At four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the remaining four teams of the Yiluan Division all arrived.

After that, they followed the Oi River and traveled north for about three miles, and then selected the appropriate terrain to arrange the battle positions.

The 4th team, as a firepower unit, was not disbanded, and together with the 3rd team, they were ambushed on the high ground in the middle of the mountains, where heavy machine-gun and mortar fire could block the mountain trails and foothills dirt roads that the enemy could only pass through.

The first, second, and reconnaissance teams, under the personal leadership of Cai Zhichen, began to detour to the southeast, hoping to go around the flank of the enemy rushing westward, so as to launch a surprise attack. If the enemy fled, they would be caught in the net laid by the third and fourth teams.

Obviously, Yi Luan's tactical deployment is quite active and active, and if it were an ordinary infantry unit, I am afraid that he would not risk a roundabout flank attack, but would prepare an ambush at the selected location in an orderly manner.

Towards five o'clock, a group of about 200 armed men in different costumes were trudging through the rugged mountains, full of spring, but everyone's expression could not see joy or relaxation, and the atmosphere of the whole team was a little gloomy.

The resistance force, known as the "Kimura Volunteers," was formed by Reserve Captain Kimura Junshi, who initially consisted of eight reserve or reserve officers and soldiers, plus more than 20 retired officers and soldiers, as well as a large number of civilian volunteers. Half a month ago, this team once reached 700 people, and they fought near Saku City and Higashigoo City in the north, repeatedly raided and ambushed the heavy teams of the Ming army, and boldly seized the arsenal of the Nagano Prefectural Police.

Because it was too eye-catching, it was targeted in the past few days - there were airplanes in the sky and infantry on the ground in pursuit.

As a result, the Kimura Volunteers, who were under heavy care, suffered heavy casualties and countless corpses, and now only about 200 remnants of the defeated army will retreat to the southwest.

"The Ming army has not given up the pursuit yet, we can't take it lightly......" Kimura Junzhi, who is nearly half a hundred years old, leaned on a thick branch and said: "After that, turn due west to the area of Mt. Evil Ze and Sanfu Mountain, which is a good place for us to set up camp for a long time to rest." ”

A young man beside him asked hesitantly, "Is it too barren there?" You know, we don't have much ammunition left, an average of only 20 rounds per person, and only 300 machine guns. ”

"Watanabe, you still want to go to the territory of the Americans, this is an escape."

"No, senior, this is a longer-term plan, we can rest more peacefully, and we can also get medicines and bullets through various channels."

To the west of Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures are Gifu Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture, which belong to the sphere of influence of the Americans who are still relying on it, and the Ming army cannot cross the border with great fanfare in the open.

It's not just the resistance team led by Kimura that is divided, but so are many of the rest.

After the initial period, that is, after the most of the month, many Resistance generals realized the key problem-

Don't look at the resistance movement that is gaining momentum now, but it is all a hammer in the east and a gavel in the west, and there is no clear and concrete long-term plan.

Although there are quite a few large and small resistance troops, they lack unified leadership and fight on their own, so they will inevitably be defeated by the Ming army, and the resistance movement that now seems to be vigorous must be short-lived.

Therefore, the resistance army needs one or more fixed, stable base areas so that it can train, rest, and rotate, and at the same time, it is better to have such places to trade materials more easily, so as to buy weapons, ammunition, food, and medicine.

All things considered, retreating into the territory of the Americans seems like a perfect choice?

There is no need to worry about the large-scale cross-border siege of the Ming army, and it is also convenient for material transactions.

Moreover, the Americans are actually hoping that there will be such a group of resistance troops to contain the military strength and resources of the Ming people, as long as it is not too fanfare and ostentatious, the Americans should not refuse the resistance to cross the border and accumulate troops?

Several of the larger resistance commanders are said to have been trying to communicate covertly with the American representatives in Osaka.

“…… Have you ever thought about the past? Do you have to obey the arrangements of the Americans? Do what they want? ”

"......" The young man hesitated a few times, speechless.

"What if the Americans choose to compromise? Perhaps they would have driven them away because they were afraid that the Ming army would use this as an excuse. Kimura Junshi frowned and said, "In this case, we are abandoned children who can be abandoned at any time." ”

The two were still arguing, and the whole team was also scattered along the dirt road next to the foothills.

At this moment, suddenly, several things flew out of the nearby woods and rolled on the ground several times.

