The guard company was moving very quickly, and there was a platoon of soldiers immediately. Each infantry squad was divided into two reconnaissance teams, a group of six people. Everyone left the position and quickly disappeared into the thick night...

Three or four kilometers away from the infantry regiment's position, there were a large number of Japanese devils, a whole field infantry regiment. At this time, Japanese devils were busy building simple fortifications and preparing to defend on the spot.

The Japanese also sent a lot of small groups of guards to patrol the periphery. The Japanese were also afraid of sneak attacks from the Reading Master. Now, there was a dark night all around. If a large army emerged, the Japanese would be unable to deal with it.

Although these Japanese devils are numerous, they are only developing and have begun to defend themselves. They are basically not ready for combat. The Japanese devils corps captain sent a lot of small troops to scattered warnings.

The first regiment of reconnaissance troops, in groups of six, were equipped with Thomson's submachine guns, and began to leave their positions, carefully fumble forward and investigate the enemy situation in this area.

Everyone went forward to investigate and advanced at least two kilometers, but they did not find any enemy situation. When the soldiers basically believed that there were no Japanese in this area, suddenly, a soldier pointed to the front and said, "Squad Leader, look far away."

Looking in the direction pointed by the warrior, there were a few fires at least a thousand meters away. It was so late now, it was already late at night. The place where the lights appeared in the distance could not be a village. At this time, the people had already gone to bed.

The only possibility is the army with Japanese devils. It seems that the scale is quite large. Such a large area may be two or three thousand devils.

"Everyone, let's get closer to investigate, but everyone must pay attention to safety." The squad leader waved his hand and continued to investigate with his five soldiers.

Everyone, using the cover of the night, walked forward carefully for hundreds of meters and found a group of patrolling Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers were about a dozen, all with Type 38 rifles. The Japanese soldiers in the lead also carried a plaster flag on their bayonets.

"Little Japanese, please be careful." The squad leader immediately shouted in a low voice when he saw the Japanese.

Everyone lay down one after another and stared at the Japanese in front. The Japanese in front did not find these soldiers, but the Japanese in patrol were heading straight towards the soldiers' positions.

"Squad leader, the Japanese are coming to us, and we will be discovered by the Japanese are soon." A soldier whispered.

"Everyone, be prepared to fight!"

The squad leader shouted in a low voice, then quietly opened the security of his Thomson submachine gun and stared at the Japanese.

The patrolling Japanese team did not notice the six figures lying in front of him, and they patrolled forward slowly. The leading Japanese even kicked a stone under his feet.

The Japanese are getting closer and closer to the soldiers.

"Call me!!!"

The squad leader saw that the Japanese were only a few dozen meters away from him, and the Japanese obviously had not found themselves yet and had no chance to miss him. He immediately shouted and shot at the team of Japanese with his own submachine gun.

"Ka, da, da..."

The dense shooting sound suddenly sounded, and several other soldiers were ready for battle, and they also fired, with a total of six submachine guns firing at more than a dozen Japanese devils dozens of meters away.

These Japanese devils did not react at all, and were immediately hit by a fatal blow and were knocked to the ground one after another.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!!!"

The gunshots rang out and more than a dozen Japanese devils were quickly wiped out. The squad leader immediately shouted, ordering the soldiers to retreat. This place is not far from the Japanese's large troops. Those Japanese must have heard of it. In addition, there must be Japanese patrols nearby, and they must retreat immediately.

After killing these dozen Japanese devils, the soldiers hugged and immediately ran back quickly.

Sure enough, the soldiers ran two or three hundred meters away, and a group of more Japanese soldiers, about twenty or thirty, led by a Japanese soldier, ran here. Looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers on the ground, the Japanese soldier screamed in anger.

Due to the night, it was impossible for these Japanese to see clearly that the soldiers who had run two or three hundred meters away had run away. The gunshots here immediately broke the peace in this area. Many Japanese patrols heard the gunshots, and the Japanese troops in the distance also heard the movement.

Several other reconnaissance teams that were investigating nearby began to retreat immediately when they saw gunfires sounding here, because these reconnaissance teams also saw several Japanese patrols and large Japanese troops in the distance.

...

The captain of the Japanese corps, Colonel Junichi Ono, had already gotten off his big truck and was watching the Japanese around him making defense preparations. Seeing the Japanese in large areas, I immediately felt a sense of pride in my heart. More than three thousand Japanese devils seemed to be a powerful force in Chunichi Ono.

Some trucks turned on their headlights, some Japanese also fired flashlights, and some Japanese even set up bonfires. This large area was full of lights or fires.

