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"Thank you for your hard work," Masao Ikeda, who had held the military meeting, took office directly, threw all his military police team behind him, and took his adjutant to Qiligang first. ←,.

The Shanghai Expeditionary Army Command mobilized a brigade, a cavalry squadron, and an infantry artillery squadron to conduct a net-style search and suppression in the Qinglongshan area.

The force reached 1,500, which can be said to be a small-scale battle.

The first task is to find pilots who parachuted after the plane explodes, and then to surround the "Yasha" who fled into the Qinglong Mountain area.

"Yasha" attacked the airport of the Datong Field, hijacked the pilots and snatched a large amount of supplies. The dispatching army headquarters and intelligence departments both judged that this must be the main force of "Yasha".

According to the information they had, Yasha had about 300 combatants, and attacked the airport and caused such a big incident.

I'm afraid that only when all the staff are dispatched can it be done.

Therefore, this time, the Shanghai Expeditionary Army Headquarters made up its mind to send a round-up team of thousands of troops to make the "Yasha" work in one battle.

Only Masao Ikeda personally inspected the scene and came to a conclusion that was completely different from the Expeditionary Command and the intelligence department.

But he dared not say it at the meeting because no one believed what he said.

Those high-ranking generals had long been used to flattering words, and they only believed in their own judgment. As the chief officer of the intelligence department, Zuo Fang Fanben was so arrogant and did not have a clear understanding of Yasha's combat power.

They were not even willing to carefully analyze the process of each action of "Yasha". It was simply because it was just a force of resistance.

No wonder the Empire was so powerful that it was helpless with a small "Yasha", but instead let it continue to kill people and do more things that would make the Empire lose all its face.

"Ikeda Jun. I didn't expect that the headquarters would send you to preside over this encirclement and suppression operation." Captain Matsuda, the captain of the third brigade of the 33rd Regiment, said in surprise.

"Are Matsuda-kun surprised?" Masao Ikeda smiled bitterly.

"No, Ikeda, please. My command center is located in the ancestral hall in the village." Matsuda shook his head slightly and made a "please" posture.

"Matsuda Jun. Tell me about your troops." Entering the command center, Masao Ikeda took off his coat and gloves and went straight to the topic.

"I divided my brigade into three routes, from Wild Wolf Valley to the east, Xia Village to the west, and Qiligang in the middle route, which is the village where we are, to enter the Qinglong Mountain area. The three routes advance together, echoing each other, and conducting a dragnet-style search for the entire Qinglong Mountain area."

Ikeda remained silent. If it was really the main force of "Yasha" entering Qinglong Mountain, Matsuda's strategy of three-way progressing was completely a death-taking act.

"What about the distance"

"The headquarters is eight kilometers away from Wild Wolf Valley and six kilometers away from Shangcun. If any road fights, at least one road can arrive within half an hour and reinforcements."

"Matsuda Jun is too optimistic." Masao Ikeda said, "Yasha's fighting style is fast and decisive. I'm afraid you haven't waited for reinforcements yet. They either resolve the battle or have evacuated the battlefield."

"This is unlikely. A squadron of my imperial army can last for at least half a day even under the siege of a division of the Chinese army," Matsuda shook his head.

"Matsuda-kun, do you know how many Yasha main force there are in front of you?"

"According to intelligence, it is said that there are at least two hundred people."

"Two hundred people, even if we add up the captured pilots and ground crews, it will not exceed this number." Ikeda smiled.

"What. So little" Matsuda said in surprise.

"Those people in the intelligence department really thought they had found the main force of Yasha. This is just one of their combat teams," Ikeda said slowly.

"A combat squad is so powerful" Matsuda took a breath.

"This is not an ordinary combat squad, this is the most elite squad in Yasha. This squad is personally led by the leader of Yasha Leng Feng, and its combat effectiveness is very strong. If the Chinese army has the combat effectiveness of this squad, it would be almost a dream for the empire to conquer China. Fortunately, they are not many." Masao Ikeda.

"Ikeda, how did you know so clearly?"

"I also found out after fighting with them and analyzed the clues left by the scene. In fact, I don't have any exact information. Our intelligence department is a little inefficient. We have taken the most stringent protection measures for Yasha and China, and it is difficult for us to get exact information for a while." Masao Ikeda sighed.

"Ikeda, what should we do?"

"It is not enough to strengthen the troops. I plan to ask the division commander to transfer a brigade from the city, and add my military police to surround Qinglong Mountain." Masao Ikeda.

"So many troops are surrounding you like this." Captain Matsuda's eyes fell out in surprise.

"Closing all the roads into the mountains, I want to force these people out by myself."

"Push it out, Ikeda-kun, I don't quite understand what you mean"

"It's the cold winter month now, and they cannot get food by hunting. There is no shortage of water on the mountain, but there is a shortage of food. Although they take some of the food from the airport, according to my judgment, these foods are enough for them to support for about a week. Therefore, we don't need to go into the mountain to search, we just need to keep the passage in and out, and they will come out by themselves at that time." Masao Ikeda said.

"In this case, the headquarters may be difficult to explain."

"I don't know that the commander has only given me ten days. If the Yasha does not appear within these ten days, I will be dismissed and investigated, and even ordered to seduce the stomach," said Masao Ikeda.

"Ikeda, how sure are you in your judgment?"

"At least 60% or 70%, but I don't know if God will give me this opportunity." Masao Ikeda lamented, and the commander of Asakagura was anxious to use the head of "Yasha" to report to the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor.

