Chapter 50: The Decisive Battle (10)

The battle between the 11th Division and the 36th Wing first took place between the scouts of the two armies.

Because the 11th Division had to hide in the shadows, it had to send a sufficient number of reconnaissance troops.

The 9th Division had always wanted to hide its whereabouts, so although it also sent reconnaissance troops, it did not conflict with the 11th Division in terms of direction, so although the scouts on both sides were engaged in the most dangerous work, they had been doing their own things because they had no chance.

The 36th Wing of the Japanese Army entered the sniper battlefield when the 12th Division discovered the Japanese plane, and after entering the sniper battlefield, the first order issued by the wing commander Kazuo Hugi was to let the scouts expand the reconnaissance area and strive to find the 11th Division as soon as possible.

The combat mission of the two wings of the Japanese army acting alone was very simple, of which the 19th Wing was to contain the 12th Division, while the 36th Wing was to hold back the 11th Division.

In order to ensure the concealment and flexibility of the troops, the 11th Division was only equipped with 105 mm heavy mortars that could be operated separately by people, and the artillery was not carried. One of the traditions of the Sichuan soldiers is that they are especially able to walk, and they are especially able to walk mountain roads. Jiang Guangnai was worried about whether the 11th Division could keep up with the rhythm of the entire army, so he was worried that the unit would be left behind by the 10th Division because of walking, in that case, the 10th Division would need to hold on alone or not for three hours when facing the siege of the superior forces of the Japanese army.

The 10th Division, which was used as bait, was safe and sound, but the 12th Division of the Reserve Rescue Force became the primary target of the Japanese army - at least so far, Jiang Guangnai and Ouyang Yun, none of them realized that Okuichiro's target this time was neither the 10th Division nor the 12th Division, but a single person.

The officers and men of the 11th Division of the 11th Division showed a fine fighting style in this covert march, and they did not abandon the old traditions of their own units after the transformation to mechanization, and they relied on their two legs to hold their positions tightly, so that they were able to rush over as soon as the 12th Division encountered a surprise attack by the Japanese army.

Gu Changguo, the battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 11th Division, is a Sichuan student soldier with wolf's tooth blood, and the reason why he said this is because he rushed to Renqiu from Qingcheng Mountain to join the Cadet Army and was successfully selected for the wolf's tooth. And the reason why he became the commander of the reconnaissance battalion of the 11th Division was that after his Sichuan origin was known to Rao Guohua, Rao Guohua insisted on coming over to Ouyang Yun.

In the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade, Gu Changguo was just an ordinary sergeant - the rank of sergeant was indeed a bit low in the battalion of captain-level officers or even colonel-level officers, but after arriving at the reconnaissance battalion, just one month later, he replaced the original battalion commander Xiong Hao with absolute strength and began to serve as the commander of these more than 300 people.

Gu Changguo was only twenty-three years old this year, as old as Ouyang Yun, and because of this age, the brothers in the reconnaissance battalion also called him a junior commander. The little commander personally took two people to take on the reconnaissance task of a line, there was a village in the middle of this line, and his task was to confirm whether there were Japanese troops on this line through reconnaissance.

Time was pressing, the usual camouflage reconnaissance was no longer necessary, the three of them were fully armed, trotting forward all the way, among them, a young soldier named Xu Xiaoge walked in the front, Gu Changguo followed closely behind him, and the one who dragged behind was a sniper Lin Gangyong.

Brother Xu and Lin Gangyong were both brought out by Gu Changguo, among them, Brother Xu has already been out of the division, if it weren't for the recent situation being particularly weird, this group was actually led by him.

Gu Changguo's military literacy is superior, and his sense of smell is also particularly sensitive. Although Rao Guohua did not reveal anything in the daily routine meeting, he felt the crisis. Gu Changguo personally went out, and Brother Xu felt that the master was not at ease with him, and he had some opinions at first. Gu Changguo told him: Today is different from the past, I am ninety percent sure that the little devil should take action. It's not that I don't worry about you, it's really a big deal!

After the 9th Division lost its trace from the reconnaissance system of the Fourth Army, although the 11th Division also followed and disappeared into the shadows, the more this happened, the more Rao Guohua was worried that he would be ambushed by the devils. Even if the Japanese did not find any traces of the headquarters, the chance of encounters was greatly increased, so reconnaissance was important.

Brother Xu usually has a lot of respect for Gu Changguo, and he really regards him as his master, but in this matter, he doesn't think that the master really has this ability.

"Master is too careful," he said to Lin Gangyong in private.

Lin Gangyong said relatively little, perhaps it was his character traits that made Gu Changguo want to train him to be a sniper. Before Gu Changguo came, Lin Gangyong was already one of the best sharpshooters in the reconnaissance battalion, but after receiving Gu Changguo's training, he truly realized the meaning of "sharpshooter". Therefore, he is more superstitious than Brother Xu in Gu Changguo.

