Chapter 186: Strange little devils, conspiracy?
"Captain, Captain, Captain Ding of the New First Regiment is here."
On a mountain outside the Linjiaji stronghold, Wang Gensheng, with grenades tied all over his body, carefully moved to Wei Dayong, who was lying on the mountain observing the movements of the Japanese devils in Linjiaji, and spoke to Wei Dayong.
"Oh? Captain Ding is here? Where is he?"
Wei Dayong, who was observing Linjiaji with a telescope, immediately put down the telescope and asked Wang Gensheng after hearing what Wang Gensheng said.
"At the foot of the mountain, Sanbao is leading Captain Ding and the others up."
"Why did Captain Ding come here in person?
Gensheng, let Sanbao take Captain Ding to be careful, don't let them find you!"
As soon as Wei Dayong finished speaking, Wang Xikui, who was beside Wei Dayong, immediately spoke up and gave Wang Gensheng some instructions.
After the Pioneer Battalion was expanded into the Pioneer Regiment, the assault platoon no longer existed.
Therefore, Li Yunlong followed Qin Yangming's example and selected a group of powerful fighters from the independent regiment to form an assault team belonging to the independent regiment.
It was also thanks to Qin Yangming that when he formed the assault platoon, he only selected suitable soldiers from the new recruits, and did not select from the veterans.
Otherwise, Li Yunlong might not be able to put together his assault team.
In order to form a commando team, Li Yunlong also invested a lot of money.
Not only did he ask Qin Yangming to help develop a training plan, he also found a way to move a batch of equipment from the Pioneer Regiment's warehouse in the name of the old commander.
For example, the German-made MP38 submachine guns used by Qin Yangming's assault platoon, as well as the genuine German-made M24 grenades.
It can be said that the equipment of Li Yunlong's commando team was completely replicated according to the template of the assault platoon.
Li Yunlong's assault team has all the equipment that the assault platoon has, except for the MG42 general-purpose machine gun.
Originally, Li Yunlong also wanted to use the MG42 general-purpose machine gun, but the number of commandos in the independent regiment was limited, only about ten people.
There are so many people that there is no way to spare any extra manpower to carry ammunition for the machine gunners.
More importantly, the MG42 general-purpose machine gun is extremely difficult to operate and requires a lot of live-fire training. Li Yunlong was reluctant to consume so much ammunition for machine gunners to use in training.
So they simply replaced it with a Czech light machine gun. Anyway, the performance of the Czech light machine gun was good enough for the commandos to use.
Wei Dayong became the captain of the commando team directly because of his strong strength.
Taking Wei Dayong's situation into consideration, Li Yunlong appointed Wang Xikui as deputy captain of the commando team to assist Wei Dayong in managing the commando team.
But when there is nothing to do, he is Zhao Gang's personal bodyguard.
Therefore, Wang Xikui is responsible for managing all matters big and small in the commando team.
All orders were basically led by Wang Xikui.
Wei Dayong was eager for Wang Xikui to take full charge of the commando team, so he had no objection to Wang Xikui's management of the commando team. Wei Dayong would basically agree directly to any suggestions Wang Xikui made.
If he is not sure, Wei Dayong will agree after asking Li Yunlong or Zhao Gang and confirming that there is no problem.
After all, Wei Dayong knew that he was not cut out for management, and he served as the captain of the commando team just to kill more Japanese devils, and also because of his personal worship of Li Yunlong.
That's why Wei Dayong was willing to serve as the captain of the commando team.
So rather than saying that Wei Dayong is the captain of the commando team, it is better to say that Wei Dayong is the force leader of the commando team.
Those who can join the independent regiment commando team are naturally not ordinary soldiers.
Almost every soldier in the independent regiment commando team has his own unique skill.
For example, Wei Dayong is the strongest in individual combat. Even Zhang Dabiao, a man from the Northwest Army's Big Knife Team in the Independent Regiment, is no match for Wei Dayong.
