Chapter 1 The Japanese Army Advances

Sergeant Meibo Shun, the squad leader of the Kawara Kohei company, who had been sent to observe the situation behind the Nishimon Shotaro squad, ran back crawling.

After panting for a while, he reported with lingering fear, "Squad Leader Nishimon Shotaro gyokusai (died honorably), the entire Nishimon squad was wiped out, no one survived.

The few Japanese soldiers who had managed to escape back just now are all dead too, they are all dead."

"Did you find the defending troops?" This was the question that Captain Kawara Kohei was most concerned about.

"No! But judging from the direction of the gunfire, they should be on the hillside ahead!" Sergeant Tsukiaki Shun was still very shrewd.

He had seen the look on Miyawari Hinata's face when he was slapped, and he didn't want to experience it himself, so he quickly added this sentence.

Now that only the last squad was left in the entire company, Captain Kawara Kohei had finally found out the approximate location of the defending troops.

He did not dare to continue to move forward rashly, and could only ask Captain Suzuki Ryota for help, requesting him to send the artillery from the battalion to launch a round of bombing on the hillside suspected to be the defense line of the Special Forces Brigade.

Knowing that Captain Kawara Kohei had buried two entire squads in such a short period of two hours, he only managed to estimate the defense line of the defending troops.

Captain Suzuki Ryota issued the order in a rage, "The artillery squad and the Hiramiya company will advance immediately."

"Hai!" Two Japanese officers quickly stepped out of the ranks, responded, and went to order their subordinates to set off.

Captain Hiramiya Kazuki led the team forward, followed by Tsuchiya Yusei's artillery squad with five mortars and two Type 92 infantry guns.

The Japanese soldiers of Tsuchiya Yusei's squad had already taken all seven cannons off the backs of the mules and assembled them.

Most of the mules stayed where they were, and only three mules carrying shells were led along.

More than fifty Japanese soldiers, some carrying mortar tubes, some carrying gun carriages, some carrying gun bases, and some carrying shells, these Japanese soldiers were all assigned to the mortars, and they followed closely behind the Hiramiya Kazuki company.

The two Type 92 infantry guns were easier to move at this time: two Japanese soldiers dragging one gun were marching on the road, and it didn't seem to be too strenuous.

Captain Hiramiya Kazuki assigned the Okubo Naoto squad to act as the vanguard, with Yamada Haruto sergeant and Hagiwara Haruto sergeant at the very front.

There was only one road to Jianshan from here, and although the road was winding, it was not easy to get lost.

These Japanese soldiers searched and advanced for more than ten minutes and had already discovered the checkpoint ahead. In the past, people from the Special Forces Brigade were stationed here to check.

Just now, this checkpoint had been blown up by the Kawara Kohei company that arrived first, and only the traces of the chevaux-de-frise and barbed wire could be vaguely seen.

There were also four corpses lying in front of the checkpoint and more corpses lying inside the checkpoint.

However, all the corpses were now naked and lying on the side of the road.

Captain Hiramiya Kazuki frowned and asked, "Where are their clothes?"

Sergeant Tsukiaki Shun said puzzledly, "They were all here just now, the clothes and guns were all here."

As soon as he said this, the Japanese soldiers present understood: the defending troops had cleaned up the battlefield!

This was the first time they had seen a battlefield cleaned up so thoroughly, not to mention the guns and ammunition used by the Japanese soldiers, even the clothes, pants, and shoes of the dead were taken away.

Of course, they didn't know: the company ambushing in front was led by Feng Zhiguo, a veteran who had followed the Special Forces Brigade all the way from Jurong to Deqing.

He always kept Lin Fan's teachings in mind: when fighting the Japanese devils, don't let go of a single one; when cleaning up the battlefield, don't leave a single thread for the Japanese devils; the ability to eat is combat effectiveness; when you are a soldier, you must run fast, you must be able to catch up with the devils when you chase them, and the devils must not be able to catch up with you when you run.

How he fought the Japanese devils when he followed the old troops in the past, how he trained, and how he cleaned up the battlefield, he had told the soldiers no less than ten times.

Every time the Special Forces Brigade issued a battle example, he would make every soldier listen carefully and talk about their feelings.

Although today was the first time that the Third Company had gone to the battlefield, after annihilating a Japanese squadron, the soldiers' emotions had really stabilized.

A squad was sent out to scout and found that the Japanese soldiers were gone. Only then did he let a squad stand guard in front, and all the soldiers in the company rushed down to clean up the battlefield.

First, send a platoon to give each of these Japanese soldiers a finishing blow. Soldier Jiang Yuanlong asked very puzzledly, "Company Commander! These Japanese soldiers have been bombed three times, and they are obviously dead devils, do they still need a finishing blow?"

Company Commander Feng Zhiguo said seriously, "Good question! Some Japanese soldiers look like they are clearly dead, why should we give them a finishing blow?

