After three or four days of hard work, the front half of the island guards who swept all the way along the main road were not long before they were ambushed by sporadic fire from the side of the road. The roads, which were originally quite flat, also caused people to dig trenches one after another, and the earth-made mines that could not even destroy the car engine were endless, and the devils carried by the trucks were really holding back their evil fires and had nowhere to vent their evil fires.

Unlike those angry Japanese soldiers, in the face of this endless attack, the look on the face of the island front half guard became more and more relaxed, and he even hummed a Japanese country tune unconsciously in his mouth.

Seeing the increasingly relaxed look of the island front half guard, the Japanese soldier driving the car hesitated again and again, and finally after easily crossing a trench across the highway again, he cautiously asked the front half of the island guard: "Your Excellency, although I know that this is not what my subordinates should say to the superior, but ...... Seeing that your demeanor is becoming more and more relaxed, do you already have a full grasp of this purge against the Eighth Route Army? ”

Snorted very proudly, the half-guards in front of the island held the war knife poked between their legs with both hands, slowly moved their crooked necks, and said casually: "As a true samurai, smelling danger on the battlefield and feeling the coming of victory is not a great skill!" ”

Listening to the words of the island front half of the guard, who obviously had a tail of words, the Japanese driver immediately responded to the words of the island front half of the guard: "Although I am loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, I think that a logistics soldier like me will definitely not be able to compare with a real samurai like you!" If so, could you please advise? Please! ”

Twisting his crooked neck proudly, the half-guard in front of the island showed the scar on his neck with a bit of ostentation: "After many battles, experienced samurai can naturally learn to observe the clues on the battlefield in order to judge the situation of the enemy army!" Have you noticed – we've been attacked a lot of times almost every day for the past three or four days. The number of attacks is increasing, but the intensity of the attacks is getting weaker? ”

After just a little aftertaste, the Japanese driver suddenly nodded like a chicken pecking rice: "That's true!" The initial attack wounded several of the emperor's loyal samurai, several of whom had ...... eyes I'm afraid I'll have to go back to my hometown to recuperate! But in the days that followed, almost every attack consisted of indiscriminate shooting. Especially today, only one shot at a time......"

Subconsciously glanced at the shattered half of the rearview mirror, the Japanese driver swallowed a little frightened, and then said to the front half of the island: "The attacks in the past few days have hardly caused much damage to the imperial army, but only two more wounded. Your Excellency, are these guys who only hide in the shadows trying to hold us back with such foolish attacks? ”

Nodding reservedly, the half-guards in front of the island did not answer the questions of the drivers beside them, but spoke again on their own: "There are also those earthen mines placed on the road, and the power is getting smaller and smaller each time. It exploded directly under the tires, and it didn't even blow up the tires! The trenches dug on the main road were initially two meters wide and nearly three meters deep. But the trench we crossed just now was just over a meter wide and half a meter deep...... Did you notice it? Why is this the case? ”

Frowning thoughtfully, the Japanese driver hesitated for a moment before he tentatively said, "Is it because of ...... Those beggar-like creatures are getting closer and closer to the samurai of the Imperial Army, and they are almost running out of time to dig ditches on the road and use this method to stop the Imperial Army's footsteps? ”

Crooking his neck and pouting out the car window, the half-guards in front of the island smiled triumphantly: "Look at the things thrown down on the side of the road—clothes, farm tools, and even iron pots for cooking, these worthless things are treasures that those farmers cherish as much as their lives." Even these things are casually discarded on the side of the road, which can only mean one thing - not far from us, a victory ending in the total destruction of the enemy is waiting for us! ”

As soon as the words fell, the truck, which was originally speeding away, suddenly slowed down. Before the half-guards in front of the island could turn their attention back to the road, the Japanese driver who was driving was already busy shouting: "Your Excellency, your judgment is really incomparably accurate - look at the trench in front of you, it is only two meters wide at most, and the depth is only one meter high. If it weren't for the absolute safety of ensuring the implementation of your battle plan, I could have rushed straight over! ”

Like a literati slut who had suddenly interrupted Yaxing, the half-guards in front of the island stared at the shallow trench on the road ahead of them that was still glowing with new earthy eyes, and slammed the war knife between their legs: "These damn Chinese people...... Get through the trench as soon as possible and speed up the pursuit! ”

Almost at the same time as the half-guards in front of the island gave the order, the Japanese soldiers standing in the carriage had already thrown two thick planks that had been used many times under the carriage. Although they had crossed the same trench many times along the way, the Japanese soldiers in the carriage did not take it lightly, except for the machine gunner, all the other Japanese soldiers jumped out of the carriage and lined up the defensive position around the two trucks.

Seeing that several Japanese soldiers had effortlessly erected thick planks on the trench, the driver of the first truck did not hesitate at all and skillfully drove through the trench. But at the moment when the second truck was about to follow the front car over the trench, two gunshots rang out from the small dirt bag not far from the roadside!

As the gunshots rang out, the truck with its right front and rear tires pierced suddenly skewed and smashed from the thick plank into the trench, which was not too deep. Without waiting for the Japanese driver driving the second truck to scream, a violent explosion suddenly sounded from the trench, and the second truck jumped up from the trench and fell back into the trench again.

At the beginning of the explosion, a puff of smoke and dust was lifted from the fields that had been harvested on both sides of the road behind the Japanese soldiers. Almost hundreds of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who had dug individual fortifications in the fields to hide, and then covered them with straw mats to hide them, quickly relied on the already consolidated bunkers, and fired a volley of guns at the Japanese soldiers who had formed a defensive circle!

