Chapter 54: Minefield Obstruction
Japanese military police team in Heyuan County
"Sir, this is a telegram sent by Captain Fujimura Squadron." A Japanese telecommunications officer handed the telegram he had just translated to Ichiro Hirata.
Hirata Ichiro quickly received the telegram and looked happy: "It's great, Fujimura No, the main force of the Tu Eighth Route Army has been found."
"Sir, although Jiang Deshui's troops still have 2,000 people to fight, I think the force is still a little small. Should I send some more..." The staff officer did not finish his words.
Hirata Ichiro interrupted with a hand: "There is no need for this, haven't you seen that the Tujiao Route Army has no way out. Playing guerrilla warfare is their strength. Playing position warfare is our strength, and it is the weakness of the Tujiao Route Army. There is an old saying in China that is: Use your strengths to attack their weaknesses. This is how we are now."
"Hayi, it seems that I have spoken too much." The consultant nodded.
"I will call Fujimura No. I will hold a celebration banquet in advance and wait for him to come back triumphantly." Hirata Ichiro said.
"Hayi." The staff officer left.
"Haha, the Eighth Route Army, a team of farmers, can it become a team of farmers? I thought they could hold on for a while longer, but I didn't expect that it would end so soon." Hirata Ichiro smiled disdainfully.
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386 Brigade Department
"Brig Commander, the New First Regiment just called to report that Kong Jie's independent regiment had sent the Second and Third Battalions to the New First Regiment and were urgently cooperating with the New First Regiment to the New First Regiment." The staff officer reported to the brigade commander.
"How many people from Jiang Deshui can fight?" asked the brigade commander.
"In addition to the minor wounded, there are still two thousand people." The consultant replied.
"Li Yunlong's new regiment and Kong Jie's two battalions have a total of more than 1,500 people. Relying on the advantage of geographical advantages, they have sufficient weapons and ammunition. If they want to defeat more than 2,000 people on the other side, there is still hope, but..." The brigade commander pondered for a moment and looked at the staff officer: "At the beginning of this battle, telephone communication cannot be guaranteed. People have to be sent to stare at the battlefield. I must know the progress of the battlefield at any time."
For the Eighth Route Army team, the radio station is a scarce material, and only the division and brigade can have.
The combat team below basically relies on telephone communication.
But this telephone communication is also very unreliable. Once a war occurs, the enemy will destroy the communication and the troops will be out of touch with their superiors.
"Yes." The staff officer went.
"Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, don't break the sky for me, kid." The brigade commander muttered. He was not worried that Li Yunlong would not win. This kid had already obtained the true teachings of his positional battle.
What the brigade commander was worried about was that once Li Yunlong's troops lost contact with each other, the kid would be a wild horse that broke free. Who knew what he would do?
Although Kong Jie helped stare at him, the brigade commander was still a little worried.
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The biggest feature of the defensive position selected by Li Yunlong is that it can defend against cannons.
The anti-aircraft artillery mentioned here does not mean that the shells cannot break the position.
Instead, when the shells fly, the troops can quickly avoid the back slope.
After these days of trouble, there is not much ammunition left for the enemy's six cannons.
Once the ammunition is consumed, the threat brought by the enemy cannon can be further reduced.
"fire!"
After Jiang Deshui's troops were pulled over, he immediately ordered the artillery to fire.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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The six cannons roared, and the positions of the New First Regiment and the Independent Regiment were bombarded in an instant, fortifications were destroyed, stones were blown into the sky, and gunpowder was filled with smoke.
"Damn it, what a good thing. Once it is seized, it will be my own." Li Yunlong and Kong Jie's troops were already hiding in the backscene. He lay in a safe place and watched the scene of the position being bombarded. He was very envious of the cannon, although he already had an Italian cannon.
"Hmph, whoever grabs it will belong to you!" Kong Jie hummed.
Although Li Yunlong was concerned about the six cannons of the Japanese and traitors, he had no way to seize them.
The battlefield changes rapidly. Once the Japanese and traitors are defeated, they will take away the cannons. If they cannot take them away, they will be destroyed.
It is too difficult for the New First Group and the Independent Group to stop it.
"Kong Erlangzi, you can try it out for me. This is my cannon!" Li Yunlong stared at Kong Jie.
"Your cannon? Stop kidding. If it was your cannon, why was it bombarding you now?" Kong Jie refuted.
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"Attack!" Taking advantage of the cannon suppressing the Tu Eighth Route Army on the position, Jiang Deshui immediately ordered the troops to attack.
A battalion of puppet soldiers immediately charged forward.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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They rushed halfway and stepped on the mines arranged by a new group of landmines.
Dozens of casualties were paid on the spot. The remaining puppet troops were afraid of stepping on the mine and dared not rush again, so they retreated.
"Engineering, go to clear mines." The puppet corps commander to clear mines.
The engineer had just arrived at the minefield with his tools. Before the mine was shipped, the mine was fired.
The few engineers immediately fell down half of them, and the remaining half returned.
"Fire the gun, fire the gun!" The pseudo-legion commander ordered the mortar to fire at the place where the cold gun was fired immediately.
boom!
boom!
boom!
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Mortar shells hit like raindrops, and the place where the cold guns were shot was blown into honeycomb coal.
The puppet army commanders did not have time to confirm whether the Tu Eighth Route Army was bombing there.
Because the terrain is too steep, maybe there are landmines on the way in the past.
There were no cold guns, and the puppet army commanders asked the remaining half of the engineers to clear mines.
The remaining half of the engineers went to clear the mines, but they were soon shot and killed by cold guns.
This time the cold gun was fired from the previous place. It seemed that the mortar bombarded just now and did not kill them.
Seeing that the remaining half of the engineers were killed, the puppet roared: "Change the cannons for me and turn the angle of the cannons!"
Three of the six cannons immediately adjusted the angle and directly leveled the place.
"Sir, we have no mine-removal engineers. Should we catch some animals, cattle and sheep from the rear to clear mines?" A puppet army commander asked Jiang Deshui.
"We have already captured a batch before. If we catch it again, it will probably be gone." Jiang Deshui scratched his head. In the war, the roots of the turf and trees were dug up, so it was impossible to breed cattle and sheep on a large scale.
In addition, their puppet troops went to the countryside to rob, so the number of cattle and sheep was even smaller.
"Then, let the soldiers rush forward next?" The pseudo-legion commander stuttered a little. The thunder stomp just now was just a marginal area.
If you continue to go deeper, the Tujiao Route Army has buried a large number of landmines there. If you use people, you don’t know how many people will die.
"At this point, can there be other choices?" Jiang Deshui was helpless.
Although his troops are more powerful than the opponent, the opponent has a good territory and has laid out minefields. This job is really hard to do.
But there was no way. The Eighth Route Army had already found it, and Fujimura Noichi was already sharpening his knife.
He couldn't run over and tell Fujimura Nochi that the soldiers were afraid of landmines and dared not rush.
At that time, Fujimura no will take off a few scratches and he will still do this.
Seeing this, the commander of the puppet corps had to reorganize his troops and continue to charge.
Of course, this so-called organizational force is not a hard-line force, it is easy to be shot or mutiny by soldiers, but a heavy reward.
As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards.
Chapter completed!