Chapter 40: A Shocking Explosion

  "The terrain in this area is not clearly marked on our map, the mountains are high and dense with trees, the night color does not favor the deployment of the Imperial Army, the narrow terrain is unfavorable to our army's deployment, our advantages are restrained, while the enemy's small teams are numerous, their tactics are flexible, especially we have no idea what kind of terrain is ahead, how many troops the enemy has. The mountains are so rugged that our artillery can't keep up. Finally, there are the enemy's snipers, whose equipment is too advanced."

  "Judging from the bombardment of Dongjia House just now, the enemy's firepower is so fierce that it won't be able to withstand a single blow. There must be some conspiracy behind this." Ishii Masaji concluded.

  Yano sank into thought for a moment, "The enemy's equipment is good, but it's only the special forces team. The others may not be stronger than the Imperial Army. This terrain is indeed a big problem. In this case, send someone to push forward on both wings and expand the scope of attack reconnaissance. After all, we have six battalions and one direct unit. With our current strength, even the regular army of China would find it difficult to resist. It's just that I'm afraid the Eighth Route Army will get involved."

  "Hey!" Ishii Masami responded with a single word and gave orders.

  However, just as the troops were developing on both wings, a message came from Matsuda's assistant in front, saying that the advancing troops had encountered an ambush by the enemy army, and two companies of a battalion were surrounded. He was now organizing his troops to break through the encirclement, with an unknown number of men, but it seemed to be the main force of the enemy army.

  Yano's spirit shook, and his heart relaxed. He was not worried about the discovery of the enemy's main force troops. In a face-to-face fight, the Imperial Army was not afraid of these Chinese troops. At least it wouldn't be like just now, always feeling like fighting air, with no bottom in his heart.

  News of Matsuda's assistant came again, unfortunately, the Imperial Army troops who were charging behind were put in and are now surrounded inside. The enemy's firepower is fierce and there are artillery, he is now organizing two battalions to counter-encircle.

  Enough troops to surround a large unit! Yano and Ishii Masaaki exchanged a glance, both of their eyes were shocked. This was not just an issue of the enemy's troop strength, but also that they dared to face such a large Imperial Army unit head-on, weren't they afraid of being annihilated?

  Actually, the only ones surrounding Song Tian were Jia Zhuohuang's team and Kang Nianshan's special warfare team and some guerrilla troops. The special operations team and Fu Mali's department, Wang Guixi's department, were waiting for Song Tian's follow-up troops. These participating team leaders really didn't agree with Yang Jie's plan to bury the devils, thinking that they should have a real battle with the devils and let them see the strength of the guerrilla troops. But Yang Jie disagreed, saying "If we fight, we may also be able to make the little devils lose soldiers and generals, but remember the principle 'killing one thousand enemies, losing eight hundred of our own'. Now, why should our warriors pay the price when there's a better way?"

  Although the other battalion commanders didn't say anything, they were all envious of Jia Zhenhao's opportunity. Jia Zhenhao and Weng Changdong had been holding back their anger for a long time. Now, Jia Zhenhao surrounded a large enemy squad with his own reinforced battalion, which had 1,600 soldiers and was well-equipped. The two companies that advanced into the encirclement were completely unable to resist, and after a barrage of gunfire and artillery, they charged forward with bayonets fixed, snipers providing cover, machine guns opening the way, and grenade throwers following close behind. Almost two-to-one, two guerrilla fighters took on one enemy soldier. Jia Zhenhao ordered his men not to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy; instead, they should use quick and effective methods to kill them. This battle allowed the soldiers to truly experience what war was like - not just killing the enemy, but also seeing their own comrades fall. Despite having snipers providing cover, some of Jia Zhenhao's men were still stabbed to death by the enemy. The special forces' advantage became apparent, as Kang Nianshan and his team emerged almost unscathed, thanks to their valuable experience gained from numerous battles. Jia Zhenhao watched this unfold before his eyes, and an idea began to form in his mind. Later, when his battalion stood out among many other field battalions, it was closely related to the feelings he had at that moment. After the battle, all members of the battalion, including Jia Zhenhao and Political Commissar Hao Qiang, received training from Kang Nianshan's unit.

  While sweeping the battlefield, news came from the front that another devil was attacking in this direction. Jia Zhuohuang immediately ordered to enter combat readiness and let the devils come in. This time it was an infantry company and a machine gun company. From the telescope, Jia Zhuohuang saw the devils' machine gun company and happily handed the telescope to Hao Qiang beside him, "Take a look, what did the devils bring? Old Kang, call all your snipers up, and ours too, form a sniper formation, specifically to eliminate these guys, how about it?"

  "Go ahead, no problem, but we need artillery cover, those devils' machine guns are quite fierce."

  "No problem. Go. Tell them to bring out the small cannons we just captured and our own, let the little devils know what a real battle is." Jia Zhenhao said to the communication officer beside him.

  "Commissar, take some men and go to the mountain pass, seal off the entrance, don't let those little devils escape."

  "As long as you can drive those little devils back, I'll be able to lock them in here," Hao Qiang said with a smile.

  "Captain, Captain Weng is on the phone."

  "This old man, his eyes turned red. Haha……" Jia Zhuohuang laughed and took the phone, "Old Jia, Big Brother Jia, you must save your brother's urgent situation, damn it, I'm surrounded by two large groups of little devils, I won't be able to hold on, lend me a regiment, how about that?"

  "What, you've surrounded two large battalions at once?" Jia Zhenhao's face changed in an instant. The Special Operations Brigade wasn't a field army unit, and its personnel could be expanded as needed. It was said that one of the three brigades had over 3,000 people. The Special Operations Brigade only had 1,200 people, including some non-combat personnel, and didn't have powerful heavy weapons like artillery. The enemy's two battalions must have at least 2,000 people, this guy's got a lot of guts.

  "Where is your special forces team?" "Although there are six or seven hundred special forces troops, they can't hold down the devils either."

  "Alright, I'll give you two battalions. You must fight well and let the captain see that our Wild Battle Brigade can fight a big battle." Jia Zhenhao glanced at Kang Nianshan, these Wild Battle Brigade commanders were very dissatisfied because the special forces' expenses were at their brigade level, their equipment was even better, and their food standards were higher. The guerrilla troops' food was the same, except for the special forces members, even Yang Xun was the same as the soldiers.

  Pomegranate box is a terrain with one ridge and two valleys, with a mountain ridge in the middle and two mountain valleys on either side, running northeast to southwest. The first battalion was just north of the special task force, and the two battalions were stationed on this mountain ridge. Upon receiving the order, the two battalions immediately turned around and set up their defenses behind them.