Predator Reborn

Chapter 215 Murata is in a dilemma during the counter-encirclement and suppression campaign

"Baga, you have a very bad conscience. It was your false information that caused the imperial army to lose so many outstanding soldiers. Now you have become a deserter again. You are simply a shame to the empire. I will kill you personally today."

,,In compliance with military law..." As he said that, the brigade commander drew out his command knife.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, wait a minute, I have something to say..." The battalion commander had never seen such a posture before, and he quickly knelt on the ground.

"Yours, what else do you have to say? I will let you die knowingly..." The brigade leader looked at the Chinese who was almost unconscious with fear and said contemptuously.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we have all been fooled by the Eighth Route Army. I did not escape from Zhouzhuang. I came to report the news. Zhouzhuang has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army. I took advantage of the Eighth Route Army's careless opportunity to sneak out.

"The battalion commander said the news that made the brigade commander feel dizzy.

"Baga, it's impossible. How could Zhouzhuang be attacked by the Eighth Route Army? Why didn't we receive a request for help from Zhouzhuang? You're lying to death. How dare you deceive the excellent imperial army. You're going to die!

Yeah..." As he said that, he raised his command sword and struck the battalion commander in front of him fiercely.

"Ah..." A scream sounded at the temporary headquarters of the brigade commander, and a round head fell to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Brigade Commander, could you please send a telegram to Zhouzhuang to make sure..." The chief of staff next to him did not forget his duties because he had just been criticized, and immediately reminded him.

"Well, you send a telegram to Zhouzhuang right away. I'll be waiting here for your news." The brigade leader also knew that he was too impulsive and nodded in agreement.

However, just five minutes after the chief of staff left, he still did not see the chief of staff reporting to him. This made Sakai realize the seriousness of the matter. Without caring about his demeanor as a major general, he hurried to the radio operator.

I saw the chief of staff walking back and forth next to several telegraph operators, who were sweating profusely and constantly sending signals.

At this moment, Sakai realized that everything the battalion commander just said was true, and that he had been deceived by the Eighth Route Army. However, he could not allow himself to be angry at this time.

"Chief of Staff, stop it. Zhouzhuang must have been attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The radio station has been damaged. We must return to Zhouzhuang immediately. Quickly, gather the troops and return to Zhouzhuang. Also, generate electricity for the first and second brigades entering the mountains.

Let them immediately give up the pursuit of the Chinese army and report back to Zhouzhuang immediately..." The brigade commander quickly issued the order.

In this way, when the Japanese Major General Sakai led his troops back to Zhouzhuang, he saw nothing but thousands of corpses and burning car wrecks... not even his own dozens of mountain guns,

Except for a dozen cannons that had been blown out of shape, not a single cannon was seen intact.

"Baga... you cunning Chinese, I will kill you all..." Sakai cursed loudly again.

It turned out that at the end of the Battle of Zhouzhuang, when the soldiers were worried about piles of supplies and ammunition and heavy mountain cannons, the commander Liu Hua thought of a good way to dismantle all the cannons, except for some

Except for the important parts being transported by the soldiers, the rest were carried by the prisoners. As for the ammunition and supplies, it was even simpler. Each prisoner carried a box of bullets or artillery shells, which easily solved the problem at hand.

Piles of supplies.

Without the burden of heavy supplies and cars, Liu Hua, who wanted convenience, simply gave up taking the main road, took his troops and captured supplies, and quickly got into the mountains before the Japanese army returned for reinforcements. In this way, what was left to the Japanese army

Only the messy battlefield and the almost burned camp are left...

Let’s talk about the 1st and 2nd Battalions that were led by Major Murata into the mountains to pursue the Chinese army. During the two consecutive days of pursuit, Murata had penetrated deeper into the mountains and exceeded

100 kilometers.

At this time, Murata was sitting on the ground, thinking about where he should go. For two days, the Chinese army in front of him never had direct contact with him, and constantly attacked him. Although the casualties in a sneak attack were not large, the total number of casualties was

A shocking number of casualties...

According to the statistics just made by the deputy captain, the two brigades have now reduced their numbers and passed through two squads. More importantly, more than half of the soldiers in these two squads have completely lost their combat effectiveness and need to be separated by themselves.

A squadron of troops went to carry stretchers for them.

"No, if you let these wounded soldiers march with the army, you will never be able to catch up with the Chinese army that is so close..." Murata said to the two deputy captains beside him.

"Hey, what the captain said makes a lot of sense. I think we should separate a small group of troops to stay and protect these wounded. The remaining troops will advance lightly, move through quickly, and eliminate the Chinese army in front of them in one fell swoop."

The vice-captain immediately understood what Murata meant and continued.

"Yo Xi, the deputy captain's idea is very good. I think we'll do it this way, leaving all the wounded and a small group of soldiers behind." The captain immediately issued the order.

In this way, the Japanese army, without the burden of the wounded, immediately accelerated their march.

"Battal Commander, the news just came from the platoon leader of the reconnaissance platoon. The Japanese left a small team to protect their wounded. The remaining main force has accelerated its march and is rushing towards us." The battalion instructor ran to the guard group.

Battalion Commander Wang Dezhi said in front of him.

"Haha, instructor, I didn't expect the Japanese army to become smarter. However, they left us such a big piece of fat. Do you think we should eat it or not?" Battalion Commander Wang Dezhi asked with a smile.

