The Milky Way is Also a Grain of Sand
Chapter 265 Breakthrough (Middle)
These Japanese fell for it so easily!
The second and third platoons used their heavy machine guns to draw in the attacking Japanese.
Almost half of the cavalry went over.
The foremost Japanese cavalry were already within three hundred meters.
The first platoon leader, Wen Liqun, commanded the heavy machine gun to fire.
He wasn't entirely confident about the directional mines he had set up in his area!
After all, time was short, and it was all a rush job.
Although the brigade commander had said, "Set up more, detonate them in batches."
As the old saying goes, "A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit."
The Japanese wouldn't be foolish enough to keep charging at the same spot,
allowing themselves to be blown up again and again!
Lin Fan watched Wen Liqun's command without
intervening at all!
The first platoon, like the other two, only had one heavy machine gun firing.
In reality, the first platoon had the strongest firepower.
His platoon had two more heavy machine guns,
after all, it was the fifth company's key platoon.
But the other two heavy machine guns of the first platoon
remained silent at this time!
As the Japanese cavalry charged, their speed increased.
Captain Kuniko Ryosuke hesitated: Should they continue the charge?
His earlier suspicion had now turned into deep unease!
This unit ahead was too strange: They weren't attacking!
They weren't running either!
Only one heavy machine gun was firing, clearly meant to attract their cavalry.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese soldiers of Kuniko Ryosuke's squadron had charged within two hundred meters.
Second Platoon Leader Shen Yongsi held his breath, afraid he would miss the chance to give the order.
As soon as the lead Japanese horses crossed the line, the Second Platoon Leader immediately ordered, "Detonate!"
His voice was full of energy!
His voice was triumphant!
Hearing the order, Tong Gang, Cen Yi, and the others immediately pulled the pins.
A few seconds later, before the vanguard of Kuniko Ryosuke's squadron reached one hundred meters from the second platoon's position,
the directional mines exploded.
A series of explosions rose and fell.
Not only did the directional mines on the second platoon's side explode,
but the directional mines laid by the first and third platoons also detonated.
Before the explosions subsided, all the firepower of the fifth company opened fire.
This time, Captain Kuniko Ryosuke could finally rest in peace.
He had been hit by the directional mine of the second platoon and had already fallen to the ground with his horse.
Lying face up, he felt bullets whistling through the air.
"This is a normal battle!"
So, the National Army hadn't been firing all along because they were afraid of overwhelming firepower,
frightening away his cavalry squadron.
The sudden explosions on the battlefield startled Kojiro Tomoyuki's squadron and Tingsaki Retaro's squadron.
Only the cavalry at the very front of these two squadrons were hit by the directional mines.
The Japanese soldiers behind them suffered no other harm except for their startled horses.
"The mines in front have already been cleared!" Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki understood.
"Charge! Speed up the charge!" he ordered loudly.
Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki had been in the middle of the team, so he had fortunately escaped unscathed.
Seeing the Japanese soldiers in front of him start to turn around, preparing to flee,
Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki shouted:
"Their mines have been cleared by the brave warriors in front.
Now, as long as we charge forward, these National Army soldiers will have no power to resist!"
The captain personally led the team at the front.
Those Japanese soldiers who had already turned around had no choice but to follow suit like weathercocks.
They turned again, returning to the battlefield for a frontal assault.
First Platoon Leader Wen Liqun was no longer as nervous as before.
He calmly ordered, "Second group, prepare! Detonate!"
Because there hadn't been enough time, the first platoon had only laid directional mines between one hundred and two hundred meters in front of the position.
Following Lin Fan's suggestion, they hadn't pulled the pins on all the mines at once.
The first platoon leader had divided the mines into three groups, and now it was time to use the second group.
The Japanese soldiers of Kojiro Tomoyuki's squadron and Tingsaki Retaro's squadron all believed Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki's words.
They firmly believed that the imperial warriors who had gone to their deaths in the first wave had already cleared the mines.
These Japanese soldiers could then smoothly charge into the Special Forces Brigade's position, slashing brightly at the infantrymen's heads with their katana.
Even Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro hadn't expected the unit in front to be so cunning.
Originally, he had seen the cavalry of the entire battalion lose more than half their number after an explosion from the opposite side.
His heart ached so much that he almost fell off his horse.
Fortunately, some cavalry from the two squadrons attacking from the front were still there.
This alleviated Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro's heartache a lot.
