AWB Chapter 246 The Japanese Mechanical Battalion's Suicide Attempts
Chapter 246 The Japanese Mechanical Battalion's Suicide Attempts
Bai Luo looked at the wreckage of the two planes that had crashed on the ground in the distance and put away the two empty launch tubes on the ground.
They took Silly Girl back into the woods; Silly Bear, Big Girl, and Little Girl were still inside.
The enormous sound of the Japanese planes detonating their bombs in mid-air also reached the ears of Lao Yu and his companions who were on their way.
Everyone turned to look behind them, but they couldn't find anything because they were too far away.
But the huge explosion only tightened their already tense nerves even further.
Wang Yu issued the order immediately.
"Everyone, quicken your pace."
"Yes."
After giving the order, Wang Yu looked at Lao Yu beside him, whose face showed a hint of worry. After hesitating for a moment, he finally spoke.
"Uncle Yu, do you think the explosion later was related to those two children? Should I take some people to check it out? If they really did get into a firefight with the Japanese, I can help them."
Wang Yu's question interrupted Lao Yu's thoughts. After hearing Wang Yu's words beside him...
Old Yu hesitated for only a second before shaking his head and rejecting Wang Yu's suggestion.
"No need. Putting aside the fact that the direction of the explosion is different from the direction Xiao Luo left, even if it really was those two children fighting with the Japanese soldiers, we don't need to help. Our most important thing right now is to get the intelligence I have out. Let's hurry back to the base."
As Lao Yu spoke, he noticed that Wang Yu seemed to still have the idea of going back to check.
He stared intently at Wang Yu as he spoke.
"Believe me, even if it were them fighting the Japanese, the Japanese would be at a disadvantage. Besides, we have important intelligence on us now."
Believe it or not, Bai Luo is truly, truly amazing. I personally witnessed him kill a squad of more than ten Japanese soldiers in the blink of an eye. They were all down.
Wang Yu was taken aback when he heard this. Although Lao Yu had told him that Bai Luo had saved several of them from the Japanese, the specific details were not explained.
He only mentioned that he had killed a black-haired monster, and he thought the kid just knew some kung fu, but he didn't expect his marksmanship to be so terrifying.
He also had to admit that if it were a well-trained Japanese squad, even if his 20-odd men could defeat them, the best outcome would probably be mutual destruction.
Not to mention the blink of an eye.
Looking at Uncle Yu's solemn, serious, and earnest expression, there wasn't a trace of joking in it.
Wang Yu opened his mouth but ultimately gave up on the idea of going back to check.
The entire group fell silent again, and for a moment there was no sound except for the crunching sound of everyone's footsteps on the snow.
On Bai Luo's side, after shooting down two Japanese planes, he did not immediately set off for Er City.
Instead, Bai Luo set up a tent directly in the woods, intending to rest and recover first.
I plan to sneak into Er City tonight. After all, I just finished up some business there last night, and even if the Japanese are cautious, they'll likely strengthen the city's defenses. I also want to see if the Japanese will send planes over to scout ahead, so that my silly girl can practice her live-fire target shooting again.
But 20 minutes later, instead of Japanese planes, Bai Luo was greeted by Japanese tanks.
At that moment, he was climbing a big tree, holding up binoculars, watching 20 Japanese tanks and five transport vehicles rapidly approaching from 5 kilometers away in the north.
A large group of Japanese soldiers followed behind them.
These Japanese tanks had not yet entered Bai Luo's monitoring radar range, but because the Japanese were so large, they were spotted in advance by the silly girl who was waiting in the tree for the Japanese planes to come so she could have live-fire target practice.
Bai Luo held up his binoculars and surveyed the entire Japanese troop from front to back.
He was conflicted. This group of Japanese soldiers numbered at most 800, and Bai Luo was capable of wiping them all out in one fell swoop.
But that would cause too much of a commotion, and the Japanese soldiers inside the city would definitely come to their aid quickly. There are also two Japanese airfields in Ershi, and it's daytime now. But most importantly, even if we kill all 800 Japanese soldiers, we might not have enough money to buy enough shells to fire them.
Moreover, Bai Luo had his eye on these Japanese tanks and didn't want to just bomb them directly.
After much hesitation, Bai Luo decided to find the Japanese soldier in the suit that Yu Wen had mentioned first. Anyway, these tanks would definitely return to Ershi, and he could sneak into the Japanese garrison at midnight and take them.
But things didn't go as planned. Bai Luo was willing to let the Japanese soldiers go, but they came to him of their own accord.
Ten minutes later, the vanguard of the Japanese mechanical battalion arrived at the edge of the woods where Bai Luo was staying. A machine gunner on a sidecar motorcycle leading the way spotted a large area at the edge of the woods to his right.
A large patch of snow looked as if it had been baked by the high temperature, revealing the soil underneath.
The Japanese machine gunner immediately ordered the Japanese soldiers driving the sidecar motorcycle to head towards that spot.
After getting off the vehicle, the Japanese soldier immediately looked around.
Two footprints were found next to the open space, and judging from their freshness, they must have been left not long ago.
The Japanese machine gunner examined the patch of snow that appeared to have melted from the fire, but he couldn't make out anything. He couldn't understand why all the snow had disappeared.
There were no ashes left from a fire, nor any traces to clean up, so he lay down in the snow and sniffed around again, unwilling to give up.
But as soon as he lay down, he smelled a familiar scent.
The smell of gunpowder.
Upon discovering this, the Japanese machine gunner immediately ran towards the tanks behind him.
"what's the situation?"
From his tank command position, Kimura Taku noticed an Imperial soldier running toward him from the reconnaissance fire team ahead.
He immediately ordered the troops to halt their advance.
As the Japanese soldier approached, he asked directly.
"Report to the captain: Footprints have been found near the edge of the woods ahead."
"Footprints? Isn't it normal for people to leave footprints?"
Kimura Taku suddenly remembered the bear footprints in the tunnel and asked the Japanese machine gunner next to the tank with an expectant look.
Are there bear footprints next to those footprints?
"No, but there was a strong smell of gunpowder next to the footprints, as if someone had fired a cannon there, but there were no traces of artillery being placed around. It's very strange."
Kimura Taku was somewhat disappointed when he didn't hear the answer he wanted, but then he smelled gunpowder next to the footprints.
"Take me to see it first."
After saying that, Kimura Taku signaled the tank driver to move forward.
When Kimura Taku saw the patch of snow that could be baked, he lay down and smelled it. Sure enough, a pungent smell of gunpowder wafted from the melted ground.
He glanced again at the footprints that stretched into the woods.
Kimura Taku decided to send men to search. Seeing that three infantry companies had caught up from behind, Kimura Taku directly ordered the Japanese soldiers of the first company to search into the woods following the footprints left by Bai Luo.
Upon receiving the order, the first squadron immediately dispersed and began searching the woods where Bai Luo was hiding.