Wang Xikui is currently the soldier with the best marksmanship in the independent regiment except for Zhao Gang. It can be said that within 200 meters, Wang Xikui can hit whatever he points at. In addition, Wang Xikui himself is also a famous close combat master in the independent regiment.
In terms of bayonet fighting skills alone, Wang Xikui could rank among the top five in the independent regiment.
The second is Wang Gensheng, who can throw grenades far and accurately, and can be called a human grenade launcher.
Wang Chengzhu, a master of mortar operation, and Sanbao, who is flexible, can climb rocks with bare hands, has extremely sharp eyesight, and can always notice details that ordinary people cannot find.
Listening to what Wang Xikui said, Wang Gensheng nodded and spoke.
"Deputy Captain, don't worry, I have already told Sanbao, and he will pay attention."
After a conversation, the few of them shut up, slowly climbed down the mountain, leaned against the mountain, rested and waited for Ding Wei's arrival.
Soon, Sanbao, with weeds all over his body, took Ding Wei and slowly crawled to where Wei Dayong and others were.
In order to avoid being discovered by the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain due to the large number of people, Ding Wei followed Sanbao up the mountain alone, without even bringing his personal bodyguard.
As soon as Ding Wei came up, he went straight to Wei Dayong.
"Monk, what's going on now?"
"Just now at the foot of the mountain, your people said that a group of Japanese soldiers had passed by and were heading to Dawangzhuang. What's going on now?"
After Ding Wei came up, he quickly asked Wei Dayong.
When they just arrived at this place, Ding Wei and Wei Dayong met the support personnel who stayed at the foot of the mountain. When they heard the commandos say that a group of Japanese soldiers had passed by, Ding Wei immediately became anxious.
He thought he was too late and the gift Li Yunlong gave him had already passed.
But unexpectedly, the soldiers of the commando team told Ding Wei that Li Yunlong's great gift was still there, and those who had passed by were just a group of ordinary Japanese devils.
The real gift is still at the Linjiaji stronghold.
In order to find out what was going on, Ding Wei went directly to the mountain to find Wei Dayong to ask him clearly.
"Captain Ding, I don't know how to explain. Here, let me give you a look at the situation below."
Ding Wei asked Wei Dayong what had happened.
However, Wei Dayong was also unsure and didn't know how to explain his discovery to Ding Wei, so he simply handed his telescope to Ding Wei and let Ding Wei look at it himself.
Wei Dayong believed that Ding Wei, who together with Li Yunlong and Kong Jie was known as the iron triangle of northwest Shanxi, would be able to understand what was going on just by looking at the situation below even without his explanation.
Wang Xikui, who was standing by, shook his head after listening to what Wei Dayong said. He watched Ding Wei climb up the mountain and began to explain to Ding Wei on behalf of Wei Dayong.
"Captain Ding, about two hours ago, four Japanese trucks passed by here and headed directly towards Dawangzhuang.
According to the information we received, those trucks were heading directly to Tongshi Town.
We also initially thought that the Japanese convoy was the great gift that the regiment commander mentioned, but the Japanese here remained on high alert.
So we speculate that the great gift that the team leader mentioned may not have arrived at the Linjiaji stronghold yet.
Half an hour ago, another wave of Japanese soldiers arrived. This wave of Japanese soldiers was mainly infantry. This group of Japanese soldiers directly took over the defense of the Linjiaji stronghold, and then the Japanese soldiers in the Linjiaji stronghold rushed to Dawangzhuang..."
Wang Xikui briefly and clearly told Ding Wei the intelligence he and others had gathered, and then continued to keep an eye on the Japanese in the Linjiaji stronghold.
Ding Wei listened to the information Wang Xikui said, thought for a while, then raised the telescope and began to observe the Japanese soldiers below and the Japanese soldiers in the Linjiaji stronghold.
On the road below the mountain, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers gathered together with a bonfire in the middle.
