"Baga, cunning Eighth Route Army... I will definitely cut you all into pieces to avenge the shattered imperial warriors. Baga Road..." Under the constant reminders of the Chief of Staff, Commander Okamura Neiji
The general finally reacted from his shock. Facing the combat sandbox in front of him, he said angrily...
Seeing the combat staff headed by the Chief of Staff standing motionless in front of him amidst his constant scoldings, General Okamura Neiji slowly breathed a sigh of relief after a few minutes of calming down.
, his expression slowly relaxed. He stared closely at the huge combat sandbox in front of him and began to issue new combat orders...
"Chief of Staff, please call back the two division commanders immediately and ask them to organize their troops immediately. Then, lead all troops to quickly withdraw from Baoding and Shanin, and withdraw from the control of the Eighth Route Army's *** Division. Troops
This time, a total of more than 60,000 people were lost. Our remaining troops are no longer capable of competing alone with the Eighth Route Army's Japanese division. In order to preserve the limited strength of the Japanese imperial army and prevent it from being attacked
The division's counter-encirclement, as soon as the telegram is received, the two troops must retreat immediately, and must be fast, otherwise military law will be engaged." Commander General Okamura Neiji ordered with a serious face...
"Hi, Commander, I will send the report right away..." The chief of staff quickly left the war room.
After receiving the telegram personally signed by the Commander, the two division commanders immediately summoned all the remaining military commanders of the entire army after a night of melee and began to hold a pre-war meeting to prepare for the retreat... The final
The result was no surprise. Under the orders of their respective division commanders, the two troops were ready to retreat in less than half an hour after receiving the telegram.
At this moment, the remaining 18,000 people of the 108th Division stationed around Baoding City, as well as the 20,000 Imperial Army troops, were all ready to go, standing neatly outside their campsites, ready to go.
Preparations. The temporary military director of this unit, the commander of the 108th Division, accompanied by a group of officers, stood less than a hundred meters away from Baoding City, silently looking at the ruins in front of him.
And the county where more than 30,000 imperial soldiers are buried...
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the troops are all ready and ready to go. Can you immediately order the vanguard unit to set off first?" Looking at the silent Division Commander in front of him, who seemed to be deep in thought, the Chief of Staff quickly reminded in a low voice.
road.
"Warriors, you are all heroes of the empire. Please rest here and rest in peace. I believe that our Imperial Army will definitely come back and avenge you..." The division commander did not answer the chief of staff's words, but
Unexpectedly, he knelt in front of the ruins, pulled out his command sword, and said loudly to the grave where thirty thousand troops were buried...
Finally, after three minutes of silence, the division commander stood up from the ground. His face changed from sad just now to stern at this moment, and he ordered to the chief of staff beside him: "Order the vanguard.
The regiment set off immediately to open a safe channel for the troops to retreat. Now our army has less than 40,000 troops left. To a certain extent, it is no longer the opponent of the Eighth Route Army's *** division. And the Eighth Route Army will not give up the attack.
Our chance. Therefore, we must ensure that our division's retreat is absolutely safe."
As the division order was issued, an infantry regiment with nearly 4,000 Japs quickly walked out of the military camp and began to retreat. However, in an infantry brigade serving as the vanguard, nearly 1,000 Japs had just walked out.
Five hundred meters away, a violent explosion sounded at the location of the vanguard brigade... As the smoke from the explosion slowly dissipated, a dozen Imperial Army soldiers were already lying on the ground, their life or death uncertain.
However, the sound of the explosion did not seem to dampen the determination of these little devils to retreat. After nearly a thousand little devils learned that they were attacked by landmines, they immediately bypassed the explosion point without any hesitation.
Start a new march. Because these little devils all know that in this gap where the troops have suffered heavy losses, the longer they stay here, the greater the danger to the troops. If they are unlucky, they may never be able to return.
Went. After all, the achievements of the Eighth Route Army's *** divisions were displayed there, and every achievement had to make these little devils, who had always thought they were invincible, feel a little afraid.
It was a pity that just after the little devil passed around the corpses of a dozen of his companions and walked less than ten meters forward again, an explosion sounded. And the landmine that exploded this time was not as simple as just one.
It was his team members who used five landmines to deploy a series of mines. The purpose was to kill a large number of Japanese troops' marching columns.
Under the attack of a landmine five meters apart, a march of almost thirty meters at the front of the entire army was immediately covered by the dust and smoke generated by the mine explosion... As the smoke cleared, a long march
There was almost no standing soldier among the more than 100 little devils in the thirty-meter marching column. Except for some lucky ones, the nearly 100 soldiers were lying on the ground and making bursts of wailing sounds.
It's motionless...