The Japanese soldiers who had formed a defensive circle returned fire, and smoke and dust rose from the fields on both sides of the road. In the huge pits that were revealed by the lifting of several large straw mats, four straight-armed catapults that looked very old were visible.

Amid the sound of the trumpet, seven or eight strong men with thick ropes in their hands violently pulled the ropes in unison, and immediately threw the bag of explosives the size of a water urn hanging from the other end of the straight-arm catapult towards the defensive circle formed by the Japanese army.

Perhaps it was due to accurate calculations, or perhaps it was providence, the four huge explosive packets that were snorting and smoking had not yet hit the ground, and they had already exploded in the center of the defensive circle formed by the Japanese army at the same time. With a loud bang, a huge blast wave swept towards the Japanese soldiers who had just crawled to the ground like a torrential rain of sharp stones wrapped in the explosives packets.

Caught off guard, almost all of the Japanese soldiers who had just crawled on the ground were hit by the sharp stones that roared to the ground. Although the power of the explosives package was severely reduced because all the explosives were made of earth-made explosives, many Japanese soldiers also made the stones red, and the steel helmets were even more clanging by the stones that shot at them. A few of the less fortunate Japanese soldiers even had sharp stones embedded in the flesh.......

In the midst of the screams one after another, the half-guards in front of the island, who were standing next to the truck and escaped by the truck to cover up the catastrophe, shook their heads to wake up from the dizziness caused by the explosion as soon as possible, and tore their throats and shouted: "Enemy attack! Fight back....... Machine guns, machine gun shooting! ”

Enduring the pain caused by the stone wounds on his body, the machine gunners on the first truck hurriedly moved the machine guns to turn around and began to suppress the fire in the direction of the rear of the car. However, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the fields seemed to have already anticipated the counterattack of the Japanese army, and the sound of machine guns had just sounded, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who had only exposed half of their heads and shot at the guns, squatted down with their respective weapons in their hands, and all hid in their respective individual bunkers.

Unlike the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who quickly hid in individual bunkers, the strong men in the four huge pits did not avoid the rain of bullets at all, but quickly hung a bag of explosives on one end of the straight-arm catapult. With the sound of a sharp bamboo whistle, the four explosive packets that took off again suddenly exploded a rain of stones above the defensive circle formed by the Japanese soldiers.......

In the screams of the Japanese soldiers that sounded again, the half-guards in front of the island pulled out the combat knives clenched in their hands with red eyes, and howled like a wounded beast: "Assault! Warriors of the Empire, brave assault ......."

At the beginning of the order, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers lying on the ground jumped up with the pain all over their bodies, quickly formed an assault team of three, and skillfully alternately covered and rushed towards the Eighth Route Army ambushed in the field. But before the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front ran out more than a dozen steps away, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were hiding in the individual bunkers came out again and fired another platoon of guns at the Japanese soldiers who were in an assault formation!

In the terrible screams, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who were attacking according to the orders of the half-guards in front of the island were not spared, and all of them fell to the ground. It can be said that it is fast, and none of the Japanese soldiers in the end were killed, but all of them rolled over with their stomachs or legs and feet.......

Holding the war knife in his hand tightly, the half-guards in front of the island leaned on the side of the truck and glanced at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the fields for a moment, and their hearts were suddenly shocked - the fields where the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were hidden were quite far from the main road, and the fields that had been harvested were even more unobstructed. Even if the Japanese soldiers led by his own men had rich combat experience and tactical skills, they would have to force their way through this large unobstructed open field with a numerical disadvantage, and even if they succeeded, they would probably suffer heavy casualties.

But.......

The dignified samurai of the Imperial Japanese Dynasty actually wanted to escape in front of a group of Shina people?

It's unimaginable!

As if he also saw that his side did not have an advantage in this ambush, a Japanese soldier who was usually favored by the front half of the island guards touched the back of the island front half of the guard, and hurriedly whispered to the island front half of the guard: "Your Excellency, the terrain here is not good for us!" Because the grenadier and some ammunition were carried on the second truck, they were all blown up! Excellency...... Can we ...... for the time being? A temporary retreat, looking for a terrain favorable for our troops to counterattack? ”

Without waiting for the half-guards in front of the island to think about anything more, from behind the hills or ditches on both sides of the road, a deafening sound of gongs, drums and suona suddenly sounded. With the sound of gongs, drums, and suona, dozens of flags of different colors, styles, and sizes suddenly flashed in front of the island's front guards. From the earth-shattering sound of gongs, drums, and suona, we can distinguish a burst of untidy, but imposing roars: "Kill devils...... Kill devils......"

Tie blushed, and the half-guards in front of the island gritted their teeth one by one: "Retreat!" All board the car and retreat, and seize the village ahead as soon as possible! If nothing else, the fools of the Imperial Concord Army should arrive at that village at dawn tomorrow to join us! Although those guys who followed behind the Imperial Army to supervise the battle were not very useful, they were one hundred and fifty Imperial Army soldiers after all! We...... I'm sure I'll be able to kill them all! ”

"Understood! But what about the wounded, Your Excellency? Do you want to make a surprise attack and grab all the wounded back? ”

“...... It is the duty of a samurai to be loyal to His Excellency the Emperor! All board, retreat! Be sure to seize the village ahead! ”