Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 1452: Mountain Elves

"Does your Captain Tang have any news?" Admiral Li looked at the dark mountains in the distance. "Before I came here, I received intelligence that he had broken through. I also ordered the theater security division to go to these mountains to search for traces of the remaining attackers."

After a short pause, although he knew it would not have much effect, General Li still said in a low voice: "Although I know that you, the Four Lines Regiment, don't trust anyone now, but please believe me, if I really want to harm your Captain Tang, there is no need to use such despicable means. There are tens of thousands of troops stationed around the theater headquarters, all of which are directly under my Gui faction. At my command, Captain Tang will have to stay even if he has three heads and six arms."

After a brief silence, Gu Xishui shook his head gently, his eyes emitting icy coldness: "The commander is a powerful individual. Even if the Japanese are very strong, it is very difficult for them to keep him in such a mountainous area. The commander chose to break through, perhaps because enough of his comrades in the guard squad had died in battle, and he didn't want them to die here.

However, the field radio must have been damaged in the fierce battle. When my troops were marching towards the battlefield, the regiment commander only sent a message saying "I am ready to break out", and there was no more news after that."

As Tang Dao's subordinate, Gu Xishui's answer was both confident and filled with sadness and anger, which was very reasonable.

"Then let the people of your Fourth Regiment go find your commander and find him at all costs. Also, if you meet soldiers from the War Zone Guard Division, do not get into conflict. I have already given them orders that any captured attackers who are still alive will be handed over to you. I also want to know who on earth did such a heinous thing in my territory." Admiral Li looked deeply at the distant mountains.

"On behalf of all the officers and soldiers of the Four-Line Regiment, I would like to thank Commander Li!" Gu Xishui stood at attention and saluted.

Even though his suspicion was not cleared, a dignified war zone commander actually compromised with him, a small army captain. Even if it was just for show, Gu Xishui had to show his respect. Otherwise, when the truth came out, it would be difficult for the Four-Line Regiment to gain a foothold in the Fifth War Zone.

Of course, what really made Gu Xishui salute was what the commander said. If he wanted to keep the Tang sword, there was no need to go through so much trouble.

"Let's go! Let's go back to the headquarters!" General Li walked out of the attack scene and went straight to his car.

"Sir, are we going back now? Didn't you order us to wait for Captain Tang? No matter life or death." The colonel adjutant following closely behind him was stunned.

Before coming, the guard battalion carried all the supplies for field operations, even military tents.

"Tang Dao is not dead. Not only is he still alive, but he personally commands all the actions of the Four Ranks Regiment. This kid doesn't show up, but he just wants to hide in the dark and make those who want to deal with him not know what he will do." Admiral Li had a calm expression, and flames seemed to dance in his eyes under the light of the fire.

"I've said it before, Tang Dao is a pure soldier, but that doesn't mean he only knows how to fight. There's a tiger hidden in his heart that can jump out and bite anyone at any time, even the king of heaven!"

"Sir." The colonel's adjutant obviously didn't quite understand the meaning of his commander's words.

However, he could hear a chill in it!

"I just hope that Tang Dao won't go too far. If he does, I don't have that much ability!" Admiral Li said to himself after getting into the car.

  The adjutant and the driver both felt a chill. If even a theater commander couldn't cover it up, how serious could the matter be?

Could it be that it is even worse than the recent incident where Captain Tang was attacked and killed?

Moreover, after just a quick walk around the scene of the attack, the commander concluded that Tang Dao was still alive and was even hiding in the dark to cause trouble. The adjutant could not understand this.

  His superior has been in control of Guangxi Province for many years, and even after several years he can become the only big boss who can compete with that person. How can an ordinary person compare to him?

Although Gu Xishui is smart, he is still too young after all. Although all his cold faces and anger are sincere, his heavy deployment of troops at the scene of the attack has aroused suspicion among the veterans who have been immersed in the officialdom for more than 30 years.

Since his supreme commander had broken through and fled into the mountains, his loyal subordinates would naturally do their best to rescue him. Someone had already reported that the main force of the Four Ranks Regiment had not rushed there, and only about 800 people had arrived at the scene.

  800 people but 300 of them are here to show off their power to the theater guard battalion or to the commander of the general. What's the matter? Is his face more precious than his own life?

What really made General Li completely certain that Tang Dao was still alive was Gu Xishui's last words, which said that there had been no news of Tang Dao after he broke through the siege.

This is too ridiculous. Not to mention a regimental commander like Tang Dao who is ridiculously strong in both individual combat and command, even an ordinary infantry regiment commander, in the absence of a field radio, would use the secret code designed long ago within the infantry regiment to leave marks in the mountains to let subordinates who are tracking him know where he is going.

