Watanabe felt like crying but had no tears. In order to prevent the marching group from being attacked again, he ordered the guard posts to be placed further to prevent the guerrillas from approaching again.
The dark night made the Japanese officers and soldiers very frightened. Now they had no intention of resting and were eagerly looking forward to dawn to avoid another attack by the guerrillas.
Time passed minute by minute, even though it was so difficult, it was finally dawning.
Xu Dalong knew very well that the guerrillas were no match for the Japanese army. He had already issued an order for all ministries to move to the mountainous areas.
Xu Dalong himself did not leave. He personally led a squad of special operations team members and stayed with a mortar to continue to harass the Japanese army and undermine the morale of the Japanese army. Originally, there was no problem in leaving this task to other members of the special operations team. It only needed one squad leader to lead the team. However, everyone also knew Xu Dalong's interests. With Xu Dalong staying, he could play a greater role.
It was getting brighter, and the Japanese officers and soldiers could gradually see the surrounding scenery clearly. At this time, the Xu Building, hundreds of meters away, could see it more clearly than they did. After careful observation, he noticed that there was a military tent set up behind a truck, and there were many Japanese soldiers standing guard around it.
Xu Dalong concluded that it was the Japanese military headquarters, so he ordered the special operations team members to set up mortars. He personally took control and fired mortar shells at the tent.
Needless to say, Xu Dalong's artillery fire skills, the first shell landed on the edge of the tent and blew the tent up. Then the gunners fired nine shells in succession, all of which exploded violently at the location of the Japanese command post.
After firing the artillery shells, Xu Dalong did not withdraw immediately. Instead, he stayed in place to observe the situation of the Japanese army. He wanted to know whether the Japanese army's headquarters had been destroyed. In order to prevent the enemy from retaliating, he ordered the special operations team members to carry mortars and evacuate first, while he and a sniper stayed to monitor the Japanese army.
The target of the mortar bomb was the Japanese military headquarters. The blown-up tent contained a Japanese military radio station and some staff members. Watanabe, Takakura and Tanaka happened to not be in the tent at the time and narrowly escaped.
The reason why they are so lucky is also thanks to the cold weather. They had planned to lie down and rest in the tent, which had room for a cot. However, due to the cold weather, it was very uncomfortable in the tent, so they got into the car and took a nap there, which happened to save their lives.
Watanabe saw from the car window that the tent was blown away, and the Japanese officers and soldiers around the tent were killed and injured. He was very angry and immediately ordered his troops to search for enemy mortars and retaliate. The Japanese officers and soldiers quickly figured out the direction and rushed towards Xu Dalong.
Seeing this situation, Xu Dalong couldn't help but feel slightly disappointed. He knew very well that if his shelling just now really killed the top commander of the Japanese army, then the Japanese army would be in great chaos and would not be able to retaliate in such a short time.
The Japanese army moved so quickly that it was obvious that the Japanese army's command system had not been destroyed. Xu Dalong shook his head slightly, and began to evacuate with the snipers of the special forces team around him.
It was a squadron leader of the Japanese army who came to chase Xu Dalong. He saw Xu Dalong fleeing through his binoculars. At this time, the distance between the two sides was more than 400 meters. The squadron leader knew that it would be difficult to catch up with the other side, so he grabbed a Type 38 rifle from the soldiers around him and shot it at Xu Dalong.
The effective range of the Type 38 rifle is more than 400 meters. The so-called effective range refers to the distance that the shooter can effectively control. The bullets of the Type 38 rifle can still hit the target at a distance of 1,200 meters and still have lethality. The Japanese squadron leader had never hit a target at such a distance before. He was also confused and shot him, and he was almost inseparable.
The bullet flew past Xu Dalong's ear and hit a bush branch next to him.
Xu Dalong was very angry and simply stayed. He and the sniper fought towards the pursuing Japanese troops.
Xu Dalong's eyesight was excellent. He could clearly see the chasing Japanese soldiers without a telescope. The others rushed forward, and there was an officer who was shooting and running forward.
Xu Dalong knew that this guy had fired the shot just now, so he picked up the gun, took a brief look at him, and then pulled the trigger.
