As soon as Zhou Yong's team came back before dawn, Zhang Lei held a meeting in the conference room again.

The map was spread out on the table, Xiaohua was holding an oil lamp, and Zhang Lei was listening to Zhou Yong's report while looking at the map. After Zhou Yong's report, Zhang Lei said: "Commander Huang set off with one battalion with equipment, and the other two battalions were guarded by the deputy commander of our camp and responsible for picking up Zhou Yong's team to stay behind. Wang Yueying, Xiaohua and Chao Ying stayed, and the others all went to bury mines. Due to the muddy roads, it was difficult for the armored vehicles and heavy equipment of the Sakai Division to advance, and God was helping us to slow down the advance of the Japanese invaders and also providing us with time to lay mines. The width of the buried mines must be up to two kilometers, and the front and rear mines must be up to three kilometers. There is a high risk of encountering the enemy's vanguard when laying mines, and everyone must be ready to fight at all times. Zheng Jinchi's team carried a set of bazookas, and Zhao Sixi's team carried explosives to blow up two bridges, blowing up two bridges in the direction of Zhuji and Shengzhou. Station Commander Gu accompanied him with a radio station to keep in touch with Wang Yueying, and once we were entangled by the Japanese invaders, the deputy regiment commander had to lead the other two battalions to respond. When the Einsatzgruppen planted mines, Commander Huang's men were in charge of guarding and destroying the road with shovels, digging as many deep pits as possible on the road, and if there was a river, digging the embankment, allowing the river to bury the road. As soon as the meeting was over, everyone set off. ”

Chao Ying was not mentally prepared to stay, she hurriedly said, "I want to go too." ”

Zhang Lei looked at Chao Ying and said with a smile: "Your task is to stay. ”

Chao Ying said: "Yesterday you asked me to prepare equipment, and I am all ready. ”

Zhang Lei said: "This is an order, this time you are responsible for staying behind, the mines have to be buried!" From Yiwu to Lanxi, we have to bury mines at least three times, and once Lanxi is lost, we have to continue to bury it. You don't have to go this time. ”

Chao Ying still wanted to speak, but Lynch whispered with a calm face: "Execute the order!" ”

Chao Ying found that Lynch was expressionless and a little scared, so he didn't speak again.

The first time he buried a mine, the road was too far, and Zhang Lei didn't want Chao Ying to go too far and suffer too much. Taking care of women is Zhang Lei's usual principle.

Before dawn, the team set off with supplies.

It was raining, and the road was extremely difficult to walk, but no one complained, so they all walked forward with their heads buried in their heads.

Coming to the vicinity of the destination, it was getting dark.

Zhang Lei asked Regiment Commander Huang to send three squads of soldiers out to reconnoitre, while the others waited for reconnaissance news in concealment.

After the scouts came back to report the situation, Zhang Lei ordered immediate action.

Zhao Sixi took the lead in leading people to blow up the bridge with explosives, two companies of Regiment Commander Huang went out to guard and block the enemy, one company dug the road with shovels, and Zheng Jinchi and Chaomeng's team buried mines.

The two squads were conventional mines, and Zhang Lei, Lynch, and Gu Wei were special mines, and the three of them chose the highland woodland to bury mines in the dark.

Half an hour later, a huge explosion was heard in the distance, and Zhang Lei knew that Zhao Sixi had blown up a bridge.

Zhang Lei continued to bury mines, and after all the 1,000 mines he brought were buried, a huge explosion was heard on the other side, and Zhang Lei knew that the second bridge had also been blown up.

It took only two hours to plant mines and blow up the bridge, and after the team was concentrated, Zhang Lei asked Commander Huang and Lynch to count the number of people.

After getting the report to be all there, Zhang Lei ordered all of them to retreat.

At noon the next day, the whole crew rested in the woods on a mountain eating canned food.

Zhang Lei summoned Huang's team, Lynch and Gu Wei to a meeting.

Zhang Lei said: "Regiment Commander Huang left a platoon in this wood, and arranged for a company commander to be in charge, so that they could monitor the movements of the Sakai Division and report to us by radio as soon as there was news. ”

Head Huang nodded and said, "Yes!" ”

Sakai Naoji drove from Hangzhou to Yiwu via Zhuji in a car, the car was stuck in the mud, so he could only get out of the car and order the soldiers to push the cart. Since the dispatch of the troops, they have only advanced a few hundred miles in more than 10 days, and can only advance 20 or 30 miles a day, and the vanguard troops have not yet set off when they reach their destinations, and the contingent has dragged on too long.

This road is getting more and more difficult to walk, the already muddy road, after being stepped on by the troops in front, like a muddy pond, not to mention the car, even after the soldier's feet are stepped on, the surface of the feet will be trapped by the mud, and the feet will not be able to pull up. Nearly 20,000 troops, baggage, armored vehicles, and mountain artillery all had to roll forward on wheels on the road, and the wheels got stuck in the mud and reached the axles, unable to move.

