Chapter 62: The Volcano

"Your Excellency, our forward unit was ambushed by the enemy, more than half of Yamamoto's squadron was killed, and all three squad leaders were killed." Before Sasaki's cigarette was lit, one of his combat staff officers rushed over, followed by Yamamoto Sano, the leader of the Japanese squadron who had just been ambushed by the motor. Sasaki Gozo, who is in charge of the 11th Wing, is not a good commander, this person admires the cold-blooded command of Yamashita Fengfumi the most, and many of the officers in his 11th Wing are degraded by officers, and these degraded officers are all defeated without exception.

"Your Excellency Dazuo, we were attacked by the opponent's sharpshooters as soon as we arrived at the Dead Leaf Ridge, listening to the gunshots, it should be an American firearm, there are more than 30 of them, and our soldiers were shot and killed under the Dead Leaf Ridge before they had time to be prepared." Yamamoto Sano is not a stupid person, seeing Sasaki Gozo's brows furrowed, he quickly told everything he observed, even if he was sent to a military cao by the wing captain, it was better than being hacked to death on the spot by this madman.

"Well, I know, you've worked hard, let's go down and rest first." Listening to Yamamoto Sano's words, Sasaki Wusan rarely let go of the frightened Yamamoto Sano, who immediately slipped away. "They actually have more than 30 snipers, it seems that the enemy troops on Dry Leaf Ridge are not simple." There are snipers using American guns in Thunder's mercenary unit, which is no longer news, and the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi have long since dispatched their own sniper units to participate in the encirclement and suppression, but unfortunately they were all shot and killed by Thunder's snipers one by one, even if the military headquarters transferred snipers from the Kwantung Army, it would be the same fate.

"Wing Commander, this is the information sent back by the reconnaissance plane earlier, can this be linked to the attack of Yamamoto's squadron in Dry Leaf Ridge?" There were still people in the 11th Wing, and soon there were operational staff officers who connected Yamamoto's squadron with the enemy forces discovered by the reconnaissance planes when they were ambushed. According to Yamamoto Sano, the enemy troops who ambushed them were simply waiting there, so it is entirely possible that the enemy troops discovered by the reconnaissance plane were the group that ambushed Yamamoto's squadron.

"Well, there's some truth." Although Sasaki was a little angry at the defeat of Yamamoto's squadron, he still maintained the calmness and objectivity of a wing commander when facing the enemy. "Send another squadron up to see if this group of enemy troops is only a small force or a large force, and inform the other troops to be ready to fight at any time." Most of the attacks on Yamamoto's squadron were caused by their own carelessness, and the squadron sent by Sasaki Gozo this time already knew about the existence of enemy troops, so they naturally would be more careful.

The figure of the Japanese army appeared again in the sniper scope of the motor, and it was only ten minutes after they had just ambushed the Japanese forward squadron, and the Japanese army re-sent troops to touch it in such a short time, and this reaction speed was somewhat unexpected by the motor. The Japanese troops from 400 meters away slowly moved to a position of almost 300 meters, and the motor hidden at the edge of the woodland pulled the trigger, and the motor's gunfire was the order to fire, and the snipers scattered around opened fire one after another, knocking their targets in the sniper scope to the ground.

"Report the number, and report the number yourself if you are not shot." The officer, hiding under a dead tree, shouted loudly to his soldiers, asking them to count next to each other. There were 214 people in his squadron, but only 173 people reported the number, which means that 41 people were shot just now. "41, they have 41 snipers." The Japanese officer who was hiding lowered his body, and if there was no body with more than two bullets, it means that there may be 41 snipers ambushed here.

"Eight-Grid, damn bastard." His squadron was just over 200 men, and his squadron was almost wiped out if each of the 41 snipers fired five bullets, and he deeply felt the feeling of Yamamoto Sano's attack at this time. "Yokota, you and Asakusa set up the machine guns and fire at the woodland in front." After the initial hesitation, the officer who led the command gradually regained his composure. Test the enemy's fire and position with machine guns, then bombard them with grenadiers and mortars, even the most skilled snipers are afraid of shells.

"Bang" and "Bang" two gunshots, Yokota and Asakusa, who had not yet fired at the machine guns at the order, were silent, and the bullets fired from a distance pierced their steel helmets. The officer who led the command did not believe in evil and assigned a deputy shooter to take over the machine gun, and two more bullets were fired at the "bang" and "bang", and the two assistant shooters who had just grabbed the machine gun also followed in the footsteps of being shot through their heads. The Japanese army now understood the power of the opponent's gunners, and the machine guns were there, but no one dared to fiddle with them anymore, and those who dared to touch the machine guns died.

"Boom", "Boom", "Boom" lost 6 soldiers in succession, and the Japanese squadron suppressed by the snipers finally used their grenadiers and mortars, although they could not find the exact location of the opposing snipers, but the shrapnel from the explosion of the shells could make up for all this, but only if the shells were close enough to those snipers. "Phew, phew" The dusty motor spat out the dirt in its mouth, and the Japanese grenadiers and mortars were all curved fire, and they were hidden enough that even a shooter like the motor could not hit them.

