the mountains and forests, basically no one can catch them anymore, even the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, known as the Tiger of the Jungle.

There was a muffled sound of "bang", and the sudden sound of gunfire interrupted the small talk between Zhao Zhi and Uncle Guo, who shot Da Niu, the best sniper under Uncle Guo. "Sir, they're coming, I'll kill one of their machine gunners" The bull pulled the bolt out of the cartridge casing, and continued to lie in the trench and aim at the woods opposite. Da Niu's idea is very simple, kill a Japanese soldier on the opposite side, and their threat will be one less point, anyway, there are plenty of bullets, but it depends on whether the guys on the opposite side give themselves this chance.

"Uncle, let your people shoot freely, try to delay the time, I look at it for a few more hours, it will be dark this day, as soon as it gets dark, let's withdraw" Zhao Zhi held the telescope and observed the shadowy earthy yellow in the mountains and forests opposite. The mortars were not visible, nor were the grenadiers, and Zhao Zhi's telescope only found a light machine gun of the Japanese army, which was the one that Da Niu had just hit. The lonely muzzle of the gun pointed obliquely at the sky, the machine gunner who was shot in the head was still lying on the machine gun, and no other Japanese soldiers took over the machine gun.

As time passed, the woods became more and more yellow, and the snipers' gunfire became more and more urgent, especially the bull pulling the bolt a little faster. "Shelling, shelling" The old artillery, who had been paying attention to the movements of the Japanese troops, suddenly shouted, and the sharp whistling of the tail of a mortar shell crossing the air was still heard in mid-air. "Conceal, enter the anti-artillery hole, conceal" Zhao Zhi dragged Uncle Guo into an anti-artillery hole next to him. Zhao Zhi: The anti-artillery hole they excavated this time was different from the small hole-like pit in the past, but an anti-artillery hole that could accommodate three or five people and was protected by a corner earthen wall.

The sound of "boom" and "boom" explosions came, Zhao Zhi and the others hugged their heads and shrank in the anti-artillery hole and did not dare to show their heads, the Japanese mortars hit very accurately, and they have always been the best enemies, especially since they still have an unknown number of grenadiers. In fact, when the Japanese army launched an attack, it was such a rigid routine, first shelling and then infantry charging, and after finding that the infantry charge was frustrated, and then launching artillery bombardment, it was just such a routine over and over again, and the doglegs were no longer strangers to these.

"Come up" The Japanese artillery bombardment was a lot sparse, and the old cannon who ventured out of the anti-artillery hole shouted in the trench, and he could already see the Japanese soldiers rushing over in his sight. "Come out 10 snipers and shoot, the rest stay in the anti-artillery hole and don't move" The cunning and ferocity of the Japanese army, Zhao Zhi has been taught, he doesn't want to kill so many brothers before the battle has fully begun. There were only a dozen or so soldiers in this charge of the Japanese army, and this was not enough for the snipers to play with, and there was no need to hand over all the brothers to be bombed.

It turned out that Zhao Zhi's decision was extremely correct, and the snipers had just fired only one shot, and the sound of shells cutting through the air sounded in mid-air. "Damn" Da Niu pulled the trigger, watched the Japanese soldier in the sniper scope burst out of his chest with a stream of bloody arrows, and then carried his gun into the anti-artillery hole next to him. As soon as his front foot got into the anti-artillery hole, a cloud of smoke rose from the firing position, and if his retreat had been slower for a minute and a half, he would have been pushed out of the trench by the exploding shells.

The sound of the cannon stopped again, Zhao Zhi grabbed the old cannon that wanted to get out, and shook his head, "Don't rush out, wait" As soon as Zhao Zhi's words fell, two more explosions sounded in the trench. Lao Pao opened his mouth and looked at Zhao Zhi with a strange face, and said in his heart that this little white face really had two hits, if he hadn't pulled himself, he would have been blown up just now.

Like Zhao Zhi, there is also Sakai Kazuo, as a commander, Sakai Kazuo is not much older than Zhao Zhi, but the forehead lines on his forehead and his eyes full of wisdom make people think that he is in his 40s, at least a man with rich life experience. After the outbreak of war, Sakai was drafted into the army, and with a high degree and rich knowledge of flora and fauna, he became a second lieutenant officer in the Burmese garrison.

In 42, he pursued the expeditionary force in the jungle and laid the foundation for his promotion, and he pursued in the jungle for 2 months with an infantry squad, killing and capturing no less than 200 soldiers of the expeditionary force, and also captured a large number of materials and equipment. Later, because he captured a group of British prisoners and obtained their cipher codes, he was directly promoted to the rank of junior lieutenant by his division. For this war, Sakai never thinks who is right and who is wrong, he is just fulfilling the obligations of an officer, even if it is to raise the sword in his hand to the old and weak and women, he thinks that as long as it is necessary for war, it is something that must be done.

Sakai, who was nesting in the woods, was not only angry, but also shocked, it was an hour before he received Miyamoto's call for help, and in this short hour, the troops of several hundred people in Miyamoto's squadron turned into charred dead bodies, which was really unbelievable. Although his heart was full of disbelief, Sakai did not flinch, after all, his squadron far surpassed Miyamoto's squadron in terms of weaponry, equipment and personnel quality, so he planned to gamble that his squadron could take down the opponent's Shina army on the plain.

It's just that Sakai is annoyed that there are a lot of sharpshooters in the Shina army on the opposite side, and his own people don't dare to approach the edge of the woods at all, as long as they dare to expose their bodies to cover, they are sure that one or even a few bullets will be fired, and until no one dares to appear at the edge of the woods, the other gunners will stop shooting. Seeing that the sun was about to set, Sakai's squadron had been blocked at the edge of the woods for almost an hour, and Sakai had tried to bombard that section of the trench with mortars and grenadiers, but the effect was not ideal, it was estimated that a strong anti-artillery hole had been built in the trench, and his squadron did not have so many shells. ~