Political Commissar He led more than a thousand troops and hurried to the road. On the way, he simply divided the miners according to their original organizational structure. There were several large groups. One group was the Jinsui Army that had been broken up.

The first group consisted of captured Sichuan troops, as well as scattered personnel of our army and captured laborers from various places.

There were still a lot of weapons, so they were first distributed to some combat-effective personnel and asked to carry guns to protect them. The extra explosive bags left by these people were carried on their backs by the soldiers of the miner brigade to reduce the burden on the workers.

The more than thirty miles of mountain road was very tiring, and as soon as we reached the roadside, we saw Zhao Hu and Chen Dashan running over, panting.

"Political Commissar He, Japs, there are Japs coming from the south, please lead everyone across the road quickly, we will go back and lure away the Japs!"

Political Commissar He was shocked: "What? The Japanese are here so soon?"

Zhao Hu said anxiously: "There is a big group of Japs here, all with flashlights. They are only five miles away from here. Time is urgent now. It will be too late if we don't cross the road again. Hurry up, engineer company, bring more explosive packs and come with me."

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Political Commissar He grabbed Zhao Hu and said: "Wait a minute, since there are a large number of Japs, eleven of you can't do anything. Captain Li, you send a platoon with Captain Zhao and others to stop the enemy. The others will pass by immediately."

Zhao Hu also knew that this was not a moment of coquettishness, so he immediately responded to Political Commissar He, and after briefly telling him the contact point, he led a platoon of miners, packed explosive packs and a large number of Japanese grenades, and left in a hurry.

The platoon leader of the Mining Team is called Li Qinglin. He came from the same village as Captain Li and joined the Mining Team. He was a former mine policeman and has a certain military foundation. His platoon is mostly composed of mine policemen, and his combat effectiveness is among the best in the Mining Team.

Already.

In order to buy time, the group of people didn't say much and just ran all the way with explosive packs on their backs. Under the moonlit night, the figures of the soldiers were like jumping elves, and the rugged mountain road was as smooth as walking on the ground. Soon they arrived at a preset location.

Here, other members of the engineering company had already started digging holes. By the time they arrived, seven or eight inclined pits were almost completed. A platoon of fresh troops joined in, and more than a dozen large holes were dug on the mountain ridge.

Zhao Hu kept a close eye on the enemy's movements. Seeing that the enemy's vanguard was only more than 500 meters away, he decisively stopped the earthmoving work and asked everyone to quickly place gunpowder and explosive packets. Soldiers from the engineer company often experimented with this stuff, and in the five special

Under the guidance of the battle team members, the eighteen soil pits were quickly prepared.

Time was too tight, so the explosives were just explosives, and there was no time to put any ingredients in them. However, these explosives were good stuff used by the Japanese to blast mines, so I believe the sound would be loud enough.

After a while, the Japs' vanguard team arrived quickly, flashlights flashing wildly to both sides, and no one was sent to the two flanks of the mountains to conduct reconnaissance. By that time, the vanguard team had already covered more than half of the distance.

The terrain in the northwest is very unique. On this section of the road, there is a deep ditch to the east, seven or eight meters deep. There is a stream below, flowing slowly among the rocks. To the west, there is a low earth beam with a bare top.

There are few vegetation, and there is also a ravine behind the earth beam. No one will be ambushed here, because it is not good for others, so they can be heroes everywhere. When they turn back and go into the ditch, they will also be chased.

The troops were easily destroyed.

But at this time, the earth beam was busy. A platoon of soldiers had descended into the deep ditch and was climbing quickly to the opposite side. The straight-line distance between the two banks was only seven or eight meters, but it would take ten minutes to climb down from the bottom of the ditch and then climb up again.

More than twenty minutes.

Finally, Zhang Youfa from the special force was a few steps faster. With two bayonets flying, he quickly climbed up to the opposite side. Here, Xu Hongyuan threw his hand and the long rope hanging with stones had crossed the trench and jumped to the opposite side.

The mountain ridge on the opposite side is slightly lower, and a rope pulls up a zipline. However, it cannot find a fixed point for the time being, so it can only be pulled by manpower first.

Here, Xu Hongyuan and Chen Dashan fastened the ropes to the butts of three rifles that were nailed in advance and tried to pull. The strength was good enough for one person to slide.

