"Battal Commander, the Japanese and puppet troops have arrived, and the search teams arranged on both wings have also withdrawn. The entire army is marching around the baggage train."
"The sneak attack of the second and third companies worked." Zhao Wen shouted happily.
"The search team is like the claws extended by the Japanese and puppet troops. It is definitely easier to hit than the body. When the losses are great, the Japanese and puppet troops will naturally retract the claws."
"This is absolutely great news for us."
"Without the search team, the thunder cannon hidden next to the road will not be discovered, and our chance of a successful raid will greatly increase."
"Order the troops to prepare for battle. Whether they can destroy the ammunition escorted by the baggage train depends on the next battle."
After the search team withdrew, the gunfire from the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack did not weaken at first.
After the responding troops concentrated on three counterattacks with light machine guns and grenade launchers, the frequency of sneak attacks became significantly smaller. It must be that the Eighth Route Army suffered a lot in the three counterattacks.
Major Nakamura's solemn expression gradually became more beautiful.
The troops will reach a plain one kilometer further. The terrain is very favorable to them, and the Eighth Route Army will definitely have fewer chances to sneak attack on them there.
Nakamura decided to quickly pass through this mountainous area and lead his troops to wander on the plains, waiting for the plane to arrive at dawn.
Shen Sheng ordered: "Our marching speed must be accelerated and we should leave here as soon as possible. As long as we get out of this mountainous area and enter the plains, the possibility of being attacked by the Eighth Route Army again will be greatly reduced."
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of dull explosions suddenly sounded more than a hundred meters to his left.
Turning around, they saw eight thick powder barrels spraying out balls of orange-red flames at them.
The explosive package rushed out of the gasoline barrel driven by the flames and rolled towards them at a speed that was very slow and visible to the naked eye.
Nakamura had just seen the power of the flying thunder cannon, right at the mountain pass.
An explosive package was smashed down, killing or injuring all soldiers within a few dozen meters of the impact point.
On the battlefield, the attacking troops were so scattered that a single explosive pack could take away more than a dozen lives.
Now the troops are marching in a group, all gathered together, and a bomb pack is not going to take the lives of dozens of subordinates.
Thinking of this, a solemn expression appeared on Nakamura's face again, his face turned pale, and he cried out.
"Everyone dispersed immediately, there was an explosive package flying towards us."
After saying that, Nakamura threw himself into a depression next to the road and lay on the ground holding his head.
The flying speed of explosive charges is indeed very slow, but the distance they fly is too short.
In less than two seconds, eight explosive packets fell from the sky, making a thunder-like explosion that was deafening, and the ground beneath their feet began to tremble from the explosion.
"Da da da……"
Gunshots rang out at the same time. Two heavy machine guns and six light machine guns equipped by the fourth company were ambushing in front of the torpedo cannon position, and they all sprayed flames onto the road.
Nakamura was very lucky, no one bomb dropped on him, and he was lucky enough to survive without a single wound on his body.
Before I had time to rejoice, the explosion sounded again.
There were explosions of mortar shells and explosions of explosive packets, which were dense and chaotic.
Looking up at the road, there are splashing fires everywhere, black smoke rising into the sky, mules and horses running around after being frightened, ammunition boxes flying everywhere, corpses of soldiers who were blown away, broken limbs, and mud...
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"Sir, the ammunition escorted by the baggage train was detonated by the explosive package fired from the thunder cannon!" shouted a lieutenant next to him.
"The Eighth Route Army also planted explosives next to the highway, and they were also detonated." Another officer shouted.
At this time, even a fool can see the Eighth Route Army's battle plan.
The explosives buried on the road in advance were detonated by the thunder cannon, and the ammunition escorted by the train was detonated.
As long as a box of artillery shells is exploded, the shells inside will be scattered everywhere like flowers, causing a larger explosion, and finally forming a chain reaction, allowing more ammunition and explosives to explode...
Nakamura's face turned paler and paler, and no trace of blood could be seen anymore, and he ordered decisively.
"Everyone get off the road and away from the ammunition being carried by the baggage train."
"If we run out of ammunition, we can still ask our superiors to use planes to airdrop it to us. If all the troops are bombed, Laiyuan City will be completely destroyed."
At the garrison regiment headquarters, it was not until ten o'clock in the morning that the communications platoon received the success report of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion.
"Captain, Zhao Wen fought better than we expected, and the result was better than we expected."
"After dawn, the Japanese and puppet troops successfully entered Laiyuan City under the cover of aircraft."
"According to statistics, there are more than 600 corpses left by the Japanese and puppet troops outside the city alone. Adding in the wounded who have lost their combat effectiveness and the puppet troops captured by the troops, our result is more than 700 people..."
"Excluding the baggage train and the more than 200 people who escorted the troops into Laiyuan City, the Laiyuan garrison lost 500 people directly, and there are still more than 1,500 people left."
"The Laiyuan Independent Battalion won a complete victory. The only regret is that all the ammunition escorted by the baggage team was destroyed."
"This time the little devil lost his wife and lost his troops. He worked hard all night, but in the end he gained nothing and lost his troops and generals."
Li Hao replied with a nonchalant expression: "If it's gone, it's gone. Tell Zhao Wen that the goods escorted by the baggage team are all bullets and mortar shells. Our arsenal can already produce these ammunition ourselves. I will replenish him as much as he shoots out."
, promise not to let him suffer."
Seeing Hong Linfeng nodding, Li Hao thought for a moment and continued to order: "One more sentence: the troops will continue to blockade Laiyuan City as planned, consume their ammunition, wait for the opportunity, and capture Laiyuan City in one fell swoop."
Just as Hong Linfeng was about to give the order, political commissar Wang Hong came over with a serious look on his face.
"Regiment commander, chief of staff, headquarters orders.
"It's an encrypted telegram, I just translated it."
It's not a big deal, it's an important matter. The superiors will definitely not send encrypted telegrams. The faces of Li Hao and Hong Linfeng also became serious.
Wang Hong continued: "Our superiors asked us to move the main force to Hunyuan within three days, launch an attack on Hunyuan County, capture it within two days, and then attack towards Datong and advance fifty kilometers to establish a defense line."
"Did the headquarters say why?" Hong Linfeng asked.
Although Hunyuan County is not as important as Laiyuan and Guangling, it is close to Datong and is the only way for the garrison to attack Datong. The Japanese and puppet troops still stationed more than a thousand people there.
While the Japanese and puppet troops assembled heavy troops to raid the garrison base areas, they were not idle either.
Use steel bars and cement sent from Datong to build blockades and overhaul fortifications.
Although the blockade zone now exists in name only, and several strongholds large and small within the territory have been abandoned, Hunyuan County is like a nail, standing still.
The Hunyuan Independent Battalion tried to recapture Hunyuan, but they all lost their troops and returned without success. In the end, they had to change their attack to blockade. Like several other independent battalions, they weakened their strength by consuming the garrison's ammunition and created a way to counterattack Hunyuan.
Chance.
Therefore, the storming of Hunyuan will definitely be a big battle for the garrison.
Wang Hong shook his head and replied: "I didn't say the reason. I just said that we were asked to carry out the order. We must capture Hunyuan within the specified time, and then attack and advance fifty kilometers towards Datong to establish a defense line."