Chapter 178 The effect of mines
"The Japanese also know these three tricks! We will go back when we see the mine explode!"
Zhao Zhiguo did not look back at the direction of the No. 3 position. At this time, he urgently needed to see the Japanese army enter the mountain pass from the highway and step on the mines they arranged.
But Taro Yamamoto came to find Zhao Zhiguo to settle the accounts of last night. This morning, Captain Suzuki took his last breath.
After breakfast, Taro Yamamoto burned the body of Captain Suzuki in front of more than 4,000 people in the entire regiment.
Without Yamamoto Taro said anything, when the Japanese soldiers saw that Suzuki's body was burned, they all vowed to avenge Captain Suzuki and slaughter the positions of the Chinese army, although 90% of them did not know Captain Suzuki.
"Captain Suzuki is the glory of our Imperial Army. Now it's your turn to seize your own honor!"
Following a sentence from Taro Yamamoto, the Japanese soldiers were like they were injected with chicken blood. When they marched on the main road, they could see the Japanese army's team looking arrogant.
Before Yamamoto Taro's troops entered Zhao Zhiguo and their defense zone, other Japanese troops had already launched an attack on the Chinese army from another direction.
Listening to the sound of gunfires in the distance, Dian Hou was a little suspicious: "Why do the Japanese always delay the attacks? It seems that they didn't get up."
The same was true for the last Japanese attack, and it was delayed until noon.
This time, gunfire sounded in other directions for a long time, and the Japanese army had not appeared in their sight.
"The Japanese are coming!"
Zhao Zhiguo saw their sentinels near the mountain pass retreating from the road from the telescope. Obviously they had seen the Japanese army and retreated to report to Zhao Zhiguo.
"We're finally waiting for them!"
Dianhou was like a girl who was afraid of getting pregnant and was waiting for her aunt. She was very worried about not coming for a long time. Finally, there were signs, and he felt relieved.
However, the Japanese army, who had suffered losses several times, became very cautious. The vanguard of a squadron of the Japanese army did not rush to enter the highway in the mountains, but instead climbed the commanding heights near the pass with a telescope and observed the situation in the mountains.
Looking around, the mountains were yellow and yellow, and he couldn't even see the No. 3 position.
"Squadron Captain, the corps leader, let us quickly advance to the No. 3 position of the Chinese army, and let us occupy the position of the Chinese army as quickly as possible."
The Japanese squadron leader is also an old officer who has fought with the Chinese army many times. Although the mountains he saw in the telescope were the same as other places, the troops could be hidden everywhere in this mountain, which can be said to be full of dangers.
"Let each squad alternately cover, search and advance, and do not relax your guard!" The Japanese squadron leader ordered.
Under the urging of their corps captain, the Japanese vanguard finally began to take the first step into the mountain.
"Here you come, battalion commander, the Japanese are here to die!" Dianhou saw the Japanese in the telescope walking along the main road in the direction of them.
"From the formation of the Japanese, their vanguards are very cautious, for fear of being ambushed by us!"
Zhao Zhiguo also saw the Japanese devils. He was not as excited as Dian Hou, but carefully analyzed the formation of the Japanese vanguard. The personality of a unit was very similar to that of their commander. From the formation, Zhao Zhiguo could analyze that the commander of this unit must be a very cautious person.
"Boom boom boom"
Although the Japanese were cautious, they still did not expect that Zhao Zhiguo buried landmines, and the five Japanese who were walking in the front of the team were blown down by landmines.
However, these five Japanese devils did not die on the spot. The land mines created by Zhao Zhiguo and others were limited in power, and they all rely on porcelain pieces produced by the explosion to injure people!
"Everyone is covering you, you guys go and rescue the wounded!"
When the Japanese squadron leader saw that his soldiers were injured by landmines, he hurriedly asked the troops to guard the soldiers and cover the soldiers to rescue the wounded.
"Where are our engineers? Let them go to minesweep!"
After the wounded were rescued, the Japanese squadron leader quickly ordered the engineers to use mineslides to clear mines.
When Dianhou saw the Japanese starting to clear mines, he said to Zhao Zhiguo: "It would be great if you carry a rifle at this time. You can hide in the dark and specifically fight the Japanese minesweepers."
"Do you think the Japanese are fools? Our No. 3 position is within the range of Japanese artillery fire. If you fire at this time, once the Japanese army find the location, they will immediately call for artillery fire support and will be able to cover your position within a few minutes. Do you think you can survive?"
The chance is good, but the Japanese cannons have already arranged positions. They can not only bomb their positions, but also carry out artillery fire strikes at the snipers hiding at any time. They don’t have to wait for the snipers to cause much casualties to the Japanese army, and they will die first under the Japanese artillery fire.
"That's right! I almost forgot the Japanese cannons! Then we can't watch the Japanese drain our mines, right?"
"Don't worry, the material we use for landmines is porcelain, and the Japanese mine detectors only work on metals!"
Before Zhao Zhiguo's words could be finished, a "boom" explosion sounded again. The two Japanese engineers who were sweeping mines in front were injured. Several Japanese soldiers hurried forward and carried their wounded soldiers down.
Seeing that the mine detector did not work for the mine, a Japanese sergeant quickly checked the situation on the scene, picked up several broken pieces of porcelain from the ground, ran back and handed them over to the Japanese squadron leader.
"Battery Commander, they seem to have discovered that we were making landmines with porcelain!" Dian Hou said.
When the Japanese squadron leader found that the mines were made of porcelain, he immediately asked the mines to be swept away and asked the engineers to clear the mines with their hands.
"I discovered it as soon as I discovered it. It's just fifty landmines, I don't feel sorry! We'll evacuate, and I guess they'll have to wait for a while!"
Zhao Zhiguo and the others did not bury the mines together, so Zhao Zhiguo did not feel sorry for the mines near the mountain pass being removed by the Japanese.
It took the Japanese an hour to confirm that the place where they were marching was no longer mines. At this time, their follow-up troops were almost at the pass, and the vanguard troops were still stranded near the pass.
After learning about the situation, Taro Yamamoto did not blame the squadron leader of the vanguard. It was obvious that the Chinese army had already prepared for their attack.
However, Taro Yamamoto has a solution, because they have puppet troops to use.
"Send the order to let the Manchu army clear the way and move forward as quickly as possible. You will follow up!" Yamamoto Taro gave an order to the squadron leader of the vanguard.
With the puppet Manchukuo army setting off the road ahead, the Japanese were not afraid of being bombed by landmines.
Chapter completed!