The follow-up troops sent by Sasaki Izo arrived in time, and the Japanese light and heavy machine guns began to take over the grenadiers and mortars to continue to suppress the fire, and they were relieved that the motors that had been abused by the Japanese bombardment for a while were relieved. "Damn, if you give Lao Tzu enough ammunition and a steel fortress, Lao Tzu alone can *** them all." The motor bit his lip and pulled the trigger, and the Japanese heavy machine gun shooter 300 meters away overturned on his back.

"Order the sniper squad to retreat up the hill and let the Japanese in." Seeing that there were more and more Japanese troops participating in the battle, Zhao Zhi, who was standing halfway up the mountain to watch the battle, ordered the defensive line to be retracted, and the periphery of the woodland could not effectively avoid the enemy's artillery bombardment, and the snipers could only retreat into the depths of the woodland, and the Japanese artillery would not work, which was the difference between mortar and heavy artillery fire. The successive retreats of the snipers allowed the Japanese troops to begin the pursuit, and the casualty figures of more than one and a half squadrons made the 11th Wing frenzied.

The snipers who retreated after the Japanese army caught up halfway up the mountain, and the light machine gun position that Zhao Zhi had arranged early began to fire, and the condescending Browning light machine gun could hit a firing distance of more than 800 meters, which was incomparable to the Japanese army with a feint. "It's time to hunt" The squirping sweepers roamed in the woodland, Thomson's shooting never stopped from the moment it sounded, accompanied by the sound of sniper rifle shots, and the Japanese troops who pursued into the woodland in the middle of the mountain ushered in one of the most memorable jungle pursuits they had ever had.

"Sir, the Japanese brigade has moved." A message came from the observation point on the top of the mountain, and after the defeat of two squadrons in a row, Sasaki Gozo not only sent additional troops to pursue, but also mobilized the entire wing to attack Dry Leaf Ridge. The 11th Wing moved in a big way, this is what Zhao Zhi has been looking forward to, and Zhao Zhi, who learned the news, immediately ordered the mid-mountain defense line to appropriately reduce its firepower, so that more troops of the 11th Wing could enter the woodland.

The enemy's firepower was significantly weakened, which was a good thing for the 11th Wing, especially at this time, when the woods below the mid-mountain were full of Japanese soldiers in khaki uniforms. "Ask the sappers if they've finished planting their bombs, and if they're done, arrange for them to withdraw first, then the machine guns, and finally the sniper squad." While arranging the mid-mountain position, Zhao Zhi also ordered his sappers to use the captured materials and explosives to build a defensive line, and as long as the Japanese army broke through the mid-mountain defense line, they would run head-on into the trap set by the sappers.

"Go, go" The sappers who completed the task slid down the cliff along the ropes, and the machine gunners who withdrew according to the order lined up behind the sappers, and then the cleaning team and the mercenaries beside Zhao Zhi. "Boom" "Boom" A large cloud of smoke rose continuously in the middle of the mountain, and the Japanese army had already touched the bombs planted by the sappers, leaving Zhao Zhi with little time, but Zhao Zhi was still stubborn to stay until the end to evacuate, Tang Lei's repeated persuasion did not work, and in the end he had to stay in the end and evacuate with Zhao Zhi.

"Any idea why I'm staying last?" Zhao Zhi pulled the trigger and shot all the knowledge in the chamber of the sniper rifle, and without waiting for Tang Lei to answer his inquiry, he took out a hand-thrown smoke bomb from his waist and threw it out. The red smoke rose from the top of the Dead Leaf Ridge Mountain, and when it descended to the middle of the rope, Tang Lei could already hear the roar in the air, and when he turned his head to look, four bombers had already appeared in the air.

"Our new incendiary bomb has been improved to the third generation, and it is just time to test it with the 11th Wing." Zhao Zhi ran away when he descended to the bottom of the cliff, and the mercenaries who had been evacuated earlier had already been pulled a hundred meters away to rest temporarily, and there were only a few personal guards waiting for Zhao Zhi under the cliff. "Run, keep retreating, quick." Zhao Zhi kept running past those mercenaries, he could already see the bomb drop hatch open under the belly of the bomber, who could guarantee that the bomb would be 100% accurate, or it would be better to hide farther away.

"Down" The shiny metal cylinder was dropped along the bomb bay, and the four bombers dropped a total of 16 incendiary bombs. "Boom" "Boom" The metal cylinder that exploded when it landed on the ground did not seem to be very powerful, and just when the Japanese soldiers cheered with joy, the air around the explosion point seemed to be squeezed together by an invisible force, so viscous that the mountain wind stopped. "Boom" In the next second, the air squeezed together suddenly turned into a raging fire, and the high-temperature flames of up to thousands of degrees turned the entire Dead Leaf Ridge into a real burning "volcano".