Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2442 Night attack! Night attack!

At the same time, on the grassland fifteen kilometers away from the Japanese camp, the battlefield was still filled with a strong smell of blood and gunpowder.

Duanwu and Wugan stood side by side on the high ground of the battlefield, directing the cavalry of the Wugan tribe to clean up the battlefield and rescue the wounded.

The cavalry of the Wugan tribe also began to get busy. Some of them collected spoils of war, while others were responsible for cleaning up the battlefield, dragging away the enemy's bodies, searching for the remains of their own people, or finding and treating the wounded.

In this battle, the cavalry of the Wugan tribe also suffered heavy casualties. Preliminary estimates show that at least more than one hundred people were killed or injured in this battle, and seventy to eighty war horses were also lost.

However, in this battle, they wiped out nearly 400 Japanese cavalrymen, seized more than 200 war horses, and there were also guns and ammunition that were not counted.

Duanwu and Wugan stood on a high place, giving orders while waiting for news from the scouts.

This is a chain of tricks.

Duanwu deliberately used more than 300 cavalrymen to ambush the Japanese cavalry, and deliberately let a few of them escape to report back, letting the Japanese know that there were not many people ambushing them, and luring the Japanese to retaliate.

But whether the Japanese will be fooled or not depends entirely on themselves.

Moreover, Duanwu felt that there was a high chance that the Japanese would not be fooled.

Because the Japanese were very cautious this time, it was very difficult to trick them.

And sure enough, the scouts reported back that the Japanese had not taken any action but had instead strengthened their defenses.

Wu Gan looked at Duanwu, asking what they should do next.

Duanwu looked at the night and smiled slightly.

Because darkness is always the best protective color. It is also the best time to annihilate the devils, and the Dragon Boat Festival will not be wasted.

Duanwu licked his lips and asked, "Wugan Anda, where are the two mortars I gave you?"

Wu Gan rolled his eyes and chuckled, "What does Ye Anda mean?"

Duanwu smiled evilly and said, "If the devils don't come out, we can't let them sleep peacefully, right?"

“Yes, hahahaha!”

Wu Gan laughed loudly and immediately ordered his men to retrieve the mortar and shells.

The mortar was not in the cavalry unit, but was placed in the baggage unit by Wu Gan.

The baggage train also includes infantry and artillerymen who can fire.

However, with Duanwu here, there is no need for artillery. Duanwu only asked Wugan to bring a mortar and ten artillery shells.

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Meanwhile, General Takeda was still unaware of Danwu's plan to plot against him, and he was ordering his troops to rest.

They had been walking for almost a whole day and were exhausted. They would have to face a decisive battle with the Wugan tribe tomorrow, so he had to let his soldiers get enough rest.

Of course, he would not relax his guard in the camp's defense, and assigned special people to be in charge of the sentries, patrols, and General Takeda.

But even so, Takeda still didn't sleep. He was in contact with the headquarters and requested air support.

The Japanese were running short of planes in the north, and it was very difficult to mobilize a large number of them.

Moreover, at the beginning of the war, Takeda requested more than 20 bombers to participate in the war. At this time, even the headquarters would have to think twice before requesting air support.

So the headquarters' response was slow, and General Takeda could not sleep. His enemies were very cunning, and they scattered their troops across the grassland. They were like hungry wolves on the grassland, cunning and very patient.

But all this will end tomorrow, because tomorrow his army will be able to reach the camp of the herdsmen of the Wugan tribe and launch an attack there.

By then, no matter how cunning his enemies are, they will obediently go back to fight him.

Thinking of this, Takeda sneered slightly.

At this time, the Japanese communications officer came running to report with a happy face: "Sir, the headquarters has agreed to your request. In addition to one reconnaissance plane, another reconnaissance plane and three fighter planes will be sent tomorrow to assist us in reconnaissance operations."

"Great!"

General Takeda was overjoyed, because with these five planes conducting aerial reconnaissance, no matter how cunning his enemies were, it would be useless.

Takeda felt relieved and could go to sleep comfortably.

But he didn't know that he might not sleep well that night. At around eleven o'clock at night, Duanwu, the leader of the Wugan tribe and a dozen cavalrymen of the Wugan tribe had quietly approached the enemy's camp to a distance of about 600 meters.

At this position, not to mention the Japanese sentries, even the Japanese patrols can't be seen.

The Japanese patrols were all patrolling about fifty meters from the gathering camp. Six hundred meters away, unless they all had a pair of dog eyes, they couldn't see a single fart.

Wu Gan seemed very excited, like a child who was doing something bad. He carefully stared in the direction of the Japanese camp while helping Duanwu set up the artillery.

Duanwu was very skilled in his movements and quickly installed the mortar, and pointed the muzzle of the mortar towards the Japanese camp.

However, Duanwu was not in a hurry to fire, because artillery shells were very precious. Although it was to harass the Japanese, it was also necessary to eliminate some important targets of the Japanese.

The Japanese baggage was naturally not in Duanwu's consideration. Because the Japanese baggage was all his. His main target was military targets, and it would be even better if he could kill the Japanese commander.

It’s just that the Dragon Boat Festival gathering was too far away, and there was no means of aerial reconnaissance, so it was impossible to determine the location of the Japanese commander.

So as a second choice, Duanwu targeted the Japanese trucks and a dozen tanks.

Although these tanks do not pose a great threat to the cavalry, if the Japanese rely on these tanks as cover for defense, it will be difficult for the cavalry to approach.

So under the premise that the Japanese commander cannot be found, Duanwu's first shot is intended to target these Japanese tanks!

Chief Wu Gan and the other cavalrymen were scattered around, holding their breath and waiting. Only the occasional sound of insects broke the silence.

Everyone's heart is tense, feeling nervous and expectant.

Duanwu made minor adjustments to the mortar, but there were not many shells, so he had to be cautious.

He slowly adjusted the angle of the muzzle, and every slight change reflected his precise calculation of distance and wind direction.

"hey-hey!"

After a moment, Duanwu had calibrated the mortar. After a sneer, he decisively pulled the gun rope.

With a loud bang, the shells streaked across the night sky, dragging a long tail, like an angry lightning, and rushed straight to the enemy camp. At that moment, time seemed to freeze, and everyone's heart was in their throat.

Immediately afterwards, there was an even more deafening explosion, accompanied by flames shooting into the sky. A Japanese tank was torn into pieces in the violent explosion. The fierce flames instantly swallowed up the surrounding darkness and dyed half the sky red!