Chapter 68 There are many means
"Ah" The Japanese observation sentry standing on the branch of the tree fell, the bullet hole in his chest was still bleeding, this was the sixth observation sentry shot by the opposing sniper today, Watanabe's mouth was full of bitterness. His squadron belonged to the Sagawa Brigade of the 42nd Wing, and for the sake of strength, the 42nd Wing took the initiative to take on the task of serving as a rear guard unit, and Watanabe's squadron was still complete, so it was placed at the end of the entire rear line by the captain Sagawa Chiba.
Thinking that he had already shaken off those damn Thunder troops, Kazuo Watanabe thought that it would be idle to fall behind the entire wing, at least if the forward troops were intercepted by the enemy, his squadron would still be able to ensure that it would go to Singapore intact. But who would have thought that it had only been less than two days, and he had been bitten by the Thunder Pursuit Force, and the fact that he had been shot and killed by six observation sentries in one day was the best proof.
Watanabe and his men were more afraid of the Thunder Sniper than they were of the Thunder Mercenaries, and they didn't know what kind of weapon the Thunder Sniper used, not only because of the long range, but also because they couldn't hear the gunshots when they fired, and such weapons were simply invincible in mountain pursuits. "Your Excellency Nakasa, Team Araki is back, and they said they didn't find the other party's snipers." Watanabe's search team returned, and Watanabe was disappointed by the news he brought back, and the disappointed Watanabe trenches ordered the troops to be transferred, and if they didn't leave, they would be surrounded by enemy troops.
"It's not that easy to leave." Watanabe wanted to leave, but the mercenaries besieging them didn't, and the snipers who had been hiding around simply didn't care to continue to hide their figures, and fired fiercely at the soldiers of Watanabe's squadron. The two bazooka of the "boom" and "boom" mercenaries also immediately joined the battle, using mortars and grenadiers in the mountains and forests had little effect, and most of the shells that were fired out would be blocked by the canopy and change the impact point, but the bazooka, which belonged to direct fire, was amazingly lethal.
While Watanabe's squadron was ravaged by snipers, another broken rear unit of the 42nd Wing was also experiencing a killing, and more than 100 mercenaries with Garand rifles were opening a skirmish line to besiege the Japanese rearguard. The rate of fire of the Garand rifle is several times that of the Japanese 38 rifle, and the Japanese 38 rifle is too long after being equipped with a bayonet, which is very cumbersome in the jungle, and the firepower and flexibility are not as practical as the Garand.
"Coming, coming, there are dozens of them coming here." Liang Zi, who was carrying a Garand rifle, ran into a nest of bushes in three steps and two steps, and there were more than 30 mercenaries with submachine guns hidden behind the bushes. In a short time, the more than 30 Japanese soldiers mentioned by Liang Zi appeared in front of the bushes, the trap set by the submachine gunners was an inverted triangle, at the top of the triangle were two snipers, and the two edges of the triangle hid more than a dozen submachine gunners, as long as these Japanese soldiers entered the range of the submachine guns, more than 30 submachine guns burst out in an instant and the crossfire would tear them to pieces.
The Japanese soldiers who were chasing Liangzi suddenly lost their trace of the enemy, and they cautiously slowed down and carefully observed the movements around them. A few of the veterans walked at the back of the group and guarded the bushes, which would have been obscured by those who were inexperienced in the field, but they could easily escape when attacked.
"Fire" watched these frightened bird-like Japanese soldiers rub into the encirclement little by little, and the submachine gunners, who had long been unable to resist, seized the opportunity to pull the trigger, and the simultaneous fire of 30 submachine guns "Da Da" caused a metal whirlwind in the forest, and the rate of fire of the Thomson submachine gun could ensure that the mercenaries could use up a magazine with 30 rounds in less than a minute. The fire net composed of 900 submachine gun bullets made the more than 30 Japanese soldiers in the encirclement have nowhere to hide, and a large cloud of blood mist bursts out from the Japanese soldiers, and the thick smell of blood immediately spreads in the woodland.
"Ceasefire, ceasefire." The mercenaries commanding the battle raised their hands and shouted a ceasefire, pushed aside the bushes, and several mercenaries with short knives in their hands got out first, confirming that the safety of the battlefield was something that the mercenaries were repeatedly ordered to do when they were trained in the training camp, which was not only for their own safety, but also for their companions. "Clean up the battlefield and hurry up." After the mercenaries who led the team determined the safety of the battlefield, they called all the mercenaries hidden here to clean up the battlefield, and the Japanese-style 38 rifle was not used, but the grenades of the Japanese army were a good thing.
