Chapter 1198: An Unexpected Encounter (I)

In the west of Yunnan in September, the autumn mood is beginning to appear, among the clear green of the mountains, occasionally a few red leaves, dotted with boundless green, the treetops, have been hung with wild fruits, half green and half red, under the irradiation of the morning sun, exude a pearl-like luster, the air is filled with an intoxicating atmosphere.

The convoy first galloped due west, after passing Tengchong, turned to the north, from the small town of Guyong at the junction of Yunnan and Burma, into the territory of Burma, along the way, saw a lot of convoys, full of supplies, headed for Myitkyina, on the car, there were armed escort soldiers, all at the main crossings, there are checkpoints for troops, most of them are a platoon of troops, even if Tang Qiuli's convoy passes, the inspection is also meticulous.

On both sides of the checkpoint, there are fortifications piled up with sandbags, and the muzzles of light and heavy machine guns are pointed to the middle of the road, and there is a tense atmosphere.

Ito wanted to use such unconventional means to disrupt his rear, and the Japanese Army, which had always advocated the decisive battle of the main force, was also forced to play such a method, which shows that Ito was helpless to a certain extent about the current stalemate in the Burma battlefield, but this method was a fatal danger to the independent division troops whose mechanization was quite high and depended on Cheng Dù for logistical support.

It's quite dramatic to think about, in history, the guerrilla warfare method of armed forces against the superior Japanese army was used by Ito on himself, but he chose the wrong object, Tang Qiuli, who is recognized as a guerrilla warfare master in the world, and Tang Qiuli, who was influenced by Mao Weiren's thoughts, could not be troubled by Ito's small tricks, before coming to Mogu, he had ordered Chutian's special operations detachment to be responsible for solving these small units of the Japanese army.

Tang Qiuli looked at the scenery of northern Burma outside the window, and said: "Huzi, these small units of the Japanese army that are attacking our logistics supply lines, don't look at the small number of troops, but they are extremely dangerous, from Myitkyina to Mogok, along the line of more than 1,000 miles, there are too many places that need to be protected, I think, Chutian's special operations detachment is not strong enough, should most of the troops of the guard brigade be sent?" What do you think? ”

Didn't hear an echo, Tang Qiuli turned his head to see that the mountain tiger was engrossed in observing the outside of the car, the heavy machine gun in his hand had already turned on the insurance, and he didn't notice his words at all, he "fluttered" and laughed, "Huzi, there's no need to be so nervous, right?" The small force of the Japanese army can only take advantage of the night or a lone vehicle to do it, our soldiers are strong and strong, the Japanese commander is not stupid, can he hit the muzzle of the gun? ”

Shanhu rolled his eyelids, and said sternly: "Not necessarily, judging from the size of our convoy, it is not a truck, it is full of supplies, it is a military jeep, and it is not difficult to judge that it must be an important person passing by here, when we are in the Northeast, we have no less to deal with the Kwantung Army like this, and we have to guard against the little devils." ”

Tang Qiu couldn't squeak, what the mountain tiger said was the truth, killing himself was more valuable than burning 10,000 military vehicles, and the Japanese troops who could go deep into the rear of the independent division and stir up the wind and rain should be elite, similar to the special operations detachment, at first he also disagreed with the mountain tiger arrangement, that is, from Myitkyina to Mogok, there are troop checkpoints along the way, what danger can there be.

In order to go to the front line for himself this time, Shanhu mobilized the strength of a detachment of the guard brigade, plus the special guards, which had more than 300 troops, and in addition to the original equipment, he also carried 10 mortars and 12 light and heavy machine guns, making it look like a hoplite battalion.

Originally, the mountain tiger wanted to take an armored command vehicle by himself, but Tang Qiuli was so bored that he panicked, especially after driving into northern Myanmar, the fucking road could bump people's internal organs, and he insisted on refusing, so the mountain tiger got him a modified armored car, just like this, along the way, the mountain tiger was still fully alert, and when he encountered a dangerous area, he first asked the troops to search the woods and hills on both sides, and then the convoy quickly passed guò.

Originally, according to the plan, you could reach Myitkyina tonight, but it was already in the afternoon, and the convoy arrived at the town of Savan east of Myitkyina, which is still more than half a distance away from Myitkyina.

He knew the temper of the mountain tiger, once he decided that there was danger, he would put his own safety first, and the rest, even if it was on fire, he didn't care, after taking a break in Sawan, after having lunch, he continued to hurry, what Tang Qiuli didn't know was that when Sawan, the mountain tiger found the captain of the garrison.

