Yamamoto came to the convoy with a war knife that was burned to the point that only the iron frame remained, his heart was angry as if it was about to explode, his whole body seemed to be burned with anger, he looked at the spy team's monitoring vehicle with only a broken antenna left with blood-red eyes, and muttered: "Abe is dead!" The spy team is gone! ”

He suddenly turned around, brandished his sword, and shouted at Yoshihiko Noda, who was standing next to him:

"Attack! Offensive! Catch Xiao Xiong for me! I'm going to skin him myself! ”

Noda also seemed to be crazy, leading the devils to launch a crazy attack again. The cannonballs rained down on the village like hail, and the mushroom cloud that exploded from the explosion of the cannonballs covered the sky over Miaozhipu and could not disperse for a long time.

It was not until dawn began to appear above the hill to the east that the sound of gunfire gradually stopped. Noda led the devils to finally occupy the village, and Yamamoto followed the team to the center of the village.

At this time, because there was no sound of gunfire, except for the "crackling" sound of the still burning fire, the village was as quiet as death. Here, apart from the devils, there is not even a living person, not even a chicken or a duck alive. The Einsatzgruppen, who had been fighting with them all night, suddenly disappeared into thin air, and there was not even a single figure in sight, as if there was no one in the village at all last night. If it weren't for the bullet casings, grenade strings, and mine ropes all over the ground, the devils would have thought they had met a ghost.

Yamamoto ordered the devils to dig three feet into the ground and search the entire village and the surrounding mountains, but Xiao Xiong and his special team really disappeared without a trace.

Furious, Yamamoto ordered his men to raze Myochipai to the ground with explosives, but this is not the reason for the anger in Yamamoto's heart. Looking at the corpses of the devil soldiers lying on the ground, as well as the wounded soldiers who were still wailing, Yamamoto angrily and helplessly walked out of the village with his subordinates, and returned to Jiujiang in a gloomy manner.

Just as Yamamoto led the people out of the empty Miaozhipu, at this moment, Xiao Xiong and Gao Qixing led the special forces back to their base camp - Jiang Xinzhou.

Xiao Xiong asked Li Ran to report the battle to the theater command. The Commander's Department was very satisfied with this battle and was very gratified, because at a very difficult moment in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the whole country, the news of this victory brought by the Einsatzgruppen behind enemy lines was undoubtedly like a spring breeze, slightly blowing away a trace of gloom that hung in people's hearts. Therefore, the Ninth War Zone commended all the soldiers who participated in the battle, and said that they would immediately replenish the supplies for the Einsatzgruppen, and asked Xiao Xiong to immediately report the list of required materials.

Based on several years of experience in fighting the enemy behind enemy lines, Xiao Xiong has always considered setting up a sniper team composed of Li Minghua, Liu Junshan, and other top shooters in Li Minghua's hunter team to carry out some special tasks. However, due to the backward equipment, it is difficult to carry out some operations and some good opportunities are missed. Because the current weapons of the Hunter team members are not only good shotguns, but also some 38 large cover rifles, the usual sniper tasks can only be completed by the fighters themselves. If there were better weapons, there is no doubt that the Hunters would be a great strength.

Xiao Xiong and Gao Qixing discussed for a while, and unanimously agreed to add a sniper rifle to the list of materials reported this time. They all know that the sniper rifle is certainly precious, and there are many departments that need it, and the guerrillas who are fighting behind enemy lines like them, especially those organizations such as the military command and the central command who are fighting on the hidden front in the enemy-occupied areas, they need such a sharp weapon even more. As for whether the higher authorities will allocate it, there is no need to have too much hope. Anyway, after the fierce battle of Miaozhipu, the Einsatzgruppen also urgently needs to take a break for a while.

During the period when the Einsatzgruppen was resting in Jiangxinzhou, a major event occurred that shocked the world, and at the same time, this major event was directly related to the change in the war situation in China: the planes of the US bomber group bombed the capital Tokyo and other places!

On April 2, 1942, three days after the end of the battle between Xiao Xiong and Miaozhipu, the American aircraft carrier "Hornet" set sail from San Francisco with the crew of Colonel Doolittle, a first-class pilot of the Army Air Corps.

At 8 o'clock in the morning on April 18, the U.S. military airfield in San Francisco. With a sound from the podium "Take off!" A group of sixteen B-25 bombers led by Colonel Doolittle took off into the air, and they flew in the direction of the Ben Islands.

Two hours later, the bomber group flew over Tokyo. At this time, Tokyo is still so noisy and peaceful, and the streets are bustling with people, and it is time for lunch, and people are enjoying this peaceful life.

At this time, they heard a loud "rumble" in the air, and many people walked out of their homes, all looking up at the sky. I saw many huge planes flying from the sky, and everyone thought that this must be the air force doing flight training. Since the outbreak of the Pacific War, such scenes have been seen almost every day, so no one has paid much attention to them.

However, no one expected that just a few minutes later, tons of bombs fell from under the huge fuselage of sixteen, and these bombs fell quickly above their heads like the Grim Reaper. In an instant, the sound of loud explosions and thick smoke began to envelop the city, and the panicked crowd was everywhere, and for the first time, the whole city was filled with the smell of death.

The air raid damaged ninety buildings in Tokyo and blew up and damaged a number of factories. Although only more than 50 civilians died, the capital Tokyo was bombed by US planes, and the shock it brought to Yue himself was indeed huge, allowing the civilians to feel the war at close range for the first time, and also made them really feel that the war was not far away from them. The bombing brought to them that their unwavering will to war began to be weakened, and their belief in the victory of the war began to be shaken.

