The Japanese and puppet troops finished their lunch in the howling cold wind, then burned Laoshu Village into ruins and continued to march deeper into the base area!
"You little devil, you started burning down the house again. Our platoon will take revenge sooner or later!" Li Zhiyong, the platoon leader, cursed with hatred on his face!
The deputy platoon leader consoled him: "Platoon leader, we placed the landmines on the position and in the village. The total number of Japanese and puppet soldiers killed and injured was more than 100. Killing so many of them and burning down our village.
This can be regarded as tit-for-tat, a tie!"
Li Zhiyong is a local. Seeing the houses in the village being burned was like seeing his own home being burned. His face was full of anger!
He didn't listen to the deputy platoon leader's comfort at all and replied angrily: "I don't care what the draw is. Entering our base area, burning our houses, killing our people, this is a life-and-death hatred. We must avenge it, no matter how many more little devils die."
No one has anything to do with me, and I won’t feel any heartache!”
"Comrades!"
Having said this, Li Zhiyong quickly turned his attention to the three squad leaders, and then continued!
"The battle that just ended shows that landmines that are usually inconspicuous are useful, and their killing effect is no worse than the guns in our hands!"
"The regiment leader is right. As long as the Japanese and puppet troops don't let the Japanese and puppet troops catch our people and step on mines for them, our homemade mines will be ineffective for them. So I decided that we will continue to carry out the regiment headquarters' orders in the next battle.
, use landmines on a large scale to encircle the Japanese and puppet troops and consume them!"
"Now I order the troops to disperse in squad units. Each infantry squad is equipped with a guerrilla unit. In addition, thirty landmines and thirty grenades will be given to deal with these Japanese and puppet troops!"
"I want these Japanese and puppet troops to step on the landmines we prepared for them no matter where they go!"
"Yes, platoon leader!" several squad leaders and guerrilla captains replied with their eyes shining!
Lieutenant Colonel Yuwen was in a very bad mood!
As a captain, as soon as the troops stopped, his subordinates set up a tent for him to rest. He didn't need to have lunch in the cold wind like his subordinates did!
But he was not happy at all.
There was no enemy or even a single civilian in Laoshu Village, which was burning with raging fire behind them. However, dozens of landmines caused nearly 100 casualties to the troops. The Japanese accounted for more than one-third, almost
Another infantry squad has lost its combat effectiveness!
Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen has fought against the Eighth Route Army more than once, but this is definitely his first time fighting such a frustrating battle!
If I remember correctly, I haven't had a head-to-head confrontation with an independent group since the war began.
Without even seeing the shadow of the opponent, the troops suffered more than a hundred casualties, and nearly a hundred people were killed directly in battle. It was really frustrating.
If the Eighth Route Army was standing in front of him at this time, Zhongzuo Yuwen would have thought of killing him alive!
"Boom boom boom..."
A series of explosions suddenly sounded at the front of the team, sending up a lot of black smoke!
Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen, who had been holding back his anger, turned into a powder keg, and it was also ignited, and all his anger burst out!
He cursed loudly: "Bageya Road, the cunning Eighth Route Army will attack us with landmines. If they have the ability, they will find them and confront us head-on!"
Soon a lieutenant ran over and reported breathlessly: "Sir, the forward troops encountered a mine, and it was a series of mines!"
"I will immediately order the engineering team to clear mines in front!" the adjutant immediately said!
Before Lieutenant Yu Wen spoke, the lieutenant shook his head and replied: "The explosion was not an ordinary mine. The shell was made of ceramics and stones. The mine detectors equipped by the engineering team were useless. They could only use mine detectors for manual demining, but the speed was very slow!"
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"idiot!"
Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen immediately thought of the situation where the troops encountered landmines yesterday!
The adjutant also thought about it, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he replied: "Sir, the best way to solve this problem is to learn from the brigade leader's outburst yesterday, and grab some common people to go to the front of the team to clear the way for us!"
"But this place has been cleared by the Eighth Route Army. It will definitely be difficult to catch it in a short time. I suggest that the Imperial Association Army come in!"
Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen immediately made a decision: "Select a company from the Imperial Association Army to join the forward troops and open the way for the troops!"