Next to Junichi Ono, was the chief of staff of the corps of the Japanese. Seeing that there were fires everywhere in this area, it might be seen thousands of meters away, he couldn't help but worry: "People Captain, if we set up a defensive formation in this area so obviously, will we be discovered by the [***] team?"

Upon hearing this, Junichi Ono obviously did not take the Zhong[***] team seriously and smiled contemptuously: "What are the fears about Zhong[***] team? In addition, so many of us march along this highway, I think the Zhong[***] team should already know."

There are so many Japanese marches, so long, and there are big trucks. It is easy to find out the whereabouts of these Japanese marches. Junichi Ono also knows this, so there is no meaning of concealment.

Suddenly, waves of faint gunfire came over. When Junshi Ono heard these gunfires, his face changed slightly, because these gunfires were not the shooting sound of his own Type 38 rifle, nor the shooting sound of a crooked machine gun.

"Baga! What's going on?"

When the gunshots came, Junichi Ono immediately asked loudly.

Not long after, a Japanese captain ran over to report: "On the Captain of the United Nations, one of our patrol teams was ambushed, and all of our thirteen warriors were broken."

"Baga! There must be a Zhong[***] team in this area, Kuroda Jun, send a search team immediately to find out the situation." Junichi Ono said sternly.

"Hi!"

A Japanese sect master next to him, probably a captain, immediately stood at attention, saluted, then turned around and trotted, sending his own infantry team to search forward.

The position of the infantry regiment was not far from the Japanese. The two sides were about three or four kilometers apart. At such a short distance, the Japanese soon found the situation. Of course, with the infantry regiment, as these soldiers who were reconnaissance of the enemy situation returned, the Japanese were basically clear.

Infantry Regiment Position.

In the temporary command center, the commander of the infantry regiment frowned because the soldiers who returned from the reconnaissance brought back news that there might be a field infantry corps of Japanese devils in front of him, which means there were more than 3,000 Japanese devils.

"Captain, the Japanese are very large. At present, there are only the first infantry battalion, the second battalion and the guard company on our position. The number of people is far different from that of the Japanese." The chief of staff of the first regiment said cautiously.

The task of the First Infantry Regiment was to block the Japanese from Jiebian Town from the Hangzhou defense line to reinforce, and built blocking positions on this highway and on the railway respectively. The main force of the First Regiment blocked this area, and the Third Battalion blocked the Japanese along the railway.

The Japanese who were hiking along the railway to reinforce Hangzhou were only light infantry, so there were only three battalions and one battalion. The Japanese supplies and equipment must be able to pass through the highway, so here is the focus of the blocking of the first regiment.

However, even though the main force of a regiment was deployed in this area, I didn’t expect that the little ghosts would not come, and it would be the size of a gang.

The commander of the regiment thought for a while and said slowly: "Appoint the soldiers to prepare for battle, don't rest any more, and report the situation to the brigade."

The Japanese side.

After obtaining the reconnaissance results, there was a blocking position of the middle [***] team a few kilometers ahead of him. The Japanese corps captain Junichi Ono laughed, because the Japanese who were investigating came back to report that the number of people on the blocking position of the middle [***] team was less than the size of an infantry regiment.

Jun Ono has a field infantry corps on his hands. On the Songhu battlefield and on the Nanjing battlefield, a standard field infantry corps of the Japanese army generally swept through two or three divisions. Now, his opponent is less than one regiment, Jun Ono Ono is full of confidence.

Jun Ono saw that the opportunity was rare, so he was not ready to wait for the new order from his division and regiment headquarters. He was ready to make his own decisions and take the initiative to attack the position of the middle [***] team in the distance.

In the Japanese army, there is a tradition of "disobeying orders". The Japanese army officers on the front line may not completely obey the above orders and will make their own decisions whenever they have the chance. Once they have achieved good results, the senior leaders of the Japanese army will no longer pursue them.

Junichi Ono had the same idea. Seeing that the size of less than a regiment ahead, he immediately became full of energy and shouted loudly: "Order the troops to move their positions forward, prepare to attack the positions of the middle [***] team in the distance, and order our artillery to prepare for artillery."

Junichi Ono's infantry corps have three infantry brigades, one mountain artillery squadron equipped with 12 75mm mountain artillery pieces. Obviously, Junichi Ono is preparing to first shell the position of the infantry regiment, and then launch a large-scale attack to capture the blocking position of the first regiment in a short period of time.

As the order was issued, a large number of Japanese devils began to act, and the Japanese artillery squadron also began to choose terrain and prepare to build artillery positions.

The battle will break out soon. The Japanese are a whole field infantry regiment, and the Reading Division is less than the size of an infantry regiment.
Chapter completed!