Chapter 50: The Decisive Battle
This grenade came in a strange way, which made Haneda Shiki can't help but let out a cold sweat.
Gu Changguo's reaction was so fast, so fast that this grenade seemed to have preset the direction early and hit an ambush. "Haneda-kun, there seems to be a large army of people in front of you," said a gendarme who had a good relationship with Haneda.
Haneda's face was ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "We must find out the specific size of the Chinese army, you two, go out and test it!" You cover me with machine guns, and I'm going to teach the people a lesson - give me your guns. ”
Since the Second Great Wall War, the Japanese army began to equip low-level troops with snipers and sniper rifles, and Haneda had a sniper in this squad. And Haneda now wants to overstep his authority and act as a blocker himself.
A few devils did not dare to disobey him, and the two people who were named to be tested looked at each other, and suddenly howled and then rushed out bravely, and the other two machine gun shooters pretended to have crooked their necks and swept the machine guns outward.
As soon as the machine gun went off, Brother Xu shouted to Gu Changguo: "Master, get down!" ”
Gu Changguo grinned coldly, and fired another shot quickly—another grenade flew out, but this time the target was the machine gun that came out of the bend.
The grenade flew out, and the two devils with the belief of death happened to run out of the crooked neck machine gun on the left and right, and then they discovered the enemy. About two hundred meters away from them, a man was standing motionless, and the strange muzzle of his gun was already spewing flames.
"Shoot!" The two devils cheered each other up at the same time, and then half-crouched down and raised their guns to aim and shoot. And they had just made a half-squatting posture, when their bodies were suddenly swept by a strong force, and then a sharp pain came to their brains, and the two of them fell down screaming, and they couldn't fire a single shot until they died.
After killing these two devils, Gu Changguo lay down on the spot, and almost when he just touched the ground, dozens of machine gun bullets swept over the place where he was standing just now.
Brother Xu saw a cold sweat, and Lin Gangyong's heart, who was behind them, was originally raised, and he also fell safely at this time. He was half-crouching, and was about to aim and shoot the machine gunner, when suddenly a ball of fire exploded near the machine gunner, and then the machine gun was silent. He was sighing softly, when he suddenly saw something flash, he was startled, realized that it must be the same existence as the sniper scope on his gun, and without hesitation, he pulled the safe, then took aim, and pulled the trigger.
He saw from the scope that it was the reflection of a scope, his fingers had been pulled, and then he said to himself with a little regret: It's a pity that he couldn't get a headshot!
Lin Gangyong was also confident in his marksmanship, and when he put the center of the cross on the scope to Haneda's rigid face, he thought he must have hit, but given the wind speed and distance, he might only be able to hit him in the chest or neck.
He underestimated Haneda Zhiqu's ability, Haneda Zhiqu's marksmanship is definitely not as good as him, but he has a good hand in judging the sense of danger, he originally wanted to aim at Gu Changguo to shoot, but after the machine gunner was killed, he realized something, and immediately rolled to the side, he rolled the gun in his hand, and as a result, Lin Gangyong's shot hit the scope on his gun by accident - "Bang", the scope exploded to shreds, and a few pieces of glass shards crossed his face and neck, and a few blood grooves were opened on it.
Haneda Zhiqu let out a cold sweat, he secretly shouted luck in his heart, and at the same time concluded: This should be a premeditated ambush by the Shina people, but fortunately, we are just a small army! Well, Zhilu said, the large army of the people of China should be in this direction, then, you can retreat.
Haneda Shiki, the number one kendo master of the 36th Wing, was scared away without even seeing the faces of the three of them, which is nothing, after all, their mission is not to fight, however, they brought back the wrong information, which gave Kazuo Hugi a serious deviation in his judgment later.
After receiving Haneda's report, Kazuo Shugi also believed that this was the direction in which the main force of the 11th Division was advancing. "Didn't you see the battle flag of the Chinese army? Well, they really have mastered the actions of our army, so they want to ambush us! Kazuo Hughi speculated so illogically.
The chief of staff of the 36th Wing, Captain Ji Zuojun, questioned: "If the Chinese army really wants to ambush our army, then it should not take the initiative to expose it, after all, Haneda-kun and they are just a small reconnaissance unit." ”
Kazuo Hugi said: "When the reconnaissance troops in the same direction come back, we will be able to know whether the Dao is a trick of the Zhina!" ”
Both sides sent a large number of reconnaissance troops in the same direction, and in the confrontation of reconnaissance troops, the 11th Division of Xue was a great victory, except for two squads because they boldly broke into the Japanese array and were besieged by superior forces, all six members of the team were killed, in other battles, most of the Japanese troops retreated in panic after paying a certain price of casualties, and then put a difficult problem in front of Kazuo Huki - is this really the main direction of attack of the 11th Division?
