The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1295 Li Yunlong: Too low of status (first update)

After taking two more rounds of artillery shells from the Eighth Route Army on the way to attack, the Japanese squadron leader finally reached the Eighth Route Army artillery position half an hour later.

But except for the messy footprints here, not even the shadow of the Eighth Route Army can be seen.

"Captain, the enemy ran to the east. Judging from the footprints, there are at least fifty people..."

"Follow me..." The squadron leader looked annoyed and ordered directly to his subordinates without any hesitation.

The adjutant stopped in front of the squadron leader and reminded: "Captain, think twice..."

"We only have one squadron, and we lost nearly a small squad of soldiers on the way to attack. If we pursue it rashly, what if we are killed by the Eighth Route Army with a carbine?"

"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with several mortars, and its strength must be more than what we see."

The squadron leader gritted his teeth and replied angrily: "I wish the Eighth Route Army would ambush us, so that we could use ourselves as bait to drag them on the battlefield. When the reinforcements form an encirclement around the battlefield, we can attack from both inside and outside. Annihilate them all."

"Excuting an order……"

"The two squadrons closest to us are nearby, and they can be killed by a quick march of ten or twenty minutes..."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army really wants to ambush us halfway and kill us with a carbine, it will definitely be no problem to hold on for twenty minutes with two small teams..."

"Hurry up and catch up. If you don't leave, it will be too late..."

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As Li Yunlong struggled to move forward through half-meter-deep snow, the scout suddenly rushed towards him quickly on a pair of simple skis made of wood.

This is a piece of equipment specially developed by Huang Yu for operations outside the customs.

Because the number is limited and training is difficult, it cannot equip troops on a large scale.

Only a small number of scouts were equipped so that they could quickly move and deliver messages in the snow.

Li Yunlong envied these scouts who relied on skis to travel quickly through the snow, but he was envious and there was nothing he could do about it.

When Tang Lin first came up with snowboards, he spent time practicing, but he couldn't practice no matter how hard he tried, so he had to give up.

"Report to Commander... The Japs are chasing us. There are only two infantry squads in the forward force..."

"They are followed by two infantry squadrons. Although the straight-line distance is only one kilometer, if the little devils want to catch up with their forwards, it will take twenty-five minutes even if they march quickly."

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up and he ordered: "Our opportunity has come. Inform the first battalion to prepare for battle. I will pull out the tiger's teeth and eat the Kwantung Army's forward troops."

"The harder we fight here, the more the little devils will think that the main force of our northward detachment is hiding in Nanda Mountain, further confusing the public and preventing the Kwantung Army from finding us."

"First attack the Japanese forward troops, practice your skills, let the soldiers move, and then think of a way to eat up the two squadrons behind them."

"I am now the commander of the northward detachment. To kill only one squadron brat in one battle is too low of status no matter how you analyze it."

Footprints on the ground are the best evidence to judge the opponent's strength.

The Japanese squadron leader followed closely behind Li Yunlong. While pursuing, he used the footprints to determine whether the Eighth Route Army had divided its troops, and then used the footprints on the roadside to determine whether there was an ambush on the roadside.

In this way, they chased them to the foot of a mountain without any vigilance.

There were no footprints on the slope next to the mountain road, and there was heavy white snow everywhere, making it impossible to hide anyone.

This is the Japanese squadron leader's judgment of the surrounding terrain and environment. With a wave of his big hand, he led his men and continued to pursue forward.

At this moment, the gun barrels slowly came out of the snow, and the head covered by the white cloth slowly lifted up. Through the rifle sight, the Kwantung Army at the foot of the mountain was firmly inserted, waiting for the order to fire. …

"A Type 96 light machine gun suddenly opened fire. The dense gunfire instantly broke the silence in the forest. The bullets flew out of the barrel and flew towards the Kwantung Army at the foot of the mountain in a fan shape."

In just an instant, the black barrel of the machine gun began to fire three bursts of hot gas.

The sound of gunshots was an order, and the soldiers hidden halfway up the mountain pulled the triggers one after another and fired the bullets in the barrels at the little Japs they had aimed at.

The troops Li Yunlong brought out of Qinglong Mountain were not many, but they were all veterans with extremely accurate marksmanship.

Although they were not as good as the elite Kwantung Army soldiers who emerged from the mountains of blood and corpses, when they were asked to shoot at the little Japs 50 or 60 meters away, they were still accurate, with a hit rate of over 70%.

This means that they can hit two Kwantung Army soldiers with three bullets...

Excluding the bullets wasted due to repeated design, it will definitely be no problem to kill a Kwantung Army with five bullets.

There are more than 300 veterans in the regiment and battalion of the northward detachment. They are equipped with 30 light machine guns. In just one sudden fire attack, they fired four to five hundred rounds of ammunition. It is definitely an easy task to deal with the little Japs at the foot of the mountain. , not to mention Duan Peng and dozens of half-baked special forces under him are hidden around him.

When many soldiers quickly pulled the bolts of their guns and planned to fire a second bullet at the Kwantung Army at the foot of the mountain, there was no longer a single standing Japs in sight.

The soldiers got up from the ground, covered with white cloth, and flew for a long time before walking through the 50-60 meters long snow to reach the foot of the mountain.

During this process, there were always more than a dozen machine guns mounted on the mountainside, staring at the little devils at the foot of the mountain. Whenever there was the slightest movement, they would greet them with a hail of bullets to ensure that there was no Kwantung Army at the foot of the mountain who could threaten the safety of the attacking troops.

The next two Kwantung Army squadrons knew they were in luck as soon as they heard the gunshots.

The forward squadron must have caught a big fish, otherwise there would not be such a dense firefight on the battlefield, so they quickly accelerated their march.

It turned out to be a step too late.

When they arrived at the foot of the mountain, except for more than a hundred Kwantung Army corpses that were almost frozen solid in the snow, not a single Eighth Route Army soldier could be found anywhere.

Only messy footprints were seen extending northeastward along the foot of the mountain.

The two squadron leaders were stunned for a while before they realized what they were doing. They didn't expect that the comrades who were chatting and laughing a few hours ago would turn into cold corpses in the blink of an eye.

Confused, the two squadron leaders quickly made the decision to continue the pursuit.

Judging from the footprints, the Eighth Route Army that had just ambushed the forward squadron only had more than 300 people at full strength.

Their two infantry squadrons combined have nearly 400 people, and they have also strengthened two mortar squads and two heavy machine gun squads.

Both firepower and military strength are far superior to those of the opponent.

It would be too cowardly not to pursue him.

Moreover, even if a single Eighth Route Army soldier was not eliminated and retreated with more than a hundred soldier corpses, the captain would not let them go easily.

After a little analysis in their minds, they made the decision to continue chasing the Eighth Route Army until they knew how to eliminate them. Otherwise, they would definitely fall into the trap of the brigade leader when they returned to the station.

(End of this chapter)