Especially when he saw Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki after being thwarted in his attack,
personally leading the team at the front, organizing the remaining two hundred or so Japanese soldiers to continue the charge.
This was very gratifying.
Now, the defending troops opposite were firing with all their might.
Although the firepower was strong, it also revealed the strength of the defending troops.
As an excellent commander, Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro immediately estimated from the number of firing gun muzzles:
The opposite side only had the strength of one company.
Even though his battalion had been severely damaged, the remaining forces were still more numerous than theirs.
In a one-on-one battle between cavalry and infantry, there was absolutely no suspense—the cavalry would win!
Not to mention that his team still had more than two hundred people left, while the team opposite only had more than a hundred.
And these cavalry had already charged within two hundred meters of the defending troops' position.
Yamashita Kanichiro finally relaxed and composed himself.
He prepared to watch the imperial cavalry slaughter the opposing team!
At this moment, in front of, to the left, and to the right of Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki charging at the front, flashes of light from the detonating mines appeared on all sides.
These lights seemed to have magic, and as soon as they entered Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro's eyes,
he cried out, spat out a mouthful of blood,
and fell off his horse.
The battalion commander fell to the ground even before Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki, who was charging at the front.
Those Japanese soldiers who had just adjusted their horses' heads were speeding up their charge,
when they encountered the same attack on the same road where the first batch of imperial warriors had fallen.
They had been attacked by bombs twice on the same road!
This time, it was Captain Tingsaki Retaro's turn to stand up.
He ordered loudly, "Charge forward! There are only a few dozen National Army soldiers in front.
We still have more than a hundred cavalry.
Charge forward and avenge the brave warriors!
Their mines are gone."
These Japanese cavalrymen weren't easily fooled.
They also had the ability to judge: This time, Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki and the others had charged within a hundred meters.
The number of defending troops in front was indeed small. These Japanese soldiers were riding horses,
sitting high and seeing clearly!
They could estimate that there was really only about one squad.
Looking back at their side, there were a full two squads of cavalry!
Cavalry against infantry, a two-to-one advantage.
Who was afraid of whom?
"Charge forward! Avenge the brave warriors!"
Immediately, a clever Japanese soldier shouted a slogan.
Sergeant Yuzhong Tianmingji was overjoyed: So many Japanese soldiers had finally died.
Today, the entire cavalry battalion had lost at least five hundred Japanese soldiers or more.
As long as he behaved bravely at this time, charging forward and staining his katana with blood,
he would definitely be promoted to a squad leader after returning.
With so many Japanese soldiers dead, new recruits would definitely be added after returning.
At that time, an old hand like himself who had performed meritorious service, there would be no problem for him to be a squad leader!
In order to become a squad leader! Charge!
Yuzhong Tianmingji cheered himself on silently.
Yuzhong Tianmingji didn't know how many Japanese soldiers in the entire team had such thoughts.
But he had some opinions about Captain Tingsaki Retaro, who was charging in front of him:
You are already a captain, why are you still charging at the front?
Let me take the front position, and give me a squad leader position afterward.
That would be the most perfect ending!
Regardless of the fate of these Japanese soldiers,
Lin Fan had to admire the strong fighting will of these Japanese soldiers!
He also had to admire their stubbornness!
They had already been blown up twice on this road,
and they were still stubbornly charging on this road.
Did they really think the Special Forces Brigade didn't have enough bombs?
First Platoon Leader Wen Liqun's originally calm heart was also boiling at this moment.
He had never imagined that directional mines could be used like this.
After being blown up once,
these Japanese soldiers actually continued to charge into the trap he had set up like moths to a flame.
These Japanese soldiers were really good Japanese soldiers!
"Third group! Detonate!" This was also the last batch of directional mines that the first platoon had buried in front of the position.
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro spat blood and fell to the ground, and was helped up by his guards.
They forced him to continue watching the battle that followed.
The entire battlefield was now drawn to the Japanese soldiers charging in front of the first platoon's position.
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro looked at Captain Tingsaki Retaro, who was charging at the front.
He suppressed the blood that was still churning in his chest, and forcibly swallowed the blood that reached his mouth.
At this time, he couldn't let the Japanese soldiers around him lose heart.
The previous coma had seriously affected morale.
Being able to see Captain Tingsaki Retaro continue to charge, Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro smiled again with relief.
This time, they would finally be able to charge forward and vigorously chop down those cunning defending troops!
