Section 119 Counterattack on Gao'an XV

Whether the lone army penetrates deep into the hinterland of the enemy's defense line becomes their eyes and ears, and whether they can accurately respond to the enemy's attack depends on the accurate enemy reconnaissance provided by the reconnaissance company in addition to the commander's accurate prediction of the battle situation. However, if you want to conduct reconnaissance in the rear of the enemy's outposts, the difficulty can be imagined, and each message often requires several lives in exchange, and the hardships are really not enough for outsiders.

Zhang Donkey listened to the stone's words, and couldn't help but feel even more uneasy: "The head of the regiment has seen the outside, this is our duty." ”

Shi took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions, and then asked, "Where is the devil now, how many people should there be?" ”

Zhang Donkey took out a crumpled map from the satchel on his waist, pointed to the lines that were already a little blurred on it, and said: "Extrapolating from the time, the devil has just passed through Miaoxia Village at most, and there are still seven or eight miles away from us, as for the number of people, it is still uncertain, the situation was urgent, in order to ensure that the news can be transmitted back in time, I took five brothers to rush back to report the news, and some brothers stayed on the road to monitor." ”

Although Zhang Donkey's words were simple, from the fact that there were only three of them coming back, they could guess that they were surrounded and intercepted along the way, although the number of scouts fighting was small, but it was often life and death in the blink of an eye, and the intensity was far more than the face-to-face confrontation with the devil.

Shi nodded and said: "Okay, you immediately take these two brothers down to have a good rest, the situation on the front line of Xiangfuguan is tense, the number of reconnaissance companies is not enough, withdraw all the manpower in the direction of Dacheng, whether this battle can be fought well or not is related to our next layout." ”

"Yes" Zhang Donkey answered, but did not act immediately.

This made Shi ask rather strangely, "Old Zhangtou, is there anything else?" ”

"Commander, we withdrew the people from the direction of Ayutthaya, what if the devils of Ayutthaya copied us from behind?" Zhang Donkey hesitated for a moment, but still said his doubt.

"Hehe, I'm not afraid that the devils will come to copy our back road, I'm afraid that they will shrink into the big city and not come out." The stone chuckled lightly, and then said incomprehensibly.

Zhang Donkey stretched out his hand and patted his head and couldn't help but suddenly realize, it turned out that the stone had already been arranged, it seems that he is worried a lot, think about it, who is the stone? After so many battles, when has he ever suffered a loss? Which devil is not a fight to flee in a hurry, where is it his turn to remind him.

About a pillar of incense later, a Japanese lieutenant lieutenant, accompanied by a junior and several captains, ascended to a hill outside Wujia Village.

The breeze is blowing, the green shade is fragrant, and the towering tree on the top of the mountain that requires three or four people to hold hands makes this hill exceptionally shady, and the weather in April is not very hot, if it is July or August, it is an excellent place to enjoy the coolness. And at this moment, for these Japanese officers, this place is also very good.

However, the comfort on their bodies could not alleviate the pressure on their hearts, and the unknown of fate always made people feel a kind of fear from the bottom of their hearts, and the closer they got to the battlefield, the stronger this fear became, and even gradually made them even breathe a little short. Speaking of which, they are also experienced in combat, and the main reason for this situation is that the current situation is really rare. They didn't know anything about the enemy they were about to face, let alone which force was on the other side, and they didn't even know how many of them were or what kind of weapons they had.

How can you fight this kind of battle with two eyes and one black eye? Before leaving, His Excellency the Wing Commander made it very clear that he must eat this enemy at all costs, even if they wipe out their first brigade, they will be a great success in this battle.

Saburo Hiromoto was gloomy and silent, his face was ugly and scary. He was not tall, with a pair of glasses on his slightly round face, and a small beard under his nose, forming a typical Japanese officer's face, but this face, which should have been full of hideous and fierce expressions, was now full of gloom, and when he looked at the mountains in the distance, he also had a deep uneasiness.

He was the captain of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 149th Wing, a position he held since the formation of the 101st Division. Last year, when the commander of the 101st Wing of the "Tokuan Campaign", Iizuka Kunigoro Osa, was killed, he had the opportunity to succeed him, however, because he did not have outstanding combat achievements, he was finally rejected by the division headquarters. This incident has always made Saburo Hiromoto angry, he has always felt that compared to the two captains of the 101st and 103rd wings who died, his ability is not bad, and what he lacks is just a platform to play.

