"All the mobile troops that can be dispatched have been dispatched. Every stronghold that was attacked has been attacked by at least three mobile troops." The chief of staff replied happily.
"The mobile unit closest to the battlefield can arrive at the battlefield in half an hour."
"You can definitely reach the battlefield within an hour."
Nakata Yamaro immediately ordered: "Then don't worry, contact the commanders of each defense area immediately, and be sure to eat these three Eighth Route Army troops for me tonight."
"We have waited so long to encounter a fighter jet. We must seize it and never let the cooked duck fly away again."
The chief of staff quickly replied: "Don't worry, general, I will give the order now to ensure that this battle is won."
On the road more than 20 miles away from the Chengguan stronghold, dozens of guerrillas were wielding shovels on a stretch of nearly 100 meters of road.
Digging pits, laying mines, it's so lively.
"Bury all the black powder we brought on top of the first mine and prepare a big surprise for the Japanese." Captain Zhang Youcheng ordered.
"Their mobile force was equipped with armored vehicles, which must have been the lead, and they marched urgently to reinforce the city gate stronghold."
"I want one landmine and fifty pounds of black powder to completely destroy the chariot led by the Japanese."
The captain of the explosion team specializes in making fireworks and firecrackers in the village. No one knows the power of those black powders better than him, so he answered immediately.
"Captain, don't worry, fifty kilograms of black powder will explode together with the landmine. Even if there is a tank on top, it will be easily blown over. Not to mention those thin-skinned armored vehicles, it will definitely be blown upside down."
"Rumble..."
Just as dozens of guerrillas retreated from the road, two beams of light appeared at the end of the road, and the roar of the engine could be heard faintly.
"The Japanese reinforcements are here. Everyone should be ready for battle and take cover. Without my order, no one can expose the target in advance." Zhang Youcheng ordered with excitement on his face.
"Rumble..."
The roar of the engine is getting louder and louder, and the headlights are getting closer and closer to everyone.
"boom……"
After the first armored vehicle completely entered the minefield, the sound of explosions reached everyone's ears as promised.
The armored vehicle at the front was blown over and landed beside the road without moving.
At a glance, a huge gap had been blown out of the chassis of the armored vehicle that was lying on the ground, showing everyone the powerful power of fifty kilograms of black powder exploding together.
The rapidly marching convoy stopped instantly, and dozens of Japanese soldiers jumped out of the carriage, rifles in hand, and the battle formation spread out, forming a semi-circle, staring at the surroundings with vigilance.
The machine gunners mounted the machine guns on the roof of the car, and the muzzles of the guns moved with their gaze, ready to shoot at suspicious targets in the surrounding area at any time.
But the surroundings were too quiet.
Apart from the overturned armored vehicles and the billowing black smoke rising from the ground, there was no movement at all.
Two minutes later, a dozen Japanese soldiers carrying engineering shovels ran all the way to the crater, trying to fill the huge crater created by the black powder explosion.
"Captain, do you want to fight..." the squad leader lying next to Zhang Youcheng reminded him, looking eager to try.
Zhang Youcheng shook his head: "You can't fight."
"The Japs are so vigilant. There are dozens of Japs on guard around them, and there are several machine guns mounted on the roof of the car. We are too close to them. If we open fire and expose the target now, we will definitely be crushed by them. We won't be able to retreat even if we want to retreat."
no way."
"Let the comrades retreat first. Let's go to the next position. The entire minefield is nearly a hundred meters long, and there is a deputy captain ahead who is destroying the road and laying out new minefields. So tonight we have plenty of opportunities to greet the little Japs in front of us."
"We just killed a Japs armored vehicle, and the little Japs inside must have been killed. But apart from one landmine and fifty kilograms of black powder, we had no other losses. We have already made a lot of money."
It took five minutes to repair the road, push the bombed armored vehicles aside, and the stopped convoy began to move forward.
"Boom boom..."
Just less than thirty meters away, two explosions sounded on the highway again, and black smoke rose from the explosion point.
A car was bombed and crashed into a nearby mountain road. An armored vehicle was bombed and then turned around and rushed into a ditch on the other side.
Although it was scary, there were no casualties.
The squadron leader jumped out of the car, his face gloomy and scary.
Even a fool knows that he has encountered a minefield.
Just now, the convoy was lucky, and no one was killed after being bombed.
But you may not be so lucky next time.
If there are landmines ahead, the probability of vehicle crash and casualties is definitely very high, and the losses to the troops will be great.
The mobile force is only a reinforced squadron. There is still a fierce battle to be fought at the Chengguan stronghold, and we cannot afford to lose it.
So he didn't dare to gamble.
Decisively order the convoy to stop, clear mines first, and make sure the road is safe before continuing.
There are landmines on the road, and the covering infantry dare not rush forward hastily and serve as cannon fodder.
They only dared to surround the convoy to keep vigil.
Five engineers carrying mine detectors reluctantly left the security circle and began to clear the road in front of the convoy.
Soon the first mine was found, and the squadron leader became more determined to continue clearing mines in order to move forward.
The five engineers moved forward little by little, with the infantry following them and not daring to get closer.