At this time, Yamashita Kanichiro recalled the division commander's instructions when he was about to set out:
That unit has anti-aircraft guns!
At that time, he was still thinking: What does anti-aircraft guns have to do with me?
My battalion is a cavalry battalion, not dragon cavalry!
It turned out that the division commander wasn't reminding him that the other side had cannons, but reminding him that the other side was cunning!
Second Platoon Leader Shen Yongsi commanded his soldiers to aim at the dying Japanese cavalrymen and open fire.
These five extremely lucky Japanese soldiers hadn't fallen with the rest of the squadron.
Uchikawago Yaren charged with Captain Kuniko Ryosuke.
The entire squadron was riding horses, waving katana, and shouting randomly, charging like madmen.
Suddenly, they were blown up by a bomb!
When Uchikawago Yaren came back to his senses, only five Japanese soldiers, including himself, were still standing dumbfounded on the battlefield in the entire charging Kuniko Ryosuke squadron.
Uchikawago Yaren, who had reacted, began to frantically kick his horse, trying to escape this hellish place at the fastest speed.
His mount was clearly not so lucky, and the horse had just taken a step when it began to topple over.
Fortunately, Uchikawago Yaren was an agile person, and quickly rolled off the horse.
This action not only prevented him from being crushed by the fallen horse, but also avoided the bullets fired by several soldiers of the second platoon.
Hearing the whistling sound of bullets passing by his side,
Uchikawago Yaren dared not stand up again.
He could only crawl on the ground, using the fallen horse corpse as cover.
He carefully and slowly retreated to the rear.
In such a short period of time, he saw that all the Japanese soldiers who tried to urge their horses to escape had fallen down.
Some didn't die immediately, and suffered a second injury when they fell to the ground again.
These Japanese soldiers began to howl loudly.
On this battlefield, the howling of the Japanese soldiers was like the croaking of frogs by the rice fields in autumn, rising and falling one after another.
It was very noisy!
Even so, Second Platoon Leader Shen Yongsi was still paying attention to the battle in the direction of the first platoon.
In the direction of the first platoon, because the small team of Japanese soldiers that had first rushed over to test the attack had used up all the mines they had previously laid down.
Later, there wasn't enough time, and the length of the directional mines laid down was not enough, so it was impossible to kill all the charging Japanese cavalry at once.
Now that they had been blown up twice, there were still more than a hundred Japanese soldiers left.
This was a bit tense.
Looking from the direction of the second platoon, although the firepower fired by the first platoon was fierce,
in front of hundreds of Japanese cavalry, such firepower was still a bit weak.
Further away, there were still thirty or so Japanese soldiers who hadn't moved since the start of the battle.
No matter what, the second platoon leader didn't dare to let his soldiers rush out to support the first platoon.
If their infantry were charged by the Japanese cavalry in the middle of the road, they would really have no power to fight back.
In this case, Second Platoon Leader Shen Yongsi could only order, "Heavy machine gun support the first platoon."
The position in front of the second platoon could not be used to send people out to clean up the battlefield.
They had to drive back all the Japanese soldiers and confirm that it was safe before they could clean up the battlefield.
This was what the brigade commander had always emphasized!
They could not violate it.
Third Platoon Leader Hou Jingfu made the same choice as the second platoon.
The Banijing Yuto squadron in front of the third platoon's position had only a few shrimp left after being blown up,
After being aimed at and shot by dozens of guns in the second platoon, the Japanese soldiers were all lying in a pool of blood and groaning.
These wounded Japanese soldiers were struggling in the pool of blood.
Captain Dingzaki Retaro saw the fire flashing in front of him.
He was shocked: "It's over!
I'm stupid! I'm really too stupid!
I actually let the imperial warriors be bombed three times in the same position!"
Sergeant Yuzhong Tianmingji, who was charging behind him, also felt a chill in his heart:
"Farewell! My squad leader!
Farewell! My general's dream!"
Japanese soldiers like him who were charging at the front had no chance of surviving at all.
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro saw the team sent out to charge being bombed again.
This time, he swallowed the blood that surged up again.
He gently kicked the horse with his toe, and pointed his hand back.
He didn't dare to speak! He was afraid that he would spit out a mouthful of blood as soon as he opened his mouth.
Years of cooperation, even if he only kicked the horse lightly,
the horse would consciously turn around and run.
The dozens of Japanese soldiers who followed Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro all breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, they could escape with their lives!