When people looked closely, they realized that it was a grenade! Suddenly, the revenant soul was furious, and he exclaimed while rolling and crawling away.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

The explosion sounded, followed by the dense gunfire of "da", and in just a few breaths, I don't know how many bullets spilled from this side.

In the screams one after another, not to mention that more than 20 people were knocked down in a daze at the beginning, but to Cai Zhichen's surprise, they did not run away in a panic, only a few people wavered and ran away.

The officers and men of the Yiluan Division who circled the flank launched a successful surprise attack, and several sentries placed next to the resistance team were killed by the soldiers of the reconnaissance team with crossbow arrows, thus bringing everyone closer to a distance of less than thirty meters.

The sound of "bang-bang" rifles, "da-da-da" light machine guns, and "da-da-da" submachine guns, in an instant, the firing of at least five or six different guns on both sides mingled together, and the shouts of the people were mixed into a battlefield symphony.

With a rate of fire of more than 500 rounds per minute and a cartridge capacity of 47 rounds, the Lewis light machine gun equipped by the Resistance Army, although old, was one of the few things that could cause some trouble, so it was also the focus of the officers and men of the Yiluan Division.

Grenades, light machine guns, and sniper rifles all gave priority to attacking the enemy light machine guns that were desperately strafing and firing back, but the other side kept taking over the control, and there were four or five corpses lying on the ground next to one of the light machine guns!

The large number of semi-automatic and automatic weapons equipped by the officers and men of the Yiluan Division gave full advantage in such close combat, and the dense rain of bullets suppressed the remnants of the defeated generals who could not raise their heads.

Although these 200 people are all "veterans" who survived the pursuit of the Ming army a few days ago, after the brutal elimination of the winner and the loser, their quality is undoubtedly not low, so they still barely maintained order after being hit suddenly and quickly.

As the elite of the elite, Yiluan Division is not suitable for taking the initiative to attack, and Cai Zhichen is reluctant to do so, so he simply uses his overwhelming firepower advantage to continuously kill and injure the opponent.

The "target shooting results" of the special forces with excellent marksmanship and accurate marksmanship at a distance of tens of meters are terrifying!

Atsushi Kimura was killed by a soldier with two shots from a semi-automatic rifle, and a grenade fell from the place where the body had fallen, and after the explosion, wisps of green smoke drifted away, and the granddaughter, who had just turned 10 years old, died as a reserve captain.

The two sides exchanged fire for only half an hour, and the scene of unilateral shooting and slaughter was extremely terrifying, and the Kimura Volunteers, who had suffered heavy casualties, immediately collapsed, and they fled in despair.

The larger group ran westward without a clue, apparently crashing into the net set up by the third and fourth teams.

Seeing the frightened enemy troops staggering and fleeing, the officers and men who were waiting for the rabbit could not help but be overjoyed, but they still waited with patience and excitement.

"Boom!"

The fastest runner wasn't necessarily the first to die, as it was only the fourth person in his left rear who stepped on the mine.

Type 23 mines, about the size of two cans, were typical of the era – they sought to kill rather than maim them, so they were large and had many charges.

The exploding mine tore off the unfortunate man's leg in an instant, and the two legs that were blown away spun and flew in the air like branches, and the body was thrown high by the air waves; Three or four other people in the vicinity were also immediately knocked down.

Heavy firefighting resumed, but only for a short time.

The die-hard men who were lucky enough not to die but refused to surrender still insisted on resisting, relying on depressions, corpses, and trees to shoot at the officers and soldiers of the Yiluan Division, but the intensity of such a battle was already very low.

After two teas, the whole battlefield finally fell silent.

In other words, there were no more sudden, loud gunshots and explosions, but the screams and howls of the wounded still followed.

The next day, Tokyo, the station of the 1st Regiment of the Daming Marine Corps.

For nearly half a month, a petite figure would appear at the main gate of the camp at noon every day, and the same is true today.

Since that morning's encounter, Komatsu Jasmine now prepares a bento every day, then takes a tram to the neighborhood and asks by name to give it to the "young, off-white" officer.

Jiang Ning didn't take this matter to heart at first, but under the "instigation" of Zhu Lixuan, Han Yi, Xue Can and others, they hooked up with others after coming and going.

“…… No matter how bad it is, it's good to take it home and be a subordinate who helps you work, which can be described as harmless! ”

Jiang Ning, who was accustomed to it, walked back with the lunch, while Xue Can said with a smile on the side.

