afterglow

Chapter 272 The first battle of the fledgling;
At [-]:[-] p.m. that day, the other four teams of Yiluan Division all arrived.

After that, they traced the Oi River and traveled northward for about three miles, and then selected suitable terrain to arrange battle positions.

The fourth team as a fire unit has not been dismantled and assigned. Together with the third team, they are lying in ambush on the high ground in the middle of the mountains. Heavy machine guns and mortar fire can block the mountain trails and foothill dirt roads here-this is the enemy. There are only possible places to pass by.

The first, second, and reconnaissance teams, under the personal leadership of Cai Zhichen, began to detour to the southeast, hoping to get around the flank of the westward enemy and launch a surprise attack.If the enemy army fled, they would crash into the nets laid by the third and fourth teams.

It is obvious that Yi Luan Division's tactical deployment is quite active and active. If it were an ordinary infantry unit, I am afraid that they would not take the risk of turning around and attacking, but prepared to ambush at the selected location in a regular manner.

Near five o'clock, a group of about 200 armed men in different costumes was trudging through the rugged mountains. It was full of spring, but everyone looked happy or relaxed, and the atmosphere of the whole team was somewhat depressed.

This resistance team called "Kimura Volunteer Team" was formed by the reserve captain Junzhi Kimura. At first, they consisted of eight reserve or reserve officers and soldiers as the core, together with more than [-] retired officers and soldiers, and a large number of civilian volunteers.Half a month ago, this team once reached [-] people. They moved to the north near Saku City and Toyu City. They raided and ambushed the Ming army's baggage team many times, and boldly seized the Nagano prefectural police's arsenal.

Because it is too eye-catching, it has been targeted and attacked in the past few days-aircraft air strikes in the sky and infantry pursuit on the ground.

As a result, the Kimura Volunteer Squad, which was under special care, suffered heavy casualties and countless corpses. Now there are only about [-] remnants of defeated soldiers who will retreat to the southwest.

"The Ming army hasn't given up on the pursuit, we can't take it lightly..." Junzhi Kimura, who is nearly half a century old, leaning on a thick and long branch, said: "Then turn to the west, and go to the Ezeyue and Sanfu Mountains. That's a good place. , for us to set up a camp for a long-term rest.”

A young man next to him asked hesitantly: "Is it too barren there? You must know that we are running out of ammunition now. On average, each person only has [-] rounds of ammunition, and the machine gun only has [-] rounds."

"Watanabe, you still want to go to the border of the Americans. This is an escape."

"No, senior, this is a longer-term plan. We can rest more securely, and we can also get medicines and bullets through various channels."

To the west of Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures are Gifu and Aichi prefectures, which belong to the sphere of influence of the Americans who are still lingering, and the Ming army cannot cross the border with great fanfare.

It's not just the resistance team led by Kimura who has differences, but also many other teams.

After going through the initial stage, that is, after more than half a month of attacking around, many generals of the resistance army realized the key problem——

Even though the resistance movement is gaining momentum now, it's just a hammer here and there, and there is no clear and specific long-term plan.

Although there are many large and small resistance armies, they lack a unified leadership and fight independently, so they will be defeated by the Ming army one by one. The seemingly vigorous resistance movement now is bound to be short-lived.

Therefore, the resistance army needs one or more fixed and stable bases, so that they can train, rest, and rotate. At the same time, such places should be more convenient for material transactions, so as to purchase weapons, ammunition, food, and medicine.

Taken together, retreating into American territory seems like a perfect choice?

There is no need to worry about the large-scale cross-border siege of the Ming army, and it is also convenient for material transactions.

Moreover, the Americans are actually hoping to have such a group of resistance troops to contain the military strength and resources of Ming people. As long as they don't make too much fanfare and show off in the market, the Americans should not refuse the resistance army to hoard troops across the border?
It is said that the leaders of several larger resistance forces have already tried to communicate secretly with the US representative in Osaka.

"...Have you thought about the past? You have to follow the arrangements of the Americans in all matters? Follow their wishes?"

"..." The young man faltered a few times, speechless.

"What if the Americans choose to compromise? Maybe they will drive them away because they are worried that the Ming army will use this as an excuse." Junzhi Kimura frowned and said, "In this case, we are abandoned at any time."

The two were still arguing, and the whole team was also scattered on the dirt road beside the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, suddenly, several things flew out from the nearby woods and rolled several times on the ground.