"Baga, what's going on? When did so many landmines appear in front of you? Why were there no landmines on this road during the march yesterday..." Seeing that in just a few minutes, he had lost nearly 100,000 people.
There were hundreds of subordinates. No matter how calm the captain of the vanguard brigade was, he was shocked by the huge casualties his brigade had never experienced before, and couldn't help but curse loudly...
"Captain, if nothing else happens, the Eighth Route Army must have taken the opportunity to lay mines when we were in a melee last night. However, the Eighth Route Army's time is limited after all. Therefore, I think that as long as we don't take the road, the Eighth Route Army will take advantage of us.
There is no way..." the deputy chief of staff reminded in a low voice.
"Yo Xi, order the troops to continue marching from both sides of the road immediately. In a word, we must open a safe retreat channel for the main force behind us in the shortest possible time..." the captain immediately ordered.
After receiving the order, the little devils who formed a four-way march immediately divided into two groups, walked into the bushes on both sides of the road, and began to continue marching... "Boom, boom, boom..." Just these little devils thought that nothing would happen again.
At that time, there was another burst of continuous explosions... Dozens of Japanese soldiers, under the attack of the booby traps placed in the grass by the special forces team members, once again fell into a pool of blood and turned into limp bodies.
corpses or seriously injured people...
The road was impassable, the grass was impassable, and nearly a squadron of imperial troops had been lost. The captain of the vanguard brigade was helpless, so he had no choice but to come to the rear commander with a hint of panic and report the situation he encountered.
Requesting support from the Engineer Corps...
"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army. It seems that they have been planning for a long time. They actually placed so many mines on our retreat in such a short period of time. Order the engineering squadron of the regiment to immediately cooperate with the vanguard brigade
, open the channel for the troops to retreat." After hearing the report from the captain of the vanguard group. Looking at the tens of thousands of troops behind him, the commander of the regiment couldn't help but start to gather together, and immediately sent out an engineering squadron attached to the regiment.
"Hi, thank you for your support, Captain. I think that with the support of engineers, we will be able to open a safe passage for the main force in the shortest possible time..." the captain replied happily, leading the engineering squadron.
More than a hundred soldiers, carrying the equipment needed for mine detection, quickly ran towards their vanguard group.
In less than a few minutes, a dozen engineers, carrying the equipment needed for mine detection, slowly walked forward along the road. The dozen engineers lined up in two rows and began to walk on one
Under the command of the commander, the road was carefully demined. However, what these little Japanese engineers did not expect was that just a few hundred meters away in the bushes, several snipers from the special operations team were ambushing.
Looking at them without blinking...
"Bang bang bang..." Just when a dozen engineers were concentrating on detecting mines, a sparse sound of gunfire suddenly reached the ears of these little devil engineers from different directions. Due to usual training,
Just when these engineers heard the sound of gunfire and were about to lie down on the ground to hide, several hot bullets were quickly shot into their bodies.
"Ah...Baga, there is an ambush..." Several screams rang out, and the six engineers walking at the front fell heavily into a pool of blood while everyone was dumbfounded. And those in the second row
The six engineers immediately lay down on the ground. At the same time, they felt lucky and excited that they were lucky enough to escape the bullets of the Eighth Route Army...
"Baga, here are the Eighth Route Army sharpshooters of the *** Division. Order all machine gunners to immediately launch suppressive fire, and must suppress the Eighth Route Army sharpshooters. The engineering unit, continue to clear mines, and must give the main force as soon as possible.
Open a safe passage. The division commander is watching us from behind. If we can't complete the task, we will all die..." Seeing several engineer soldiers lying in a pool of blood. While the captain was maneuvering, he immediately
He ordered to the soldiers behind him.
"Click, click, click..." In an instant, several light and heavy machine guns, under the command of the captain, immediately pointed at the place where the gunshots had just been heard, projecting a dense rain of bullets... However, at this moment, lying in the bushes
The several snipers at the back had already moved their positions in the shortest possible time after firing a bullet from the gun chamber... The Japanese army's intensive strafing was just a waste of their limited ammunition and did not have any effect on their enemies.
The killing effect…
Under the cover of the machine gun, and with the strict orders of the captain behind him, the six little Japanese engineers who had dodged the bullets had to get up from the ground, pick up their talking equipment, and start to continue working... However, the good times did not end.
Although the six engineers this time were not attacked by the sharpshooters of the special operations brigade on the opposite side, they stepped on a land mine made in the base area...
Because the raw material of land mines is just ordinary ceramics, the talking equipment in the kid's hand did not play any role. Just after the mine detector passed, the kid stepped on it with one foot and thought it was safe.
