Chapter 57: The 918 Incident
Today is the early morning of September 17, and the wolf group has been lurking in this mountain for several days. But the soldiers did not complain in the slightest. At this time, it was early autumn, and there were many mosquitoes, flies, snakes, and rats in the mountains, and although the officers and men had all kinds of insecticidal drugs issued to them by Tian Zheng's command to the logistics squadron, they also had a lot of pimples from mosquito bites. However, it is fortunate that these drugs have been prepared for a long time, so that there is no non-combat attrition due to mosquitoes.
The sky was just dawning, and the bright stars could still be seen on the mountains in the distance. Tian Zheng was already fully armed and sat in the open-top off-road vehicle. He was accompanied by a guard and a radioman.
As early as half an hour ago, Tian Zheng had already gathered the heads of various units, and according to the information sent by the forward reconnaissance squadron and the wolf's tooth special combat team and the historical records from memory, Tian Zheng explained the latest action plan to everyone. As for himself, he was ready to go to Shenyang first and lead the wolf's tooth special combat team to start the early battle.
Chengde is not close to Shenyang, and there are more than a dozen checkpoints on the way, all of which are guarded by soldiers. Tian Zheng took the warrant issued to him by Han Fuqu and drove all the way to the outside of Shenyang on the pretext of contacting defense.
It was already afternoon when he arrived in Shenyang, and Tian Zheng knew that the time was urgent, so he ordered the reconnaissance squadron to lie in ambush on the road leading from Tieling to Shenyang City. As for himself, he joined up with the members of the Wolf Tooth Special Combat Team.
"Have you had any ammunition supplies?" Tian Zheng asked as soon as they met.
"Report to the head of the regiment, all ammunition was replenished yesterday. The Captain of the reconnaissance squadron had already told us about the supply point yesterday. Wang Zilu reported.
"Good! There will be a fierce battle tonight. Time is urgent, and I won't explain it to you in detail. Now I'll give the order directly. Ren Biao, you take your second group and lie in ambush about 800 meters south of the Northeast Army's Beida Camp, where there is a section of the tracks of the South Manchurian Railway. There will be a small group of Japanese troops to sabotage tonight, and your task is to wait for the Japanese to blow up the railroad and kill the Japanese soldiers, but try to capture the leading officer alive. In order to ensure your safety, you can first wound the officers in charge of the team and make them lose their ability to resist before taking them alive! Qian Jin, you led three groups to ambush the favorable terrain near the second brigade of the Japanese independent garrison, and when you found signs of a large group of Japanese troops, sniped the enemy's senior commander and disrupted the enemy's planned plan. Evacuate immediately! Keep your group members safe! Wang Zilu, you lead a group, act with me at night! Do you understand? ”
"Understood!"
"Okay, two groups and three groups, you guys go to the ambush first. Zilu, you go find a few sets of military uniforms for the Northeast Army. At night, we will infiltrate the Northeast Army operation. Tian Zheng said the general plan of action to Wang Zilu, and Wang Zilu went to prepare.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, Tian Zheng and the members of the Langya group, who had already mixed into the Beida camp, heard an exceptionally loud explosion outside the barracks. The officers of the 7th Brigade of the Northeast Army, which was stationed in Beidaying, hurriedly sent people to inquire outside the barracks. But before the spies could send out, they heard a short burst of gunfire. Tian Zheng knew that this was a short point shot unique to the Bayi bar. It seems that the second group of Ren Biao has already succeeded.
The spies who sent Lu soon came back to report that a section of the South Manchurian Railway in the south had been blown up, and a team of bloodstains were found at the scene, but no body was found.
The officers of the Seventh Brigade were speculating about who had done this and what they were doing it for.
The Beida Battalion of the Northeast Army heard this strange explosion. The 2nd Brigade of the Japanese Independent Garrison also heard this expected explosion, and the captain of the 2nd Garrison Brigade, Shimamoto Shoichi, immediately led his subordinates to charge the Beida Camp with live ammunition. Qian Jin, the leader of the third group of the wolf's tooth, who was ambushed on a hillside 300 meters away from the barracks of the second garrison brigade of the Japanese army, saw the Japanese army team departing from the telescope, and Qian Jin made a few gestures behind him. At this time, it was late at night and it was dark, but these trained wolf tooth team members could clearly see Qian Jin's gestures, and immediately dispersed to find a sniper position.
Qian Jin saw the approaching Japanese troops from the binoculars, he put down the binoculars, tightened the Bayi-bar automatic rifle in his hand, he turned his head to look, and the two teammates in his three-person team next to him, who were the deputy snipers and observers, were nervously staring at the approaching Japanese troops.
Qian Jin picked up the binoculars again, and after seeing the few officers with samurai swords at their waists in front of the enemy ranks, Qian Jin made a few gestures, and the other two groups not far away responded one after another to show their understanding.
"Captain, the enemy is only two hundred meters away!" The group teammates who were observers said to Qian Jin.
"Wait. Wait until they get to the bottom of the hill and then fight! Qian Jin lowered his breath and whispered.
"Bang!" Qian Jin's gun went off. Immediately afterward, gunfire rang out from the other two groups. This is Qian Jin's explanation, adjusting the insurance of the Bayi bar to a single-shot state, which is more conducive to sniping targets.
"Captain, hit! Killed two Japanese officers! However, there was a Japanese officer who was shot in the chest and was not killed by a single hit! The real-time situation seen by the observer through the telescope was immediately reported to Qian Jin.
Qian Jin made a gesture, and the guns of the three groups were adjusted to a burst state.
"Dada!" Rapid short bursts rang out continuously. Some of the Japanese soldiers who were suddenly attacked and were about to organize a counterattack were killed by Qian Jin's three groups of short shots.
"Poof!" A bullet from the Japanese counterattack that flew out of nowhere hit the mound of dirt that Qian Jin used as a bunker, and the dust that splashed filled a small space. "Captain, the enemy is coming up from two o'clock!" The observer kept up to date on the situation.
"Withdraw!" Qian Jin decisively gave the order. The three members of the three groups of the Wolf Fang immediately bowed down and disappeared from this side of the hill.
The captain of the Second Garrison Brigade of the Japanese Kwantung Army, Shimamoto Shoichi Shaozuo, was staring at the direction of Qian Jin's three groups of ambushes at the moment and scolded, "Baga! Who would dare to attack the soldiers of my Great Japanese Empire! All of them, catch them! ”
Shimamoto Shoichi is not without heartache, as soon as the ambush began, their squadron had already lost two lieutenant squadron leaders and seriously injured one second lieutenant squad leader! The soldiers also lost half a squad! But I didn't even see a single hair of the enemy! This makes this captain embarrassed!
"Report to the captain! The enemy has retreated, we cannot find traces of the enemy's retreat route, we cannot pursue! A second lieutenant squad leader came down from the mountain and reported to Shoichi Shimamoto.
"Yaga!" Shimamoto Shoichi slapped this squad leader hard!
"It must have been those abominable Shina people who did it! Inform the troops, immediately move forward at full speed, we must go to the northern camp of the Northeast Army of the Zhina, and avenge the death of my imperial warriors! Shimamoto screamed and commanded the troops to speed up.