Author: Lonely Jungle

"Boom boom boom, boom boom!!!"

Countless landmines modified with captured Japanese shells buried under the road below the mountainous area where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located and on both sides of the road in areas where Japanese attacks must pass through were activated by a soldier from the New Regiment at the right time.

It detonates immediately after fuse.

Under the rumbling explosion, more than 500 Japanese soldiers from two squadrons did not even have time to react, and they were all blown up into the sky within half a minute.

What fell next were countless stumps and broken arms.

In such a short period of time, two squadrons of Japanese soldiers who stepped into the minefield at the foot of the mountain were all blown up and killed.

Seeing this scene, Taro Takeshita and Major General Yusuke Yagi, the commander of the Japanese 16th Brigade, were stunned.

"Bageya Road, what's going on?"

Major General Yagi Yusuke, the commander of the 16th Brigade, rubbed his eyes and roared almost in disbelief.

"Brigade commander, within two hundred meters of the ground below the mountain, the enemy has laid a minefield."

The chief of staff of the Japanese 16th Brigade, Daisuke Takada, said with a change of expression, and then pointed at the area where the explosion had calmed down.

"Damn it, Xu Rui and Li Yunlong are really cunning!"

Yagi Yusuke also came to his senses at this time, and Yagi Yusuke, who is experienced in the battlefield, immediately guessed: "Judging from the sound of the explosion, the mines buried under the ground in the minefield used the Imperial Army's 75 mm caliber and 70 mm caliber

Artillery shells converted into mines.”

"Moreover, there are a lot of them. It is possible to detonate and annihilate two squadrons of imperial troops in an instant."

Daisuke Takada, chief of staff of the 16th Brigade, nodded gloomily and said, "The brigade commander is right."

"Moreover, the modified artillery shells required for these mines were probably seized and used by the enemy from the imperial army's arsenal in Zhenting City after they occupied Zhenting City."

Yagi Yusuke nodded, but said with gloomy eyes: "Takada-kun is right."

At this moment, Japanese soldiers rushed over and said, "Commander of the Yagi Brigade, Your Excellency General, please invite me!"

"knew!"

Yagi Yusuke waved his hand to the Japanese soldiers who were rushing to deliver orders and said.

"Yes, Captain Yagi Brigade!"

The Japanese soldier who gave the order turned and walked away.

Yagi Yusuke said to Chief of Staff Daisuke Takada: "Takada-kun, order all the brigade units not to attack without my order.".

"The enemy is difficult to fight!"

"You watch the troops for now!"

Daisuke Takada nodded and said: "Yes, brigade commander!".

Yagi Yusuke nodded, then turned around and walked back quickly with a solemn expression.

Soon, we arrived at Taro Takeshita's temporary headquarters.

Taro Takeshita's temporary headquarters is behind a small mountain on the left side of the road. This headquarters will not encounter long-range artillery fire from the defenders on the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located.

Taro Takeshita was not a fool, so he placed the command post under the artillery fire of Xu Rui and Li Yunlong.

At this time, Yagi Yusuke had already rushed to Taro Takeshita's temporary headquarters.

"Your Excellency General!"

After arriving in front of Takeshita Taro, Yagi Yusuke stood at attention and saluted.

"Yagi-kun, the two squadrons were completely wiped out?"

Of course, Taro Takeshita also saw the explosion for a moment. The minefield set up by the enemy was very large, and there was no problem in blowing up another squadron of troops.

"Yes, Your Majesty General."

Yusuke Yagi nodded and said bitterly: "Within a range of more than two hundred meters from the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located, the enemy buried mines modified from artillery shells under the ground, and the mines were thick."

"Our previous artillery fire coverage did not detonate the modified mines planted by the enemy. Therefore."

Finally, Yagi Yusuke stopped talking, but Takeshita Taro also nodded, indicating that he understood.

"Xu Rui and Li Yunlong are indeed the most powerful enemy commanders the imperial army has ever encountered."

Taro Takeshita said with solemn eyes: "The two squadrons that were testing the attack couldn't even touch a defensive position on the enemy's mountain, so they were eliminated first in the minefield at the bottom of the mountain."

"It seems that we may have to make other plans!"

Hearing this, Yagi Yusuke asked doubtfully: "What do you mean, General?"

"While we were moving south, the enemy had already seized the favorable terrain on the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion were located, and built a solid defensive position on the mountain. The enemy was condescending and used the steep mountains to defend. Under our attack,

The casualties are too great.”

Taro Takeshita pointed to the garrison positions on the two mountains, and then said to Yusuke Yagi in a solemn voice: "How many warriors of the Imperial Army must we die if we want to capture these two mountains?".

"At least ten thousand!"

Yusuke Yagi gave his estimate of the number of casualties.

"That's right, at least 10,000 casualties!"

Taro Takeshita also agreed with Yagi Yusuke's casualty estimate and said with a solemn expression: "And we are heading south now with 20,000 people. If we want to break through the two mountainous areas where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located, we will suffer 10,000 casualties."

"When we reach Zhenting City, there will only be ten thousand or even less than ten thousand troops left."

Taro Takeshita paused for a moment, then continued, "With such an ebb and flow, our strength advantage may be lost later on."

"What do you mean, General?"

Hearing this, Yagi Yusuke still didn't know what Takeshita Taro meant, so he could only ask.

"We cannot attack mountainous areas by force. Think of other ways to reduce casualties."

Taro Takeshita said to Yusuke Yagi.

Hearing this, Yagi Yusuke felt really helpless.

This is also the place you must pass on the way to Zhenting City.

Moreover, there is Jiujiang Slope one kilometer behind. After the enemy failed to stop them here, they continued to retreat to Jiujiang Slope to block the attack.

By the time they reach Zhenting City, the casualties will definitely exceed 10,000.

In order to reduce casualties and losses, the only option was to resort to the imperial army's old tactics of sneak attacks in roundabout ways.

However, in a sneak attack from the flank, the other party not only laid booby traps in the deep mountains and old forests on both sides of the road two or three kilometers north of the mountainous area where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion are located.

Once they divide their forces and make a sneak attack in a roundabout way, they will definitely encounter booby traps hidden in the woods. The roundabout sneak attack will be easily detected by the opponent.

Moreover, it is very difficult to make a detour from both sides of the highway. They are both high and steep mountains, and it is impossible for a large force to make a detour and sneak attack.

So, Yagi Yusuke said everything on his mind, and then quietly looked at Takeshita Taro's expression.

"Although the artillery that accompanied our army south bombarded the enemy's positions on the mountain on a large scale, the enemy has obviously built anti-artillery bunkers!"

Taro Takeshita looked at the garrison positions on the mountain where Xiangji Temple and Wangyou Pavilion were located, gritted his teeth and said: "Then we will continue to attack the mountain under the cover of artillery fire, and the infantry and artillery will coordinate to attack the mountain, but the casualties will be as mentioned just now, the casualties will definitely be very high.

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"But the possibility of a successful roundabout attack is also very small, so we can only find other ways to break the situation!"

Hearing this, Yagi Yusuke seemed to understand what Takeshita Taro meant, "General, do you have other ways to break the situation?"

"You can only break the situation from behind the opponent."

Taro Takeshita gritted his teeth, and then said: "We can only request the Commander to use the only paratrooper unit under the direct control of our First Army!".

"Use this paratrooper unit to land on the enemy and catch them off guard. Then we concentrate our strength and take advantage of the situation to attack the mountains. Only then can we successfully capture the two mountains in front of us!"
Chapter completed!