Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The 160-man cadre reinforced company, led by Kong Jie, advanced rapidly towards the southeast.

The three battalion commanders of the independent regiment, including the company commanders, all participated in this operation.

At first, everyone was a little hesitant about Kong Jie's judgment.

Although the regiment commander's words made sense, he used the route chosen by the enemy to avoid the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense zone to reversely conclude that the Japanese army evacuated to the southeast.

But ultimately, there is too much uncertainty.

Who knows whether the Japanese retreat direction has always been southeast?

When they were leaving Yangcun just now, they ran into the signal soldiers coming from the headquarters. The Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan was very worried about this. He turned to the First Battalion Commander Zheng Meng and said, "Old Zheng, do you think we can catch up with this group of devils if we just keep chasing them in the southeast direction?"

Zheng Meng shook his head and said helplessly: "You ask me, who should I ask? This is the judgment made by the team leader. Apart from doing this, what else can we do?

You can't just sit there in Yangcun waiting for punishment from your superiors after a defeat and such a huge loss, right?"

Shen Quan said: "That's not what I meant. The main reason is that we have already lost the night battle, and the punishment from the headquarters will come sooner or later.

Now we have dispatched a reinforced company to fight without permission, which has exceeded the authority of our commander to command operations independently.

If we can find this group of devils, it will be fine. But if we can't find this group of devils, have you ever thought that for our captain, this is a mistake on top of a mistake, and the boss will definitely be even more annoyed! "

Hearing this, Zheng Meng fell silent and had no time to speak.

Kong Jie, who was not far away, turned his head and asked, "Zheng Meng, Shen Quan, what are you two whispering about?"

Facing Kong Jie's question, Zheng Meng answered honestly: "Report to the regiment commander, Lao Shen and I are discussing whether we should report to our superiors about sending out a reinforced company to pursue the Japanese.

After all, when we were leaving the base just now, we ran into the signalman from the headquarters. The headquarters will definitely know about this matter!"

Looking at the worried expressions of Zheng Meng and Shen Quan, Kong Jie certainly knew what his two battalion commanders were worried about.

But his words were firm:

"As the old saying goes, fainting is not as good as death. Our independent regiment suffered more than 300 casualties, and was scolded by the general for being a dough-maker. Is there anything worse than this?

It was too late to report. By the time the report was approved, the Japanese had already run away and the opportunity was gone.

Now you don't have to worry about anything. I'll hold up the sky even if it collapses. Just follow me to find the place and kill these little devils!"

"Yes!"

Kong Jie's words were confident, and his confidence infected Shen Quan and Zheng Meng.

The two battalion commanders said nothing more and immediately followed Kong Jie's steps.

After advancing along the way for nearly half an hour.

The team continued to move southeast.

Soon after, they passed through a sparsely populated mountainous area. Kong Jie used the sun to determine the direction and continued to advance to the southeast.

Sure enough, a lot of rather messy footprints were found in the subsequent valley, judging from the footprints.

"There won't be too many people, probably dozens. They don't carry any heavy weapons, and there are no other traces on the ground except footprints. Captain, it seems we have found them. It is very likely that they are the Japanese devils!"

Shen Quan clenched his fists tightly, his excitement mixed with gnashing anger. He would not be able to get rid of the hatred in his heart unless he killed this group of devils and avenged the soldiers of the Second Battalion who died.

Kong Jie nodded and gave a clear order: "Everyone, be alert, be ready to fight at any time, and speed up!"

In addition, during the pursuit, in order to strengthen the company's overall vigilance and combat effectiveness, in addition to calling on the equipment and weapons of the entire regiment to strengthen the entire company.

Before leaving, Kong Jie made some special adjustments to the combat division of labor for the reinforced company:

This included a special firepower platoon, which concentrated most of the light machine guns of the entire reinforced company, including several grenade launchers, to provide concentrated fire suppression and reinforcement.

Once encountering Yamamoto's special forces.

The fire platoon can quickly launch concentrated and efficient fire suppression against the Japanese army with machine guns and grenade launchers to cover the attacks of other infantry platoons.

