"Boom ......"

Several explosions suddenly came from the road two kilometers ahead, and the marching troops stopped as quickly as reflexively.

The rifle on his back quickly took it in his hand and spread out, staring around with a wary expression.

The most violent reaction was the guard company, especially the one closest to the division commander.

Quickly dispersed, surrounding the division commander in the middle.

The division commander was stunned for a moment, but reacted quickly, immediately broke away from the team, and was surrounded by guards and climbed to a commanding height next to the road.

It was so dark that there were so many explosions that I couldn't see anything with my binoculars.

A few minutes later, the deputy company commander of the forward company ran over panting and reported: "Division, the explosion came from one kilometer in front of my forward unit, there is no our unit there, the company commander has already sent someone to check, and there should be news back soon." ”

The deputy chief of staff reminded: "Division, do you want to wait for the news of the forward company to come back before moving forward." ”

"We are getting closer and closer to the base area of the Eighth Route Army, we are not afraid of 10,000, we are afraid of what happens, and it will not hurt to be cautious."

All the division commander was thinking about now was how to take more base areas of the garrison regiment, and then ask for credit from the war zone. Moreover, night is the best time to hide the whereabouts of the troops, and the longer it drags on here, the longer the Eighth Route Army will react, the more fully prepared, and the less likely it will be to complete the task by itself.

So the division commander could not stop and waste time anyway.

Without hesitation, he refused: "It can't be stopped, the explosion came from two kilometers away, and the forward troops went back and forth, and when they sent the news back, half an hour passed." ”

"Our task tonight is very heavy, not only to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army and control the two towns that they have rowed away, but also to send troops all the way forward to assault and penetrate deep into their base areas, so as to create opportunities for us to seize their base areas after dawn."

"Not a minute or a second can be delayed."

"Pass my order: the troops continue to advance, wait for news as they go."

"Since the explosion came from two kilometers away, and the forward company is another kilometer ahead of us, it can at least prove that there is no danger one kilometer ahead of us."

"Even if there is a conspiracy ahead, the Forward Company will warn us in advance."

"And I believe that the Eighth Route Army will never have the courage to take the initiative to provoke a war and attack us."

"At most, play some small tricks with us to slow down our march."

Seeing that the division commander had made up his mind, the deputy chief of staff no longer insisted, and immediately went to give orders.

More than ten minutes later, the forward company commander panted and ran to the division commander: "Report to the division, it's all clear!" ”

"The explosion just now was someone destroying the road, and I saw it with my own eyes, the entire road was completely blown up, and a small bridge that had to be crossed was also blown up, and the troops either waded across the river or repaired the bridge before they could cross the river."

"Did you catch someone who destroyed the road?" The deputy chief of staff asked.

The company commander shook his head and replied: "When we arrived, we only saw the bombed-out road, and we didn't see a single figure on the other side. ”

"It must have been done by the Eighth Route Army!" The division commander's face sank suddenly, and he was very dissatisfied and said.

"They want to slow down our march by destroying the highway and prevent us from attacking their base areas, which is the most common way they play against the Japanese puppet army."

"But we're not Japanese puppet troops."

"When the Eighth Route Army dealt with the Japanese puppet army by destroying roads, it had to combine guerrilla warfare, movement warfare, and mine warfare in order to be effective."

"Before tearing our faces, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not dare to use these means against us."

"This means that their tactic of destroying the road can at most slow down our march, and it is absolutely impossible to stop us and discourage us from seizing their base area."

"Pass my order: The troops will be divided into two, abandon all baggage carts and mountain artillery and wade through the water, march quickly into the two towns that the Eighth Route Army has rowed away from us, and then continue to assault forward, taking Hunyuan, Lingqiu, and Guangling by the way."

"The engineer company built roads and bridges behind us, and the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company followed."

The deputy chief of staff always felt that something was wrong, and he felt a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.

Hesitantly reminded: "Division, after the division of troops, the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company have almost no field combat ability, and once they are attacked, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"For the sake of prudence, I implore you to make a careful decision."

"It's better for the troops to be undivided and rush forward in a group, so that even if we are attacked, we will not be afraid."

"It's too slow!" The division commander refused.

"We've already told you about tonight's mission, it's very heavy."

"If you take the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company, and advance while building roads, you may not be able to kill the two towns that the Eighth Route Army took away from Datong in one night, let alone go deep into the base area of the garrison regiment and take Hunyuan."

"If you miss tonight, the garrison will be able to see our purpose, and then transfer troops from the front line back to the rear."

"If the next road for the troops is all destroyed by them, the delay on our road due to the construction of roads and bridges is enough for them to return to the reinforcements and build a defensive line on the road we must pass through to block us head-on."

"When the time comes, it will definitely be very difficult to take advantage of the chaos to take over Hunyuan."

"You know, the garrison regiment has a battalion of heavy artillery."

"Although it is only a battalion, the number of heavy artillery equipped is not less than that of one of our heavy artillery regiments."

"If their heavy artillery battalion also takes the opportunity to move to the front line, and cooperates with a certain number of infantry, we will completely lose the opportunity to take Hunyuan, and the task assigned to us by the theater will not be successful, and we will become the laughing stock of the entire Jin Sui army."

"But if you divide the troops like this, the heavy artillery battalion and the baggage company are too dangerous!" The deputy chief of staff is still not at ease.

"What's the danger?" The division commander insisted on his opinion.

"The Eighth Route Army slowed down our march by destroying the road, which further proved that they did not dare to take the initiative to provoke a war and attack us."

"The Japanese puppet army in Datong has been almost killed by the Eighth Route Army, as long as the Eighth Route Army does not move, no one around can threaten the mountain artillery battalion and the baggage company."

At this moment, the operator ran over: "Division, Regiment Commander Zhang reports that the road in front of them has also been damaged by the Eighth Route Army, and if the road is not repaired, the baggage company attacking with the team will not be able to advance." ”

"It's exactly the same as I judged!" The division commander was even more firm in his judgment.

"The Eighth Route Army did not dare to use any other means against us except to destroy the road."

"Call back to Regiment Commander Zhang: Give up the baggage and ammunition, and the troops will march forward in a hurry and continue to implement the original battle plan."

After speaking, he ordered the deputy division commander: "What are you still doing in a daze, go and give an order immediately!" ”

"Tonight, we must enter Hunyuan and not give the garrison a chance to react."

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