Zhou Cheng stared at the map and quickly recalled the terrain he saw along the way from Zhangzhuang Town to here, and then made a decision: "We're going to fight outside the village."

"The terrain here is flat, which makes it easier for us to leverage our firepower advantages and also facilitates armored vehicles to assault. After being attacked, the Japanese and puppet troops had no place to hide even if they wanted to."

"All guards and platoons were dispatched, and they brought mines to slow down the speed of the Japanese and puppet troops' marching, and kill some Japanese devils by the way."

"The Seventh Company, the Firepower Company, and I are building a blocking position outside the village. We must prepare for combat before the Japanese and puppet troops arrive..."

On the official road, more than 300 Japanese and puppet troops walked in two formations next to twenty large chariots.

A team of Japanese detachments and a platoon of puppet troops were on the front line. Japanese detachers were walking on the main road, and the puppet troops were walking on the road, searching while advancing to ensure that there were no Tibetans near the official road.

"boom……"

A ball of black smoke suddenly rose in the middle of the vanguard's troops, and the three Japanese gathered together fell down, and a bomb crater was blown out in the middle.

A Japanese man was killed on the spot, and two Japanese man's legs were broken. The wounds were bloody and the bones could be seen.

The deputy captain behind rushed over immediately: "Send the wounded to the cart behind immediately, and the troops continue to move forward!"

The Japanese devil Cao Chang, who was commanding the vanguard, looked embarrassed: "Sir, there must be landmines on the official road ahead. Bei Zhi begs the engineer team to come and clear the mines and make sure it is safe before moving forward!"

"No! The deputy captain refused without hesitation: "We don't have so much time to delay."

"Send engineers to clear mines little by little, we will not be able to arrive in Zhangzhuang Town tomorrow morning."

"I will strengthen the platoon of the Imperial Army for the vanguard troops and let them go ahead and you supervise the battle."

Cao Chang instantly understood the deputy captain’s proposal: “Thank you, sir, let’s arrange it now…”

The Japanese are famous for their cruelty, but Liang Hongjiang did not expect that they could be so cruel that they would not even let their own people go, and directly let the puppet troops go to the front to be human minesweepers and detonate landmines.

"Platform leader, do we still want to continue burying mines?" The squad leader was very hesitant.

If the other party was a Japanese, he would definitely not hesitate, but now if it was a puppet army who was also a Chinese, he would be a little ruthless.

Many of the troops were from puppet troops and were very clear about the situation in the puppet troops.

Except for a few officers who really work hard for the Japanese, most of the soldiers were swept by them to join the puppet army, and were not really traitors.

Those who were forced to the front by the Japanese were all ordinary soldiers, and their original intentions were not bad. If they continued to use landmines, they would undoubtedly die, which would be unfair.

Liang Hongjiang also had a hint of unbearableness on his face, but he quickly made a decision: "Continue to bury it, and increase the density of mines and use up all the mines we brought!"

The soldiers did not move, and many people were like Liang Hongjiang, who couldn't bear it and hoped that the platoon leader could change the order.

Liang Hongjiang saw everyone’s inner thoughts, but the overall situation was important: “Execute the order!”

"If we don't continue to bury mines, the next thing we will die will be our own comrades and comrades."

"Although the hearts of those puppet troops are not bad, as long as they wear puppet troops uniforms, they will be our enemy."

"On the battlefield, even if their hearts are not bad, they will raise their butcher knives under the supervision of the Japanese and kill our compatriots and comrades."

The soldiers were silent, and the first squad leader responded first: "The platoon leader was right. As long as they were still puppet troops, they would be life-and-death enemies. We will definitely kill us on the battlefield, so there is no need for us to bear it. We can't just kill us, we can't kill them!"

"Team one of us follows me and continue to bury the mines!"

This is a small battle episode, but it has a huge impact.

When the soldiers faced the puppet army again, they dared to kill and no longer let go if they could do it like before.

For the Japanese, they thought that the National Salvation Army could give up using landmines because both sides were Chinese, but they did not expect that they would not take this trick at all.

The vice captain's mood was first affected.

The purpose of his arrangement of the puppet army's front is to force the national rescue army to give up using landmines.

As a result, not only did the purpose not be achieved, but the frequency of mine explosions became higher and higher...

Just one kilometer, the deputy captain heard ten explosions, and several of them rang out at the same time.

Suddenly, the moving team stopped for no reason, and then they saw Chang Cao, who was commanding the vanguard troops, running over.

Before the man stood firm, he gasped and reported: "Sir, the Imperial Army that you just transferred to Beiyi had suffered heavy casualties. The remaining few Imperial Army were afraid of bombing. No matter how the Imperial Army gave orders, they would not dare to continue moving forward!"

"Then let's do military law!" The deputy captain ordered with murderous intent.

The two puppet army company commanders stood beside them, and they all looked shocked when they heard the deputy captain wanted to kill people.

It would be embarrassing to give the Japanese a traitor hat a job on his head. If he died at the hands of his Japanese master in the end, it would be really frustrating.

They are all hardcore traitors and they really work hard for the Japanese, but it doesn't mean they have no temper.

Just now, the Japanese pulled people from their hands and acted as human minesweepers. They knew very well that the people who were pulled away would probably become cannon fodder, but they still suppressed their inner dissatisfaction and chose to execute the order.

Now the Japanese still have to kill the cannon fodder, and the two company commanders can't bear it anyway.