At the same time, this air raid also stimulated the low morale of the US military since the Pearl Harbor incident, and gave great encouragement to the world anti-fascist struggle in a difficult period.

After bombing the cities of Tokyo, Yokosuka, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Kobe, Doolittle successfully completed its mission. They finally flew safely over China and landed at an airport in Zhejiang Province.

In the south of the Yangtze River in mid-April, although it is the time when the grass grows and the warbler flies, the warbler sings and dances. However, at this time, the rainy season continued. At night, the clouds are thick, the rain is continuous, and the moon is dark.

Late at night on the 18th, all the US pilots withdrew to safety after being rescued by the Chinese defenders.

When they learned that the US military had bombed the mainland, the morale of all major theaters across the country was greatly boosted, and the military and civilians in Yucheng and other places also held various celebrations.

It was the first time that the mainland was bombed by the US military, and everyone from Emperor Saimoto to the leaders of the military at all levels were shocked and angry. They learned that US planes had already landed in China, and it was estimated that these planes would take off from Lishui, Quxian, and Yushan in China to bomb the mainland again. Therefore, the base camp strictly ordered the Chinese troops to immediately launch military operations, and it was necessary to quickly destroy the Chinese airfields in Zhejiang and Jiangxi, destroy the advance bases of the US bombers, and strive to destroy these damn planes, so as to ensure the absolute security of the homeland.

According to the orders of the base camp, the Chinese dispatch force quickly drew up a battle plan.

It was decided that the 13th Army of Shigeru Sawada stationed in Shanghai, the 11th Army of Anan Weiki stationed in Hankou, and the 1st Fleet of the Navy dispatched to China would take part in the operation to destroy the enemy's airfields in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and other places. Among them, Sawada Shigeru commanded five divisions, three mixed brigades, the Nara detachment, and the 17th mixed brigade of Tanigawa Masakami Yomiri, as well as some railway and aviation units. Anan Weiki commanded two divisions and four detachments, and there were also aviation units to cooperate.

The main forces of the 13th Army were concentrated on the front line of Fenghua, Shaoxing, Xiaoshan and Yuhang before May 13, and began to attack the eastern section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway on the 15th; The 11th Army concentrated on the right bank of the Ganjiang River near Nanchang before the 27th, and began to attack the western section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway on the night of the 31st.

The army attempted to attack from the east and west, open up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway line, and destroy the Chinese air force airfield in the Zhejiang-Jiangxi corridor area.

Zhejiang-Jiangxi railway is an east-west traffic artery, east from Hangzhou, intersect with Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo railway, pass through Zhuji and Jiangshan, enter Jiangxi Yushan, connect with Guinan railway in Guixi, and then go west, pass through the Poyang Plain, connect to Nanxun railway, enter Zhuzhou, Hunan through Pingxiang, and connect with the Guangdong-Hanzhou railway. There are many Chinese air bases along the route, and their strategic position is extremely important. In order for the army to fight for this line, the Third and Ninth Theaters must meet each other in an all-round way.

The main force of the Central [***] team was concentrated in the eastern section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, using the existing positions to resist one by one, delay and contain the army. Prepare for a decisive battle with the Yue army near Quzhou. In order to strengthen the strength of the Third Theater, the Military Committee of the National Political Axe successively transferred elite troops from other theaters to strengthen the Third Theater.

This is what the [***] team called the "Zhejiang-Jiangxi Battle", and the army called it the "せ" operation.

On 15 May, the 70th Division of Takayuki Uchida, the 22nd Division of Miharu Ojodo, the 116th Division of Shunjiro Takeuchi, the 15th Division of Naoji Sakai, and the Tanigawa Mixed Brigade launched an attack from Fenghua, Shangyu, Xiaoshan, and Fuyang along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway and its flanks to the southwest.

The Dachenghu Division launched an attack from the vicinity of Shangyu in the early morning of the 15th, moved south along the valley of the Cao'e River, passed through the vicinity of the Three Realms and Shengxian, and entered the Changle area on the evening of the 17th, maintaining contact with the retreating Feng Shengfa army.

The Sakai Division began its operation near Xiaoshan on the night of the 15th, encountered no major resistance, successfully crossed the Puyang River, and moved south along the left bank of the Puyang River, breaking through the resistance of some defenders on the way, and entering the northwest of Zhuji on the evening of the 17th.

The Takeuchi Junshi Division launched an attack from the northwest of Fuyang in the early morning of the 16th and advanced to the vicinity of Sinden on the evening of the 17th.

After resisting one after another, the Li Jue Group Army and the 28th Army of Taoguang in the Third Theater moved into the rear of the Yue Army for guerrillas, and the main force retreated to the east and west lines of Jinhua and Lanxi. Feng Shengfa's army was forced to retreat to the vicinity of Changle by Uchida's division, and ordered the provisional 32nd Division to occupy the high ground northwest of Changle, and the provisional 34th Division to occupy the vicinity of Geshan, south of Weishan Town, far behind; The position of the military headquarters was in the Eastern Hill, preparing to retreat to the flank.

On May 18, the main force of the army advanced to the south of Zhuji and the southwest of Shengxian County, and launched an attack on the defenders of Anhua Street. The defenders put up stubborn resistance and failed to stop the frantic onslaught of the Japanese army. The army occupied Yiwu the next day.

A few days after the start of the battle, due to the fierce offensive momentum of the Yue army, [***] retreated one after another, and a large area along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway was occupied by the Yue army. The situation on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line is very critical.