Chapter Thirty-Six: The Comeback

Jiro Okada, who was camped ten miles away, blamed his defeat on the cunning of the Zhila army, and after an urgent report, his superiors ordered that no matter what the price was, this Gualal mountain should be taken and this road should be captured, otherwise the imperial ** team would detour several hundred kilometers to slow down the speed of the imperial ** team south. If the southward movement of the army is delayed, the plan put forward by the Japanese military department to occupy China in three months will be completely defeated, and the confidence of the Japanese emperor will be affected at that time.

The order of his boss made Jiro Okada feel the weight of his responsibility and regretted his previous underestimation of the enemy. Jiro Okada promised his boss on the phone that he would take the hill of Guaral in the shortest possible time. In order to ensure that nothing went wrong, the boss transferred two battalions of troops from nearby to support and arranged more than 30 mortars.

Jiro Okada's ranks swelled to the strength of a division, and sophisticated weapons. Overnight, Jiro Okada regained his arrogance, clamoring to take the top of Guaral before sunset.

Just as Jiro Okada was rushing to the Kualal Mountains with his troops, a major general of the Japanese army rushed over and shouted: "Okada Shosa, this is Major General Morimura Ichiro, a bacteriological research expert sent by the Great Japanese General Staff Headquarters, whose research results have always been favored by the Army General Staff Headquarters, and believe that Great Japan will play an important role in ruling China in the future."

Jiro Okada bent down and bowed his head respectfully and said: "Major General Morimura, Jiro Okada is polite, what can the Major General ask for orders, I will do my best in the future."

Ichiro Morimura said: "According to intelligence, the defenders of Mount Gualal are no longer the 105th Division of Chiang Kai-shek's First Army, but the Sichuan Army, which has traveled thousands of miles, and the Sichuan Army is known for being short and strong, and Okada Shaozo should be more careful when dealing with the Sichuan Army."

Jiro Okada said: "No wonder we were defeated yesterday, it turned out that the Sichuan army arrived, well, I will meet these dwarfs today."

Ichiro Morimura continued, "I'm here to ask Jiro Okada for help this time? ”

Jiro Okada said, "Major General, please command."

Ichiro Morimura said: "Our Great Japanese bacteria research is at a critical stage, at present we have a number of Chinese ethnic experimental sleepers in our laboratory, but I regret that there are no Sichuan people deep in the interior, they are commonly known as Sichuan rats, short, shrewd and strong, this is exactly the variety that our laboratory needs, once the test is successful on them, the whole of China will no longer have resistance, and the Greater East Asian Republic is just around the corner."

Jiro Okada said: "I already understand what the major general means, and as soon as the battle is over, we will send the prisoners." ”

Ichiro Morimura instructed, "The more the merrier, the more the merrier."

Jiro Okada bowed and saluted in farewell. With the strength of a division of the Japanese army, he rushed to the Gualar Mountains with murderous spirits.

Ichiro Morimura returned under the leadership of that young man.

On the Gualal hill position, the fighters were repairing the fortifications. The hilltop guard battalion on the opposite side of the Gualal hill is also repairing fortifications. It's quiet on the battlefield, and it's quiet on the road down the hill.

Deng Rulong sat on the chair of the command post and closed his eyes to recuperate, his eyes trembled slightly, he suddenly opened his eyes, and ordered: "Notify the soldiers on the position to prepare for battle!" ”

The orderly soldier was surprised: "Report to the division commander, the devil hasn't come up yet."

Deng Rulong said: There are devils' cars driving over, let the soldiers prepare."

The orderly hurriedly ran to the position, holding the flag in his hand and waving it over the opposite hill, the meaning of the flag: the devil is coming, ready to fight.

Soon, the sound of Japanese cars and soldiers running was heard from the road from the north. At a kilometer from the Gualal Mountains, the Japanese troops stopped. Jiro Okada stepped out of the car, stood on a high place, and took out his binoculars to observe.

Then he ordered: "The mortars advance five hundred meters, fifteen guns each, and fire at the hills on both sides." Mortar Shaozo took the order and left.

Jiro Okada continued: "The first and third battalions attack the hill on the left, and the second and fourth battalions attack the hill on the right.

The teams on both sides began to assemble and move forward.

Deng Rulong walked out of the bunker, stood at a high place in the position, took a telescope to observe the movements of the Japanese invaders, and saw from the telescope that the Japanese invaders launched dozens of mortars, and scolded: "Dogs want to destroy my entire division!" ”

Deng Rulong instructed the communicators around him: "Inform the officers and men on the position to withdraw from the position and hide in a safe area where the shells cannot be blown up and stand by, and return to the position as soon as the devil's shells stop."

The correspondent replied, "Yes."

The communicator ran away, and Deng Rulong continued to observe. The personnel around him shouted: "Division commander, let's leave quickly, the devil's shells are facing us."

Deng Rulong laughed and said: "The dog's eyesight will not be so good, and he will only fight indiscriminately."

The mortar stopped two hundred meters from the Gualar hills, and the devils began to load bombs. Jiro Okada also saw Deng Rulong observing with a telescope in the telescope, and shouted to the devil who loaded the bomb: "The target is directly aimed at the mountain and holding the telescope, it must be a big official."

Jiro Okada gave the order to open fire, and the shells immediately flew towards the hills on both sides. Wherever the shells went, there was suddenly wolf smoke and sand and gravel flying all over the sky. Deng Rulong withdrew from his position under the cover of his men.