The bullet roared out from the muzzle of the sniper rifle and hit the Japanese squadron leader squarely between the eyebrows. The huge impact made him lean back and fall to the ground.
Xu Dalong kept firing bullets at the fastest speed, killing a Japanese soldier with every shot.
The snipers of the special operations team were not given for free. Although his level was slightly worse than that of Xu Dalong, the Japanese soldiers were only about 300 meters away from him at this time. Every shot he fired was also flawless.
Xu Dalong and the sniper were like competing, both fired more than 20 shots, and half of the Japanese infantry squad was wiped out.
The other Japs were completely frightened by the opponent's magical shooting skills. They all lay on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads.
Captain Watanabe, who had been hiding behind the car to observe the situation with a telescope, saw that there were only two people on the other side, but he beat a squadron of Japanese soldiers so that they did not dare to move forward. He was very angry and immediately ordered the artillery to concentrate their firepower, intending to destroy the enemy. sniper.
Watanabe still doesn't understand Xu Dalong. Xu Dalong never does risky things. He calculated the time well. After firing more than 20 shots, he felt that this time was enough for the Japanese artillery to set up artillery, so he immediately evacuated quickly with the special operations team member.
The Japanese artillery set up the artillery in a hurry. If they wanted to hit a fixed target, they still had to conduct a test fire, let alone the two people who had already evacuated quickly. They fired the shells in a hurry, without any effect. The nearest shell was more than 50 meters away from Xu Dalong and others.
The wild vegetation was dense, and within a short time, Xu Dalong and his two figures had disappeared.
The Japanese who came to pursue them lay on the ground and waited for a long time. They were sure that the enemy had escaped. Then they got up one by one and walked back dejectedly.
The Japanese army gave up their pursuit of Xu Dalong, but Xu Dalong had no intention of taking advantage of them. He and the sniper caught up with the evacuated special operations team members and began to set up mortars on the ground.
At this time, they were more than 1,200 meters away from the Japanese troops on the road. At such a distance, if a fixed target is hit, it is impossible for an ordinary gunner to hit the target without multiple test shots. Xu Dalong may have to go through a test launch before he can do it.
Fortunately, the Japanese army on the road had a large target at this time, with vehicles and many officers and soldiers. Xu Dalong took aim casually and began to ask the gunners to fire shells on the road.
Another six consecutive rapid fires, and the shells basically fell into the enemy group. This shelling destroyed a truck, overturned an artillery piece, and caused the casualties of more than 20 Japanese soldiers.
The Japs were all furious. Before Watanabe could give an order, many Japs spontaneously rushed towards Xu Dalong and the others. There were a lot of people coming this time, more than 300 people.
Seeing this situation, Xu Dalong ordered the special forces members to evacuate quickly with mortars. He stayed with the sniper again, slowing down the Japanese pursuit.
The Japanese came after him. When they were 600 meters away from Xu Dalong, Xu Dalong opened fire.
The Japanese never dreamed that the enemy's marksmanship could be so accurate and that they could still be killed from such a long distance.
The sniper admired Xu Dalong greatly, and he also imitated Xu Dalong's example and shot from a long distance.
He is also the top sniper master in the special operations team. Although his hit rate is not as high as Xu Dalong's, he can still hit a target in two shots. Now he was too far away from the Japanese, which was a bit difficult for him. For enemies in motion, he could not guarantee a kill with one shot. He only killed one Japanese and wounded four Japanese.
Unexpectedly, this actually had an unexpected effect. The Japanese who were beaten to death lay there without saying a word, and the wounded Japanese screamed in pain, which further disturbed the minds of the Japanese.
Some of the Japs were already very timid when they saw how powerful their opponent's marksmanship was, and when they heard the injured Japs screaming in pain, they became even more timid. No one was willing to rush forward anymore.
A Japanese team leader was very brave. When he saw other Japanese soldiers cowering, he kicked and hit them to urge them forward. The sniper from the special operations team saw this guy and shot at him.
Unexpectedly, the shot was so accurate. The bullet hit his heart without any bias, and the Japanese squad leader fell to the ground without a sound.
