Rise From Eight Hundred

When it was completely dark, the officers and soldiers of the independent battalion were completely relieved.

They knew that the main force of the Japanese army they were worried about would never arrive here. They were not worried about continuing to fight, but that the captured spoils on the ground were waiting for them to clean up.

That was the happiest moment after a big battle, and it must not be disturbed.

In fact, the main force of the Japanese army that had been attacking Qinglongling Village for two hours did not know that the unlucky child Takeuchi Yunshan was completely finished. Even if they knew, they were like an eighty-year-old man meeting an eighteen-year-old girl - they were powerless!

However, after more than an hour of attack, in front of the iron walnut of Qinglongling Village, Kunisaki's forehead was hit to purple, and a full 180 corpses and more than 200 wounded were carried off the battlefield, while the opponent was still full of energy, and cold guns were shot from time to time from the cracks in the rocks, causing the officers and soldiers under the mountain to die.

This is why the bottom line of Major General Kunisaki, who had lost an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion, has been pulled very low, otherwise he would have vomited blood again.

So, the beatings of life can improve people a lot. At least at this moment, Major General Kunisaki Zheng just turned pale. While ordering the entire army to continue to trap the fish caught in the net, he was still waiting in the field tent for the reconnaissance troops he sent to bring back information from Takeuchi Yunshan.

Or, he was waiting for dawn, giving him another day, the fog on the navy side can't last for two consecutive days!

Not too many, just a squadron of bombers, 12 heavy bombs dropped can blow up the damn stone walls and deep trenches of the Chinese.

Unfortunately, no one knows whether the Japanese Navy's fighter planes can take off normally tomorrow, but he is destined not to wait for information from Takeuchi Yunshan tonight.

When the overall situation was basically determined, Tang Dao ordered Lao Hei to lead the guard platoon, Yang Xiaoshan's infantry platoon and Gu Xishui's special operations team to quickly move to the east of the valley...

As expected, the three small troops that almost represent the most elite of the independent battalion encountered a Japanese squadron-level search team in the mountains 1.5 kilometers away from the valley.

The three Japanese search teams, except for one team walking on the mountain road, the other two chose to advance through the more difficult mountain forests, which seriously slowed down their marching speed, so that they only walked less than 2 kilometers in more than an hour.

The Japanese army had no choice but to choose this. In order to obtain information about friendly forces, they must first ensure that they can survive. In the case of encountering the Chinese army at any time, they cannot put all their eggs in one basket.

If they encounter an extreme situation, at least there will be a team that can escape back to report the news, right?

The Japanese search team, which has put itself in the "weak" mentality, is cautious enough, but the price paid for this caution is that the three elite Chinese teams, led by the old hunters who are familiar with the terrain around the gold pit, blocked them on two hills along the unknown path.

Of course, they didn't know that their way of marching was seen by the scouts sent by Tang Dao 1.5 kilometers away from their main force.

In order to successfully ambush the Japanese army that he had "dispatched" with great effort, Tang Dao had become almost "abnormal" in preventing the main force of Kunisaki Zheng from moving.

As early as a day ago, Tang Dao allocated 30 kilograms of rice and 10 yuan per person per day from the limited military rations as a reward, and recruited 30 hunters who had been hunting in the mountains for more than 20 years from local villagers.

12 people followed the infantry companies, artillery companies and other troops to avoid getting lost, and the other 18 people each led two soldiers to hide in various hills along the way, covering almost all the roads leading to Laojinkeng. Once there was an abnormal situation, they immediately reported to the nearest cavalry platoon soldiers, and Lu Sanjiang's cavalry platoon became a beacon messenger. Tang Dao, who was stationed in Laojinkeng, could obtain changes in the situation several kilometers away in the shortest time.

One success may be accidental, but success is more derived from the harshness of details.

The Chinese soldiers finally got their reward. Lao Hei and others were still advancing on the mountain road when they received the news from Lu Sanjiang and immediately made corresponding deployments according to the characteristics of the Japanese army's march.

This time, the two sides were not on the same level in terms of familiarity with the terrain or combat power, especially the two pure infantry units were equipped with the special forces team led by Gu Xishui who was familiar with the concept of special operations, and their combat power was doubled.