As everyone knows, Zhou Changfeng was thinking about the wording while walking, and he heard this from a distance, and then squinted and said: "Instigating others to do bad things all day long, you guy might as well do something serious if you have the leisure to do something." ”

"Wronged, I don't have a plan." Xue Can, who looked innocent, arched his hand and said: "If Ming Media is marrying, he is afraid that his parents will not agree, no way, he can't dump this for the little girl, and it is much better to bring it back to Daming than to stay here." ”

Zhou Changfeng, who was quite speechless, looked at Jiang Ning and said earnestly: "It is normal for the older generation to be more stubborn, but according to the traditional concept, this is actually not contrary to anything, the key is whether you can stick to it." ”

"But isn't it, you're only four out of twenty and you're a lieutenant, so it's time to be assertive." Xue Can patted Jiang Ning's shoulder, "In short, just be worthy of your conscience." ”

At this time, a guard came running quickly and announced that the battle report of Yiluan Division had been delivered.

Zhou Changfeng didn't say anything more, he glanced at the bento, and then turned to leave.

21 people were wounded, 7 were killed, 5 non-combat personnel were lost, and 208 remnants of the "Kimura Volunteers" were completely annihilated, of which 39 were captured.

The first battle was successful, and the task of interception was carried out neatly, at least the battle report was very good.

After reviewing the battle report, Zhou Changfeng felt that he couldn't find anything wrong, and the threat of a possible expansion in the future had been completely eliminated.

However, the results of the interrogation attached to it made him a little worried, because the resistance army seemed to have realized that the current state of scattered sand was not a long-term solution, and the Ming army would be able to deal with them one by one sooner or later.

So they are now already considering retreating into the sphere of influence of the Americans to develop a base area? It's kind of interesting.

The Americans had only two choices: fearing that the Ming would use this as a legitimate reason to send troops, they would refuse to allow the Resistance to enter; Conversely, if there is no fear, then agree.

The latter will undoubtedly have an extremely adverse impact on the maintenance of law and order in the Dongying Islands, and one or several resistance organizations have been active for a long time, constantly infiltrating, propagandizing, and causing trouble, and can disturb peace forever.

And if you want to cross the border to clear the crackdown, it will inevitably rise to the point where the two sides are fighting and military action is tied.

Therefore, Zhou Changfeng pondered that if he really wanted to do that, he would simply cut through the chaos and send Yiluan Si to accurately raid the base of the resistance army and disintegrate or thwart the resistance movement.

But before that, he had something to do - as the Japanese resistance increased dramatically, the Ming army's repression became more and more brutal.

According to the news learned yesterday, Fukushima Prefecture, the Second Marine Regiment under the Third Army and the local county police arrested more than 1,000 "suspected rebels" in two days; In Miyagi Prefecture, the 10th Infantry Division was unwilling to patiently screen the resistance stragglers who were mixed with the civilian population one by one, and almost shot anyone who did not like the eye, and more than 400 people were "preventively executed" in six villages and towns.

Looking at the statistics on discipline violations in the military and political departments of the General Military Department, the frequency of bad acts has also soared rapidly, so much so that in recent days there has been no record at all.

Such a method of countering violence with violence completely violated the "combination of grace and power" planned by the imperial court and the military department, and it can be said that the officers and men of the Second and Third armies, who were enraged, completely forgot to learn from history.

After organizing the words, Zhou Changfeng sent an airmail to Zhu Lingjing.

He hoped that the latter would exert some influence in the imperial court, so that the military headquarters would order the Ming troops stationed in Japan to exercise restraint and strictly follow the original plan of combining suppression and appeasement, and combining grace and power.

The postal plane carrying the letter crossed the Daming Sea, and in the evening of the same day, the letter was delivered to Princess Ningyou's mansion.

Zhu Lingjing, who had just finished bathing, still had a trace of moisture on her body, she was wearing a light light-colored satin robe, with a shawl, and she was asking the maid to take a hair dryer to help her dry the wet three thousand green silk.

"Letter?" When she learned that someone Zhou had written a letter for air delivery, she thought it was something urgent, "Is it something important?" ”

"Your Highness, you haven't demolished it yet......

"Demolition."

"Yes."

Su Yiyi, who looked as usual, took out the fire paint, took out the letter paper and browsed it at a glance, and then replied with some confusion: "This is a military affair, and it should be regarded as important." ”

(End of chapter)