The Japanese troops who participated in the Battle of Hengyang had a record of this: the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who died in the front were brought back intact and cremated in the rear.

However, by the time of the Second Hengyang Attack, most of the Hunan roads had been destroyed by the Chinese side in advance, and the Japanese army's ability to transport supplies was close to its limit, and there was no spare capacity to transport corpses from the front line.

So, you can only cut off one hand and bring it back; Later, the conditions became even worse, and only one finger could be chopped off, or even a single finger.

The reason for insisting on this ritual is to consider that the souls of Japanese officers and soldiers who died in the war can return to their hometown through this hand or a finger.

The mournful atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and the devil officer had a blue face and bloodshot eyes, staring at the corpse on the ground. But the posture is a little embarrassing, bending over and squatting.

There are terrible snipers on the opposite side, and not only is it unthinkable to retreat with corpses or ashes, but the devils who are still alive are also facing the fate of being killed.

Chop off your hands and chop off your fingers, it's possible. But for the living soldiers, there will definitely be a lingering shadow on their hearts, dying for the empire and being loyal to the emperor, but they can only let the corpses lie in the cold field.

"Ahh

The answer to the aggressor was the terrible silence and the killing intent that came silently.

Shen Chen pursed the corners of his mouth slightly, and a small dimple floated on his face. It was supposed to be a cold smile, but it changed its meaning, but fortunately no one saw it.

The barge gun was added to the wooden box, assembled into a shoulder-fired weapon, and it was placed in front of him. He was ready to continue the battle with the enemy, whether it was far, medium, or near.

"Smack!" In response to the howl of the devil, Shen Chen made the most practical response with a bullet.

The bullet pierced through the gap at the bottom of the snow-covered bushes and hit one of the devils in the head, and without even screaming, the devil fell backwards and fell.

Under the noses of the devils, a companion was shot and killed. Extreme anger is also mixed with extreme fear, where is the enemy? The enemy is in the woods ahead, in some dark hideaway, waiting for another killer to kill them one by one.

Under the frantic howl of the devil officer, the devil began to shoot frantically and charged forward.

A devil, already carried away by anger, picked up a machine gun and fired fiercely into the grove. The flesh on his face trembled with the body of the gun, and his hideous face was terrifying in the light of the muzzle flames.

But this way of venting anger is not only useless, it can even be said to be extremely stupid.

"Bang Hook", in the mixed gunshots, a bullet also flew with anger, and a blood flower burst out on the devil's chest.

The machine-gun fire stopped abruptly, and the devil fell down with anger and unwillingness, wide eyes.

The devils finally began to attack the grove, and they were not willing to abandon their armor and retreat in embarrassment, so they could only fight desperately and kill their opponents first.

Shen Chen didn't rush to shoot the devil who was doing tactical moves while rushing and constantly shooting, he set his target on the devil machine gun shooter in the back.

Not only is the machine gun threat big and the target is big, but also because it takes at least some time for the devils to rush into the woods.

Shen Chen moved quietly, stretched out the muzzle of the gun, and aimed at the fire from the machine gun, and the machine gun was dumb. But soon, another devil took a machine gun and desperately tried to provide cover for his teammates.

The devil is using his life to buy time, but for Shen Chen, pushing the bomb to load is only a matter of a second or two.

Almost fused with the surrounding snow, revealing only two brilliant eyes, Shen Chen sneered and pulled the trigger, causing the machine gun to stop firing again.

Wading through the snow and zigzags forward, the devil rushed into more than 100 meters. At this time, Shen Chen's muzzle shifted over, and he moved slowly, aiming at the earthy yellow imp.

"Smack!" A devil is trotting over his waist and preparing to pounce on the snow pack in front of him when a bullet shatters his plan.

The devil was shot and fell to the ground, and stubbornly crawled forward, dragging a bloody streak in the snow. It's just that the wound from the tumbling bullet will cause his body temperature to drop rapidly, and his strength will also decay and disappear with the flow of blood.

Shen Chen rolled over, moved several meters laterally, and once again stuck out the muzzle of a bulging tree root.

The figure of a devil is zigzags forward, and from time to time it makes tumbling and leaping movements. It's just that, in Shen Chen's eyes, this guy seems to be performing alone, which is so ridiculous.

