The result did not disappoint Li Hao, the first time he used it, a bouncing mine killed and injured five little devils, and the power was at least twice as high as that of ordinary mines.

"Boom...... Boom ......"

The explosion was out of control, and in order to inflict heavy damage on the forward squadron, the guard platoon planted a full thirty mines on both sides of the road in all the places where people could hide, and the most advanced jumping mines had ten.

When the explosion ended, there were screams of pain on both sides of the official road.

Dozens of corpses fell to the ground in various postures, and several corpses were blown up, blood, internal organs, stumps and broken arms, flying everywhere, looking particularly tragic.

There were more wounded, some had their legs and feet blown off, some had one or two pieces of fragments stuck in their backs, and every time they moved, they let out a scream.

At a glance, less than fifty soldiers were left intact.

More than 200 reinforcements rushed over in a hurry to rescue the wounded and carry the corpses.

The artillery and heavy machine gun units in the escort unit were also not idle, and they hailed over with a rain of bullets to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army, which had just attacked the forward squadron.

But no matter how they attacked, the other party never responded, and finally had to stop.

At the headquarters of the Japanese army brigade in Baoding, the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

Two minutes ago they received a telegram from the escort unit that the situation was very bad.

Within two hours of their connection, the escort unit and the convoy were attacked by the Eighth Route Army several times, two of which were the most vicious, killing and wounding more than 100 people in the convoy with a mine array, and killing and wounding nearly 100 people in the convoy with flying thunder guns and mortars.

The remaining sporadic sneak attacks were also fatal, although only a few casualties were inflicted on the troops each time, but the frequency of such sneak attacks was too high, and the losses of the escort troops were no less than a medium-sized sneak attack when more than a dozen sneak attacks combined.

"General, your judgment is right, the Eighth Route Army that infiltrated Baoding last night was all for this batch of weapons and ammunition that are heading south." The deputy chief of staff frowned and analyzed, and did not forget to compliment the brigade commander when he spoke.

"The Eighth Route Army must have known the purpose of this batch of weapons and ammunition from somewhere, and was scared, and then sent troops to destroy this batch of weapons and ammunition halfway."

The brigade commander was noncommittal, thought for a while and replied: "This batch of weapons is too important for the imperial army, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"Immediately send a telegram to the escort troops: protect this batch of weapons and ammunition at all costs and send them safely into Baoding City."

This is what Li Hao wants.

The more the Japanese paid attention to these weapons and ammunition, the more desperately they tried to protect them on the march, and the casualties of the troops would skyrocket.

Without troops, even if weapons and ammunition enter Baoding safely, they will not be able to escape from the palm of their hands.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the transport team finally saw the towering gate tower of Baoding City.

The brigade commander stood on the tower of the city gate, looking at the convoy getting closer and closer, and the nerves that had been tense for several hours were finally relieved.

Twenty minutes later, the captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade ran to the brigade commander panting, with bandages on his arms, his head bowed and he didn't dare to speak, like a child who had done something wrong?

"What's going on?" The brigade commander was puzzled.

"Report to the general, I didn't complete the task at the humble level, and I ask for punishment!" The captain lowered his head even more fiercely when he spoke.

"What happened to the weapons and ammunition of the front army going south?" The brigade commander subconsciously asked.

Then he shook his head and said to himself in the negative: "No, the length of the convoy has hardly changed, which means that the number of carts and cars has not decreased, and even if there are weapons and ammunition that have been bombed, it is very few." ”

The captain of the group replied embarrassedly: "The general is wise, and there is indeed no loss of weapons and ammunition in the south, but the third brigade and the supplementary corps wing that went south together suffered heavy casualties. ”

"More than 300 people were killed in the battle alone, and nearly 400 people were injured, more than half of the losses."

"Nearly 400 people were killed in the battle, more than 300 people were wounded, and 20% of the casualties were lost."

"It was not the ordinary Eighth Route Army that attacked us, they were well-armed, had plenty of ammunition, and were heavily armed. The combat effectiveness is also very strong, the reaction speed is very fast, and they don't fight us head-on at all along the way, and they run away after the sneak attack, and we have no chance to retaliate if we want to, so we can only be beaten passively. ”

"We also found something very terrible."

"The Eighth Route Army, which attacked us, was equipped with a new type of mine that everyone had never seen before."

"Buried in the ground, after being detonated by us, it did not explode on the spot, but flew from the ground to the top of our heads before exploding, and a large explode, like a mortar shell exploding in the air, was very powerful, and at least half of our casualties were caused by this mine."

It is no secret that the Eighth Route Army made its own weapons, but in the eyes of the brigade commander, those self-made weapons were old and tattered with various defects.

It's like a flying thunder cannon, although it is very powerful, but it has a short range, a low accuracy, and a slow rate of fire.

As long as the Imperial Army is fully prepared, no matter how much the Eighth Route Army is equipped with flying thunder cannons, it is a pile of scrap iron, which has no effect.

Now seeing that his subordinates respect this kind of mine so much, and they look frightened, the brigade commander's first reaction is not to believe it, and his subordinates must have been frightened by some conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army did not even have a modern arsenal, so how could it be possible to develop weapons that were more advanced than those of the Imperial Army.

The commander of the killed brigade did not believe it.

The captain of the group was anxious and continued to report: "General, what you said is true, if you don't believe it, you can pick a few officers from the third brigade to ask." ”

"This kind of mine is too evil, it flies into the air and explodes."

"Everyone was lying on the ground, four or five meters away from the mine, and they were still hit by fragments falling from the sky, and there was nowhere to hide!"

The brigade commander still didn't take the matter to heart.

Take 10,000 steps back, even if the Eighth Route Army really has this kind of mine, what is the use?

No matter how advanced they are, they play a very limited role and cannot change the situation of the war.

But he didn't want to chill the hearts of his subordinates, and decisively ordered: "I will send someone to investigate this matter and find out the source and specific power of the mine as soon as possible." ”

"You go down and rest now, although the casualties of the troops are a bit large, but the weapons and ammunition of the front army going south are saved."

"As long as they are safe, the humiliation we received in front of the Eighth Route Army today will be returned sooner or later."

When the convoy that stretched for several miles entered Baoding City in an orderly manner, Li Hao's long-awaited east wind also arrived.

In the mountains southeast of Nanyan Town, Huang Sheng, the commander of the first battalion, pointed to the hand-drawn sketch of the reconnaissance platoon and ordered very seriously: "Comrades, the Japanese puppet army that entered the mountain has been dragged thin by us, and the regiment commander ordered us to eat them tonight." ”

"This ridge on the map is the grave I chose for them."

"Now I'll arrange the combat mission: a company, the Nanyan Town guerrillas, you are responsible for luring the enemy."

"For several days, we have been deliberately defeated, so that the Japanese army mistakenly believes that we have suffered more than half of the casualties."

"The two armies add up to nearly three hundred people, and the devils will definitely treat you as the main force and desperately pursue and kill you."

"I will build a blocking position on the mountain beam in advance, and after you bring the devils here, you will enter the position as soon as possible, and put on a posture of fighting them here......"

"The second company outflanked from the east...... Triple ......"

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