As time passed, the engineers became farther and farther away from the infantry, slowly becoming a lone army.
Zhang Youcheng led dozens of team members to ambush at the end of the minefield.
I immediately realized that a fighter plane had appeared.
"Get ready for battle. Concentrate your firepower on five engineers. Several squad leaders will arrange to shoot targets. At least five of them will shoot one Japanese soldier, each with one bullet. After the shooting is over, retreat and try to kill them all!" Zhang Youcheng ordered in a low voice.
The box cannon was immediately inserted back into his waist, he picked up the rifle on his back, loaded the bullet, and aimed steadily at the first engineer on the left.
The engineers were still sixty meters away from everyone, and when the infantry was still nearly a hundred meters away because they were too far behind, Zhang Youguo pulled the trigger decisively.
"Bang...shoot..."
Gunshots were fired and the order to fire followed.
The more than thirty team members who were ambushing around them pulled the trigger together regardless of whether they had aimed at the target or not.
More than thirty rifles fired at the same time. The sound of gunfire sounded like a machine gun firing, short and intensive.
"retreat!"
Regardless of whether he killed all the engineers or not, Zhang Youcheng put away his rifle and crawled back.
"Da da da……"
The light machine gun mounted on the roof of the car by the Japanese was the quickest to react, and it fired from a condescending position where the guerrillas were hiding.
The bullets drew beautiful arcs in the air and flew past like meteors.
The rifleman also joined the battle in time and pulled the trigger on the guerrillas.
"ah……"
Screams suddenly sounded behind Zhang Youcheng.
One team member fell to the ground clutching his shot thigh, blood gushing out from between his fingers like a fountain, and soon stained his trouser legs red.
This is the situation Zhang Youcheng least wants to face.
The Japs have quick reactions and strong combat effectiveness.
Once there are wounded in the guerrillas, it is very likely that one person will drag everyone down and be made dumplings by the Japanese.
My mind is working rapidly, thinking of solutions.
In less than two seconds, Zhang Youcheng made a decision: "The squad leader and I will carry the wounded to retreat. Others should not stop and continue to bend down to retreat."
"The Japanese are still rushing to reinforce the city gate stronghold, and they will definitely not pursue us. As long as we withdraw from their firepower range, we will be safe."
Zhang Youcheng's judgment was correct.
Compared with the main force of the garrison outside the city gate stronghold, the Japanese squadron leader really looked down upon them.
After confirming that the guerrillas had slipped away, they decisively ordered the troops to stop shooting, and then re-sent people to continue clearing mines and reinforce the city gate stronghold.
Only this time the squadron leader had to be much more cautious.
Infantry, armored vehicles, and cars with mounted machine guns followed closely behind the engineers, providing them with fire cover at any time.
At the same time, eleven mobile troops that were marching urgently to reinforce the battlefield were successively attacked by guerrillas.
With better luck, the mobile unit was only harassed by one or two guerrillas.
If they were unlucky, at least ten guerrilla groups were waiting for them to enter their area of activity along the way.
At the Chengguan stronghold, the sound of gunfire has been going on for more than half an hour.
Bullets, cannonballs, both sides came and went, it was so lively.
The Japanese squadron leader is very fortunate that so far, the Eighth Route Army attacking him has not used mountain artillery.
Otherwise, without the support of turrets and bunkers, it would be too difficult to block the offensive of the garrison with only ground positions.
The garrison regiment fired mortar shells into the stronghold, one after another, as if they were free of charge.
Without the protection of gun towers and bunkers, even if the troops are protected by trenches, they will be blown to pieces by the rain of shells.
After taking a look at his watch, the solemn expression on the squadron leader's face clearly relaxed, and he immediately asked.
"How many of us are left?"
"Sir, there are more than 80 people left in the Imperial Army and more than 100 people in the Imperial Army." A second lieutenant replied.
"Yo Xi!" The expression on the squadron leader's face became even more relaxed.
"Judging from the time, in another ten minutes, the first mobile unit will arrive on the battlefield and attack the Eighth Route Army attacking us from behind to hold them back."
"Then there will be three more guerrillas arriving on the battlefield within half an hour. Fight them and finally eliminate them."
"Tell the warriors, if we hold on for ten more minutes, we will win!"
Outside the stronghold, the commander of the third company of the secret service battalion stared around.
As for the ongoing attack, he didn't take it to heart at all.
With the heavy weapons carried by the troops, it would be easy to capture the city gate stronghold.
However, the purpose of the troops' trip was not this stronghold.
Instead, they surrounded the point for reinforcements and used guerrillas to slowly consume the Japanese reinforcements.
So he has been controlling the rhythm of the troops' attack and is ready to retreat at any time.
"Company Commander, the Japs closest to us are less than five miles away. Two guerrilla groups are harassing them. They should be able to kill them in twenty minutes." The reconnaissance squad leader ran over and reported.
The company commander had been waiting for this moment for a long time and decisively ordered: "Then what are you waiting for? Order the troops to retreat, and we will fight again tomorrow night."
"Some time ago we practiced guerrilla warfare against the Japanese. This time we will practice siege warfare."