When people looked closely, they realized that it was a grenade!Immediately, the spirit of the dead came out, screaming and crawling away.

"Boom! Boom!"

There was an explosion, followed by dense gunshots of "da da da da". In just a few breaths, it is unknown how many bullets were spilled from this side.

Amidst the screams one after another, at least twenty or so people were confusedly knocked down at the beginning, but to Cai Zhichen's surprise, they did not run around in panic, only a few people wavered and fled with their heads in their hands.

The officers and soldiers of Yiluan Division who went around to the flanks launched a successful surprise attack. Several sentries arranged by the resistance army were shot and killed by the soldiers of the reconnaissance team with crossbow arrows, which made everyone get closer to less than 30 meters. .

The sound of "bang bang" rifles, "dada da da" of light machine guns, and "dada da da" of submachine guns, in an instant, the firing sounds of at least five or six different guns from both sides intertwined together, which was in harmony with people's excitement. The shouts kneaded into a battlefield symphony.

The rate of fire is more than 500 rounds per minute, and the magazine capacity is 47 rounds. Although the Lewis light machine guns equipped by the Resistance Army are old, they are one of the few things that can cause certain troubles. .

Rifle grenades, light machine guns, and sniper rifles all gave priority to attacking the few enemy light machine guns that were desperately strafing and returning fire, but the opponent kept taking over the control, and there were four or five corpses lying around one of the light machine guns!
The large number of semi-automatic and automatic weapons equipped by the officers and soldiers of Yiluan Division had an advantage in such close combat, and the dense rain of bullets suppressed these remnants and defeated generals.

Although these 200 people are all "veterans" who survived the pursuit of the Ming army a few days ago, after the cruel elimination of the winner and the loser, their quality is undoubtedly not low, so after being hit suddenly and violently, Order was still barely maintained.

As the elite among the elite, Yiluansi is not suitable for taking the initiative to launch an attack, and Cai Zhichen is also reluctant to do so, so he just keeps killing and wounding the opponent with overwhelming firepower.

The "targeting performance" of the special forces with excellent shooting skills and precise marksmanship at a distance of tens of meters is terrifying!
Junzhi Kimura was killed by a soldier with two shots from a semi-automatic rifle at the right time. Then a grenade fell on the place where the body fell. After the explosion, wisps of green smoke drifted away. of.

The two sides exchanged fire for only a quarter of an hour. The scene of unilateral shooting and massacre was extremely terrifying. The Kimura Volunteer Team, which suffered heavy casualties, collapsed immediately, and they fled in despair.

The larger group fled westward without thinking, and apparently crashed into the nets laid out by the third and fourth teams.

Seeing the terrified enemy troops staggering and fleeing, the officers and soldiers who were waiting on their backs couldn't help but smile, but they still waited with patience and excitement.

"boom!"

The fastest runner is not necessarily the first to die, because the fourth person from the rear left of him stepped on a mine.

Type [-] and [-] mines, about the size of two cans, were typical of the era—killing rather than maiming, so they were big and loaded.

The explosive landmine tore off the unlucky man's legs in an instant, and the two legs that were blown away were spinning and flying in the air like branches, and the body was thrown high by the air waves; the other three, The four were also knocked down immediately.

The violent firefight resumed, but only for a short time.

The die-hard people who were lucky enough to survive but refused to surrender still insisted on resisting. They relied on depressions, corpses, and trees to shoot at the officers and soldiers of Yiluan Division, but the intensity of such fighting was already very low.

After two cups of tea, the entire battlefield finally fell silent.

In other words, there were no abrupt and loud gunshots and explosions, but the shouts and howls of the wounded still kept coming and going.

The next day, Tokyo, where the First Regiment of the Ming Marine Corps was stationed.

For nearly half a month, a petite figure would appear at the front gate of the camp every day at noon, and it was the same today.

After the encounter that morning, Komatsu Jasmine now carefully prepares a bento every day, and then takes the tram to the vicinity, asking by name to give it to the "young officer with a beige military rank plate".

Jiang Ning didn't take this matter to heart at first, but under the "instigation" of Zhu Lishuo, Han Yi, Xue Can and others, those who came and went hooked up with him.

"...No matter how bad it is, it would be nice to take it home and be a servant to help with the work. It can be said that it will be beneficial and harmless!"

