Chapter 60: Life and death are hidden in the details

I seemed to hear the sound of pythons tearing and coiling corpses, I turned on the flashlight, and quickly took a look, yes, it was two huge pythons, coiled around the corpse, and opened their bloody mouths, and began to devour the corpse, I quickly threw the turned on flashlight next to the corpse, followed by a few shots, and then quickly ran to a stone far away, hidden.

Soon, I heard a commotion in the trees, followed by a salvo of almost searchlights, and the bloody corpses of the pythons.

After that, there was a rain of bullets, which almost beat the two pythons into a sieve, but the corpses had been swallowed by the pythons, so the traces of the corpses being stabbed to death by knives were not easy to find, and they must have thought that this Japanese soldier was attacked by the python and died.

Sure enough, after it was determined that the two pythons had been killed, the gunfire gradually stopped, and I hurriedly grabbed the Thomson submachine gun, and then filled the magazine, I knew that the most critical moment was coming, I was going to kill all these Japanese in a few seconds, if I missed one, with their military qualities, it would be endless trouble.

Because even if one of them can't be killed, not to mention marksmanship, I'm afraid I won't be able to match these Japanese even with bayonets. I often see film and television dramas that show the Japanese soldiers as stupid and mentally retarded, but in fact, they are not real Japanese soldiers at all, think about it, if the Japanese soldiers are really so stupid, do we still have to pay such a big price to resist Japan? Don't forget, the Japanese swept through Asia, even to Australia, and in the Russo-Japanese War, they even defeated the Russians. It can be seen that their military qualities are indeed very powerful. In real history, even if we fight with bayonets, only three or four of our Chinese soldiers can withstand one Japanese soldier.

It's really hard to take out these Japanese in a matter of seconds, but I don't have a choice. Occasion! Occasion! Occasion! I reminded myself in my mind over and over again. Be sure to get the timing right!

I was in the dark, and the Japanese soldiers were in the light, so I could see their every move very clearly.

Under the illumination of the lights, I saw that the first people gathered around were the two who came down from the nearest tree, and then, from a little distance, two ...... came one after the other, and in this way, seven people came one after another, and these seven people chattered and said something in Japanese around the bloody scene, and it lasted for about seven or eight minutes, and then no Japanese came over, and there were only these seven people left? If we continue to wait, once these seven people disperse, it will be impossible to completely destroy them.

What to do? Do you want to wait a little longer, or do it now? If we do it now, what if there are other Japanese soldiers who haven't come? And if you don't do it now, these seven people will soon disperse.

When I was hesitating and at a loss, I suddenly remembered that when I was studying at the military academy, the instructors talked about the establishment of the Japanese army, and I remember that they said that the smallest reconnaissance detachment of the Japanese army is generally composed of eight people, including those responsible for observation, radio stations, and covering the retreat. And now, with the one who died, isn't it exactly eight people?

Yes, indecisiveness in war is sometimes tantamount to suicide, and I decided to do it right away!

To be honest, I still admire my psychological qualities, and in that moment, when life and death are at stake, my mind is relatively calm and able to think and analyze. This is also a psychological element that a qualified soldier must have.

At that time, I did not pick up the Thomson submachine gun and sweep at the enemy, but quickly determined the position of the seven Japanese standing, and quickly and seriously thought about the angle of shooting, because it is not easy to kill seven people at a time, and in such a complicated terrain. If the angle of fire is not chosen well, maybe two or three people will be shot, and the others will immediately be alert and quickly conceal, which is bad.

I had to be able to make sure that in a very short period of time, there would be no blind spots for the shots, so that all seven people could be covered and they would all be shot and killed before they could react.

Anyone who has ever been a machine gunner knows that on the battlefield, machine guns are often not erected directly in front of the enemy, but on a slightly side of the position, why?

This is because, if the machine gun is facing an oncoming enemy, you have to swing the muzzle of the machine gun constantly and sharply to cover the onrushing enemy, and the closer the enemy is, the more you need to swing and the more often you swing. But if you're going to mount a machine gun on the side of a position, you just have to swing the muzzle a little and the bullets will cover the enemy from all angles.

When I was going to kill these seven Japanese soldiers, there would be a similar situation, they would be standing in a row facing me, and they were not close to each other, if I shot at this angle, the bullet coverage was very limited, in order to kill all of them, I had to move the muzzle of the gun very much, but they were all living people, they would not stand there waiting for me to fight, and when I killed a few, the rest may not wait for my muzzle to move, they may lie down and hide.

So, I moved a little bit to the left, so that the position where I grabbed was the side of the team, not the front of the team, so that the bullets that came out could cover all seven people in the shortest possible time. This is all so that they are all shot before they can react.