In addition, we also learned the Yamamoto special forces team's model of dividing the operations into small groups.

Divide the remaining four infantry platoons into several combat teams that coordinate and provide cover for each other.

Including assault teams.

Detour group.

Grenade throwing team.

In addition, the veterans with better marksmanship in the entire independent regiment were specially gathered to temporarily form a special shooting team.

The leader of the shooting team was Wang Xikui, the squad leader of the sixth squad of the third company, who was appointed by Kong Jie himself. Born into a hunter family, he had impeccable marksmanship and was a recognized sharpshooter in the independent regiment.

In addition, in order to improve the vigilance of the reinforced company and avoid fighting an unprepared battle, Kong Jie specially arranged several reconnaissance teams consisting of three people, who were first dispersed around the team to explore the situation along the way and serve as the eyes of the entire reinforced company.

Until about ten o'clock in the morning.

The team took a temporary rest after a rapid march. Kong Jie took out the map and looked at it for a while, then locked on the team's current location.

"We have been chasing all the way to the southeast and have gradually left the core base area. Further ahead is the border area between the outer line of our base and the guerrilla zone.

If we continue to chase them and still can't find this little devil, I'm afraid we will have to give up this operation."

Kong Jie was also helpless, as the hints given by the golden finger really provided limited information.

Southeast direction.

Yamamoto's special forces.

Just these two lines of information.

Who knows where exactly Yamamoto's special forces are located? When can they find this location?

What if Yamamoto's special forces retreated all the way back to the stable security area, or even to the heavily guarded and difficult-to-attack county town? Kong Jie couldn't lead the reinforced company to fight all the way, right?

At the moment of worry.

A member of the reconnaissance team that Kong Jie had sent out in advance hurried back and reported: "Report to the commander, we have discovered something new. There is a hidden mountain road one mile away. There are obvious ruts on the road, and they look like they were newly left."

"Great, let's go and take a look!"

Kong Jie was immediately overjoyed. He had a hunch that they would be able to catch Yamamoto's special forces soon.

Under the leadership of the scouts, a few minutes later, Kong Jie and some cadres quickly rushed to the hidden mountain road, explored the wheel tracks left by the Japanese, and looked in the direction where the wheel tracks disappeared - still southeast.

That can’t be wrong!

Kong Jie immediately led the team to avoid the more obvious mountain roads, and instead continued to move southeast along the woods that provided shelter on both sides of the mountain road, advancing rapidly along the extension route of the mountain road.

Soon after, there was a faint roar of a car engine, the sound coming from far away.

"Be careful!"

Kong Jie immediately waved his hand and gave the order.

More than 100 soldiers used the dense forest as cover and quickly hid in it. The sound soon came to their ears.

Kong Jie looked down through the gap in the woods:

Three Japanese military transport vehicles came speeding down the mountain road.

The top of the car is open to the sky, but it is surrounded by a steel plate more than one meter wide. There are also multiple rotatable brackets on the top for fixing machine guns, including two machine gun mounts right above the front of the car.

At a glance, there were crowds of Japanese soldiers wearing German armored helmets, standing in the carriage, with only half of their bodies exposed. One could also see the submachine gun belts neatly strung across their necks.

Wait to see the situation clearly.

The body of the second battalion commander Shen Quan, who was standing next to Kong Jie, suddenly began to tremble.

Due to excessive excitement and anger.

"Captain, you're right, it's this group of Japs!" Shen Quan's voice was almost hoarse. If Kong Jie hadn't given the order yet, he would have wanted to rush out immediately.

Kong Jie took a deep breath. When he thought of the faces of the more than 300 comrades who died in the independent regiment, hatred arose in his heart.

But as a commander, he knew better than anyone that at this moment he needed to calmly analyze the situation and command comprehensively.

Thinking of this, Kong Jie clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned blue with hatred, and his nails, which had not been trimmed for a long time, almost dug into his palms. But in the end, he gritted his teeth and did not give a single order.

until...

The Japanese soldiers who were already speeding towards us in their cars soon disappeared completely from the far corner of the mountain road...