Chapter Eighty-Four: Luring the Enemy to Attack
"It's damn hot, it's not even in May, what if it's really midsummer." Matsuda, who was obese, kept whispering, and although his already exhausted companions around him were also full of depression, there was no one like Matsuda who muttered while marching. Matsuda's squadron was supposed to be transferred to the front line of the Nam Rong River to strengthen the defense area, but just as they were about to set off, they suddenly received an order from their superiors to make a detour north of Magao to conduct a routine search to make sure that the plain area north of Magao was not confronted by the Zhina Army.
Although he was exhausted, Matsuda and his companions still tried their best to move forward quickly, regardless of whether they could meet the Shina army, it was better to go to the plains than to drill into the forest. After crossing several forests of different sizes in a row, Matsuda's Oshima squadron finally entered the relatively open plain, and Matsuda, who had been a five-year soldier, began to tell the recruits in the squad to be more careful, the sharpshooters of the Shina army were the most weird, and if they were not careful, they would become their prey.
The Japanese troops who appeared on the edge of the plain opened a skirmish, and the veterans were also very careful to be vigilant about the movements around them, and the officers kept warning their recruits to be more careful. About 5 miles away from the Oshima squadron in a straight line, there is a forest that is big or small, and the dice sent out by Tang Cheng for daily search are resting in the forest with a few of his scouts. The dice that left the new camp after breakfast had searched more than 20 kilometers, and if it weren't for the dice saying they were going to rest here for a while, they would have returned the way they came.
It was already the second day of separation from the American detachment commanded by Rick, and Tang Cheng and Mike were not in a hurry to find their prey, but constantly sent scouts to have a more detailed understanding of the surrounding environment and terrain, which was crucial for the survival of the battlefield directly connected. All the scouts who have not yet left will have pen and paper on them, and they will mark the terrain they have searched on a small map they carry with them, as the instructors had taught them to do at the time.
The mini-map was carefully drawn by the scouts, and although it looked simple, for Tang Cheng and Mike, the simple combat needs were enough to deal with, of course, it would be best if the scouts could record more accurately. Unlike the usual battle maps, this map made by the scouts has very detailed descriptions of the surrounding mountains and landscapes, such as how high the mountains are, how long the ditches are, how big the forests are, how deep the rivers are, where the caves are, and so on. Although it is not as standard as the regular map, the practicality is incomparable to the regular map, for this, Tang Cheng and Mike are very impressed by the scouts who go out, the scouts do not know what it means to plan ahead of the enemy, they are just doing their own work according to the training they have received.
The dice and the others, who stayed in the forest to rest temporarily, did not know that a group of Japanese troops were coming towards this side, and when they found the sharp soldiers in front of the Oshima squadron, the Japanese troops who followed up were actually less than 2 miles away from the dice. The Japanese soldiers were already very close to the forest, and the dice did not immediately order a retreat, but asked their scouts to disperse in the forest.
The dice that were sneaking quietly in the mountains and forests suddenly leaned down, drew the short knife at his waist and quickly ran into a bush. After a while, two Japanese soldiers appeared not far away, and they didn't expect that the two Japanese soldiers who were lurking around them were walking towards the dice with a smile and a smile. Although the scouts under the dice also speak when they go out to serve as spearheads, they will not have it so easy when they encounter the woods or suspicious terrain.
However, it is no wonder that these two Japanese soldiers are not wary, because since the beginning of the Burma War, although the national army has also counterattacked many times on a large scale, the overall battle situation is still the Japanese army occupies the initiative and wins. The Nationalist Army's troops rarely infiltrated the rear of the Japanese position, and this situation was due to the fact that the Nationalist Army rarely broke through the Japanese defensive positions, and the Nationalist Army's operational thinking did not go deep behind enemy lines.
Although the dice were hiding in this forest, but this forest was in a large open field, and the two Japanese soldiers did not find the enemy in the open field, so they naturally thought that there would be no enemy in this forest, but gave them a chance to take advantage of it. Seeing that the two Japanese soldiers were getting closer and closer to him, the dice hiding in the bushes suddenly got up and stood up, and without waiting for the other party to react, he threw the short knife in his hand first, and he also pounced on it in a few steps. The short knife of "poof" was nailed to the neck of one of the Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese soldier who was stabbed in the neck fell to the ground with weak legs, trying in vain to cover his neck with both hands, but completely collapsed on the ground because of the loss of a large amount of blood.
