Chapter 44: Intercepting Akiyama's Squadron

  "Liu Feng and Yu Daqing almost simultaneously started pulling the bolt, just after finishing pulling the bolt. On that side, "one, two, three" was also counted, and the stone 200 meters away was thrown up again."

  "Bang, bang", Liu Feng fired first, followed by Yu Daqing, and the two stones were shattered again.

  Then there was the sound of "click" pulling the gun bolt, counting again and finishing the count, the stone was thrown up again, "bang, bang", Liu Feng fired first, Yu Daqing followed suit, and the two stones were smashed again.

  However, from the first shot, although the two shots had a sequence, they were basically connected together. By the third shot, Yu Dajing was already slightly behind, and there was an obvious interval between the gunshots.

  Liu Feng and Yu Daqing were both on the ground, but Liu Feng's face was expressionless and his eyes were focused. His movements looked neither fast nor slow, but they were extremely swift. As for Yu Daqing, his forehead was already covered in sweat, he didn't even have time to wipe it off, and his face was full of anxiety.

  "Bang, bang" The fourth shot, the fifth shot, finished, the two quickly picked up the rifle loaded with bullets on the ground, "click" pulled the bolt. "Bang...bang", due to an additional gun-switching action, Yu Daqing's shot was noticeably slower, after Liu Feng shattered the flying stone, the stone on Yu Daqing's side had almost fallen to the ground, and Yu Daqing's shot missed.

  Liu Feng was not affected by Yu Daqing's empty shot at all, but instead followed his own rhythm, continuously pulling the trigger, firing, pulling the trigger, and firing. He didn't stop until he had shattered the last stone, then stood up.

  Yu Daqing adjusted his mentality later and shot four guns, also smashing the stones one by one, but he obviously lost to Liu Feng. His shooting speed was significantly slower than Liu Feng's.

  Yu Daqing was very forthright, standing up and saying: "Director Liu, I admit defeat, you are a true master. From now on, whatever you say, I will do, without any hesitation!"

  Liu Feng smiled and said: "Yu Daqing, you are an old revolutionary. Although I have the final say in the training of the assault team, there are still many other things that I need to learn from you."

  Chen Zhengwei said: "Today, Liu Zong and Yu Daqing gave us a vivid teaching lesson. Their high-level splicing and design skills opened our eyes wide. Everyone applauded!"

  After he finished speaking, he led the applause, and everyone was excited to see such a wonderful game, following the thunderous applause.

  "I hope everyone in the assault team will learn with humility, strive to master special combat skills as soon as possible, and then go on to form special small teams to contribute to the war of resistance."

  After this game, everyone was convinced of Liu Feng's strength. Even Yu Daqing, an outstanding figure, was impressed by Liu Feng, not to mention others.

  Liu Feng's training and various courses went very smoothly.

  ……

  Liu Feng's house, Lin Team Leader, Chen Zhengwei and Liu Feng are studying the enemy situation of Dashan Brigade on the map.

  "Look, Commander Lin said, pointing to the map. "Yesterday, the Autumn Mountain troops swept through Wuliuyuan Village and Shanqian Village, which are less than 100 miles away from us. They killed more than 20 innocent villagers in Xinmou Village and Dawangzhuang Village. If we let them continue like this, we can indeed hide in the mountains, but what about our fellow villagers?"

  "However, the devils have mobilized a battalion of infantry this time, and we only have about 100 men. This battle can't be fought."

  Liu Feng said: "Captain Lin, Commissar Chen, this battle may not be impossible to fight. However, we must definitely not fight a positional war, but rather a guerrilla war."

  "Director Lin said: 'Colonel Liu, you tell us how to fight this battle.'"

  Liu Feng said: "This battle can only be fought by snipers, we have captured several Japanese war horses, which can be used to increase the mobility of the snipers."

  These days, Liu Feng selected ten sharpshooters from the entire team, adding to the original six snipers, making a total of sixteen. Since most of them were old revolutionaries who had crawled out of piles of corpses after experiencing long-term war, Liu Feng only needed to give them a slight hint and they could understand. Although they didn't meet Liu Feng's standards for snipers, they were enough to deal with ordinary little devils. Liu Feng decided to let them go out and get some experience too.

  "Are you saying that we can stop a large troop of devils from sweeping through with just snipers?" Captain Lin asked.

  Liu Feng smiled and said, "How is that possible? Snipers are not omnipotent. I'll take the sniper to ambush the Akutagawa detachment. You and Commissar Chen lead the troops and the villagers to retreat into the mountains. Next time, we will fight the devils in a tunnel war."

  "What's positional warfare?" Captain Lin asked.

  "The tunnel warfare is a way of fighting, which is relatively easy to apply in the North China Plain. It's about digging tunnels in every village and household, connecting them with each other. When the devils come to sweep, we hide in the tunnels and attack the devils through the tunnels. Of course, this time it's too late, let's discuss tunnel warfare slowly later." Liu Feng explained.

  Tunnel warfare is actually the precursor to modern trench warfare. In the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army used tunnels to confound American forces. The Japanese also used tunnels in combat on Guadalcanal, inflicting heavy casualties on US troops. The North China Plain was historically one of the most successful places where tunnel warfare was employed.

  Every time the devils come to sweep, Liu Feng has to hide in the mountains. Liu Feng feels very uncomfortable, so he thinks of tunnel warfare. Liu Feng even thinks that if he can combine tunnel warfare with special operations, the little devils' days will not be easy.

  Chen Zhengwei now has 100% trust in Liu Feng, and he agreed to Liu Feng's sniper warfare. However, he handed over the four war horses they had captured to Liu Feng, and repeatedly instructed him to be careful with his safety, and if necessary, retreat to the mountains.

  Liu Feng divided the 16 snipers into eight groups, with two people in each group. Then Liu Feng set up four or five secret supply stations in a vast area of tens of miles around. Each supply station had food and ammunition supplies. The location was extremely secretive, known only to the snipers themselves.

  Liu Feng led Yu Daqing, Han Datou and Xu Guangfu on horseback with supplies to meet the Autumn Mountain troops. The remaining six teams were given a task by Liu Feng: while the Autumn Mountain troops swept through the villages, they would look for opportunities to attack, absolutely not allowing themselves to be drawn into a battle of attrition, but instead adopting a hit-and-run tactic, and making sure to have a withdrawal route planned before opening fire.

  Liu Feng gave each of the snipers a set of Japanese military uniforms and taught them several commonly used Japanese phrases and etiquette used by the Japanese army, so that they could bluff their way out in times of crisis. Since this was the North China Plain, there were no dense forests like those in the south, and camouflage was not very useful, so Liu Feng did not bother with camouflage clothing, but instead used Japanese military uniforms as a substitute.