Just as they were rejoicing at the wise decision not to actively request to charge,
a shell fell from overhead, and the whistling sound of the shell pierced their eardrums.
This was because Lin Fan saw that the last dozens of cavalrymen of the Japanese soldiers did not launch a desperate charge, but instead began to flee.
Only then did he have to take action!
After a few consecutive mortar shells were fired down, Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro only took two Japanese soldiers alive to escape back.
This time, the entire Yamashita Kanichiro Battalion survived with four Japanese soldiers.
Three deserters and one communications soldier.
Lin Fan ordered: "Company Commander Shi! Send out a reconnaissance squad to search ten miles in the direction of the Japanese soldiers' escape.
If a child is beaten, he will go home to find his mother!
If the Japanese soldiers are beaten, it is the same.
They will find the main force of the Japanese soldiers nearby!
Send a reconnaissance team out to see if there is a large team of Japanese soldiers behind.
Set up the directional mines again, and speed up the process.
Clean up the battlefield!"
First send a reconnaissance team, continue to set up traps, and then clean up the battlefield!
There was nothing wrong with that.
At this time, the entire Special Forces Brigade had not yet had lunch.
Shi Feijie, Quan Wenxing, Guang Guangyao and the other coolies had just arrived at the battlefield.
At that time, bullets were flying all over the battlefield, and the sounds of gunfire, cannons, and explosions were deafening.
The Special Forces Brigade soldiers leading the team asked them to stop temporarily.
Now, hearing the Brigade Commander's order to clean up the battlefield, the coolies were all excited.
They had heard the sound of war horses neighing on the battlefield.
The soldiers who brought them over said:
"Those war horses were sent by the Japanese soldiers to let everyone have an extra meal and improve their food."
The coolies listened to the neighing sounds of so many war horses dying,
thinking in their hearts: "Today, there are only three pigs at noon, and we may not have a share of the meat.
At most, we can only drink some soup.
So many war horses have died on the battlefield, we should have a share of the horse meat tonight!"
In order to eat meat!
The coolies were also working hard!
No one ordered, and no one needed to encourage them!
They all ran to see what the front line looked like.
Quan Wenxing looked at the blood flowing like a river in front of the position, and the war horses and Japanese soldiers who had fallen to the ground were piled up in a heap.
Some of the Special Forces Brigade soldiers were lining up to give the Japanese soldiers a final blow;
some soldiers were burying something in the ground;
some soldiers were searching the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who had already been given a final blow.
Quan Wenxing shouted, "Damn it!"
Guang Guangyao also shouted, "God!
You killed so many Japanese soldiers!"
These coolies were not the first time on the battlefield.
But it was the first time they had seen a scene like today, where Japanese soldiers were dead all over the ground.
Lin Fan said with a smile, "Folks! Don't sigh, let's get to work!
Skin those war horses, debone them, we want all the skin and meat.
Everyone will be eating this these days."
Wu Xiaobao quickly said, "The war horse's lungs must also be taken out!
Sheep liver, horse lungs, pig intestines, these are the three treasures!"
Wu Xiaobao remembered Lin Fan's hobby.
Lin Fan nodded with a smile.
Quan Wenxing pointed to the Japanese corpses lying on the ground:
"Sir! Can you give us some of the clothes and shoes on the Japanese soldiers?"
Lin Fan said with a smile, "Yes! But I want to say one thing.
When you wear these clothes and shoes, don't be seen by the Japanese soldiers or puppet soldiers.
These are all standard, even if you dye them, they can recognize them at a glance.
It's going to cost you your life."
Quan Wenxing had only thought that the leather shoes on the Japanese soldiers' feet were good, but he broke out in a cold sweat after hearing what Lin Fan said!
"Sir! I don't want them anymore!"
The other coolies all said, "We don't want them either!"
Lin Fan said with a smile, "You don't dare to wear leather shoes, after all, you will be living in the occupied area in the future.
But you can still use these clothes.
When you rest these days, tear these clothes apart and tear them into pieces of cloth.
When you get to Anji, I will have someone send some dyes over to help you dye them.
Then take them back and have the women in your family make other styles.
The Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers won't recognize them."
Quan Wenxing and the coolies didn't expect that Lin Fan, as the highest-ranking officer in this team,
could still think of them like this.
The eyes of the coolies lit up.
Lin Fan said with a smile:
"How about this! There aren't many Japanese soldiers here, each of you peel off two sets of clothes and pants from the Japanese soldiers!