Around the road, at intervals, there was a Japanese soldier standing on the hillside beside the road, on guard. Several other Japanese soldiers were patrolling along the road with flashlights.
"Captain Ding, at the beginning, this group of Japanese soldiers used firepower reconnaissance. Some Japanese soldiers drove three-wheeled vehicles with crooked handlebars while firing at nearby places suitable for ambushes to conduct firepower reconnaissance."
Wei Dayong, who was next to Ding Wei, kept explaining to Ding Wei what they had discovered when they first came here.
"Hiss, it looks like the Japanese are really protecting something. I found Japanese soldiers standing guard on both sides of the road on my way here... I think there are two squadrons of Japanese soldiers..."
After Ding Wei looked at the situation below and combined it with the information provided by Wei Dayong and Wang Xikui, he analyzed that the Japanese were indeed protecting something important.
And judging from the level of protection provided by the Japanese, that important thing is most likely a big shot.
If it was just an object, the Japanese would have no need to arrange guards on both sides of the road.
If it's an item, wouldn't it be enough to just arrange for the Japanese soldiers on guard to escort it over?
Even if there is an ambush, two or three hundred people can hold out for quite some time.
However, the Japanese arranged a large number of soldiers to stand guard around the road. In other words, the Japanese were worried that the Eighth Route Army would ambush on both sides of the road, so they arranged soldiers to stand guard.
Wei Dayong on the side listened to what Ding Wei said and nodded, then continued speaking.
"It must be something important, otherwise why would the Japanese be so stingy as to waste so many bullets conducting fire reconnaissance near the road.
Hehe, if the Japanese hadn't conducted fire reconnaissance on both sides of the road, I might not have been able to discover this situation.
It was the gunshots from the Japanese that attracted our attention, and then we came over and discovered this situation."
When Wei Dayong said this, he thought of the situation he and others encountered at the beginning, and then asked Ding Wei with a puzzled look on his face.
"Captain Ding, I have a special situation here. I don't know what's going on. Can you help me with some advice?"
Ding Wei was listening to what Wei Dayong said and was about to ask Wei Dayong how he noticed the details of this group of Japanese devils. However, when he saw that Wei Dayong had questions to ask him, Ding Wei nodded directly and prepared to let Wei Dayong answer his questions first.
"No problem, monk, tell me what happened to you."
"Captain Ding, it's like this, you see, we were initially attracted here by the gunfire of the Japanese.
Logically speaking, after the Japanese conducted fire reconnaissance, they should have sent people to climb up to see if there were any ambushes. Otherwise, even if it was fire reconnaissance, as long as they hid well, the fire reconnaissance would basically be of no use.
However, the Japanese did not send anyone to climb the mountain to conduct an inspection. They only conducted a fire reconnaissance, assigned a few Japanese soldiers to stand guard, and then the main force continued to advance.
And the Japanese soldiers who stood guard on both sides of the road at the beginning were completely different from the Japanese soldiers now."
Listening to what Wei Dayong said, Ding Wei vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
But Ding Wei couldn't tell what was wrong.
"And then? What's the difference between the previous batch of devils and this batch of devils now?"
After hearing Wei Dayong say that the previous batch of Japanese devils were different from the current batch, Ding Wei quickly opened his mouth to ask.
Seeing that Ding Wei was a little anxious, Wei Dayong did not dare to delay and quickly continued to explain to Ding Wei the difference between the two groups of Japanese devils.
"Captain Ding, you see, the Japanese soldiers below are very vigilant now. Not only are the Japanese soldiers on guard very serious, but there is no sign of laziness.
There were also patrolling Japanese soldiers running around with flashlights.
But the previous group of Japanese soldiers on guard were different. That group of Japanese soldiers didn’t even have special patrols.
Even the Japanese soldiers on guard did not stand guard obediently.