The rainfall in Zhejiang this season was not very large, and this year's celestial phenomena were shot out of too many sieve eyes by guns, and it was dripping all day and night.

Unlike other generals, Naoji Sakai was a helicopter, and within half a year he was promoted from Wing Commander Osaku to Brigade Commander Major General, and soon to Division Commander Lieutenant General. Sakai Naoji understands better than anyone that his official promotion is not due to his military exploits, but to a group of friends of the Black Dragon Society, and he must work hard and make miraculous achievements, otherwise he will be sorry for the support of his friends.

When he became the commander of the brigade, Sakai Naoji was the most energetic in encircling and suppressing the New Fourth Army's Wang Qiang and Liu Changhou's troops, and if the back road bridge was not blown up by Zhang Lei and was forced to withdraw the army, Wang Qiang and Liu Changhou's troops would most likely be wiped out by him.

On the battlefield in Zhejiang, the war has been fought for a period of time, Sakai Naoji has not yet made any achievements, but the Xiaojijiang Brigade and the Kono Brigade have repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and a brigade has been rampage on the Zhejiang battlefield like a division, forcing the first to constantly retreat, becoming the main force in the main force.

Sakai Naoji was most afraid of receiving a call from the commander of the 13th Army, Shigeru Sawada, and when he heard Shigeru Sawada's voice on the phone, his heart trembled, who is Shigeru Sawada? He even dared to revise the battle orders of the base camp, he was a war maniac and a war expert. For the battle of Zhejiang, the original plan was to seize the coastal airfield, and Sawada Shigeru thought that if he wanted to fight, he must fight hard, and the goal should not be determined to seize the airport, but should be determined to eliminate the main force of the third theater. The scope has to be expanded, and it must be directed to Jiangxi to open up the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line.

Sawada Shigeru met with the commander of the Chinese Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hatata, and persuaded Shunroku Hatata, who reported Shigeru Sawada's idea to the base camp, and the two sides compromised, and the goal of the Battle of Zhejiang-Jiangxi was determined to be to eliminate the main force of the **, supplemented by the capture of the airport.

Sawada Shigeru can't rub sand in his eyes, he already looks down on Sakai Naoji, a general who is the head of the division by his relationship, when Sakai Naoji is not under his control, he can open his eyes and close his eyes, but ask, now that Shunroku Habata has assigned Sakai Naoji to his control, Sawada Shigeru is not polite to Sakai Naoji.

Forced Naoji Sakai to be in place within a week, otherwise he would report to the base camp and remove Naoji Sakai from his position. For Sawada Shigeru, time is of the essence, and as long as the Sakai Division can join the attack on the 74th Army and other ** main forces as scheduled, the war can be ended quickly. Sawada Shigeru knew that after the main force was attacked by two divisions and a brigade, the two sides had shown a stalemate, and the lack of reserve support, the Sakai Division became the greatest hope for defeat.

But Sakai Naoji can't say that if he sent troops more than 20 days ago, the road would be easier, in his opinion, he would definitely be able to attack the destination in ten days, but now the situation is completely different, the team is stuck on the dirt road, and he can't walk at all, Sakai Naoji wants to explain to Sawada Shigeru, but Sawada Shigeru doesn't listen.

Sakai Naoji received a call from Sawada Shigeru, Sawada Shigeru was furious on the phone, Sawada Shigeru said: "You must capture Lanxi within three days, if you can't capture Lanxi, you will have a disembowelment!" ”

After saying that, Sawada Shigeru hung up the phone.

Naoji Sakai shook his head vigorously and sighed heavily.

Sakai Naoji called the adjutant over and shouted, "Order all troops to march overnight and advance in an offensive formation against Lanxi." ”

After the adjutant wrote down the order, Naoji Sakai moved forward on foot.

After dark, Naoji Sakai asked the adjutant, "Where is the vanguard?" ”

The adjutant hurriedly took out a map and laid a car on the dirt road, pointed and said: "It has passed the Huiji Mountain and is approaching Yiwu." ”

Sakai Naoji nodded, with a smile on his face, and said, "Order, march in the direction of Lanxi overnight, without rest." ”

The adjutant took down the order and went to make a phone call to convey the order.

The adjutant heard a reply from the front on the phone: "Please report to the division commander, there is a mine at the front, and sappers are being arranged to clear the mines, two bridges have been bombed, please ask the division commander to arrange for the relevant troops to erect pontoon bridges." ”

After listening to the adjutant's report on the situation of the vanguard troops, Naoji Sakai shouted loudly: "Quick, quickly order the engineers to go to build the bridge." ”

When the adjutant gave the order, Naoji Sakai unexpectedly stepped forward alone.