Chapter 1 The devil in a dilemma
The sun slowly rose, and the light slowly shone through the sky. There were several extremely thin clouds in the clear blue sky, folding like newly picked cotton.
For the militia in Shili Village, it was a beautiful morning. The victory mood made them feel beautiful when they see the scenery. The air was so fresh, the wild flowers were so gorgeous, and even the seedlings in the fields seemed to grow a few inches taller.
For the Japanese in Shili Village, it was a different mood, depressed and depressed, indignant and helpless. A squad of thirteen Japanese were lured and killed by "Flower Girl", a sentry killed by cold guns, and one was killed by landmines and injured two in the evening. Only five Japanese were left intact.
If the injured and two health soldiers were added, the Japanese would be mostly damaged. What is even more depressing is that until now, they only occasionally saw the shadow of the attackers, and even the number of attackers, equipment, and even how they sneaked into the village.
Fighting against invisible and intangible enemies is too strange for the Japanese who are used to regular combat. These Japanese have experienced many battles, but they cannot find the enemy or use force in such a pattern, but they are completely confused. They feel like they have fallen into an irritable and mysterious world, and the village is empty, not only does not have a figure, but even a dog bite or a chicken crow cannot be heard. People cannot find a decent piece of furniture and furnishings in their houses, and some are not even doors and windows.
However, it is in such a place that suddenly mines sounded, bullets flew, and strangely took away the lives of the Empire Warriors. Several Japanese devils felt fear, fear of the unknown mode of attacks, and unknown when they would come again.
The Japanese squad leader was a big beard. He had a gloomy face and watched the bloody corpses being carried out from the house and arranged in a row in the yard. They were all warriors of the empire. Warriors who could fight against the Chinese army with one or ten, but lost their lives in such an unknown way. It made people feel confused when they think about it. More importantly, what should we do now? Should we continue to stick to it or withdraw from this village? The dilemma made him feel a split headache.
It is of course a normal decision to continue to stick to the commander and resolutely execute the command of the chief. But there are only five people, and it is better to say that they are huddling in a yard than occupying a village. Moreover, the enemy's infiltration route has not been clarified yet, and the search and killing operation last night was abandoned halfway because of landmines. Maybe the enemy was hiding in a house, peeking at the Imperial Army's actions, and preparing to attack with despicable means. When the Japanese squad leader thought of this terrible scene, he felt chill.
Retreat and join another friendly army in Tumen Village, the prospects are not optimistic. Although it is less than twenty miles away, the enemy's mines are hard to guard against and difficult to walk. Perhaps half of the road will be taken, and all of them will be killed by the vulgar things buried by the despicable Chinese.
It was so despicable, vicious and vulgar. The Chinese could not defeat the soldiers of the Imperial Army and ran away desperately in front of the Imperial Army. But how good they played with these vulgar things! The muscles on the Japanese squad leader's face were a little distorted, and there was no more words to find to curse those invisible enemies.
No matter how much you scold or hate, you have to find a way to make a decision as soon as possible. This quiet village is like a dead coffin in the eyes of the old Japanese. Every courtyard, every window, and every inch of land may shoot bullets, or landmines may roar. Thinking of this, he waved his hand, called a soldier, and gave the order coldly.
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The sun shines on his body, warm and exhausting. Meng Youtian dared not slacken at all. He looked at the village from afar and fell into deep thought. It is unrealistic to make a certain plan now, but it does not prevent him from thinking about more ways to deal with it. The shift militia had already left, and he was waiting for the militia who stayed in the tunnel to observe the movement and situation last night to report the situation before he could make the final judgment.
In fact, Meng Youtian did not intend to eliminate all the Japanese in the village. He just wanted to fight when he had the opportunity and constantly weaken the Japanese so that they could not stay in the village. The ideal result was to force the Japanese to abandon the village and flee, and kill a few more beasts under the attack of landmines and cold guns.
How long can the Japanese sweep last? Although Meng Youtian cannot know for sure, according to his memory, the error will not be too large as one week or ten days.
During the War of Resistance Against Japan, mainly before Gangmura Niji took over the command of North China, the Japanese sweep did not have much impact due to tactical problems and did not last long. The problem with the Japanese invaders was that it was difficult to reorganize reconnaissance and take new attacks after losing the main target. After several days of military and combat, fatigue and morale decline would occur.
More importantly, the Japanese combat troops carried limited ammunition and food, and the people in the base area "run against" and cleared the fields, making it difficult for them to obtain enough materials to maintain combat on the spot, and rely on the rear for material transportation. Under the transportation and road conditions at that time, the transportation team was very likely to become the target of our army. Sending a certain number of troops to cover them, and facing the dilemma of weakening the attack power.
Therefore, the large-scale "sweeping" of the Japanese invaders in the early stages was basically a quick battle. Once the target of the attack could not be captured, it would often end in seven or eight days. This is consistent with what Meng Youtian described as "coming fiercely and going in a hurry", and it is very similar to the grand inspection of later generations, like a gust of wind.
With this calculation, if the Japanese brigade who swept the raid was not subjected to a devastating blow, there would be only a few days left to withdraw from the original route. The Japanese who failed to swept the raid would be extremely crazy on the way to retreat. Under the strong revenge mentality, they would kill people and burn villages when they encountered them. In order to reduce the losses of the village, Meng Youtian wanted to drive away the Japanese in the village and make careful arrangements. Even if Zeng Xing could not completely stop the Japanese, they would have to make the Japanese who burned them to pay a considerable price.
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