Colonel Hattori Jiro is in a very bad mood now, which can be seen from the fact that several guards and orderlies who have always followed him closely now find excuses to stay away and remain silent.
They all knew that His Excellency Colonel wanted to hit someone again.
Yes, Hattori Jiro now not only wants to hit people, but also wants to kill people.
Because although he led 14 mixed brigade groups and finally arrived at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain less than 5 kilometers away from Lengkou Pass after two days of trekking, he experienced countless hardships along the way.
No, for Colonel Hattori Jiro, it was not as simple as countless hardships. Perhaps countless nightmares would be more appropriate to describe it.
An ordinary march that was supposed to take one day and one night to reach the destination actually took two full days and two nights.
The key point is that the current number of casualties reported by his staff has made him unable to find an object to vent the anger and depression aroused in his chest.
"Baga! These despicable and hateful Zhina people, I will kill them all, yes, kill them all, leaving no one alive."
This is the voice and only wish of Hattori Jiro at this moment.
He did not expect that what he thought was a small trouble before entering the mountain would now become a nightmare for him and the thousands of imperial officers and soldiers under his command.
What a bunch of cowards and villains this is!
They never confront you, and you have never even seen them face to face. They are like a group of shameless rats and bugs, but the harm and psychological blow they bring to you makes you feel heartbroken.
The most unbearable thing is that they seem to be never satisfied, like tarsal maggots, wandering around the marching team for two days and two nights.
If you weren't careful, bullets flying from nowhere would knock down several or even a dozen loyal and brave Imperial soldiers.
What a warrior! They don't even know who their enemies are, and they either end up sleeping in this strange land, or they become burdens screaming and wailing on stretchers.
What's frustrating is that Hattori Jiro still can't find a way to deal with it.
He has always been confused and puzzled, wondering how these Chinese armies communicate with each other.
They can always gather together quickly when needed, but usually scatter around to make cold shots and cold shots.
You send out leading soldiers to clear up and guard. If you send too few, even a small group will be in danger. The Chinese soldiers on the other side seem to have a particularly simple way of contacting them. They can suddenly concentrate their forces and attack those who are only about one kilometer away from the group. Vigilance troops launched a raid.
Their marksmanship is precise and their firepower is ferocious. They can often cause a large number of casualties to the vanguard troops in a short period of time. By the time their own troops arrive, the enemy has long since fled, leaving only corpses and wounded soldiers on the ground.
And it doesn't work when you send more than one squadron of security forces on all sides. These Chinese soldiers can always find the right time to carry out sneak attacks, which is simply annoying.
In the end, Hattori Jiro could only use the stupidest method, which was to use the brigade as a unit and advance layer by layer with vigilance. All the artillery behind the brigade had their gun jackets removed. They were ready for bombardment at any time during the march. Whenever a situation was discovered, they would cover it with artillery. shooting.
Although this method allowed his troops to reduce casualties and the number of sneak attacks, it caused the entire brigade to be always on high alert. Not only the marching speed was slow, but also very tiring. Basically, it took more than ten kilometers to walk. It is necessary to stop to repair and restore physical strength. Thousands of people are in danger and miserable.
But even so, we still lost troops along the way, and we were disturbed by sporadic mortars from the opponent at night.
Two days later, when they finally arrived at Lengkou Pass, the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Kwantung Army was about to become the Panda Legion. Almost everyone among the thousands of Japanese troops, including Colonel Hattori Jiro, had two black eyes.
Until now, seeing dusk fall, the thousands of Japanese soldiers from the Panda Corps did not dare to rest. They were busy digging trenches and building camps, turning the mountainous area of several kilometers into a huge military garrison.
Hattori Jiro was gnashing his teeth as he took the list of more than 530 casualties.
On the first day of departure, nearly two squadrons were annihilated. That night, dozens of people were killed and injured by night attacks and artillery bombardments. On the second day, although the stupid method of the turtle formation was used, there were still more than a hundred imperial soldiers. Warriors were killed or wounded.
Before the actual attack started, a mixed brigade lost 10% of its troops. How could you put this brigade commander who had sworn so solemnly in front of Lieutenant General Masaemon Sakamoto and many of his colleagues before setting off? How to report it?
Hattori Jiro, who stood in the cold wind with the list in hand, was not only angry, but also a little frightened and vigilant.
Through two days of battle analysis, he knew that the number of Chinese troops on the opposite side was not large, no more than 100, but their tactical capabilities and military literacy were of a considerable level. His staff all analyzed and deduced based on the example of the devastating blow suffered by two squadrons on the first day, and generally believed that the tactical capabilities of the small Chinese force on the opposite side were on par with the Japanese army.
However, Hattori Jiro believed that these subordinates still overestimated themselves. Their consistent extreme self-confidence and victory had blinded the eyes of these passionate officers of the empire.
However, he clearly realized for the first time that it was impossible for the same number of Japanese troops to achieve such amazing results unless they were facing other Chinese troops.
And what’s even more frightening is that through their countless on-site analysis and judgment, the casualties of the Chinese troops on the opposite side are basically negligible. In other words, in the countless small-scale battles in the past two days, the battle loss exchange ratio between the two sides is very likely to be Five hundred and thirty to zero.
What an astonishing number this was. He didn't know which other country's army in the world could achieve such a record when facing the Japanese army, and this was not just the result of a single battle.
This shows what? It shows that this small Chinese force is not only extremely powerful in equipment and combat effectiveness, but also has very clear tactical thinking and a calm mind.
Before each battle, they attached great importance to their own safety and fully arranged their escape routes. They took advantage and ran away, never entangled with the Japanese army. He is also very familiar with the Japanese infantry tactics. When will you fire artillery and when will there be support from a large group of troops? Every node is perfectly grasped.
Although this tactic seems quite unsamurai and even despicable, Hattori Jiro has to admit that this tactic is very effective against the current Japanese army. If there are many such small units in the Chinese army, it will really would become a nightmare for the Imperial Army.
