Chapter 41: Scout Warfare
"Send out scouts to scout the location of their artillery!" Wang Guorui and that Suzuki Matsutake actually gave the same order.
Wang Guorui and Suzuki Matsutake both know that if they want to defeat each other, they must first knock out each other's artillery. At present, Wang Guorui only brought an artillery battalion, that is, only eighteen artillery pieces. And all the artillery of the Japanese army also has 12 guns with a caliber of more than 70 mm, and the artillery strength of both sides is about the same, and Wang Guorui does not have an absolute advantage. Originally, Wang Guorui planned to ambush him, so that the Japanese army's artillery superiority could not be brought into play. But now that the ambush has become a blockade, it is naturally necessary to limit the enemy's artillery fire. And this is also the idea of the Japanese wing commander Suzuki Matsutake, who must defeat Wang Guorui's artillery fire.
Soon, a reconnaissance platoon of more than 30 people from Wang Guorui's reconnaissance battalion immediately began to follow the mountain road and prepare to run over from the mountain road to reconnoitre. The Japanese also sent a squad to conduct reconnaissance, preparing to run from the mountain road to the other side to reconnoiter the position of the artillery, so that their artillery could prepare to fire and destroy their artillery. This time it was actually an artillery battle, with the scouts going to scout the enemy's artillery and then striking it.
"This time, His Excellency the Wing Commander asked us to reconnoiter Taiwan's artillery, then we must find the location of their artillery this time, if we can knock out their artillery, then we will be the first credit!" The leader of the Japanese reconnaissance team said.
Soon, the Japanese army also climbed up the mountain along the mountain road, preparing to observe Wang Guorui's artillery fire from this mountain. And he had no idea that Wang Guorui's scouts were also going to their side, and an encounter was about to come.
"Japanese scouts spotted!" A Red Alert soldier from a reconnaissance platoon said.
"Everyone pay attention to concealment, this time we will eat these Japanese scouts." The reconnaissance platoon commander said.
This reconnaissance platoon commander is a natural person, so his initiative is still good, and he can immediately take advantage of the situation to make an idea to eat these Japanese scouts. And this kind of battle between scouts was also very popular in ancient times, and this kind of battle was called scout warfare in ancient times.
"Everyone prepare, the first and second squads are ready to fight, and the third squad sees the opportunity and attacks them with grenadiers!" The reconnaissance platoon commander whispered.
And when the reconnaissance platoon was ready, the Japanese did not notice them. This is also the gap in combat elements, because there are more than one-third of the Red Police soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon, so there is actually no lack of combat experience. Other units may have little combat experience due to the lack of Red Alert soldiers. However, the reconnaissance troops, as well as the special forces, the proportion of red police soldiers is very high, and the combat quality is no less than that of the Japanese army, and there is no lack of experience, because they have the red police system directly instilled in their brains.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
A series of gunshots rang out, and the Japanese army was suddenly seven or eight! And the Japanese reconnaissance team was obviously not stupid, and they quickly found cover, such as rocks or trees. To be able to become a scout, they must be the elite among the soldiers, and the Japanese army's reconnaissance team is also like this, so they naturally will not make such mistakes. They reacted very quickly, and when they found out that they had been killed, they immediately began to look for cover.
"Ba Ge Yalu, who's shooting?" The Japanese squad leader shouted.
"Call me!" Scout Platoon shouted.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The reconnaissance platoon again fired intensive fire, but this time it was less effective, killing only two or three of them. After all, the Japanese army was prepared, and these scouts were not snipers, so naturally they couldn't do one shot.
"Fight back for me! We, the Imperial Japanese Army, can't let some people discriminate against us! The Japanese squad leader shouted.
"Bang Bang Bang ......"
The Japanese also began to organize a counterattack, but with sufficient cover to protect it, the reconnaissance platoon did not lose a single person.
The two sides then opened fire on each other, but both sides were rifles, not machine guns. In this era, because light machine guns have not been popularized, even Wang Guorui does not have light machine guns here. Wang Guorui didn't know how to design light machine guns, so he couldn't equip his troops with light machine guns. As for Maxine, it is something that has been invented in this era, which can be used with the red alert system. However, the bullets of these rifles were not very lethal to the Japanese army, so there were no dead soldiers in the Japanese army. As for the reconnaissance platoon's side, there were no casualties.
"Hmph, do you think you just need to hide? Look at ours, grenadiers, ready! ”
Soon, the grenadiers of the third squad were also prepared, and this reconnaissance platoon was equipped with two reconnaissance squads and a grenadier squad, which was specially used to deal with some light weapons. With a grenadier, it works very well. The grenadier is a low-priced, but very useful thing.
