Seeing that Zhou Cheng was still worried, Tang Yufeng comforted: "Battery Commander, I understand the principle of losing my lips and cold teeth, but the headquarters is too far away from us, and it is too long to reach. It is already great that you can do this. The rest depends on their own luck. It is impossible for us to rely on everything."

"And the pressure on the Third Battalion is not less than that of the headquarters."

"More than 600 Japanese and puppet troops came here, not only did the troops twice ours, but their firepower and equipment advantages were all in their hands. Don't stop the Japanese and puppet troops from attacking at that time, if there is a problem with us, then the joke will be big."

Zhou Cheng looked at the reconnaissance squad leader again: "With the marching speed of the Japanese and puppet troops leaving the city, how long will it take for them to come here!"

"One hour!" The squad leader hesitated and answered.

Zhou Cheng frowned, stared at the map and began to give orders: "Seventh Company, Ninth Company, Firepower Company, all enter the position and standby, Lao Chen, you are responsible!"

"The Eighth Company stayed in the town and served as a reserve team."

"The guard platoon and the engineer platoon will follow me with twenty mines. Let's go ahead and attack our Japanese and puppet troops later."

Major Aoki is the Japanese commander who came to reinforce Yangquan.

When he was stationed in Yangquan, he fought the National Rescue Army twice, and also cut off an officer who claimed to be the deputy commander of the National Rescue Army. He was a middle-level officer in Yangquan's garrison who knew the National Rescue Army best.

This time the support was pacified, the first thing the captain thought of was him.

In order not to become a living target for the enemy, he marched on his legs like an ordinary soldier.

Although he was already very tired, he did not stop to rest. He wanted to fight to Donghui Town in one go.

With his experience in destroying the National Rescue Army in Yangquan, as long as the Imperial Army is fast enough, it will definitely catch its opponent off guard.

Although Qiushan Nakazuo gave him the task of attacking Donghui Town on the verge of the third camp and preventing them from reinforcement of Zhangzhuang Town.

But Major Aoki has his own pride.

I worked hard to get from Yangquan to Pingding. It would be embarrassing if I didn’t make any military achievements and went back.

When he was fighting the National Rescue Army in Yangquan, he also led half an infantry brigade, and as a result, he eliminated nearly a thousand national rescue troops and cut off their deputy commander with his own hands.

Today I still led half an infantry brigade, while my opponent only had one battalion. No matter what aspect I analyzed, I would not lose.

So he temporarily decided to change Yangjian to main attack, and to eliminate the national-savior army in Donghui Town before Zuo took Zhangzhuang Town at Qiushan.

"How long will it take to get to Donghui Town?" Major Aoki asked, rubbing the sweat beads on his forehead.

"Report to the commander, there are only the last five kilometers left!" The guide sent by Akiyama Nakasa reported.

Major Aoki seemed to be a little too late to wait, and ordered while running: "The army must speed up, and strive to reach the blocking position of the National Salvation Army within half an hour."

The messenger running beside him quickly received the order: "Go to convey the order now!"

When marching normally, the vanguard troops still have time to take a look around and stab with a bayonet when they encounter suspicious targets.

As soon as the marching speed increased, the vanguard troops began to trot, and they had no time to take care of the surrounding situation.

Fortunately, there are hilly terrain around it, and the sides of the official road are gentle slopes that stretch for hundreds of meters, and there are no forests, so there is no large army.

This made the forward captain's tense nerves relieve a lot, otherwise he would definitely suggest to Aoki to slow down the marching speed.

"Boom...boom boom boom..."

Four consecutive explosions suddenly rang out on the official road. Major Aoki subconsciously raised his telescope, and four regiments of black smoke rose from the middle of the vanguard's troops. Many subordinates fell to the ground, and the soldiers who could still stand were in chaos. Some were on guard with guns, and some rescued the wounded...

"It's a mine..."

Aoki made a judgment quickly and his expression was very solemn.

He encountered a fight with the National Salvation Army in Yangquan. One landmine reimbursed three of his subordinates, two were killed on the spot, and one was blown off his thigh. It was also disabled after survival, which was very tragic.

But he couldn't understand one thing. When he encountered landmines, he would explode one by one. Today, four landmines exploded at the same time. Could it be that the opponent buried the four landmines together?

The doubtful Major Aoki quickly ordered: "Meet with the striker immediately, see what happened to them?"

Halfway through the run, I saw a forward, Chang Cao rushing over.

He was also injured by a landmine, and his military uniform was cut several holes with fragments. His bandaged arms were still bleeding, and his face was pale.

After seeing Major Aoki, he reported while gasping.

"Sir, the enemy buried four mines on the official road. The mines and mines were connected by ropes. If you step on one of the mines, the other three mines would explode."

"Many of our soldiers are in the mine-killing radius, with great casualties."

"Six imperial troops were killed on the spot, five imperial troops were seriously injured, all of which were blown off their legs and could not continue to move forward..."

"Bageya Road!"

The enemy's shadow began to suffer casualties before they could see the troops. Major Aoki felt that he had been slapped in the face, his eyes quickly turned red, and he clenched his fists and scolded.

"The National Salvation Army in Donghui Town is too arrogant. This is clearly the one they prepared for us to show off."

