On the railway line less than one kilometer away from the settlement point, more than a dozen soldiers were placing explosive packages, and then connected these explosive packages in series with the telephone lines they had just seized to ensure that more than a dozen explosive packages exploded at the same time.
The telephone line is the only communication channel between the Stone Mountain stronghold and the outside world.
Now that the Eighth Route Army has taken away hundreds of meters of telephone lines, it means that the only channel between the Shishan stronghold and the county seat has been interrupted. Even if the stronghold is attacked, they will not be able to ask for help from the county seat.
As for the sound of guns and artillery produced by the exchange of fire between the two sides, it would be good if it could be heard for two kilometers under the cover of the sound of wind and snow.
ten minutes later……
More than a dozen soldiers began to evacuate the railway line. After another two minutes, a thunderous explosion sounded directly on the railway line.
"Rumble..."
It was like thunder. Even though the soldiers had retreated more than a hundred meters away, their ears were still ringing from the shock, and they didn't react for a long time.
Looking at the railway line again, there were ten explosive charges in total, none of them misfired, they all exploded...
One explosive charge can destroy a railway line of 20 to 30 meters length, and ten explosive charges add up to more than 300 meters of railway line.
Looking around, the railway tracks filled with gunpowder have been blown into pieces, and the sleepers have been blown everywhere. Many sleepers have been blown into pieces, and ten large holes of nearly two meters have been blasted along the railway line...
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Stone Mountain Stronghold.
The railway section blasted by the Eighth Route Army was less than two kilometers away from the stronghold. Although the sound of the explosion was affected by the wind and snow and could not travel too far, the little devils stationed at the stronghold could still hear it clearly.
They were all elite members of the Kwantung Army and had rich combat experience. From the sound of their voices, they could tell that the railway had been blasted by a large number of explosive charges.
In the Northeast, as in the East, the connection between various places is basically by railway. Once an accident occurs on the railway line, the connection between the troops stationed in various places will be interrupted, and accidents will occur when troop movements, troop dispatches, reinforcements... all occur.
This shows the importance of railway lines in the Northeast.
For this reason, the Kwantung Army Headquarters specially established a railway garrison, which has several main regiments under its jurisdiction to protect the safety of railway lines at all times.
If an accident occurs on the railway within his jurisdiction and the entire railway line is interrupted, the little Japanese captain stationed at the Shishan stronghold will definitely be sent to a military court and his military career will be ruined.
The team leader got up from bed and climbed to the top of the turret, raising his binoculars to see clearly what accident happened on the railway line.
But it was night now, and it was a snowy night. Even if he fired flares, he couldn't see clearly what happened to the railway line.
Eyes cannot see but ears can hear.
The explosion just now was very violent, and ordinary artillery shells could not make such a loud explosion, so the explosion just now was probably caused by explosive packets.
It means that someone is now using explosives to destroy the railway.
Whether the railway is safe or not is related to whether you can secure the position of team leader under your butt. I was anxious at that time. I put down my binoculars and rushed under the turret, giving orders as I ran.
"Leave a strengthened unit defense stronghold, and the others will set off with me immediately, heading towards the railway section where the explosion just occurred, destroying the enemies who sneaked up on us with steel belts at all costs, and repairing the railway line..."
"Faster..."
"If we were late, the enemy who attacked us must have escaped under the cover of night and snow..."
Two minutes later, the gate of the Shishan stronghold was opened, and the squad leader personally led more than fifty men to rush out of the stronghold and fight against the wind and snow toward the railway line at a very fast speed.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
Just when they were about to reach the explosion point, the sound of light machine gun fire suddenly sounded from the flank of the team.
Four machine gun flames suddenly appeared from the bushes not far away from them, aiming at them and shooting at them. Thirty or forty grenades flew toward them with white smoke, four of which exploded in the air.
The flying grenade fragments were like rain, instantly covering all the little Japs within the killing radius.
No matter whether they were lying on the ground or squatting on the ground, they could not avoid the attack from the sky.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the fifty or so subordinates following the squad leader were killed or wounded. The surviving soldiers all lay down in the snow with their heads lowered, not daring to point their spears easily, otherwise a single bullet from the other side would smash their heads.
But lying down like this is not a long-term solution.
Under the influence of the snow, the Japanese lying on the ground could not see the Eighth Route Army attacking them. The Eighth Route Army also could not see the little Japanese whose bodies were blocked by the snow, and could not continue to shoot them with rifles.
But the grenade attacks didn't stop.
The grenade fell from the sky and exploded in a large area, with a wide range of damage.
If you want to hit the grenades around the little devils, even if the shock wave cannot hurt them, the shock wave can still make them dizzy.
If a grenade explodes in the air, it will be more lethal.
The grenade fragments will penetrate into the enemy's back like rain, taking away their lives.
The face of the Japanese team leader was full of pain and despair.
According to reports from superiors, the organized resistance forces in Northeast China have been eliminated by the Kwantung Army, leaving only a few stragglers who cannot affect the overall situation.
Because of this, the squad leader never thought that his troops might be ambushed when he went out to attack.
Just assume that the enemies who just blew up the railway are some stragglers defeated by the main force. If you lead more than fifty people to break out of the stronghold, you will be able to easily eliminate them.
As a result, his opponent slapped him hard on the face.
Before the troops could rush onto the railway line, they suffered a devastating blow from unknown opponents.
More than half of the more than fifty soldiers were killed or injured in an instant. Grenades continued to fall from above their heads. Almost every round of explosions killed several soldiers.
If I still can't think of a way to break the situation and let my troops lie here to be bombed, and if five or six rounds of grenades are thrown down, all the men I brought out of the stronghold will die here, and I will also die here.
You took out a grenade from your waist, turned on the safety, banged it hard on the butt of the gun, and quickly threw it towards the place where the sound of machine gun fire just came from.
When the team leader lies on the ground and throws a grenade, he can normally throw it more than forty meters, but because he is lying on his stomach now, he can only throw it twenty or thirty meters.
The Eighth Route Army attacking them hid behind the bushes, half-crouched on the ground, and used wooden-handled grenades. The throwing distance was far longer than the grenade thrown by the squad leader.
Therefore, the grenades thrown by the Japanese could not hurt the Eighth Route Army that ambushed them, but the grenades thrown by the Eighth Route Army could take their lives.
But the explosion could block the Eighth Route Army's sight and give everyone some opportunities to retreat.
The team leader grabbed the second grenade and threw it while ordering: "Throw out all the grenades...use the smoke to block the enemy's sight..."
"The soldiers who are still able to move must retreat immediately... run directly towards the stronghold, the faster the better..."
While talking, the team leader threw out the second grenade.
After more and more grenades exploded in front of the Eighth Route Army, the team leader turned into a leopard, jumped out of the snow, and ran towards the stronghold with a gun and saber...