The miner platoon began to dig simple trenches, hoping to launch a wave of attacks on the Japanese. Here, Zhao Hu stared closely at the road. Five minutes had passed since the Japs' vanguard team, and a large number of Japanese behind them arrived belatedly. This time it was the Japs.

The elite troops, front and rear, plus the baggage and artillery team in the middle, totaled more than 1,500 people. The long flashlights and torches pulled out a fire dragon and dragged it for several miles.

Zhao Hu asked Xu Hongyuan and Chen Dashan to put all the leads as close as possible, and prepare torches and matches. Zhao Hu kept an eye on the Japanese front team and waited for them to leave before attacking the heavy artillery team in the middle. He had taken a fancy to the Japanese cannonballs.

As well as the heavy machine gun team, more than a dozen explosive packets will fly down, and the exploding shells and flying bullets will kill and injure many Japanese soldiers.

Unexpectedly, when the team reached the bottom, a Japanese officer on a horse suddenly raised his white gloves and said: "The entire army stops advancing!"

The messenger blew his whistle, and those in front stopped. Those behind were somewhat affected by the darkness. After receiving the order, the team gradually crowded together.

A Japanese captain who looked like a captain trotted up to the officer and saluted: "Sir Ikeda, what's going on? Do you want to send troops to reconnoiter above?"

"No, I am interested in this mountain ridge. You see, this place is condescending and you can have a clear view of the surrounding situation. I will send a small team to station here, and then go to the front and deploy another small team."

The officer under the horse stood at attention and followed closely: "Your Excellency, the commander, you are very clever. As long as we continue to arrange things all the way, Tubal Road will not be able to fly out of this triangular area even if it has wings!"

Just when a small group of Japanese soldiers were ordered to leave the road, Zhao Hu turned back in a hurry: "Lao Xu, Dashan, hurry up, light the fire quickly, the situation has changed, the Japanese soldiers are coming up."

When the two heard this, they quickly grabbed a match and struck it fiercely. A small ball of fire lit up. Soon, the three torches stained with gasoline were ignited.

"Baga, what's going on on the mountain? Why is there a fire? Captain Komatsu, hurry up!" The sycophant who just issued the order had been staring at Team Komatsu and was the first to notice the light on the mountain ridge.

Zhao Hu and the others rushed to light the fuses one by one with torches. These fuses were twisted together in groups of three. As the last group was lit, the Japanese cannonballs landed on the place illuminated by the torches.

Hearing the sound of the grenade coming out, Zhao Hu threw the torch back, and the man rolled forward and fell down.

"Boom!" the two grenades landed on the spot just illuminated, splashing a large amount of soil. "Porphyry" fell on Zhao Hu's steel helmet. The three of them had no time to settle accounts with the Japanese. They put their belts on the ropes and people

Has slid to the opposite side.

When the last Chen Dashan was still halfway up the road, there was a dull sound behind him, and three explosive packets were ejected from the earth hole under the action of gunpowder.

The distance was only twenty or thirty meters, and there wasn't much gunpowder below, for fear of throwing the explosive packets into the ditch, so two of them hit the road directly, while the other rolled all the way down the slope, with the lit fuse on it.

Bright circles were drawn in mid-air, but the Japanese below were dumbfounded.

"Shrimp stuff? White flatbread? Donkey meat roasted? Flying bolide?"

No matter what it was, the person who lit a fire on the mountain ridge in the middle of the night was definitely not a friend, so the gift was definitely not very good. Ikeda was the first to yell: "Danger, stay down!"

It would have been better if he didn't scream. When he screamed, all the Japanese were well trained and they all reflexively fell to the ground. In several places, they even appeared to be in a state of being piled on top of each other.

"Boom, boom, boom" three balls of fire exploded on the mountain road, and the strong shock wave blew away dozens of Japs. When they fell into the ravine, only a small half of them could scream, and the others were all shaken.

You have to hold your breath.

Fortunately for Ikeda, the guard on his body was blown up, and there was a soldier vomiting blood under him. He was also dizzy. Before he could figure out the situation, another wave of explosive packets fell, and he saw the team behind him.

Balls of fire flashed and thick smoke rose. At the same time, countless soldiers were blown away by the wind and fell into the deep mountain stream.

Ikeda, like the others, vomited two mouthfuls of blood. He was not shocked, but angry. He didn't even see the shadow of the enemy. After this series of explosions, needless to say, there must be hundreds of casualties.

As for how much he can be saved, it depends on the severity of his injuries!
Chapter completed!