The movement of the guard company was very fast, and immediately there was a platoon of soldiers, and each infantry squad was divided into two reconnaissance groups, a group of six, and everyone went out of the position, and soon disappeared into the thick night.

Three or four kilometers away from the position of the first infantry regiment, there are a large number of little devils, a whole field infantry wing, at this time, the little devils are busy, building simple fortifications, preparing for defense on the spot.

The little devils also sent a lot of small vigilance troops, patrolling on the periphery, and the little devils were also afraid of the sneak attack of the independent division, and now, it was dark and dark all around, and if a large army appeared, the little devils would be difficult to deal with.

Although there are a lot of these little devils, they are being unfolded and have only begun to defend, and they are basically not ready for battle, and the captain of the little devil wing has sent a lot of small troops to scatter and be on guard.

A regiment of reconnaissance troops, in groups of six, all armed with Thomson submachine guns, began to get out of their positions, carefully groping their way forward, and reconnoitring the enemy situation in this area.

Everyone advanced at least two kilometers to reconnoitre, and there was no enemy situation, and the soldiers basically thought that there were no little devils in this area, when suddenly, a soldier pointed ahead and said: "Squad leader, look into the distance." ”

Looking in the direction pointed by the soldier, at least a thousand meters away, there was a little bit of fire, it was so late, it was already the second half of the night, and the place where the lights appeared in the distance could not be a village, at this time, the people had already slept.

The only possibility is that there are little devils in the army, and it seems that the scale is not small, such a large area. It could be two or three thousand little devils.

"Come with me, let's get closer and investigate, but everyone must pay attention to safety." The class leader waved his hand. With five of his own fighters, continue to scout.

Everyone and his party, taking advantage of the cover of the night, cautiously walked forward for hundreds of meters, and found a group of patrolling little devils, about a dozen little devils, all of them with 38-style rifles. One of the little devils in the lead also carried a plaster flag on his bayonet.

"Little devil, pay attention, everyone." When the squad leader saw the little devil, he immediately shouted in a low voice.

Everyone fell down one after another. Staring at the little devils in front of them, the little devils in front didn't find these soldiers, but the patrol direction of the little devils came straight to the location of the fighters.

"Squad leader. The little devil is coming towards us. We'll be spotted by the little devils right away. One of the fighters whispered.

"Attention, everyone, get ready to fight!"

The squad leader shouted in a low voice, then quietly opened the safety of his Thomson submachine gun and stared at the little devil walking over.

This patrol team of little devils did not find themselves lying in front of them at all, and they still patrolled forward unhurriedly, and the leading little devil even kicked a stone under his feet.

The little devils are getting closer and closer to the warriors.

"Call me !!"

The squad leader saw that the little devils were only a few dozen meters away from him, and the little devils obviously hadn't found themselves yet. Don't miss the opportunity, shout immediately. Holding his submachine gun and shooting at this small group of little devils.

"Da, da, da......"

The sound of intensive shooting suddenly sounded, and several other fighters, who had long been ready for battle, also followed suit, a total of six submachine guns, firing at a dozen little devils dozens of meters away.

These little devils didn't react at all, and they were immediately hit with a fatal blow and were knocked to the ground one after another.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!!"

The gunshot rang out, and more than a dozen little devils were quickly eliminated, and the squad leader immediately shouted, ordering the soldiers to retreat, this is not far from the large army of the little devils, those little devils must have heard it, in addition, there must be a patrol of devils in the vicinity, and they must retreat immediately.

After killing these dozen little devils, these warriors bent their waists and immediately ran back quickly.

Sure enough, the soldiers only ran two or three hundred meters away, and there was a team of more little devils, about twenty or thirty people, under the leadership of a little devil Jun Cao, ran here, looking at the corpse of the little devil on the ground, this devil Jun Cao was so angry that he screamed.

Due to the darkness of the night, it was impossible for these devils to see the soldiers who had run two or three hundred meters away. As soon as the gunshots rang out here, the peace in the area was immediately broken, and many patrols of the little devils heard the gunshots, and the large army of the little devils in the distance also heard the movement.

The other reconnaissance teams that were scouting nearby saw the gunshots sounding here, and they immediately began to retreat, because these reconnaissance teams also saw several patrols of little devils, as well as a large army of little devils in the distance.

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The captain of the devil wing, Junichi Ono, had already gotten off his big truck, and was looking at the surrounding little devils preparing for defense, and when he saw the little devils in a large area, he immediately felt a sense of pride in his heart, more than 3,000 little devils, in the eyes of Junichi Ono, it was completely a powerful force.

Some trucks had their lights on, some of the little devils had flashlights, and some of them even had bonfires, and the area was full of lights or fires.