General Li had seen Ye Chenghuan, Leng Feng and Zhuang Shisan, three people from the Four Element Regiment's headquarters. Each of them had their own characteristics: Ye Chenghuan was gentle and polite, Leng Feng was calm and tough, and Zhuang Shisan was smooth and worldly-wise, but none of them was the type who was bold and reckless.

Apart from Tang Dao himself, General Li could not think of anyone else in the Four-Line Regiment who could order a small captain to deceive himself, the commander-in-chief.

. . . . . . . . .

Akagi Shigenobu may have never run so fast in his life!

The popular phrase on the Internet in the future, "I feel like I'm running so fast that it's scary," probably can well describe the state of Major Shigeaki Akagi running at lightning speed in the mountains at this moment.

As a top student who graduated from the Munich Military Academy in the early 30s, Major Shigemori Akagi was a rare fanatic in the Japanese Army who advocated special attack operations. Although he never received strong support from the top, Shigemori Akagi, who worked as a shooting instructor at the NCO School, never gave up his ideals.

Since entering the NCO Academy in 33, Akagi Shigemori has been engaged in military research on how small elite units or even individual soldiers can infiltrate and assist the main force in defeating the enemy, and has worked hard to achieve this.

In 8 years, Akagi Shigemori, who was already an expert in archery, increased his naked shooting range with an ordinary Type 430 rifle to an astonishing 580 meters. If equipped with a scope, the range can reach an exaggerated meters.

With such terrifying shooting skills as being able to accurately kill the enemy from a mile away, even the lieutenant general of the non-commissioned officer academy, who looked down on the individual combat concept that Akagi insisted on, had to admit that Shigenori Akagi was terrifying.

Especially after the Battle of Shanghai, during the escape of the Chinese 67th Army from Songjiang, there were several times when small groups of elite troops took advantage of the terrain to launch secret attacks and ambushed the main force, causing huge casualties to the main force and successfully delaying the main force's pursuit speed. The NCO School finally paid attention to Akagi Shigemori's "special attack" combat concept.

And in January 1938, the 'Eagle' special attack team was officially formed!

The Eagle Special Attack Team is different from the Trash Special Attack Team formed by Fujiwara Sen's team based on ninjas and warriors with auxiliary hot weapons training. Its members are elite veterans recommended by the main divisions with three years of military service and who have participated in the war. The special attack team is at the battalion level, and Akagi Shigenori serves as the team leader and archery instructor.

In essence, this special forces team composed of elite soldiers who have undergone rigorous training is more suitable for the battlefield. They know better how to shoot the enemy with their guns from 300 meters away without having to use knives and ninja darts to deal with the enemy.

Each Type A division was allowed to recommend 30 people. The 17 permanent divisions alone recommended 510 people, while their official personnel numbered only 300. It took nearly a month just to eliminate 210 people. In addition, the selection of various instructors and auxiliary personnel, the application for training venues and various equipment at the beginning of the formation took nearly 1 months to enter the formal training period.

It was not until early February that the Eagle Commando received the mission from the Army Headquarters and 2 members arrived in Jinling on four military transport planes.

Even so, in the opinion of Shigeaki Akagi, the combat effectiveness of the Eagle Special Forces, which has been trained for 30 months, is at least equal to or even better than that of a fully-staffed infantry battalion.

In this world, with the same amount of troops, no one can escape alive from an ambush by so many elite soldiers. This is the confidence of Major Akagi.

However, in this mountain forest of China, all of Major Akagi's former confidence was shattered by the legendary man.

That man and his men would never exceed 20 people, but they managed to hold off 200 elite members of his Eagle Commando Team for 2 hours and killed most of the enemies who dared to besiege him.

Yes, when the face of Major Akagi, who was crawling on a mountain more than 500 meters away from his opponent, was splashed with the warm blood of his observer, Akagi Shigenori knew that the opponent's shooting skills were at least not inferior to his.

The observer was shot dead, perhaps simply by the reflection of the sun on the telescope lens.

The terrifyingly accurate shooting skills were only one of the reasons. What shocked Akagi the most was the bullet used by his opponent.

An intact head exploded like a watermelon hit by a sledgehammer. This was a firearm that Major Akagi, who was proficient in all kinds of firearms from the East and the West, had never seen before.

He even dared to guarantee that it was definitely not a firearm used to shoot humans. With such strong kinetic energy, it would be a waste to use it to hit people. It could even be used to hit tanks.

