[Chapter 6]
Chu Yunfei, commander of the 358th Regiment of the Kuomintang Army, had just received information: A small Japanese army with secret whereabouts drove into the Japanese stronghold in four trucks. It is particularly noteworthy that this small unit of the Japanese army is all equipped with automatic weapons, and it is not a Japanese military uniform, and there is no military rank on the clothing. Colonel Chu Yunfei opened the military map in silence, thinking to himself, it's strange, what is the purpose of this well-equipped small Japanese army? It's not going to come to the West to visit the stronghold, it's a mysterious whereabouts, there must be a major action, but judging from the number of people, it doesn't seem to be a big deal.
He stared at the blank space on the map between the Japanese strongholds, the red and blue arrows that indicated the situation of friend and foe. The strongholds of the Japanese puppet army were distributed in a dotted line along the railways and highways, and the base of the Eighth Route Army was in the mountainous areas. The plains and hilly areas were dotted with guerrilla areas, including those of the Kuomintang Army and the Eighth Route Army. His eyes fell on the area around the Xiji stronghold, and he ruled out that this small Japanese army would not move along the railway to other strongholds, otherwise it would take off its pants and fart - it would take an extra hand. Just drive the truck directly, why store the car in Xiji? If this small force of Japanese troops enters the plains or hilly areas, it will never lose its trace, and his intelligence network is not dry. There may be only one left, entering the mountainous area, he was shocked in his heart, measured the straight-line distance with a slide rule, and understood in his heart that this was going to Li Yunlong. It's over, it's too late to inform him, he knows that Li Yunlong's regiment doesn't even have a radio station, and whether this kid is dead or alive this time depends on his creation. However, he believed that Li Yunlong was not easy to mess with, and it was not easy for the Japanese army, a small army of less than 100 people, to eat Li Yunlong's hard bone. Chu Yunfei, who had attended a military academy, had never heard of the theory of special operations, and it was not his fault, so he could only complain that China's military science was too backward at that time. He didn't pay much attention to this small Japanese army, but he still decided to help Li Yunlong.
He called the chief of staff and ordered: First, inform the mortar company to secretly move to the periphery of the Xiji stronghold tonight, and shoot Zhuyuan artillery according to the previously determined shooting. The target, the playground inside the stronghold, blew up the trucks first. Second, the first battalion was ordered to prepare for battle and set up an ambush at the entrance to the mountain. Hehe, if he Li Yunlong has a good appetite and swallows all these devils, I will run for nothing, he won't be able to swallow it, and I will wrap up the rest. He tied up his armed belt, wore a gun and hung up the Zhongzheng sword given by the chairman of the committee, one on the left and the other on the right. He thought: Li Yunlong is by no means willing to bow down to the chairman of the NPC National Committee in the battle sequence of the "national army" for a long time, and after the war against Japan is over, this kid will definitely make trouble.
Yamamoto Osa is leading his team on a rugged mountain road. With a blushing face, he looked at the mountains around him as he walked. At this time, no one in the team dared to talk to him, and the team members knew him, and this commander liked to take out anger on others when he was in a bad mood. The mountains in the northwest of Shanxi Province are very barren, with almost no vegetation, only a few drought-tolerant bushes, the iron-blue mountain rocks are bare, and the weathered gravel on the mountain road rattles under the feet, and it is possible to roll into the mountain stream if you are not careful. This kind of mountain is very boring, there is no grass and wild flowers, no waterfalls and springs, no birds and beasts, and there is no poetry at all. The mountain is surprisingly quiet and lifeless, and when you look up, the dangerous rocky cliffs on both sides seem to be about to squeeze down at any moment.