That was perhaps the first time that ordinary infantry units and "special forces" cooperated in field battles, but the effect was unexpectedly good.

The first to suffer were the two Japanese squads that seemed safe in the mountains and forests.

Lao Hei's guard platoon and Yang Xiaoshan's infantry platoon each sent a squad to occupy the high ground, attacking the Japanese army from top to bottom, suppressing them in the mountains and forests, and their respective infantry squads pressed them inward along the mountain line like driving sheep.

The Japanese squad on the mountain road heard the gunshots and wanted to retreat, but it was too late. One infantry squad each from the guard platoon and Yang Xiaoshan's infantry platoon had already blocked them behind them, leaving them in a dilemma, and they could only rely on mutual shooting to maintain their position.

Kill off the two wings and then clean up the Japanese squad on the mountain road. This is the choice of Lao Hei, the supreme commander.

The two special operations teams under Gu Xishui hid in the jungle and carried out precise strikes on the Japanese troops in the mountains.

Both special operations teams were equipped with the best sharpshooters and grenade throwers of the independent battalion. Needless to say, Niu Er's marksmanship was excellent. Within a straight-line distance of 300 meters, anyone with a palm-sized torso was his target.

Throughout the battle, Niu Er alone shot and killed 8 people, accounting for one-sixth of the Japanese soldiers killed.

But Niu Er and another sharpshooter who sniped 5 people were not the decisive factors for the victory of this small ambush.

The two grenade throwers were the real leaders of the victory in this battle that broke out on three mountain roads with a distance of 400 meters on all sides.

That was probably the first time that the Japanese squad encountered a Chinese grenade thrower who was more accurate than them. With the accuracy of the Japanese veteran grenade thrower, after two test shots, the third grenade could be controlled within a radius of 3 meters and thrown 500 meters away. That was already a level that made the Chinese light and heavy machine gun firepower shooters extremely frightened.

Since the beginning of the war, 50% of the Chinese heavy machine gun fire points have been destroyed by such simple handheld mortars.

However, the accuracy of the two Chinese grenade throwers is more terrifying than that of the Japanese grenade throwers. Perhaps it is not that their level is much higher, but that the geographical advantage is superimposed on psychological factors. But no matter what, one test shot and two shots hit the target 400 meters away, which can be called the nightmare of infantry.

The two Japanese squads that were completely suppressed in the mountains and forests suffered such a painful blow. After the light machine gunners and grenade throwers accompanying the team were discovered and killed by the Chinese because of the counterattack, they completely became lambs to be slaughtered.

Hiding behind rocks and trees can block bullets but cannot block grenades fired hundreds of meters away. The Chinese infantrymen do not have to consider killing the enemy themselves. They only need to suppress the enemy with firepower. All the tasks of killing the enemy are handed over to the grenade throwers.

With the help of two sharpshooters, the 30 Japanese soldiers in the two Japanese squads collapsed in just 20 minutes. The collapse of their psychological defense line made it even more difficult for them to maintain their defense line. The result of exposing their backs to several accurate shooters and snipers was that none of them were left alive in the forest.

Then it was the end of the remaining Japanese soldiers on the mountain road. It was almost the same pattern. Two grenade throwers with outrageous accuracy joined the three grenade throwers in Yang Xiaoshan's infantry platoon and beat the Japanese infantry hidden in the rock pile.

Nearly 50 Japanese infantrymen were completely destroyed in the mountains of southern Anhui without causing any splashes.

Because they all died in battle without achieving any results. Only two Chinese soldiers rolled into the bushes to avoid the desperate bullets of the Japanese infantry, resulting in scratches on their faces by branches, which barely classified them as slightly injured.

According to statistics after the war, the number of Japanese soldiers killed by two grenade launchers alone reached 20, accounting for almost half of the number of Japanese soldiers killed.

So much so that Tang Dao revised the "Special Forces Training Manual" he wrote in his spare time during the march, adding lightweight mortar operators to the list of must-haves for special forces.

Before the advent of portable rocket launchers, 50mm or 60mm light mortars were the nightmare of all light infantry, and Tang Dao had no other choice at this time.

The main force of the independent battalion, which had solved all potential dangers, completely entered the carnival mode.