If they watched their subordinates be killed by the Japanese, they would definitely lose their prestige and would be shot by their subordinates when they went to the battlefield.

He quickly advised: "Sir, please calm down. The rescue army has buried too many landmines, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties. I dare not move forward any further!"

In addition to sending puppet troops to detonate landmines, the adjutant could not think of any other way to quickly clear the mines on the road, which not only ensures the safety of the Imperial Army and the convoy, but also ensures the marching speed of the convoy.

He could only stick to this method and continue to move on.

If you face a few Imperial Army compromises and want other Imperial Army soldiers to be minesweepers in front, it will definitely be difficult.

Therefore, he had to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, and forced the puppet army to continue to work hard for the imperial army and be cannon fodder.

He yelled at the two company commanders: "Ba Geyalu is here, do you want to disobey the military orders?"

"The Imperial Army paid and guns to support you. When it comes to military use, it is afraid of the enemy. What's the use of me like this?"

"From now on, no matter who it is, there will be all the military laws of the Imperial Army who disobey the orders!"

The two company commanders compromised, but they could feel more than a hundred subordinates behind them staring at them with angry eyes.

With the order of the deputy captain, Chief Cao was more confident than before.

He looked at the two company commanders very provocatively and continued to report: "Sir, after the implementation of military law, there will be no Imperial Army in the vanguard troops. Should I transfer two more platoons of Imperial Army to me!"

The deputy captain's gaze swept quickly across the faces of the two company commanders, and finally stopped his eyes on the company commander who had just persuaded him.

He ordered coldly: "Bring your people to support the vanguard troops!"

The deputy captain wanted to take revenge on the company commander who questioned his orders just now. Since he did not obey the orders, he would go to the front to be cannon fodder.

Not only can you continue to clear the mines on the road, but you can also weaken the strength of the puppet army and eliminate the safety hazards caused by the puppet army's dissatisfaction with them.

The company commander who was named was blinded, but facing the gaze of the deputy captain who could almost kill people, he did not dare to say a word of objection and nodded in his head to take the order.

But the anger he had been pressing into his heart did not calm down, but instead became more and more intense...

After returning to the army and announced the order, all kinds of shouts and scoldings quickly rang in my ears.

The first platoon leader was his confidant, so he quickly told the situation he had just learned, hoping that the company commander could take back the order.

"Company Commander, the Japanese clearly want us to go to the front to die. I just asked, the landmines buried by the National Savior Army are very powerful, one blown up and one full gang, and one will be completely blown up after walking for more than a kilometer. If you don't die, you will be disabled."

"If we go to the front to clear the mines, we will be blown up to five kilometers!"

The company commander smiled bitterly: "I don't want to go either, but the Japanese have set our sights on us. If we don't go, everyone will die."

"Just a few brothers in the vanguard army didn't dare to move forward any more, and they were killed by the Japanese."

"If we disobey military orders, they dare to rattle all of us here!"

Perhaps it was to prove what the company commander said that the Japanese nearby had surrounded a circle of a half at some time.

All the rifles on their backs were held in their hands, and the light machine gun was held in their arms, staring at everyone.

The company commander quickly ordered: "Tell the brothers to execute the order first, and then think of a solution after going to the front. The Japanese around him have already come here. If they don't leave, they will definitely kill people."

"Boom...boom..."

These puppet troops were very lucky. As soon as they arrived at the vanguard troops, they encountered a series of thunders.

Four explosions rang out in the crowd one after another. As black smoke rose from the ground, nearly ten soldiers fell to the ground, some were motionless, some screamed in pain, the ground was covered with blood and fried minced meat, bloody...

Many puppet soldiers saw such a tragic scene for the first time, their faces turned pale and they were stunned and they were at a loss.

The Japanese devil Cao Chang, who was commanding the vanguard, had just killed several puppet troops who disobeyed the order, and his eyes were filled with excitement after killing people, and shouted: "Why are you still standing there? Move the body and the wounded to the side of the road immediately. Let's continue to move forward, otherwise you will die!"

The company commander was also frightened by the tragic scene in front of him. He thought that he would become one of them next time. He was killed by a landmine and left on the side of the road, and there was not even a person to collect the body. He was afraid before facing the Japanese for the first time.

Many subordinates, like him, all glared at the Japanese.

"Machine gun preparation!"

Cao Chang did not take the reaction of the puppet army seriously at all. He suddenly exuded a strong murderous aura and ordered loudly.

"Don't calm down!" the company commander suddenly spoke.

After anger, he has not lost his mind yet.

More than a dozen Japanese are waiting for battle. If there is a conflict now, the subordinates will definitely suffer.

"Company Commander, the Japanese are too arrogant and don't treat their brothers as human beings!" a squad leader shouted.

"Shut up!"

The company commander roared, looking at Cao Chang with a flattering look on his face, "He was shocked by the landmines just now and was talking nonsense. Taijun, don't care. I will order the troops to continue moving forward now."

Seeing that Chief Cao nodded, the murderous aura slowly dissipated. The company commander quickly returned to the army and found his confidant and ordered quietly: "Tell me, I have had enough of it. I will definitely avenge everyone the revenge I just now, but now is not the time..."

"Everyone will walk faster in a while, don't be afraid of landmines. Keep us apart from the main force behind us. Anyway, it will be dead to clear the Japanese mines. Then we will be against him. Maybe we can still find a way out!"
Chapter completed!