According to Kawaguchi Heiji's intentions, Muto Akira quickly began the work of destroying the tunnel.

Muto Zhang directly asked for a large amount of explosives from the engineer wing, first dug a cannon hole near the mountain temple that was destroyed by fire at the entrance of Xiaolizhuang Village, and then put in hundreds of pounds of explosives for blasting, and after the soil was blown loose, it was much easier to dig again.

Relying on explosives and the sapper pickaxe borrowed from the Engineer Wing, in just half an afternoon, the Muto Wing had already dug more than a dozen large pits with a diameter of more than thirty meters and a depth of more than five meters near the mountain temple! However, it is a pity that these dozen or so large pits have not been able to dig the tunnel, perhaps because the depth is not enough, or maybe the location is wrong, in short, it has not succeeded.

But Muto Akira did not give up, and ordered the sappers to continue digging, and in the evening, with a burst of cheers from the sappers, the little devil finally dug a tunnel.

When Muto Akira and Okahara Toshisi arrived when they heard the news, the infantry in charge of guarding the scene had already been on guard, and a full six crooked light machine guns had been set up around the big pit, and the muzzles of the black holes were all aimed at the two black holes that connected the left and right sides at the bottom of the big pit.

Looking at these two black holes, Muto Akira's mood immediately became excited.

The effort did not pay off, and finally let them dig a tunnel entrance, and this tunnel entrance is no better than the entrance disguised as a tomb before, that entrance is arranged by the Chinese, the road deep into the tunnel is full of traps, and the entrance in front of them is cut by the Japanese army using brute force, so this tunnel entrance may not have traps, more importantly, this entrance is very likely to lead directly to the living area!

"Gas bombs, get them quickly!" Muto Akira shouted excitedly, "Gas bombs, gas bombs, poison these China rats for me, poison these damn China marmots for me." ”

Seeing this, the devils guarding the surroundings retreated one after another, giving up the territory to the anti-chemical warfare soldiers, who carried the poison gas canisters and went down the slope to the bottom of the pit, put the cylinder filled with compressed poisonous gas into the tunnel mouth, and then unscrewed the cylinder valve.

In the next moment, puffs of yellow-brown smoke came out of the mouth of the cylinder, and immediately spread around, and the devil anti-chemical warfare soldiers immediately went up to the mouth of the tunnel, and then cooperated with several other anti-chemical warfare soldiers to spread out the canvas that had been prepared long ago and covered the mouth of the pit, and then covered the canvas with soil around the canvas, so that the poisonous gas sprayed from the cylinder could only spread along the tunnel to both sides, and would not leak to the surface.

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Fortunately, the Dameishan Independent Regiment had already taken precautions.

As early as when the Muto Brigade excavated the first big pit by blasting, the observation post set up at the height of Qingfeng Ridge had already seen this scene and reported it to Xu Rui in time.

I have to say that Kawaguchi, the old devil, is still very powerful, at least this hand is still a big threat.

Because the first floor of the tunnel is on the shallow surface of the stratum, less than three meters from the surface, it was also considered that in case all the tunnel entrances were blocked by devils, it would be easier for the soldiers and civilians trapped in the tunnel to dig through the ground when they rescued themselves, but now this advantage has turned into a disadvantage.

If the little devil continues to dig, the possibility of being dug through the first layer of the tunnel by them is very great, so Xu Rui immediately transferred the people of Xiaolizhuang to the tunnel functional area of the neighboring village, as for the underground passage between the villages, there is a partition, there is no need to worry, and such a far passage, the poisonous gas can not penetrate, after all, poisonous gas is also a kind of airflow, and the flow of airflow requires pressure difference.

At present, there are only more than 100 officers and soldiers of the 1st battalion and 1st company left in the tunnels of Xiaolizhuang.

Moreover, the more than 100 officers and men have all put on protective clothing and gas masks.

Among the supplies looted from the train last time were protective suits and gas masks, so there was no shortage of them.

Through the large urn installed on the tunnel wall, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company hiding in the tunnel can roughly determine where the devil's excavation point is, so when the devil digs the hole, the officers and men of the 1st Company are actually ready underneath, just waiting for the little devil to come down from the broken gap, and then give them a head-on blow.

However, what puzzled Yao Lei was that the devil did not attack from the gap, and after throwing two cans of poison gas into the gap, he filled in the big hole dug up.

This time, Muto Akira resolutely carried out Kawaguchi Heiji's order.

Yao Lei couldn't understand the little devil's behavior, and hurriedly reported to Xu Rui.

After Xu Rui received Yao Lei's report, he suddenly became a little confused about the little devil's intentions.

