Chapter 90: Rivals (4)

Killed a Japanese sniper again, and the captured sniper rifles and camouflage equipment were all owned by Yan Long, and among these people in Tang Cheng, in addition to the dice, Yan Long's marksmanship was good. The dice and the rock dragon were excited, but Tang Cheng was not happy, a few guys who were hit by the Japanese snipers had long been out of breath at the moment, if there were a few more Japanese snipers, maybe all of them would die here.

"Your worries are simply unfounded." Xu saw the worry in Tang Cheng's heart, and George whispered to persuade him, "Do you think that there will be a lot of snipers like ordinary soldiers, don't be stupid, strictly speaking, the training of snipers is even more difficult than artillery." Snipers not only have good marksmanship, but also have perseverance and patience that ordinary people don't have, which can take a lot of time to train. In the U.S. Army, there are only one or two snipers in an infantry platoon, and the Japanese army must not be able to compare with the U.S. Army, and they will not have as many snipers as you think. ”

Glaring at George expressionlessly, Tang Cheng turned his head to fiddle with the sniper rifle in Yan Long's hand, "When Lao Tzu has a chance, he must get dozens of snipers to gang up to find trouble with the Japanese army, I don't believe they can dodge dozens of sniper rifles of this kind." Tang Cheng was also greedy for the sniper rifle of the rock dragon, but he knew that his marksmanship was far inferior to the rock dragon, and a good weapon should be held in the hands of the most suitable person, only in this way could the power of the weapon be brought into play.

Several people were killed by Japanese snipers here, and everyone had no intention of stopping to rest, so they hastily buried the corpses, and Tang Cheng and they went on the road again and headed for the next mountain. Soon after they left, a group of stragglers appeared, starting with Jiro Tanaka, who was good at tracking, followed by Hideki Harurayama, who was looking around with a telescope. "Tanaka-kun, are you sure it's going in this direction? Why do the damned Shina people pick such a place to go? ”

Hideki Haruyama and the others almost lost the traces of Tang Cheng and the others, but fortunately, there is Jiro Tanaka, a person who is good at tracking, so they chased all the way here. Tanaka Jiro did not answer Haruyama Hideki's question, but squatted down and looked down at his feet, whether it is a person or an animal, as long as he passes by the ground, he will always leave some clues, and Tanaka Jiro's tracking technique is to put it bluntly, observation, through careful observation and experience, Tanaka Jiro can always find the correct tracking direction, of course, this time is not excluded.

Jiro Tanaka finally got up and straightened up, but he didn't make any other movements, just stood so straight. Ignoring Hideki Haruyama's surprise, Jiro Tanaka sniffed vigorously a few times, and there seemed to be a faint smell of gunpowder in the air. Moving in the direction of the scent, Jiro Tanaka, with a gloomy face, quickly found a bullet case from the grass a few meters away, and Tanaka Jiro didn't need to look closely to know that it was a bullet case from an Arisaka rifle cartridge issued by the Imperial Army.

"Sir, bullet casings have been found here, too." One of Hideki Haruzama's captains also found a bullet case from an Arisaka rifle cartridge, and Tanaka Jiro had carefully looked at the impact marks left by the firing pin at the bottom of the two cartridge cases, and he was already able to determine that both cartridge casings had been fired by the same rifle. Walking a short distance in the direction he had speculated, Jiro Tanaka's heart had sunk to the bottom, and the earthy yellow color of the weeds from it confirmed his guess.

The soldiers around him used their bayonets to remove the weeds, and the corpse of an Imperial soldier was revealed, and it was obvious that the corpse had been turned over, not only were the weapons and ammunition missing, but even the pockets of the corpse's military uniform were empty. Jiro Tanaka crouched down and reached out to stroke the two bullet holes on the corpse, not caring about the blood stains on his fingers. After rubbing his fingers and feeling the viscosity of the plasma, Jiro Tanaka got up and stood up, "Judging by the coagulation of the corpse's blood, the defeated soldiers of China who were pursued by us left for a short time, not more than half an hour. ”

Sensing the look in Jiro Tanaka's eyes, Hideki Haruyama quietly asked his soldiers to dig a pit to bury the body, but he went to a place where there was no one next to Jiro Tanaka by smoking. "Haruyama-kun, this soldier who died here is likely to be a sniper in the Imperial Army, and the shoes on his feet are different from ours, this kind of military shoes have a sandwich and are waterproof. And he also smeared grease on his face, which was a habit only in the Kwantung Army, and only snipers were transferred to Burma in the Kwantung Army. "Jiro Tanaka's words surprised Hideki Haruzama, how could a sniper from the Imperial Army come here? How did you get killed here?

