The engineer squadron leader was indeed very familiar with landmines. He only spent ten minutes to check the wounded wounds. Some clues left when the mine exploded. He asked the soldiers who saw the explosion scene of the forward squadron... and then walked to the corps captain with a serious expression.

"Sir, I am sure that the National Salvation Army has used a new type of mine that we have never seen before!"

"This kind of landmine will explode twice. The first explosion has very little lethality, just like the ordinary landmine we encountered before."

"But this explosion also has a launch function, just like firing a cannon, pushing more powerful explosives into the sky."

"The second explosion was produced by this explosive. Its power is no less than the shells that exploded in the air. The fragments and iron beads flew from the sky to the ground, killing our soldiers from a high place. Even if everyone lies on the ground, they will not play a protective role. Instead, they will expose their backs..."

"Biyi has arranged for engineers to clear mines in front of meteorological conditions. I hope to find a sample so that we can understand it better!"

The captain's face sank as soon as he heard this, and he felt more worried.

The National Salvation Army had too many unexpected things. I don’t know what new weapons were used in the blocking battle just now, but I actually killed five or six hundred of them in the bayonet that the Imperial Army was particularly good at.

Now they killed more than 20 of them with a new mine they had never seen before.

The methods are endless. No one knows whether they will use other weapons they have never seen before to severely damage themselves and catch them off guard in the next battle.

He frowned and ordered: "The engineer squadron should continue to clear mines, and the speed should be faster. We must ensure that the troops will not encounter this new mine in the next march!"

The engineer squadron leader hesitated for a moment and reminded: "Don't worry, sir. I will definitely find all the landmines buried by the national rescue army on the road. However, in this way, the speed of the troops' marching will inevitably be affected."

The captain of the regiment replied indifferently: "Slow down, just slow down. According to the combat plan, we can only advance fifteen kilometers a day. No unit can advance alone and act without permission, so we have time to find landmines!"

What disappointed the corps leader was that the engineer squadron lined forward for five or six hundred meters but could not find a mine.

After some hesitation, the wing captain decided to give up the mine clearance and continue to march forward at normal speed.

When it was dark, the Japanese army was hit by two more jumping mines, and was raided by the Fourth Battalion eight times, losing nearly a hundred people.

The next day, the Japanese army still attacked for fifteen kilometers. Because the engineers had been clearing mines in front of the team, Chen Zhong had to give up the huge lethal bounce mines and could only use mortars and machine guns to attack the Japanese...

By dark, the Japanese army lost a total of sixty or seventy people.

As soon as the Japanese army stopped, the fourth battalion surrounding them also stopped.

Battalion Commander Chen Zhong was in a very bad mood. In the past two days, the Japanese army occupied almost half of the Fourth Battalion defense zone. According to their current attack rhythm, one day they could completely occupy the Fourth Battalion defense zone.

The results of the battle between the two sides also made him very dissatisfied. Apart from killing hundreds of Japanese devils with shotguns and bouncing mines on the first day, it was difficult to achieve results in the subsequent battle, especially today.

The Japanese army kept summing up experiences and lessons in the battle, and became more and more at ease when dealing with the fourth battalion's raid. They could only cause some sporadic casualties to them. It was difficult to encounter another raid to kill more than a dozen Japanese devils.

"Captain, it is difficult for ordinary guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare to kill and injure the Japanese army's live forces in large quantities. Why don't we find a way to fight an ambush?" Chen Zhong frowned and analyzed.

"Although the Japanese army's attack speed was very slow, and they only attacked fifteen kilometers a day, they had four sweeping troops and launched an attack on us at the same time, step by step, and eroded our defense zone bit by bit. It only took three or four days to occupy all the defense zones we had pacified!"

Before Zhou Cheng could speak, the deputy battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion beside him came up with a sentence: "Battery Commander, I think it's a bit unrealistic to attack an ambush!"

"In today's battle, no matter how we attacked and provoked each other, the Japanese army always held a group of people and had no intention of dividing troops to chase us. If they did not divide the troops, we would have no chance to ambush them."

Chen Zhong did not give up this idea because of his partner's opposition and continued: "We will continue to provoke tomorrow. If the Japanese don't divide their troops, we will give them a tiger's mouth to pull out their teeth and find a way to swallow their vanguard troops."

"Assemble all heavy machine guns and two companies of the entire battalion, and eat the Japanese vanguard troops in five minutes. One company and artillery company are left to be responsible for attacking aid and cut off the connection between the Japanese vanguard vanguard and the main force!"

"After a battle, you can eat more than 200 of them!"

"It's too risky, and the price will definitely be very high!" The deputy battalion commander still disagreed.

"The Japanese main force and the vanguard squadron are only three or four hundred meters away. In order to gain enough combat time for the ambush troops, the blocking troops must have to bear huge pressure. Not only will they have to face the attack of more than a thousand Japanese troops, but they will also be bombarded by dozens of artillery pieces. Maybe the blocking troops will not be able to retreat when they go to the battlefield."

Chen Zhong was speechless by his partner and shouted unwillingly: "This is not possible, that is not possible. Could it be that we just watched the Japanese take down our defense zone and drive our fourth battalion out of pacification!"