"Bang bang!"
With two crisp sounds, two small shells were fired from the grenadiers and fell towards the Japanese troops.
"Boom!"
With two loud bangs, the shells exploded around the Japanese soldiers, killing more than a dozen people at once. And where did the Japanese army see this, he thought it was somewhere to open fire.
"Where is the artillery? This is a mountainous area, how can you transport artillery up casually? The squad leader of the Japanese army exclaimed.
However, another small soldier of the Japanese army said: "Squad leader, this is not like a cannon, and the power of the cannon is not so small." I suspect a grenade! ”
"What? Hand grenade? The Japanese squad leaders were also surprised.
It's not that the captain of the Japanese army doesn't have a concept, in fact, it's because grenades are no longer used in this era. Hand grenades originated in the fifteenth century, when they were used to defend castles and fortresses. However, it was later used to siege cities, and the soldiers who threw grenades were also called grenadiers. However, with the development of guns, rifles and cannons have firing distances farther and farther, and grenades have gradually withdrawn from the stage of history. And the revival of grenades, at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. However, at this time, there were still almost ten years before the Russo-Japanese War, and no one thought that grenades could have such an effect. Especially for those soldiers who have bunker protection, it works wonders.
"Do we have any grenades?" The Japanese squad leader shouted.
"Captain, no! Grenades are no longer needed! The Japanese soldier said.
"Bastard, if there are no grenades at this time, isn't that death?" The Japanese squad leader was furious.
On the other end, the reconnaissance platoon commander saw the miraculous effect of using this grenadier and immediately asked: "How many more grenades?" ”
"Report platoon commander, we still have thirty grenades!" Said the squad leader of the grenadier squad.
"Okay, smash me! What they are afraid of is our grenadiers, and we will throw them where there are many people! The reconnaissance platoon commander said.
"Boom!"
Two grenades were fired again, and five or six Japanese were killed again, apparently all of them towards a crowded area.
"Captain, let's withdraw!"
"Retreat!" The captain of the Japanese squad said.
Of course, the captain of the Japanese army knew that this was certainly not the time to fight with them. The current Japanese army is not as brainless as those Japanese soldiers in later TV dramas, even if they know that they are going to fail, they have to fight. When they find that something can't be done, they naturally have to retreat. As for what to do next, Ann also depends on the meaning of his co-captain, after all, this investigation is a failure. This time, Taiwan's resistance is obviously extraordinary, absolutely unusual!
"Platoon commander, the Japanese reconnaissance team has withdrawn!"
"So what are you waiting for? Give me chase! The reconnaissance platoon commander shouted.
Soon, the reconnaissance platoon continued to chase forward, after all, they wanted to achieve results, and then try to get back to their lives. And this Japanese reconnaissance team, which is their first target, must be cleaned up.
Soon, the two teams were chasing each other on the mountain road. From time to time, the Japanese turned around and fired, but they did not achieve any results. As for the Red Police soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon, they shot very accurately one by one, and almost killed and injured a large number of Japanese reconnaissance teams in the process of chasing.
The Japanese reconnaissance team was quickly wiped out by more than 30 people, and only a dozen or so were able to run back to the wing.
"Captain Suzuki, help!" The scout squad leader shouted.
And the reconnaissance platoon commander saw a whole wing of Japanese troops on the mountain, and suddenly felt a little terrible.
"Everyone, mark where the Japanese artillery is this time!" The scout team leader said immediately.
His soldiers immediately began to observe where the Japanese artillery were, and then hoped to observe and record the coordinates of these artillery, and finally wait for their own artillery to bombard and kill them. As long as these Japanese troops have no artillery, their destruction is almost imminent.
"Is it recorded?" The reconnaissance platoon commander said.
"I've got the record!" Said the squad leader of the reconnaissance squad.
"Okay, let's retreat quickly, otherwise we won't have fun waiting for the Japanese army to come up with a large-scale killing!" The reconnaissance platoon commander said.
Soon, the Japanese army also began to organize their troops to start going up the mountain, and they also wanted to clean up the people who were chasing and killing their scouts just now. This time, there was a squadron of Japanese troops who went up the mountain, and no matter how elite the reconnaissance platoon was, it did not dare to directly fight a squadron of Japanese troops with the strength of a platoon. They are not a special combat team, and they don't have Tanya, who is against the sky, so it is right for them to run away quickly.
Soon, the reconnaissance platoon also marked the position of the opponent's artillery, and then handed it over to the commander Wang Guorui.