"What do you want to do, little devil?" Wang Husheng said with a puzzled face, "Dig a section of tunnel, throw two poison gas bombs into it, and then it's over?" Filled in the entrance again? The devil didn't send a few anti-chemical soldiers down to see if they had any poisonous gas gains? ”

Xu Rui said: "This devil really doesn't need to send someone down to see, because the tunnel is a relatively closed space, and the poisonous gas cast by the devil will not dissipate in a short time. ”

"Then what do you mean by devils?" Wang Husheng said, "Could it be that this old devil in Kawaguchi really plans to use such a stupid method to destroy our tunnel network one by one?" How many big pits does the devil have to dig in the Dameishan Basin? They have so much manpower, material resources, and time? ”

The devil uses such a method, Wang Husheng is really not afraid.

Xiao Li Zhuang is a devil lucky, the core functional area of the tunnel is just under the mountain temple, so the little devil didn't take much effort to dig the core area, but in other villages, especially the core functional area of Meizhen's tunnel network, it is built underground far away from the village and town.

"Kawaguchi, this old devil is not simple, he shouldn't be so stupid." Xu Rui shook his head and said thoughtfully, "This old devil must have other plans, but what is this old devil trying to do?" ”

Wang Husheng said: "In addition to wanting to destroy our tunnel network, what other intentions can the old devil have?" ”

"No, Heiji Kawaguchi shouldn't be so naïve." Xu Rui shook his head, and then suddenly shouted, "I understand, I understand the intention of this old devil in Kawaguchi, he wants to use this way to force our independent regiment to the ground and have a head-on battle with them." ”

"Isn't that?" Wang Husheng said, "The devil's poisonous gas attack didn't even hurt the hair of the villagers in Xiaolizhuang, why should we go to the ground to fight them head-on?" Besides, even if the villagers of Xiaolizhuang make a mistake, we can't fight them either, are we stupid? ”

Xu Rui shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Lao Wang, don't say it, if you don't transfer the villagers of Xiaolizhuang in advance, if the villagers of Xiaolizhuang have a mistake, even if it is just one person who dies, I am afraid that we will have to fight a decisive battle with the devil, otherwise the villagers will inevitably resent us in their hearts." ”

Wang Husheng immediately fell silent, because Xu Rui was telling the truth.

It is the duty of their soldiers to protect the safety of people's lives and property, and if you have not even completed your own duties, of course the people in the base area will scold your mother.

Xu Rui said again: "Even now, I'm afraid we will have to fight with the devils, otherwise, the villagers of Xiaolizhuang and the villagers of Yang Village, who took over the village of Xiaolizhuang, will think that our independent regiment is useless, and they will definitely think that the little devils have bullied us and dare not resist, so what's the use of us raising your independent regiment?" ”

Wang Husheng nodded silently, and said after a long time: "But Lao Xu, this battle is not easy to fight, plain warfare is different from mountain warfare, last time in Dawan, Teapot Pass we were able to hit the devil hard, that is because the terrain is good, plus it is fighting at night, but now, it is on the flat land, and it is fighting during the day." ”

"It's not a good battle." Xu Rui nodded, and said, "However, it's not that there is no chance, after all, we still have the initiative on the battlefield, and there is still time to attack on the battlefield, we can all choose freely, since Kawaguchi Heiji wants to fight with us, then we will fight with him in Xiaolizhuang as he wishes." ”

"Xiao Li Zhuang?" Wang Husheng's heart moved when he heard this, and he said, "Old Xu, what do you mean? ”

"That's right, house-to-house street fighting!" Xu Rui nodded heavily, and said, "As long as the devils are introduced into the village and street battles are carried out house by house, the devils' superiority in strength and firepower will not be able to be brought into play, but we have an underground passage that allows us to quickly enter and evacuate the battlefield, we actually have a chance." ”

Wang Husheng nodded, and then said worriedly: "But in this way, the hundreds of houses in Xiaolizhuang are afraid that they will become a ruin, will the villagers scold their mother?" ”

"It is certain to scold my mother, but only a few hundred villagers in Xiaolizhuang scold my mother, it is better than tens of thousands of villagers in the entire base area to scold our mother together, Lao Wang, don't you say?" Xu Rui paused for a moment, and then said, "What's more, when the anti-sweeping operation is over, we can also help the villagers in Xiaolizhuang to rebuild their houses, and your Meishan silver can also be targeted to distribute some relief funds, so that the villagers' grievances will not be so strong." ”

"You are so calculating, Meishan Bank only has those two money left, and you are worried about it again." After Wang Husheng finished speaking, he sighed and said, "However, it can only be like this first." ”

Xu Rui said finally: "Then it's decided!" ”

After finishing speaking, Xu Rui picked up the telephone on the table and asked for the phone number of the 1st Battalion, the 3rd Battalion and the machine gun company.

In this sortie, Xu Rui decided to meet He Guangming's request and let the 1st Battalion take the lead in attacking, Niu Dazhuang's machine gun company was responsible for fire support, and the 3rd Battalion was responsible for blocking the attack.