Almost at the same time, Yang Zhen launched a devastating blow to the Japanese army on the South Road, composed of two brigades of the 11th Division, in the middle, starting from Jiamusi, Colonel Takeda Shou, the captain of the 43rd Regiment of the 12th Division, the main force of the Japanese army, was very depressed compared to Colonel Murata Takao who was struggling in pain.

There is nothing else. Since the Forty-third Regiment set out from Taipingchuan, although he has not encountered the opponent's tenacious obstacle, he has suffered from the torture of cold guns and cold cannons. The opponent did not meet him at all, but just talked to him with guns and cannons.

Even before the 43rd Regiment had left the river, they were gathered and suffered a solid rain of mortar shells. Dozens of mortar shells fell from the sky caused considerable casualties to the 43rd Regiment that was gathering. Although it could not be compared with the treatment of Takasuo Murata, a whole squadron was bombed and lost its combat effectiveness.

When I was looking for these despicable attackers like crazy, I didn't even find a ghost shadow except for finding several empty boxes for mortar shells southwest of Taiping River.

What Colonel Takeda Suk most unacceptable was that the mortars that attacked him and the mortar shells that fell on his head were actually products of the Imperial Arsenal. The Japanese signs on the shell boxes abandoned at the crime scene were like mocking him.

Colonel Takeda Suzu, who was carrying a few empty shell boxes as the only spoils, looked at the gloomy face of General Sasaki Ichi, hesitated for a moment and swallowed the suggestion that he would better clear the surrounding Taiping River first. He left two squadrons of troops to serve as a guard for Sasaki Ichi, and he led the Japanese and puppet troops to the Green Mountains and began to sweep.

The order Sasaki Hiroichi gave him was very clear. He had to rush to the Liangzi River area that afternoon to clear out the anti-Manchu army that might have been hidden there. He cooperated with the other two Japanese troops to pose this huge threat to the empire and siege the anti-Manchu army and eliminate it in the Liangzi River area.

In fact, the straight-line distance from Taipingchuan to Liangzihe area is not far. As a veteran of the 12th Division, he has been stationed in Northeast China with the 12th Division since 30 or 30 years, and led the 43rd Regiment to participate in the Sanjiang siege against the Anti-Japanese United Army last year, Colonel Takeda Su is no stranger to this place.

Because this area was once one of the main guerrilla bases for the activities of the Third Route Army and the Sixth Army of the Anti-Japanese United Army last year, he was familiar with this area. Last year, he led his troops to attack this area many times and achieved many so-called brilliant achievements.

But this time, looking at the vast mountains on both sides of the marching route, perhaps the early morning attack made Takeda Shou suddenly feel uneasy. The next march, for all the soldiers of the Forty-third Regiment, including Colonel Takeda Shou, can be described as painful.

Compared with the various enthusiasm they received along the way and the frequent scattered treatments they had, they realized that the shelling in the morning was just an appetizer. The attacks they encountered along the way were almost endless and varied attacks, which made the entire 43rd Regiment still far from the Liangzihe area, and it was already full of plants and trees.

As soon as the 43rd Regiment stepped on the mine formation. That's right, it was the mine formation. Hundreds of rafat mines were connected together. When the 43rd Regiment was more than halfway through the march, hundreds of mines suddenly exploded in the marching brigade.

These mines are not ordinary mines, and they are tied around them with bullets, grenades, broken glass, etc., and even have several mortar shells tied up. This unconventional explosive can be imagined the damage caused by explosions in the marching brigade.

A whole infantry squadron was blown by these mines and there were only a few people left. Not only did they fly everywhere with broken limbs and broken arms, but they also brought the mountain cannon squadron and the people and horses to the sky. There was not even one of the four mountain cannons left for him. In other words, before the 12th Division officially met with the opponent, they lost half of their support firepower, and they were mainly supported firepower.

Before the Forty-third Regiment recovered from the explosion, a dense rain of mortar shells was fired from the mountains on both sides of the road, knocking down the Japanese army that had just gathered up after the mine explosion. The attacks from the first and then went up allowed the Japanese soldiers of the Forty-third Regiment to taste what the taste of ice and fire and heaven was like.

However, for the Japanese army in the 43rd Regiment, the nightmare had just begun. While Colonel Takeda Suk was gathering up the troops that were scattered away from the shelling, a squadron, as a vanguard, suffered heavy casualties under the dense rain of bullets shot by at least six heavy machine guns that suddenly swept over, and lost half of the squadron in just a few minutes.

The severe blows encountered by the vanguard, coupled with the artillery bombardment in the morning and the casualties caused by landmines and artillery bombardment just now, the 43rd Regiment had not yet officially entered the mountains to carry out a clearance. Even the opponents were not even seen, they were injured and killed and killed two and a half infantry squadrons and a mountain artillery squadron. In other words, by this time, the 43rd Regiment had almost lost a large troop of troops.

