12dz Chapter 275 Sneak Attack
Chapter 275 Sneak Attack
The second lieutenant stumbled and rolled off the motorcycle. Because the driver was dead, the motorcycle crashed into a tall bush on the side of the road due to inertia!
"Enemy attack!" With the lieutenant's loud cry, the two motorcycles behind him immediately stopped. The machine gunner in the passenger seat immediately opened fire indiscriminately. The rainforest was suddenly filled with leaves and branches, and unknown birds were startled and flew into the air. The Type 95 tank immediately rushed forward, and the onboard machine gun also opened fire fiercely...
Hearing the sudden sound of gunfire ahead, Du Yiping quickly ordered the armored vehicle driver to accelerate. The remaining vehicles stopped, and soldiers filed out, maintaining alert. Du Yiping reached the front, more than ten meters from the firing tanks and motorcycles. He watched as thirty or forty soldiers scattered around the road, firing at suspicious targets. He stuck his head out and waved to the commanding second lieutenant. Seeing his superior approaching, the lieutenant quickly ducked and scurried to his vehicle.
After the lieutenant entered the car, Du Yiping asked anxiously, "Yang Ping, what's going on up ahead?"
Second Lieutenant Yang Ping quickly reported to Major Du: "I don't know where the gunfire came from, but the leading motorcyclist was killed. From the way the driver was hit, I see the enemy used a Type 38 rifle, so they must be Japanese."
"Japanese, could it be that the remnants of the Japanese army at the internment station knew I was coming and ambushed me here?" Du Yiping thought doubtfully. This shouldn't be the case. If they were to ambush me, they wouldn't be able to just shoot me from behind and then disappear.
Du Yiping thought for a moment and ordered Second Lieutenant Yang: "Hold everyone still and stop firing. Organize one squad to search forward while the rest provide cover."
"Yes!" After saluting Du Yiping, Second Lieutenant Yang pushed open the door of the armored vehicle, quickly got out and ran to his position. At the same time, he ordered everyone to stop shooting, called the squad leader over, and ordered him to lead his squad, adopt a combat formation, and search forward.
After the gunfire stopped, the squad leader led 12 soldiers, cautiously and skillfully searching forward according to the standard of three-man combat teams. In less than ten minutes, they found a suspected enemy ambush position under a nearby mound. After searching the location for a while, they found a British rifle bullet casing. This was clearly the location of the enemy's sneak attack.
Second Lieutenant Yang hurried over, took a look at the location, turned around and gestured to the attacked motorcycle, smelled the smell of the shell, ordered the squad leader to continue to disperse and search in all directions, and then ran towards Du Yiping's armored vehicle with the shell.
About 300 meters away, a Japanese major in shabby clothes calmly looked at the convoy and the busy enemy through a telescope, with the corners of his mouth inadvertently raised, revealing a cunning face.
"Lieutenant Nakahashi, how are the preparations going?" He asked the deputy who was lying in ambush beside him in a low voice without moving.
Lieutenant Nakahashi calmly replied, "Major Takahashi, the ambush is ready. We are just waiting for the Chinese to approach. As you requested, we have already executed several natives and have prepared disguises. We are just waiting for the Chinese to discover us."
Major Takahashi continued to ask, "Are there any natives left out of the execution?"
Lieutenant Nakahashi continued to answer: "They killed the natives with American weapons, the same as the Chinese equipment, and they were in the right position. The Chinese will definitely think that they killed them by random shooting."
"Yoshi, Nakahashi-kun, don't be careless. All of us on this mission should change into indigenous clothing. If anything unexpected happens, we must not reveal our presence. Also, we must find a way to lead the Chinese to the nearby Maka tribe."
Second Lieutenant Yang reported the ambush location of the attackers and the situation of the bullet casings to Major Du. The initial estimate was that it was done by two attackers armed with British Lee-Enfield rifles. According to the analysis of the situation, it should be done by a nearby indigenous tribe.
After the Chinese army entered the Sabah region of northern Kalimantan, as they gradually advanced and eliminated Japanese and puppet forces, they inevitably clashed with indigenous tribes. This was particularly true of those collaborators who had collaborated with the Japanese army and bullied Chinese and overseas Chinese during the occupation. These tribes possessed a large number of light weapons, including those captured from the British and Dutch, provided by the Japanese army, and even a small number of small-caliber mortars. Therefore, it was not surprising that they were attacked by attackers armed with British Lee-Enfield rifles.
Du Yiping thought that the attackers had fled immediately after firing, proving that they were small in number. Since they had already fled, it would be impossible to ascertain the truth. Not wanting to waste too much time here, Du Yiping immediately ordered his troops to assemble and continue forward.
This time, the 95 tank and an armored vehicle were leading the convoy instead of the motorcycles, with three motorcycles following behind. The convoy continued for about half an hour before, at a bend, the tank in front suddenly exploded. Fortunately, the explosion was not very powerful, only damaging one track. Just as the tank crew opened the turret and prepared to come out to check the situation, they were about to leave.
"Da da da——", a volley of bullets hit the tank shell. The tank driver quickly closed the turret and quickly turned the turret to point to the place where the fire was fired.
The armored vehicles behind had already taken the lead over the tanks, and dense firepower flew over. The soldiers in the armored vehicles and the soldiers on the three motorcycles got off immediately, and the machine guns set up firing positions on the spot. The soldiers formed groups of two or three and began to rush towards the attacker's position.
"Boom!" A 95mm tank shell landed precisely on the attacker's position. The explosion sent a cloud of mud and scattered broken branches and leaves. Several soldiers armed with Thompson submachine guns rushed forward, firing a barrage of fire, and then overran the attacker's position. The sound of gunfire alerted the convoy behind, and a lieutenant with dozens of soldiers also rushed over. They then spread out, successively occupying several suspicious areas and conducting further searches.
At the attack site, a broken detonator was found, with five or six natives dead there, several Lee-Enfield rifles and a British light machine gun, and a large number of bullet casings scattered around.
"Damn natives, how dare you attack us repeatedly? I must destroy you!"
Second Lieutenant Yang Ping and many of the soldiers were originally descendants of Chinese and overseas Chinese. Having lived in Southeast Asia for a long time, they had grown tired of the indigenous people. This attack reignited their anger. Now armed with modern weapons and the support of the Allies, they would certainly not give up. One of the new recruits recognized the dead indigenous people from the distinctive ornaments they wore as members of the nearby "Maka" indigenous tribe. He shouted to his comrades about the various persecutions this indigenous group had perpetrated against the Chinese and overseas Chinese, fueling the soldiers' anger even more.
Du Yiping and a captain also rushed over. After the captain asked about the situation, he looked at the angry soldiers and got affirmation from Major Du's eyes. He immediately gathered his company, brought heavy firepower, and led by new recruits who knew the location of the natives, rushed towards the native camp.