Next to Junichi Ono, there was the chief of staff of the devil's wing, and the chief of staff of the devil saw that there was fire everywhere in this area, and it could be seen thousands of meters away, so he couldn't help but be a little worried: "Your Excellency, we are so obviously setting up a defensive position in this area, will it be discovered by the Chinese army." ”

Hearing this, Junichi Ono obviously didn't take the Chinese army seriously, and smiled contemptuously: "What is the Chinese army afraid of, besides, so many of us are marching along this road, I think the Chinese army should already know the way." ”

With so many little devils marching, such a long line, and big trucks, it's easy to find out the whereabouts of these little devils, and Junichi Ono also knows this, so there is no hint of concealment.

Suddenly, a faint burst of gunfire came, and when Junichi Ono heard these gunshots, his face changed slightly, because these gunshots were not the sound of his own Type 38 rifle, nor the sound of a crooked machine gun.

"Yaga! What's going on? ”

The gunshot came, and Junichi Ono immediately asked loudly.

Not long after, a little devil captain ran over and reported: "Your Excellency, one of our patrol teams has been ambushed, and all of our thirteen warriors have been shattered. ”

"Yaga! There must be a Chinese army in this area, Kuroda-kun, who immediately sent a search team to find out the situation. Jun Ono said sharply.

"Hey!"

A devil next to him, probably a captain, immediately stood upright, saluted, and then turned around and trotted all the way, sending out one of his own infantry squads to search ahead.

The position of the first infantry regiment is not far from the little devil, the two sides are about three or four kilometers apart, such a short distance, soon, the little devil will detect the situation, of course, the infantry regiment, with the return of these soldiers who reconnoiter the enemy's situation, the situation of the little devil is basically clear.

A regiment of infantry positions.

In the temporary command headquarters, the commander of the first infantry regiment frowned, because the soldiers who came back from reconnaissance brought back the news that in front of him it might be a field infantry wing of little devils, that is to say, there are more than 3,000 little devils.

"Regiment commander, there are a lot of little devils, we only have the first battalion of infantry, the second battalion and the guard company on our current position, and the number of people is far from that of the little devils." The chief of staff of a regiment said cautiously.

The task of the first infantry regiment is to block the little devils in the border towns to reinforce the Hangzhou defense line, and they have built blocking positions on this road and on the railway, the main force of the first regiment is blocking in this area, and the third battalion is blocking the little devils along the railway.

The little devils who reinforced Hangzhou along the railway on foot could only be lightly armed infantry, so there were only three battalions and one battalion of troops, and the supply and equipment of the devils could only be through the road, so it was here that the focus of the regiment's blockade.

However, even if the main force of a regiment was deployed in this area, I didn't expect that the imps would not come, and it would be the size of a wing.

The commander of the first regiment thought for a moment and said slowly: "Order the soldiers to prepare for battle, not to rest anymore, and in addition, report the situation to the brigade." ”

On the side of the little devils.

After getting the reconnaissance results, there was a Chinese army's blocking position a few kilometers in front of him, and Junichi Ono, the commander of the devil's wing, laughed, because the reconnaissance little devil came back to report that the number of people in this Chinese army's blocking position was less than the size of an infantry regiment.

In the Songhu battlefield and the Nanjing battlefield, a standard field infantry wing of the Japanese army generally swept through two or three divisions of the national army, and now, his opponent is only less than one regiment, and Ono Junichi is full of confidence.

Seeing a rare opportunity, Ono Jun was not prepared to wait for the new orders of his division and regimental headquarters, and was ready to make his own decisions, first taking the initiative to attack this Chinese army position in the distance.

In the Japanese army, there is a tradition of "disobedience", and the Japanese officers on the front line do not necessarily completely obey the orders from above, and will make their own decisions at the first opportunity.

Junichi Ono also had the same idea, and when he saw that the front was less than the size of a regiment, he immediately became high-spirited and shouted loudly: "Order all troops, move forward, prepare to attack the positions of the Chinese army in the distance, and order our artillery to prepare for artillery bombardment." ”

Junichi Ono's infantry wing consisted of three infantry battalions and a squadron of mountain artillery, armed with 12 75mm mountain guns, and it was clear that Junichi Ono was going to shell the positions of the 1st Infantry Regiment first, and then launch a large-scale attack to capture the blocking position of the 1st Regiment in a short time.

As the order was issued, a large number of little devils began to act, and the artillery squadron of the little devils also began to choose the terrain and prepare to build artillery positions.

The battle will break out immediately, the little devil is a whole field infantry wing, and the independent division is less than the size of an infantry regiment.

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The first update. (To be continued......)