The angry Colonel Takeda Shou looked at the dead and wounded Japanese soldiers and the piles of wreckage left by the mountain artillery squadron, and almost bit off all his mouth. What kind of opponent is this?

Not only did he not have the courage to have a face-to-face contest with him like a warrior, he was just playing tricks. He didn't even see what his opponent looked like, and he lost nearly one-third of his troops. If he continued at this speed and reached the predetermined target, how many people would be left in his 43rd Regiment?

These anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese elements have got so many mines and mortars from there? Aren’t they always lacking ammunition? Will they be so generous with so many bullets and grenades tied to mines?

He was afraid that Colonel Takeda Shou was worried that his opponent would play any tricks, so he pulled out the marching brigade and did not say that, and he did not dare to concentrate all his troops on the road to march.

He changed his previous practice of concentrating troops and divided his troops into three groups. In addition to heavy weapons such as mortars, heavy machine guns, and the main force walking on the road, other forces were placed on the hills on both sides and marched along the ridges on both sides. One was to disperse the troops, and the other was to prevent the vanguard from happening again.

In order to avoid being ambushed again, the speed of the march inevitably decreased due to the barriers of the mountains and forests on the mountain. In Colonel Takeda Suk’s opinion, it is better to be slower than to be hit by a scoundrel again if you don’t know when you will be hit.

Although Sasaki won't be too happy to get to No. 1 Middle School General at the scheduled time. But if the 43rd Regiment suffered too much loss, his division commander, Lieutenant General Kiyota Uemura, may not be able to spare him.

No matter how unhappy Sasaki was at the 1st lieutenant General, he was not his direct superior, and at most he sued himself to the Kanto Army Headquarters. If the lieutenant General Kiyota Uemura was unhappy, he would be really unlucky.

After being hit by several consecutive blows, Colonel Takeda Su was much more cautious. He would rather reduce the speed of the march, search for all suspicious places, or use artillery fire to cover fire, than continue to be beaten like this.

What Takeda Su didn't expect was that no matter how cautious he was, he still followed the other person's way. Not long after he set out again, the re-selected vanguard team fell into a large pit. The sharp wooden stakes in the pit made the soldiers of this team extremely painful to die. The two squadrons that marched on the ridge could not escape the anti-injury of landmines and stepped on many landmines.

The endless attacks along the way made the Japanese army of the 43rd Regiment almost unable to defend against. Landmines, traps, and even an extremely simple trick made of one bullet. The whole ground looked very ordinary, but when you stepped on it, the bullet passed through the instep.

Compared with other attacks that can cause death at any time, this kind of lethality is not very powerful and the unfatal boast has the most psychological shadow on the Japanese army. Because as long as this unethical thing is stepped on, you can't die, but the pain behind it is difficult for people to bear.

Although Takeda Shou was extremely furious by the attacks one after another, he had no solution to the problem. He did not carry engineers, nor did he think about carrying engineers. Who the hell could have thought that these extremely hateful and despicable guys not only buried all kinds of tricks on the mountain road, but also buried mines on the ridges.

Wang Guangyu and Li Mingrui can be said to have used the guerrilla tactics that Yang Zhen gave to him to the extreme. When he was about to divide his troops, Yang Zhen hesitated for a long time and changed the deployment of troops. Guo Bingxun commanded the two battalions of the first regiment to bluff against the Japanese army on the north route.

Wang Guangyu led a battalion and most of the reconnaissance battalion to adopt various cold guns, cold artillery tactics, as well as mine warfare, to harass the main force of the Japanese army in the middle and reduce their marching speed. When necessary, use the terrain to fight a blocking battle.

Yang Zhen knew that if it was a regular battle, whether it was a blocking battle or a position battle, let alone two battalions, even if he concentrated all his main forces and three regiments, he might not have the strength to defeat a regular field corps of the Japanese army.

In order to reduce casualties, delay the speed of the Japanese army in the middle as much as possible, and complete the predetermined combat targets, Yang Zhen could only rack his brains to formulate some unconventional combat methods. Fortunately, among the training subjects that Li Mingrui's reconnaissance battalion had completed, there were rapid mine laying and a variety of mine laying.

In order to ensure that Wang Guangyu can use this kind of warrior well, Yang Zhen talked with Wang Guangyu and Li Mingrui for a whole night, teaching all the experience he knew to them. He even took an hour to practice several times.

The reason why Yang Zhen adjusted his troops was to confuse Sasaki as much as possible so that he could not touch his true intentions, and delayed the marching speed of the Japanese main force, widened the distance between him and the Japanese army on the north, and created a fighter jet for the next step of combat.

As for whether these two ideas can be finally achieved, it is still impossible to see. But one thing is that after entering the mountain, the Japanese 43rd Regiment of the middle lane had not yet walked twenty miles for most of the day.

Takeda Shou, who was helpless, had no choice but to send a report to Sasaki to No. 1 Middle School General. After reporting on his experience along the way, he asked Sasaki to transfer some engineers from Kamusi to him. Not only did he not get a positive answer, he was also severely scolded.

