Agents of the Republic of China

The sky was blue, and as the American fighter planes on the Japanese side withdrew from the battle, the Japanese Zero fighter jets also disappeared into the sky in an instant.The scattered clouds on the blue sky just now seemed to melt quickly under the sun's rays. Under the clear sky, there was no breeze. It seemed that everything in the world was holding their breath nervously because of the upcoming fierce battle.

Lin Xiaotang looked at the grassland under Gufeng Ridge. The originally emerald green grassland seemed to have suddenly come to winter, and it was completely covered by the dazzling khaki. Slowly wriggling.

Under the repeated requests of Zhang Yaoguo and Company Commander Yu, Lin Xiaotang retreated to the temporary headquarters of the 188th Regiment to garrison. This is the flank of the highest peak of Gufengling, where he can avoid the Japanese bombing and overlook the changes in the entire battlefield.

Before that, Huoyan asked Zhang Yaoguo to find ten soldiers with first-class marksmanship in the whole regiment, and replaced three of the best soldiers with three Kar98 sniper rifles seized from the Japanese.Others can only use automatic rifles, there is no way, there are only three sniper rifles, and these people form a sniper team, in groups of two, forming crossfire, covering the entire battlefield, and are responsible for solving the leading officer in the Japanese ground attack force .And he himself roamed the entire battlefield, dealing with any target he thought was appropriate, of course, mainly referring to Japanese snipers. After all, his sniper team was set up in a hurry. Provide adequate protection.

Seeing the Japanese army's attacking troops getting closer, Zhang Yaoguo pressed his hand, and the messenger behind him with a telephone receiver shouted loudly: "Fire!"

The mortar company and anti-aircraft artillery company located on the flanks of Gufengling began to show their power at the same time. The artillery fire covered a large area 100 meters from the front of the position in an instant. Everywhere.

After the first round of shelling was over, Zhang Yaoguo immediately ordered the two artillery companies to move their positions. Sure enough, within a short time, the Japanese artillery shells slanted towards them, blowing up the original artillery positions all over.

At this time, after a short period of panic, the Japanese attacking troops quickly adjusted their formation, and shouted again to charge towards the military position, and four 97-type medium tanks rushed to the forefront.

Lin Xiaotang's heart sank. The tank is a big killer on the army battlefield. As for the reason, it is really sad to say that the Japanese Type 97 tank is actually an armored vehicle. If it is placed on the European battlefield, That is not even a light tank, light in weight, weak in firepower, and thin in armor, but it is different in the Chinese battlefield, because the squadron is hardly equipped with such weapons as tanks, so when the squadron faces tanks There is only one choice, to fight with crowd tactics.This is also one of the main reasons why the casualty ratio of the Chinese army was much higher than that of the Japanese army in the previous large-scale battles between China and Japan, such as the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou.

But Zhang Yaoguo didn't panic, he called the messenger over, gave some instructions, the messenger rushed away, and after a while, dozens of soldiers quickly moved away the large tracts of grass and trees piled up in the woods not far away, revealing The two dark muzzles inside.

Lin Xiaotang and the others were stunned, but Huoyan's eyes shone brightly, "The 88mm mountain gun, fuck, the 188th regiment still has such a good thing. This guy can fight Japanese tanks without any effort!"

Hearing Huoyan's words, Zhang Yaoguo smiled wryly, "Unfortunately, there are only a dozen rounds of shells, and they are just a pile of scrap metal. Now I can only ask grandpa to tell grandma, and bless the Japanese devils with less tanks. Otherwise, we will wait." After the shells are fired, we still have to fill them with human lives.”

Following Zhang Yaoguo's order, the two mountain cannons fired at the same time. As expected, the fragile armor of the Type 97 tank could not withstand a round of attack from the 88mm mountain cannon. After three rounds of shelling, only half of the shells remained, and all the Japanese tanks turned into a burning fire.

