Chapter 116: Jungle Battle

Oshiroto Sanji glanced at the blank Watanabe Masao with a helpless face, the casualties in the night attack made Watanabe Masao determined to chase down those attackers, seeing that it was almost noon, but Watanabe Masao had no intention of moving towards Mandalay at all. After the Sasaki Wing was abolished, the 22nd Division was obviously insufficient, at this time, Oshirodo Sanji would not clash with the 56th Division, according to the establishment and combat effectiveness of the 56th Division, even if there were more casualties in last night's attack, I believe that the 56th Division is still the majestic king of the jungle.

The expressions of Sanji Oshido and his officers had already been seen by Masao Watanabe, and the silence of the officers of the 22nd Division made Masao Watanabe very satisfied. The casualties in last night's attack were only a temporary defeat for the 56th Division, and it did not mean that the 56th Division would collapse. Watanabe Masao had a good plan, but the battle of the 148th Wing was delayed, leaving the rest of the 22nd and 56th Divisions crowded in the open space between the outer edge of the woodland and the road.

Finally, a soldier of the 148th Wing came out of the forest, this is a person who ran back to report the news, "Dazuo, we are surrounded in the forest by the Thunder Force's Zhina people, the number is about 1,000 people, Dashu Shaozuo, Quanben Shaozuo, Nanmu Shaosa, and Shaosa under the bridge were killed, Luyuan Shaozo was injured and had a grenade blown off an arm, and he was commanding the battle with injuries, and the troops of the Zhina people have been driven by us to the west side of the forest" The soldier who ran back to report the news drank two pots of water in a row, and then told Aihara Fearless about the battle situation in the forest.

"What about Black Mountain Shaozo? What are the three young commanders of the third wave of attacks doing? Four Shaozo were killed in battle, one was injured and commanded the battle, what were the other four Shaozo doing? "Aihara Dreadnought obviously found something unreasonable, the three waves of attacks led the command of the Shaozo officers, the 9 squadrons are 9 Shaozo officers, four were killed in battle, and one was wounded to command the battle, so what did the second wave of Black Mountain Shaozo and the third wave of three Shaozo officers do in the forest?

"I don't know" The soldier's answer made Aihara fearless fusy, and when the last round of explosions occurred, it was when the officers suffered a large number of casualties, that is, from then on, the Black Mountain Shaozo and the other three Shaozo disappeared, according to the reporter's answer, they should have been blown to pieces in the explosion.

"How so?" Dreadnoisk Aihara carefully inquired about what was happening in the soldier's forest and the situation of the battle, and based on the description of the soldier who reported it, Dreadnought Ainohara came to a conclusion. The Shina people who were surrounded by them in the forest were very proficient in jungle warfare, especially fast interspersing and ambushing, and their speed in the forest could not even catch the veterans of the Japanese army, let alone try to shoot them. The tricks of the people of China are also very skillful and weird, and those tricks and mines hidden in the grass and bushes make the Japanese troops who entered the forest unguarded and suffered a lot.

"Aihara-kun, there's not much time left for you, I see that the division commander is already a little impatient, you have to hurry up here" Yanagawa Takeshi and Aihara Dreadnought have a very good personal relationship, seeing that his friend was a little worried, so he kindly reminded him, and by the way, he showed his watch to Aihara Dreadnought, and there was indeed only 1 hour left before the four hours stipulated by the division commander Watanabe Masao.

Thinking of the appearance of the division commander when he was angry, Aihara Dreadnought couldn't help but feel irritated, "Yanagawa Jun, I'm going to let the 148th Wing out to deal with this group of Zhina Army, and the vigilance on our periphery will be entrusted to you, please" After bowing deeply to Yanagawa Takeshi, Aihara Dreadnought, who did not give up until he reached his goal, began to assemble troops with his officers, and the remaining 600 people of the 148th Wing formed the fourth wave of troops to enter the forest according to the squad, this time it was Wing Commander Aihara Dreadnought who personally commanded it.

With a swing of his knife to cut off a poisonous snake hanging from a branch, Dreadnought Aihara stopped, and after entering the forest, Dreadnought saw that the forest was far more lush than what he saw outside, and the dense foliage covered the autumn heat, making the forest look a little cold. It is no wonder that the first two groups of troops did not move for a long time after entering the forest, and it is difficult to find the enemy in such an environment, especially since the enemy they are facing is also proficient in jungle warfare.

There was a gunshot on the left side in front of the "forward", and Ainohara Dreadnought and the two squads that followed him rushed towards the gunshots, and after walking a short distance, the dense shrubs and grass branches made Ainohara Dreadnought sweat all over them, and the closer they got to the middle of the woodland, the more humid and stuffy it became. The gunfire was getting closer and closer, it was the sound of the American Thomson submachine gun, and the Daki Aihara Dauntless Nosuke commanded his squad to outflank the left, and he wanted to personally command the troops to eliminate these people.