Take away the things that can be used on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, the corpses are dragged into the bushes, all the 38 rifles are tied up and hidden, and the mercenaries who ambushed the Japanese army rush into the forest like a gust of wind and disappear without a trace, this forest that still smells of blood looks like nothing has happened, but if you look closely, you can find those little blood stains on the ground. Ambushes and pursuits were happening all the time, and the 42nd Wing, which had broken off as a division, was now suffering from it, and the two squadrons assigned had lost contact.
Once upon a time, when the Fifth Division was pursuing the Nationalist troops on the Chinese battlefield, those tired and ragged Nationalist soldiers retreated in such a hurry, but now the two sides of the pursuit and retreat have changed roles. The once proud Fifth Division became the pursued, and the Japanese soldiers who volunteered to die for the emperor dragged their tired steps back in the mountains and forests, their hands holding guns were no longer strong, because the lack of supplies left their stomachs empty like bullet boxes, but these were not the root cause of their exhaustion.
Like the air they have to breathe every day, the thunder mercenaries who pursue them are everywhere, fighting on the road, stopping to rest, and camping at night. The dangers in the bushes, the bushes, and the slopes were endless, and when camping at night, the sentries of the 42nd Wing did not even dare to patrol 10 meters away from the camp for fear of being shot by the opposing side.
Just like Zhao Zhi ordered in advance, it was to chase the Japanese Fifth Division to chase down and chase mad and die, long-range sniping, strong firepower melee combat, superior force ambushes, traps and booby-traps, Zhao Zhi led 600 mercenaries to chase the Fifth Division like a tireless machine, and strangled the Japanese army by all means as much as possible. The 42nd Wing, which served as the rear guard of the Fifth Division, did not turn back to meet the mercenaries who pursued them, but the Japanese army's 38 rifles were really no match for the firepower of the mercenaries in the jungle, and the mercenaries around Zhao Zhi were best at mountain and jungle combat, and the 42nd Wing could only lose two more squadrons of troops when they turned back to meet them.
"Chase, don't stop, don't give them a chance to breathe, chase them to death." Tang Lei, who was also exhausted and panting for breath, stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, and the mercenaries under him were also tired, but the mercenaries could still carry their own weapons. "We are tired, and the Japanese army is also tired, hasn't this already chased them down? Look at this direction, this is the direction of Jingdong, you have to keep chasing, and chase these little devils to death in this mountain. ”
Tang Lei is right, the 42nd Wing has been chased away, the direction of their withdrawal has already deviated from the direction of Jingdong, the overwhelming jungle and fatigue and panic made the 42nd Wing panic and deviate from the original retreat route, and this is exactly Tang Lei's opportunity. "Send a telegram to the gentleman, ask where they are, the 42nd Wing has gone off course, and ask if the Ultimate Plan can be used against the 42nd Wing." Tang Lei said that the ultimate plan is to use poison gas, and now Tang Lei is a little disdainful of using conventional weapons to fight against the Japanese army, or poison gas comes quickly, and a large part of them can be knocked down in one go, so how much ammunition must be saved.
Zhao Zhi didn't have time to respond to Tang Lei's telegram at all, he was leading 300 mercenaries to besiege the baggage wing of the Fifth Division. If you want to chase the Fifth Division to death in the mountains of the Chanbang Plateau, it is obviously not enough to rely on pursuit or ambush alone, Zhao Zhi has to toss away their logistics and supplies first, and besieging the baggage wing is undoubtedly the best choice. It's too tiring to run and chase one by one, but as long as Zhao Zhi entangles their baggage wing, the fifth division has to follow Zhao Zhi's rhythm, far away from the baggage wing, the baggage wing is not safe, put the baggage wing in the middle of the retreating team, and the slow-moving baggage wing will slow down the retreat of the entire fifth division, Zhao Zhi not only has to suppress the Japanese army in action, but he also has to suppress them psychologically.
"Put their baggage wing over first, let's clean up the engineer wing behind the baggage wing first, their baggage team is the fat that can hook the fifth division, as long as this piece of meat is still in our sight, the fifth division will not be able to run." Not to mention the heavy casualties of the 42nd Wing and the 11th Wing of the Fifth Division, and they did not follow the command of the Fifth Division all the way, and only the 21st Wing and some baggage wing, engineer wing, and field hospital were followed by the division and regimental headquarters. Zhao Zhi's 300 mercenaries can't pack up the 21st Wing, but it is more than enough to deal with those logistics troops.
Hit and run, never stop more, the mercenaries in the pursuit battle have always behaved like this, but this time Zhao Zhi came to a different time, after the first round of attack on the engineer wing, Zhao Zhi did not order the mercenaries to retreat, but continued to increase the attack firepower, and when the support troops of the 21st wing returned, the entire engineer wing was only left with corpses and wounded. "Inform our squad in front of us to plant mines immediately." The engineer wing of the Fifth Division was gone, and Zhao Zhi had a way to hold back the Fifth Division, and mines were just one of the means.