"It would be their honor to allow the Imperial Alliance Army to die instead of the Imperial Army!"
"The most indispensable thing in China is people. If all of our Imperial Alliance troops are dead, we can still recruit new Imperial Alliance troops!"
"Also, in order not to cause a backlash from the Imperial Army, the troops abandoned the highway and took the path next to the highway. The forward troops decided where to go, leaving the Eighth Route Army unable to figure out our marching route and unable to continue laying mines!"
The adjutant immediately complimented: "Sir, you are wise!"
"Although the troops carry a lot of heavy weapons, they have become like mules and horses. They have no dependence on roads and can definitely walk on mountain roads!"
"Even if the Eighth Route Army wants to continue laying landmines, they don't know where to bury them! Unless they have thousands of landmines and bury all the possible marching roads in front of us!"
"But this is impossible. The Eighth Route Army has poor equipment and does not have its own arsenal. It is certainly impossible to mass-produce landmines!"
The devil's idea was right, but he ignored one fact!
The landmines they stepped on were not standard iron-cased landmines, they were all made by the independent regiment's repair shop!
Stones and ceramics are not restricted by raw materials in the base area. As long as there are people, they can make as many as they want!
Not to mention black gunpowder, the formula is public. All you need to do to repair the weapon is to make the black gunpowder more refined, make the black gunpowder purer, and then make it granular to maximize the power of the black gunpowder!
As early as when Li Hao went to Datong to work in the coal mines, the repair shop could produce in large quantities!
Therefore, the Independent Regiment has a sufficient number of landmines to surround them. The platoon commanded by Li Zhiyong alone has nearly 500 landmines of various types in hand!
In addition, when people bury landmines, they don't leave them alone, but they take them out as they are buried. As soon as the Japanese army leaves the minefield with their front legs, the back legs of the unexploded mines will be taken out by the guerrillas and sent to the next minefield for continued use.
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So the Japanese and puppet troops just changed their marching methods, and Li Zhiyong also changed their tactics!
Although their marching route is uncertain, because Lingqiu is mountainous and there are woods too far away from the road, which is very dangerous, their marching range has always been within two hundred meters on both sides of the road.
This gave Li Zhiyong a chance!
Run in front of the Japanese and puppet troops and plant 200 landmines at once, forming a huge minefield 500 meters wide in front and 30 meters deep!
As long as they are marching within two hundred meters on both sides of the road, the minefield is the only way they must pass!
"Boom boom boom..."
In less than an hour, a series of familiar explosions reached Zhongzuo Yuwen’s ears. They were very violent and intermittent, and lasted for nearly a minute before completely stopping!
"Sir, it's still a landmine. The Imperial Alliance Army stepped on a landmine and went into chaos. Then they also detonated the surrounding mines. There were 12 mines in total!" The lieutenant who left just now ran over again. This time, his expression was obviously more nervous than before, and he was deep.
I'm afraid that the captain will vent his anger on himself!
Seeing Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen's expression solemn and silent, the lieutenant hesitated for a moment and continued his report.
"At least one platoon of the Imperial Army's forward troops suffered casualties!"
"Also, because the troops suffered too many casualties and suffered a large number of seriously injured people, the Imperial Army of this company had to allocate a large number of manpower to carry the wounded. There is no longer enough troops to continue carrying out the forward mission!"
"Baga, who can tell me how the Eighth Route Army could do this? The march route keeps changing. How could they know where we would go and lay mines there, waiting for us to pass!" Lieutenant Colonel Yuwen finally reacted calmly.
His face did not change, he stared at a pair of eyes that could almost breathe fire, and asked loudly!
The adjutant and several squadron leaders did not express any other expression except silence!
Because this is what they can’t understand!
After waiting for a long time and no one spoke, Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen could only order with a look of helplessness: "That's it. I don't believe that the Eighth Route Army can bury landmines exactly on the road we must pass every time. It always has such good luck! Just now
It must be a fluke that the Eighth Route Army happened to bury the mines there!"
"Move up the last company of the Imperial Army and keep moving forward. We must reach the destination before dark!"
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