It is undeniable that although the Eighth Route Army also had many sharpshooters, they basically used Mosin-Nagant rifles or domestically produced rifles, which were achieved through years of training.

"Sharpshooters are fed with bullets."

This is not just talk. When their troops are fighting with the Eighth Route Army, they are now purposefully controlling the amount of ammunition they carry so as not to allow the opponent to seize too much.

In order to train a large number of sharpshooters who are proficient in using the Type 38 rifle, most of the captured bullets must be used to train individual sharpshooters.

As far as Yamazaki knew, the Eighth Route Army believed in killing one enemy with one bullet.

When he thought of this, Yamazaki felt that something was wrong. This sentence had a bit of a belittling meaning. It should be that the Eighth Route Army could not waste ammunition easily and it was impossible for them to waste bullets so extravagantly in training.

As for the National Government's Central Army, that is impossible. They mainly use domestically produced Zhongzheng rifles or 98K rifles. Even if they are ambushing, they should use weapons they are good at.

Analyzing from the above information, the attackers should be the action team of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. Only they have the ability to train a large number of sharpshooters.

At the same time, because the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had its own arsenal, it could mass-produce 6.5mm caliber bullets, and it had previously imitated their Type rifle, so all of this matched up.

When Yamazaki thought that it was an ambush by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he became indifferent.

Given the weak character of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, it would be barely acceptable to ask them to defend, but if they wanted to ambush their main force, they would not dare to do so even if they had ten times the courage.

In the following march, Captain Yamazaki let a squadron serve as the vanguard and withdrew the rest of the troops. The main force followed closely behind, forming a long snake formation and marching on the mountain road.

At the same time, they also learned from previous lessons and sent out corresponding engineering teams to detect mines in the vanguard squadron to prevent the large force from being ambushed again.

In the next half hour, no ambush occurred, and Yamazaki was very satisfied. With this tactic, he thought that no blind guy would dare to cause trouble again.

Of course, this idea is very good and practical, but it's a pity that their opponent is a guy who doesn't play by the rules. There will be bigger surprises waiting for the Yamazaki Brigade.

About one kilometer behind the Japanese troops, Kong Hao and a group of people were lying in ambush here.

"Jin Dou, how are the preparations going?"

"Captain, everything is ready. The two mortars and twenty-two grenade launchers have calculated the firing parameters and will fire the shells as quickly as possible, which is enough to give the Japanese troops a hard time."

"All launchers are selected from the best to ensure a first-shot hit. Now we just have to wait for the enemy to come to us."

After hearing this, Kong Hao nodded with satisfaction. This was his second big gift to the Yamazaki Battalion.

After this ambush, the next thing was a head-on battle between the Independent Regiment and the Yamazaki Battalion at Base No. 2.

"Xizi, come here for a moment."

"Captain, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Xizi, when we start fighting, you must first search for the Japanese radio station and destroy it as soon as possible. Don't let the Japanese send out our coordinates."

"Also, there is one more thing to note. You can kill the others at will, but you must ensure that Lieutenant Colonel Yamazaki is alive."

Wang Xikui could understand Kong Hao's previous request to kill the enemy radio station and operators, but the latter request made him puzzled, so he had to ask:

"Captain, wouldn't it be better if we could kill the highest commander of this Japanese unit?"

"Xizi, this is common sense, but the current situation is a little different."

"Our goal this time is to completely annihilate the Yamazaki Battalion, not to defeat them. Otherwise, once the enemy loses command, they will scatter. At that time, it will take more time and energy to completely eliminate them, which is not worth it."

"In fact, the reason why the Japanese troops are so powerful is not due to their top commanders, but to their well-trained and experienced grassroots commanders."

"For example, sergeant and sergeant, I have already trained you on the relevant military rank identification. Many of these senior devils are graduates of military academies or have higher academic qualifications. If you kill more of them, it will seriously undermine the enemy's morale and coordination ability."

"In the past, our military strategy was to prioritize killing machine gunners and grenade launcher operators, but that is the operation of conventional troops. Our special forces are in a special situation, so we should prioritize attacking the enemy's command structure."

After hearing this, Wang Xikui suddenly realized and said:

"I understand. This is just like the squad leaders and platoon leaders in our army. They are the backbone of an army. Without their command, the combat effectiveness of the army will be greatly reduced."

"But our troops are better. There are basically no military ranks, so it's hard to find valuable targets on the battlefield. But the Japanese are different. Their positions and ranks are clear at a glance. It's really stupid."

After hearing this, Kong Hao explained in a serious tone:

"Everything has two sides. Military ranks are universally used in the world. They are used to confirm leadership on the battlefield as quickly as possible. Once the troops are dispersed, the command system can be established with the help of military ranks."

"Our Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army are special cases. There is nothing we can do. The bald guy only gave us a small number of units. Most of the troops were formed by ourselves. They don't even have a number, let alone a rank."

"All in all, this is a last resort. It will definitely be formalized in the future and aligned with international standards."

After he finished speaking, he asked Wang Xikui to go to the ambush position and the others to prepare for battle.

Wang Xikui quickly sneaked to the designated sniper position, set up his beloved SVD sniper rifle, and waited for the prey to come.

The vanguard squadron of the Yamazaki Battalion did not notice anything unusual when passing by. After all, this was the blocking position chosen by Kong Hao himself, and ordinary Japanese soldiers had no way of discovering it.

The special forces have undergone rigorous training in battlefield camouflage, and no one can discover their ambush positions unless they are members of the special forces themselves.

This is mainly because the special forces belong to the small team ambush mode, they fight and run away, unlike other regular troops of the Eighth Route Army, they need to build defensive fortifications in advance.

After Sakai's squadron passed through, they found no difficulties and used flag signals to notify the large force behind to follow.

After the main force of the Yamazaki Battalion had all entered the ambush circle, Kong Hao came to the artillery position at the rear. Looking at the soldiers who were ready in front of him, he suddenly felt a sense of heroism in his heart.

This was the result he had achieved after almost a month in this world. The Eighth Route Army was now much stronger than before. At least the most basic things such as bullets and artillery shells were much more abundant than before.

He originally wanted to recite a poem to express his feelings at the moment, but in the end, all his words were only answered with one sentence.

"fire!"

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