Yoshizuojun was quite unimpressed by Kazuo Huki's excessive caution. He was newly transferred to the 9th Division, so he didn't have the painful experience of his predecessors, and he only looked down on the Cadet Army. He felt that since the task of the 36th Wing was to snipe the 11th Division, when the enemy's traces were discovered, it should not hesitate to press on it and take the initiative to seek battle, so that the plan of the 11th Division to rescue the 12th Division would be frustrated.
Okuichiro did not reveal his true intentions when he assigned specific tasks, so almost all the front-line commanders of the Japanese army thought that their goal this time was to learn from the 12th Division. In this way, the combat mission of the 36th Wing became very critical and important, which also made Kazuo Sugi have to be cautious.
After Gu Changguo led his two apprentices to repel Haneda Zhiqu, he first asked Lin Gangyong to go back to report the enemy's situation, and then let Xu Xiaoge stay where he was, while he followed the retreating route of Haneda's Zhiqu team.
The reason why he did this was because of the nature of his scouts, after discovering the enemy, he had to obtain as much information as possible, then, at the very least, he had to be able to find out which enemy force or size was on the opposite side. And if you can figure out the motives of the enemy army, then it is perfect.
Gu Changguo's original plan was to catch a tongue, but fortunately, not long after following Haneda Shiki, he saw the flag of the 36th Wing, so there was no need for him to risk going deep into the front line of the enemy line to grab his tongue.
Gu Changguo soon returned to the large army, and Rao Guohua learned detailed information from him, and immediately realized that the appearance of this Japanese army was aimed at them.
"Master, what should we do next?" Two brigade commanders and several staff officers surrounded Rao Guohua, and everyone's eyes fell on his unfazed face.
"Contact the military seat first, inform them of this information, and then, according to the situation on their side, make a decision!" After careful consideration, Rao Guohua made the above decision.
Half an hour later, Jiang Guangnai replied to the telegram, in which he said that they should immediately obtain more detailed information, and if the Japanese army really only had one 36th Wing in the middle of them, then they could combine the forces of the two divisions and encircle and annihilate this part of the devils in turn.
The reason why Jiang Guangnai dared to make such a bold decision was related to the Japanese bombing they encountered.
The reason why Okuichiro dared to besiege the 12th Division with the strength of a single wing, and caused the posture of focusing on attacking the division, was to rely on the bombers on the aircraft carrier Soryu. In his mind, with bombers participating in the battle, even if the 19th Wing and the troops directly under the 18th Brigade could not inflict great damage on the 12th Division, they could at least drag it firmly in place. As long as this step is done, then the task of the 19th Wing is completed, and the next thing is up to the 6th Brigade.
Okuichiro didn't expect that the first wave of bombers led by Kuramura Atsuhime would behave so badly, and they failed to cause great damage to the 12th Division, not to mention, they even wiped out the few chariot troops on the other side. This directly led to Jiang Guangnai taking the initiative to break through and seek fighters, which caused the premature exposure of the strength of the 36th Wing.
Half an hour after Rao Guohua and Jiang Guangnai exchanged telegrams, they led their troops to launch a fierce attack on the 36th Wing's assembly area. At the same time, the 12th Division began to break through, and the direction of the breakthrough was chosen in the direction facing the 11th Division.
The battle began at ten o'clock in the morning, and at eleven o'clock, the 36th Wing, which was struggling to block the 11th Division, was violently attacked by the 12th Division from behind.
The attack of the 12th Division was more fierce than that of the 11th Division, because they had chariot troops, and in such a decisive battle in such a wide field, the presence of chariot troops was of great effect.
Kazuo Xiu Mu originally thought that he would fight a good battle, and at least hold on to the spot for three days to create an opportunity for the main force to encircle and annihilate the 12th Division, but when the 12th Division came from behind, not to mention that those were soldiers, his morale collapsed now.
His first reaction was to send a telegram to the commander of the 19th Wing, Hirao Yamado: "How did the 12th Division come out of the encirclement, and which direction are you defending?" ”
Kazuo Hugi thought that the 19th Wing was just a part of the 12th Division of the Encirclement and Annihilation. The battle order of the 19th Wing was issued together with the 36th Wing, so he thought that it was the 19th Wing that besieged the 12th Division behind him.
In the face of cross-examination by his colleagues, Yamado Heio had a bitter remark - in fact, it was not until he opened it alone that he learned that his wing was not part of the troops participating in the siege and annihilation of the 12th Division, but the whole of it. Hirao Yamado was also a newcomer to the 9th Division, but he didn't have the confidence to trap the entire 12th Division with a single wing, but fortunately, he was somewhat sure when he learned that he had the support of naval aviation. In this case, he could only trust the aviation on the Canglong aircraft carrier to the greatest extent, but now it seems that Kuramura Atsuhime has betrayed his trust. Because their bombing ended hastily, this directly allowed Jiang Guangnai to capture the fighters, and when the 12th Division began to break through to the northwest, Hirao Yamado knew that the plan to encircle and annihilate the 12th Division had failed.
By this time, he still thought that Okuichiro's real purpose was to encircle and annihilate the 12th Division.