Yamamoto's mood is getting worse and worse, and this long-distance run seems to be going wrong everywhere. A very well-thought-out battle plan suffered setbacks at every turn in actual combat. Zhao Jiayu's battle challenged his authority in the secret service team, and although the team members didn't say anything, their expressions showed dissatisfaction. Fighting a war is like that, no matter whether your tactical command is proper or not, as long as you win, you are a hero. Otherwise, you're not fucking bullshit, and you're the target of public criticism. It's enough to think about it, a regimental headquarters and a guard platoon of the Eighth Route Army only have a total of more than 70 people, and the equipment is not as good as the equipment of the Japanese army during the Russo-Japanese War in the early 20th century. In the firefight, Yamamoto clearly felt that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was sparse, it was still very lacking in training, and its tactical command was also very primitive. It stands to reason that such an army is vulnerable. However, the Imperial Army Special Forces had more than 80 well-trained special forces, well-equipped and fiercely firepower, which was not at all an order of magnitude higher than that of the Eighth Route Army. But after a battle, more than 20 team members were lost, and two of them fell off the cliff by mistake while climbing. In particular, more than a dozen members of the former village entrance did not survive and all of them were killed.
Thinking of this, Yamamoto Kazuki trembled in distress, these special forces who are one in a hundred are the only capital for him Yamamoto to gain a foothold in the army. Although the Eighth Route Army also lost more than 50 casualties, if Li Yunlong was not captured, this operation was meaningless.
As for Li Yunlong's new wife, that country woman, Yamamoto doesn't think it's worth much at all, considering his way of thinking as a Japanese man, a man as famous as Li Yunlong will not lack women, and it is too unrealistic for you to seize his woman and use it as a bargaining chip to make it compliant, he may laugh it off and change to another woman the next day. In the war in the East, it would be unwise to use women as bargaining chips. It took a lot of effort for Yamamoto Daisa to restrain himself from cutting down the country woman, since the special team was dispatched once, he always had to give Shinozuka-kun an explanation, and this woman should be handed over to Lieutenant General Shinozuka to deal with. As for the small village called Zhaojiayu, Yamamoto didn't think about it, and all the people in the village were wiped out, and the village was burned clean with a fire.
Suddenly there was a fierce gunfire from the front. Yamamoto was stunned, the group of spearheads he sent out and his team always kept a distance of two kilometers, and it must have been that the spearmen were in trouble.
On the radio intercom, there was a call from Tatehara, the leader of the spearhead group: "Yamamoto-kun, we have been ambushed, it seems that it is the government army of China, we can still hold on, please reinforce, please reinforce." ”
Zhu Ziming, the former security officer of the Eighth Route Army, who was acting with the team, came over and said: "Mr. Dazuo, over there is Chu Yunfei's territory of the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army, he has more than 5,000 people in a reinforced regiment, and there is an artillery battalion, let's take a detour, right?" ”
Yamamoto squinted at Zhu Ziming and ignored him, he looked down on this traitor, a person who dared to betray even his own country, how could he be expected to be loyal to the imperial army?
"Report, Xiji stronghold called, they were shelled, all the cars were blown up, Tsuda Shaoza suggested that we move closer to the county seat of Ping'an." An officer reports.
Yamamoto looked ahead with a telescope and said to himself: "Mr. Chu, I've heard of the name for a long time, wouldn't it be too rude if I didn't meet you for a while today?" ”
Zhu Ziming's face turned pale and said: "Mr. Dazuo, you can't fight, with our dozens of people, can we strengthen the group with others?" ”
Yamamoto chuckled lightly, looking a little hideous: "Mr. Zhu, I don't have such a big appetite to eat a regiment of him, but I am still interested in eating his headquarters." By the way, Mr. Zhu, are you sincere in cooperating with the Imperial Army? ”
Zhu Ziming quickly calmed down: "Mr. Dazuo, there is an old Chinese saying, called 'The birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking', Mr. Dazuo shouldn't cross the river and tear down the bridge, right? ”
Yamamoto, who is well-versed in Han culture, certainly understands the meaning of Zhu Ziming's words, which is a threat. As an intelligence officer lurking beside Li Yunlong, Zhu Ziming's value was affirmed by Commander Shinozuka, and he thought that a big Zuo had no right to do anything to me. But he was wrong, his value had disappeared after the first battle of Zhao Jiayu, how could Shinozuka-kun still remember him as a little person? Yamamoto's face softened more and more, and he said kindly, "Where?" Mr. Zhu, don't get me wrong, I would very much like to believe in your loyalty to the imperial army, but you should at least confirm your loyalty, and now you will not object to being put into the battle group, right? ”
Yamamoto's face changed suddenly, and he ordered coldly: "Zhixiong-kun, Mr. Zhu has been assigned to your first combat team, he is not a guest, he is a member of the special team, and he has the right to fight like us. ”
Zhu Ziming reluctantly took out the shell gun and pulled the gun open, and said with a thorn in his words: "Mr. Dazuo is enough to give me face, I want to stop selling my life, but I don't know how to lift." ”
Yamamoto ignored Zhu Ziming's sarcasm, his whole body muscles were tense at this time, like the last blow of a leopard pounced on its prey, the bloodthirsty desire and the passion for battle made him almost cheerful, and a set of surprising and winning battle plans had been quickly formed in his mind.