At this time, all the Japanese were so frightened that they lay on the ground with their stomachs pouted. No matter how much the commander urged, no one was willing to go forward.
Following the Japanese soldiers who rushed out was a Japanese squadron leader. When he saw this situation, he ordered the gunners to set up mortars. He knew that to deal with the enemy snipers in front, he could only use mortars.
The last time Xu Dalong was chased away by an enemy mortar, he felt a little useless. This time he has been searching for the Japanese mortar crew. When he saw the Japanese setting up mortars, Xu Dalong aimed at the Japanese gunners and hit them. The two gunners were killed.
The Japanese squadron leader knew his men well and ordered his men who knew how to use mortars to continue playing with mortars. The two Japanese soldiers regretted it very much. If they had known this would happen, they would not have learned how to operate the mortar.
However, under the coercion of the squadron leader, they were helpless and could only get up tremblingly. They had just arrived in front of the mortar, and before their hands touched the mortar, two bullets were fired again, and the two guys fell to the ground.
This time the mortar became the god of death, and the Japanese crawled elsewhere, as far away from the mortar as possible. The Japanese squadron leader knew how to operate a mortar, but seeing this situation, he didn't have the guts to take the risk. Just like that, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were lying 500 meters away from Xu Dalong, but no one dared to rush forward.
Watanabe was so furious that he called a captain next to him and asked him to organize the sharpshooters in his brigade to kill Xu Dalong.
The captain took the order and hurriedly arranged it. There are many sharpshooters in the Japanese army, some of whom are very high level. These guys thought they were good at marksmanship and were eager to try it out. After hearing the captain's order, eight sharpshooters immediately rushed down the road and pounced on Xu Dalong and the sniper.
Xu Dalong watched six roads with his eyes and listened in all directions. He also noticed eight Japanese soldiers running out of the road. Based on his experience, he immediately judged that these guys must be sharpshooters among the Japanese army, and they were specially designed to deal with him.
Xu Dalong didn't take these guys seriously. If there weren't so many Japs ahead, and there were only these eight Japs sharpshooters, he would have wanted to compete with them. It's just that these eight Japanese sharpshooters and so many Japanese helpers, Xu Dalong is not willing to take this risk. He has a heavy responsibility and there is no need to fight with these guys.
Without hesitation, Xu Dalong took the snipers around him and turned around to chase the special forces members who retreated first.
The special force sniper also saw that those eight Japanese were sharpshooters, and he really wanted to compete with them. Xu Dalong asked him to retreat, but he was unwilling to do so. While running forward, he looked back at the eight Japanese soldiers. When he saw the eight Japs passing by the large group of Japs lying on the ground, his desire to deal with them became even stronger.
As he ran, he said: "Captain, those eight Japs are catching up."
Xu Dalong glanced back and saw that eight Japanese soldiers had already passed the group of Japanese soldiers and were running towards them. He kept walking and said, "Wait until these devils are far away from their large army, then deal with them."
The sniper of the special operations team was very happy after hearing this. He ran and said: "Captain, why don't we run a little slower? Don't let these devils get lost."
After hearing his words, Xu Dalong really slowed down his pace, but he also controlled the speed. By the time the Japs caught up with him, they had already put enough distance away from the Japs' marching group. By then, he could calmly deal with the Japs.
Xu Dalong and others ran for a full kilometer. During this period, he looked back from time to time. Seeing those Japanese sharpshooters still chasing after them, Xu Dalong was secretly happy.
Later, he saw that the large group of Japanese soldiers had begun to retreat to the road. He felt that it was time to deal with the Japanese soldiers who had caught up, so he stopped.
The guerrilla sniper didn't want to run forward anymore. When he saw Xu Dalong stopped, he immediately turned around and lay down, quickly found a bunker, and was ready to shoot.
Xu Dalong found a sniper position and aimed his sniper rifle at the chasing Japanese.
While chasing, the Japanese sharpshooters were also observing the movements of Xu Dalong and others. Seeing them stop and turn over and lie down, the Japanese soldiers also hurriedly lay down on the ground. (End of chapter)
