Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

"Sergeant, are they really Japanese?" the soldier named Dabao asked in a low voice.

His thoughts were different from those of the squad leader, and he was quite eager to try.

During the battle last night, their squad entered a coolie camp. When they came out, all the Japanese were killed. Apart from picking up corpses and transporting supplies, they didn't get any work fighting the Japanese.

And tonight's action was even more so. He was feeling depressed when the Japanese came.

The main reason was that the weapons in everyone's hands were redistributed in the afternoon. A large number of heavy machine guns, Type 99 light machine guns, and grenade launchers were distributed, which caused Dabao to have different ideas.

To sum it up in one sentence, we are confident enough to try to fight the Japanese.

With the lessons learned from the past in mind, they also wanted to kill the Japanese like killing chickens, just like several other companies.

The squad leader was very nervous. Hearing Dabao still asking questions, he glared at him and urged him in a low voice: "Go quickly, don't let the devils find you."

Although he was nervous, he still had the necessary calmness after coming back from the Battle of Shanghai.

After Dabao left, he began to observe carefully again.

There are three ships in front of me, and each ship has about a squad of Japanese soldiers. There is a heavy machine gun and a light machine gun on board. There are no grenade launchers, but the firepower is still very strong.

The Japanese soldiers did not notice the soldiers in the reeds and were still searching vigilantly.

A few miles away, Sukekawa Seiji only had one squadron left by his side, plus the artillery squadron, only a few hundred people.

It can be said that Sukekawa Seiji was also gambling at this time, gambling whether their battalion of troops could successfully find the hiding place of these people.

Liao Guangyi was very anxious when he received the news and yelled at his adjutant.

"Quick, order the first and third battalions to turn towards the reed marsh. The Japanese are heading that way."

He didn't expect this to happen. They had originally agreed to besiege the Japanese together and clear out the Japanese from Guli Town in one fell swoop.

I didn't expect that the Japanese could actually escape secretly and even go to the reed marsh to launch a surprise attack. This is a bit embarrassing.

But no matter what, Liao Guangyi has to repay this favor. Gu Changfeng’s heavy firepower is not given away for nothing!

Upon hearing this, the adjutant immediately ran to make arrangements.

Shortly afterwards, Liao Guangyi's two battalions and an artillery company also began to rush to the reed marsh.

"Da da da,"

Fierce gunfire suddenly rang out in the reed marsh, and four or five of the searching Japanese soldiers were killed instantly!

When the people sitting in the front row saw this, they immediately jumped into the water and disappeared in one dive.

"Baga, fight back, fight back."

A Japanese squad leader shouted.

But soon he could no longer shout because the bullets were too dense. The Japanese sergeant was hit by a bullet as soon as he finished shouting and fell into the water.

The remaining devils squatted in the cabin, shooting into the reeds from time to time.

Occasionally, some soldiers in the third row would fall to the ground.

Fortunately, they are on land, so at least they don’t need to maintain balance like the Japanese, so their advantage is still obvious.

"Damn it, there really are devils."

Deng Wu looked at the direction where the gunshots came from, muttered to himself, and then shouted.

"Quick, everyone head towards the third row."

It was the third platoon of the fifth company that was guarding various places in the first half of the night, and the order to open fire on the Japanese was given by the platoon leader Chen Peng.

A group of people surrounded the Japanese soldiers who were searching in this direction and immediately responded with heavy firepower.

In a short while, more than 30 Japanese devils on the three ships were all killed.

"Let's retreat first, there will definitely be more devils coming from behind!"

Chen Peng was very decisive. He didn't want the Japanese soldiers and weapons on the ship and directly ordered them to leave.

"Platoon leader, do you want to report to the company commander?"

"Dozens of devils suddenly appeared here. They must be a search team."

Chen Peng's squad leader reminded him.

"No need. With such an intense firefight, the company commander should have known about it."

"Now we need to change location and try to lead the Japanese to other places. We can't let them find the location of our supplies."

Chen Peng said this and led the team towards another exit.

The Japanese soldiers searching in other places also heard the gunshots and began to converge in the direction of the gunshots.

"Toyota-kun, those are all heavy weapons from the Empire. That should be a large Chinese force."

Captain Shirakawa said respectfully.

He originally belonged to the Third Battalion, but his squadron was crippled and he was merged into the First Battalion by the regiment commander, and even his rank was demoted.

It can be said that his resentment towards Gu Changfeng's troops is no less than that of others.

Major Toyota Sawao glanced at Shirakawa and said coldly:

"The Chinese are very cunning. Don't worry about them. Let's search from other directions."

He led a squadron to search, but instead of moving closer, he began to circle around.

Baichuan said with some compliment:

"Toyota-kun is right. These Chinese are indeed difficult to deal with. However, the commander-in-chief has an idea."

"With your leadership, we can definitely find the lair of these Chinese!"

Toyota Sawao's face lit up with a smile in response to the compliment from his former peer, and he said to Captain Shirakawa.

"Shirakawa-kun, do you know why I have to take a detour?"

Shirakawa pretended to be ignorant and said, "Toyota-kun must have his reasons for making this decision. We just need to follow your leadership and eliminate these Chinese."

Toyota Sawao was a little bit of a know-it-all at this moment, and explained with a smile.

"Our squadron entered from the south, and the gunfire came from the west, which proves that the Chinese's lair is nearby."

"If we just follow the other teams, we'll easily be blocked by a large Chinese force."

"You also know the firepower of these Chinese, plus the narrow river, we are not at an advantage,"

"But if we start from here and go around, we can take their retreat route and even find their lair!"

"Shirakawa-kun, do you think this is a great achievement?"

Baichuanzuo seemed to have suddenly realized something and continued to compliment him:

"Toyota-kun is indeed a top student of the Empire. Your idea is brilliant!"

Toyota Zenan was very pleased, nodded with satisfaction, and continued:

"As long as we find the lair of these Chinese and report the location to His Excellency the Commander."

"Once the artillery squadron begins its bombardment, our mission will be halfway accomplished."

Bai Chuan cooperated and asked, "What about the other half?"

Since he was demoted, he has lowered his value to the lowest point. As long as his superiors are happy, he doesn't care.

Everything will be settled after I have made some achievements.

"The other half, of course, is to attack the main Chinese force from behind."

Toyota Sawao was extremely satisfied with his new subordinate. The feeling was wonderful, and the two of them cooperated with each other very well.

On the shore, Seiji Sukekawa remained calm and did not move even after receiving the news that the team was ambushed.

For him, as long as he could wipe out these Chinese, it didn't matter even if a few more squadrons died!

Facing the empire's greatest threat, what difference would it make if he himself died? He came out this time with this determination.

If he fails, he will be destroyed along with the entire regiment, and be loyal to the empire.

Since he couldn't get revenge anyway, he was too embarrassed to stay in the position of captain.

On the contrary, if he could kill these Chinese, he might be able to be promoted to the next level.

After all, the information of this unit was on the commander's desk.