Huang Yu wouldn't doubt that this incident was caused by internal fighting among the Japanese army.
In his eyes, the Japanese army has strict military discipline. Even if there are conflicts between teams, they will be kept private and will not be brought to light, let alone affect the safety of the troops due to conflicts.
After thinking about it for a long time and not thinking about the reason, Huang Yu decided to take another look.
There is no airtight wall in the world. As long as you keep an eye on every move of the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding, you can always find some clues.
Seeing that Duan Peng gave a serious order: "Continue to monitor every move of the Japanese troops in Baoding, especially Fujita and Kawasaki."
"I always feel that there are some unknown conspiracies hidden behind Fujita's ability to continue to secure his position as commander of the garrison."
"If you find out about this conspiracy, you might be able to catch the little devil's weak spot and hit him even as hard as he can."
"Other troops continue to stand still..."
"We seized a lot of cans last night, and with the dry food brought out from the base, we can hold on for seven or eight days without any problem."
"No troops can expose their targets without my permission."
"If exposed, they can only act as railway guerrillas."
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At the Japanese brigade headquarters in Baoding, Major General Fujita was called into the room by Major General Kawasaki and several regimental commanders early in the morning.
The chief of staff of the brigade had a very relaxed expression. He could not see the tension and anxiety he felt when the military column was attacked last night.
"Your Excellency General..."
"After investigation, it was determined that the enemy who attacked the military column was not the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong."
"They are railway guerrillas formed by the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army."
"Specially attack our military columns and destroy railway lines."
Major General Kawasaki has always believed that the culprit of the attack on the military column was the Yizhong Eighth Route Army.
He immediately showed a suspicious expression and asked: "It's impossible..."
"Absolutely impossible..."
"There are more than a hundred escort troops on the military column, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns."
"The carriage they are in is also equipped with two short cannons to attack sneak attackers from a long distance."
"Under normal circumstances, even a reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army cannot threaten their safety."
"But the escorting troops on the military column were completely destroyed."
"Not even a single bullet was fired, and more than a hundred soldiers were inexplicably wiped out."
"I don't believe that a guerrilla army can have such strong combat effectiveness."
"You must be mistaken."
"The railway guerrillas are probably a cover used by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army to confuse us."
"Everyone must not believe it."
The chief of staff was convinced of the investigation results at hand and looked at Major General Kawasaki's answer with certainty.
"General..."
"I have evidence here."
"Although the military escort troops lost more than a hundred people."
"But there were really only a few dozen enemies who attacked them."
"They were very skilled. They took advantage of the military train to slow down when it was climbing a hill, climbed onto the front of the vehicle first, and controlled the speed of the vehicle."
"While covering, more soldiers climbed onto the train and took the ambush path on the roof to escort the troops above their heads."
"Sudden attack."
"Put the grenade into the shooting hole and kill the escort troops in large numbers."
"As a result, many soldiers in the carriage were killed without even seeing their opponents' faces."
"The battle is over before we even have time to use the rifles we are equipped with."
"After seizing the train, they drove the train forward and drove all the way to the battlefield before retreating with the loot."
"There is a road running parallel to the railroad on the battlefield."
"Confirmed from the marks left on the battlefield."
"The railway guerrillas prepared a large number of large vehicles and civilians in advance and hid on both sides of the road."
"As soon as the military column arrived, they transferred the loot to the cart and quickly evacuated the battlefield."
What the chief of staff said was reasonable and well-founded, and he also presented a lot of evidence. Most people in the room, including Major General Fujita, believed it.
But Major General Kawasaki still insisted that the railway guerrillas were a cover for the Eighth Route Army in the Wing to confuse them.
But he couldn't produce any evidence and wanted to see Major General Fujita continue to make a fool of himself on this matter, so he decisively chose to shut up.
Facing his subordinates who fell into silence, Major General Fujita just assumed that these people recognized what the Chief of Staff had just reported, and immediately raised the corners of his mouth, saying happily.
"Since the enemy who sneak-attacked the military column is not the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Yinzhong, we don't need to worry too much."
"No matter how powerful the railway guerrillas are, they only have a few dozen people."
"The mobile strength of a large group is enough to deal with them."
"Have the mobile brigade on standby at any time."
"All checkpoints and gun towers along railways and highways will be on heightened alert, and railway guerrillas will be reported immediately if they are discovered."
“Only by catching them all in one go can we avoid the line being attacked again.”
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At 11 o'clock the next night, the special forces, acting as railway guerrillas, once again captured a military column.
Perhaps it was because the Japanese army had stepped up their vigilance to guard against the railway guerrillas, so the battle went particularly poorly at the beginning.
In addition to the three Japanese and traitors responsible for driving the train, there were also three Japanese soldiers hidden in the front of the steam locomotive.
Suddenly appear from the corner and engage in melee combat.
They are from the Kwantung Army, and their individual combat effectiveness is very strong.
Although the special forces team was also very powerful, they were caught off guard.
Only at the cost of one death and one injury did he take the front of the car.
The firing hole in the carriage where the escorting troops were located was also temporarily blocked, making it impossible to directly insert grenades into the carriage.
The special forces had no choice but to use their guns.