Tsuda Tatsusen seemed to see this in his thoughts, and this time he did not hesitate to hand over this important task to the First Brigade to carry it out, he believed that Saburo Hiromoto, and Saburo Hiromoto really needed this opportunity to prove that the commanders had chosen wrong. However, none of the waves of scouts sent by the company came back, which made Saburo Hiromoto feel uneasy, and then remembered the worried look of Tsuda Daisa before leaving, he was even more uneasy, he faintly heard that the battle on the side of Gao'an was extremely unfavorable, which is why Tsuda Daisa had to take the risk of sending them to sweep the enemy army, and then divide them into a brigade to come out, if they can't succeed in the first battle, the consequences are really unimaginable.

Saburo Hiromoto has always been ambitious, and this personality has made him pay more attention to the situation on the battlefield than others. Some time ago, the news came that the enemy army was assembled and mobilized on the front line of the naphthal, and he felt that there might be a big battle to break out, but what he didn't expect was that the battle would come so quickly, and the situation would be so unfavorable for them.

"Hiromoto-kun, the reconnaissance squadron has determined all the enemy positions, when will we attack?" It was Oda Nokuma who spoke, he was the captain chief of staff of the first brigade, although he was much worse than Saburo Hiromoto in terms of rank, but because the position of chief of staff generally played a special role of "overseer", his position in the army was very special.

Saburo Hiromoto pondered for a while and then said: "Your Excellency Tsuda had an explanation before we came, this battle will either not be fought, or it will completely annihilate this enemy force that has crossed the river, and the strength of the enemy army is unknown at present, and the number is unknown, so it is not appropriate to act rashly for the time being, everything must wait for the news of the reconnaissance squadron." ”

Oda Nokuma asked a little puzzled: "Hiromoto-kun, the 102nd Brigade on the front line of Gao'an is fighting fiercely with the enemy, and His Excellency Sato (Shozaburo Sato, the commander of the 101st Brigade) may order reinforcements at any time, we must deal with this enemy force in the shortest possible time, so that we can draw troops from the front line of Xiangfuguan Oshiro, if it is delayed for too long, it will affect the battle situation on the front line." ”

Hearing this, Saburo Hiromoto couldn't help but be dissatisfied and said: "Oda-kun, it's one thing to give orders, it's another thing to fight a war, if the enemy army that crossed the river this time is a division, I'm afraid that we will send such a few people to death!" ”

Xiao Tian Yexiong was taken aback by his words, and couldn't help but say with some horror: "A division? Hiromoto-kun, it's impossible! The enemy army is fighting very fiercely on the front line of Gao'an, where are there so many troops to be called upon? At this time, his tone was not as hurried as before, after all, if the enemy really had a division, it was no longer a question of whether they could fight, but whether they could go back alive.

Saburo Hiromoto didn't seem to have the heart to worry so much about him at this time, but said a little impatiently: "The number of the Shina army has always been several times that of ours, and there are 150,000 or 60,000 troops in the enemy's 9th theater alone. ”

Oda Yexiong was immediately speechless, to be honest, in terms of the ability to command operations, he really can't compare with Saburo Hiromoto, after all, he can be an officer who can be a captain and command a thousand-strong unit, each of which has rich combat experience and superb tactical literacy, but if he, the chief of staff, can't play a little role, then isn't it dispensable? After thinking about it, he still said: "Guangben-kun, in this case, you might as well send a team to conduct fire reconnaissance first, after all, judging from the current situation, relying on the reconnaissance squadron alone, it is difficult for us to figure out the situation in front, and once we fight, we can always see a little bit of the situation." ”

Saburo Hiromoto didn't know if he was a little jealous of the identity of the bear in Oda, or if he really thought his proposal was good, so after thinking for a while, he immediately nodded and said, "It's okay, then let's carry out a tentative attack first and see the enemy's firepower configuration." ”

The second squadron leader on the side, Hatada Renli, immediately said respectfully when he heard this: "Hiromoto-kun, our second squadron is willing to be the vanguard. ”

Saburo Hiromoto couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and immediately felt a little reluctant, the second squadron has always been the elite of their brigade, and it is really a bit of a waste to use it in this kind of tentative attack, but Captain Hakuta has already opened his mouth, if he opposes it, the other two squadron leaders will definitely have opinions, thinking of this, he also nodded helplessly and said: "Then there is Lao Botianjun." ”

"Hi" Harata Renli was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately turned around and went to arrange the troops. This kind of task that others can't avoid, but he seems to have picked up a treasure, which is really a little incomprehensible.

Since the battle has been slowly unfolded, there is naturally no reason to give up halfway, Hiromoto Saburo immediately ordered: "The third squadron will stay in Wujia Village to guard the retreat of our army, and from here to the west of Erhua is about Maxi, and the main force of the brigade will advance there to set up positions relying on the stream, and after the second squadron finds out the enemy situation, further combat arrangements will be made." ”

Everyone on the side immediately agreed to the promise and cheered up.