At the headquarters of the Japanese brigade in Baoding, the communications staff officer happily ran in and reported: "General, the telegram from the Third Infantry Brigade has arrived, and they have already connected with the southbound transport team, and are protecting the transport team and rushing to Baoding. ”

The brigade commander thought for a moment and ordered: "Let them strengthen their vigilance, and the speed must be fast." ”

"There is intelligence that shows that a lot of the Eighth Route Army sneaked into Baoding last night, and if they don't come sooner or later, their target must be this transport team."

"Contact the aviation force, and immediately send planes to escort the convoy uninterruptedly, so as to ensure that there is no large force of the Eighth Route Army on the way the convoy must pass!"

The deputy chief of staff next to him said: "General rest assured, the transport team originally had a supplementary wing, a baggage brigade, a cavalry squadron, plus an infantry brigade we sent over, with a total strength of more than 5,000 people, and we will definitely be able to safely send weapons and ammunition into Baoding City." ”

On the highway 40 kilometers away from Baoding City, a huge transport team composed of cars, carts, mules and horses is slowly moving forward.

Viewed from the air, the entire convoy looked like a giant dragon hovering on the road.

More than 5,000 little devils, those who beat the head, those who drove the car, and the queen of the palace guarded around the convoy.

Everywhere the convoy went, a lot of dust rolled up on the ground, obscuring the sky and the sun, and with the planes cruising back and forth over the convoy, the whole battle looked particularly scary.

Both sides of the road are mostly mountainous, but they are all small hills, not rugged, and there are no forests.

If there is a large-scale ambush, it will definitely not be able to evade the detection of aircraft.

Zhao Wen, the commander of the fifth battalion lurking near this official road, decisively ordered the troops to divide their troops and make the planes in the sky blind.

"Battalion commander, the front is the first minefield we have prepared for the devil's forward troops, and in another minute, all the forward troops will enter the minefield." On a hill about a kilometer across the road, the guard platoon commander pointed to a relatively smooth section of the road.

Zhao Wen waved his hand and ordered: "I only watch the battle, I don't command, I have the final say on how to beat you, I just want the result." ”

The guard platoon commander immediately replied: "Don't worry, the regiment commander, I promise to give the devils a head start, so that they can know how powerful our garrison regiment is." ”

More than a hundred devils, lined up in two formations, with rifles in their hands and machine guns in their arms, looked around vigilantly as they advanced, ready to lie down at any time.

There is a rare small plain here, and there are only some low shrubs on both sides of the official road for 500 meters, and there is not even a small mound of earth.

The forward troops came here, and their vigilance subconsciously relaxed halfway.

The terrain here is too unsuitable for hiding troops and ambushes, unless the commander of the Eighth Route Army is stupid, he will never send troops to ambush here and throw himself into the net.

The garrison regiment is a unit that does not play cards according to common sense.

This habit only appeared in Li Hao at first, but after a long time, the cadres below actually learned this trick, and when they seized the opportunity, they took the sword off the rails and caught the enemy off guard.

The Fifth Battalion Guard Platoon is clearly prepared to do so today.

After all the more than 100 devils entered the minefield, the sound of heavy machine-gun fire suddenly sounded on a high ground more than 500 meters away on the right side of the highway.

With a heavy machine gun at this distance, it will be difficult for the enemy to hit the target even if he is in effective range, unless the little devil stands motionless on the road as a live target.

It was obviously impossible for the Japanese to be a target, and as soon as the gun rang out, they lay down, and the speed was very fast, and the heavy machine gun emptied two bullet plates in a row and killed only one soldier.

Aside from wasting bullets, this sneak attack hardly threatens devils.

They lay on the ground, a mocking smile slowly flashing across their faces, and just as they were about to fight back, three shells whistled down and exploded around them.

The shooting was measured many times, and the three shells were in the middle of the road, and the accuracy was very high.

In the flying firelight, at least five devils were blown over......

The squadron leader was taken aback, got up from the ground as soon as the cannon stopped, ran like a rabbit, rushed to the bushes on both sides of the road, and finally threw himself into a patch of weeds, giving orders as he ran.

"Yaga! There are mortars in the Eighth Route Army that attacked us, everyone get off the road quickly, don't stay here as a live target! ”

The squad leader in the middle of the "disperse off the road and avoid shelling......" team, Cao Chang, suddenly reacted and ordered while running.

Devils are not afraid of death, but as long as they have a chance to live, they definitely don't want to die.

The more than 100 devils here are veterans and know very well how to dodge artillery fire.

As soon as the commander dispersed the order, he didn't need to say anything at all, grabbed his weapon and pounced on the bushes on both sides of the official road, the whole movement was clean and neat, and he was as fast as a leopard.

The squadron leader was the first to fall to the ground, and then drew his command knife, ready to order his subordinates to counterattack.

"Boom ......"

Before he could speak, an explosion sounded in his ears, and then the whole person lost consciousness.

The herald who followed the squadron leader narrowly escaped and witnessed how the commander died.

A cloud of black smoke rose from the squadron leader's thigh, and then I saw that the squadron leader's entire leg was blown into two sections, and the severed leg was blown away and landed on a bush seven or eight meters away......

"There are mines here, everyone be careful......" The squadron adjutant also saw this scene, gasped, and continued to call.

"Boom...... Yes...... "......Another mine was detonated, and the violent explosion caused several screams.

After several devils saw the explosion just now, they were all frightened, showing a dumbfounded and shocked expression.

It's so strange that the mine just now did not explode under the ground, but flew from the ground to a height of almost two meters into the sky before exploding.

The flying mine fragments swept through the surrounding area of five or six meters.

The Japanese soldiers hiding in this area were hit by one or two fragments if they were lucky, and they were directly hit by five or six fragments if they were unlucky, and they were silent on the spot.

"What kind of mine is this? How can it be so powerful! Many devils have this question in their hearts, and then show a scared expression.

As long as ordinary mines are a little farther away from themselves, lying on the ground, no matter how the fragments fly, they can't hurt themselves.

This kind of mine that I have never seen before is different, even if I lie on the ground, four or five meters away from the explosion point, I will be blown up, and the power is no worse than that of a small-caliber shell, and a large area will be blown up......

During the half year of the garrison regiment's training, Li Hao not only inspected the battalions and urged everyone to train, but the most he did was to soak in the arsenal and improve weapons and equipment with the engineers inside.

The mine used by the guard platoon of the fifth battalion was created by the arsenal three months ago: a bouncing mine.

After a mine explodes, the gunpowder used as a propellant explodes in a fixed container, ejects the mine, and then explodes after flying into the air, maximizing the lethality of the fragments.

Because of the complexity of production and limited output, this kind of mine has not been promoted in the garrison regiment for the time being, and has been hidden by Li Hao as a secret weapon.

Before attacking Baoding, Li Hao took out all the 500 bouncing mines secretly produced by the arsenal in one go, preparing to let them shine in the next battle.

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