This guard unit is a battalion of the 7th Brigade of Tang Qiusheng's Corps, and it has not been long to Sawan, because of the attack and harassment of a small group of Japanese troops, it has only arrived here, and is responsible for the task of guarding the logistics supply line from Sawan to Myitkyina. ”

When it comes to Tang Qiuli's safety, Shanhu has never dared to take it lightly, and his years of combat career have given him a keen sense beyond ordinary people, and he feels that this road will not be peaceful, the reason is very simple, this convoy is too conspicuous, and it is very easy to become the target of a small group of Japanese troops.

This company in Sawan, that is, the reserve of the mountain tigers, once the Japanese attack was discovered, would immediately come up with reinforcements, and when they left Sawan, it was already more than three o'clock in the afternoon, and when it was more than four o'clock, the convoy drove through the foot of a mountain, and in front of it was a denser jungle, with strange rocks, trees covering the sky, and strange peaks and strange rocks, revealing a kind of danger.

The 130th Division of the Japanese Southeast Asian Dispatch Army, the leader of the first squadron of the search brigade, Captain Notani Yamaichi, took a sip of mountain spring water comfortably, and his nose twitched a few times inadvertently.

According to the operational regulations of the Japanese army's search troops, this is a violation of military regulations, and the search unit is a special establishment in the combat sequence of the Japanese army's troops, similar to the nature of a reconnaissance unit, and the Japanese soldiers who can enter the search unit must have at least three years of military experience, and must have participated in several major battles, or have killed more than five enemy soldiers with their own hands.

Therefore, the search units of the Japanese army are all veterans who have rich experience in actual combat, are skilled in individual soldiers, and are on the older side, and in their hearts, the idea of being loyal to His Majesty the Emperor and sacrificing their lives for the Japanese Empire is not as strong as those of the young Japanese soldiers, but when it comes to ferocity and murder, it is more than dozens of times.

Therefore, in the hearts of other Japanese soldiers, they hated and feared the soldiers of the search unit, calling them hooligan units or scoundrel troops, and some Japanese officers who regarded themselves as orthodox were ashamed of being transferred to the search unit, but such a unit was a place where some Japanese junior officers and soldiers flocked to it, and the reason was very simple: the search unit had been in a state of independent combat for a long time.

Without the restraint of the superiors, they can do whatever they want, although the Japanese army from high-ranking officers to low-level officers, itself has no humanity at all, brutality and murder, is their norm, but after all, there is military discipline in the constraints, and the search unit is different, just like a flock of flying vultures, but the scourge of the local people, no one cares, such a unit, loose discipline, murderous people, but many times more than other Japanese troops.

Captain Notaniyama took the initiative to ask to be transferred from other units to the search unit, even if he was demoted from deputy captain to squadron leader, he did not feel pity at all, and felt that after he was transferred to the search unit, his life was quite comfortable, and it was the most comfortable time since he joined the imperial army.

Since a week ago, Noya's squadron infiltrated the rear of the independent division with the brigade, the brigade has been separated, and Noya took his squadron of more than 180 people to the area of Sawan, burning, killing, raping and plundering, but he was so focused on harming the local people that he saw the opportunity, ambushed the transport team of the Shina people, burned a few cars, killed a few Shina soldiers, and then drilled into the mountains.

Noya was very glad for his original choice, this guy from Hokkaido fisherman, felt that he was born to do this business, in his own words, "used to holding fishing nets, going up the mountain to hunt rabbits, is also a bypass, a hundred meetings," to Notani's dissatisfaction, his squadron, never encountered a worthy target.

Just the day before yesterday, they ambushed a medical team of the Chinese army, even the wounded with doctors and nurses more than 40 people, except for the nine female nurses of the Zhina, all were killed, Noya himself, personally cut off the heads of the twelve Chinese wounded soldiers, when the Japanese soldiers laughed lewdly, tore the military uniforms of the female nurses, the unexpected happened, these nine female nurses, without hesitation, pulled the grenades hidden in their bodies.

After a loud roar, nine female nurses were crushed, and the Noya squadron also took the lives of more than 20 soldiers, which was the first time that the Noya squadron had suffered such a large casualty since it had infiltrated the enemy's rear.

Noya was so angry that he was afraid of exposing the target, so he retreated into the deep forest with the soldiers in a panic, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, and inadvertently, he broke into a small village inhabited by Burmese, so this small village with only more than 30 families became the target of the soldiers of Notani's squadron, after killing all the men, old people and children.

The young women were gathered in the open space at the edge of the village, and then they were wantonly vented on them, and then they were thrown into the burning houses and burned to ashes.

Erasing a small village from the face of the earth could not satisfy Notani, he longed for more bloody killings, but, there was no chance, a soldier respectfully ran to Noya's side, obviously, he wanted to invite His Excellency the squadron leader to taste the roasted wild boar, Noya got up lazily, and the second lieutenant squad leader sent out to reconnoiter hurriedly ran back, "Report captain, reconnaissance team, there is an important discovery!" ”

(To be continued)