The sword starts with copying the sharpshooter's ability

Snapped

The tank driver was just trying to move quickly, but before he could turn the operating lever, Zhang Wu shot him in the head, ending his sinful life prematurely.

[Ding, kill a Japanese tank driver, gain 60 experience points. (3405/16000)]

Listening to the pleasant prompt tone of the system, Zhang Wu did not stop. He quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet, found the shooting angle of a tank driver next to him, and waited until the traction of the [lock] was finished, and pulled the trigger again.

Snapped

The 7.92mm rifle bullet pierced the tank driver's head in an instant, sending him to meet their emperor ahead of time.

[Ding, kill a Japanese tank driver, gain 60 experience points. (3465/16000)]

In this way, Zhang Wu relied on the wider field of view of the upgraded [Telescope 2], plus the [Night Vision] mark, and in less than 2 minutes, he stopped the remaining 5 tanks and the 3 tanks behind the Xiaohe Regiment. After gaining 480 experience points, he took his gun to shoot the 4 tanks in front.

On the other side, Li Yunlong, who had been keeping a close eye on the battlefield, saw that the 10 tanks close to each other in the rear of the Japanese army suddenly stopped quickly. He knew that Zhang Wu had succeeded!
"Haha, what did I just say?"

Li Yunlong slapped his thigh excitedly and laughed at Zhao Gang:
"I knew Zhang Wu would be able to catch the boy quickly. Humph, without the iron turtle, I wonder what else the Japanese can use to connect the head and tail!"

He immediately gave the order:

"Tell the grenade launcher company behind the 1st Battalion to stop cutting off the Japanese troops and go attack the Japanese heavy machine guns for me.

He is an iron turtle and cannot move. No matter how many Japanese soldiers run over, they are just a piece of fat meat in our mouths and we can eat him at any time!
With Zhang Wu's speed, as long as he passes through the two garrison regiments of the Japanese, he can destroy the remaining seven Iron Turtle tanks. In terms of time... 2 minutes should be enough. Let Shuisheng's mixed field and mountain artillery battalion change direction after 7 minutes, divide into groups of one gun each, and go bomb the Japanese infantry artillery positions!"

"Yes!"

The messenger immediately went down to deliver the message.

Looking at the messenger's back, Zhao Gang's anxious mood relaxed a little:
"Our Zhang Wu is really awesome. He destroyed 10 Japanese tanks in such a short time!"

"That's right, how bad can my soldiers be?"

Li Yunlong said with a proud expression of Zhang Wu:
"That is to say, the remaining iron turtles of the Japanese are too scattered, otherwise this guy would kill all of them in less than 10 minutes!

Look, in order to save time, he didn't even fire the machine gun on the Iron Turtle!"

Zhao Gang agreed with the proposal and said:

"Yes, Zhang Wu has always tried his best for our regiment, and this time he smashed the Japanese's conspiracy. Lao Li, we have to reward him well!"

"No problem. After we kill the Japanese and come back, I will apply for the brigade commander's commendation for him..."

At this point, he felt it was not enough, so he added more money:
"For annihilating an entire brigade of the Japanese, a commendation from a brigade commander is too small. We must ask Zhang Wu for a commendation from a division commander, and if possible, strive for a commendation from the general manager!"

Zhao Gang nodded in agreement:

"That's right. We destroyed a small Japanese brigade and took away all the spoils. We deserve a commendation from the boss!"

At the same time, Colonel Kamikawa, who took over the command, also discovered something wrong.

Their tanks had not been hit by artillery fire and had been inspected before setting off, so there was no possibility of any malfunction. How could they be unable to move for no reason while the machine guns on them could continue to sweep?

Unless the driver was killed by a sniper!
The sharpshooter Zhang Wu!

He immediately thought of Zhang Wu, and Colonel Kamikawa's heart skipped a beat. To be able to hit 10 tanks so accurately and quickly while they were moving at high speed, with an observation port less than 10 centimeters square, only the sharpshooter Zhang Wu could do it!
The Eighth Route Army that ambushed them was self-evident - the Independent Regiment!

"Baka, we were the ones who went to wipe out the independent group, so how come we were ambushed by them? Those bastards in the Imperial Intelligence Department should all commit seppuku!"

