However, it was said that just after the Japanese 3rd Squadron entered the ambush circle of the 2nd Squadron, the Japanese 1st Squadron, which had been following unhurriedly 1 kilometer behind, advanced along the mountain road in a marching formation.
Since there were troops standing in front of the attack, they were not too vigilant during the march, and they did not send out leading soldiers.
When intensive gunfire came from the front, Lieutenant Naoya Ono, the squadron leader of the 1st Squadron, knew the situation was not good as soon as he heard it.
As a grassroots officer who has experienced war and has certain battlefield experience, he knew as soon as he heard that it was because many automatic firearms were shooting at the same time that it appeared so dense. It was like hundreds of firecrackers being lit at the same time and exploding, with endless crackling sounds.
The 3rd Squadron does not have that much automatic firepower, so there is only one conclusion. The 3rd Squadron was ambushed by the enemy in a premeditated manner, and under the attack of so much automatic firepower, the losses of the 3rd Squadron can be imagined. Got it.
But Lieutenant Naoya Ono did not panic. He did not think that a squadron of the brave and capable Imperial Army would be eaten up in a short period of time by what he considered to be a cowardly and incompetent enemy. Moreover, he heard that although the enemy's firepower was fierce, the number of people was not very large. .
And he also knew that the Northeast Army was equipped with a lot of submachine guns. The commander on the opposite side could think of using automatic firepower together, which only meant that the other side had become a little smarter than before.
However, with his calm personality, he still sent a correspondent to the group headquarters a few kilometers away to report to the group leader that the 3rd Squadron had been engaged in combat with the enemy.
Then he immediately ordered his 1st Squadron and 2nd Squadron to go back to the battlefield from the forest on both sides of the mountain road. He led a dozen people from the squadron headquarters and 54 fresh troops from the 3rd Squadron to run along the mountain road to support.
Until this moment, Lieutenant Naoya Ono could not have imagined that the 3rd Squadron, which he considered to be the best in combat effectiveness in the entire brigade, would completely collapse under such a ferocious and precise attack by the mercenary group, even within 5 minutes.
In fact, it cannot be said to have collapsed, but it is equivalent to being annihilated.
Except for the more than 20 Japanese troops in the rear who escaped, most of the other more than 130 Japanese troops had turned into corpses. The few seriously wounded soldiers who were not dead yet were lying helplessly on the ground, fearfully feeling the blood that was constantly flowing out in the cold wind and icy snow, and their body temperatures were getting colder and colder. How many of them could survive in the end? Only God knows.
Just after the two teams, a total of 108 vigorous and powerful men, rushed into the woods from both sides, Lieutenant Naoya Ono had no doubt that the battle was about to be won.
He followed the standard Japanese infantry attack tactics, attracting the enemy's firepower and attention head-on, and outflanking the troops on both sides was the real killer move. This is also the magic weapon tactic that the Japanese army has used unfailingly since the Russo-Japanese War, and it has now been used with great proficiency.
Especially when it came to the all-out war of resistance, countless battle victories against the national army were achieved by relying on this roundabout tactic. What's annoying is that there's obviously nothing surprising about this tactic. Everyone in the national army knows it, but they just can't crack it.
But unfortunately, everything that happened today and has yet to happen is destined to run counter to his expectations and intentions.
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Second Lieutenant Keiji Matsushita is the captain of the 1st Squadron. Today is the day he just turned 25 years old, and it is also the three-year anniversary of his graduation from the Imperial Army Military Academy.
Since he graduated from the military academy and came to serve in Northeast China, he has had great respect and fanaticism for His Majesty the Emperor since he was a child. He has been determined to bring glory to his family and has never been given the opportunity to display his talents. The only battles he participated in were against the anti-Japanese volunteers who had no combat effectiveness at all and could only do sneak attacks. For him, it could not be called a battle at all, let alone receive honors and promotions.
It wasn't until the outbreak of the Rehe War that he finally felt passionate. Starting from Jinzhou, the imperial army was invincible wherever it went. Any Chinese soldier or civilian who hindered the advance of the imperial army became a corpse under the bayonet of himself and his warriors.
Countless battles have proven that the imperial army is invincible. Often a single charge can drive Chinese troops several times or even ten times their size across the mountains. At this moment, Matsushita Keiji felt the pleasure of dominating other people's lives, and he realized A thrill more exciting than being in a comfort station.
Regarding today's battle, when he led his 50 or so tough soldiers into the woods, he felt that exciting feeling again.
He waved his troops to his commanders to disperse the troops, and then prepared to rush forward quickly. In less than 10 minutes, his troops would appear on the left wing of the battlefield, which also meant that the group was ambushing. The end of the 3rd Squadron - that army is coming.
At this moment, he saw Captain Okishima Keitao of the 2nd Division ahead tripping over something. He didn't take it seriously at first, but the next thing made him open his eyes wide.
He saw an inconspicuous flash of fire, and in Matsushita Keiji's widened eyes, a cylindrical object jumping in the air and emitting a faint light appeared.
"Landmine..." Before Keiji Matsushita could say anything, he heard a crisp "Boom!"
Then, Matsushita Keiji looked at his abdomen and crotch that were bleeding out in disbelief. An indescribable pain shot straight from several wounds to his brain.
"Ah... Flax falls..." Matsushita Keiji rolled on the ground, covering his crotch with both hands and looking up to the sky howling miserably. His voice sounded like a child who had his candy stolen.
Yes, a treasure was indeed stolen from Keiji Matsushita. The steel balls and fragments ejected from this landmine jumping in mid-air cut off his little brother by the roots.
At this time, there were several more heart-stopping explosions in the woods, followed by howls and calls for help.
The 1st Squadron of the 1st Squadron of the 183rd Brigade of the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Army became the first people in the world to experience the taste of German-made S-type landmines.
The first team was completely frightened by the S-type mines planted by Gao Xiaoshan and others. The Japanese leader Cao Chang, who took over the command of Matsushita Keiji, didn't know how many mines there were in the woods, so he could only order the troops to temporarily withdraw from the same route.
In fact, for most of the Japanese troops in the 1st Team, it is impossible to retreat on their own initiative just because six or seven people were injured.
After the Japanese troops rushed into the woods, they only hit four landmines. No one died on the spot, and they were all seriously injured.
But the problem is that if these injured people died directly, it would be easy to say, but the whole damn three were injured, and it was visible to the naked eye that at least three of them had their balls broken or blown away, while Matsushita Keiji was directly injured. Uprooted.