"Hmm" only had time to let out an exclamation, and the remaining Japanese soldier had already been thrown to the ground by the dice, and the Japanese soldier who was thrown to the ground by the dice endured the sharp pain in his back, reached out to support the hands of the dice stretched out to his neck, and desperately twisted his body to get rid of the pressure of the dice. "It's like this, you still want to live, it's too fucking late." Both hands were held by the opponent, and the dice simply bowed their heads sharply and gave the opponent a head hammer. The body of the Japanese soldier who was hit hard in the head softened, and the dice seized the opportunity to free up his right hand to the opponent's cheek and punched him a few times, only to hit the opponent's face covered with blood, and he saw that he had lost consciousness.
The dice who stood up pulled out his short knife from the corpse of the Japanese soldier next to him, wiped the blood on the corpse of the little ghost, and then stabbed the short knife into the chest of the Japanese soldier under him. He originally didn't want to kill these two Japanese soldiers, but these two goods should never say that they were going to play with the topic of Chinese women, but in order to better fight devils, he learned Japanese quite well with Tang Cheng. As soon as these words were heard in the ears of the dice, he couldn't help but make a move. Fortunately, these two Japanese soldiers were not on guard at all, otherwise the dice were really very dangerous just now. "Little devils, damn it!" The dice muttered to themselves, and casually inserted the blood-wiped short knife into the leather sheath around his waist.
After beckoning his scouts to drag the bodies of the two Japanese soldiers into the bushes and hide them for a while, the anger in the dice's heart slowly calmed down. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't hold back, he originally wanted to be caught alive and interrogated carefully, put away the diary and miscellaneous belongings found from the two Japanese soldiers, and quickly observed the surrounding movements with a telescope, and then quickly disappeared into the open field outside the woodland with his scouts.
The news of "the Japanese army is coming" was told to Tang Cheng by the dice on a walkie-talkie, and the number of invading Japanese troops had not yet been thoroughly figured out, so the retreating dice decided not to return to the camp first, but chose to reconnoiter the Japanese troops who came over until the number of Japanese troops could be determined before returning to the camp. The Oshima squadron, which fell far behind the spearheads, did not know that their two spears had been killed by the dice, and it was not until the Oshima squadron that followed later crossed the forest and could no longer see the figure of their spears, that they realized that the Zhina army was really coming from the plains north of Magao.
Discovering the enemy's presence meant that the enemy was about to be gained, and the Oshima squadron, which had lost two of its top soldiers, not only did not slow down, but also increased the speed of its march, expecting to actually find the enemy's tracks. It was 2 hours later that the dice took the initiative to contact Tang Cheng again, and learned that the attacking Japanese army had about a squadron of troops, and Tang Cheng, who was also idle and had nothing to do, the squadron-level Japanese troops generally do not distribute large-caliber artillery, if this group of Japanese soldiers only had mortars and light and heavy machine guns, this battle would be easy to fight.
"You guys get out first, just leave me an observer." According to Tang Cheng's orders, the dice only had a sniper rifle and dozens of bullets on his body, and the observer who cooperated with him also carried a short gun with him. Tang Cheng was going to lure this Japanese squadron to his new camp, and the two of them didn't need to bring so much equipment with the dice as bait, they just needed to maintain the speed and body to flee for their lives.
Finally, the figure of the Japanese soldier appeared in the binoculars of the observer, and he gently reminded the dice next to him, who raised the muzzle of the gun and used the scope to lasso one of the Japanese machine gunners. The observer will only help the dice find more valuable targets, and how to shoot and when to shoot is the dice's own business. After informing the dice of their target, the observer got up and retreated backwards as the dice had been told, leaving the dice alone in the sniper position.
The Japanese soldiers on the march did not know the existence of the two dice, and such an open terrain could be seen clearly at a glance, but the two dice hiding in the pit were not in the sight of the Japanese army. The "pop" dice finally pulled the trigger, and the Japanese machine gunner, who was caught in the scope, fell down, and the "pop" was another gunshot, and the co-shooter standing next to the machine gunner also fell backwards. "Bang" "Bang" ......, the dice in the pit kept draining all the 8 bullets in the magazine, and then got up and fled backwards.
The Japanese veterans in the Oshima squadron had already judged the approximate location of the enemy according to the direction and angle of the bullets, and when they saw the back of the dice rushing all the way back, they raised their guns towards the back of the dice. Although the dice were sniper rifles modified by Garland, the range far exceeded the actual effective range of the 38 rifle, and these Japanese veterans could not guarantee that they could hit the dice with an ordinary 38 rifle at a distance of more than 400 meters.