If you cannot catch the "Yasha" in a short period of time, I don't know how many people will be unlucky and even lose their lives.

"Also, you must control all nearby villages, if you really can't do it."

Ikeda's meaning is very obvious. It is to slaughter the village, and it does not give any "Yasha" any chance to find a "guide". There is no guide. There are also a large area of ​​primeval forests in these dozens of square kilometers of mountainous areas. The gods cannot get out even if they enter.

"Kun Ikeda, there were a group of troops entering the Qinglong Mountain area before, but they did not come out after entering. The 6th Division chased in and almost got lost and couldn't get out. They stayed outside for a week." Matsuda said.

"There is such a thing"

"I saw in the battle briefing of the Sixth Division that the number of soldiers in these Chinese soldiers was quite large, but they were poorly equipped. They also had big swords and spears, and they were all wearing straw sandals."

"Chuan Legion"

"It should be true that the Sichuan Army fought against the Imperial Army in Shanghai very bravely. Unexpectedly, a Sichuan Army would fall into this Qinglong Mountain." Masao Ikeda murmured to himself, a little desolate.

"How many days have it been?"

"It's been almost half a month."

"According to the logistics supply calculation of the Chinese army, they should have run out of food long ago, so they didn't send anyone in to find it?" Masao Ikeda asked strangely.

"It should have been sent to send people. Later, the Sixth Division was withdrawn, and probably no one was sent to search for them."

"Matsuda-kun. It's best to be mentally prepared. We are facing a cunning and cruel enemy. His wisdom and reaction are beyond our imagination. As long as we take a slight wrong step, we will never be able to recover."

"Ikeda, I heard what you said a little bit boosting others' ambitions and destroying your own majesty."

"I remember your deputy, Lieutenant Noda Shin, who died at Yasha's hands, right?" Masao Ikeda made a bend.

"Yes, Ikeda Kwan still remembers this."

"Noda-kun is a hero of the empire. How could I not remember? The third team had a fight with Yasha. Matsuda-kun shouldn't be so optimistic."

"Yes, my soldiers are very scared when they hear the word Yasha, so many people are resistant to this mission and are unwilling to do so, but the military order is as good as a mountain, so we can only obey the military order." Matsuda said helplessly.

"Yes, so are my men."

"Ikeda-kun, I don't have any food and drinks here, just eat a little."

"You are polite to Matsuda. I have no taste in anything I eat now. Just fill my stomach." Masao Ikeda smiled sadly.

"please"

After a simple meal, Masao Ikeda said: "Matsuda, use the radio to contact your troops. When you go to bed at night, you must hold my weapon in your hands. Yasha is good at night fighting and sneak attacks. They can sneak into your side silently, but you haven't noticed it yet. Therefore, the camp's alert must not be relaxed. Are there any military dogs?"

"have"

"Military dogs have better sense of smell and hearing than humans, so once there is a abnormal movement of military dogs, you should be alert, do you understand?"

"Understood"

"Also, from tomorrow, we will continue to patrol the main mountain roads. If there is any abnormal movement, just record the location and do not act without authorization."

"Why is this"

"Our opponents are too cunning. We can only use stupid methods to control them with static and force them to come out by themselves, instead of us going to find him." Ikeda explained.

"I understand." Matsuda nodded. This was exactly what he wanted. His third brigade suffered a lot when siegeing the city. Although he later replenished his troops, his combat effectiveness was not as good as before.

He really doesn't want his subordinates to be killed in vain again.

"Tonight to tomorrow morning is the most dangerous time. As long as we spend it safely, everything will be fine." Masao Ikeda said.

Matsuda didn't know why Ikeda was so pessimistic or a worry, which made him feel a little furious, and it felt as if something really happened.

No matter what, it was not bad to be careful, so Matsuda did as Ikeda told me and sent a telegram to Lieutenant Mukou from Wild Wolf Valley and Lieutenant Kikuchi from Shimomura to let them be careful.

After about three hours of walking, Leng Feng and his party saw the tightly blocked passage.

There were also scattered engineer shovels and cut-off large blades on the ground.

When they passed by a cave, they also saw stone tombs, all of which were the tombs of Sichuan brothers who died of starvation or exhaustion.

"Here, in order to open up this path, more than 300 people died. The most real thing is that there is no way out, so we can only find another way out." Wu Xinhua was a little excited.

"Didn't you send anyone to find a new exit from the beginning? The air here is not stuffy, which means there must be an exit." Leng Feng asked.

"Why didn't there be? We knocked on stones and dug through the passages and sent people to find a way out, but unfortunately, there was no good news." Wu Xinhua sighed.

"There is not much time left, just drill holes and place explosives and detonators. I hope God bless us," Leng Feng ordered.

"yes"

After the slight explosion, the huge rocks blocking the road were blown up to pieces. Wang Bin and Yao Heizi took their men and quickly stepped forward to clean up. After a quarter of an hour, a section was cleared out.

Continue to blast and clean up

In this way, after four consecutive blasts, good news finally came, and it seemed that the front was clear.

Clear out a passable road and the team immediately passed by.

It was just seven or eight meters away, but they were separated by a series of life and death. In fact, they had cleared out two-thirds of the blocked stones. If they worked harder, they might have escaped.

"Brother Wu, how far away from the exit"

"It's very close. You can get there in half an hour at most when you go out here." Wu Xinhua said excitedly.

"Okay, everyone speed up, let's go to the exit and rest." Leng Feng waved his hand and walked forward with a crutch first. To be continued.
Chapter completed!