Bandit Camp

Chapter 5 Unconventional Tactics

At dawn, the rain finally stopped.

Masao Koizumi, who hadn't closed his eyes all night, opened the window, and was greeted by the fresh air after the rain, a little sweet and a little fragrant, which reminded him of his hometown.Masao Koizumi's hometown is at the foot of Mount Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture. He clearly remembers that the air in his hometown smells like this.

Koizumi Masao's spirit was lifted, he turned around and picked up the saber, walked to the courtyard, and waved it.

Masao Koizumi stopped dancing until his whole body was sweating slightly, and after a brief wash, he called his orderly, "Thank you for your hard work, please prepare breakfast for me!"

The orderlies led away, at this time, the Japanese army's wake-up call sounded.

Masao Koizumi enjoyed his breakfast slowly, which was a habit he developed when he was studying in Germany in his early years. He could skip lunch or dinner, but this breakfast must not only be eaten, but also rich.

After breakfast and changing into military uniforms, the troops are already ready to go.

Masao Koizumi made a brief mobilization to his subordinates: "The warriors of the Great Japanese Empire, less than 75 kilometers ahead of us is our destination - Jiajiawang. Jiajiawang is the support fulcrum of the Chinese troops If we take down Jiajiawang, the Chinese troops will be in a state of panic, and our Imperial Japanese Army will be able to gain an overwhelming advantage on the Taierzhuang battlefield. Xuzhou is just around the corner, and the strategic idea of ​​connecting the north and the south of the base camp will soon be realized. And all of this , It will all depend on our combat operations today. Warriors of the Empire, according to our top secret intelligence, in this 75-kilometer assault route, the Chinese people are not fully prepared to block them. Jia Wang's strategic goal! Warriors of the empire, His Majesty the Emperor is watching your actions, now is the time for the warriors to vote their loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor! Let's go!"

Amidst the loud and orderly shouts of "Long Live the Emperor", Masao Koizumi's rapid assault force set off, starting what they thought was a smooth and unstoppable assault road.

Three hours later, at about ten o'clock in the morning, Li Zhongyun saw the vanguard of Little Japan: a scout team composed of five three-wheeled motorcycles.

In an ambush, attacking scouts is the most stupid decision, not only is it inefficient, but also exposes the purpose of the ambush. This is common sense in combat, and even bandits who have just started know this truth.But Li Zhongyun chose to attack the scouts.

The three-person sniper team of Li Zhongyun, who was located at the six o'clock direction of the Japanese scout team, fired at the same time, killing two Japanese soldiers with a single shot.

The quality of the Japanese soldiers is indeed very high. No one panicked when they encountered a sudden attack. The remaining 13 people quickly jumped off the tricycle and formed a temporary battle position according to the terrain and motorcycles. To the direction of Li Zhongyun.

But it was all in vain!

Li Zhongyun and the others had no plan to fire a second shot at all, but moved nearly 100 meters to the side and rear with the help of the cover of the reeds.

Two minutes later, the Japanese scout team did not wait for the expected battle, and stood up resentfully. Some went to look after the comrades who had just been knocked down, and some started their motorcycles.At this moment, there was another gunshot from another direction, and the scouts from Little Japan poured out a pair again.

The remaining 11 people lay down in a panic. This time, they lost their composure last time. They failed to form an effective battle formation, but stuck tightly to the ground to reduce the chance of being shot.

Five minutes later, Koizumi's large troops arrived, and the leading chariot immediately launched a rescue operation against the scout team. Two light machine guns fired at the same time, suppressing the enemy in their illusion.In fact, this kind of fire suppression is also a deterrent, which means that if the enemy snipers dare to act, my machine gun will immediately beat you into a sieve.

Under the cover of machine guns, the lucky ones of the scouting team found an opportunity to evacuate the dangerous area. They reported to a leading commander of the large force, and then Japanese mortars and heavy machine guns appeared on the scene.

Of course, all of this was ineffective for Li Zhongyun's sharpshooter team, because the combat team that fired the second shot also withdrew from its original combat position.

The Japanese made a fuss, and then retreated to prepare to move on. At this time, the remaining three combat teams of Li Zhongyun's sharpshooter team opened fire. Three gunshots were fired in a row, and the little Japanese lay down five more.

In 10 minutes, nine soldiers were killed or injured, and the enemy could not even see a shadow.It is no longer a trivial matter that must be reported.

Soon, Masao Koizumi got the report.

It was a sudden event, completely beyond his expectations.Koizumi panicked for only a second before calming down. He explained to himself that after all, the enemy army was a regular army in that area and had fought a lot of battles, large and small. It is normal to have trained a few excellent gunners.

But this explanation was immediately overturned by himself. If there were only a few gunmen, how could they achieve long-distance transfer in a short period of time?
After making several assumptions in a row, Masao Koizumi finally came to the correct judgment. The enemy army should be a team of snipers. They were divided into at least three sniper teams, each with at least two people.

"Order Onitsuka Squadron to clean up the reeds where the enemy is hiding, and other combat units to move forward!"

During the few minutes that Masao Koizumi was thinking and giving orders, Li Zhongyun's sharpshooters had withdrawn from the battlefield.When evacuating from the battlefield, Li Zhongyun and the others deliberately increased their footprints, for fear that Little Japan would not be able to find out, which would waste the hard preparation of Luo Zhonggang and the others behind.