The Japanese troops who suddenly pressed up from both flanks surprised the "Shina Army" who was shooting at the Japanese army, and then the gunfire began to move backwards rapidly, judging by the posture of wanting to get rid of the entanglement with the Japanese army. "Bite them, can't let them run" Aihara Fearless Nosuke knows the harm caused by letting go of the opponent in the jungle, and the task of the 148th Wing into the forest is to exterminate this group of Zhina army, since the opponent is divided into pieces and scattered to fight, then he can only break through the small victory into a big victory.

The speed of the opponent's retreat was far beyond Aihara Dreadnought's expectations, and before the squads he arranged on the two flanks completed the encirclement, the Shina army, which had escaped from the Japanese army in front, had quickly fled into the depths of the forest, and the speed of the retreat even Aihara Dreadnought had to secretly admire. The colorful figure of the Shina army disappeared into the depths of the jungle without a trace, and the soldiers who came over under the command of Aihara Dreadnought had to follow the traces left by the opponent when they retreated, and the crisp sound of the 38 rifle was the best signal, and before chasing far, almost 800 people had gathered around Ainohara Dreadnosuke.

"Here, here, this time there is a big fish on the bait" One hundred and ten sweepers wearing camouflage nets fell into the bushes in embarrassment, ignoring the military uniforms scratched by the bushes, and quickly moved through the bushes with standard prostrate movements. In the lush foliage, more than a dozen black holes with muzzles were hidden in it, and Yan Jiuzhang, who had a thatch in his mouth, was lying on his stomach in this bush, and there were more than a dozen machine gunners lying on his side, and the long bullet chain was already stuck on the machine gun, just waiting for the arrival of the pursuing Japanese army.

The machine gun position lined up in an arc by Yan Jiuzhang was full of murderous atmosphere, luring the enemy deep into an ambush with strong firepower, which was the specialty of the sweeping team, and both the machine gunners and the ammunition men were waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army with wide eyes. "It's coming" The lookout post hidden in the canopy of the tree threw down pebbles that represented the signal, and the waiting machine gunners were shocked and put their fingers on the trigger in wait.

Ainohara Dreadnought, who had pursued him "covertly", sensed danger and commanded his soldiers to hide on the spot to guard against possible dangers. The sudden arrival of the Japanese army made the machine gunners of the sweeping team ambushed in the bushes a little crazy, but before Yan Jiuzhang did not give an order, they still lay on the ground quietly, and Yan Jiuzhang's reaction was also beyond the expectations of the machine gunners, this lazy guy just leaned over to the walkie-talkie and whispered a few words, fortunately, they were downwind, and the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side could not hear his voice.

The gunfire in the forest suddenly became much stronger, especially in the direction behind Yan Jiuzhang and them, the gunfire of Thomson submachine guns and Japanese 38 rifles rang out together, obviously there were Japanese troops participating in the encirclement and suppression and the Chinese army was fighting. "Kill it" Dreadnought Aihara commanded his men to get up and attack, Thomson's voice was still some distance away, meaning that the ambush he judged did not exist.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were getting closer and closer to the ambush circle, Yan Jiuzhang changed his lazy color and stared at the Japanese soldiers who were rushing over, and bit the copper whistle hanging from his neck in his mouth. A long sound of "beep" came from the copper whistle in Yan Jiuzhang's mouth, and almost at the same time, the machine gunner in the ambush circle also pulled the trigger of the machine gun, and more than a dozen tongues of fire threw out of the bushes and went straight to Aihara Fearless Help.

For this ambush circle, the machine guns prepared by Iwakuzhang were very miscellaneous, including American-style Browning machine guns and light and heavy machine guns captured from the Japanese army, but in any case, machine gun fire was the enemy of the infantry, especially when Aihara Dreadnought's position was too crowded, and the machine gun became a big killer. The machine gunners, who didn't have to worry about ammunition, poured ammunition at the Japanese as much as they could, and in the dark woods, the bullets that burst out of their guns were woven into a web with dark red ballistics, a large net with the breath of death.

The sudden appearance of machine gun fire surprised Aihara Dreadnought, and he led his soldiers to lie in ambush for more than ten minutes, but he didn't find that there were enemy ambushes here, and the patience of these Chinese troops was really good. "Want to go? Will you be able to walk? Seeing that the Japanese army wanted to turn around and retreat, Yan Jiuzhang's face showed a wicked smile. There are more than 1,000 sweepers in this forest, and as long as the number of Japanese troops entering the forest does not exceed 4,000, they can only have a dead end.

The machine gun fire began to extend and fire, almost chasing the heels of Aihara Dreadnought in the plough, at least more than 200 Japanese troops were ambushed by Iwakuchi's machine gun and stayed here, and the rest of the Japanese troops also lost their fighting spirit, and followed the wing commander Ainohara Dreadnought to retreat in a swarm. "Okay, it's time for us to get on, follow the squad to pursue, don't take prisoners, don't clean up the battlefield, you must retreat immediately when you hear the signal" Yan Jiuzhang was the first to rush out of the bushes with a submachine gun and chased out, the arrogant roar kept echoing in the forest.