Colonel Kamikawa was so angry that he started to curse, but he knew that his rage would not solve the problem, so he immediately called the signalman and said:
"Hurry up and ask for help from the headquarters. The 29th Brigade of our army was ambushed by a division of the Eighth Route Army at Yanxupu in the Taigu Lujing Mountains.

It has been confirmed that the Independent Regiment and the sharpshooter Zhang Wu are among them. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise our 29th Brigade will be completely destroyed! "

"Hai!"

The signalman went down directly to send the message.

The Japanese First Army Headquarters received their telegram for help. The commander, Lieutenant General Terauchi, was so angry that he yelled:

"Bagayalu, it's the Independent Regiment, and it's Zhang Wu the Sharpshooter!"

He also couldn't understand why the independent regiment was able to ambush them when his order was so short this time?

But now he knew that this was not the time to worry about intelligence leaks. Since the location of the Independent Regiment had been determined, there was no point in further sweeping the area. He immediately ordered the 12th Brigade and the 41st Brigade to provide support in the direction of Taikoo.

That’s not all, he also ordered the Daejeon Regiment in Fu’an, the Nakamura Regiment in Heyuan, the Wugu Regiment in Zhangxian, and the Independent 3rd Mixed Brigade in Ningchi to reinforce Taigu Yansupu!
Taiyuan Airport was destroyed and Linfen Airport was too far away, so he transferred a mixed flight squadron from Datong Airport to provide air support, and sent a telegram to the 29th Brigade, asking them to delay the Independent Regiment and the Eighth Route Army. The reinforcements would form a huge encirclement on the periphery to swallow up the Independent Regiment and the sharpshooter Zhang Wu in one bite.

Seeing the reply from the headquarters, Colonel Kamikawa felt relieved and began to think about Zhang Wu's next target.

The attack speed of the sharpshooter Zhang Wu is too fast, and there is no best way to deal with Zhang Wu. The only way is to make arrangements in advance and try to delay Zhang Wu's attack speed as much as possible, otherwise they will not be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive.

The target of Zhang Wu's attack must be the biggest threat to the Eighth Route Army, except for the tanks, the headquarters, mountain artillery, and field artillery...

Field artillery battalion!

Thinking that their commanders were in armored vehicles and difficult to attack, Colonel Kamikawa was certain that the next target of sharpshooter Zhang Wu would be their field artillery battalion!
Convinced of this, he called the messenger and gave the order:
"Have the guard battalion continuously release smoke bombs at the field artillery positions, and call out all observers and the field artillery battalion's observers to carefully observe the Eighth Route Army directly opposite the field artillery positions within a radius of 1000 meters.

When you discover a fast and isolated firing point, without asking for instructions, immediately mobilize the grenade launcher to cover the artillery fire. It's death!

Let the field artillery battalion show the spirit of Bushido, ignore the Eighth Route Army's mountain artillery bombardment, complete the construction of the artillery positions as soon as possible, and provide artillery support to the front battlefield!

Otherwise, when the sharpshooter Zhang Wu comes back from destroying the tanks, they will die even faster and won’t be able to play any role at all! "

"Hai!"

The messenger immediately went down to deliver the message.

Colonel Kamikawa called another signalman:

"We are composed of three regiments, with more heavy weapons than a field brigade, so we definitely have the advantage in the number of heavy weapons against the ambushing Eighth Route Army.

Send a message to the three regiments, telling them not to insist on connecting head to tail, offense is the best defense, and intensify the counter-ambush against the Eighth Route Army! "

As he spoke, he began to draw the pie:
"I have already asked the headquarters for help. The elite reinforcements from the empire will arrive soon by plane. Once we break the ambush of the Eighth Route Army and destroy the independent regiment, I will definitely ask the headquarters for credit for them!"

"Hai!"

The second wave of signalmen went down again to send messages.

As his order was conveyed, the morale of the three Japanese regiments was greatly boosted by Colonel Kamikawa's promise. They began to launch fierce attacks on the positions of the independent regiment as if they were injected with chicken blood.

The field artillery battalion also stepped up its efforts to build its positions. Although it was suppressed by the independent regiment's mixed field and mountain artillery battalion and could not form a salvo, it also began to bombard with three or four artillery pieces.

The remaining four tanks changed direction to cover the infantry behind them and advance the independent regiment's position in a coordinated infantry-tank manner.

