The Japanese suffered a loss again, and by the time they realized it, Li Yunlong had already run away with his men.
The little devils occupied the small high ground, but when they saw that not a single corpse was left behind by the other party, and there was not even a trace of blood, they knew that this time the other party ambushed them with zero casualties, and killed and wounded more than 80 of them. .
The Japanese officer cursed angrily, but had no choice but to order the troops to continue the pursuit.
But this time, there was only one infantry brigade pursuing the Japanese, and the rest of the Japanese and puppet troops continued to set up defenses in the Mushan area to prevent the Dragon Boat Festival from breaking out.
For this battle, Doihara used all his strength.
Although he suffered several setbacks, he seemed to see hope. Duanwu had been surrounded by Yehu Mountain, and killing Duanwu was only a matter of time.
And at the same time, Doihara also realized a serious problem, that is, it was getting dark. This is very detrimental to his combat.
He immediately ordered all Japanese troops to speed up their march and enter the Yehu Mountain area as quickly as possible. They also dispatched multiple reconnaissance aircraft to conduct reconnaissance in the Yehu Mountain area, and guided bombers to bomb the Yehu Mountain area at any time.
After receiving Doihara's order, the little devil started to speed up again. Although they were as tired as their grandchildren at this time, every Japanese was very energetic.
The little devil is afraid of the supervision team and the Chinese lunatic. But at the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival attracted them like a magnet.
These top soldiers, even front-line commanders, all want to get rid of their current status.
They are on the front line and may die at any time.
And it is not that easy for the Japanese to get promoted or to increase their military rank.
Many Japanese soldiers have no background. Even if they have made meritorious service, it still depends on whether their commander is in the mood to promote their military rank.
But if they can kill Dragon Boat Festival, that's another matter. After being promoted to the fourth level, even a first-class private can be directly promoted to second lieutenant or lieutenant.
And after reaching such a military rank, although they are on the front line, the death rate has been greatly reduced.
And what about those second lieutenants, lieutenants, captains, and even majors?
If Duanwu is killed, some of them can even be directly promoted to colonels and command an infantry regiment, without the need to go to the front line to command.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese, Dragon Boat Festival and its supervision team are dangers, but at the same time, they are opportunities.
So after receiving Doihara's order, these little devils all thought that this time, the Chinese lunatic would definitely come to an end.
The first is because they have confidence in Lord Doihara, and the second is that almost every Japanese is clear about Doihara's plan.
Their purpose is to encircle and gradually shrink the encirclement, and then the empire's planes will drop bombs and incendiary bombs to completely destroy the area within the encirclement.
And if this happens, the Dragon Boat Festival is still alive. Then they really have to respect the Dragon Boat Festival as if they were gods.
Time flew by like a flash, and it was around 1:30 in the afternoon. The three infantry regiments of the Little Devils have firmly surrounded the Yehu Mountain area from the outside.
The nearby Japanese and puppet troops had already controlled the intersection leading out of the mountain, and found no sign of a breakout during the Dragon Boat Festival.
The three Japanese captains contacted each other through the radio, and after confirming that they had arrived at the predetermined location, they launched a search.
Their purpose is very clear, which is to drive the Dragon Boat Festival supervision team into a very small circle, and then use bombers to carry out bombing.
This is the perfect plan formulated by Lord Doihara.
However, this plan requires their three infantry regiments to cooperate seamlessly.
Otherwise, if there is an omission in one aspect, it will lead to the failure of the entire plan.
Therefore, the top commanders of the three infantry regiments unanimously decided that they would not only search every inch, but also win step by step. No one should be greedy for credit. Otherwise, if one person's plan fails due to greed for merit, the other two people will jointly sue each other to a military court.
So the three Japanese infantry regiments, with the cooperation of the Japanese local troops, entered Yehu Mountain almost hand in hand.
They searched every inch, not even a mouse hole.
Not long after entering the woods, an infantry team of the 15th Regiment of the 14th Division, which was pursuing from the west, encountered a trap.
A little devil was directly pierced through the chest by a flying wooden arrow.
The little devil was not dead yet and kept screaming. His commander looked at it and said with great regret: "The wooden arrow has damaged your main organs, and you can no longer survive. In order to reduce your pain, I decided to help you. Please don't blame me."
Although the injured little devil thought he could still save some time, the team leader said so, so he could only nod in agreement.
After a gunshot, the injured little Japanese hated the northwest.
But little did he know that his squad leader was completely lying to him. Although he was pierced by a wooden arrow, only his lungs were injured. And he knew it hurt, which meant that although the wooden arrow penetrated his body, he could still breathe and his consciousness was very fresh.
However, if this is the case, why does the Japanese team leader still say that he is hopeless?
Because first, they were very, very far away from the field hospital. Although the Japanese soldier would not die immediately, if their battle lasted for a long time, wound infection would kill him.
The second one is much simpler. It is very inconvenient for them to move with a wounded soldier with a wooden arrow on his front and back chest, and they have to send someone to take care of him.
And thirdly, and most importantly, the wounded soldier's constant shouting in pain would expose their actions.
So the Japs squad leader must let him die. And he couldn't let other Japanese soldiers see that he was too ruthless. He killed the soldier just because he was injured. Then other Japanese soldiers might go to the military court to sue him in the future.
So the Japs squad leader came up with such an idea, which not only solved the trouble, but also gained the respect of other Japs soldiers.
But misfortunes never come singly. They walked no more than a hundred meters when a Japanese soldier suddenly stepped on something and his foot sank.
The trap is not deep, only about a foot, but at the bottom of the pit, there are wooden thorns standing upright.
The wooden thorns were sharpened from a hard shrub, and the little devil's rubber shoes were penetrated like tissue paper.
The little devil screamed, and the other devils panicked. And at this moment, there was a crash on the dense and tall tree crown, and a piece of wood as thick as a bucket crashed down with a whine, sending the three devils flying away! .
(End of chapter)