"I led the 1st Combat Group to attack this commanding height, and the headquarters of the Chinese Army must be located on it. The 2nd Combat Group sneaked up on the machine-gun position, notified the spearhead group, and stood by for reinforcements to attract the fire of the Chinese army. Everyone, come on, strike! ”
The murderous operatives launched a desperate attack on opponents dozens of times larger than them......
As soon as the battle started, Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong felt the same, and they felt that something was not quite right. The Japanese in this squad reacted too quickly, and Maxine's heavy machine gun swept towards the unsuspecting devils. The group of devils reacted almost synchronously, rolling behind the rocks in different postures, and returning fire in the rolling, killing two fire points with a few short shots, leaving only two devil corpses on the mountain road, but the first battalion lost seven or eight brothers. Chu Yunfei had been fighting the Japanese army since 1937, and in the past six years, he had been too familiar with the tactics of the Japanese infantry, and he had never seen such a powerful opponent. Chu Yunfei ordered the mortar to open fire and blew up these dogs, thinking that I can't do anything about you if you hide behind the rocks? "Boom! Rumble! "**** blew up the two devils behind the rocks into the sky. Chu Yunfei smiled with satisfaction, well played, a few more shots would be almost enough.
"Boom! Rumble! "Two more explosions, this time it was not the devil who flew into the sky, but the mortar that had just been fired. Chu Yunfei's cold sweat also came down, grandma's, the devil's grenadier was like having eyes. He became furious and shouted into the telephone: "A battalion, light and heavy machine gun cover, infantry bayonets. Damn, there are still seven or eight devils left, and Lao Tzu will trample you to death in one battalion. Remember, stay alive, and I'm going to ask where this gang of devils came from. The machine guns clattered wildly, and the brethren of the first battalion pounced on them with bayonets. The gunfire behind the rock was sparse, there were no bursts of fire, only a sporadic burst of single shots, the soldiers fell, a battalion commander was killed, a bullet passed through his heart accurately, and it was his major's collar badge and officer's uniform that killed him. A terrifying agitation enveloped the attacking troops, and the soldiers retreated like a tidal wave, and the officer in charge of the battle brandished his pistol and shouted orders for the troops to continue the attack. Before he could finish speaking, a high-speed spinning projectile hit his head, and the huge impact sent him flying two meters away on his back.
In the command post, Lieutenant Colonel Lin Zhiqiang, chief of staff of the regiment, wiped a cold sweat and said to Chu Yunfei: "Tuanzao, this battle can't be fought, this is by no means an ordinary Japanese army, you see, these devils have rich experience in actual combat, and they dare to use single shots to deal with battalion-scale attacks, all of them are at the level of special shooters, and their psychological quality is extremely stable, they can make the limited ammunition play the maximum effectiveness, it's terrible!" We can't do this kind of loss-making business. ”
Chu Yunfei was using a telescope to observe the heavy machine gun position on the commanding heights opposite, several Maxine heavy machine guns and several Czech light machine guns were spewing out tongues of fire to form a crossfire and shoot condescendingly behind the rocks. Suddenly, the sound of machine guns on the opposite high ground stopped, and was replaced by the sound of bursting beans, and Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets and jacket-style combat uniforms appeared in the telescope, shooting at the machine gunners with various skillful tactical movements. In the rain of bullets, the brothers' bodies twitched as if they had been electrocuted...... In the end, it was a professional soldier, Chu Yunfei's reaction was by no means slower than those special forces, he threw away the binoculars, turned around and picked up an American-made M3-style *** and shouted: "The devil climbed up from the cliff behind!" Guard platoon, ready for battle. ”
Chu Yunfei's alertness saved his life, the mountain of the command post was more than ten meters higher than the mountain on the opposite machine gun position, Yamamoto, who had always required accurate time, missed a move this time, and the two combat groups climbed at the same time, just because the height difference between the two mountains was more than ten meters, and this side was half a beat slower, if he met a commander with a dull brain, he might be able to make up for it, but he happened to catch up with Chu Yunfei, who was quick to react, and Yamamoto failed.
