My Head of the Huaxia Expeditionary Force

Chapter 347
"Dead, dead, I counted more than 180 corpses of little Japanese, there should be no escape." Yao Ma walked over slowly with a gun in his hand, his blood-stained face was slightly ferocious.

Long Wenwen picked up the samurai sword and wiped the blood on the clothes of a dead body. His arm was a little sore from the continuous slashing in the battle just now, but the number of little devils who died under the sword was no less than the number of hands.

"What about troop casualties?"

Yao frowned, raised his hand and scratched his face: "33 people died, 26 were injured, eight of them are probably enough, and the rest are minor injuries that won't affect the next battle."

After the First World War, there were nearly 60 casualties, which is really distressing. Fortunately, the complete annihilation of this lonely squadron of devils, which is deeply rooted, can be regarded as a blood profit.

The vanguard dared to get so close, which meant that the main force of the Japanese army should be not far away. The commotion just now was so loud that it could be heard a few kilometers away. It is estimated that the Japanese must be pressing towards this side now.

Thinking of this, Long Wenwen put the knife into its sheath, and ordered sharply: "Clean the battlefield, collect ammunition and food, and give me everything I can."

"got it."

Now there are quite a few Type 6.5 light machine guns in the army, and they can all use the [-]mm bullets on the devils.A group of soldiers caught in a crisis of shortage of supplies can be said to have done what they used to do, grenades, ammunition, food... as long as they are useful, they are all searched.

Although the number of these Japanese soldiers was small, they carried quite a lot of equipment and supplies. Apart from weapons and ammunition, each of them also had two or three days' worth of rations in their rucksacks.

Soon the soldiers finished cleaning the battlefield, but Long Wenwen didn't take them back to the station. Instead, he let the Falcon Squad lead the way and quietly searched for the main force of the Japanese army.

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Not long after the battle in the dense forest ended, a "mechanized" force arrived 5 kilometers south of Lashio Station.

They advanced slowly along the road, with a few wheeled armored vehicles leading the way at the front of the team, followed by trucks and a small number of dump motorcycles, and finally there was a group of cavalry of about a hundred people.

In addition to the packers, some horses were hung with dismantled mountain cannon parts and various ammunition boxes. Although the entire army was small in number, it looked well-equipped.

This team is formally the Assault Search Wing under the command of the 53rd Division. The leader of the team, Tomikuma Saito, holds the reins and rides on a tall horse. This feeling of standing out from the crowd and looking down on all living beings makes him very small in stature.

At this time, a war horse rushed towards him, and the rider shouted loudly: "Report to the captain, the Lashio Railway Station is three kilometers ahead. We found the gunshots 10 minutes ago, but the situation is not clear for the time being... Please issue a combat order." instruction."

"Gunshots? Could it be that Gao Sen and the others have encountered an enemy... Order the whole team to stop advancing and everyone to rest in place!"

Saito immediately gave the order and reined in the reins. The horse under his crotch snorted and stopped as if understanding.

It stands to reason that if you encounter an enemy attack on Gao Sen, you should report the situation to the alliance as soon as possible. Why is there no news yet?

After dismounting, Saito tried his best to straighten his back and strode forward, still muttering to himself: "It's been so long that Gao Sen should have solved the opponent."

"Well... Let the soldiers in front contact Gao Sen Squadron, and find out the enemy's situation first."

"Hey!" The soldier replied respectfully. Facing the captain who was less than 1.6 meters tall but tried his best to hold his head high, he couldn't help bending down a little.

As the commander of the only mechanized unit in the whole division, no matter what difficulties he encountered, Saito was confident enough to face them calmly.

The so-called search wing, as the name suggests, is responsible for important campaign reconnaissance missions, but it doesn't stop there, it also undertakes multiple tasks such as campaign breakthroughs, campaign maneuvers, and campaign pursuits.

In accordance with the 1940 military expansion plan, the Japanese army set up special standards for the establishment of the new three units (three infantry regiments) divisions.Among them, divisions with larger serial numbers, such as 53, 56, and 31, were successively established from 40 to 41. The purpose was to expand the war and seize the Nanyang colonies of the Far East or Western powers. Mobility and firepower must be enhanced.

However, due to the limitations of Japan's industrial capabilities, in the middle and late stages of the war, the Japanese army lacked both mobility and firepower, and there was a serious shortage of heavy artillery, guns and even bullets in the establishment.

Under the stimulation of the new war mission, Little Japan was forced to make a compromise plan, which is the search wing.

Compared with the ordinary infantry wing of the Japanese army, the search wing is a new organization with strong mobility and armor protection capabilities. It can be regarded as a small number of mechanized infantry units in the new division.

But this is also relative, because although they are known as the mechanized infantry wing, the team is composed of a horse squadron and a chariot squadron. Sometimes an additional infantry squadron is set up for reinforcement. The actual number is only 400 to 600. In between, it is similar to the establishment of an ordinary battalion, and far from that of a conventional infantry regiment.

Moreover, the artillery and infantry inside are at most semi-motorized, and most of them still use mules and horses as the main means of transportation.

This kind of organization does have relatively high mobility and protection. On the battlefields of China and Southeast Asia with low technical content, it can achieve a certain degree of rampage, especially after tearing apart the defense line of infantry-based troops. Cause confusion and fear in the enemy, and further develop the results of the battle.

Compared with the United States and the Soviet Union, this organization is particularly shabby, but Japan can't produce a lot of motorized equipment, so the organization of the search wing is destined to be small.

Although it is nothing compared to the European and American battlefields at the same time, even the tank battalion of the third division dares to say that it completely crushes them in terms of equipment configuration.

Even so, the Japanese army still attaches great importance to the search wing, because this is already the highest standard of mechanized force that Japan's national strength can allow the infantry division to have.

Captain Saito is very proud of this, even though the overall size is only one-sixth of the regular infantry regiment, but he also enjoys the treatment of the commander and the priority supply right of the whole division.

As an infantry team with good mobility and certain armor strength, their record in Southeast Asia is still remarkable. They have never failed since they were formed in 41. Their own combat effectiveness is also considered rich. It can be said that they are the most beautiful in the entire division. Aberdeen.

Originally, they were the vanguard of the whole army when they surrounded the Self-Rescue Army. At one time, they beat the Self-Rescue Army to the point of fleeing, not daring to step out of the jungle.

Now that the back road has been copied, this army rushed back to rescue as quickly as possible. Saito felt that this battle might be the same as usual, because the Huaxia people were in a defensive position and could not move flexibly. As long as the opponent dared to fight head-on, it would definitely be one-sided crushing...

(End of this chapter)