When they were on the land, a violent explosion sounded among the six engineers...
A ball of orange-red fireball rose from the ground, containing a full kilogram of high explosives and a ceramic mine composed of a large number of gravels. It exploded at the feet of the little devil... One kilogram of high explosives exploded violently and scattered gravels.
Under the blow of the mine, all six engineers fell into a pool of blood in just a moment. The situation was particularly tragic, especially for the little Jaap who was directly above the mine. Except for his legs being blown off, his entire body was...
It was almost covered with gravel, and it could be said that it was bloody and horrific...
"Baga, what's going on? The engineers are actually doing something, haven't they already detected the mines? Why did there still be an explosion..." Looking at the tragic scene in front of him, the captain asked loudly to the engineer squadron leader next to him...
After hearing the captain's question, Engineer Squadron Zhang did not answer immediately. Instead, he squatted next to a corpse and began to check the wound. Soon, a piece of ceramic fragment was pulled out of the corpse by Engineer Squadron Zhang.
Seeing the fragments in his hand, the squadron leader could only shake his head speechlessly and replied to the captain in front of him: "Your Excellency, the captain, the shells of the Eighth Route Army's mines are made of ceramics. Our mine detectors cannot detect them at all."
existence. Therefore, according to the current situation, we can only give up mine detectors and adopt manual demining methods..."
"Nani, use ceramics to make landmines. The Eighth Route Army is really cunning on Bagya Road. In this case, it's up to you to open a safe passage for the troops in the shortest possible time..." The captain pressed.
He replied with a frown.
"Hi, Captain, I will arrange for the troops to carry out manual demining soon. Please rest assured, Captain..." As he spoke, a dozen little Japanese engineers walked out of the queue with lightning detectors and came to the explosion point.
Start manual demining.
Ten minutes passed quickly, and there was no more landmine explosion on the highway. However, what made the captain feel depressed was that in these ten minutes, the engineering brigade cleared several mines.
However, the progress of the entire army was very slow, only advancing less than thirty meters...
"Baga, this march is too slow. If we follow this demining speed, it will be impossible for us to withdraw from Baoding in a short period of time. Baga Road, if you continue to organize troops for demining, I will immediately
Report to the commander, Your Excellency, we must come up with a reasonable solution to solve the difficulties encountered by our army..." Looking at the slow progress of the troops, the captain frowned and said.
The captain of the vanguard wing, who was about to send someone to ask why the troops were advancing so slowly, frowned at the same time and began to think about possible countermeasures after receiving the report from the captain of the vanguard brigade.
It's a pity that several officers at the wing headquarters thought about it for five minutes and still couldn't think of any solution.
The commander of the company was forced to report this important situation to the ears of the division commander who was feeling a little confused at the rear, hoping that the division commander in front of him could come up with a proper solution.
"Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army. I really didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army would place so many landmines around us in such a short period of time. Chief of Staff, what do you think we should do now? The Eighth Route Army's purpose for doing this is very
It's as simple as trapping our army here, and when we run out of ammunition and food, gather the main force to attack us, and then wipe us out in one fell swoop..." The division commander cursed loudly, and then looked at the people behind him.
chief of staff…
"Hi, your Excellency, the division commander, Ying Ming. I believe that the *** division cannot lay mines in all the places around us. According to my estimate, our army's camp is more than ten kilometers away. If
If you want to densely lay landmines and completely surround us, you will need at least hundreds of thousands of landmines. And it is absolutely impossible for the *** division to complete this almost impossible task in a few hours." The chief of staff whispered.
replied.
"Yo Xi, very good. So, Chief of Staff, where do you think the Eighth Route Army has not laid landmines?" The division commander nodded with deep approval and continued to ask.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I believe that all the places around us where we can march have been laid with a large number of mines by the Eighth Route Army's *** division. Except for one place, that is the large number of mountains and forests around us. Because of the coverage area of the mountains and forests
It is extremely large, so the Eighth Route Army is completely defenseless..." After half a minute of thinking, the chief of staff replied affirmatively.
"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, I agree with your analysis. I believe that the Eighth Route Army does not have that much capability. There are also dense mines in the surrounding vast mountains and forests. Even my excellent Imperial Army soldiers cannot meet the requirements. Then
Not to mention the Eighth Route Army *** Division. Chief of Staff, I now order the vanguard unit to immediately adapt its retreat plan and find a safe passage for the main force of the division to come out in the surrounding dense forest." The division commander clicked.
He nodded and ordered firmly.
Immediately, the vanguard regiment that had already walked out of the camp began to assemble amidst the orders of the regiment captain. In less than ten minutes, the vanguard group, which had just lost an entire squadron, arrived at the regiment captain's orders.