When the smoke dissipated, snowflakes fell from the sky again.
Of the dozens of Japanese soldiers led by Ono Masaichi, less than ten were still breathing.
Among them, more than half of them were seriously injured by the chain of explosions just now. They lay on the ground and rolled around, screaming in pain.
Such a large-scale non-combat casualty caused Ono Shoichi's face to turn extremely pale. He did not even know how to explain this to Hayakawa Shozo.
If nothing unexpected happened, there was an 80% chance that he would end up committing suicide due to his poor command.
"Baka! That damned Chinese man was too cunning!”
Ono Masayoshi roared in his heart. Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, his expression was extremely ferocious.
At a certain moment, his gaze fell on the snow in the distance. There were more than a dozen deep carriage tracks that extended into the depths of the mountain.
His eyes suddenly flashed as he thought of the only way to remedy the situation.
"Wang Sang!"
Ono Shoichi suddenly shouted.
Not far away, Wang Fuchuan, who was shivering on the ground, suddenly shivered.
Until now, he had not completely recovered from the horror of the explosion.
When he heard Ono Masaichi's shout, Wang Fuchuan was startled. He scrambled to Ono Masaichi's side and said in a trembling voice,""Tai…Tai Jun,"
Xiao Ye was staring at those tracks with a ruthless gaze. It was obvious that the enemy had left behind the tracks when they were pulling the supplies away. He said word by word,
"Wang Sang! I have to return to the county immediately and report everything that happened here to my superiors!
You, follow the tracks of these wheels and follow them all the way. You must find the nest of this group of enemies!
Did you hear that?"
To Ono Masaichi, the Nankang Town area was a major safety hazard. Not only had the enemy infiltrated on a large scale, but they had also killed a small group of imperial soldiers and robbed a large number of military supplies.
Such a major loophole in public security management was a serious dereliction of duty on his part.
No matter what, he could not escape the blame!
The only way was to find the enemy's lair and assist the county's main force to capture them all.
Then, in front of Hayakawa Shozo, he could make up for his mistakes. Perhaps he still had a chance to live. This was his last chance.
At this moment, Wang Fuchuan was already traumatized by Geng Zhan's consecutive traps.
However, even if he was unwilling, he could only force a smile and agree to this difficult task.
In the end, Ono Masayoshi didn't even have time to clean up the bloodstains on his body. He instructed the few remaining Japanese soldiers to stay at the scene and do some simple medical treatment for the injured. Then, he rode his warhorse towards the county town.
Wang Fuchuan also sighed. He called out to the few puppet soldiers under him. They followed the mountain road in fear and chased after the Sixth Company's transport team.
…………
Two hours later, at the Japanese headquarters in Yangchuan County.
The commander of the Japanese soldiers, Hayakawa Yuri, looked at Ono Shoichi, who was covered in blood, and his face turned ashen.
After listening to Ono Masaichi's report, Hayakawa Yuri's eyes turned red. Like a wild beast, he roared,"
"Little Wild Mulberry, how do you do things?! Nankang Town was infiltrated by the Chinese on such a large scale, and you actually didn't know about it beforehand?!
And even caused nearly ten warriors of the Imperium to die without a target? You've completely disgraced the Empire's soldiers!”
Ono Masaichi lowered his head respectfully and said in a trembling voice,"
"Ha Yi! This subordinate has failed in his duty, please punish me, Hayakawa!”
Hayakawa Nonori was furious, but he did not immediately give the order to punish Ono Masaichi. Instead, he paced back and forth in the room.
A moment later, Hayakawa Yuri's anger subsided slightly and he asked coldly,"
"Have you found out which side of the enemy that attacked the transport team is from?”
Ono Masaichi secretly wiped his cold sweat and bowed.
" Mr. Hayakawa, there are no clear signs of which unit was responsible for this incident. However, based on the traces at the scene, I believe that it was most likely a guerrilla unit of the Eighth Route Army."”
Speaking of this, before Kawanori's anger exploded, Ono Masaichi hurriedly said,"
" Hayakawa, other than the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, the only ones who are active in the vicinity are the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army. If it's the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, based on their habits, they would not even bother to collect the bullet shells when cleaning up the battlefield.
The scene of the incident had indeed been cleaned up very cleanly. There was nothing left, including supplies.
Based on past experience, only the Eighth Route Army would act like beggars and collect all the resources that could be recycled.”
Hayakawa Nonori couldn't help but roar in anger.
"Baka! How was this possible? How can these despicable beggars wipe out our transport troops!
With their combat strength, even a reinforced regiment would not be a match for Lieutenant Yamai!”
Ono Masayoshi didn't even dare to breathe loudly, nodding repeatedly.
After Hayakawa Nonori finished shouting, he continued to explain,"
" Sir Hayakawa, I was just guessing, but based on the situation at the scene, this is the most likely possibility.
However, there is one thing that I don't understand. From the traces at the scene, Lieutenant Yamai's transport team should have been attacked by the enemy's large-caliber mortars. There are at least six craters at the scene.
From the distribution of the landing points, I estimate that the enemy has used at least three mortars.
However, only regimental troops of the Eighth Route Army could be equipped with such heavy firepower. Ordinary guerrillas could not have such heavy firepower.
Therefore, I feel that this battle is full of suspicious points, and the fighting style is very unfamiliar, so I have to treat it with caution.”
After such a long time, Hayakawa Yuri's anger had gradually subsided.
After hearing Ono Masayoshi's words, he also felt that something was wrong.
In recent days, the North Mountain Mine area had been attacked. An unknown armed force had suddenly appeared and frequently harassed the Kuangqu.
Now that the matter at the mine had not been resolved, something had happened in Nankang Town.
"Could it be that these attacks are related to the recent clean-up operation?”Hayakawa Nonori frowned and pondered.
Originally, the Empire had planned to carry out a large-scale clean-up in the northwestern region of Shanxi in order to find out the strength and combat ability of the Eighth Route Army in the northwestern region.
Hence, after the New Year, the troops stationed in Yangchuan County increased several times in preparation for this plan.
The operation had just begun, and they had only cleared seven or eight villages and burned four villages. They had yet to find any useful information.
The frequent attacks had suddenly arrived.
This made Hayakawa Nonori suspect that this was a planned and targeted counterattack by the enemy.
It could even be said that this was a blatant provocation and an insult to the empire's military prestige.
Especially today, when their supplies were robbed and an entire infantry squad was wiped out, this was a slap in the face to the results of the recent clean-up.
The more Hayakawa Nonori thought about it, the angrier she got. She suddenly turned around and pulled out the commanding sword from the shelf behind her. She slashed at the air and kept shouting to vent her anger.
Then, he said fiercely to Ono Masayoshi,"
"Ono Sang, I will only give you one day to find the Chinese troops who ambushed the transport team. I want to use their blood to pay homage to the heroic spirits of the imperial soldiers!
If you can't do it, just wait to have a C-section as thanks!”
"Ha Yi!"
Ono Masayoshi bowed respectfully and said in a cold sweat,""Sir Hayakawa, I've already sent someone to investigate. I believe there will be news soon!”
Hayakawa Yori didn't say anything else and called for the messenger.
" Pass on my order. Ask the intelligence agency of the Shi 'an Special Higher Police for support. Also, order all the soldiers of the Imperial Association to move out and search the surrounding villages and towns with Yangchuan County as the center. We must find all the armed resistance forces! Kill him!"
"Ha Yi!"
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