Volume 1: The Battle of Songhu Chapter 8: In the Battle of the Sparrows
"Abominable"
Yan Lao Si missed the target with a shot, and he was immediately so angry that he broke the curse.
Experience told Yan Lao Si that he must decisively shift his position, if he shoots again, it is very likely that his position will be exposed, and he may not be able to lose the little Japan at that time, but it is very likely that he will be killed by the little Japan in turn, Lao Gao and Li Mu have repeatedly warned them that the marksmanship of the little Japan is not bad, and they will have to pay the price for underestimating them.
But Yan Laosi was a little unwilling, he wanted to try his luck again.
Through the crosshairs, Yan Laosi continued to lock on to the little Japanese officer, but the little Japanese officer was already alert, and hid his body to the left side of the horse's belly, and then to the right after a while, while also beating the horse and constantly spinning in place, which brought great difficulties to Yan Laosi's aim, this little Japan is cunning enough.
But Yan Laosi still has no intention of giving up the hunt.
At this time, more than a dozen Japanese cavalry had caught up and surrounded the officer in the middle, and a dozen Japanese soldiers raised their rifles on horseback and fired indiscriminately at the surrounding woods, and a few of the bullets were fired at the cypress tree where Yan Laosi was hiding, and flew over his head with a whooshing and screaming.
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Sato spun his horse in place as he freed off his horse and moved over, trying to avoid leaving the time interval for the opposing snipers to lock on and aim, until the cavalry of his squad followed, and Sato ordered them to disperse and fire on all suspicious targets in the vicinity.
The fire reconnaissance lasted several minutes, and Sato did not dare to sit up from his horse.
This little Japan never takes other people's lives seriously, but it cherishes its own lives.
"You, you, and you go to the left, a few of you, go to the right, and a few of you, go to the front, don't let go of any suspicious targets, as long as you find a living thing, no matter people or animals, you will be killed" Sato was still not at ease, and ordered more than ten cavalrymen of this squad to expand the waiting range to ensure the safety of the surroundings.
More than a dozen horsemen scattered in all directions to expand reconnaissance.
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Seeing that there were three Japanese cavalrymen coming straight towards the cypress tree where he was hiding, Yan Lao Si was a little anxious.
This hundred-year-old cypress tree has dense needles, and there are more than a dozen people hidden under the canopy, which cannot be found at all in the distance, but if you look closely, it is easy to find.
After the militia in charge of luring the enemy greeted Yan Laosi, he hid in a tree hole.
The underneath the tree hole leads directly to the tunnel, and below is the network of tunnels that extend in all directions.
The cavalry of the little Japanese was getting closer and closer, and ten meters further forward could find themselves, Yan Lao Si couldn't hold back, held his breath and aimed at the small Japanese officer in front of him and fired a shot, but still failed to hit the target, only hit the little Japanese war horse, and tore a bowl-sized blood hole in the neck of the war horse.
As soon as the gunshots rang out, the location of Yan Laosi's hiding place was revealed.
The three Japanese cavalrymen who searched for it raised their guns at the same time, and fired continuously according to the direction where Yan Laosi was hiding, and the little Japanese marksmanship was really not blown, although they had not yet found the direction where Yan Laosi was hiding, but just by virtue of the sound of gunfire, they basically judged the exact direction, and almost lost Yan Laosi.
At the same time, Japanese cavalry from several other directions roared.
Yan Laosi climbed down from the branch where he was hiding, and then plunged into the tree hole between the branches below, almost at the same time as he plunged into the tree hole, the three Japanese cavalry also arrived, one of the Japanese cavalry raised his hand, a grenade had already puffed up with green smoke and flew up, Zuihou accurately fell into the tree hole.
After the violent explosion, the hundred-year-old cypress tree suddenly burst out of the middle of the tree, and the flying sawdust sprayed out dozens of meters away, and the already dead half of the tree could no longer bear the heavy canopy, and in the piercing crunch, the old cypress tree broke off from the middle.
"Captain, there's a tunnel under the tree."
A Japanese soldier came up to inspect the broken hole of the old cypress tree, turned his head and yelled at Sato.
Sato was shocked and shouted at the Japanese soldier through gritted teeth: "Use a grenade to kill them"
Several Japanese soldiers untied the melon grenade on their waists, knocked the fuse and threw it into the black tree hole, and after a few seconds of delay, several dull explosions came from the depths of the tree hole, and then there were curling green smoke escaping from the tree hole, as for whether there were Chinese soldiers hiding in the hole, only God knows.