Our team will take the shoes, bags, belts, and ammunition belts."
Quan Wenxing looked at Lin Fan's approachable appearance.
He suddenly asked, "Sir! Are you still recruiting soldiers?"
Lin Fan said with a smile:
"Yes! The Japanese soldiers have occupied our country, and everyone needs to contribute to fighting the Japanese soldiers.
You are helping us transport these materials, and you are also contributing to the country's resistance against Japan.
If you are willing to directly participate in the battle against the Japanese soldiers, we of course welcome you."
Lin Fan's words made the coolies feel that they had also become taller.
It turned out that we were driving carts and sending supplies to the National Army, and this was also supporting the country's resistance against Japan.
Although no one continued to say that they wanted to join the army, their movements became faster.
Lin Fan had just said that he would let each of them take off two sets of clothes and pants from the Japanese soldiers and take them back to tear them apart as pieces of cloth.
Now, none of them were rushing to take off their clothes or tear off their pants.
They all went to skin the horses and debone the horse meat.
These people were working enthusiastically!
Being able to get their hands on so much meat at once, everyone's faces were filled with happy expressions.
At this time, two cars drove over from Hujia Village.
Someone was shouting loudly, "Dinner is served! Dinner is served!"
Lin Fan also shouted, "Except for those laying mines! Everyone else come to eat!"
The laying of directional mines could not be stopped. The rest could stop.
Shi Feijie and Quan Wenxing looked at the fried meat slices in their bowls.
They didn't eat the meat first, they first took a sip of the soup.
Quan Wenxing immediately said, "Is this chicken soup?"
The person who gave him the soup said: Five old hens, stewed with pork bones.
Is it delicious!
"Delicious! Delicious!" The coolies felt too happy.
Happiness came too fast!
Originally, they only thought that they would be able to eat meat at night.
They didn't expect that there would be half a plate of meat and chicken soup to drink at noon.
Shi Feijie saw that Lin Fan's bowl had the same dishes as theirs.
There was nothing special about it.
He quietly and softly asked the soldier who was serving the dishes:
"Don't you make a small stove for the officers?"
Yu Yongchang said with a smile, "The Brigade Commander eats the same as everyone else.
The only difference is who eats more."
Shi Feijie quietly asked, "Can we have another bowl after we finish eating?"
"Of course, you are following us, and everyone is a family.
A family doesn't need to be polite, it's not enough until you are full.
Only when you are full can you have the strength to do things.
But there will definitely be no dishes for the second bowl of rice.
Everyone must save their dishes!"
"Okay!" Shi Feijie responded loudly.
Afraid that Quan Wenxing next to him didn't understand, he said loudly:
"Eat the dishes slowly, you can add more rice."
"Really?" The other coolie next to him immediately asked.
They had been working with the National Army these days, and they only had one bowl of rice.
And it wouldn't be filled too full.
These coolies had to wait until the National Army soldiers had eaten before they could start eating.
The officers said that they had to ensure that the soldiers who went to the battlefield were full.
These soldiers were risking their lives with the Japanese soldiers on the front line!
The coolies could understand and had never argued.
Like today, when the officers and soldiers and the coolies ate at the same time, the rice was enough,
there was fried meat, and there was chicken soup.
Why does it taste so good?
At this time, it was when all the officers and soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade were eating in Hujia Village.
There were still some people performing tasks who were still busy.
For example, the soldiers of the first, second, and third platoons who were laying directional mines.
They were still busy in front of the position.
These coolies who were eating rice and drinking soup praised the rice today, saying that it was not mixed with sand.
They were also praising the meat slices, saying that they were cut well!
Each piece of meat was three-tenths of an inch thick, and the one who wielded the knife must be a good cook!
Lin Fan looked at the meat slices in his bowl, and the thickness of the meat slices was almost half a centimeter.
If you put these fried meat slices in a small shop in later generations,
customers would dare to smash the plate of meat on his face.
But now, such meat slices have obviously won unanimous praise from everyone!
Such good dishes and hard dishes have been kept in two large basins.
Those who added a second bowl of white rice did not touch the two basins of dishes.
They were reserved for the soldiers who were still working.
They were still busy with their own affairs, and they didn't have time!
Xiang Liangyou, Wu Wenbing, Ma Lanyou and the others in the reconnaissance platoon were like this.
They were chasing after Yamashita Kanichiro and the three of them who were running away from a distance.