When I got to the right angle, I took a sharp breath, then raised the muzzle of my gun and shouted, and a barrage of bullets came out of the barrel.

I tightened the trigger, shook the muzzle of the gun, and swept at the seven Japanese, at that time my mind was blank, until the shuttle bullet was finished, I was stunned for about a few seconds, and then I came to my senses, I don't know if the seven Japanese were all hit by me, and I didn't pay attention to whether there were any Japanese soldiers who escaped in the process, but my brain was a little wooden, I just quickly replaced a magazine, and then went over with the gun to check.

Flashlights and various lights were still shining on the place, and after a fierce burst of gunfire and screams, it seemed so quiet, and the corpses of people and pythons were stacked on top of each other. In retrospect, I should have been in a semi-numb state at that time, because after the continuous high tension and high pressure, I suddenly relaxed, and my mind would suddenly relax.

On the battlefield in the dark, it is most taboo to expose yourself to the light, it will be fatal. Don't talk about the light, even the tiny light of the cigarette butt will reveal your location and thus be killed by the other party. That's how one of my platoon commanders was killed. That platoon commander was very brave in combat and made many achievements in many wars. But this man is a rough man, a bit of a big man, so I have also disciplined him many times, but it has no effect, he still goes his own way.

In an ambush battle, he actually let his subordinates make a fire on the position to cook, and the smoke rising from the cooking was quickly discovered by the enemy, so a shell hit and killed seven or eight people.

He was punished for this and demoted to squad leader. After being punished, he was depressed at night, squatted on the position in a daze, and didn't care about anything, rolled up a dry cigarette, smoked, but was discovered by the other party's sniper, and shot the head, half of his head was broken, and he died a miserable death.

Therefore, in the dark night, darkness is the best protective color, and never let the light shine on you, especially in sneak attacks, as soon as you are illuminated, death will come to you very quickly. It is difficult for those who did not participate in the battle to understand. I had such a strange experience.

Because of the huge disparity in combat effectiveness between us and the Japanese army, we often attack the enemy under the cover of night, which is the so-called night attack. Night raids don't just have to be at night. First of all, it can't be a snowy night because it snows, and the light is brighter because of the reflection of snow, so it is difficult to hide. And when the snow is thicker, there will be a loud noise when moving, which is also a very unfavorable factor, and if the enemy tracks, it is easier to leave footprints and other traces on the snow, which is not conducive to escaping; Secondly, it can't be a moonlit night, which is easier to understand, because the moonlit night has a better line of sight, therefore, it is also easier to spot. Moreover, when you are moving behind enemy lines on a moonlit night, do not cast your shadow on the window.

Rainy nights are ideal for night strikes. Because of the sound of rain and wind, the movement of the troops was not easy to be discovered by the Japanese army, but when a night attack was launched on a rainy night, one of the most deadly things was lightning.

When the team is slowly approaching the enemy, if there is a sudden lightning bolt, it is tantamount to a natural "flare" that the enemy cannot ask for, and the target will be exposed under the enemy's nose.

I'll never forget that night raid in Laiwu. I remember that it was raining very heavily that day, and with the help of this favorable natural condition, I led my brothers and quietly approached a place that was only more than 100 meters away from the enemy's stronghold. I've never been this close. Of course, the closer you get, the more lethal you will be to the enemy.

But at this moment, a lightning bolt suddenly crossed the sky, illuminating the earth as bright as day, and almost at the same time, with a gunshot from a Japanese sentry, Liang Chao, the deputy squad leader next to me, fell to the ground forever.

He is an old subordinate with me for many years, and he is a lucky general, who has experienced countless battles, but he has never been seriously injured, but he did not expect to die under the guns of the Japanese army because of a lightning.

And in the jungle, when I shot these seven Japanese, I was actually holding a gun and directly exposed to the bright light, which was definitely an extremely low-level mistake, as long as there was a Japanese nearby, he could kill me relatively easily. But I was a little bit blindsided.

I held my gun and mechanically checked whether the seven Japanese soldiers were really dead. Because my sense of smell was still in an unusually sensitive state at this time, I felt the pungent smell of blood, which was so strong that I felt sick to my stomach and wanted to vomit.

So, I hurriedly looked at the seven corpses, and found that they were all covered in blood, and all of them were lying motionless on the ground, and I thought that they must all be dead. Then I was about to turn around and leave, but at the moment when I turned around, suddenly my leg was struck by something, and I could clearly feel that there were countless needle-like things piercing into the flesh. I groaned in pain and fell to the ground, at this time, a Japanese soldier suddenly jumped up, did not stay for a second, and quickly got into the bushes next to him, it turned out that there was really a "fish that slipped through the net", but he didn't know that I was alone, otherwise he would definitely shoot me.