At this time, Jun Kono followed with a large group of cavalry, stared at Sato and said coldly: "Sato-san, now you should know, I didn't listen to the alarm, right?" ”
Sato snorted and turned his gaze away.
Although he is still not convinced, Sato must also admit that the Chinese army is more cunning than he imagined, if it wasn't for his life just now, then at this moment he would have been broken for the emperor Bixia jade, thinking of this, Sato couldn't help but look down at his beloved horse again, the war horse was still not breathing, and was lying in a pool of blood moaning.
Squatting down and touching the forehead of the war horse, Sato didn't feel sad, this war horse had been with him for more than three years, and he didn't want to block the bullet for him just after he set foot in China.
Jun Kono took out the Wang Hachi box from the holster and shot it at the forehead of Sato Warma.
After this frightening, Sato finally knew that war was not child's play, so he restrained it a lot.
After that, the cavalry continued to search and advance, and was continuously attacked by the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, but after the cavalry team learned a lesson, it did not easily divide its troops to pursue.
There was no danger along the way, and the cavalry team successfully entered the outside of Yanjia Town.
There is a small river outside Yanjia Town, and next to the small river is a large paddy field, at this time the rice in the field has matured, and the heavy rice ears are bent to the ground, a piece of golden.
Little Japan chose this time to attack Longkou, which also had a purpose.
Because a bumper rice harvest was in sight in southern Anhui, the Japanese army would be able to collect enough military rations as soon as they occupied Longkou.
Kono Jun ordered the cavalry to spread along the riverbank, strictly forbidden to trample on the farmland, and then raised the binoculars to observe the movement of the town from a distance, the town was quiet, no chickens barked, no dogs barked, and no smoke rose, Kono Jun had been on the Chinese battlefield for two years, and knew that behind this calm, there must be a murderous intention.
If he had a choice, Jun Kono really didn't want to enter the town.
But there was no way, the main task of the cavalry was to reconnoiter the battlefield, find the main force of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, and bite them to the death, so that the main force could arrive and win time for it to be encircled and annihilated.
Jun Kono lowered his binoculars and set his eyes on the squad leaders.
Sato pretended not to see it, and led his horse to the river to drink water, and the little Japan was frightened by the moment of shock just now, and he still hasn't come back to his senses.
Kono Jun had no choice, so he could only order the two squads to stay outside the town to guard, and he personally took another squad to dismount and enter the town to reconnoitre.
Immediately after entering the town, there is a torii, and it is a fork in the road immediately after passing through the torii.
Kono Jun chose the main street in the middle, and the whole squad spread out in battle formation, with an infantry group opening the way in front, an infantry group covering behind, and an infantry group and fire support team in the center to respond, and everyone was vigilant, hunched and tiptoed forward.
A grenade was smoking and suddenly thrown out of the yard on the side of the street.
Without waiting for Kono's order, dozens of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground at the same time.
After the grenade hit the ground, it bounced twice, and continued to puff out of the green smoke, a few seconds passed, and it did not explode, and more than ten seconds passed, and the smoke did not rise, but it still did not explode, Kono Jun snorted at a Japanese soldier, and the Japanese soldier had no choice but to pluck up his courage and step forward, pick up the grenade, but found that it was just a wooden lump with a fuse.
"Yagayalu." After Kono Jun saw it, he angrily threw the wooden lump aside.
At this time, an infantry team that broke into the door had completed the search for the small courtyard, and the strange thing was that there was no ghost shadow in the small courtyard, and the wooden lump just now seemed to fly out by itself, Kono Jun did not believe in evil, and personally led people to search inside and out twice, but still found nothing.
"Open the way" Kono Toshizu Zuihou could only give up and evacuate the small courtyard with the Japanese soldiers.
However, as soon as little Japan returned to the street, a grenade was thrown out of the small courtyard just now.
Including Kono Jun, all the Japanese fell to the ground again, but more than ten seconds passed, and the grenade did not explode, and after inspection, it turned out to be another wooden lump with a fuse inserted.
Annoyed, Kono Jun rushed into the small courtyard again with a small infantry group.
The gatehouse, the main house, the east wing carefully checked, still found nothing, zuihou turn to the west wing, the vigilance of the Japanese soldiers has dropped significantly, obviously, they think that this search is going to be like the one just now, there is no gain, a Japanese soldier with a bayonet grinning forward, pick the door curtain at once.
However, at this time, a person suddenly flashed out behind the door curtain, but it was a Chinese soldier, and he was still holding a bayonet with a 38 cover in his hand, and before the Japanese soldier who picked the curtain could react, the Chinese soldier stabbed and the sharp bayonet pierced into the chest of the Japanese soldier.