usatvline Chapter 180 Lin Zhenhua, I swear I will never walk away again next time! 1-word chapter
Chapter 180 Lin Zhenhua, I swear I will never walk away again next time! 1-word chapter
Kojiro Hirata looked at the content of the telegram again. When he confirmed that Lin Zhenhua would lead the team this time, his expression changed slightly. He poked the three words with his fingers and handed it to Yamamoto Kazuki. Yamamoto Kazuki took the telegram and saw the three words. His expression suddenly changed.
Yamamoto Ikki didn't read the content of the telegram just now, mainly because he felt a little frustrated recently. His special forces team now only has the sixth team left, and the other five teams are almost wiped out. This made him doubt whether his persistence was right.
When Yamamoto Ikki saw the three words "Lin Zhenhua" on the telegram, he immediately smelled a conspiracy. He and Hirata Kojiro looked at each other, and both understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
Hirata Kojiro stood up and persuaded, "Shimada-kun, don't be so excited. We can stay in Xiaozhang Village and fight a defensive battle with the attacking enemy. There is no need to take the initiative to attack. After all, no one can be sure whether there is a conspiracy. The independent regiment likes to use surprise tactics in battle. We'd better be careful!"
Shimada Jiro didn't expect Hirata Kojiro to persuade him to stay put. This was hard for him to accept. After all, he had been in Xiaozhang Village for more than a month. It could be said that he had not achieved anything and had nothing to do every day. This was a shame for a soldier. He agreed on the surface: "Okay, just this once, and it won't happen again!"
After saying this, Shimada Jiro left the headquarters in a hurry, with an uncontrollable anger on his face. Hirata Kojiro and Yamamoto Ikki thought that the matter was over, but Shimada Jiro hurriedly left Xiaozhangzhuang with two assembled infantry squadrons and an artillery squadron.
By the time the two got the news, Shimada Jiro had already led his men away for half an hour, so it was too late even if they went to chase them.
"Bagaya! Shimada is a bastard. He destroyed General Kagesa's carefully designed plan. The Trojan Horse Operation is likely to fail. The good situation will be ruined. How can I explain this to General Kagesa?" Hirata Kojiro said excitedly.
Yamamoto Ikki had never thought that Shimada Jiro would actually play this trick, which made him somewhat unacceptable, but he was somewhat powerless to do anything about the matter in front of him. Although he was also a colonel, and on the surface, his rank was equivalent to Shimada Jiro, but in fact, the gold content was greatly different. As for Hirata Kojiro, he was only a lieutenant colonel. If it weren't for the relationship with Commander Tada Shun, no one would care about Hirata Kojiro's opinion.
This time, Jiro Shimada taught the two of them a severe lesson, letting them know that his previous politeness to them was just an illusion and that he actually looked down on them. What made them even more uncomfortable was that they could not command a squadron left behind in the stronghold because Jiro Shimada had appointed Lieutenant Colonel Yoshimura to be responsible for all the defense of Xiaozhangzhuang.
"Mr. Hirata, we must hurry and leave the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold. We can't stay here any longer. I have a feeling that the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold will be breached within two days. We are in danger of being captured. It is better to leave as soon as possible. Let's go back to Taiyuan City first and seek help from His Excellency the General!" Yamamoto Ikki made his suggestion.
At this point, Hirata Kojiro also knew that this was the best way at the moment. After so many dealings with Lin Zhenhua, he really didn't get any advantage from Lin Zhenhua. He replied reluctantly: "Mr. Yamamoto, I thought we would do something here, but I didn't expect that we would leave in disgrace again this time. Next time, I promise that we won't be so embarrassed again. I must catch Lin Zhenhua and torture him severely to avenge my hatred!"
Hirata Kojiro finally said something harsh, and left Xiaozhang Village under the protection of the special forces. At this time, Shimada Jiro was in high spirits. In at most one hour, he would be able to meet Lin Zhenhua and defeat the two battalions led by Lin Zhenhua head-on. He wanted to prove to the two that Lin Zhenhua was not as terrifying as they imagined, and he only needed a charge to defeat Lin Zhenhua.
Lin Zhenhua marched cautiously along the way. When he was still 30 miles away from the Xiaozhang Village stronghold, he ordered the team to stop. Seeing Wei Dayong sweating profusely, he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Monk, you look so anxious, did you find anything?"
After Wei Dayong had caught his breath, he replied, "College student, it's just as you expected. You guys just set out for a little over an incense stick of time, and the Japs in the base started to move. This time, they sent out two infantry squadrons and one artillery squadron. They want to have a head-on confrontation with us. College student, you better be prepared in advance. I estimate that in another hour, we will meet!"
Lin Zhenhua had a faint smile on his face, he really didn't expect his previous guess to come true, so he wouldn't feel any guilt about tricking Xue Kai next time. He wanted to see how long Xue Kai and Xue Changkun could endure. He was sure that there was definitely a huge conspiracy hidden in this, and he could just take advantage of the situation.