Faced with the explosion of shells on the local positions, Jiro Okada's face once again showed an arrogant smile.

With such intensive bombardment, it is difficult for even an ant on the enemy position to survive. The bombardment of the Japanese invaders basically turned over several layers of soil on the ** position, and the newly repaired fortifications were basically blown up.

The position was bare, and not a single figure could be seen in the smoke from the explosion of shells.

After more than ten minutes of continuous bombing, Jiro Okada showed a smug look on his face, and said to himself: "Even if the steel and iron walls are difficult to block the iron hooves of the Japanese Empire advancing southward, the mantis arm of the squadron is used as a car, how can it be finished?" ”

Jiro Okada signaled to stop firing the cannon and picked up the binoculars to observe the ** position. I saw that the position was full of smoke, but I didn't see a single figure moving, I was proud in my heart, brandished my command knife, and said to the devils around me: "The Sichuan army is dead, it's dead, attack, attack!" ”

The devil climbed up the hill like an ant with a rifle. The devil who had suffered the hardships on the position crawled slowly, approaching the hilltop position step by step. At this time, there was silence in the position on the hill. It doesn't seem that there is a single figure in sight, and it feels like ** has been killed by the devil's fire.

The cautious devil gradually became bolder, and a devil Shaozo stood in front, holding a command knife and shouting to the devil who was following him: "For the holy war of the Great Japanese Empire, attack!" ”

Just as he finished shouting these words, a gunshot rang out from the position, and the bullet shot accurately into his heart. The devil Shaozuo snorted and fell to the ground. The devil behind him was suddenly startled and fell on the spot.

After waiting for a while, there was no movement on the mountain. The devil began to move again, and touched the mountain. Seeing that he was about to approach the hilltop position, a god soldier suddenly appeared on the position, machine guns, rifles, and grenades beckoned to the devil, and the devil who ran in front fell down instantly. The devils in the back quickly changed the rear team to the front team, and fled back out of the range of rifle and machine guns.

Jiro Okada was furious, brandishing his sword and shouting: "The sick man of East Asia, die, die."

Faced with the loss of soldiers, Okada Jiro took out the map and beckoned a few of his subordinates to study it carefully. If this passage is to be opened, it is necessary to end the two hilltop positions that the ** is holding on to them, otherwise the forced passage of the large army will definitely delay the time and delay the military plan to occupy China for three months. Jiro Okada felt a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, and repeated setbacks in the assault forced Jiro Okada to change his strategy.

At this time, a devil soldier ran over with the order of the corps headquarters. Jiro Okada took the order and studied it in front of him, the order was full of reproach, and the boss was annoyed that Jiro Okada had not attacked this small position for a long time, and asked Jiro Okada to take this position at noon tomorrow, otherwise he would be removed from his post and see him in court-martial.

Jiro Okada sweated on his forehead, held the command knife in both hands, and slashed at a tree next to him. Jiro Okada took out his binoculars again and looked at the mountains on either side. The scenery in the telescope moved to the area outside the position, and Jiro Okada saw a narrow ravine not far from the hill on the left, and then looked at the hill on the right, if the troops were sent behind the enemy to counterattack the position behind him, wouldn't it be a rout soon?

Okada Jiro frowned, beckoned a few Shaozuo around him to come over, and said: "The military department is very sorry for our performance, we are worthy of the honor of the Great Japanese Emperor, and now I order you to quickly take this position and buy time for the corps headquarters to quickly move south."

Several Shao Zuo instantly stood up and saluted, and said: "His Majesty the Emperor, I will never dishonor the honor of the Emperor of Japan, please give an order!" ”

Jiro Okada glanced at a few Shaozo and said: "Your Excellency Inobe led the team to copy the mountain road one mile away on the left to the back of the enemy army and wait for the opportunity to move, and Your Excellency Yamada leads the team to detour behind the enemy army from the right.

Wellside and Yamada one stand. Said: "Hi".

Jiro Okada continued: "My side launched an artillery offensive to cover your advance, and when the artillery fire stopped, it was the moment when you entered the position to deploy defenses, and you could launch an offensive and take the enemy by surprise."

In order not to attract the attention of **, Inobe and Yamada led the team back two miles before burrowing into the dense forest on the side of the road. At this time, Deng Rulong was complacent about the failure of the devil's attack just now. Deng Rulong stood in the temporary headquarters, holding the phone in his hand, and said loudly: "The devil of the dog day is nothing more than this, and he doesn't have eight heads and six arms, as long as he dares to come, I will let them go and never return."

A voice came from inside the phone and said: "Brother Rulong, don't underestimate the enemy, the devil is very cunning, if necessary, I will ask Huang Shouxin 105 Division to come and answer."

Deng Rulong said: "Commander Liu, you can rest assured, as long as I am here, the devil doesn't want to take another half a step forward."

Deng Rulong put down the phone and instructed the orderlys: "Inform you, be sure to be vigilant, seize the time to rest before the devils attack, replenish ammunition, and wait for the devils to attack the devils head-on after they launch an offensive."

The orderly stood up and saluted and said, "Yes." The orderly leaves the temporary headquarters with the password.

Deng Rulong sat on the rickety chair, closed his eyes and rested.

There was little quiet before the big war.