After receiving the order from Masao Koizumi, Onizuka Araki immediately led his troops into action.He took the small team as a unit, and the individual soldiers were separated by three meters, and launched a clean-up operation towards the reed marsh. Soon, he found Li Zhongyun and the others.

Onizuka Araki, who was full of anger, gave his squadron an order to outflank and pursue.

Li Zhongyun withdrew from the reed marsh according to the pre-planned route, and quickly approached the small hill five miles away. Three minutes later, a team of Onitsuka Squadron also rushed out of the reed marshes, and quickly pursued along the route Li Zhongyun retreated.

In the end, Luo Zhonggang and his brothers caught him straight.

On the edge of the reeds, on a piece of land more than 20 meters in length and width, Luo Zhonggang arranged nearly fifty homemade bombs/bombs.

The lethality of this kind of bomb/bomb is not great, but the power of fifty bombs/bombs of average power detonating at the same time is very extraordinary.This kind of good thing was spread by the most active team of Onitsuka Squadron. After the explosion, almost no one could stand up.

Looking at the messy little Japan that was bombed, Luo Zhong just felt extremely excited, waved his hands, hummed a little song, and led his brothers to evacuate towards Gengji according to the route Ye Tufei designated.

This explosion added fuel to the fire for Onitsuka, he was already dazzled by anger, he forgot Koizumi's order to clean up the reed marshes, and led the entire squadron to chase Li Zhongyun.

Five miles, for those who are chasing life and death, is just a matter of ten minutes.Li Zhongyun and the others ran fast, and the Onitsuka Squadron was not slow in chasing them.When Li Zhongyun and the others had just arrived at the small hill and were not yet ready for battle, the pursuers of Onitsuka Squadron had already appeared at the foot of the hill.

You can see me on both sides, and I can see you.

Then you're welcome, let's fight!

Little Japan is the loser in this battle.

In terms of terrain, Li Zhongyun's sharpshooters are condescending and have an advantage.In terms of combat conditions, Li Zhongyun's sharpshooter team still has a bunker, although the bunker is just a show.The Onitsuka Squadron is located in an open field under the hillside, with no shelter everywhere.In terms of firepower comparison, the Onitsuka Squadron didn't bring many heavy weapons because they were in a hurry to chase, forming a situation where the three-eighth big cover was against Hanyang, and the two sides were evenly matched.

In a shootout, Li Zhongyun's sharpshooters suppressed the Onitsuka Squadron to the point where they couldn't hold their heads up.

As a last resort, Onitsuka Araki ordered the troops to retreat 50 meters, and then ordered the communications unit to contact Koizumi.After connecting online, Onizuka made a brief report to Koizumi.

Perhaps Onizuka was so mad that he lost his mind and lost his mind. When he reported the battle situation to Koizumi, he made a low-level mistake.This mistake is not a big deal on the surface, but in fact, this mistake played a vital role in the direction of the entire battle situation.

Onizuka reported to Koizumi that he had encountered the main force of China's blocking forces and needed emergency support.

After Onitsuka sent a message for help, Koizumi's large army arrived in less than 5 minutes.

This is not because Koizumi attaches great importance to Onitsuka's request for help, but because the geographical location of this hill is exactly the only way for Koizumi to enter Jiajiawang.

It's just that the chariots and tanks of Koizumi's army had to take the road, and Li Zhongyun's sharpshooters led the Onitsuka squadron to the field path, so the gun battle between the sharpshooters and Onitsuka squadron happened first, and Koizumi's large troops rushed to the situation. .

Although Koizumi did not believe that the Chinese blocking forces would use this earthen hill as their main position, but looking at the corpses of seven or eight imperial warriors in the open area below the hillside, and seeing the decent circular fortifications on the top of the hill, he finally chose Be cautious.Thus, the artillery squadron began to prepare, and eight tanks also entered the firing position.

Three minutes later, all the artillery fire of Koizumi's troops opened fire at the same time, with only one target, the circular fortification on the top of the hill.Seeing the smoke from the gunfire quickly covering the top of the hill, Koizumi's ferocious face showed a hint of sneer, and he was satirizing the commander of the Chinese blocking force in his heart. A flat and open land can indeed be used for some resistance.But that Chinese commander was too ignorant. The combat power of the Imperial Japanese Army is definitely not just that of infantry, but also the artillery and armored tanks of the Empire!
After a full 5 minutes of artillery coverage, Onizuka's infantry squadron launched a charge.As expected, the Onitsuka Squadron did not encounter any resistance during the charge, and they charged to the top of the mountain smoothly, sending a signal of victory to the large troops down the mountain.

However, did this victory come too easily?
As early as Onitsuka Araki withdrew his squadron back, Li Zhongyun and his sharpshooter team had calmly withdrawn from the other side of the hill.When Onizuka Araki sent Masao Koizumi a request for help, Li Zhongyun and his brother were already on their way back to the team.

In other words, Koizumi used almost all of his artillery fire to cover an empty hilltop and a circular fortification that 'looks like a thing' for a full 5 minutes. Then, the Onitsuka Squadron faced the smoke Launched a 'nice' charge.

When the smoke cleared and Koizumi finally knew the truth, he got angry and slapped Onizuka twice.

(End of this chapter)