"Division Commander, the demining squadron lost 26 members of the Imperial Army. If such a sneak attack happens again, we will not have professional demining engineers. By then, our demining speed will be even slower!" The engineer captain ran away as soon as he knew the casualty data.
He complained to Lieutenant General Ito.
Lieutenant General Ito stared at him without speaking, but his expression was very ugly.
It took a full minute before he sneered: "You don't want to continue demining? If road safety cannot be guaranteed, a tank will be destroyed by artillery shells planted by the Eighth Route Army in advance during the march. Can I think that this responsibility should be yours?
The engineer regiment came to defeat..."
The commander of the regiment could not bear such a big responsibility, and quickly shook his head and replied: "Division commander, you have misunderstood. This is not the meaning of humble duty. For the safety of the chariot brigade, mine clearing must not only not stop, but must be further strengthened..."
"What do you mean?" Lieutenant General Ito's face looked much better.
The engineer captain immediately replied: "I want to mix the mine-clearing squadron and the forward troops together to clear mines. In this way, the distance that the two forward cavalry squadrons need to be alerted will be directly shortened by half."
"The distance of the warning route is shorter, and the opportunities that the Eighth Route Army can take advantage of will be less and less. They will not be able to continue to sneak attack on us..."
"The Eighth Route Army's purpose of laying heavy artillery shells on the highway is to destroy our tank troops. No matter whether the minesweeping squadron is arranged in front or behind the engineering regiment, it can ensure that the road the tank group is about to pass is safe!"
"In this case, the mine-clearing squadron can completely mix among the forward troops to clear mines to prevent the Eighth Route Army from launching a special attack on our mine-clearing squadron!"
To Lieutenant General Ito, twenty-some Japanese were not many, but if these twenty-odd people were all professional mine-sweeping engineers, he would be heartbroken.
There are still more than 100 kilometers to go to Linfen. In order to avoid accidents, these more than 100 kilometers of roads require them to clear mines little by little. If they lose too much, the demining speed will definitely slow down or even stop. In this way
Come, the marching speed of the troops will be slowed down because of this!
Lieutenant General Ito's expression slowly turned serious.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he decided: "Just do what you said... In addition, draw another cavalry squadron from the main force and add the cavalry wing directly under the brigade to ensure the safety of the minesweeping squadron... Their safety is too important.
There must be no more accidents!”
Until this moment, all the Japanese, including Lieutenant General Ito, believed that Wang Ping transferred the engineering company here to deal with the tanks in their hands. They were completely unaware that Wang Ping was planning to kill the chicken with a sledgehammer and prepare to close in on the enemy.
Hundreds of heavy artillery shells and almost all the high explosives in stock were used to deal with their engineer regiment, a force that basically never went to the battlefield.
"Captain, the Japs have moved. They have moved the mine clearing engineers to the back and mixed with their forward troops to clear mines!" Li Wen finally showed a smile on his gloomy face, and reported excitedly when he saw Wang Ping.
For this result, the direct team lost a total of four commandos, equivalent to the loss of an entire commando team.
Since the establishment of the direct team, so many members have never been lost in one battle.
If such a huge loss still fails to achieve the goal, then Li Wen will definitely have the idea of hitting a wall.
A smile appeared on Wang Ping's tense face. He ordered without hesitation: "Leave one combat unit and continue to follow the Japs. The others follow me on the path and go directly to the engineering company! As long as we can kill the Japs engineering unit with one detonation,
, then our mission of holding off the Japanese on the road for ten days will be successfully completed!"
In less than half an hour, Wang Ping found Chen Jianqiao, who had laid out the mine array and was resting while breathing heavily.
Whether the Japanese can be held back depends on the next shocking explosion.
To put it more seriously, the key to whether the new regiment can hold on to the base in the coming hard battle and draw a tie with the Japanese is here.
Therefore, Wang Ping was more nervous than anyone else about the layout of the engineering company.
"Company Commander Chen, are the thunder formations for the Japanese ready?" Wang Ping asked as soon as he saw Chen Jianqiao.
"Okay! Head..." Chen Jianqiao quickly replied.
"A total of 80 heavy artillery shells and 400 kilograms of high explosives were buried on the road ahead. The total length of the minefield reached 250 meters, and each heavy artillery shell was buried one meter deep. Connecting these explosives
The wires are also buried one meter deep, so they will definitely not be discovered by the little devils!"
"In addition, in order to avoid accidents, I used all the wires I brought, which were nearly 12 kilometers long, and arranged three sets of wires to the detonation point. Even if there is a problem with two of the wires, the remaining one can still
Instantly detonate all heavy artillery shells and explosives!"
"That's right, the Japs are coming soon, let the soldiers get ready!" Wang Ping breathed a sigh of relief and ordered with expectation on his face.
Lieutenant General Ito was sitting in the passenger seat of the car, leaning on the back of the chair and closing his eyes to rest. The constantly shaking car body woke him up from time to time, but he was so sleepy that he didn't even have the strength to curse. He fell asleep in a few seconds.
Close your eyes again.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a series of earth-shaking explosions reached his ears. His eyes, which were closed just now, quickly opened and shot out two very sharp rays.
The normally traveling car suddenly stopped with a harsh brake sound.
The huge inertia almost hit Lieutenant General Ito against the windshield.
"Baga..." Lieutenant General Ito opened the door and jumped out, regardless of holding the driver responsible.
The nearby security forces reacted faster, and dozens of guards had already formed a circle around the car.
"What happened to the explosion just now? Such a violent explosion can never be an ordinary sneak attack..." he asked after seeing Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ito.
"I will send someone out immediately...it seems to be coming from the direction of the forward troops!" the chief of staff quickly replied.
He was also frightened by the explosion just now. Although he didn't know what happened in front of him, he could still hear the explosion of heavy artillery shells.
As soon as the combat staff broke out of the protective circle, the communications staff guarding the car compartment shouted loudly!
"Sir, there is an urgent call from the forward troops..."
"The Engineer Regiment was attacked. The Eighth Route Army laid a minefield more than 200 meters long on the road. The entire Engineer Regiment was bombed, and an infantry squadron following it was also affected. The troops are now rescuing the wounded.
, I still don’t know the specific damage situation!” The chief of staff glanced at the contents of the telegram, frowned and reported loudly.
"How is that possible, Engineer Regiment? Isn't their target our tanks?" Lieutenant General Ito asked with disbelief.
But it only took a few seconds for him to react, and he shouted with a look of realization on his face.
"Bageya Road, we were fooled..."
After saying these words, Lieutenant General Ito's face turned pale.
At this time, he had completely figured out the huge conspiracy hidden behind the shocking explosion just now!
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