"Damn it, did the Japs eat gunpowder?"

Li Yunlong had been observing the changes in the battlefield situation. He noticed the Japs' movements immediately. He cursed angrily and made adjustments immediately:

"Tell the soldiers not to panic. Don't worry about how the Japanese attack. Let them attack and we will attack. The Japanese only have three tricks and they can't do anything.

Zhang Wu has also gone to fight the Japanese bastards, they can’t push it up!
As long as we hold out for 40 minutes, Zhang Wu will go back to suppress the Japanese field artillery positions and liberate Shuisheng's mountain artillery and field artillery mixed battalion, and the Japanese will never be able to take advantage of us again!"

"Yes!"

The messenger immediately went down to deliver the message.

With Li Yunlong's comfort, the soldiers of the independent regiment quickly calmed down. Although they could not gain the upper hand, they still defended their positions as solid as a rock.

Zhang Wu had the blessing of [Physical Strength] and the wide field of view of [Telescope 2]. Before the Japanese field artillery position was completed, the two tanks behind Sato's regiment entered his shooting range.

"Damn it, don't even think about being arrogant in front of me!"

Seeing that the Japanese tanks changed their strategy, a fierce light flashed in Zhang Wu's eyes. No matter how the Japanese changed, only dead Japanese were good Japanese!
Finding the shooting angle of a tank driver, he swung his gun over without stopping, and with the help of [Lock], he fired a shot.

Snapped

The tank driver was constantly changing direction to avoid possible artillery fire and could not notice Zhang Wu's sniper at all, so he was shot in the head.

[Ding, kill a Japanese tank driver, gain 60 experience points. (4005/16000)]

Listening to the pleasant prompt tone of the system, Zhang Wu quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet, and followed the same method to continue to quickly sniper the Japanese tanks.

In less than 40 minutes, he killed the tank crews of the remaining three tanks, all 3 tank commanders, two squad leaders and one squadron leader. While returning to the original sniper point, he gained another 11 experience points.

I can finally fight the wild artillery team with peace of mind and gain a lot of experience!

At the sniper point, Zhang Wu took out bullets to fill the magazine of the Carl 98K, while using [Telescope 2] and [Night Vision] to scan the red dots of the Japanese soldiers marked as field gunners in the smoke.

Although field gunners have lower experience than tankers, their numbers are greater, so their experience increases the fastest!

He just hopes there are more field gunners this time!

After this scan, his eyes lit up: there were more than 500 field gunners!
It’s settled, I can definitely upgrade to level 2 this time!
With a slight curl of his lips, he quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet and was about to take a sniper shot, but he found that there were countless observers around the field gunner, who were carefully observing the direction where he was.

This is targeting me!
Understanding the Japs' conspiracy and tricks in seconds, Zhang Wu raised his eyebrows and nonchalantly shifted the muzzle of his gun. With the [early warning], even if the Japs locked onto his exact location, they wouldn't be able to get a single drop of his hot fart.

Moreover, his current attack range is large, so the Japanese can no longer use this trick to delay his attack speed! In the ambush battlefield, he is invincible!
However, while he despised the enemy strategically, he still secretly reminded himself tactically that he should move immediately once the [early warning] alarm started.

[Absolute Defense] He only has one chance, he can't be careless and let the Japanese take advantage!

Just as he made up his mind, the independent regiment's mixed field and mountain artillery battalion stopped bombing the Japanese field artillery positions!
As expected, he is Li Yunlong!
Seeing how well Li Yunlong adjusted and connected the battlefield, Zhang Wu couldn't help but give him a thumbs up in his heart, and his hands moved faster.

Li Yunlong has left him room to gain experience, he cannot let Li Yunlong down!

He aimed at the red dot of a Japanese field gunner, and after fine-tuning the [lock], he pulled the trigger directly.

Snapped

The field gunner was loading shells, but before he could finish, Zhang Wu shot him in the head and his body fell to the ground dead on the spot.

[Ding, kill a Japanese field gunner, gain 40 experience points. (5295/16000)]

Listening to the pleasant prompt tone of the system, Zhang Wu quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet, aimed at the red dot of the main shooter of another field gun next to him, and repeated the same method, firing another shot.

Snapped

The 7.92mm rifle bullet pierced the field gunner's head in an instant, killing him.

