The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1360 The co-captain’s dream is broken (second update)

The attacking force consisted of three infantry squadrons. Even if they were not equipped with mortars and were surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they would definitely be able to hold on for an hour.

The main force is only three kilometers away from the battlefield, and the troops can march across it in twenty minutes.

At that time, not only can the attacking troops be relieved, but also the Eighth Route Army that is besieging the attacking troops can be taken advantage of, killing two birds with one stone.

But the captain forgot one thing.

This is a mountainous area, not a plain...

The straight-line distance is three kilometers. If you really take the mountain road, it may be more than six kilometers.

Moreover, the terrain in the mountains is complex, which seriously affects the marching speed of the troops.

If this were outside the mountains, even if the marching route between the two places was six kilometers, the troops would be able to reach the battlefield in ten minutes at most if they were transported by transport vehicles.

This is a mountainous area with high mountains and dense forests, and the terrain is complex. Let alone transportation vehicles, even war horses cannot march quickly.

If the Japanese want to march through this mountain road in a hurry, it will take at least an hour.

As for the Kwantung Army's attack troops who had fallen into the pocket formation of the fifth battalion, the time they could last on the battlefield was far lower than the commander's expectation.

The complex and unfamiliar terrain made it difficult for the Kwantung Army's troops to quickly adapt to the battlefield.

Moreover, the fifth battalion was hiding in the pocket formation to wait for work, and had already understood the surrounding terrain clearly.

After the Kwantung Army's attacking troops were besieged, their first subconscious reaction was to find favorable terrain and wait for reinforcements, which is exactly what they did.

As long as he persists until the main force comes over, not only will his own safety be guaranteed, but the Eighth Route Army surrounding him will also be surrounded by the main force, gathered together and annihilated.

But the ensuing battle did not go as they wished.

The machine gun team had just placed the light machine gun behind a boulder, but before they had time to pull the trigger, a "boom..." explosion sounded directly under their feet.

More than a dozen little Japanese followed Chang Cao and rushed to a mound, preparing to build a temporary defense line around it. Before the troops could disperse, three grenades with white smoke flew directly from behind them, fell from the sky, and hit them.

The terrain here is too complex.

When the Japanese set their sights on this mound, the Eighth Route Army that besieged them also set their sights on them.

With the help of terrain and forest cover, they reached a position more than 30 meters behind the Kwantung Army. With one grenade per person, they blew up these Japs to pieces in the blink of an eye, causing heavy casualties...

And this is just one perspective on the battlefield.

With the help of terrain cover, no matter where the little devils in the pocket array hide, they will always be attacked by some inexplicable attacks.

Many times, you have already lost your life before you even figure out where your opponent is hiding or where to attack.

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On the mountain road leading to the battlefield from the main force of the Kwantung Army, a full infantry brigade of the Kwantung Army was rapidly advancing along the rugged and complicated mountain road.

Ordinary riflemen have no problem. They carry their rifles and are alone. They don't need to cooperate with other people. As long as it's a road, they can go wherever they want.

The Kwantung Army, which carried heavy machine guns and mortar parts, was not so lucky.

A soldier lost his footing and fell to the ground. The heavy machine gun carried by four machine gunners instantly lost its balance and fell into the woods together. The orderly marching team also became chaotic at this moment. The captain of the Kwantung Army had a solemn expression and was very anxious.

The troops were marching slower than he expected, and the entire march was longer than he expected, which meant that the reinforcements would take longer to reach the battlefield.

The sound of firefights on the battlefield was getting thicker, indicating that the battle there had entered a fever pitch, and the winner could be decided at any time, but he was still on the road, and it would take more than half an hour at the fastest to join the battle.

The captain had no other way to break the situation. He could only keep urging his subordinates to speed up their march and get to the battlefield as soon as possible to join the battle.

"Boom boom..."

Two explosions suddenly sounded at the front of the team. The captain was frightened and hurriedly quickened his pace and ran towards the location where the explosions were heard.

"Captain...it's a booby trap..." The captain had just run a few dozen meters when the lieutenant who rushed towards him reported with a frown.

"The Eighth Route Army used grenades to lay booby traps on the ground... Our soldiers were unfortunately hit, killing two people and seriously injuring three others..."

It really happened that the house was leaking and it rained all night.

Because the mountain road at the foot is too complicated, the troop reinforcement speed is already very slow. Now that there are several booby traps on the road that everyone must pass, the troop marching speed will definitely become slower and slower.

He could only order with a stern face: "Let the soldiers pay attention to their steps, and we will continue to move forward!"

"Our first priority now is to rush to the battlefield to join the battle and destroy the Eighth Route Army!"

"As long as we can complete the mission, we won't hesitate to pay a little price on the march."

No matter how cautious the Kwantung Army reinforcements were during the next march, the sound of booby trap explosions from the front of the team never stopped.

The terrain under their feet was really too complicated, and there was a thick layer of pine needles and leaves. The Eighth Route Army hid booby traps in the leaves, and the Kwantung Army was in a hurry, so it was impossible to open the leaves under their feet one by one to check, and there were constantly booby traps as they marched. It was detonated on the way.

Although these booby traps caused very few casualties to the Kwantung Army reinforcements, they had a huge impact on the morale of the troops.

Because no one can guarantee that a booby trap from the Eighth Route Army will explode under their feet.

This kind of unknown fear is the scariest thing. Even if they are the most elite Kwantung Army of the little devils, they don't want to die inexplicably. Even after they are beaten to death, they don't even understand how they were killed?

At the location of the main force of the Kwantung Army, the commander of the regiment frowned and waited for news from the front line.

The sound of firefights on the battlefield had begun to weaken, which meant that the first three squadrons he sent were about to be unable to hold on.

But reinforcements were still on their way to the battlefield.

The booby trap explosion point showed that the reinforcements were at most one kilometer away from the battlefield, and the troops could kill them by marching in a few minutes.

As a result, this distance was like an insurmountable gap. Five minutes had passed, and the booby trap explosion point was still one kilometer away from the battlefield...

Ten minutes have passed. Although the booby trap explosion point has advanced 200 meters, it is still 700 to 800 meters away from the battlefield...

The longer the captain waited, the more anxious he became. Unexpectedly, his hands had been clenched into fists. He pressed his teeth and cursed angrily: "Bagya Road..."

"What are the reinforcements doing... Even if they crawled to a distance of one kilometer, they should have climbed to it. In the end, they only advanced two kilometers in ten minutes. At their speed, they will definitely not be able to join the battle in time..."

What the captain didn't know was that the two hundred meters straight line distance he mentioned was in the woods with complex terrain. The reinforcements would have to walk at least seven or eight hundred meters. If there were booby traps on the road and a detour was needed, it would definitely be further!

(End of this chapter)