At dawn the next day, a rallying call sounded from the Japanese and puppet army station!
Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen is in a good mood today, full of confidence, and plans to vent all the anger he had suppressed yesterday!
The troops were ordered to eat before it was completely bright, and then set off at dawn. Make good use of today's daylight to capture a few more civilians and destroy the independent regiment's mine array.
After receiving the order from the brigade headquarters, he took several squadron leaders to study the map for nearly two hours, and finally identified a nearby mountain on the map that was likely to contain a large number of civilians!
What they need to do today is to go into the mountains to capture these people under the cover of planes, force them to find out the whereabouts of the Independent Regiment, and then fight them to a decisive battle and kill them!
As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops moved, Li Zhiyong received the news!
"Platoon leader, the Japs have begun to take action, and they are heading into the mountains. There is a village of people hiding in the mountain where the Japs are going!" A squad leader rushed over and reported anxiously!
Li Zhiyong immediately reacted: "The little devil is planning to jump over the wall and take advantage of the common people!"
"First squad leader, send all your people out and notify the company commander and the nearby second and third platoons to reinforce us. The Japs are going into the mountains to capture our people. I will try my best to hold them back here and buy time for the people to move!
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"Captain Li of the guerrilla team, take your people and set off now, take the small roads to find the people hiding there, and move them deeper into the mountains!"
"Let me tell you, our Eighth Route Army will definitely protect them and try our best to prevent the Japanese and puppet troops from finding the earthen nests they built in the mountains. When the Japanese and puppet troops withdraw from the mountains, they can return to the earthen nests!"
"Others brought mines and set off with me, trying to hold off the Japanese and puppet troops at all costs for at least two hours to cover the transfer of the villagers!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Three landmines exploded at the feet of the forward troops of the Japanese and puppet troops. The three puppet troops and the three Japanese soldiers fell to the ground with screams. The three people became silent on the spot. They covered their bloody wounds and screamed in pain!
The main force of the Japanese and puppet troops ignored them and continued to move around the corpses and wounded!
After encountering two minefields and losing more than a dozen men, the forward troops finally arrived at the edge of the mountain!
"Sir, we found a large number of footprints on the edge of the mountain. They must have been left by people from nearby villages who entered the mountain!" the squadron leader who commanded the forward troops happily reported!
From yesterday to today, almost all the Japanese killed and injured by landmines were his subordinates. No one is more ruthless to the Independent Regiment and hates landmines than him!
As long as the common people are captured, the landmine problem that he hates so much can be solved, so the happiness he shows is all from the bottom of his heart!
It was as if we had seen the troops entering the mountains, driving hundreds of people out of the mountains, and then opening a way for the troops to force the independent regiment to stop using landmines!
Lieutenant Colonel Yu Wen is also very happy!
The large number of footprints means that my judgment last night was correct. As long as I go into the mountains and capture the people, the landmine problem that troubles me will be solved!
But he was not overjoyed.
There are mountains ahead, not plains!
The rugged and complex terrain means that people can hide everywhere around the troops, and then shoot deadly bullets at the troops!
Also, because the terrain is rugged and complex, the cavalry squadron, which has particularly strong maneuverability and assault capabilities on the plains, has become a liability here!
Not only was he unable to continue patrolling and guarding the troops, but he also had to worry about becoming a target for the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops!
After thinking for a few seconds, he calmly asked the adjutant next to him!
"How long will it take for the plane contacted by the brigade leader to arrive!"
"Weng buzz..."
As soon as the words were spoken, the roar of the aircraft engine came from far and near!
"Sir, these are the planes covering us. They are here!" the adjutant replied immediately, and his tense nerves suddenly relaxed!
There are planes cruising overhead, so the Eighth Route Army will definitely not show up!
Even if a small group of the Eighth Route Army appears and sticks around to sneak attack on itself, it is unlikely to cause too many casualties to the troops!
So airplanes are the basis for the Japanese to enter the mountains!
Lieutenant Colonel Yuwen's serious face also showed a smile at this time, and he decisively ordered: "The troops will strengthen their vigilance, let's go into the mountain!"
On the mountainside less than 500 meters in front of the Japanese and puppet troops, Li Zhiyong looked solemn!
The Japanese and puppet troops came over much faster than I imagined!
There are only ten kilometers away from where the common people are hiding. According to the speed at which the Japanese are marching, they can kill them in at most an hour and a half!
And the guerrillas who have set off in advance must not have reached everyone's hiding place yet!
Moreover, among the hundreds of people there are old, weak, women and children, it will definitely take a lot of time to move into the mountains!
This means that I have to find a way to hold them back for at least two hours, or even two and a half hours!
"Platoon leader, the Japanese are coming at them very fast. How can we fight?" the deputy platoon leader reported anxiously!
"The Japanese are more difficult to deal with than we expected!" Li Zhiyong replied with a long sigh!
"I decided to change the battle plan. The original idea was to conduct sneak attacks and harass along the way to slow down the march of the Japanese and puppet troops. But now it seems that is no longer possible!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops marched outside the mountains too resolutely. Even though they knew there were landmines in front of them, they still rushed forward regardless of everything!"
"I finally understand. The Japs have one purpose in doing this, which is to get into the mountains as quickly as possible. Find the villagers hiding in the mountains and catch them!"
"The devils know very well that as long as they capture the common people, they can use them to force us to give up the landmines!"
"So they would rather die a few more people now than be troubled by our landmines and lose more soldiers in the future!"
"I am certain that if we continue to use the old method, the Japanese will definitely ignore our sneak attacks just like they encountered landmines outside the mountains. Instead, they will rush into the mountains at all costs and find the villagers in the shortest possible time!"
The deputy platoon leader also frowned, nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Then how do we change?"
"Other than sneak attacks and harassment, I can't think of any other way we can slow down the march of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Have the landmines been laid?" Li Zhiyong suddenly asked!
The deputy platoon leader couldn't follow his train of thought at all, and didn't understand why Li Zhiyong suddenly mentioned landmines again. But he still answered dutifully.
"Twenty mines and ten mixed mines, all arranged!"
Li Zhiyong's solemn face slowly showed a firm expression, and then replied: "With the cooperation of landmines and mixed mines, our success rate in blocking the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely be much higher!"
"I decided to block the Japanese and puppet troops entering the mountain under the cover of mines and mixed mines!"
"There are nearly ten kilometers from here to where the villagers are hiding. We will block them once every kilometer and block them for five minutes. All added up, we can buy nearly an hour of transfer time for the villagers!"
The deputy platoon leader was frightened, with his mouth open in shock!
It took him a long time to react, and then he stared at Li Zhiyong with an expression of disbelief and asked: "Platoon leader, you are crazy!"
"We have less than 30 people. The total number of Japanese and puppet troops is more than 1,700. With less than 30 people, we can withstand the attack of more than 1,700 Japanese and puppet troops. This is not a war at all, but a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
, go and die yourself!"
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