That's it, half of the battle team led by Yamamoto Kazuki himself still came up, and the rest were climbing on the cliff. The guard platoon of the 358th Regiment, which was equipped with all American-made ***, rushed head-on, and the strafing shots of both sides hit the sand and rocks, half of the Japanese special agents fell, and the Kuomintang troops also lay down, and the two sides immediately used the rocks as cover to start a shootout, and the battle entered a state of confrontation. The most unfortunate thing is that the Japanese soldiers who are climbing the rock, they can't go up or down, as long as they show their heads, they will be beaten down, and Zhu Ziming, who has just been honored to be accepted into the special team, is also hanging in the air.
The shrewd Chu Yunfei had a brain move, grabbed a hand**, pulled the fire rope and waited for three or four seconds, then threw it out violently, and the hand** exploded in the air on the edge of the cliff, and the scorching and sharp shnelwood hit the two special agents, who screamed and fell into the mountain stream.
Chu Yunfei was happy and ordered: "Just do it, blow him up." ”
So more than a dozen hands exploded on the edge of the cliff, and even special forces with unique skills were hung in the air, and they were beaten. Seven or eight more people fell into the valley, Zhu Ziming was not hit by shrapnel, he was smashed down by others, and at the moment of falling, he was still thinking: It's over, I knew it was now......
Yamamoto lay behind the rocks, his muscles twitching in pain, watching these battle-hardened special forces scream and fall into the mountain stream, he had nothing to do, he hated to catch Chu Yunfei and skin him alive. But reason told him not to be emotional now. He shouted in pure Chinese: "Mr. Colonel, the name of Mr. Yamamoto Ichiki Hisashi, with all due respect, there are not many officers in your army who can be called heroes, but Mr. Chu is an exception, even our Commander Shinozuka thinks that Mr. Chu's head is worth 100,000 oceans, and it is in vain for a professional soldier to win this honor, and I sincerely admire it." In today's battle, Mr. really deserves his reputation, he can seize the fighter and turn defeat into victory, how many people can there be among the commanders of your army? ”
Chu Yunfei spoke: "Oh, your name is Yamamoto Kazuki, fortunately, fortunately." Mr. has won the award, the contemptible people are panicking, I don't have the face to see the ancestors, Your Excellency's small army of less than 100 people almost picked off my head, and I said it to make the heroes of the world laugh. ”
"Where, where, Mr. Chu is too modest, I suggest a negotiated settlement. You and I are both professional soldiers, there is no injustice or hatred, and when we meet each other on the battlefield, we are just doing our own duties as soldiers, which is really helpless. If it weren't for the war, the contemptible would be willing to make friends with someone like Mr. Chu. ”
Chu Yunfei said with a smile: "Mr. Yamamoto, you must have the capital to negotiate, and your situation at this time is worrying." I'll admit that your men have taken advantage of me at the bottom of the hill and taken out my machine-gun position, but if you want to eat one of my battalions, I'm afraid you don't have such a big appetite. You know better than I do on the mountain, and your Excellency is in a desperate situation, unless you have wings. Didn't Mr. Yamamoto want to make friends with me? Then lay down your arms and surrender, Chu guarantees the safety of your life. ”
Chief of Staff Lin Zhiqiang was a rough man, and he was impatient to hear it, so he scolded rudely: "Yamamoto, I am your ancestor, you give a happy word, surrender or not?" ”