"But it's delusional to scare us away with a few mines. They overestimate their strength and their determination to destroy them."

"The engineer immediately supported the vanguard and cleared out the mines buried in the official road of the national rescue army. After that, the troops continued to advance."

The engineers were very responsible, lined up with their lightning detectors on their backs, not letting go of any corners, and slowly moving forward.

Disappointed that they kept checking forward for nearly a hundred meters but couldn't find a mine, and it took them nearly twenty minutes.

Major Aoki couldn't wait: "No, this must be the conspiracy of the National Salvation Army. Using landmines to waste our time, no, we were fooled. The engineer stopped and the troops continued to advance, striving to make up for the time they had been delayed."

When there were still three kilometers away from Donghui Town, the Japanese and puppet troops still did not encounter a mine.

Major Aoki's concerns about landmines also began to disappear, and the forwards had thirty Japanese left, and there was even more relaxed without any warning.

"Boom..."

At this moment, the familiar explosion sounded again, and black smoke rose into the air from the middle of the vanguard troops again, and many people fell on the ground.

Major Aoki's nerves had just soothed, and quickly ran towards the vanguard.

Four craters are arranged in a row and are scattered on the official road, separated by three meters from each other.

Major Aoki took a look and judged the scene when the mine exploded.

Four mines exploded at the same time, and the powerful killing radius caused this section of the official road more than ten meters long to be covered by fragments. No matter who it was, there was no way to hide when entering this section of the official road.

This is true. Nearly ten soldiers fell next to the crater. One soldier happened to step on a landmine, his entire lower body was blown away, and his intestines were flowing all over the floor.

This time, Master Aoki did not scold anyone.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to scold, but that he doesn’t have the target of venting his anger.

The engineers were asked to withdraw from him. If you really want to hold him accountable, you will be responsible.

If you want to blame, blame the National Salvation Army. They are too cunning. The two minefields are nearly two kilometers apart. No matter who stays in the captain's position, the engineers will not let the mines be cleared for two kilometers in a row, causing the troops to return to the town east to advance as quickly as possible.

Doing that is not to be cautious, but to prepare time for the opponent to escape. When the troops reach Donghui Town, they will not achieve the raid effect.

He gritted his teeth and ordered: "The troops continued to advance, headed straight to Donghui Town, and launched an attack when they arrived. I want to make the national rescue army pay the blood debts!"

This is the third time that Master Aoki has fought with the National Salvation Army. This time he still decided to use the method of defeating the National Salvation Army to deal with the Third Battalion.

In his eyes, the National Salvation Army was expanded from the Jinsui Army, and its combat effectiveness and good fighting styles were similar. The same fighting style could kill the National Salvation Army in Yangquan and the National Salvation Army here.

As soon as the troops reached the position of the National Salvation Army, Major Aoki raised his telescope.

The more you look at the smile on your face, the stronger the smile.

He was too familiar with the blocking positions in front of him. The Chinese battlefield was full of them, reinforced with logs and sandbags, although they could withstand the attacks of ordinary mortars to a certain extent.

However, the Imperial Army had grenade launchers. As long as the offensive troops used grenade launchers to knock out the opponent's firepower points, the offensive firepower was strong enough. The National Salvation Army had trench cover and could only be suppressed in the trench and could not counterattack.

When the offensive troops rushed outside the trenches, they would become lambs to be slaughtered, either being killed by the offensive troops with a hand-grenade or being stabbed to death by a bayonet. There is no third way to die.

This attack method is so familiar to Master Aoki. Every time he appears on the battlefield, it is like an exercise, and the Imperial Army can easily take down the opponent's position.

A squadron leader under his command suddenly reminded: "Sir, the Pacification Guard Team reported to us that the National Salvation Army also built a machine gun castle on the position, why didn't I find it?"

Major Aoki heard that this was his subordinates reminding him again, and raised his telescope and looked at the position.

But after searching for almost five minutes, I didn't see a castle. Finally, I shook my head and put down my telescope.

"No matter it, the National Salvation Army has no steel and cement. Even if there is a bastion, it is built with logs and stones. We brought six mortars, and there is sufficient ammunition. If one shell cannot be destroyed, it will be used with ten shells. If it doesn't work, use fifty one. There is nothing to be afraid of."

"The artillery troops and heavy machine gun troops are all ready for combat and cover the first squadron in ten minutes to launch an attack."

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

The six mortars roared at the same time, which meant that the first round of Japanese attacks had officially begun.

More than a hundred Japanese men slowly approached the Third Battalion amid the sound of cannons and entered the attack position.

Zhou Cheng stood in the semi-underground command center and saw the front line of positions being blown up instantly, and immediately showed a stunned expression and muttered to himself: "Old Tang, our third battalion will not meet another commander of the second battalion today!"

Tang Yufeng was also shocked by the Japanese's big moves.

He used six mortars to hit the front line at the beginning and directly skipped the tentative attack. He didn't know whether to say that the Japanese were crazy enough or that he was stupid.

If there is no one on the battlefield, the shells he fired will not be in vain.

While observing the battlefield, we intervened: "If the Japanese commander was really a fool, then my battle would definitely be much bigger."
Chapter completed!