Before the Japanese who were lying down quickly had time to rejoice, an explosion sounded over their heads, like thunder, which made their ears buzz, and then they felt a stinging sensation spread rapidly from their backs throughout the province.

Some Japanese even lost consciousness when they heard the explosion sounding above their heads...

When the explosion sounded under their feet, a large ball with a diameter of more than thirty centimeters suddenly flew out of the ground.

When they flew to a height of two or three meters, they suddenly exploded, and then they saw a ball of fire splashing in the air, exploded fragments, steel balls wrapped in the mines, flying towards the surroundings like flowers, forming an impenetrable steel storm.

Because of the large amount of strong gunpowder, two or three hundred four-mm iron beads were loaded into the mines, resulting in the mine's kill radius being nearly twice as high as ordinary mines, reaching an astonishing twenty meters away.

In addition, the mines exploded in the air. Even if the Japanese were lying on the ground, their backs were still exposed to the range of killing.

Therefore, the roads in front and behind the mines are within its killing radius. At least twenty Japanese lies on this section of the road. As soon as the mines flying into the sky exploded, screams sounded on this section of the road. There were seven or eight Japanese gangs too close to the explosion point and there was no movement on the spot.

The squadron of the Forward Squadron bounced at least thirty meters away, and still felt a hot wave of air sweeping through his back. When he looked up, he saw the scene of heavy casualties from his subordinates, which was both heartache and shocked.

The casualties of his subordinates were too great. As soon as the explosion stopped, his ears were filled with screams of the wounded. It sounded that at least ten subordinates were injured.

Then a look of shock and confusion appeared on his face.

The power of the explosion just now was too great. It was obviously just a land mine, but the lethality produced was greater than that of a mountain cannon shell.

There is one more thing he can't figure it out.

In his perception, landmines are buried underground and explode under everyone's feet.

The landmines that the subordinates encountered just now seemed to have made two explosions, one explosion came from everyone's feet, and one explosion came from the top of their heads.

At that time, all the Japanese were lying on the ground with their heads in their arms. No one saw the scene of mines flying into the sky from under the ground, so no one knew what the explosion from everyone's heads was going on!

The squadron leader had no time to figure out these questions, and screams kept ringing in his ears were urging him to quickly organize troops to clean the battlefield and treat the wounded.

If they were not bandaged and stopped bleeding as soon as possible, many wounded people would definitely die in the biting cold winter due to inadequate treatment and quickly got up from the ground.

"Why are you still standing there? Organize troops to rescue the wounded immediately!"

"Don't walk around, be careful that there are mines in other places!"

"Where is the messenger? Immediately ask the captain for help. We were attacked by landmines. Please send engineers to help us clear the mines!"

The vanguard's commander appeared in front of the wing captain five minutes later: "Report to the commander, we were attacked by mines. Our squadron leader asked for engineer support, otherwise the troops would not be able to continue moving forward!"

"A bunch of cowards!" The captain of the regiment cursed dissatisfied!

On the front battlefield, the Jinsui Army often buried mines in front of the positions to increase the difficulty of the Imperial Army in capturing their positions.

But the power of those mines is very limited and can only play some auxiliary roles and cannot affect the overall situation.

In the opinion of the wing captain, the mines encountered by the forward troops must be similar to those encountered on the front line. One mine can kill or injure one or two soldiers at most.

If this is true, it means that the forward squadron was so scared that he was afraid to move forward by one or two casualties caused by landmines. What is this not a coward?

The messenger saw with his own eyes the huge anti-damage caused to the vanguard troops by landmines. If he encountered five or six more, he would not have to attack the National Save Army, and those mines alone could destroy the vanguard squadron.

No one dares to move forward rashly if he sits in the position of the squadron leader. It is not a question of whether he is a coward or not.

So he was the first to dissatisfied with the team leader's evaluation of the forward squadron and immediately explained: "Report to the commander, the mines we just encountered were a little different from those we encountered on the battlefield before."

"One mine caused more than 20 casualties to us, six of whom were killed on the spot, eight were seriously injured, and seven were slightly injured!"

"This is impossible. How could the mines have such great power? You must have been lying about military information just now!" The corps leader completely distrusts the messenger's report.

Then he stared at the messenger and asked: "Tell me the truth, is your squadron leader asking you to lie about military information?"

"Have the forward squadron been attacked by landmines just now, was he also attacked by other attacks?"

The messenger quickly explained: "Sir, Mingjian, all the reports of Bei Zi just now are true, there is absolutely no lie, nor does he lie about military information."

"When the mine exploded, Bei Zhi stayed next to him. With the explosion point as the center, all the soldiers within 20 meters of the surrounding area were blown up. Moreover, the mine we encountered exploded in total twice. Bei Zhi had never encountered it in such a long time since he was a soldier."

"Sir, if you don't believe it, you can go to the battlefield for inspection in person. Most of the soldiers who died and injured in battle were injured in the back. Some were hit by fragments caused by mine explosions, and some were hit by iron beads loaded in the mine..."

The messenger said so confidently that the captain of the regiment was almost convinced.

But he still didn't believe that a mine could cause more than 20 casualties to the forward squadron, and decisively ordered: "The troops stopped moving forward, and all the squadron leaders followed me to the forward squadron."

"If the National Salvation Army is really equipped with such amazing landmines, then our attack must not be as hasty as it is now."

The wing captain rushed to the forward squadron five minutes later.

The bodies of soldiers who were killed by the bomb were placed together. From the front, except for the two soldiers who were blown up to the point of blood, the other soldiers seemed to be uninjured.

Turning the corpse over, a shocking wound appeared.

There was almost no complete piece of flesh and blood on the back, and it was blown everywhere, making the flesh and butts blurred.

The captain of the regiment knew how they were injured at a glance, and asked incrediblely: "Their wounds are all on the back, are they landmines exploded above everyone's heads?"

The forward squadron leader followed and reported very heartbrokenly: "Captain, the mines did explode above our heads."

"After the first explosion, all the soldiers near the mines were lying on the ground, and the mines exploded again, and they exploded above everyone's heads."

"I later asked all the squadron and found out that after the first explosion, a huge ball suddenly flew out from the ground, and then exploded two or three meters above the altitude. The fragments and iron beads seemed to rain, instantly covering the surrounding soldiers, and then the troops suffered such great casualties."

The more the captain heard the frown, the deeper the frowns. The subordinates said it too mysteriously. Although it was difficult for people to believe it, the bodies and the wounded were placed in front of him, so he could not believe it.

He immediately ordered: "Call the squadron leader of the Engineer Squadron as soon as possible. No one is more familiar with landmines than him. Let him immediately figure out what landmines are used by the National Rescue Army and then clear them. Otherwise, this sweep will not be able to be fired. If a few landmines are buried by the National Rescue Army, we will be blown up to death with heavy casualties."
Chapter completed!