"Haruyama-kun, you have to trust my judgment, I have only seen such military shoes on the feet of those snipers transferred from the Kwantung Army, and I must not be wrong." Seeing that Hideki Haruzama seemed to be a little distrustful of his judgment, Jiro Tanaka straightened his face, "At first, I didn't believe it, snipers were supposed to act in pairs, but there was only one person here." But look at this, this proves that my judgment is correct. ”

Half-convinced, Hideki Haruzama looked up in the direction indicated by Jiro Tanaka, and squatted on a branch not far from the two of them, a straw man who had been disguised in a Japanese military uniform. "It is the practice of snipers to use fake targets to attract the attention of the other party, and then the sniper takes the opportunity to shoot important targets, and it is this fake target on the branch that makes me judge that the soldier with broken jade should be a sniper." Hideki Haruzama finally believed in Tanaka Jiro's judgment now, and the Japanese soldiers in the general search team would not be redundant enough to make a fake target to put around him.

"Can you be sure that this sniper was shot by the gang of routs we were tracking?" Hideki Haruyama's heart is still hanging high, if the other party has a sharpshooter comparable to the sniper of the Kwantung Army, they will not be threatened by the opponent's sharpshooter after the pursuit. In the face of Hideki Haruzama's question, Jiro Tanaka could only shake his head and remain silent, he could only judge from some signs on the corpse that this was a sniper of the imperial army, but could not judge whether the other party had a sharpshooter comparable to a sniper.

"Found it, there are blood stains and bullet casings here, and we also found a couple of grave bags, which should be newly buried." Just as the two of them were smoking cigarettes, the shouts of the spiky scouts rang out in the distance. Although he was born in a samurai family, Hideki Haruyama has always disbelieved in gods and Buddhas, and when he came to the grave bag found by his soldiers, Hideki Haruyama ordered his soldiers to start digging graves without thinking too much. When the body that they had buried not long ago was re-extracted, Jiro Tanaka began to examine the bullet holes in the corpse, and Hideki Haruzama went to another place where the bullet casings had been found.

"That's right, based on what we've found, I'm already sure that the Jade-shattered Imperial soldier is a sniper, and the sharpshooter who killed him is among the Chinese soldiers we are pursuing, and this sharpshooter is probably also a sniper, I'm sure he has a sniper rifle made in our empire." Jiro Tanaka scrutinized the bullet holes in the corpse and the few shell casings he found, and finally came to the conclusion that Hideki Harayama wanted to hear the last thing he wanted.

Hideki Haruyama is not one of those stupid ordinary soldiers, as an officer, he knows the horror of snipers, once he is targeted by snipers, the fastest and earliest death is often the officer. "Chase, keep chasing, you must kill them, since you know that there are snipers among them, you can't let them leave alive." After a little silence, Hideki Haruyama made a decision that Jiro Tanaka did not expect, that is, to continue to pursue this group of defeated soldiers.

"Tanaka-kun, there is more than one search party like ours, and if they run away, more Imperial soldiers will die at their hands. Since you and I are soldiers, we should do what soldiers should do, and if I die, these soldiers will be under your command, please. Hideki Haruyama bowed deeply to Jiro Tanaka, who was stunned, and did not give Jiro Tanaka a chance to speak, so he ordered his soldiers to gather immediately and prepare to continue the pursuit.

Jiro Tanaka is good at tracking and is also a veteran with a good record, but when it comes to the ability to play with his heart, Hideki Haruzama can throw him for several streets. It was true that Hideki Haruzama wanted to hunt down Tang Cheng and his gang, but his real target was not for the still guessing sniper, and one of the corpses taken out of the grave bag was clearly a British soldier and a major. If he could catch a living British officer, Hideki Haruhayama's rank would be promoted by one level, and maybe he could be transferred out of this damn Burma theater, and Hideki Haruyama had long wanted to leave this hot and humid Burma.

Tang Cheng, who had already left the mountain, did not know that a group of Japanese troops had been chased behind them, and even if they knew, they could not speed up, because the number of people they could count intact was not many, and most of them were wounded. "Don, are you sure you're going in this direction? I'm not just doubting your judgment, I'm just saying if we can stop and rest for a while. George, who was carrying the stretcher like everyone else, grinned and looked at Tang Cheng with a face that was about to lose strength, but the latter did not have the slightest desire to stop and rest.

"George, you are a man, look at your goddess, a female soldier can carry such a big backpack to keep up with the speed, why is it that such a big man as you walked this little road and is tired." Tang Cheng didn't pay attention to George, who was complaining about it, but Allen, who was also carrying a stretcher in the back, laughed, since he knew that George liked the female soldier surnamed Jiang under Tang Cheng, the sharp-tongued Allen didn't make fun of George's goddess who would only have a crush on him.

A few people were talking, but they saw the rock dragon rushing back with his newly-acquired sniper rifle, and the joy on his face looked like he came back with good news, "Sir, we seem to be about to get out of the woods." The news that Yanlong brought back made everyone suddenly feel energetic, and before they knew it, the speed that had already dragged on also increased.