After thinking for half a minute, the wing commander pointed to the two nearest hiding spots in the next station and ordered.

"Just these two goals!"

"The attack distance is short, and the troops will have more time to search for the people who are being transferred after entering the mountain, and take the opportunity to force the Laiyuan Independent Battalion out and have a good hand."

On the edge of the base area, a baggage team composed of 80 carts and three artillery pieces marched into the garrison base area.

There were two baggage guards next to each cart, and the escort troops were divided into three, with an infantry squad at the front, an infantry squad as the rearguard, and the other troops marching with the baggage carts, and the mighty procession stretched for more than a kilometer.

"Boom, boom, boom......" Three mines suddenly exploded in the middle of the forward squad.

The moment the black smoke rose, the five devils were blown over, three people did not move on the spot, and two people lay on the ground, holding their injured legs, screaming while wriggling.

The marching baggage team quickly stopped, and the squadron leader of the escort unit did not expect the attack to come so quickly, but it was also expected by him.

This is the fourth time he has participated in the sweep of the Eighth Route Army, and he has more or less some understanding of the tactics and tactics of the Eighth Route Army.

Before leaving, he thought that the Eighth Route Army would use mines against him, so he was prepared, and as soon as he received the news, he ordered the engineer detachment to go to the front to clear the mines.

Eight sappers, carrying mine detectors, hurried to the front of the line.

Disappointingly, after 10 minutes of continuous exploration of the 200-meter road, no mine was found.

Everyone thought that there were no mines on the road anymore, and were about to pack up their tools and go back to the squadron leader to report to the squadron leader, when the familiar sound of mine explosions rang out again, and it was right under their feet.

Three mines exploded in a row, and eight sappers were blown up on the spot.

Because this place mine detectors have just walked through and found nothing.

Since it was safe, everyone was certainly not alert, and there was no defense when it exploded, and they all stood by the mine in a daze.

Flying mine fragments swept away four sappers in an instant.

Only then did the living sappers react and wanted to pounce on the ground.

But the bullets flew faster, and before the people moved, two strings of bullets flew towards them.

More than 100 meters away from them, two light machine guns suddenly appeared on the mountain beam and fired wildly at them.

Bullets don't cost money, a magazine is empty in less than three seconds, and then the machine gun disappears to the top of the hill along with the machine gunner.

The devil squadron leader was dumbfounded.

The explosion and machine-gun raid came too suddenly, and before he could give the order to counterattack, the battle was over.

Seeing that the sapper detachment had all fallen to the ground, he hurriedly ordered: "The first squad will go to the rescue of the sapper detachment." ”

"The third squad took down the mountain beam and killed the Eighth Route Army hiding behind."

"Contact the aviation, intensify the search around us, if they had just discovered in advance the two machine guns hiding behind the mountain beams, the losses of the sapper detachment would not have been so great!"

The squadron leader's idea was good, but it was definitely harder than looking for a needle in a haystack for the pilots to find a camouflaged light machine gun group from the sky.

Soon the sortie troops ran back.

"Squadron leader, the engineer detachment was killed and wounded seven times and one wounded, and it was seriously wounded, almost incapacitated." The second lieutenant reported with his head down.

A few minutes later, another second lieutenant also ran back and reported with a solemn face: "Sir, there is no Eighth Route Army behind the mountain beam. ”

"They withdrew after the fight, and found only two camouflaged machine-gun emplacements and dozens of bullet casings on the top of the hill."

The deputy captain leaned over and asked with a worried face: "Captain, the engineer detachment has lost its combat effectiveness, and there must be mines on the road ahead, what should we do next?" ”

The squadron leader's brain was already in a mess, but one thing was clear to him.

The baggage team must join the attacking force before dark, otherwise it will be more than lucky.

With a frown, he ordered with a calm face: "The troops continue to advance!" ”

"The sappers are gone, the mine detectors are still there, and the first squad replaces the sappers to go to the front to clear the mines, the speed must be fast, and we will advance while clearing the mines."

"The map shows that there is a village two kilometers ahead, and if we go there and grab dozens of hostages and drive them to the front of the team to open the way, the Eighth Route Army will not dare to bury mines again, and our marching speed will be faster."

The village that the squadron leader said was called Lizhuang, the largest village within a radius of 20 miles.

The day before yesterday, when the puppet army passed, because they didn't catch the people, in order to vent their anger, they directly burned it.

Now there is no shelter from the wind and rain in the village, let alone people. The possibility of the devil trying to catch a hostage in such a place is almost zero.

Of course, the Japanese troops, who were struggling on the road, did not know this.

At the same time, Zhao Wen, the commander of the independent battalion, also took a fancy to this village.

Although the ruins cannot live in people, they can block bullets and be used as bunkers.

There are always planes escorting the baggage team, and a small number of troops can evade their reconnaissance and sneak attack the baggage team, and if there are too many people, they will definitely be exposed.

This means that the independent battalion has no chance to fight a war of annihilation in the field and eat the baggage team.

Zhao Wen naturally thought of street fighting and mountain warfare, which could minimize the impact of aircraft on combat.

"Boom ......"

Mines continued to explode among the forward troops, and more and more wounded and corpses were being carried onto baggage wagons.

The forward squad slowly shrank from more than 50 people at the beginning to 40 people, and then to more than 20 people now......

The squadron leader saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart, and he couldn't wait to fly to Li Zhuang now and replace the forward team with more than half of the casualties with hostages.

"Captain, Li Zhuang is almost here!" The vice-captain shouted excitedly.

"There are fireworks in the village, and there must be ordinary people."

The squadron leader couldn't wait any longer, and immediately ordered: "The third squad marches to kill it, arrest all the people in the village, eliminate the old and weak, and leave the young and strong, I will let them go to the front to open the way, detonate the mines, and force the Eighth Route Army not to use mines against us again." ”

The deputy captain immediately replied: "I will personally bring people over, and I will definitely take the hostages back." ”

More than 50 devils quickly broke away from the baggage team, stepped on the wheat fields on both sides of the road, avoided the mines, and ran towards Li Zhuang with guns in hand.

This scene was clearly seen by Zhao Wen, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily smiled.

From the moment the devils encountered the first landmine, they fell into their own trap.

The constant appearance of landmines on the highway forced the devils to hurry, and the fireworks forged by the soldiers in Li Zhuang made the devils mistakenly believe that there were people in the village.

One link after another, let the devil come up with the idea of going into the village to arrest people at all costs.

Seeing that the devil was getting closer and closer, Zhao Wen put away his smile and gave the order to attack: "The guard company is ready for battle and ends the battle with rifles and grenades." ”

"Horn ......"

The gunshot soon rang out in the village, and the squadron leader's face changed abruptly, and he subconsciously thought that something had happened to the third squad.

After waiting for half a minute, I heard only the sound of rifle shooting coming from the village, and the nerves that had just tensed were immediately relieved.

He analyzed very confidently: "The troops should have encountered the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army." ”

"This is their base area, there are guerrillas in every village, kill them, and the Chinese in the village will have no ability to resist."

"The baggage team continues to move forward, and we will be safe if we capture the hostages."

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