Chapter 15 Sniper Regulations

The devil's brigade was also disturbed by the sound of gunfire from time to time that night, and most of the soldiers who harassed them did not sleep well all night. The artillerymen tried to fire a few shots, but the results were very unsatisfactory. The machine guns had also been striking at the woods and rocks that had been fired for a while, and after the heavy firearms had stopped, they did stop for about ten minutes, but as soon as the ten minutes passed, the sporadic gunfire began to sound again.

The devil Shaozo almost wondered if the mountain god on this mountain was at war with them! After dawn, His Excellency Shaozuo, who believed in ghosts and gods, reverently kowtowed three times to a big stone in front of the camp and put on a stick of incense.

He can't afford to lose the squadron on the position of the third battalion, if he allows a position that has been occupied to be lost, and a full squadron under his command is annihilated, and he, as the captain in charge of the superior, allows him to perish and does not come to the rescue, the military tribunal in Tokyo will not let him go, and what awaits him will be extremely severe punishment!

His Excellency Shao Zuo, who was in a hurry, gathered his troops early in the morning and transferred one and a half squadrons from the squadron that occupied the forward position, plus he drew two more squadrons from the main peak, to form a reinforced squadron to urgently support the Japanese position on the mountainside.

This reinforcement detachment ran into trouble on the way to the Japanese position in front of the tunnel on the mountainside when it left the main peak and rushed to the Japanese position. From time to time, cold guns and cold bullets from unknown places made the reinforcement detachment get shot from time to time. When the commander of the detachment who was forced to be anxious led the troops to pursue, he searched all over the mountains and killed two armed men wearing civilian clothes, but he paid the price of five people, which can be said to be more than worth the loss.

The detachment leader thought that he would finally be safe and sound, but he knew that it was still early to be safe! The support detachment, which had been led astray many times along the way, not only walked on the road for more than three hours when it arrived at its destination, but also shrank by more than a quarter of the strength of the support force.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were cowering in the trenches, covered in mud and staggering like dead people, the captain of the detachment, who was already angry in his heart, was furious and immediately went to the commander of this position, the squadron leader.

"Ono-kun, although the combat posture that my troops are adopting now is unsightly, it is the most powerful combat method to deal with the current battle situation. I am responsible for the lives of these warriors under my subordinates, and compared to survival, a little bit of a small section, I don't have to worry about it. All the officers and men of our squadron are very welcome to your reinforcements, and now I will explain to you the situation of the position. ”

The detachment leader, Captain Ono, really didn't expect that the squadron leader of the main squadron of this brigade would speak like this, and he had no idea of personally taking himself to visit his position. Listen to what he has to say, to explain the situation of the position to his reinforcements? How is this possible? How can the explanation be directly from the actual viewing? If it weren't for the fact that the squadron leader in front of him was a veteran of the Russo-Japanese War, almost ten years more military than him, Captain Ono would have slapped him in the face! This kind of soldier ruffian is simply disgraced by the face of the Imperial Japanese Army!

His Excellency the Squadron Leader didn't care what Captain Ono thought, but explained the shape of the position, as well as the deployment of troops and firepower on this position, and then went into a bunker to stay. If Ono hadn't led a squadron to support him, he wouldn't have run outside. The squadron leader can see that the only safe ones in the entire position are these bunkers, and the officers in the entire squadron are now all staying in the bunkers to prevent bullets, as for the troops. It is the squadron leader who assigns the squadron officers to take turns to command.

Captain Ono had just arrived, and it was not clear to him how far the situation had collapsed on this position. And the snipers on the other side or everywhere also gave Ono a lot of face, and they didn't even shoot cold guns and bullets throughout the day. Ono also organized a tentative attack, and fired at the defenders of the tunnel for most of the day, and neither side seemed to take advantage. The Japanese bombarded the entrance of a cave with artillery, and the Chinese troops in the cave also killed a Japanese second lieutenant officer and more than 20 soldiers. Three to five of the Japanese soldiers were killed when they stepped on a mine on the way to attack.

Ono can't figure this out, since the middle of the mountain road of less than 300 meters is the only way for both sides to attack and defend, within the range of rifles on both sides, how did the soldiers of the squadron easily lay mines under the guns of the Japanese army?

Gao Quan carefully aimed his gun at Captain Ono's head, and finally reluctantly shifted the target, killing a second lieutenant next to Ono with a single shot. This devil officer looked at his starry posture holding the moon and being surrounded by all devils in the middle, and at first glance he was the senior commander of this army. Although Gao Quan likes to hunt devil officers very much, he can't do this now, keep this guy, keep the two captains and officers on this position, in order to attract more devils, and the devils will not give up this position, and they will continue to send reinforcements here.

The terrain of the position in front of the tunnel is very special, there are many strange rocks, ancient trees are everywhere, and the devils have no way to invest more troops here except for blowing up the mountain, which is one or two squadrons at a time. When the three battalions of less than 500 people were put here, this position was already occupied. Now the two squadrons of the devils are combined, there are also three or four hundred people, and the number of people guarding this position is just right, Gao Quan only needs to reduce the burden on the devils regularly, so that the superior commanders of these devils can have a reason to send some reinforcements here from time to time. He can't rush the devil, in case the devil can't think about it for a while, he will directly withdraw from the front position, and his 256th regiment will be left with the devil's shells!

Based on this consideration, when Gao Quan gave orders to his snipers, he made it clear that this sniper mission was mainly to shoot devil soldiers, and shooting officers could only be at the rank of second lieutenant, not even a lieutenant, let alone a captain officer. The leader of the devil squadron has been listed as a key protection object by Gao Quan.

Seeing that the soldiers in the regiment enthusiastically signed up to participate in the snipers, and the number of people who shot devils was also rising continuously, Gao Quan's heart was also itching, and the regiment commander who couldn't help his selfish desires took a 38 big cover, changed into his own modified camouflage uniform, and quietly climbed out of the mouth of the pit to lurk, to enjoy his life as a sniper, and the head of the regiment's affairs was entrusted to Wang Dazhu, the deputy regiment commander and commander of the second battalion. Wang Dazhu once wanted to protest, but because his marksmanship was really not suitable for the difficult profession of being a sniper, and besides, the regimental commander promoted him to the deputy commander of the regiment. Only the commander of the third battalion, Qian Sixi, was a little suspicious in his heart, did this deputy regiment commander also have the right to be promoted?

After a day of fierce fighting, calm seemed to have returned to the positions of the two armies. Gao Quan held a Type 38 rifle, hid in an old tree whose branches and leaves had been cut off in half by artillery fire, and quietly observed the Japanese position, searching for his next prey.