"Your Excellency, Division Commander, calm down!" the Japanese Major General quickly advised. He received a telegram from His Excellency the Chief of General Staff last night, asking them to calm down and investigate the situation first before taking action!
But, the commander of their division doesn’t seem to think so!
When I got up early in the morning, I led the team and went my own way.
Only now did he know the reason why the General Staff asked them to calm down.
Even if the independent division has a small number of people, this kind of attack with hammers and cannons here and there is enough to mess up their position. If there are a few more bombs like this just now, there will be no need to fire anymore, and the mission can be abandoned directly. The morale of the military will be lost.
It was a direct mess.
"Ya Lu!" the Japanese Lieutenant General was really angry, "It is indeed a cunning independent division! Baga! Immediately transport the injured soldiers to the rear for treatment! Everyone must pay attention to traps when moving forward! Be safe!"
"Hi!"
Seeing that the commander of his division had calmed down, the Japanese major general breathed a sigh of relief, "Your Excellency, the division commander, I'm afraid there will be many traps ahead."
"Um."
"I wonder if we can let the engineers clear the mines first?"
"Are you suspicious?"
"Hey, I suspect that the independent division will definitely have grenades or bombs buried there."
"Yo Xi, let the engineering troops take the lead! Everyone must pay attention to safety under their feet!"
"Hi!"
After a while, several more explosions were heard, and then there were wails.
The faces of several senior Japanese military officials here turned dark again, "Stop advancing!"
The Japanese army is stuck in a decision-making process. Going forward, they still don’t know what kind of traps there will be.
If you don't leave, just wait for the independent division to run away.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, in fact, there is no need to worry about the independent division running far away. After all, we have already deployed a blockade on the outside." The Japanese Major General said.
"Yoshi, then take your time and be sure not to let any more warriors get injured."
"Hi!"
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Not far in front of the Japanese army, a man wearing a dead-leaf straw hat popped up, put down his binoculars, and chuckled, "Go tell the commander that the Japanese have stopped and have not entered."
"Okay." A voice came, and then a man covered in dead leaves took a few steps back, stood up, and ran forward quickly with his waist bent.
Throughout the forest, soldiers from the Independent Division were guarding the direction of the Japs' advance. Most of the time, there were booby traps near where the Japs were standing.
Moreover, in suitable terrain, they also buried large explosive packets, which the Japanese engineers could not arrange. Here, there are too many terrains that they can take advantage of.
Zhou Weiguo nodded when he heard the report, "Okay, I understand. Tell the brothers not to get too close to the Japanese."
"yes."
In this forest of dead branches and leaves, it is most suitable to use dead branches and leaves as camouflage.
Therefore, even the Japanese would not have thought that sometimes what they saw were dead branches and rotten leaves, but they were actually soldiers of the Independent Division in disguise.
Or perhaps, there are snakes, insects, rats, and ants under the dead branches and leaves. But now, it is already late September, and we are on the border of the three eastern provinces. In such an old forest, the temperature has already dropped. The snakes are basically not doing anything.
I saw very few bugs. Occasionally I saw some mice, and there were quite a lot of ants.
The Japanese engineers began to clear mines.
The booby traps of the Independent Division are not just buried under the enemy's feet, but are buried on both sides of the road where the enemy is traveling. There are thin lines connecting them in the middle. As long as the enemy steps on the thin line or hooks it, the booby traps will be detonated.
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Therefore, even the Japanese engineers only began to pay attention to it after suffering a lot of losses.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, the people of the Independent Division have planted a strange mine, not under our feet, but on both sides of our path, connected by invisible thin lines. Once we step on or touch it,
The mines on both sides will detonate." The Japanese major general looked at the Japanese lieutenant general and said, "Our engineering warriors also suffered a loss at the beginning, but now they have lined up several mines."
"Yo Xi, is this the confidence of the independent division?"
"Maybe, maybe not." The Japanese Major General frowned, "Up to now, we don't know how many people the enemy has, how much supplies, or what other methods there are. My subordinates always feel that the independent division has been prepared. They have already
Even if it comes, we will come."
"Although that is said, our number should indeed be greater than that of the Independent Division, and we must complete the mission of Your Majesty the Commander. Now, right on the front line, the Independent Division is fully attacking! From the air, from the ground
!You know, such a situation has never happened before!" The Japanese Lieutenant General said in a serious tone, "We must cut off the thoughts of those attacking Chinese people! In fact, the key to this battle lies with us!"
"Hey!" The Japanese Major General's expression became solemn, "Such an old forest is not suitable for attacking with heavy weapons. Otherwise, if one of us causes a fire...then all of us will die."
"At least, the independent divisions don't dare to attack easily. Did you notice? Except for the initial explosion in the cave, the sporadic explosions just now did not cause fires." The Japanese Lieutenant General squinted his eyes, "The temperature in the mountains is
It was so low that the water vapor in the air condensed into dew, which was one of the reasons why there was no large-scale fire just now. Secondly, the mines of the independent division were very far apart, and they did not dare to do so."
"Hey! It's true." The Japanese Major General nodded, "In fact, if we ignore the trap of the independent division and go all the way, we will not lose too many people, but in this way, our military morale will be weakened.
It seems to us that if they meet a general who is desperate and sacrifices, they will feel resentful in their hearts."
"Yes, the warriors are all the elites of our Empire of Japan. I can't bear to part with him! The independent division, Zhou Weiguo, I swear, I will definitely catch him! No matter life or death!"
"Hi!"
"Let the warriors be calm, there are engineers ahead to clear mines!"
"Hi!"
In this way, the Japanese army advanced slowly, and from time to time, one or two soldiers would be injured. Soon, they came to a downhill slope.
"Captain, this downhill slope?" The Japanese engineers looked at their captain. Obviously, such a downhill slope is extremely dangerous. Because they need to clear mines, they must go down, but once they go down, they will first
If you step on thunder, you will die first.
"Test first to see if there is any thunder."
"Hi!"
After a while, several engineers looked at him in confusion, "No?"
"no response."
"Could it be Lei from Tubal Road?"
"Not really, they don't have the materials."
"Then, give it a try?"
"How to try?"
"How about this, take a big rock and throw it down?"
"Yoshi!"
Soon, an engineer exploded a big rock and threw it down without any reaction.
"no response."
"Yoshi, go down and give it a try?"
"Hi!"
Seeing that the stone didn't respond, everyone was slightly relieved. After all, the instruments in their hands didn't respond either.