The most important thing to shoot a moving target is to calculate the amount of advance.

Estimate the speed of the enemy's running, predict the route of the enemy's running, and even judge the enemy's movements, and then shoot the bullet in advance, not chasing the enemy, but also shooting at the edge of the enemy's body.

This is an interesting situation, as if the enemy was deliberately ramming a bullet.

The bullet flew out at a rapid pace, hitting the moving devil in less than a second. Hitting a moving target, in the end, is still a little bit of a small error, not as good as a fixed target, if you want to hit the head, hit the head, if you want to hit the torso, hit the torso.

The devil was shot in the ribs, stumbled under his feet, and reluctantly made a tactical move, and threw himself sideways into the small depression formed by the snow.

Shen Chen didn't move his position, quickly loaded the bomb, and looked for the target again.

A few devils spread out in a fan, and then attacked the grove.

Shen Chen couldn't take care of the shooting range that was too wide, so he deliberately guarded a corner. Even if two or three devils are put in, he can retreat into the depths of the forest and fight the enemy again.

Clearly, until now, the plan had been going according to his vision. But accidents always happen, although they can't change the fate of the devil.

A burst of platoon guns suddenly erupted, just behind the flanks of several devils, and two of them were knocked down in an instant. The others were also taken aback and hurriedly turned to fight.

It turned out that it was a veteran who went back to report the news, and led Liu Biao and Zhao Tie to come with a team of people.

Shen Chen was not found in the same place, Liu Biao and Zhao Tie knew that this guy must have pursued the enemy. Fortunately, he could still see Shen Chen's footprints with the faint light, so he rushed all the way.

In the distance, they heard the continuous gunshots, estimating the direction and distance, Liu Biao and Zhao Tie led people to outflank them.

Liu Biao has rich combat experience in the end, he led a large class, kept observing, quietly approached the battlefield, and suddenly launched a fierce kick on the ass of the devil who was desperately attacking the woods.

There weren't many devils left, and they were attacked by this new force on the flank, and they immediately fell into a desperate situation of being flanked by the front and back.

"Smack!" Shen Chen finally seized the opportunity and killed the last devil he faced.

When the devil heard the fierce gunshots, he was a little confused, and when he observed the situation, he was slightly more exposed, and death befell him.

Shen Chen can now withdraw and rush to support the friendly forces, and he doesn't know how many devils are left in the last few devils. But no matter how many there are, the final outcome has been decided.

The devil officer and two soldiers were desperately resisting, he screamed, held the Wang Ba lid, and shot one shot at a time.

Da Da Da ...... A string of flashing machine-gun bullets hit him in the abdomen, and he stopped shooting, barely looking up, looking at the constantly flashing firing points in front of him, as if he wanted to say a few words of morale.

Two more bullets hit the old devil, and he fell to the ground with his mouth wide open, and the blood flowed out for a long time.

Shen Chen rushed over and hit the last devil in the back with an accurate bullet, ending this long-lasting battle.

When Zhao Tie and his people arrived, only the work of cleaning the battlefield remained.

And Shen Chen was squatting next to the corpse of a devil, just put a few pieces of ocean into his pocket, and took off a bullet box, which he wore on himself as if no one was around.

"You girl-" Zhao Tie didn't see Shen Chen searching, he just wanted to count a few words because of Shen Chen's unauthorized actions, but Shen Chen smiled and threw a sheathed knife casually.

Zhao Tie stretched out his hand to take it, snorted, and finally closed his mouth.

It's not that he's been bought, it's that he thinks it's useless to say it. What's more, for Shen Chen, who has just gone through a big war, it doesn't matter if you don't encourage praise, what are you nagging about?

"Don't act like this in the future!" Zhao Tie's tone softened and said, "I know that your marksmanship is good, and you are better than a devil." But it is also very dangerous to fight alone, without the cooperation and help of comrades-in-arms. ”

Shen Chen nodded again and again, but the expression on his face did not seem to accept it all.