Jiang Ning, who was used to it, walked back with the lunch box, while Xue Can was talking beside him with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Changfeng was thinking about words while walking, and heard this from a distance, then squinted and said: "You have been instigating others to do bad things all day long, you might as well do something serious if you have time to spare."

"I'm wronged, I don't want to make any suggestions." Xue Can cupped his hands with an innocent expression, "If the Ming matchmaker is marrying, he's afraid that his parents won't agree. It’s much better than staying here.”

Zhou Changfeng, who was rather speechless, looked at Jiang Ning and said earnestly: "It's normal for the older generation to be stubborn, but according to traditional concepts, this doesn't violate anything. The key point is whether you can persevere."

"Isn't it? You are only four out of twenty and you are a lieutenant. You should have your own opinion." Xue Can patted Jiang Ning on the shoulder, "In short, it is enough to be worthy of your conscience."

At this time, a guard came running quickly to report that Yiluansi's battle report had been delivered.

Zhou Changfeng didn't say any more, he glanced at the bento, then turned and left.

21 people were injured, 7 people were killed, 5 people were reduced in non-combat, and 208 people in the remnant of the "Kimura Volunteer Team" were wiped out, including 39 people captured.

The initial battle was successful, and the interception mission was carried out neatly, at least the battle report was very good.

After reviewing the battle report, Zhou Changfeng felt that there was nothing wrong with it, and the threat of a team that might expand in the future was completely eliminated.

However, the interrogation results attached to it made him a little worried, because these resistance troops seemed to have realized that the current state of disunity was not a long-term solution, and the Ming army would be able to solve them one by one sooner or later.

So now they are actually considering retreating into the American sphere of influence to develop a base area?interesting.

The Americans have two options - if they are worried that Ming Dynasty will use this as a legitimate reason to send troops, then they will refuse the resistance army to enter; on the contrary, if they have no fear, then they will agree.

The latter will undoubtedly have a very negative impact on the security and stability of the Eastern Islands. One or a few resistance organizations have been active for a long time, constantly infiltrating, propagating, and causing troubles, and they will never be peaceful.

And if you want to cross the border to clean up and suppress, it will inevitably rise to the point where Ming and the United States are arguing, and military operations are tied.

So Zhou Changfeng thought that if he really wanted to do that, he might as well cut through the mess quickly and send Yi Luan to make precise raids on the bases of the resistance army, disintegrating or defeating the resistance movement.

But before that, he still had things to do—as the resistance of the Japanese increased sharply, the suppression by the Ming army also became tougher and more violent.

According to the news learned yesterday, in Fukushima County, the Second Marine Regiment of the Third Army and the local county police arrested more than 1000 "suspected conspirators" in two days; in Miyagi County, the Tenth Infantry Division was unwilling to endure They screened out the stragglers and rogues of the resistance army who were mixed with the people one by one, and shot anyone who didn't like it. More than 400 people were "preventively executed" in six villages and towns.

Looking at the disciplinary statistics of the military and political department of the General Armed Forces, the frequency of bad behavior has also soared so rapidly that there have been no records at all in the past few days.

Such an approach of using violence to control violence completely violated the original plan of the imperial court and the military to "apply grace and power together". It can be said that the enraged soldiers of the Second Army and the Third Army completely forgot to learn from history.

After organizing his speech, Zhou Changfeng sent an airmail to Zhu Lingjing.

He hoped that the latter could exert some influence in the imperial court, so that the military department would order the troops stationed in Japan to exercise restraint, and strictly follow the original plan of suppressing appeasement, using both grace and power.

The postal plane carrying the letter crossed the Daming Sea, and the letter was delivered to Princess Ningyou's Mansion that night.

Zhu Lingjing, who had just finished bathing, still had a trace of moisture on her body. She was wearing a thin light-colored satin gown, her hair was disheveled, and she was asking the maid to dry her wet silk with a hair dryer.

"Letter?" Knowing that someone from Zhou wrote a letter by air delivery, she thought it was something urgent, "Is it urgent?"

"Your Highness, it hasn't been dismantled yet..."

"dismantle."

"Yes."

Su Yiyi, who looked normal, took off the wax, took out the letter paper, glanced at the ten lines at a glance, and then replied with some hesitation: "This is a military and state matter, so it should be considered important."

(End of this chapter)