"Keep up with your squad leader and don't fall behind."

"Keep a wide distance of at least three and a half metres from your team-mates in front of you, in front of you, in front of you, in your left and right."

"Watch your feet, don't step on the ground that the previous team hasn't stepped on, keep your eyes on the nearby terrain at all times, and remember the nearby cover that you can dodge in."

In order to make this group of blind and arrogant foolish newcomers more vigilant, the leader of the devil squadron who led the team deliberately drew out his katana, and told his predecessors to sum up the experience with blood and tears with a very solemn expression.

Finally, the squadron leader exhaled fiercely:

"Also, put away your bayonets, they won't be needed here."

As soon as these words came out, the recruits were suddenly noisy and angry.

To let them abandon the bayonets that the Imperial Army is so proud of, when they are cowards?

The recruits here have a maximum of five months of training and a minimum of one month, and the most training for recruits during this period is stabbing training and bushido comprehension.

According to the regulations, bayonets should be loaded during the march to show the might of the Imperial Army.

"Let's go."

Without giving this group of rookies time to ink, the squadron leader who led the team waved his katana in his hand and touched towards the mountain in the distance.

He didn't bother to explain that in the face of the ferocious firepower of the independent regiment, the bayonet could only be a burden, the opponent had a lot of submachine guns, and unless it was an elite veteran, there was no chance to get close to fighting the bayonet.

And!

Even if they get closer, they can't fight bayonet battles, although these recruits have good bayonet training, but training and actual combat are fundamentally two different things, and the bayonet level of the Eighth Route Army is not worse than that of the elite of the Imperial Army.

In the night, the newly formed squadron also began to follow the squadron leader, and even the recruits who were suspicious in their hearts suppressed the strange feeling in their hearts and set off.

During the march, it was quiet at first, and gradually some of the devil recruits discussed.

"Yaga, the shame of this empire, the shame of the emperor, should commit suicide."

Some recruits who have been completely brainwashed are very angry with their squadron leader, and they tighten the 38 big cover in their hands, eager to rush up to clear the scum for the Imperial Army, and there are quite a few of them.

Especially those young recruits, who are more susceptible to brainwashing.

It's a pity that after all, they are a group of stunned rookies, who have no heart and no courage, and only dare to shout in their hearts.

"What's going on?"

If you have a hot head, you will naturally have a cool head, and the older of the recruits have already been beaten by reality, and they are not easily confused by the spirit of bushido, and soon find that something is wrong.

Things don't seem to be the same as the empire advertises.

They looked at the veterans in the squadron.

As the team gradually moved deeper into the mountains, the veterans became more and more nervous, their bayonets had long been put away, one by one bent over, their steps were light, and they seemed to hesitate at every step.

I think of the words of the previous squadron leader.

A thought crossed their minds—wasn't the empire triumphant as it was advertised at home, but the situation was very bad? The enemy you are facing is also very strong?

Otherwise, why are these veterans so nervous?

As for the thoughts of the recruits, the veteran devil officers who led the team were not clear, and they did not have time to deal with them.

The squadron leaders, squad leaders, and military officers carefully controlled the formation to avoid the recruits from being scattered and the formation from being too concentrated, and at the same time, they had to constantly send people to reconnoiter around to avoid suddenly falling into the encirclement of the independent regiment.

They are experienced in combat and know very well that if they get into the encirclement of the independent regiment in this complex mountainous area, I am afraid that more than half of them will not be able to return.

Half past ten in the evening.

The leader of the devil squadron who led the team waved his hand, asked the team to stop and rest, and then ordered the squad leaders to come over for a meeting.

"The front is close to the control area of the Independent Regiment."

The squadron leader's tone was solemn.

"This time, we have two purposes."

"The first is to train night infiltration and sneak attack on the positions of the Independent Regiment, and second, to let this group of foolish recruits see the world, let them know that the reality is different from the domestic propaganda, and let them know that the imperial army is not invincible."

If before the start of the war, the squadron leader's remarks would be labeled as courageless, and even demagogic to the military, and would be dealt with by military law.

But after so many beatings, the devils sitting around the meeting nodded in agreement.

The Imperial Army is invincible?

Bushido attacks everything?

Pull it down!

"After receiving the enemy, pay attention to controlling their respective squads to avoid routing."

The squadron leader continued to admonish.

Around the circle, the squad leader and deputy squad leader nodded one after another.

In the face of the ferocious artillery fire of the independent regiment, these rookies who have not experienced actual combat, but are arrogant, are very likely to be blown up and flee as soon as they make contact.

"The time of engagement is limited to thirty..."

After hesitating for a while, the squadron leader said:

"Twenty minutes."

"Retreat immediately in twenty minutes, and I will notify you by signal flare if you retreat in advance."

"Hey."

A group of squad leaders nodded in unison.

"Mounted in the Great Japanese Empire."

Finally, the squadron leader suddenly shouted the slogan in a frenzied tone.

"Mounted in the Great Japanese Empire."

The rest of the squad leaders also responded enthusiastically.