Akagi Shigenori guessed correctly that the rifle held by the Tang Dao was originally used for anti-armor purposes.

The famous PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle of the Russian Bear Country has a 5-round magazine and uses a tungsten core bullet. It can penetrate 400mm armor at a distance of 40 meters. With an initial velocity of 1012 meters per second, even with an ordinary 14.7mm bullet, it can penetrate 100mm armor at a distance of 40 meters.

The armor of several main tanks of the Japanese army on the Chinese battlefield seemed extremely fragile in front of this rifle. This is also the reason why Tang Dao asked the little foreign girl to import hundreds of rifles from the Bear Country.

Tang Dao has always been a very cautious person. Even though he did not lead the assault jeep convoy and cavalry company because of his low profile, the large backpack carried behind Xia Dayu's horse contained the first anti-material sniper rifle of this era.

Tang Dao didn't want to use this rifle unless on the battlefield. Once he used it, it would mean his life was in serious threat.

  But the Tang sword was used after all!

The strongest sniper from the future, carrying the most powerful anti-material sniper rifle of this era, is definitely the nightmare of all infantrymen.

If it weren't for the fact that this sniper rifle almost never missed a shot, no matter how strong the 15 soldiers in the guard squad were, they would not be able to hold out for more than two hours under the siege of a Japanese army composed entirely of elite soldiers.

For the first time, the Tang Dao demonstrated its full strength in front of the officers and soldiers of the guard squad of the Fourth Regiment. Every time the anti-tank gun with an extra-long barrel fired, an attacker would be killed.

Because no one can survive the tearing of a 14.7mm caliber bullet. Not to mention humans, even a bison will be killed on the spot.

The extremely accurate shooting skills amazed even a proud man like Akagi Shigenori. He was sure that it was a sharpshooter and a super powerful rifle that he had never seen before.

Of the 160 men killed, at least half died from this gun.

  He clearly saw that one of his squad leaders, Lieutenant Ishiguro, had already hidden behind a dead tree stump. The penetrating power of the Czech semi-automatic rifles equipped by the Chinese could not penetrate the stump that was as big as a millstone. But that gun could!

With just one shot, the dead tree stump exploded into a cloud of debris visible to the naked eye. Lieutenant Ishiguro's screams, as he covered his face with one hand, even drowned out the intense gunfire.

The reason why it was one-handed was that the trajectory of the bullet deviated when it passed through the dead wood stump, and it hit his right arm. The whole arm was like being hit by a cannon and was blown off.

Why did he cover his face? It was because the exploding wooden spikes were like a bunch of hidden weapons, all piercing into the face of the poor Imperial Army lieutenant. The severe pain in his fragile eyes even made Lieutenant Ishiguro forget the fact that his arm was knocked off.

However, Lieutenant Ishiguro, who suffered two serious wounds, did not die in pain on the battlefield. Major Akagi, who was far away, chose to aim his gun at his own people who were wailing constantly, helping him understand the inhuman pain.

There were also several heavy machine guns deployed 400 meters away from the ambush site. Although they were out of the range of rifles, the specially trained machine gunners still built makeshift shelters with stones in the dense bushes.

No one can kill the shooter behind cover unless someone can hit the not-so-big shooting hole.

  But that man and that gun did it!

The sharpshooter didn't even show off his extremely accurate shooting skills, but just fired at the stone fortifications. If one shot didn't work, he would shoot two shots, and if two shots didn't work, he would shoot three shots. It was like a small cannon, which collapsed the 40-centimeter-thick stone bunker and killed the shooter behind it.

His goal was no longer to kill the enemy, but to use the most cruel method to make the shooter extremely frightened and choose to escape.

People can accept death, but waiting for death is a fear that no matter how brave a person is, it is difficult to accept.

Fortunately, these soldiers had undergone 30 months of rigorous training, and their nerves had long been trained to be as tough as steel. No shooter was scared away by the extremely cruel shooting of the Chinese.

Then, they all died!

One bunker after another was blown up by this rifle, and then fell into silence!

However, it was extremely difficult for them to hit this terrible shooter from a long distance.

He seemed to have the ability to foresee danger in advance and would choose to move his position at the last moment before danger came. No matter how hard Akagi Shigemori and the dozen or so sharpshooters hidden in the distance and several light and heavy machine guns tried, the dull sound mixed in with the crisp gunshots would still be heard.

With every sound, someone's life was taken away.

If it weren't for the existence of this gun, Akagi Shigemori would have been fully confident that he could end the battle within 15 minutes.

To the extent that later on, even Akagi Shigeki was almost losing confidence, even though he had already killed three targets, proving that this group of Chinese was already at the end of their strength.

