Nine hundred and twentieth IX comprehensive attack
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
The gunfire from the forward troops has been going on for ten minutes and has no intention of stopping.
Lieutenant General Ito frowned and ordered directly: "Chief of Staff, deploy an infantry brigade and a mountain artillery squadron from the main force to kill them. In addition, contact the aviation force to provide fire support to the ground offensive forces. Within half an hour, the Eighth Route Army must be broken through.
Line of defense..."
"Hi!" the chief of staff replied immediately.
The first line of defense deployed by the Eighth Route Army on the edge of the base area should be the easiest to defeat. However, a mixed brigade in the forward group has been fighting for so long without a breakthrough. Not only the division commander Lieutenant General Ito's face is not bright, but the chief of staff's face is also not bright.
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Just when he was about to give an order with a frown, the intensive gunfire suddenly stopped, as if the forward troops had never experienced a battle just now.
Soon, a cavalry communications officer rushed over: "Sir, the forward troops successfully broke through the Eighth Route Army's forward position..."
"How many troops have been lost, how many Eighth Route Army troops have been wiped out!" Lieutenant General Ito asked with a hint of dissatisfaction on his face as he stared at the communications officer.
"Because the Eighth Route Army deliberately concealed its firepower, the forward troops lost a total of more than fifty imperial troops and one infantry squad~ As for the Eighth Route Army..."
The communications officer hesitated for a few seconds before continuing to answer: "We did not find an Eighth Route Army corpse at the Eighth Route Army's forward position... They must have taken the corpse away with them when they retreated!"
"Bagya Road..."
Lieutenant General Ito's anger suddenly surged up, and he cursed unceremoniously: "In other words, the Eighth Route Army guarding the position was not repelled by you... They retreated on their own initiative. What do your forward troops do?
, even the attack on the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army was done like this!"
"Chief of Staff, move up to another group immediately. How can such a unit, with such combat effectiveness and combat level, clear the way for the main force of the division!"
Seeing Lieutenant General Ito's firm face and intending to say a few nice words, the Chief of Staff decisively shut his mouth.
Ten minutes later, the troops parked on the road continued to advance and actually entered the Eighth Route Army base area.
"Boom boom boom..."
Less than ten minutes after walking, a series of violent explosions reached Lieutenant General Ito's ears.
"It's a landmine. I'm all too familiar with this kind of explosion. The cunning Eighth Route Army actually used landmines to deal with us again..." Lieutenant General Ito cursed with anger and an expression of gritted teeth.
The chief of staff immediately said: "Division commander, calm down, I will immediately send engineers to reinforce the forward troops!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Not long after, another series of explosions reached Lieutenant General Ito's ears.
"What do the engineers do for food? Why are there still landmine explosions..." The Eighth Route Army was attacked a second time without even seeing the shadow of the troops. It is certain that the losses from the two attacks on the imperial army must not be small. After all, the explosion just now was not
Not one landmine, but a series of landmines. The furious Lieutenant General Ito immediately became furious and cursed loudly.
The chief of staff also didn't know why the engineers went to the forward troops and the mines were detonated.
Not long after, this question was solved by a communications officer who rushed over from the forward troops!
"Sir, the landmines buried by the Eighth Route Army on the highway are not made of iron. The shells of the mines are ceramic. Our mine detectors can only detect mines with iron shells, not those with ceramic shells!"
"In the two landmine attacks just now, we lost a total of thirty-two imperial troops, 17 of whom were killed directly in battle, and all the others were seriously injured or had their legs blown off and lost their combat effectiveness!"
"Nani? Ceramic mine~" Lieutenant General Ito was stunned for a long time before he could react.
The engineer captain next to him frowned into a big "Sichuan" sign.
After hesitating for a few seconds, he explained: "Division commander... the Eighth Route Army is too cunning!"
"Ceramic landmines not only have a simple production process and can evade mine detectors in our hands, but more importantly, they produce a lot of fragments after the mines explode. If the Eighth Route Army uses a large number of ceramic landmines on our offensive road, it will be bad!"
Lieutenant General Ito stared at the engineer captain who had become the commander-in-chief, and cursed unceremoniously: "You are all professionally trained elite engineers of the Empire of Japan. Those ceramic landmines are just home-made weapons made by the Eighth Route Army themselves. Are you just that?
Is there no solution? In this case, what use does the empire have from you?"
The engineer captain quickly replied: "Please rest assured, division commander, we can find these ceramic mines through manual demining. The only problem is that manual demining involves removing mines bit by bit with mine detectors, and the demining speed is very slow...
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"How slow?" Lieutenant General Ito asked with a glimmer of hope on his face, staring at his subordinates.
"If the entire highway is eliminated, everyone from the Engineer Regiment will be deployed, and a maximum of ten kilometers of road will be dispatched in one day..." The leader of the Engineer Regiment lowered his head and answered.
He knew that his answer would definitely arouse Lieutenant General Ito's anger.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Lieutenant General Ito's angry curses rang in his ears.
"The Bagya Road is ten kilometers a day. How long will it take us to sweep the entire Eighth Route Army base? Is it a month or half a year~"
"No, it's too slow. Think of other ways!"
"Deploy the extra horses from the baggage troops and go to the front of the troops to help us detonate the mines on the road..." the engineer captain suggested with his eyes lit up.
"Also, we can go to the surrounding villages to capture some people and let them walk in front of us to force the Eighth Route Army to stop using landmines!"
Lieutenant General Ito looked much better and ordered decisively: "That's it!"
"Use the Roma to detonate mines and the engineering team will do it!"
"Chief of Staff, please arrange for the troops to go to nearby villages to capture some people. Try to capture as many young people as possible. If they don't obey, you will kill them to force them to obey!"
The chief of staff immediately reminded: "Commander of the division, calm down! Before the troops were sent out, the front army headquarters had explained that in the battle to encircle and suppress the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the imperial army could not take the initiative to massacre ordinary people. The New Regiment held the secrets of more than a thousand imperial expatriates.
Life, there are a lot of big shots inside. We just grab their civilians and step on landmines for us. I'm worried that they will retaliate!"
"No..." Lieutenant General Ito replied, shaking his head.
"We did not deliberately massacre these people, nor did we force them to go to the battlefield to take bullets for us. We only used them as hostages to force the Eighth Route Army to stop using landmines. If the Eighth Route Army massacres our residents because of this, I guarantee that ten of them will be massacred.
times the common people retaliate against them!"
"Go and arrest people immediately. Before dark today, we still have to walk fifteen kilometers to reach the pre-selected station!"
"Hey... I'll take care of my humble job right away!"
An hour later, the troops finally moved.
Less than ten minutes after walking, a series of explosions reached Lieutenant General Ito's ears.
However, this series of explosions did not affect the marching speed of the main force.
After following the troops for less than three kilometers, Lieutenant General Ito saw two dead horses lying on the roadside.
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