In the hearts of this group of people, although the Imperial Holy War has encountered difficulties, this is only temporary, and His Majesty the Locust will lead the Imperial Japanese Army to break through the predicament and finally complete the goal of the Holy War.

After the meeting, the squadron of devils left the road and continued along the mountain forest.

Although the mountains in the northwest of Jin Province are rugged, they are not like the south or Southeast Asia, and they are almost impassable without roads.

At the same time, within a few dozen kilometers from Ping'an County to Ge Village, more than a dozen devil squadrons took advantage of the night to infiltrate the position of the independent regiment.

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Ping'an County.

Inside the headquarters.

Yoshimoto and Yamamoto were looking at the map on the table inside,

This is a map that encompasses the surrounding area of Ping'an County, and there are more than a dozen red line arrows pointing in the direction of Gecun, and these arrows represent the squadrons that are responsible for interspersing tonight.

"There are fifteen squadrons dispatched today, totaling 2,500 people."

Shinji Kosa pointed to the map and said to Yamamoto:

"The main purpose of this mission is to train new recruits, and the new soldiers are so inexperienced that many of them have not completed their recruit training, and some have only been training for a month and have just completed their initial shooting training."

Speaking of this, Kosa sighed slightly.

"We're getting all second-class soldiers, and that's normal."

Yamamoto's tone remained the same.

Imperial recruits are divided into three classes, A, B, and C, and Class A is a young man of service age, who is in good health and strong, has a quick response, has no other diseases, and undergoes a minimum of half a year of training. The physical age of the second class has been relaxed, and the physical condition has also been appropriately relaxed, and the training time ranges from four months to half a year. As for the third class, they are old, weak, sick and disabled, in their forties and even older, and the training is only to complete the most basic shooting, digging bunkers, concealment, etc.

In fact, strictly speaking, the recruits received by the First Army now can only be counted as a better C class at the beginning of the war.

The war has been fought for a long, long time, the Imperial soldiers have been depleted, and the resources have been depleted, but this issue is hardly discussed, because there is no solution at all, and everyone can only continue to fight feverishly as if they did not exist.

"There is also the ability to hone the ability of each brigade to intersperse maneuvers at night."

Kosa continued:

"In terms of firepower, we will not be able to catch up with Li Yunlong and his independent regiment in a short period of time, whether it is light weapons or infantry support artillery, they are far stronger than us, and the troops are also more than us."

Yamamoto was silent.

It's frustrating, it's angry, but that's the reality.

Kosa continued:

"The firepower is weak, the opponent still has a strong position group, even if the wing of the Mongolian army arrives, even if the long-range cannon group arrives, we will not be able to break through the position of the independent regiment head-on."

"But we're not without a chance."

Shinji Kosa points to the base of the Independent Regiment on the map:

"The positions of the Independent Regiment are all mountainous, the terrain is complex, and the defensive circle of hundreds of kilometers is absolutely impossible, and it is absolutely impossible to complete the complete blockade, as long as a few brigades can infiltrate the core of its base area, destroy the base area of the Independent Regiment, destroy the logistics supply channel, and launch an attack from behind, we will have a chance."

"Yo Si."

Yamamoto couldn't help but nod.

The Empire's classic light infantry interspersed infiltration tactics, in Southeast Asia, General Yamashita played a classic light infantry intersperse, facing the European and American powers with superior firepower, and won the game in one fell swoop.

This trick is very suitable for Li Yunlong.

"Still."

Shinji Kosa hesitated for a moment before saying:

"The casualties will be large, very large, especially for the recruits."

"Interspersed tactics are not only very demanding on commanders, but also on soldiers, and these recruits will have a lot of casualties as they mature."

"We just need to win."

Yamamoto's tone was cold.

Through General Yoshimoto's lobbying, he got a lot of recruits on his side, but they were all some second-class soldiers, and they were relatively poor among them, these soldiers were not needed at all, and naturally not many people cared about casualties.

"Hey."

Shinji Kosa bowed his head.

······

Eleven o'clock at night.

Separate regiment positions.

"Fucking little devil."

Xu Husheng leaned on the position, touched the submachine gun in his hand, and cursed.

In Xu Husheng's view, this kind of position is the most boring, it is a waste of time, it is better to attack, either change with the devil, or go back to the regiment to learn cultural knowledge.

"Hey..."

Xu Husheng sighed again.

However, he could only think about it.

Now, more than half of the nearly 600 people in his company are new soldiers, and the training time is only more than three months, although some of the recruits were militiamen before and have a little military foundation, although the three-month training is also very practical, the basic military skills have been mastered, and they have even carried out live ammunition shooting.

But to attack with these new fighters, the casualties are absolutely huge.

Therefore, we can only use the position first to train the troops in actual combat, but the fighters have grown up and then launch an attack.

The regiment judged that it was particularly important for the devil to come out at night to carry out activities, so as a company commander, he had to come to the position at night to watch in order to deal with unexpected situations and sum up experience.

Boom...

At this moment, suddenly in the distance in the mountains, several explosions took off.

"Dog's day little devil."

Seeing the location of the explosion, Xu Husheng was suddenly shocked.