The Japanese soldiers lost the cover of the tanks and were immediately exposed to the firepower of the Japanese defense line. The Japanese defense line fired together, and the chain of fire formed by hundreds of bullet trajectories was like the scythe of death, wantonly cutting the lives of the Japanese soldiers. It is necessary to avoid the firepower of Japanese soldiers and to move forward from the bottom up, so in a short period of time, one-third of the soldiers of an infantry brigade participating in the attack fell down.

The artillery of the Japanese army lost the target of the Japanese artillery, and began to tilt all the artillery shells on the Japanese positions without interruption, and the Japanese soldiers gradually suffered casualties. A new round of artillery battle.

Gradually, the attacking formation of the Japanese army began to become chaotic. Among them, the sniper squad of Huoyan also played an important role. They only selected junior Japanese officers wearing samurai swords to shoot. What surprised them most was that the uniforms of these officers Obviously different from ordinary Japanese soldiers, and everyone wears a gorgeous samurai sword. In battle, they often hold a knife in one hand and shoot with a pistol in the other. It is almost like marking the target for the sniper to play.Therefore, just over an hour after the battle, the lower-ranking officers who directed the attack in the Japanese column were almost all killed by the snipers.

However, things are like this, there are always two sides, good and bad.The Japanese snipers quickly discovered this bad sign, so their activities began to increase frequently, but their targets were not Japanese officers, because Japanese officers had already been trained in previous wars. During the battle, including Lin Xiaotang, he had already taken off his general uniform and put on the uniform of an ordinary soldier, making it hard to tell.The sudden appearance of the snipers in the squadron this time surprised the Japanese, because this kind of situation almost never happened, so the Japanese snipers focused on their counterparts on the opposite position.

However, their wishful thinking was still in vain. The reason was that there was still such an extremely dangerous figure as Huoyan hidden in the cave.He wandered between various positions, and the sniper rifle in his hand was even equipped with the most advanced optical sight. It can be said that he is the most accurate figure in the entire Tokuyama battlefield.

Before the Japanese snipers fired two shots, Huoyan quickly caught their position from the smoky battlefield, and after a round of precise shooting, he named and shot the five Japanese snipers one by one. The Japanese snipers never dared to show their heads again.

Finally, the Japanese attacking force began to retreat, and in this way, the first Japanese attack ended hastily.

Lin Xiaotang, Datou and the others in the trench were bored, so they simply hid in the bunker and began to sleep soundly. After all, they hadn't slept soundly for several days, and the shaking of the ground outside on the battlefield still couldn't stop their snoring. Like thunder.

After the Japanese retreated, the Japanese soldiers in the trenches burst into cheers. In this attack, the Japanese lost the lives of four tanks and more than 300 soldiers, while the Japanese only suffered more than 50 casualties. A total victory.

When some soldiers saw Lin Xiaotang and the others sleeping soundly in the bunker, they couldn't help talking. It could be seen that they were extremely disgusted with this kind of officer who didn't work hard, and they scolded Lin Xiaotang and others in private.

Zhang Yaoguo didn't say anything, he ordered the guards to take a few blankets and cover Lin Xiaotang and the others, and told the soldiers not to disturb their rest if they had nothing to do.

The ensuing battle became much more monotonous. In one day, the Japanese army launched four attacks on the Deshan Gufengling defense line, all of which were repelled without exception. The Japanese army lost more than 100 troops, and the military also lost There were more than [-] people. After the fourth attack was repulsed, the Japanese simply gave up the ground attack. The Japanese Air Force made its debut again and began to bombard the Gufengling position again. Learning to be smart, they began to harass the bombers in groups of three or two. As soon as the Japanese Zero fighters appeared, they turned around and ran away, and suddenly another small formation of fighters appeared in the clouds, continuing to attack the Japanese bombers. This rogue tactic tortured Japanese pilots to death.At the end of the day, more than a dozen Japanese bombers were shot down, while the Chinese Air Force was unscathed except for the three fighters that were lost at the beginning.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, as it was almost late autumn, the sky darkened early in the morning, and the fighter planes of the Chinese and Japanese air forces also withdrew from the battlefield one after another, and a strange tranquility appeared on the Tokuyama line.

