Chapter 43: Psychological Warfare
When the troops cleaned up the battlefield, they only picked up flashlights and searched the Japanese soldiers, and disdained the Japanese equipment...... In the past, the soldiers had to untie all the guns and bullets of the devils and carry them on their backs, but now, with much more advanced equipment than the Japanese army in their hands and the bullets are not universal, there is no need to do this at all.
But Zhang Chi still asked Xiao Zhejiang to carry a 38 big cover and a bullet bag with dozens of bullets.
"Company commander......" Xiao Zhejiang said with some embarrassment: "What do we need a devil to do with this gun?" It's in the way! ”
Xiao Zhejiang is right, the body of the 38 big cover gun is very long, and it is not only a matter of weight to carry it on the back, but it is also easy to bump and even be entangled by kudzu vines in the jungle.
"If you are told to carry it, you will carry it, where is so much nonsense!" Zhang Chi responded angrily.
After thinking about it, Zhang Chi ordered Xiao Zhejiang again: "You put away your own gun and take the devil's gun ......"
"Company commander, this ......" This makes Xiao Zhejiang even more puzzled, a good semi-automatic rifle is not used, and the devil's gun is used.
"Obey orders!" Zhang Chi said impatiently: "If I ask you to shoot for a while, you will shoot, and you will shoot twice, understand?" ”
Xiao Zhejiang touched his head, and replied reluctantly: "Understood!" ”
But in fact, everyone can see that he doesn't understand at all.
The troops did not go in the same direction as before, but turned a corner and approached Xujia Village from the other direction.
Although this will take a lot of unjust roads, there is no doubt that it will reduce a lot of trouble, after all, the battle just now has exposed the location of the soldiers, and the Japanese army can easily guess that this is the troops that have been reinforcing Xujiacun, so they will ambush them on the route they are advancing.
But Zhang Chi's detour made the Japanese ambush fall through again.
There was also a small episode on the way, Zhang Chi's troops met a small Japanese army head-on, and the Japanese army fired two shots in the sky. Zhang Chi also let Xiao Zhejiang's "Ka Bang, Ka Bang" shoot twice in the sky. Then the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of their hideouts, and appeared in front of the soldiers unsuspectingly.
At this time, the soldiers understood Zhang Chi's intention to let Xiao Zhejiang take the 38 big cover, and they all admired Zhang Chi in their hearts.
Zhang Chi did not guess by chance that the Japanese army used this method to communicate with each other, and he noticed the regular firing of the Japanese army on the way.
At first, Zhang Chi was as unimpressed as the soldiers, thinking that this was a battlefield, and it was normal for a few gunshots to go out. But I listened to it a lot of times, and it was a regular two gunshots...... This made Zhang Chi a little strange.
After thinking about it carefully, it quickly became clear that the jungle here, the jungle in the dark night, could not be recognized by the Japanese army itself in this environment, and the best way to identify it was to fire a gun...... The gunshots of the 38 big cover are very special. It was easy for the Japanese to tell from the sound of gunfire whether the other side was using Japanese or American equipment, and from this they could also judge whether the other side was friend or foe.
But this time they were tricked, and the Japanese army, who thought they had encountered their own people, were knocked to the ground by a burst of bullets before they could react to what was going on.
In this respect, marching on a rainy night is still very beneficial, and neither side can see each other, so what can gain the upper hand on the battlefield is not the strength or equipment, but who can accurately grasp the psychology of the other side.
Zhang Chi accurately grasped the psychology of the Japanese army, so he led his troops through the Japanese blockade and arrived at the periphery of Xujia Village...... Xujia Village is actually not difficult to find at all, because the Japanese army's mountain artillery is still firing at Xujia Village. As long as you go in the direction of the sound of explosions and fires, you can't go wrong.
But at this time, Zhang Chi and the others soon encountered another problem: at this time, Xujia Village was surrounded by the Japanese army, how could they pass through the encirclement of the Japanese army and enter Xujia Village.
Should the inside and the outside be killed?
This may be a good idea, but there are two difficulties in doing so.
First, it is easy to get into a mess with the Japanese army in the dark, and no one can tell who is wrong, although doing so can also cause casualties to the Japanese army. But a company can also be wiped out in a melee.
The other is that the Chinese army in Xujia Village also cannot distinguish between friend and foe in the dark, so even if Zhang Chi and others break through the encirclement of the Japanese army and rush to Xujia Village, it is very likely that the soldiers in Xujia Village will be suspected of being Japanese soldiers and mistakenly injured.
So after thinking about it, Zhang Chi felt that this battle could not be fought, even if he won the battle and successfully entered Xujia Village, it would be a heavy death and injury and the meaning of losing reinforcements.
Since you can't fight. Then there's only one option......
"Blend in!" Zhang Chi made up his mind.
"What?" Pete looked at Zhang Chi in disbelief: "Blend in, there are enemies everywhere in front of us, how can we blend in?" ”
"Sneak in in the dark!" I thought about it. Zhang Chi said: "One: Tie up all the equipment and tie it tightly, and empty the kettle without making any sound." Two: Follow the sound of artillery and rain, don't rush. Three: Lie down once discovered by the enemy, even if the enemy shoots, we are not allowed to shoot! ”
"No, no, no...... It's too dangerous! Hearing this, Pete couldn't help but shake his head: "Zhang, your previous decisions were all right, I admire it." But this time...... It's crazy, I can't agree more! Absolutely not! ”
"Then ......," Zhang Chi said to Pete, "maybe you have to stay here or go back the way you came!" ”
Hearing this, Pete couldn't help but open his mouth wide and couldn't close it for a long time, he knew very well that staying here or going back the same way was also a dead end.
"We have another way!" Pete was still a little unwilling.
"We have no other way!" Zhang Chi replied firmly.
In the end, Pete finally relented, partly because he couldn't make a better proposal, and partly because he didn't want to sit still here, and at least he could survive if he followed the troops.
But when he fixed the equipment on his body, he kept saying, "This is crazy, crazy!" I'm crazy to do it with them! God, if I could, I would never want to go into this jungle again and never fight with these crazy people again! ”
Of course, Zhang Chi also knew that it was dangerous to do so, because he took advantage of the lightning to observe a small path not far away...... On the left and right sides of the trail are tired Japanese soldiers sleeping under ponchos, and there is only a gap of less than 50 meters in between. (To be continued.) )