Chapter five hundred and ninety-ninth
Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte wanted to take his men to sneak attack the Japanese, and the Japanese commander Nakasa Nishimura was not idle either. Although Nakasa Nishimura used all mortars to support a squadron of Maruyama's brigade's attack, Nakasa Nishimura was not very sure that the "Hu Yunfeng's troops" on the top of the mountain were eliminated.
Nakasa Nishimura believed that in order to completely eliminate Hu Yunfeng and his troops on the mountain, a unit must go around behind and flanks of Hu Yunfeng's troops, raid Hu Yunfeng and his troops, and attacked the front-only attacking troops to annihilate. Nakasa Nishimura understood that even if his troops occupied the mountain, his troops would be extremely exhausted to march overnight. If Hu Yunfeng and his remnants drilled into the forest, his troops would not be able to catch up with Hu Yunfeng's troops...
Moreover, since this battle, Nishimura Nakasa has lost more than one brigade. Hu Yunfeng is good at ambushing and jungle combat. Moreover, Hu Yunfeng is always unexpected, making it impossible to judge that it will appear at any location to ambush. Nishimura Nakasa is worried that if Hu Yunfeng gives up this positional battle, even more troops will be dragged down by Hu Yunfeng.
Looking at the shells roaring to the mountain, constantly touching the branches and leaves and exploded in the air, Nishimura Nakasa could only shake his head. In order to facilitate marching, his mortars were all small-caliber mortars. He wanted to break the trees that were thick with people on the mountain. He probably wouldn't have to use up all his shells. Moreover, the overwhelming shells did not make the enemy on the mountain panic for a long time. The firepower on the mountain was only messed up for a while, and now he sprayed ammunition at his offensive troops.
Nishimura Nakasa sighed at the offensive troops that were suppressed on the hillside again and asked the correspondent around him: "Have you not contacted the two reconnaissance teams yet?"
"Yes. Your Excellency the Wing Captain." The correspondent replied helplessly. He kept calling the radio stations of the two reconnaissance units, but none of the reconnaissance units had an echo.
Maruyama Nakasa saw that his troops were suppressed at the top of the mountain like the previous troops and could no longer move forward, so he shook his head. He said to Nishimura Nakasa: "Nishimura Jun. Let the troops retreat and rest, there is no effect. We still have to think of other solutions."
Nishimura Nakasa looked at the time and thought to himself whether the troops would withdraw after less than ten minutes of attacking, which would hit the morale of the troops? However, he didn't want to give up Maruyama Nakasa's face. He looked at it for a few seconds and agreed to Maruyama Nakasa's suggestion.
"Your Excellency the corps captain, the reconnaissance unit has called." Nishimura Nakasa's correspondent said in surprise while copying the message.
The report of the correspondent reminded Nishimura Nakasa a Chinese idiom. It is a timely help. Nishimura Nakasa said happily and waited for the telegrapher to translate the telegram. In fact, Nishimura Nakasa has always been worried, one is worried that the reconnaissance troops will be eliminated by Hu Yunfeng's people. The other is worried that Hu Yunfeng on the top of the mountain will take the opportunity to slip away. Now that the reconnaissance troops are called, his worries can be completely let go. He immediately decided to maintain a certain intensity of attack when he sent troops behind or flanks of Hu Yunfeng's troops. Let Hu Yunfeng and his troops have no time to escape.
The telegrapher quickly translated the telegraph, but the telegrapher's expression seemed not very happy. Nishimura Nakasa took the lead and grabbed the telegraph, shone the light on it and glanced quickly, and his face immediately sank.
The telegram was sent back by a reconnaissance team that reconnaissance east. The telegram explained in detail the terrain situation on the east side. There was a river four or five meters wide to the east of the mountain. Moreover, the river was surrounded by a swamp area. There were a total of five people who were reconnaissance east. Two of them were trapped in the mud and died. Now the remaining three people have been walking for nearly two hours before they could cross the river, but they are not sure what the road ahead of the mountain is going to be.
"Continue to call the troops to the west to reconnaissance." Nishimura Nakasa's mood suddenly fell from the clouds to the valley. He ordered the telegrapher with a dark face.
Maruyama Nakasa received the telegram from Nishimura Nakasa, read it quickly, and said, "I guess the reconnaissance troops in the west have been wiped out by the Chinese. However, this telegram is not all bad news."
"Please tell me, Maruyama-kun." Nishimura Nakasa Sa stopped and signaled him to continue.
"Xizumura, the enemy set up an ambush here to understand the nearby terrain. The troops that reconnaissance to the west have not heard back yet. I guess the enemy has already prepared to prevent us from interspersing and sneak attacks, but the terrain on the east is not suitable for us to quickly intersperse and surround them. The enemy must have no defense there. The reconnaissance troops on the east are safely proved my inference. Therefore, it is more sudden for us to detour the enemy from the east, but it took a little longer. I was worried that we would take the opportunity to escape when we stopped attacking, and the troops we interspersed would be in vain."