Chinese soldiers hid in the trenches in twos and threes, some ate the dinner brought by the logistics troops behind, and some gathered together to chat about the battle during the day.

At this time, Lin Xiaotang, who had been sleeping with his head covered, suddenly opened his eyes, raised his arms, looked at the watch on his wrist, sat up suddenly, patted the big head and the others beside him, "Get up, we are ready to start work! "

Everyone also got up quickly, did not speak, simply washed up, and began to eat.At this time, Zhang Yaoguo also walked into the bunker. He bent down and squatted beside the three of them, "Mr. Tang, everything you want is ready. When are you going to leave?"

Lin Xiaotang rolled his eyes from being choked by the steamed buns, quickly drank his saliva, and replied vaguely: "Eight o'clock, it's too early, it's only eight o'clock, at this time, the Japanese have just eaten, and they must be recharging their energy and waiting To attack Gufengling at night, we will use this time difference to fight there and crush their balls!"

Everyone's mouths were full of food, and they laughed vaguely.

At 07:30 at night, Lin Xiaotang, Datou, Huoyan and Guo Zhui had already packed up, and Chang Huan was strictly ordered to stay and lead the law enforcement team to supervise the battle.All four of them changed into the Japanese military uniforms they had brought from Changde before. Zhang Yaoguo led the four young soldiers in, and they all changed into Japanese military uniforms without exception.

"Mr. Tang, I have selected all the people you want. They are not too tall, have average looks, and are popular. If you throw them into the crowd, you can't find them. They are all skilled. They are proficient in demolition and night combat. They are absolutely free from night blindness!"

Lin Xiaotang nodded, "At first, I was worried that the military officers and soldiers would have night blindness, but now it seems that I was too worried. This is also just right, just right for us to attack at night."

On the other hand, Zhang Yaoguo expressed admiration, "I didn't expect Mr. Tang to even know this. You are right. Night blindness has occurred in the Communist Party, but now it only exists in some local troops such as the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army." Troops, this situation was common in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, but it has improved a lot now."

Lin Xiaotang smiled and said: "But the Japanese don't know it yet. They always think that night blindness is common in our country, so I concluded that they will definitely attack Gufengling at night tonight."

Zhang Yaoguo took a military water bottle from the soldier behind him, "Mr. Tang, this is what you want."

Lin Xiaotang took it over, opened the plug and smelled it, "Hehe, it's not bad, it still has a faint fragrance, Captain Zhang, you really have a lot of capable people under your command!"

Zhang Yaoguo laughed, "To tell you the truth, this is something that a veterinarian from our 188 regiment made up. After receiving your order, I went over to tell him the request, but he was very embarrassed. No, he brought a few I personally ran to the back mountain, picked dozens of catties of herbs and came back, and after a whole afternoon, I made these concoctions, and each person happened to bring a pot."

Lin Xiaotang capped the bottle and stuffed it into his bosom, "Tell that veterinarian, if this medicine works, I will buy him a drink when he comes back, and give him two oceans as a reward."

As he said that, Lin Xiaotang's face straightened, "Commander Zhang, please inform the brothers in charge of the night attack that they must see the red signal before attacking. If it is a green signal, retreat immediately and leave us alone!"

Company Commander Yu muttered and wanted to persuade him a few more words, but when he saw Lin Xiaotang's stern eyes, he immediately fell silent.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, Lin Xiaotang and his party of eight passed through the trenches under the cover of night, and under the leadership of a guide who was familiar with the terrain, they quietly walked in the direction of the Japanese army's position.

At every Japanese trench along the way, Japanese soldiers looked at them in surprise, but immediately understood their mission. The soldiers stood up unanimously and silently raised their right hands towards Lin Xiaotang and the others. .