The 36th Wing's reconnaissance unit was larger than that of the 12th Division, and the Japanese did not dare to act alone in small units because of the geographical advantages, so the establishment specifications of the reconnaissance units they sent were all a ten-man squad.

Kazuo Shugi used to be a group leader when Yoshizu Ryosuke was the commander of the 9th Division, and he was also one of the few senior officers of the active 9th Division who were directly promoted by the former 9th Division officers. At that time, he followed Yoshizu Ryosuke to endure the hardships of the Scholar Army, which made Kazuo Huki always feel a little worried when facing the Scholar Army. Okuichiro's previous series of actions were played beautifully, and the student army was played around - at least, this is the consensus of many devils, but in the eyes of Kazuo Hugi, these are nothing, because as long as the fact that it does not cause a heavy blow to the student army, then the achievements other than that are all in vain. Lieutenant General Okuichiro personally ordered his wing to take on the task of the 11th Sniper Division, which may seem like an honor to the new wing commanders, but Kazuo Hugi felt a little trepided.

Only those who have fought with them have an impression of the strength of the cadet army -- a very deep impression: the advanced weapons of the cadet army are one thing, and the most crucial point is the tenacity of the unit. This kind of tenacity is not simply not afraid of death and dares to fight hard, but a kind of rational tenacity that knows what he is doing and how to kill the enemy to the greatest extent and preserve himself.

What the Japanese fear most is this kind of "civilized teacher".

Once bitten by a snake, he was afraid of the well rope for ten years. The 9th Division had been ambushed many times in previous battles with the Cadet Army, which is why Kazuo Huki would send a large-scale reconnaissance force so solemnly, and what he was worried about was being ambushed by the Cadet Army again.

Most of the people who have not dealt with the Cadet Army and those who do not know the establishment of the Cadet Corps will directly equate a Wing B of the Japanese Army with a division of the Cadet Army when allocating troops. Because as far as the Japanese experience goes, the Chinese warlord division-level troops are only four regiments, less than 5,000 people, while the Japanese army's B-class wing has more than 5,000 people -- even if the weapons of the student army are more advanced than those of the Japanese army, then the Japanese army will win steadily in terms of the quality of the soldiers.

Okuichiro didn't know if Lu Dao thought the same way, so he was full of confidence in this battle plan. According to the above line of thought, it is still very realistic for him to have such confidence, however, Kazuo Hughi will not and dare not think so.

The reconnaissance force sent by Kazuo Xiu Mu had a total of two squadrons, and among them, Gu Changguo was facing an elite reconnaissance team led by a second lieutenant. The squad is all composed of the 36th Wing of the military police, and Second Lieutenant Haneda Shiki has the title of the first kendo master of the 36th Wing, and before the two sides face off, even the conservative Kazuo Huki does not think that Gu Changguo will win - perhaps, he just didn't expect to meet the wolf's tooth special forces here.

Both groups of men and horses ran in quickly, and there was no intention of concealment at all, so after each side turned a small corner, the two sides met fatefully.

"Devil!" "The people of China!"

Brother Xu and a Japanese gendarme named Desert Village Du Ye suddenly saw each other, and then subconsciously raised their guns and fired. Deserted Village Du Ye's tactical literacy is also very high, he was holding the gun in both hands when he ran in, and when he raised it to shoot, from the time he found Brother Xu to the time he raised the gun to aim and pull the trigger, the time difference was no more than one second. Brother Xu's shooting speed is not faster than him, but because of the different weapons used, the movements that need to be done are simpler, so it is still his bullet. He didn't deliberately aim at all, but straightened the muzzle of the gun and pulled the trigger.

"Da Da Da!" Wei Qing's assault did not make the sound of a machine gun, and then he immediately rolled to the side and lay down. Aramura Atsuno was originally very confident in his shot, but before he could verify this confidence, he was hit by four bullets in the chest and abdomen, and he immediately lost his life.

The two devils who followed closely behind the deserted village heard the shouting and hurriedly launched their guns, but before they could flash out of the form of the deserted village, the deserted village had already been defeated. The two devils thought that there was a machine gun on the opposite side and immediately lay down, and at the same time, Haneda Zhiqu also gave the order to "lie down".

Gu Changguo was more than ten meters away from Brother Xu, and keeping this distance was to better protect Brother Xu's wings and facilitate his support. Hearing his shout, he did not lie down, but rushed up quickly, and as he rushed, he took out a grenade and put it into the grenade launcher. When the first devil to show his face was brought down, he stopped, and the second lieutenant calculated the angle and fired the grenade.

The distance between the two sides is more than 200 meters, which is the best shooting distance of the grenade carried by Gu Changguo. Soon, the grenade fell from the sky and exploded behind the deserted village.

There was a loud "boom", although Haneda Zhiqu gave the order to lie down in a timely manner, but there were still two devils who didn't have time to lie down completely, so they became the martyrs of this grenade, one of them was cut off half of his head by several shrapnel, and the other was hit by more than a dozen shrapnel because of the grenade's close explosion, and he died only before he had time to cry out in pain.