They could only see the backs of the Japanese soldiers who were running away.
Even so, the soldiers of the fifth company's reconnaissance platoon still chased after them closely.
The Brigade Commander said that they should search within ten miles for a large team of Japanese soldiers.
This could not be taken lightly!
Now they were all soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade, and they were no longer like soldiers in the National Army in the past.
If they couldn't beat the Japanese soldiers, they would join the Japanese soldiers!
The soldiers of the Special Forces Brigade couldn't afford to lose face like that!
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro clearly knew that someone was chasing him from behind.
He kept urging his horse to run faster.
At this time, he no longer cherished the war horse.
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro was also secretly rejoicing: Fortunately, his horse was running slowly when he came up to track them.
Otherwise, the war horse would not be able to run at all now.
It would have been exhausted long ago.
When running away, it always felt like time was passing too slowly, and he was running too slowly!
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro was thinking like this now:
Where is Battalion Kintaro Kamesuke?
When they came, they felt that they were very close to his cavalry battalion.
Why haven't they seen them after running for so long?
Could it be that Battalion Kintaro Kamesuke was lost?
Did they take another road?
The wildly imaginative Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro secretly regretted:
"I shouldn't have been so careless.
If I had suppressed my eagerness to fight,
and waited for Battalion Kintaro Kamesuke to come up, and the two battalions attacked together,
everything would have been completely different."
"I'm so stupid!
Really!
I didn't expect the National Army in front to use landmines!"
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro was in deep self-blame.
"It's all because of Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki and Captain Tingsaki Retaro.
If they had led the team back when they were attacked by the first wave of explosions,
the entire Yamashita Battalion would have suffered some injuries and some people would have died.
But at least hundreds of Japanese soldiers would have survived."
Now: Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro looked at the two guards following him.
Sadness flowed in his heart!
His sadness finally came to an end: He saw the vanguard of Battalion Kintaro Kamesuke in front of him.
Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro pulled on the reins of his horse, slowing down his speed.
He said as if muttering to himself:
"Today's defeat was the responsibility of Captain Kojiro Tomoyuki and Captain Tingsaki Retaro.
If it weren't for their insistence on leading the imperial warriors into the enemy's minefield,
we would have been able to wipe out that team."
The two Japanese soldiers who escaped back with him, Ashikaki Mitsunosuke and Iwashita Yuta, said in unison:
"The battalion commander ordered them to retreat and attack from behind the enemy.
The two captains refused to accept it, and insisted on charging from the direction that had just been bombed by the enemy once.
They said that the mines had been cleared by the first batch of imperial warriors, and that this was the best direction to break through the enemy's position."
These two guards were sensible!
Very sensible! Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro sent admiring glances without hesitation.
However, he didn't say a word!
Some things: Everything is understood without words! It can be done!
It cannot be said!
Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke looked at Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro who had only brought two people back.
Although Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro pretended to be calm, Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke could still see it from the faces of these Japanese soldiers:
They were afraid!
They were flustered!
Xiang Liangyou, Wu Wenbing, Ma Lanyou and the others chased the Japanese soldiers for about ten minutes.
They saw that the three Japanese soldiers who had been desperately running away had slowed down.
Xiang Liangyou, Wu Wenbing, Ma Lanyou and the other soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon were happy:
They thought that the Japanese soldiers' horses could not run anymore.
When they chased closer to two hundred meters:
They suddenly saw the situation clearly.
Many Japanese soldiers were coming from the opposite side.
This time, they didn't turn around and run immediately like they did when they saw the Japanese cavalry!
Three soldiers from the entire reconnaissance platoon stayed in place,
and the rest all rushed to the left side of those infantrymen.
Xiang Liangyou and the others wanted to see how many Japanese soldiers there were in this team.
Anyway, they didn't have war horses, and the Japanese soldiers with two legs couldn't catch up.
Xiang Liangyou, Wu Wenbing, Ma Lanyou and the others
ran diagonally from the left side of the Japanese soldiers three hundred meters away.
They ran all the way to the end of the Japanese team.
After learning about the strength of the Japanese soldiers,
they rode their horses and galloped away. Now they didn't need to cherish the war horses anymore.
Even though they were more than three hundred meters away,
some Japanese soldiers in Battalion Kintaro Kamesuke's team
fired at the Special Forces Brigade's reconnaissance team.
Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke welcomed Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro into the middle of his team.
He ordered the soldiers to stop moving forward!