"Marama-kun, immediately take a squadron of troops and a small team of artillery to the back of the enemy." Nishimura Nakasa made an immediate decision and said, "I will continue to attack on the front and drag the enemy down."
Maruyama Nakasa was not very respectful to Nishimura Nakasa, but Nishimura Nakasa understood that Maruyama Nakasa still had a way of fighting, and was particularly good at leading troops to intersect and raids. Maruyama Nakasa was against the British army in Malaysia and fought China in Myanmar a few months ago. The army was fully proved, so Nishimura Nakasa has always been tolerant to him, hoping that he would help him at critical moments.
Although Maruyama Nakasa was arrogant, he knew that the troops were in a dilemma at this time, and he also needed to use the results of the battle to prove his ability. He agreed without hesitation.
Maruyama Nakasa led his troops to the east. After the troops were briefly resting, Nakasasa Nishimura immediately ordered the troops to attack. At the same time, he also kept Maruyama Nakasa's judgment in his heart. In order to prevent Hu Yunfeng from sneaking into attacking him from the west, he immediately deployed the troops to defend.
The Japanese attacked for a while and then retreated. Brigadier General Melier thought that the Japanese had lost their skills under the powerful infantry firepower of his troops and could finally give the troops a good rest.
Are you tired of locust-like Japanese? Brigadier General Melier cursed in his heart to command his subordinates to defend, and then ordered his correspondents: "Contact the Emperor of the Greater China and ask him to bring his troops to support us as soon as possible. At the same time, send a report to General Stilwell to report the battles that have taken place here and ask him to prepare for air support for us."
I don’t know where Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte and his troops went? Where was the casualties so big, and there was no reply from Hu Yunfeng. Brigadier General Melier could only pin his hopes at this time when Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte led a company of troops to successfully attack the Japanese.
"Commander-in-Chief, what's your voice?" The Japanese attack was quickly repelled by the Americans. The battlefield entered a short interval. Hu Yunfeng also seized the time to rest. The members of the Tiger Jungle Special Forces who were in charge of alerting the Americans pushed him and whispered in his ear.
"Sweep and swipe" is a very light voice, but Hu Yunfeng knew it was the sound of people's footsteps at the sound of people, and there were many people. Qi Yanming's troops were hidden behind the Japanese, and Qi Yanming would definitely notify them in advance if he wanted to send someone over, and the direction of the visitor was wrong. Such a person approached here so lightly. Hu Yunfeng's first reaction was that the place they were hiding was discovered by the Japanese.
Hu Yunfeng signaled to wake everyone up, and he slowly crawled past the ground in the direction where the sound was made.
Hu Yunfeng didn't climb long before he heard a small English conversation. He smiled and quietly retreated, ordering the special forces and the Tiger Jungle Special Forces who followed him not to be nervous, and comfort the horses and don't make noises.
Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte didn't know that he had just led his troops to pass by Hu Yunfeng, who was looking forward to the brigade general Melier, who was waiting for. After the reconnaissance personnel sent by Xiangte came back to report, he immediately took his troops to the direction of the Japanese.
After the Americans left, Hu Yunfeng asked Zhou Weitao, who was taking over the Japanese, and said, "The Americans may have to attack the Japanese. What is the situation there now?"
Zhou Weitao touched his head and said, "You just rested, and the Americans and the Japanese stopped offensive and defense again. I also took the opportunity to rest for a while."
"Stupid boy." Hu Yunfeng did not blame Zhou Weitao. He laughed and scolded and kicked Zhou Weitao in the butt, asking him to bring the telescope.
"Captain, the Americans are also launching sneak attacks. Should we warn the Japanese? What if the Americans beat the Japanese away?" Lin Xingguo came over and said. The Japanese were not satisfied with killing them. If the Japanese were beaten away or annihilated by the Americans, it would be too unpaid.
"I thought you, the Japanese, all like you, had pig heads?" Hu Yunfeng continued to look in the direction where the Japanese were and said, "The Japanese commander who you and Zhou Weitao worked for has not received any reward from the scouts for such a long time, won't the Japanese commander be alert?"
"Hehe, that's good." Hu Yunfeng had been used to being scolded by Hu Yunfeng for a long time. Lin Xingguo and Zhou Weitao did not take Hu Yunfeng seriously at all. When they heard Hu Yunfeng say that the Japanese might be prepared, they immediately picked up their telescopes and stood next to Hu Yunfeng for fun.
Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte and a company of US troops quickly touched less than 300 meters away from the Japanese. His scout pointed to the tent in the woods ahead and said, "Lieutenant Colonel, look there, it should be the tent where the Japanese command center is located."
There were cut down trees outside the tent as tables, and a group of Japanese were illuminating something with the electric silhouette? When Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte saw several radio stations, he was sure that the scout was right.
"The snipers and machine gunners are ready to cover, and the others are ready to attack with me." Lieutenant Colonel Xiangte whispered, and signaled the people around him to pass his orders to the people behind him.
Chapter completed!