Before the Chief of Staff could react, he stared at Lieutenant General Ito with unbelievable eyes.

"Teacher Commander, I don't understand... The engineer corps generally does not go to the battlefield, but only plays an auxiliary role in combat, posing almost no threat to the Eighth Route Army. They spent a lot of materials and equipment to arrange this mine array. Could it be to blow up our engineer corps?"

"It's really for our engineer corps." Lieutenant General Ito, who had a pale face, replied with a calm face.

"The Engineer's Fleet plays an auxiliary role on the battlefield. But for us, their current role is no less than that of an infantry corps... If the Engineer's Fleet is gone, how can we repair the remaining roads destroyed by the Eighth Route Army? Who will repair them? Can the repair speed be guaranteed?"

Lieutenant General Ito questioned a series of questions, and the Chief of Staff directly showed a speechless shocked expression.

He was stunned for several seconds before he realized: "Second Commander, I understand, blow up our engineer corps... Even if the Eighth Route Army no longer attacks us, just destroying the highway can hold us back for several days!"

"We brought a large number of large carts, cars, heavy artillery and combat vehicles. We must rely on the road to get to Linfen, and the road must be flat and there must be no potholes!"

"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning and actually thought of this method... No, I will go to the vanguard army now. The Engineer Regiment must not be killed by the Eighth Route Army, especially the several engineering vehicles equipped by the Engineer Regiment. There must be no accidents!"

After saying that, the Chief of Staff climbed onto a war horse and rushed towards the position of the vanguard's troops.

The road more than 200 meters long was covered by the strong freedom produced by the explosion, and I couldn't see my five fingers.

It took two minutes before the smoke slowly dissipated, and eighty huge craters appeared in the sight of the Japanese vanguard troops!

"Shit~"

All the Japanese couldn't help but take a breath.

The craters are too big, each with a depth of more than one meter, one after another, just like a crater. There is no way to tell that this is a five or six meters wide road a few minutes ago.

There were nearly a thousand Japanese engineers and infantrymen, and many of them were directly blown away in the explosion.

The residual value broken arm was blown everywhere, and it was like hell when you glanced over it, which was very tragic.

Coupled with the corpses that kept bleeding from the wounds on the ground, this section of the road looked even more creepy...

The Chief of Staff, who rushed over, happened to see this scene. Seeing that there was no movement from his subordinates around him, he shouted: "Bageyalu, why are you still stunned here? Go and rescue the wounded immediately to see if there are any warriors alive... and the engineering vehicles equipped by the Engineer Regiment can still be used..."

Ten minutes later, a major rushed over, lowered his head, and looked very bad...

"Chief of Staff, except for the minesweeping squadron who suffered not much loss because they were sandwiched between the infantry, everyone else was in the minefield that had just exploded... There were only 118 imperial troops in the entire explosion area, but they were seriously injured and completely lost their combat effectiveness. There were still many seriously injured people in it that they would not even be able to survive tonight..."

"The three dirt shovel trucks were all destroyed, and there was no possibility of repair. They were directly blown into scrap iron..."

"The other equipment of the Engineer's corps was also seriously damaged, and many of them were destroyed~"

"It's over..." These two words appeared in the chief of staff's mind. Then he thought of Lieutenant General Ito's judgment just now.

The engineering corps are gone and the construction vehicles are gone. Even if a large number of infantry are drawn to build roads, the speed is only half as fast as before in the absence of construction vehicles. This means that the troops can only march fifteen kilometers a day...

If the Eighth Route Army had any other means to deal with it, the marching speed of the troops would definitely be slower.

The remaining 100 kilometers of distance may not be able to finish it in ten days!

"Send all the wounded to the rear for treatment immediately... the vanguard troops immediately withdraw their troops to repair the road in front of them. If nothing unexpected happens, we should not go forward today!" The Chief of Staff ordered with a calm face, and then rushed back to report to the division commander.

A few kilometers away, Wang Ping, Li Wen... all witnessed the entire explosion process with their own eyes.

In less than five seconds, the road more than 200 meters long was covered by thick smoke, dust, flying sand and stones produced by the explosion.

Seeing this, Wang Ping's tense heart completely relaxed.

"The regiment commander... has become. With such a violent explosion, the Japanese engineer corps will definitely be completely bombed!" Li Wen was more excited than anyone else. He reported excitedly when he saw the scene of gunpowder on the road.

Chen Jianqiao, the commander of the engineering company, followed and affirmed: "The regiment commander, there are 80 heavy artillery shells, and 400 kilograms of strong explosives from the Japanese. Even if the Japanese chariots are on the road, the explosion just now can blow them into scrap iron, not to mention those engineering vehicles and Japanese engineers who are not prepared!"

"I promise that the Japanese engineer corps must have been bombed so that there were not many people left..."

As the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, the tragic scenes on the road all proved the judgment of the two subordinates.

More than ten minutes later, a team of Japanese infantry entered the blasting area, picked up the equipment scattered on the ground by the engineer corps, and began to build roads through manpower. After the main force of the Japanese stopped to rest, Wang Ping knew that the explosion just now directly allowed himself to complete the task of delaying the speed of the Japanese army's marching.

"Captain, as long as we continue to break the melon road and the more thorough the destruction, the better, and prepare a few mines for them from time to time, they will definitely be able to march for no more than fifteen kilometers every day..." Li Wen was excited to report when he saw the busy Japanese on the road.

"Fifteen kilometers are too long. I want them to march no more than ten kilometers a day~" Wang Ping replied after shooting out two sharp edges.

"You just mentioned the most common method we use to slow down the speed of the Japanese army, and it seems that we have not counted us..."

"Damage the road, lay mines, and the engineering company's professional skills, just hand it over to the engineering company. The remaining 300 combat troops including the direct team and the reconnaissance platoon cannot be idle, but must also move!"

"We have had many concerns in fighting the Japanese in the past two days, and we need to consider how to slow down their marching speed. Now that this concern is gone, we should let go and clean up them."

"How can we kill them, destroy them, and save ourselves, and we will fight!"

"In the past two days, I have carefully observed the marching team of nearly ten kilometers of the front-line Japanese. I am very cautious and highly vigilant. In order to prevent our sneak attacks, more than 2,000 cavalry and more than 1,000 infantry patrol and reconnaissance on both sides of the team. Even if we may get close to each other within one kilometer of the road and successfully launch an attack, the troops will not be able to retreat."

"The Japanese cavalry are too fast and have a fast reaction speed. It only takes one or two minutes to gather three or four hundred cavalry to siege our sneak attack troops from all directions. Today's sneak attack during the day is the best example. The Japanese cavalry's sneak attacks when they are very vigilant, and even the direct team loses four members. If it is replaced by ordinary troops, the entire army may be destroyed~"

"And with this sneak attack, the Japanese will definitely be more and more vigilant, and their vigilance will become more and more severe. It will be difficult to attack. Moreover, it is to kill a thousand enemies and lose 800 by themselves. This kind of fighting method is too disadvantageous. We cannot fight and cannot withstand consumption..."
Chapter completed!