This is to make everyone develop a habit, never underestimate your opponent on the battlefield.

Even if you know that it will not cheat the corpse, you must give it a finishing blow, just in case.

Even when cleaning up the battlefield, you only encounter one Japanese soldier who is not completely dead once in 10,000 times. For us, the chance for anyone to encounter it is one in 10,000, but for the soldier who encounters that Japanese soldier, it is 100%.

On the battlefield, you must be careful, meticulous, and serious at all times! Think about it, if the Japanese soldier who was lucky enough to pretend to be dead escaped during the cleanup of the battlefield, what would he do behind your back?"

Jiang Yuanlong said embarrassedly, "Shoot me and pull the grenade!"

"That's right! The Japanese soldiers will definitely do this. At this time, not only will you be injured or even killed, but also your comrades will be sacrificed.

Do you still think it is necessary to give a finishing blow to the Japanese soldiers who will definitely not cheat the corpse?"

"Make up! Make up for every single one of them!" Jiang Yuanlong said quickly.

Company Commander Feng's voice was loud, and the whole company could hear his speech. The soldiers in the fifth platoon who were giving the finishing blows immediately became serious, not daring to be as careless as just now.

Seeing their steady steps and their strong and powerful movements, they were always on guard against the Japanese corpses on the ground cheating the corpse.

Company Commander Feng nodded in satisfaction, "This is how you should give a finishing blow to the Japanese devils.

You are the guarantee for all the soldiers in the company. After you give the finishing blow, the soldiers who clean up the battlefield will start to pick up the weapons in the hands of the Japanese soldiers.

If the Japanese soldiers pretend to be dead, at that time, it will be the time when the soldiers are most vulnerable to injury.

In fact, the Special Forces Brigade is not as difficult as it was when it was first established, especially the Special Forces Brigade team in Jurong, and the people here. There is no longer a need for these clothes and shoes from the Japanese soldiers.

However, Company Commander Feng Zhiguo and all the soldiers in the company still collected all these supplies and quickly handed them over to the civilian workers behind.

These civilian workers used wheelbarrows and ox carts to send the newly seized supplies to the rear as quickly as possible. It was time for lunch, and what was sent from the rear had meat and vegetables, and it was all hot. This was the logistics support that Lin Fan had been working hard to achieve.

Let the soldiers fight with enough food and warm clothes. The Third Company finally cleaned up the battlefield, had lunch, and rested for a while. The squad leader on guard in front sent someone back to report, "More Japanese soldiers are coming, this time the Japanese soldiers are also dragging two infantry guns and carrying five mortars."

"Pay attention to concealment! Keep a close watch!" Company Commander Feng instructed.

Ordered the whole company to enter combat readiness and prepare to meet the Japanese attack.

Looking at the Japanese corpses in front, Company Commander Hiramiya Kazuki ordered the team to stop and patiently wait for the artillery squad to bomb the possible defense lines of the defending troops in front.

Artillery Squad Leader Tsuchiya Yusei urged and ordered the entire squad to set up their positions on the road.

The two Type 92 infantry guns were quickly set up in a firing position, lined up in the front.

Five mortars were set up and ready to fire.

With a command from Squad Leader Tsuchiya Yusei, the infantry guns and mortars fired at the same time. The mortars fired very quickly, and Sergeant Kitano Kazuya and Ayase Yosuke and several other Japanese soldiers kept throwing shells into the mortar tubes.

Continuous shells flew towards the hillside in front, constantly exploding into clouds of smoke.

The soldiers of the Third Company were stunned when they saw this scene. Jiang Yuanlong asked, "Squad Leader! What are the Japanese devils doing?"

Squad Leader Huang Tao saw this scene, and he didn't know what was going on.

He thought for a while, "Could it be that the Japanese devils didn't find our position at all."

Looking at the Japanese shells falling everywhere in the distance, Company Commander Feng ordered the whole company, "Pay attention to concealment!"

Their position here has been carefully constructed for more than a year. Now it does have the ability to confuse the Japanese devils.

Not to mention these Japanese devils who came here for the first time, even the merchants who passed this road every day did not find that there were still positions on the hillside.

Tsukiaki Shun constantly pointed out to the artillery squad the places where he thought the defending troops might be located. He was only guessing that there were defending troops in those places.

The mountains here are high and the forests are dense. After rounds of shells were fired, only more and more clouds of smoke could be seen on the hillside in front.

Gradually, these smokes merged together, and the entire hillside in front was filled with smoke, and it was no longer clear.

Even though this effect had been achieved, Captain Hiramiya Kazuki still let the artillery squad continue to bombard for more than ten minutes before letting a squad advance quickly. Captain Hiramiya Kazuki wanted the infantry to attack under the cover of artillery fire.

The Okubo Naoto squad received the order and immediately launched an attack. Yamada Haruto and Hagiwara Haruto, the two Japanese devils, once again rushed to the front of the team.