But as long as the gun was there, he wouldn't dare to go beyond the line.

Finally, the Chinese could no longer hold out. After two hours of waiting for no reinforcements, the few remaining soldiers in the encirclement chose to break out into the mountains.

Akagi Shigeaki finally saw hope of completing the task.

He had been in this mountain for three days. He did not hide like a hibernating turtle. On the contrary, he, who could speak fluent Chinese, used disguise to walk around the fifteen miles around the mountain.

Possessing an excellent memory, he firmly believed that even the local Chinese would not be more familiar with this forest than he was, let alone these Chinese soldiers who were just passing by.

That rifle must be out of bullets!

The threat of losing the gun was also the reason why Akagi Shigenori mustered up the courage to lead his last 46 subordinates into the mountains.

Then, the Japanese Army Major found out that he was wrong.

The dull sound of the gun was never heard again, but the man was still there, and the man with the semi-automatic rifle was no less lethal.

  What’s even more terrifying is that it’s not even the sharpshooter whose range is also over a mile!

The forests of this mountain have become his natural protective color. He is like a shark hiding deep in the sea, and may appear in front of you at any time.

  That was also when Shi Dakuan once again refreshed his understanding of his commander's ability to kill!

As the trainee deputy squad leader of the guard squad, Shi Dakuan followed the squad leader Yuan Xiao to carry out the task of escorting the regiment commander.

Then, he encountered the third crisis in his military career. Compared with the hand-to-hand combat on Gaojialing and the night attack on Beidou Mountain, this battle was even more dangerous.

As the brothers in the guard squad continued to fall, the bullets in the regiment commander's strange big gun were emptied, and Shi Dakuan was ready to sacrifice himself.

The regimental commander looked at the 13 bodies lying on the battlefield, gritted his teeth and made an evacuation gesture.

That was the first time since Shi Dakuan met the regimental commander that he saw his face as cold as iron, and there seemed to be two flames jumping in his pupils.

Shi Dakuan knew that the commander-in-chief must be extremely furious.

Not only was he heartbroken by the sacrifice of 13 guardsmen, but he was also angry that he had to abandon the remains of his brothers during the evacuation.

It is said that the regiment has an unwritten rule that unless it is absolutely necessary, comrades are not allowed to be abandoned, even if they are their remains.

But in order to keep the three of them alive, the commander had no choice but to grit his teeth and choose to evacuate.

What will happen to the extremely angry commander?

Two hours ago, Shi Dakuan saw the Tang Dao warrior holding a strange spear and firing at full power, killing nearly a hundred people with such ferocity that it was enough to silence any enemy.

After escaping into the mountains, the Tang sword, like a fish returning to the sea, demonstrated what comprehensiveness means.

The killing skills are comprehensive.

He used Yuanxiao's extremely accurate shooting skills to attract the three teams of enemies that were chasing him, while Tang Dao, with black mud smeared on his face, sneaked into the woods.

He used two bayonets to kill 15 Japanese soldiers in one team.

The whole process took no more than 3 minutes!

When the other two teams of Japanese soldiers heard the screams and rushed over, the murderer had already disappeared except for the corpses lying all over the ground and still shaking.

From that moment on, Shi Dakuan knew that the identities of hunter and prey had been swapped.

The regiment commander finally chose to retreat into the mountains, not to escape, but to fight back!

By dusk, with only 12 people left around him, Akagi Shigemori gritted his teeth and gave the order to divide into groups and continue the pursuit.

Then, after watching his subordinates disappear into the jungle, the founder and first captain of the Eagle Commando quietly fled in the opposite direction.

The Japanese Army Major understood that the "Tora! Tora!" operation had completely failed. The Tang sword was a demon beyond human beings. He wanted to go back and tell the senior generals not to do such things that would only cost the best soldiers.

The last 12 elite soldiers were no longer chasing, but delaying.

Although Akagi Shigenori had never seen a Tang sword, he had a hunch that the other party would never let go of anyone who had killed one of his men.

He had to escape, flee to Yiling before this devil caught up with him.

After eight years of hard training, Shigeaki Akagi developed perseverance and physical strength far beyond that of ordinary people. Coupled with the pressure of survival, he seemed to run faster than usual.

He climbed up a two-meter-high rock wall with just a rush forward; he jumped down a several-meter-high boulder without hesitation; he could jump over a mountain stream that was nearly three meters wide without the help of any tools.

  In the dim night, the Japanese Army Major who was running for his life felt like he was an elf in the mountains.

(End of this chapter)