Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Three or four in the morning is when people are the most sleepy.

Not to mention that these devils had not had a good rest and had been searching all over the mountains for Duan Peng and others during the day.

Duan Peng and his companions had a good rest in the cave, and at least their energy and physical strength were restored to a large extent.

This time it is a contest between Duan Peng and Yamamoto Ikki. No matter who it is, if he makes a mistake once, he will fall into an abyss from which there is no escape.

Yamamoto Ikki actually guessed that Duan Peng and his men might be hiding in the nearby mountains, so even though the soldiers were exhausted, he still sent out patrols to search during the day.

But there was no gain and the Japanese were exhausted, so Yamamoto Ikki had to ambush some of the Japanese on the mountain and withdraw the rest.

As long as they don't move, the Japs don't care whether they are in the mountains or in the camp.

Compared with the difficulties the Eighth Route Army faced in dealing with winter, the Japanese had abundant resources and supplies.

Even if you just lie in the snow, you won't feel too cold, and you can still have canned food and biscuits to fill your stomach.

Even if they don't allow people to make fire, the Japanese have plenty of ways to deal with it.

Alcohol-soaked cotton makes the best smokeless fire source. It doesn't produce a lot of heat, but it's perfectly fine for heating.

at night.

Duan Peng led a soldier to a place where the Japanese were ambushing. Taking advantage of the opportunity that there was only one Japanese soldier on guard, the two rushed forward and killed all five Japanese soldiers in less than ten seconds.

After a while, several other team members quickly arrived and put on the Japanese's large cotton coats and helmets.

"Captain, what do you think this is?"

A soldier smiled and shook the can in his hand.

Seeing this, several other soldiers also searched the Japanese corpses and actually found some canned food, biscuits, cigarettes and other supplies.

Looking at the alcohol cotton that was still smoldering, Duan Peng opened a can and said, "Ma Zi, you'll be responsible for heating the cans for the brothers. You guys, come with me to clean up this place."

"Yes!"

It is night now, the Japanese officers are all sleeping, and the Japanese outside are all soldiers.

Duan Peng's plan was still to sit back and wait, looking for an opportunity the next day.

The straight-line distance from here to the Japanese camp is more than 500 meters. It will take at least half an hour to climb up.

Therefore, Duan Peng was sure that the Japanese would not come up easily to check the situation here, and at most they would use flag signals to make a simple confirmation.

After cleaning up, Duan Peng indeed saw two flags, one red and one blue.

Flag signaling is a skill that special forces must master, and this trick of the Japanese devils is not difficult for special forces members.

After taking a mouthful of the hot canned beef, the team members felt their whole bodies warmed up.

The temperature is very low in winter and people are reluctant to leave their warm bed.

It was not until the Japanese changed their posts twice during the day that Duan Peng saw any Japanese officers wandering around the camp.

"Brothers, wait a moment, find your target and wait for my signal before shooting!"

Perhaps we had alerted the enemy yesterday, and after waiting for a long time today, no Japanese soldiers above the rank of colonel showed up.

Helpless, Duan Peng had to temporarily change his target: "Twenty seconds of free shooting time, ready, shoot!"

Thanks to the silencer, the Japanese couldn't hear the sound of the gunfire at all.

If someone hadn't fallen to the ground after dying, the Japanese wouldn't even know that the sniping had started again.

As the team members started shooting, the Japanese camp fell into panic.

But soon, they organized a counterattack and fired blindly in the direction where the bullets were suspected to have come from.

Twenty seconds passed in a flash, and before the Japanese could react, Duan Peng had already led his team to evacuate the scene.

This time they did not return to the previous cave, but retreated all the way back to the Xiaowangzhuang position.

On the way, some team members took out the remaining cans from their pockets and shared them with everyone, while others wondered why they stopped the action.

Duan Peng explained: "Our mission is to decapitate behind enemy lines. We completed the mission yesterday. Today we are just giving the devils another dish."

"The Japanese are like frightened birds. They won't give me another chance until they're absolutely safe. Rather than risking our lives, it's better to retreat to our position and warm up."

In just two days, the Japanese were already sowing the seeds of the "wolf cry" phenomenon. I guess they won't be able to sleep well these days.

After returning to the Xiaowangzhuang position, Duan Peng immediately reported the combat situation to the battalion commander Lin Qiang.

After listening to this, Lin Qiang nodded with satisfaction: "You did a great job this time. You dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of the Japanese devils."

However, Duan Peng had a vague worry in his heart.

He knew very well that Yamamoto Ikki would not give up and would definitely come up with new tricks to deal with them.

But Lin Qiang told him not to worry. The Xiaowangzhuang position had not been idle in the past two days. The fortifications had been strengthened and Lin Qiang had also purchased a large number of heavy firepower weapons.

If it weren't too shocking, he even wanted to buy Katyushas for a major counterattack.

Lin Qiang looked at Duan Peng and said with a smile, "I have good news for you. During the two days you were operating, the boss has already launched an operation. The general offensive is coming soon!"

"real!?"

Duan Peng smiled happily and said, "That's great, Battalion Commander, does our special forces have any other missions?"

"Not yet."

Lin Qiang said, "Go down and have a good rest first. There will definitely be a time for you to take action."

"Yes!"

This operation killed a Japanese major general, four colonels, more than a dozen lieutenant colonels and majors. The harvest was no less than the one that killed Kawashita Hide.

After thinking about it, Lin Qiang decided to report the news to the brigade commander. He didn't need military merit, but he couldn't help but consider the brothers who participated in this operation.

But before he could shake the phone, Hu Zi's anxious voice came from the intercom: "Battalion Commander, quickly let the artillery fire, the Japanese suddenly launched a large-scale charge, tanks were used, and a large number of artillery are on the move!"

"what?"

Lin Qiang was shocked: "Where are the devils?"

"The vanguard has engaged the front lines, and artillery has begun deploying!"

"Brothers, prepare for the artillery attack. I will send artillery reinforcements right away!"

Without time to think about why the frontline observation had not reported, Lin Qiang used the intercom to contact the artillery: "Artillery attention, target the frontline position, no need for test firing, fire immediately!"

"Yes!"

With Lin Qiang's order, the 105mm caliber howitzer roared towards the Japanese troops.

The timely support of artillery fire successfully blocked the extremely fierce offensive of the Japanese.

At the same time, the team responsible for the 150mm caliber howitzer also obtained the precise coordinates of the Japanese artillery.

Without Lin Qiang's order, two 150mm howitzers fired at the Japanese artillery positions.

The enormous destructive power instantly turned the Japanese artillery into a pile of debris. The two huge craters produced by the explosion also effectively blocked the speed of the Japanese charge.

The situation eased, and before Lin Qiang could think about the cause and effect, he saw three sentries from the forward observation post running towards him, panting.

"Report to the battalion commander, we request punishment!"

Lin Qiang didn't really punish them directly, and asked, "What's going on?"

"You three are veterans, carefully selected by me. You're all aware of the importance of forward observation posts. Why did this happen?"

One of the soldiers stepped forward and replied, "Commander, I told them to rest first, and then I fell asleep. I didn't report the situation immediately, and my walkie-talkie ran out of battery after I fell asleep..."

"Fortunately, there were no serious consequences. Otherwise, I would have killed all three of you myself!"

Lin Qiang kicked one of them in the butt: "What are you still standing here for? Get back to your post!"