"Battal Commander, why don't you eat? It's all fat on your lips. Why don't we eat?" The instructor immediately understood what his partner meant and quickly agreed.

"Since the instructor agrees, let's eat this piece of fat tonight. Later, you will lead the first company and the main force of the Japanese to continue to circle in the forest. I will lead the second and third companies and quietly touch

Go back and try to kill these hundreds of Japs quietly. We should meet here in the early morning," the battalion commander suggested.

"Okay, I agree, let's split up now..." After the instructor said that, he went to find the first company commander.

In this way, Wang Dezhi led two companies of troops, bypassing the enemy's marching group, and went straight to the camp of the wounded Japs. Finally, at eight o'clock in the evening, with the light of the weak bonfire lit by the Japs in the woods,

Their camping ground was found. Wang Deli and two company commanders slowly walked to the side of the Japanese army's camping ground.

Throughout the camp, dozens of wounded were lying on the ground. Some soldiers could not bear the pain in their bodies and were still rolling and wailing. As for a small group of Japanese soldiers responsible for the security mission, except for a few standing with guns,

Except for those patrolling outside the camp, the remaining dozens of soldiers gathered around three bonfires to keep warm.

"Battal Commander, the Japs haven't rested. It's going to be very difficult to kill them quietly. It seems like the only option is to launch a force attack." A company commander next to him suggested.

"Well, I also agree with Captain Luo, let's attack by force..." Another company commander also agreed.

"Okay, since you all agree to attack by force, let's attack by force. Let's go back and discuss the specific method of attack." Wang Deli said.

Back at the camp, Wang Deli found a piece of flat land and used stones to draw the specific layout of the Japanese camp.

"Comrades, the main obstacle to our attack is the three bonfires in three directions of the Japanese camp. The Japanese soldiers are all gathered there to keep warm. So we must deal with these dozens of people as soon as possible. However, fortunately, the Japanese army's

The three fires are scattered in three squares, which facilitates our attack." Wang Dezhi said, pointing to the simple terrain map on the ground.

"We have a total of 6 light machine guns in hand, six platoons of troops. When we attack later, two machine guns will be used to deal with a fire, and they will shoot in a fan pattern. In this way, the six light machine guns combined will have no shooting at all.

A blind spot. Then the Japanese troops will have nowhere to hide. Do you hear me?"

"Yes..." the surrounding company and platoon commanders responded neatly.

"Okay, now let's start taking action. I'll take the sound of my gun as a signal in a moment. As soon as my gun fires, all the light machine guns will fire at the same time. We must eliminate these dozens of Japs in the shortest possible time.

The last thing I want to emphasize is that if we can solve it with guns later, we will try to solve it with guns as our time is limited." Zhou Dezhi finally said.

When everyone had dispersed, Wang Dezhi personally led two platoons of troops and walked around a fire at the rear of the Japanese army. Twenty minutes later, the two soldiers who were filming walked around behind the Japanese army and saw the machine gunners and soldiers.

Having already prepared for the attack, Zhou Dezhi said nothing and fired the first shot of the battle at the fire not far away.

Just when Wang Dezhi's gunfire rang out, six light machine guns waiting at three corners of the Japanese camp opened fire one after another. Since the Japanese soldiers were all gathered around the campfire to keep warm, they had nowhere to hide in the face of the dense bullets.

.One by one, they were shot and fell to the ground...

This was a night attack battle without any suspense. Under the frenzied fire of six light machine guns, most of the Japanese guard troops were wiped out before they could react. As for the remaining dozen or so lying on the ground beside their companions,

Among the corpses of the Japanese soldiers who fought back, Zhou Dezhi did not let them continue to be arrogant for long.

As grenade shouts rang out, nearly a hundred grenades exploded at three Japanese fire piles. The explosion of grenades and the wailing of the Japanese soldiers immediately rang out.

"Comrades, rush... With the help of the light from the fire, Zhou Dezhi shouted loudly and was the first to rush towards the Japanese camp. The soldiers behind him, encouraged by the battalion commander to take the lead, also rushed over quickly. The Japanese troops

The last bit of resistance was broken by the soldiers' charge. The entire battle lasted less than 15 minutes.

"Quick, don't leave anyone alive, clean the battlefield and prepare to retreat..." Looking at the messy battlefield, Wang Dezhi knew that his gunfire must have alerted the main force of the Japanese army, so he quickly issued the order to retreat.

Just as the soldiers disappeared into the night carrying the captured guns and ammunition, the Japanese captain returned to the camp with the main force. At this time, there were less than 100 corpses left in the camp...

"The captain and brigade commander sent a telegram, asking us to withdraw our troops immediately. Our military camp Zhouzhuang was attacked by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses..." At this moment, the deputy captain came to Cuntian with a telegram and said.

When he heard the brigade commander's request for reinforcements, his depressed heart immediately became excited because he didn't want to stay in this forest for even a minute. You know, in this forest, the Eighth Route Army

Like a fish entering the sea, it cannot be seen or caught. But the imperial army is like a beautiful woman who has been stripped naked and is at the disposal of the Eighth Route Army.

"Yo Xi, deputy captain, order the troops to set off immediately to return to Zhouzhuang..." the captain replied excitedly.