The deputy captain then reminded: "But, captain, if the engineers are demining, because the mines used by the Eighth Route Army have ceramic shells, the demining speed is too slow."
"Let's clear the mines first. When we get to the first village ahead, go to the village and grab some people to open the way for us so we don't have to worry about the Eighth Route Army's mines?" the captain ordered with a murderous look on his face.
The deputy captain quickly replied: "Captain is wise! The Eighth Route Army has always been known for caring for the Chinese people. If the Chinese people come to open the way, Tubal Road will definitely not dare to lay any more landmines! Otherwise, their own people will be the first to be blown up by the landmines!" "
Ten minutes later, the Japanese army continued to march forward.
At this time, Chang Lin had already led the guerrillas to rearrange a mine array for the Japanese and puppet troops. This time, Chang Lin took out three mines at a time and prepared a series of mines for the Japanese.
"Comrade Chang Lin, have the Japs entered the minefield?" Captain Zhong of the guerrilla team asked with both expectation and worry.
Chang Lin answered confidently: "Captain Zhong, don't worry, these three mines will definitely cause heavy losses to the Japanese!"
Soon, the Japanese stepped on the first landmine, and Captain Zhong and all the guerrillas under his command were terrified of the mine exploding.
"Fortunately, there was no explosion!" The squadron leader breathed a sigh of relief and looked forward to it even more.
The second mine still didn't explode.
The third mine struck, and the squadron leader and his men once again felt their hearts in their throats.
This time, the mine exploded.
"Boom!" A violent explosion sounded on the highway and reached Captain Zhong's ears.
"Boom!" Before he could be happy, two explosions were heard.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers surrounding the three mines were blown up in pieces by the explosion, and three craters with a depth of more than one meter and being directly scorched appeared on the ground, which shows how powerful these mines are.
"Baga, why are there landmines on the highway, and three mines exploded at the same time? How did the Eighth Route Army do this?" the lieutenant team leader shouted with a pale face.
The explosion of the first three mines had reduced the number of the forward troops by more than 20%. Now there were corpses and wounded lying around him. It was clear at a glance that there were more than fifty casualties, including nearly twenty from the Imperial Army.
Excluding these people, there were only a few people left in the entire forward force. As the commander of the forward force, the lieutenant had thoughts of suicide. Looking at the bloody scene in front of him, his face was pale and he couldn't say a word for a long time.
The Japanese captain quickly received the news and rushed over directly under the protection of the guards.
Seeing the scene in front of him, he was stunned for half a minute before he realized what he was doing, and he cursed loudly: "Bageya Road, you cunning Eighth Route Army, I'm going to kill you all!"
"Captain, do you want to order the engineers to go to the front to clear mines?" the deputy captain reminded with a solemn look.
"Sweeping mines, once the mines on the road are cleared, Tubal Road will have been wiped out by other troops!" the captain cursed angrily.
Then he ordered with a fierce look on his face: "The second squadron abandoned the road, walked through the wheat fields and rushed to the village in front, and captured fifty Chinese people for me. Don't you like to lay landmines on Tubal Road? Then we will use the Chinese people to go to the front." Give us the landmines. The old-fashioned Eighth Route Army has more landmines in their hands than the Chinese people around them. Go and execute it immediately!"
"Hi!" The vice-captain immediately responded.
But it didn't take long for the second squadron to come back, and it came back in vain, carrying more than a dozen wounded and corpses, and ran back with low morale.
"What's going on? What's going on with the casualties? Where are the Chinese people? Why haven't I captured the Chinese people I want?" The captain asked like an angry lion, staring at the squadron leader.
The squadron leader lowered his head and replied: "When we arrived at the village, the village was already deserted. There was not a single Chinese person left, and not even a dog was found."
"As for the casualties, we encountered the Tubal guerrillas, and they inflicted them on us with cold guns!"
"Then did you send troops to destroy them?" the captain asked with a pair of angry eyes.
"Sir, please punish us. We did not eliminate them! These Tubal Roads are too cunning. They will break out after they are beaten, and they are particularly scattered. I sent troops to pursue them, but they were lost within a few minutes of chasing them. It had no effect at all!"
The captain's head lowered even further.
As a squadron leader from the Imperial Army's field force, the squadron leader has never fought in such a frustrating battle. If he is angry, no one is more angry than him. But the guerrillas are too cunning, no matter it is a cold-blooded guerrilla warfare,
, or the mobile battle of seizing the opportunity to pounce on him and bite him, both made him tired of dealing with it!
"This must be a conspiracy on the Tubal Road. Without the Chinese people to clear the way, the road that could have been completed in one day may not be completed in five days just by demining the mines with engineers!" The deputy captain reacted immediately and shouted anxiously.
The captain's face was extremely gloomy, and it took him five minutes to react: "Bagya Road, this encirclement and suppression operation is an excellent opportunity for us to eliminate the independent regiment. There must be no accidents. I will contact the general immediately,
Let’s see what the general can do. The entire encirclement and suppression operation must not be unexpected because of us!”
Soon, the vice-captain came over with a heavy face.
"Captain, Your Majesty the General has called back."
"The other three-pronged offensive troops also encountered the same problem as us. It is obvious that the Eighth Route Army was well prepared for our raid this time!"
The captain was obviously relieved. As long as the problem of the sweep did not come from himself, nothing would be a problem.
Then he stared at the deputy captain and asked, "What do you think, General?"
"Hi!" the vice-captain replied immediately.
"Your Majesty the General said that since Tubal Road has already prepared for our raid, we must be careful in our next raid!"
"The four-pronged offensive troops maintain their current speed and clear mines when necessary. It doesn't matter if the speed is slower, but the distance between the four-pronged offensive troops must not be widened. No one of the four-pronged offensive troops can stand out alone to avoid being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Yo Xi, your Excellency the General has thought very carefully. We will do as your Excellency the General said! Order the engineers to start clearing mines immediately!"
"Also, the formation of the vanguard troops should be as dispersed as possible. Even if they encounter landmines, the losses will be very small!"
The vice-captain reminded in a low voice: "Your Excellency, captain, do you want to order the Imperial Army to open a road ahead, so that the losses of our Imperial Army will be minimized?"
"No!" The captain refused without hesitation.
"Everyone knows that if you open a road ahead, you may step on a landmine at any time and lose your life. If you send the Imperial Army out alone, doesn't it mean that you are telling them that the Imperial Army will use them as scapegoats! The Imperial Army will still need them in the next battle. For the time being,
We can’t let them create a barrier to the imperial army!”
"I understand, go and give the order now!" the vice-captain replied with a look of realization on his face, and he admired the captain even more.