"What's the hurry?" Zhou Cheng, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke.

"This battle will definitely not end within two or three days. We will definitely lose it in the pacified defense zone, but these losses are temporary. As long as we can severely damage the Japanese at the last moment of the anti-sweeping, turn defeat into victory, and defeat them, I promise that as many defense zones they swallow, they will vomit out for me in the end."

Chen Zhong said helplessly: "Captain! I understand what you said, but the problem now is that we can't find the opportunity to severely damage the Japanese!"

"Only by damaging them severely and consuming their troops a lot, we will have a chance to turn defeat into victory in the future."

"If we cannot severely damage them, as our space for activities becomes smaller and smaller, the pressure on the troops will increase. At that time, we will not turn defeat into victory and defeat the Japanese, but we will be wiped out by them."

Zhou Cheng obviously thought of a solution, and looked at Chen Zhong with confidence and answered: "If we don't have a chance, we will create opportunities by ourselves!"

"And I think your ideas and ideas in fighting the Japanese seem to be in a dead end, and they keep moving around, wondering if they go around it?"

"The only way to severely damage the Japanese is to ambush and sneak attack is to fight the Japanese. If you fight the positional battle well, you can also severely damage the Japanese."

"Looking at the map, the Japanese army has only attacked fifteen kilometers every day in the past two days. If nothing unexpected happens, they will camp in this village tomorrow night."

Chen Zhong suddenly affirmed: "Captain, they will definitely camp in this village."

"I am very familiar with the terrain here. Liujiazhuang is the largest farmhouse within a radius of ten miles. It has two or three thousand acres of fertile land scattered around it. The terrain is flat and the view is wide, which is very suitable for large troops to station."

"Although there are some other villages around, they are all scattered between hills and mountains. Not only are they small in scale, but the terrain is still very rugged. If the Japanese army camped in these villages, they would hit us at the gun and give us a lot of opportunities to attack them at night for free."

"If I were the Japanese commander, I would definitely choose Liujiazhuang to camp after marching here."

After hearing this, Zhou Cheng's lips curled up: "Since the Japanese will definitely camp in Liujiazhuang tomorrow night, then we will fight them in Liujiazhuang!"

"Captain Chen, have the losses of the Fourth Battalion made up for the past two days?"

Chen Zhong had not yet figured out Zhou Cheng's thoughts and replied in confusion: "The losses of yesterday have been made up for all, and today's losses will be drawn to fill in the gaps later!"

"Which company in the Fourth Battalion has the least losses and the most veterans!" Zhou Cheng continued to ask.

"Twelve Company!" Chen Zhong blurted out, and the confusion expression on his face became even stronger.

After hearing this, Zhou Cheng made a decision: "Then let the 12th Company come together!"

"You immediately order the 12th Company to march to Liujiazhuang, dig anti-aircraft holes in the village overnight, and repair street fighting fortifications. If there are not enough people, bring the new recruits to help, but the new recruits must evacuate Liujiazhuang before noon tomorrow and hand over the battlefield to the 12th Company."

"In addition to being the main force of the 12th Company, you can draw some troops from the Fourth Battalion who are good at melee and street fighting into the village to cooperate with the 12th Company's operations, and then provide them with ammunition and strengthen more machine guns, pistols, grenades, and shotguns."

"Let them take the position of a main battalion in the village, and make the Japanese army mistakenly believe that the main forces of the fourth battalion are all in the village, and then launch an endless attack on the village."

"After darkness, the other two companies of the Fourth Battalion, plus artillery companies, launched an attack from behind the Japanese army, and responded to the 12th company defending the village to kill the Japanese, allowing the Japanese to lose all their might!"

Chen Zhong only understood Zhou Cheng’s thoughts until now, staring at the map for only a minute and then made a decision: “Just fight the Japanese in Liujiazhuang!”

"In addition to the 12th Company, the guard platoon directly under the battalion headquarters also entered the village to participate in the war. The crooked handles, grenade launchers, and grenades seized at the blocking position yesterday strengthened the 12th Company. They had to strengthen twenty shotguns."

"Captain, I'll give them orders now!"

The temporary Japanese army base was the most peaceful sleep last night for the regiment captain.

During the whole day, the offensive troops lost only more than 60 people, including more than twenty seriously injured people who could recover.

At this loss rate, the sweeping troops can force the Fourth Battalion of the National Rescue Army to fight with them if they lose at most one infantry squadron.

As for the night attack that had almost never been interrupted last night, the wing captain had become accustomed to it.

As long as the troops are stationed slightly dispersed, the patrol troops are more vigilant, and the camps are selected slightly wider, the troops can minimize the losses of night attacks.

At around six o'clock in the morning, the team leader who was fully energetic woke up.

After slowly finishing breakfast, the Japanese army embarked on a new journey.

Like yesterday, the endless sneak attacks and gunfire sounds almost stopped from ten o'clock. It was only at 10 noon that the troops walked forward ten kilometers.

The corps leader was not in a hurry at all. After lunch, he led his troops to Liujiazhuang and planned to camp there for one night.
Chapter completed!