First block the shooting hole with bullets to prevent the Japanese from getting close, and then throw grenades inside.
A series of accidents caused the battle to not end on time.
When the military column was only 400 meters away from the next post, the last Japanese escort escort was eliminated.
The two sides were too close, and even though the roar of the train suppressed most of the exchange of fire, the Japanese at the outpost still sensed the danger.
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Duan Peng drove the military column quickly through the outpost and rushed to the scheduled response point.
The fifty carts there have been prepared, and the military trains can be transferred and captured. They can be evacuated from the battlefield within twenty minutes, leaving the Japanese reinforcements empty.
This is Duan Peng's planned battle plan.
But plans can't keep up with changes.
The garrison at the outpost noticed that an accident occurred in the military column and reported it to the brigade headquarters.
The two mobile squadrons immediately rushed out of Baoding and followed the armored train towards them, intending to intercept and kill the railway guerrillas halfway.
"Captain, the railroad in front of us has been blocked by little Japs with sandbags and we can't get through." The team member driving the military column said anxiously.
"The raid on the army column took too long and was discovered by the Japanese and puppet troops at the outpost..." Duan Peng instantly figured out the loopholes in his previous action.
He glanced at the carriage behind him and said with a look of reluctance: "It's a pity that there are weapons, ammunition and supplies in the carriage, otherwise we could have emptied at least four carriages."
"The troops immediately abandoned the vehicle and crashed the military train into the roadblock at high speed, detonating the front of the vehicle and destroying the weapons, ammunition and supplies behind it."
"What we can't get, even little devils can't get it."
After saying that, he took the lead and jumped out of the car, quickly gathering the other members of the commando team.
Since the little devil knew in advance that the military column was being attacked, it must have been more than just blocking the train.
"Rumble..."
A thunderous explosion suddenly sounded behind them.
The military column crashed into a roadblock made of sandbags at high speed.
Seven or eight grenades placed at the coal filling port crashed into the boiler under the action of inertia.
The pressure in the boiler was already very high, and when it was suddenly hit, it was on the verge of explosion.
The grenades exploded at the same time, instantly becoming the last straw that broke the front of the car.
An orange-red fireball soared into the sky on the railway, and the car immediately behind the front of the car slammed into the front of the car, crashing into the fireball.
The ammunition exploded rapidly under the high temperature.
A total of six carriages exploded one after another as if they were being discussed.
The worst thing was the Japanese and puppet troops at the outpost.
They were responsible for intercepting military trains, and after arranging the road, they formed fighting formations and dispersed on both sides of the railway, preparing to destroy the Eighth Route Army that seized the train.
As a result, the military column actually hit the roadblock and exploded.
The Japanese and puppet troops who were too close to the railway were all blown up without exception...
Duan Peng glanced back and began to speed up his retreat: "Keep the battle formation and retreat."
"Go faster, there must be other Japanese and puppet troops surrounding us."
"We must evacuate here before they form a circle."
"Da da da……"
Before the order was given, machine gun fire rang out from his flank.
A team member fell to the ground. If the machine gun hadn't been too far away from them, the casualties would have been at least doubled.
"The Japanese who surrounded us are coming..."
"Go quickly..."
"Get rid of them first, then set up booby traps to hold them back."
Duan Peng shouted while shooting at the firepower point, trying to suppress their firepower and buy his team members more time to retreat.
The Japanese sent two mobile squadrons to reinforce the battlefield.
A mobile squadron is scattered on the other side of the military column. The special operations group needs to face only one mobile squadron of the Japanese army.
Seeing the special forces evacuate the battlefield at the last moment when the encirclement was formed, the squadron leader led by the Japanese was so angry that his eyes were red, and he cut the tree trunk as thick as an arm next to him into two sections with a knife, his face full of unwillingness to order.
"Catch up. There are only a few dozen enemies. We must kill them tonight and eradicate them."
Darkness is the best cover for special operations teams.
Huang Yu paid special attention to night combat training when he established the special operations team.
Although the Japs are very powerful, their night fighting ability is definitely not as good as that of the special forces.
In just ten minutes, the two hundred little devils were thrown three to four hundred meters away.
"Deploy some booby traps for the Japanese, hurry up..." Duan Peng ordered as he ran.
"Stay a detachment, retreat while fighting, and let the little Japanese pursuers figure out our strength."
"The second team retreated three hundred meters and then stopped to cover the first team's withdrawal from the battle."
"The third team retreated 600 meters and stopped to cover the second team from the battle."
"The three detachments take turns to cover and fight a guerrilla war against the Japs' pursuers."
"I haven't caught any loot yet, so it would be nice to kill a few more Japs."
"But don't hit it too hard."
"Our current identity is the railway guerrillas, not the special forces of the Shunping Garrison Regiment. We must not arouse the suspicion of the little devils because the unit's combat effectiveness is too strong, and undermine the regiment leader's combat plan, otherwise the gain will outweigh the losses."
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of booby trap explosions soon sounded among the Japanese pursuers. In the dazzling fire, at least ten Japanese were killed and injured, and other little Japanese fell to the ground one after another.
The sudden accident was like a scoop of cold water, instantly making them realize that their opponent was not a vegetarian and could kill them if pushed too hard.
