"Fifty meters...thirty meters...ten meters..." Everyone was silently calculating in their hearts the ever-shrinking distance between the Japanese and puppet troops and the mine array.
"Boom..." Finally, a fireball mixed with a lot of thick smoke rose into the air from the ground, and then a violent explosion came from the highway.
The landmine exploded, and the deadly ceramic fragments and gravels were like a goddess scattering flowers, sweeping out a no-man's land around the explosion point.
More than a dozen Japanese and puppet soldiers fell to the ground in an instant. Some were covered in blood and died. Some fell to the ground, curling up and letting out painful screams.
"Baga, it's a landmine, everyone take cover!" The Japanese who were not affected by the attack all lay down on the ground as if they were frightened.
After half a minute, when there were no more explosions, the Japanese stood up.
The lieutenant team leader who commanded the forward troops saw so many casualties among his subordinates in an instant, including four imperial soldiers, two of whom were about to die. His face, which was still arrogant just now, became angry.
"The troops continue to move forward. We must find these Chinese people who planted landmines, kill them, and avenge the warriors of Yushang!" the squad leader ordered with gritted teeth. He wished he could find the guerrillas directly and chop them alive with the command knife in his hand.
Already.
The company commander of the Royal Association Army next to him quickly reminded: "Captain, please calm down. I am worried about the mines ahead. Do you want to ask for engineer support?"
"By the time the engineers came over, those Chinese people who were laying mines would have disappeared!" the squad leader cursed mercilessly.
Then he analyzed: "The Chinese people certainly don't have many mines with such a powerful power. The troops will continue to advance. If there are still mines ahead, they will ask for engineer support."
"Hi!" Although the company commander of the Imperial Association Army still had a reluctant expression, under the gaze of the Japanese Lieutenant who could almost kill, he could only choose to compromise.
After dragging the corpses and wounded aside and waiting for treatment by the main force, the puppet troops continued to move forward for more than a hundred days.
However, the Japanese and puppet troops walking at the front, whether they were Japanese soldiers or Imperial Army soldiers, were all restless, staring closely at their feet, fearing that they would step on landmines again.
"Click!" Suddenly, a slight collision sounded at the feet of a Japs. The ground was flat just now. As the Japs' right foot landed, a small pit appeared directly.
The Japs' face instantly turned pale: "Baga, I stepped on a landmine!"
"Boom!" Before he could finish his words, an explosion sounded at his feet, and the devil was blown to pieces.
The dozen Japanese and puppet troops around were not spared. They were all blown over. Some died on the spot, and some fell to the ground screaming. Another tragic scene appeared on the road.
"Why are there still landmines on Bageya Road? Where did the Eighth Route Army get so many powerful landmines!" The lieutenant team leader could no longer suppress his inner anger, and then cursed loudly regardless of his identity.
"Captain, please contact the engineers immediately and ask for support from engineers!" The company commander of the Royal Association Army, who had lost nearly another squad, reminded him immediately with heartache.
"Then why are you still standing there? Immediately report to the captain and ask him to send engineers to clear mines for us!"
Soon, a dozen engineers rushed over with mine detectors, led by a second lieutenant.
After giving a military salute to the lieutenant and team leader, he directed his men to line up in a row, hold the mine detector, and move forward bit by bit.
The Japanese engineers were lucky that the mine detector did not detect the third mine prepared for them by the guerrillas, and they did not step on this mine.
"Yo Xi, there are no more mines ahead. The troops continue to move forward!" After seeing that the engineers walked more than 20 meters without finding anything, the lieutenant breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the troops had just walked less than fifteen meters when the explosion that the squad leader least wanted to hear sounded again on the highway.
This time, more than a dozen Imperial and Imperial Alliance troops were killed and injured.
"Baga, why are there still landmines? What do the engineers do for food? Why haven't they been found?" The team leader vented all his anger on the engineers and asked the engineers to give him an explanation.
The engineer squad leader was embarrassed and didn't understand.
"Please don't worry, sir, I'll check it out right away!"
After saying that, the engineer team leader rushed to the wounded to check the situation of the mine explosion, and several engineers also ran over to assist.
Soon, several ceramic fragments pulled out from the wounds of the wounded were put into the hands of the engineer team leader.
"Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army is so cunning. They even used ceramics to make mines. No wonder our metal detectors didn't respond!" the squad leader reported with a look of sudden realization.
The lieutenant, who was ready to get angry just now, had no choice now.
The accident just now was not due to the engineers' negligence, but because their opponents were too cunning.
In the end, the lieutenant team leader could only suppress his anger in his heart again, and asked the engineer team leader anxiously: "Is there any way to eliminate these mines? If there is no way, the troops will not be able to march along the road!"
"There is a way! The engineer team leader affirmed.
Just as a smile appeared on the lieutenant's face, before he could speak, the engineer team leader changed the topic and continued: "But there is a problem!"
"When mine detectors cannot be used, we can also manually clear mines. But there is a problem, the mine clearance speed is very slow!"
"How long will it take!" The lieutenant frowned again and asked after the engineer team leader.
"It takes ten minutes to clear one hundred meters of mines!" the engineer team leader replied with an awkward look on his face.
"No, it's too long!" the lieutenant refused without thinking.
"We have been delayed here for more than ten minutes. If we are delayed for another ten minutes, it will be almost half an hour. If we encounter a landmine, we will be delayed for half an hour. We cannot cover a few kilometers in one day! How can we sweep the Eighth Route Army base areas and encircle and suppress the independent regiments?
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The engineer squad leader replied helplessly: "Besides this method, I can't think of any other way!"
"If the commander is really unable to make a decision, I will contact you from my humble position and report it to the captain, who will make a decision."
"This is the only thing we can do!" the lieutenant replied helplessly.
Soon, the captain listened to the report, and the high spirits he felt before going into battle suddenly disappeared.
"Bageya Road, the cunning Eighth Route Army, I will find them sooner or later and kill them all!" The captain first cursed and then began to give orders.
"There are only two ways: clear the mines, or bypass them."
The deputy captain next to him immediately reminded: "Captain, it is definitely impossible to bypass the mines."
"We brought a lot of baggage and artillery. These large vehicles and heavy weapons cannot move without taking the road, unless we divide our troops. However, before setting off, His Majesty the General repeatedly ordered that we cannot divide our troops no matter what, and we will not give the Eighth Route Army a chance to defeat us one by one!"
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"Then the only way left is to clear mines~" the captain replied helplessly.
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