They just gathered in groups of three or four to chat, and some of the Japanese devils had shot pheasants from somewhere or harmed some civilians, so they robbed chickens and gathered together to barbecue.
The Japanese soldiers near the road far away from the Linjiaji stronghold were even lazier. I saw with my own eyes more than ten Japanese soldiers gathered together, and they simply assigned one or two to stand guard, while the rest went straight to sleep.
It was not until a Japanese soldier rode out of the Linjiaji stronghold on horseback that the previous group of Japanese soldiers began to take up their guards again in scattered groups.
In the end, even if a new batch of Japanese devils came, that is, the current batch, they directly took over the positions of the previous batch of Japanese devils and started to stand guard.
The previous batch of Japanese soldiers drove large trucks to the Dawangzhuang stronghold.
This group of Japanese devils were obviously much more serious than the previous one. Not to mention drinking and barbecuing, they didn't even chat.
At least our commando team has not discovered that these Japanese devils are slacking off so far.
Captain Ding, I always feel that there is something strange here, but I can't explain it clearly, so please help me analyze it. "
After listening to what Wei Dayong said, Ding Wei pondered for a moment and then asked Wei Dayong.
"Monk, how many Japanese soldiers rushed from the Linjiaji stronghold to the Dawangzhuang stronghold?"
After hearing from Wei Dayong that a group of Japanese soldiers had rushed to Dawangzhuang from the Linjiaji stronghold and that the New 1st Regiment was going to launch an attack on Dawangzhuang, Ding Wei naturally needed to find out how many troops Dawangzhuang currently had.
Wei Dayong listened to Ding Wei's question, thought for a while and then spoke.
“There were about seven or eight large trucks, and the rest were all infantry, probably about three or four hundred people.
Almost two squadrons of Japanese soldiers."
Listening to what Wei Dayong said, Ding Wei also began to analyze.
If what Wei Dayong said is true, then the previous batch of Japanese devils had very big problems.
Obviously, an important person was coming, but his vigilance was so poor that he couldn't even do the basic guard duty.
They also carried out fire reconnaissance, but did not send anyone to conduct reconnaissance of the nearby mountains, which was not in line with the Japanese reconnaissance habits.
Logically speaking, the strength of the Japanese Fourth Brigade is not bad, and it is also a veteran brigade.
The combat effectiveness is there, and the quality of the Japanese soldiers in the 4th Brigade should not be so poor.
Ding Wei frowned when he thought of this.
He also couldn't figure out what was going on with the last batch of Japanese devils.
If he was a young Japanese soldier, then being lazy on guard duty and drinking during the war were actions that were highly inconsistent with the combat qualities of an old Japanese soldier.
"Unless the last batch of devils were not devils, but puppet soldiers in disguise!"
Ding Wei murmured to himself, but soon doubts arose in his heart.
After all, it is somewhat unrealistic for the Japanese to carry out those operations, but if it were the puppet army, it would be understandable.
If they were puppet soldiers disguised as Japanese soldiers, let’s not talk about whether the 4th Brigade would be confident in handing over such an important transportation route to the puppet soldiers for defense.
Just given the nature of the puppet army, it is simply unrealistic to ask them to conduct fire reconnaissance.
It would be more practical to withhold the bullets and sell them for money instead of using them for fire reconnaissance.
Moreover, for something like fire reconnaissance, isn't it just the shooter who decides how many bullets are consumed?
Ding Wei didn't think that since all of them were puppet troops, the puppet troops would honestly consume so much ammunition for fire reconnaissance.
More importantly, according to intelligence obtained from the brigade headquarters, the Japanese now have very little trust in the puppet army, so the three brigades sent over this time are all Japanese, with no puppet troops!
So Ding Wei was also worried that the Japanese had let the puppet army impersonate the Japanese and then dug a big hole for the Eighth Route Army.
And according to Wei Dayong, the actions of the previous batch of Japanese devils always gave Ding Wei an indescribable feeling.
(End of this chapter)