Zhao Tie sighed secretly and asked casually, "Has the enemy really retreated?" You've followed this far, you should be sure, right? ”

Without much thought, Shen Chen replied, "The enemy really wants to retreat, but I don't recommend pursuing. Because the enemy did not suffer from a lack of supplies, or because he had been dealt a heavy blow. ”

Zhao Tie thought for a while and said, "That's because of the mines, and the enemy doesn't have a good way to deal with it." ”

Shen Chen nodded and said, "As far as I can see, the enemy has very few sappers, and there are no too professional mine detection tools and means. ”

Zhao Tie smiled and said, "The enemy doesn't know how many mines we have planted, and they are afraid of continuous casualties. If that adds up, it's really amazing. ”

This is one of the uses of mines, it is enough to let the enemy know that there are them, and how many are they buried? Even if the enemy goes to clear mines, it slows down the enemy's pace and speed.

Shen Chen smiled and didn't say anything about shooting the livestock that the enemy used to transport.

Although the enemy's retreat is a combination of factors, it is true that mines are the main one.

At this time, Liu Biao rushed over with a few soldiers, carrying the captured guns and ammunition on their backs, and what made them most happy was the crooked machine gun.

Before he got closer, Liu Biao stretched out his thumb to Shen Chen and praised loudly: "Amazing, Da Mei." One person killed a dozen devils, if I had put it aside, I wouldn't have believed it. ”

"They were all secretly shot with cold guns." Shen Chen replied modestly: "The enemy doesn't know that I am a night owl, and with this disguise, it is not easy to find me. ”

Liu Biao laughed, walked closer, looked carefully, nodded, and said, "It's quite modest." But if you want to say that one person can kill a class of devils at a time, I'm afraid that the entire Eighth Route Army can't pick it out. Well, I haven't heard of it anyway, I don't know. ”

Shen Chen shrugged his shoulders and said, "Let's talk about how to act now." I just told Team Zhao that it is not recommended to chase the enemy. ”

Liu Biao stood from a different angle, he considered the actions of the regular troops, that is, the actions of the two companies that opened the main road and operated behind the enemy's flank.

After a deep groan, Liu Biao shook his head and said, "Company Commander Jiang will soon bring troops up, and we will pursue first, and plan for the first and second companies to intercept and block the attack." ”

Shen Chen frowned slightly, and asked uncertainly: "Will they launch such an attack on the enemy brigade, I think a flank attack or tail attack is still possible." ”

"I'm not sure either." Liu Biao paused and said, "But you must catch up, it's not that you have to fight the devil." ”

Shen Chen closed his mouth and acquiesced to Liu Biao's opinion.

"I led people in front, and the comrades of the partisans were in the back." Liu Biao seemed to see Shen Chen's doubts and took the initiative to act as a striker, "If there is really a battle, we will also try our best to distract the enemy's attention by attacking and harassing other companies." ”

As the chief officer of the guerrillas, Zhao Tie said very happily: "Although the guerrillas lack experience in frontal combat, they still have a certain combat effectiveness. Please rest assured that Platoon Commander Liu will obey the command and will not flinch. ”

After a brief discussion, Zhao Tie sent two guides to lead Liu Biao to lead the class forward. The forty or fifty guerrillas followed closely behind, in small units.

When the enemy is tired, I fight, and when the enemy retreats, I chase. This was originally one of the classic tactics of the guerrillas, and usually at the end of the sweep, or after the end of the campaign, the Eighth Route Army would mostly take the tail pursuit and interception to strike at the exhausted enemy.

Among Liu Biao's considerations, there are also the operational characteristics of the headquarters, that is, the tactics often used by their battalion and the actions they often take.

In long-term operations, each unit will develop a number of characteristics. This has to do with the character of the commander of the unit, as well as the art of command; It is related to equipment and combat experience.

Like a certain army, they are often sent to block the attack, and over time, good defense has become their specialty, and it has also become their characteristic.

For example, if the commander of the army is like a blazing fire and advocates attacking, then attacking fortifications and breaking the enemy by surprise may be the pride and specialty of this unit.

Therefore, in Liu Biao's view, it is probably not the character of the battalion commander to let the enemy retreat to the stronghold easily.

Even if you know that you can't gnaw on this hard bone, there is a good chance that you will take actions such as attacks to make the enemy bleed more and cause more trouble to the enemy.

What's more, depending on the speed of the enemy's movement and the distance to the stronghold, there will still be many opportunities to strike at the enemy.