In desperation, Colonel Takeda Su had to line up the puppet Manchukuo, who were originally used to transport supplies and landed behind him, to the forefront of the marching line to act as a vanguard and to wading landmines for the Japanese army.

The puppet Manchukuo army behind them had long seen the experience of the Japanese army along the way. At this time, there was no way to accept the trust of the Japanese army.

But despite being too slow to go, under the threat of Takeda Shou Xueliang's sword, the commander of the puppet Manchukuo Army led the team to curse these despicable Japanese troops. After asking for the gods and Buddhas from the West, God, God of the West, Buddhas in the East, Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Grand Lord of the Shang Dynasty, he could only bare the bullet and lead the team to accept Takeda Shou's trust.

In fact, the scolding that Takeda Su was not Sasaki did not intend to send engineers to them. Instead, Sasaki did not have engineers on hand. Who would have thought that those anti-Manchu armed forces with simple weapons would create so many landmines at once. Takeda Su was not sure about the many landmines that his opponent had brought from there, and Sasaki was also confused.

Although Sasaki Hiroichi didn't know more about the real strength of this anti-Manchu armed force than Takeda Shou. But Sasaki Hiroichi was sure that this anti-Manchu armed force, which even the most basic arsenal, should never have landmines on hand.

If they had some explosives on hand, Sasaki came to Chixin. After the attack on the Jingpo Lake Hydropower Station construction site, all the explosives stored on the entire construction site disappeared. But having explosives does not mean that they would have landmines without an arsenal. Because it is not easy to turn from explosives into landmines.

To be honest, when the Anti-Japanese United Army was clearing out, the Japanese army had never encountered landmines, which seemed neither moral nor samurai-like weapons, which were not seen by the Japanese army. So Sasaki did not bring engineers at all.

They knew that when Yang Zhen's arsenal began to start production, the first order for Yang Zhen to produce landmines. Using the seized explosives, as many landmines as possible can be produced in the shortest time.

Although due to time, when Yang Zhen went to Liangzihe for training, he only produced 2,000 pieces, but there were still better than none. However, two thousand landmines were produced within seven days. When the arsenal was just put into production and its production capacity was seriously limited, it was also amazing.

Unfortunately, due to the production process and technology, we can only produce rafa mines and tripping mines. The rafa mines and electronically controlled mines will not be expected for a while. Especially the rafa mines, it is impossible to create them now. However, for the Japanese army that has always despised mines, it is enough to have rafa mines and tripping mines.

Although Yang Zhen brought all these landmines out, he left them all to Guo Bingxun when he divided the troops, and he didn't bring any of them. Guo Bingxun gave Wang Guangyu 70% of these landmines. More than a thousand landmines were added. In addition, Li Mingrui's reconnaissance battalion used Professor Yang Zhen's method to make a lot of bullet mines on the spot. So the Japanese army was unwilling to do so.

After receiving the telegram from Takeda Shou, Sasaki Raiichi was more shocked than angry. What does this mean for the Japanese army, which has always been arrogant? On the battlefield in the inner battlefield, it is not uncommon for an infantry gang to defeat a division of the Chinese army. Now, nearly a brigade of troops have been injured and killed before even seeing the opponent. If this is spread, wouldn’t the imperial army’s face be wiped out?

"The hateful and cunning Chinese people, and this stupid, damn Takeda Shou." Sasaki Rakichi cursed fiercely in his heart.

But he also knew that cursing could not solve any problem. These days, the Kanto Army Command has gradually become extremely impatient with his teacher Wugong. General Ueda Kenyoshi severely scolded him several times. Even the Prime Minister of Land also specially sent him electricity to the level, conveying that the Emperor also expressed serious dissatisfaction with his delay in his suppression operation.

Kenji Ueda's reprimand Sasaki, but the telegram from the mainland made him pay attention to it. He almost turned the entire Shiroe area upside down, but he could not find this anti-Manchu army that had almost become a thorn in the heart of the empire.

Now that he finally found it, Sasaki Hiroshi would not delay his time because he had re-switched troops. Because he knew that this anti-Manchu army was too elusive and slipped like a loach. Now that he finally caught their traces, Sasaki Hiroshi would delay his time because he had re-switched troops, letting this damn anti-Manchu army slip away from his nose again?

After sending a telegram to Takeda Shou, a telegram from the Infantry Brigade of the Eighth Division, which started to participate in the suppression from Heli, made him confused. The telegram was clearly written. The first brigade of the 17th Regiment of the Eighth Division, which participated in the suppression, was attacked by a large number of anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars while passing by.

Seeing the telegrams sent by Takeda Shou and Kawada Shizuo said they had been attacked by the main force of the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces, Sasaki Hiroichi frowned deeply. Both troops from both sides said that they had been attacked by the anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed forces. Which aspect is their main force?
Chapter completed!