Yamamoto was not angry at all, he said with a little reproach: "Mr. Chu, your subordinates are too uneducated, this is not good. There is an old saying in China, 'A soldier can be killed, but not humiliated', you and I are both officers, and officers have the way of talking as officers, how can they be equivalent to soldiers? Mr. Chu, I admit that I am at a disadvantage at this time, but there is one thing that Mr. Chu may not know, the soldiers under my command are all specially trained, and their combat qualities must have been understood by Mr. Chu. If you insist on fighting, it will be nothing more than a fish dying and the net will be broken, adding unnecessary bloodshed, not to mention that the terrain on the top of the mountain is narrow, and no matter how many people there are, Mr. Chu will not be able to deploy, and my special forces are all top shooters, does Mr. Chu think it is worth fighting like this? Mr. Chu is a smart man, why can't he think about negotiations? Today's battle has its own wins and losses, at best it is a draw, if each side retreats and ends the battle with dignity, I believe it will be beneficial to both sides, please Mr. Chu think twice. ”
A communications staff officer hurriedly came and handed Chu Yunfei a telegram: "According to reliable information, this enemy is the special team directly under the First Army of the Japanese Army in Shanxi, the captain Yamamoto Kazuki Daisa, the target of this sneak attack is Zhaojiayu Village, where Li Yunlong's department of the Eighth Route Army is located, Li Yunlong led his troops to break through the siege after a fierce battle, and the Japanese army massacred the villagers and set fire to the village out of revenge, and hundreds of villagers in Zhaojiayu Village did not survive. ”
The muscles in Chu Yunfei's face twitched violently a few times, and then he regained his composure. With a wave of his hand, two flamethrowers with fuel bottles ***** their backs moved up. Chu Yunfei said loudly: "Yamamoto Dazuo, there is no way out for you except to surrender unconditionally, otherwise, please teach you the taste of American *****." ”
There was silence behind the rocks, no one answering.
Chu Yunfei ordered: "Attack!" ”
The light machine gun opened fire, which was a feint, in order to attract Japanese fire. There was a sound of gunfire from behind the rock, and the machine gunner was immediately shot, and a few bullets hit the rock next to Chu Yunfei into stone powder, and the rubble was splashed on his face. The two flamethrowers had already chosen the location of the spray, and the Japanese gunfire did not stop, and the two fire dragons jumped out, and two sticky napalm crashed into the side of the rock, splashing, and the flames burned the dead corners behind the rock, and then the Japanese soldiers screamed in pain.
The commander of the guard platoon of the 358th regiment, under the leadership of the chief of staff, Lieutenant Colonel Lin Zhiqiang, pounced bravely, spitting tongues of fire, and flying over with his hands, and after an explosion, the soldiers occupied the Japanese position. Lieutenant Colonel Lin Zhiqiang was surprised to find that there were only two Japanese corpses burned to black charcoal behind the rock, and the rest were gone.
A sharp-eyed soldier spotted a rope hanging down a cliff, the rope taut in motion. He shouted, "The devils are all sliding down the rope...... and he quickly cut the rope with a knife, and a desperate scream was heard in the air, and a member of the Japanese army who finally slipped off the cliff fell headlong into the mountain stream. The three Japanese soldiers in charge of covering exchanged their lives for the breakthrough of Yamamoto Daisa and other special agents, in fact, when Yamamoto was negotiating just now, most of his soldiers had used this time to slide down the cliff, and Chu Yunfei, who had always been shrewd, also missed a move.
During the battle, the 358th Regiment of the Kuomintang Army suffered more than 80 casualties, and the Japanese special forces suffered more than 30 casualties. The 358th Regiment, which had 5,000 men, suffered more than 80 casualties, and only a few were wounded. Under the two blows of Li Yunlong's and Chu Yunfei's troops, the Japanese special forces lost more than 50 people, and the special forces suffered great losses. Yamamoto, who gritted his teeth, led the remnants and took Li Yunlong's new wife Xiuqin to hide in Ping'an County. Chu Yunfei, who was also gritting his teeth, was defeated, and vowed to kill this Japanese special force and use Yamamoto's head to pay tribute to the fallen brothers.