Lin Zhenhua immediately led his team to ambush in Zhaojiagou ahead. He asked the soldiers to hide in advance, and ordered someone to inform Li Yunlong of the news, waiting for Xue Kai and Shimada Jiro to meet head-on.
"Captain of the Fourth Battalion, your Fourth Battalion will be the main force this time. Place two companies on the hillsides on both sides, and the remaining two companies will block the Japs' retreat. When the armored vehicles launch an attack, follow them immediately!"
"Zhu Zi, your mission this time is not easy. You must get rid of the Japanese artillery squadron as soon as possible. For this purpose, I have specially allocated a rocket launcher company to support you. You must not fail me at the critical moment. You must eliminate all the Japanese artillery and firing points within ten minutes!"
"Monk, you must protect the leader later. Xue Kai will definitely not break up with us now, but we must also be prepared in advance. When the battle starts, you must immediately take the leader away and protect him. Do you understand?"
"I heard it clearly!" the three said in unison.
After arranging all this, Lin Zhenhua began to think about how to take over the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold. After all, there were six bunkers and three artillery towers built in the stronghold. The artillery towers were easy to deal with, but the bunkers were not. It seemed that he had to use the unscrupulous cannon this time. If he couldn't kill the Japanese with the bomb, could he not shock them to death?
After Lin Zhenhua had made all the arrangements, Li Long and Xue Kai rode their horses and chatted as they headed towards the Xiaozhangzhuang stronghold.
"Old Xue, we have to speed up our march. If we delay any longer, the fighting may have already started among the college students before we arrive." Li Yunlong urged hurriedly.
Xue Kai knew that he could not delay any longer, so he hurriedly ordered to speed up the march. The reserve battalion's marching speed increased dramatically, and they arrived at Zhaojiagou an hour and a half later, only three miles away from the Japanese vanguard.
After each team had marched forward for ten minutes, they saw each other and immediately became alert. The battle between the two sides broke out suddenly.
"Damn it! The Independent Regiment really doesn't take us seriously. They didn't even send out a reconnaissance unit. How much do they look down on my Shimada Battalion? I can order the artillery squadron to open fire immediately to cover the attack of the Tanaka Squadron. The Inoue Squadron should prepare for the attack and be ready to support at any time. This time I will defeat the Independent Regiment in one fell swoop and prove to those two guys the bravery of my Shimada Battalion!"
"Kill them! Kill them (charge)!"
Under the command of Jiro Shimada, the artillery squadron's mortars fired directly without calibration to cover the Tanaka Squadron's attack.
The moment Xue Kai saw the Japanese, he immediately got off his horse and ordered his troops to hide on the spot and find cover to launch a counterattack.
"Hurry up, the artillery company will open fire immediately. We must not let the Japanese infantry rush up. Set up all our light and heavy machine guns and launch a counterattack immediately!"
After all, the reserve battalion was the elite troops under Xue Changkun. Their reaction was not slower than that of the Japanese. They were very fast and quickly found a place to hide. The 75mm mountain cannon towed by the truck also launched an artillery attack on the Japanese positions. After the two sides encountered each other, a fierce artillery battle broke out first.
Since the distance between the two sides is relatively close, they can hit each other directly with simple aiming. Whoever fires faster has a higher chance of survival. In order to survive, the artillerymen of both sides also put all their efforts into firing the shells they carried.
This fierce artillery battle lasted for half an hour before it ended. In the end, the Japanese wiped out the artillery company of the reserve battalion at the cost of one squad of artillery casualties.
The situation on the battlefield was tilting towards the Japanese. Under the cover of the artillery unit, Tanaka's squadron launched a charge. Xue Kai commanded the soldiers of the reserve battalion to resist the Japanese attack with fierce firepower. The battle between the two sides suddenly reached a white-hot level.
Xue Kai was about to ask Li Yunlong where Lin Zhenhua was now, but he heard Li Yunlong angrily cursing in his ear: "Damn it, where did that bastard college student go? We have already started fighting here, but there is no trace of that guy. You bastard, hurry up and find the college student and ask him to come over to support us. If the fighting continues like this, the reserve battalion will be wiped out!"
"Originally, they were here to help, but now they have become the main force. Who will dare to cooperate with our independent regiment in the future? Hurry up and find someone for me. I'm not going anywhere today. Even if I die, I want to die with the brothers in the reserve camp!"
"Brothers, beat them hard. The Japs are just like us, with two heads on one shoulder. If they are shot, there will still be a hole in their body. There is nothing to be afraid of. Our reinforcements will arrive soon. If we can hold out against the Japs' attack for an hour, we will be saved!"
While Li Yunlong was encouraging the soldiers of the reserve battalion, he also moved quickly and snatched a light machine gun from a soldier nearby and started firing at the attacking Japanese soldiers. After emptying a magazine, he moved to another position and moved around the battlefield very cunningly, killing and wounding more than 30 Japanese soldiers.