Establish a defense!
Only then did he begin to have an in-depth exchange with Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro.
He listened to Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro's narration.
He learned that the Japanese soldiers of the entire cavalry battalion had all been killed by the Special Forces Brigade's bombs.
Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke could hardly believe his ears.
The officers above the squad leader level of the entire Kintaro Battalion, who were listening to Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro describe the battle situation with him,
also couldn't believe what they heard.
The officers and soldiers of the entire Kintaro Kamesuke Battalion had only one thought:
"The Yamashita Kanichiro Cavalry Battalion is too stupid.
The Cavalry Battalion is indeed a Cavalry Battalion,
their brains are as stupid as animals!"
Although these officers and soldiers didn't say a word,
the smiles they were trying to suppress on their faces were so hateful in Battalion Commander Yamashita Kanichiro's eyes.
After learning how this proud and complacent cavalry battalion had died, Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke patted his chest and said:
"Battalion Commander Yamashita! Just watch!
The warriors of our Kintaro Battalion will not let you down."
The squad leaders and company commanders under him also expressed their determination:
They must avenge the Cavalry Battalion.
Especially when they heard that the defending troops on the opposite side only had the strength of one company.
The contempt on the faces of the squad leaders and company commanders of the entire Kintaro Kamesuke Battalion was about to overflow.
A cavalry battalion of more than seven hundred Japanese soldiers was actually wiped out by more than one hundred National Army infantrymen.
Now, the officers and soldiers of the entire Kintaro Kamesuke Battalion had completely ignored the fact that four Japanese soldiers from the Yamashita Battalion had returned.
Compared with more than seven hundred Japanese soldiers, four Japanese soldiers could be completely ignored.
Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke despised the entire Yamashita Cavalry Battalion in his heart.
However, he attached great importance to the intelligence that they had brought back with their lives.
He immediately ordered the mine-sweeping soldiers to walk in the front.
Although there was a high probability that there were no landmines on this road, Battalion Commander Kintaro Kamesuke still decided to be cautious.
Ma Lanyou took a soldier back to report that the Japanese soldiers were coming.
Xiang Liangyou, Wu Wenbing, and the remaining eleven of them were still staring at the Japanese soldiers, who were about five hundred meters away in front of them.
They dismounted their horses, led the horses, carried their guns, and slowly walked back.
They were completely like they were leading the way for the Japanese soldiers.
When Xiang Liangyou, Wu Wenbing, and the others saw the Japanese soldiers finally start to move again,
they actually sent out four Japanese soldiers, holding up a large circle to probe the road.
This was the first time they had seen a mine detector, and they didn't know what the Japanese soldiers were doing.
However, in this way, the Japanese soldiers' advance speed was slow! The Japanese soldiers had new changes, and Wu Wenbing took another soldier on horseback and went back to report to the brigade commander.
Lin Fan listened to Ma Lanyou report:
The Japanese soldiers who had escaped earlier met a large battalion of Japanese infantrymen twelve miles away from here.
Now that Japanese infantry battalion had stopped in place.
Lin Fan said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work! You rest for a while and eat!
There's chicken soup for lunch today, drink more!"
The coolies and soldiers who had just eaten and drank their fill began to get busy again.
The soldiers were busy collecting the guns, ammunition, and grenades from the battlefield.
They sent them to the cars to load.
The coolies each had to clean up two war horses, cut the meat off the horses and put it on the carts.
These people had eaten their fill at noon.
Now they were all radiant: I ate two bowls today!
"I ate three bowls!" "I ate five bowls!" Guang Guangyao's record was unmatched.
The conversation died at once.
This period of silence did not last long.
"Today's chicken soup rice is the most delicious!"
"Meat slices with rice are the most delicious!"
"You are all wrong, it's the most delicious to mix the rice with the oil after eating the meat slices."
The coolies began to discuss again, how to eat the rice and dishes for lunch today.
It was the most flavorful!
Lin Fan was still thinking that there was a large battalion of Japanese soldiers following behind.
This was unforgivable!
They could not let them follow.
If he could choose: Lin Fan could let those Japanese soldiers become real ghosts following behind.
Only then could Lin Fan accept it! While Lin Fan was still thinking, Wu Wenbing ran back with a soldier.
He brought back the latest news: The Japanese soldiers had begun to march again.
However, they were walking very slowly.
In front of the team, there were four Japanese soldiers holding a large circle and drawing on the ground.
It was like they were