Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 722 Killed Japanese Army Captain

On the vast southern Hebei Plain, the weather is beautiful, the moonlight illuminates the way forward for the Eighth Route Army, and the breeze blows, shaking the spirits of the exhausted soldiers.

On the north and south sides of the Shide Line Railway, at the same time, eight infantry regiments and four artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army galloped eastward along the railway line. The regiment is on the north side of the railway line, and the 385th Brigade and the New Tenth Brigade of the Taibei Military Region are on the south side of the railway line.

The two armies were like two off-string arrows, following the route planned by the division headquarters, advancing towards the same goal, and then advancing, and the assault regiment at the forefront was only [-] kilometers away from Motou Town.

At the same time, after the units of the 110th Division disembarked from the train, Mamoru Iinuma's order was transmitted to the various units of the Japanese army, and more than 110 Japanese troops from the 2600th Regiment of the vanguard accelerated their marching speed.

Not long after walking, "Boom boom boom!" There were several explosions in succession, and the flames were very conspicuous in the dark night.

"Baga, what's the situation? Stop advancing and be on alert!" Kenjiro Kasai, the captain of the 110th Regiment, asked with a dark face.

After some inquiries, the adjutant trotted back to report: "Sir, the soldiers in front accidentally stepped on a mine planted by the Eighth Route Army. Two soldiers were injured. No trace of the Eighth Route Army was found. It should have been planted before the evacuation!"

"Lead the way ahead, notify the engineers to clear the mines!"

"Hi!"

Several devil officers headed by Kasai Kenjiro rushed to the scene of the incident, only to see that under the light of the fire, there seemed to be minefields everywhere on both sides of the railway.

There are stones placed on the surface, and there are also many iron balls. What's more, there are signs of being careful of landmines directly inserted. These are only placed on the surface, and I don't know how many are buried in the soil. , at least Kenjiro Kasai thinks so.

The section of the road the Japanese army is passing through has some ingenious terrain. It is in the gap between two small hills. The minefield buried by the road breaking team extends from both sides of the railway to the hills on both sides. Kenjiro Kasai watched with a gloomy expression. The scene in front of you.

At this time, the Japanese engineers of the 110th Regiment had already started demining. An experienced engineer carefully approached two iron balls the size of watermelons. It was empty.

A few other little devils held detection equipment and walked around the sign of Beware of Landmines for a while, and finally dug them out to find that there was nothing in the soil.

Japanese engineers and soldiers dug east and west, but what they dug out was a bunch of dumb mines. In the end, although not a few exploded.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is setting up suspicious formations to slow down the marching speed of the imperial army, and inform the troops to advance at full speed!" Kasai Kenjiro worried that the division headquarters would send someone to urge them, and immediately ordered the troops to advance.

After hearing the order, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers at the scene obviously hesitated for a moment, fearing that they would accidentally become unjust ghosts. Before the squadron leader urged them, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers formed a formation on both sides of the railway, slowly Walking into the minefield, it was only five or six hundred meters away when there were continuous explosions.

"Sir, my department is responsible for opening the road. The minefields of the Eighth Route Army have spread for a long distance. It is better to open a road from the hills on both sides. Maybe the marching speed will be faster!" said the adjutant beside him.

At the same time, behind a pile of bushes on the hill to the south, more than a dozen soldiers from the Road Breaking Team of the Eighth Route Army had a panoramic view of the little devil's situation.

"Hey, platoon leader, your idea is too great. You don't need to fight the little devil, but you will slow down the little devil's marching speed!" A soldier holding a 50 small cannon in his arms laughed.

"Bullshit, that's what we're doing. If I don't have any skills, the superiors will let me out to perform tasks. Just wait and see, the comrades of the other road-breaking teams will lose more moves!" the platoon leader said.

"Have the district squadron and militia withdrawn?"

"Move to a safe place early!"

"That's good, we should go too, but before we go, we have to be a little devil. We can't let the other troops eat meat, let's do some odd jobs!"

"See, the more than 100 little devils in front are walking in front, and among the few little devils who are watching the fun at the back, there must be little devil officers. If there is trouble, there will be big fish!"

"Platoon leader, look at me!" The soldier who spoke waved his hand, and several soldiers behind him showed their things in their hands.

The road-breaking team sent by the Southern Hebei Military Region is a ranked combat unit, supplemented by local armed forces and a large number of militias to assist in combat operations. They are accompanied by three 50 small artillery pieces.

"Platoon leader, there are only twelve grenades left, should they all be fired?" the soldier asked.

"Kill them all, even if it's not a big fish, it's worth killing these little devils!" the platoon leader said.

The mountain forest where the road-breaking team hid was 800 meters away from the railway, but because the Japanese army focused their attention on the minefield, they did not immediately search the mountain forest.

The soldiers quickly set up the three 50 small cannons. The torches held by the little devils were no different from living targets. The twelve grenades flew towards the direction of Kenjiro Kasai one after another. All the little devils covered.

A series of explosions sounded, thick smoke filled the air, and flames blazed everywhere. The hundreds of little devils who had just breathed a sigh of relief in front of them all looked at the scene in front of them in astonishment.

"Baga, the enemy is attacking, hurry up and protect the squadron leader!" the loyal little devil squadron leader shouted angrily.

After a group of little devils arrived, they found that Kenjiro Kasai and others had all fallen in a pool of blood, and no one was spared.

By the time the little devil started searching the forest on the south side, the road breaking team had already fled.

Mamoru Iinuma, the head of the 110th Division of the rear headquarters, was quite impatient. He was about to send someone to the 110th Division to inquire, but saw a little devil officer rushing towards the division headquarters.

"Your Excellency, General, our unit encountered a minefield of the Eighth Route Army ahead. When the regiment leader was investigating the scene, he was unfortunately shelled by the Eighth Route Army, and Yu Sui died!" the little devil reported with a sad face.

"Nani?" Mamoru Iinuma was startled when he heard the words. He heard the explosion coming from ahead, but he never expected that a general would be lost before the battle with the Eighth Route Army officially started.

The sudden attack and the news of the death of the captain of the 110th regiment were forcibly suppressed by Mamoru Iinuma, and did not cause much disturbance within the 110th division.

Out of desperation, Mamoru Iinuma immediately ordered the Japanese army to divert to the hills on both sides in order not to waste too much time, trying to bypass the minefield.

A road-breaking team without a number, composed of the main force, local armed forces, and militia, successfully used the terrain and minefields to delay the Japanese army of the 110th Division for half an hour when the 110th Division was eager to return to Shimen. Long.

(End of this chapter)