The location of the explosion was less than 300 meters away from his position, a small hill on the left, where a warning mine was set up, but unexpectedly, the devil actually sneaked to the position less than 300 meters in front of his position.

"There's something wrong with the sentry arrangement."

At the first time, Xu Husheng realized the problem.

According to the regulations of the troops, the range of the "company" size position at night and the warning range in front of the secret post is 500 meters. Obviously, because of the large-scale expansion of the troops, something went wrong all of a sudden.

"Prepare for battle."

The platoon commander of the platoon also reacted quickly and directed the fighters to prepare for battle.

The explosion alerted all the soldiers in the platoon, and they all clenched their weapons in their hands.

"Artillery squad."

"Flares, three hundred meters to the left."

A long platoon shouted:

"Light and heavy machine guns are prepared, the target is on the left side, a squad leader, you take people to pay attention to the two wings to prevent the devils from outflanking from the side, and in the back, also send people to take a look."

More than a hundred people moved quickly, and although most of them were recruits, they were also in order.

Xu Husheng watched from the sidelines, did not give an order, unless necessary, he would not interfere in the command, and the regiment needed new soldiers and officer cadres to grow up quickly.

······

"Yaga."

Seeing that he was about to reach the position of the independent regiment, he suddenly encountered an explosion, and several grenades exploded together, and the two devils who were exploring the road in front were killed on the spot, and the leader of the devil squadron who led the team was so angry that he scolded.

This is a veteran, a veteran who has survived the battles with the Independent Regiment again and again.

Two died at once, making him feel distressed and want to cut people.

And these explosions, as well as the killing of two living people, finally silenced the recruits, and all thoughts in their hearts were swept away, leaving only loyalty to the Empire, excitement for locusts, and fear of death.

"Spread out."

The Devil Squadron Leader gave the order.

As soon as the words fell, before the devils had time to move, three small suns suddenly lit up in the sky, and the slope where the devils were located was bright.

There are few dense forests in the mountainous areas of northwest Shanxi, mostly rugged mountains and dwarf shrubs, coupled with the situation of the independent regiment covering the surrounding terrain, three flares illuminate more than 100 devils at a glance.

"Hidden."

The Devil Squadron Leader almost roared as he pounced on himself.

Hiss...

Knock knock...

The voice fell, and on a row of positions, ten general-purpose machine guns and two large-caliber heavy machine guns fired, and a dense rain of bullets poured towards the devils, and then, dozens of Mauser rifles and three mortars also opened fire at the same time.

Shrubs and rocks were flying everywhere, and the devils who couldn't dodge in time were killed on the spot.

Even those devils who dodged behind rock shelters and dirt slopes in time, but the large-caliber heavy machine guns could easily break the rocks and penetrate the mounds at this distance, and some were killed on the spot.

In particular, 60 mortars can be blown up even by hiding behind the slope.

"Retreat, retreat."

"Grenadier, cover."

The Devil Squadron Leader reacted quickly and knew that he had to retreat immediately.

The old devils knew everything well, fired at the opposite position with grenadiers, and then quickly retreated back while the opposite fire was suppressed, and the new recruits were completely out of excitement.

The bullets that rained down all around them, and the cannonballs that fell so densely that they had forgotten the emperor for a long time. Especially those bullets that can even break stones, so these new devils can only pray for the blessing of Amaterasu and will not be hit.

On the position of the first battalion, one company and one platoon of the independent regiment, the platoon commander saw that the devils wanted artillery, and at the same time knew that there were only these devils here, so he immediately ordered two squads to attack and outflank the enemy from both flanks, and at the same time ordered the artillery squad to strengthen its firepower and open fire at full speed.

The battle ended quickly, and in less than half an hour everything was calm, and the soldiers in the platoon could only hear the sound of explosions in the distance, indicating that there was still fighting elsewhere.

"Hmph."

Came to the hillside on the left, looked at the few devil corpses on the ground, and counted them preliminarily, at most twenty, and a long row of snorts was very dissatisfied:

"The little devil is really fast."

"The formation of these devils is very open, more than a hundred people are almost half a brigade position, and the retreat is also very decisive."

The accompanying deputy platoon commander said:

"We didn't ask for company-level 82 forced support, our soldiers lack actual combat experience, and it's good to be able to kill these."

"Indeed."

"Count the casualties and the elegant consumption."

After nodding, the platoon commander's tone suddenly became unkind:

"Also, who set up the sentry today? Let him come and see me! ”

can serve as a platoon commander, naturally full of experience, and also found problems, but he was actually touched by the devil and did not find it within 300 meters of the position.

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At the same time.

Back to the mountain road in Ping'an County.

"Twenty-one people are missing and ten are wounded."

"Most of them are recruits."

The Devil Squadron Leader also got the casualty statistics, he nodded expressionlessly, and then looked around.

At this time, his squadron was very silent, and the recruits were very honest one by one, bowing their heads, retreating towards Ping'an County, and some of them were even trembling in their legs and stomachs.

Seeing this, the corners of the devil squadron leader's mouth suddenly hooked slightly.