[Ding, kill a Japanese field gunner, gain 40 experience points. (5335/16000)]

In this way, Zhang Wu used his skills to the extreme and sniped the Japanese field gunners madly.

The smoke released by the Japanese had no effect on him. In less than 5 minutes, he sniped and killed 60 field gunners. He was lucky enough to kill a captain and a major, and gained 1 experience points.

Under his attack, the Japanese field artillerymen were quickly replaced. They could originally fire three or four guns at a time, but now they could only fire one or two, or even a single shot.

This is the result they paid for with piles of lives.

But the Japanese observers were not idle either. After 5 minutes of observation, a lieutenant luckily determined Zhang Wu's specific location:

"Found it. The sniper is at 3 o'clock, about 350 meters away from the road!"

"吆西!"

The guard major captain who was in charge of the scene, even though the two infantry guns were suppressed, immediately mobilized the grenade launchers of the two squadrons, adjusted the angles, and covered the area where Zhang Wu was located, extending 2 meters forward and backward, with artillery fire.

But Zhang Wu had [Warning], so how could their conspiracy succeed?
As soon as the Japanese lieutenant found him, [Warning] began to sound the alarm in his mind:

[Warning, warning, fatal threat to the west, type: observation and lock, please respond as soon as possible! Warning, warning...]

Watch the lock!

There was a plan in place, so Zhang Wu didn't hesitate at all and just took up his gun and started to move.

Squeak~Boom boom boom
He had just run 100 meters when the area behind him was bombarded by 18 grenade launchers!
Fortunately, I didn’t let my guard down!

Looking back at his original position, which even extended 50 meters to the left and right, and the huge smoke rising, Zhang Wu couldn't help but secretly rejoice in his heart. If he hadn't always paid attention to the Japanese in terms of tactics, he would have been killed this time!
Damn it!
After feeling thankful, a ruthless look flashed in Zhang Wu's eyes. If he didn't kill ten or a hundred times more Japanese soldiers, he would feel sorry for the Japanese soldiers who thought so highly of him!

If he has a grudge, he always takes revenge on the spot!

Zhang Wu stretched out his gun directly from the gap on the reverse slope, scanned the west direction, found the lieutenant who was still in a state of surprise, aimed at his head, and shot him:
"You're the one who found me, right? Die!"

Snapped

The lieutenant was still feeling proud that he was the first sniper he found, but Zhang Wu shot him in the head, ending his sinful life.

[Ding, kill a Japanese lieutenant and gain 40 experience points. (7915/16000)]

Listening to the pleasant prompt tone of the system, Zhang Wu raised the corner of his mouth with satisfaction. He quickly pulled the bolt to load the bullet and continued to sniper the Japanese field gunner.

At the same time, Li Yunlong also saw this scene.

"Oh no! The Japanese are targeting Zhang Wu!"

Li Yunlong's heart, which had been relieved because the mixed field and mountain artillery battalion had been released and the pressure on the front battlefield had been greatly reduced, began to tighten again. He immediately made adjustments:

"We can't let the Japanese delay Zhang Wu's attack speed. Let all the grenade launcher companies behind the 1st and 2nd Battalions send out one grenade launcher to release smoke bombs specifically at the area where Zhang Wu is. We don't need to go too far back, just 1 meters or more, as long as we can block the Japanese's sight!"

"Yes!"

The messenger went down again to deliver the message.

As his order was given, large amounts of smoke began to rise in the area 1000 meters in front of Zhang Wu.

Looking at the smoke, Li Yunlong frowned:

"Zhang Wu, your attack speed must not slow down!

The number of heavy weapons in our regiment is already less than that of the Japanese. If their field artillery battalion fires a volley, the disadvantage we have finally reversed will be gone!"

The Japanese had not affected him much in the first place, and with the cover of smoke, how could Zhang Wu let him down?

Long live Li Yunlong’s smoke bomb!
Giving Li Yunlong a thumbs up again, Zhang Wu began to attack the Japanese field gunners more frantically.

Aiming at a red dot marked as a field gunner, he fired a shot with the help of [Lock].

Snapped

The Japanese field gunner was adjusting the angle, and before he could react, Zhang Wu shot him in the head, sending him to death.

[Ding, kill a Japanese field gunner, gain 40 experience points. (7955/16000)]

In this way, Zhang Wu was like a fish in water in the smoke, combining his skills to the extreme, and his sniping speed became even faster.

In less than 10 minutes, 90 field gunners and 2 captains were sniped and killed by him on the field artillery positions, allowing him to gain another 3720 experience points.

Under his attack, the Japanese field artillery battalion completely lost the possibility of salvo fire and could only bombard one by one, with the intervals getting longer and longer.

"Baga, the magic spear Zhang Wu is too powerful!"

After receiving the report from the field artillery battalion, Colonel Shangchuan was horrified. He also released smoke bombs and did the spotter, but none of them could affect the firing rate of the sharpshooter Zhang Wu...

He really couldn't understand. In such thick smoke, even the flames from guns couldn't be seen. How could the sharpshooter Zhang Wu see through the two clouds of smoke and accurately snipe their field gunners?
Is it possible that Zhang Wu, the master of sharp spears, is really a god?

Unwilling to sit and wait for death, Colonel Kamikawa was forced to call in a messenger and make another adjustment:
"The Independent Regiment is really too cunning. They actually released smoke bombs on the sharpshooter Zhang Wu to prevent the Empire's observers from affecting his firing rate!
For the sake of the 29th Brigade, please ask the Guard Battalion to show the spirit of Bushido and separate a squadron to block the front of the field artillery position to affect the sniper attack of the sharpshooter Zhang Wu on the Imperial field artillerymen!
Otherwise, all our field artillerymen will be killed, and we will not get support on the front battlefield. We will all die here!"

"Hai!"

The messenger immediately went down to deliver the message.

Looking at the messenger's back, Colonel Kamikawa thought for a moment, then called two more signalmen and gave the order:

"Send another message to the headquarters, asking for reinforcements to arrive faster, as the sharpshooter Zhang Wu is too powerful.

In just over an hour, all the sharpshooter Zhang Wu was killed, and all the tanks and vehicles of our 1th Brigade and one third of the field artillery battalion were destroyed by him!

If reinforcements don't arrive soon, the 29th Brigade won't be able to hold back the Independent Regiment for long!"

"Hai!"

The signalman hurried down to send the message.

After receiving his telegram for help again, Lieutenant General Terauchi gave a direct order to all reinforcements, urging them to reinforce the Taikoo area at all costs.

However, no matter how much they spared, they could not make up for the long distance. The nearest Fu'an would take one day, Zhangxian, Ningchi and Heyuan would take two days, and the 1th and 2st Brigades would need at least five days!
Only the 600 gendarmes left behind in Taikoo City were ready to set off and could arrive within 2 hours.

"Baga, the one who ambushed us was a division of the Eighth Route Army, which included an independent regiment and the sharpshooter Zhang Wu. What's the use of 600 people?"

After receiving the telegram, Colonel Kamikawa was so angry that he cursed loudly, but he also knew that the distance was too long and the speed could not be increased much by urging, especially in the case of a large-scale march.

"Damn it! The Independent Regiment and the sharpshooter Zhang Wu actually chose this place, farthest from the main Imperial Army, to ambush us. How shameless of them!"

Only the plane to Datong had taken off and would arrive in just one hour, which gave him some comfort. He now only hoped that his human shield could affect the sharpshooter Zhang Wu's sniping on the field artillery brigade!

But his wish was doomed to fail. Zhang Wu's sniping relied on his skills. The human wall in front of him, like a line of skirmishers, was useless to Zhang Wu.

"Want to influence me? No way!"

Seeing the Japanese soldiers blocking the field artillery battalion, Zhang Wu curled up the corner of his mouth with a hint of sneer, and instantly locked onto the Japanese field artilleryman in a gap, and with the help of [Lock], he shot him.

Snapped

The Japanese field gunner was moved by the dedication of the guard squadron, but before he could get himself excited, he was shot in the head by Zhang Wu.

[Ding, kill a Japanese field gunner, gain 40 experience points. (11715/16000)]

Listening to the pleasant prompt tone of the system, the sneer on Zhang Wu's face became even louder. He continued to pull the bolt quickly to load the bullet and sniped the Japanese field gunner frantically.

At the same time, the Japanese reinforcements' move to the Taigu area at all costs was soon discovered by the Eighth Route Army, Shanxi Suiyuan Army, and even the Central Army in the surrounding defense zones along their marching route.

(End of this chapter)