Many Japanese officers and soldiers who were watching the battle in the rear were very excited to see that the chariots and infantry in charge of the attack had finally succeeded in breaking through the opponent's defensive trenches. In their opinion, take this defensive trench and the rest of the battle will be easy to fight.

As a result, they didn't have to wait long for them to be happy, and when they looked at the already dilapidated fortifications, a violent explosion suddenly sounded. Many naval officers standing on the warship could see the soldiers who had been blown away in their binoculars.

Even the ground where the trench was located began to collapse, and under the effect of such a violent explosion, the little devil who had rushed to the blocking position before would end up, and he knew how tragic it would be. For a while, the excitement of the Japanese army stopped abruptly again.

'Yaga, how can this be! Damn, how did they bury explosives in the trenches! Aren't they afraid of being blown up? ’

From the results of the previous explosion, many little devil officers can imagine. The explosion must have been caused by explosives buried in the trenches in advance. But the question is, weren't the soldiers in the trenches detonated by their shelling with explosives?

After all, the landing force was just as fast in the process of launching an offensive, and those retreating soldiers should not have had time to plant explosives. This means that the explosives must have been planted in advance. This kind of guts, the Japanese army asked themselves if they had never seen it.

But for Zhao Tiehu, the explosive leads were laid in the underground conduit in advance. The explosives box and the detonator are connected when the explosives box is laid. In this case, no matter how much the little devils shelled before, it would be useless.

In the final analysis, from the beginning of the construction of the fortifications, Zhao Tiehu considered that it would be difficult to preserve this defensive trench. It is better to let the little devil take over this trench than to completely destroy it when he finally gives up.

Even if the little devils want to repair it again in the end, it is estimated that they will spend huge manpower and material resources, and the corresponding repair cost is estimated to be less than the money spent on repairing a fortification. After all, there are places that were directly blown up.

The platoon of the defense company responsible for the rear of the hall rushed over in battle formation when they heard the explosion coming from the front of the passage. Seeing a few little devils who were lucky enough to escape, but were blocked in the passage, they were directly killed in the passage.

'Pack up and retreat!' ’

'Yes, Company Commander! ’

After annihilating these fish, the officers and men of the defense battalion also quickly picked up several corpses. After making sure that only the corpse of the little devil with a crotch cloth was left, everyone withdrew from the underground passage.

As for the next little devil who wants to dig up this passage, it is estimated that it will take a lot of time. And this passage leads directly to a corner not far from Davao City. When the defense company commander comes out, the passage will be closed again.

At this moment, the road into Davao City has been placed with a large number of anti-tank triangular cement cones. The Japanese tanks, which advanced outside Dava, saw this scene and quickly climbed the slope next to the road.

As they left the road and continued their advance, some of the tanks also mocked: "We are driving tanks and not cars, do we really think that if we block the road, our tanks will not be able to advance?" Such a slope can't stop us at all! ”

The Japanese tank squadron was climbing along the slopes on both sides of the road, but the soldiers who followed followed followed from the slopes of the road. And at this moment, the guards lurking in the broken ruins sneered: "There is a good show!" ”

As for the loss of the blocking position in front, these defenders who stayed in the ruins of the city already knew. And they also knew that they would engage in brutal street battles with the Japanese army in this ruined city.

It's just that compared to the Japanese army, who are not familiar with the terrain of the city, these guards who have been stationed in the city since the construction of Davao City are familiar with every street and alley. This means that they have an absolute advantage in the terrain.

In addition to the traffic trenches built under the city, the defenders were also looking forward to the feeling of being attacked on all sides after the Japanese army entered Davao City, and it was believed that they would be in pain. And the Japanese infantry who came this time are afraid that they will also be buried here.

Looking at the Japanese tanks that began to climb, they suddenly ran over something, and the explosion sound that sounded in an instant overturned these tanks directly. Many of the Japanese infantry who followed up were also dazed by the sudden explosion.

Some of the infantrymen who were advancing along the road were somewhat shocked and surprised to see their tanks climbing the slope overturned. But not long after, the marching infantry also stepped on mines. For a time, the Japanese offensive was again interrupted.

Looking at several tanks that have been blown up and overturned, they have lost their combat capability. The little devil officer in charge of the command immediately said, "Baga! There are a lot of infantry mines and anti-tank mines buried here, sappers, bring them up immediately! ”

Faced with the sudden appearance of anti-tank mines and infantry mines outside the city, the little devil officer in charge of the command did not dare to order the tank to continue to advance. Who knows, how many mines the other side has planted outside the city?

Without clearing these mines, the tanks and infantry would not dare to move forward. Otherwise, these mines alone will cost them dearly. At this time, the best way is to send sappers to detect and clear mines.

The successful capture of the defensive positions deployed in front of the beach meant that the follow-up Japanese soldiers could also be continuously delivered to the island. It's just that many Japanese soldiers who were responsible for rescuing the wounded, looking at the wounded screaming everywhere, also felt that the scene was too tragic.

For a time, countless wounded were transported onto ships and sent to hospitals in the rear for treatment. Some of the soldiers who had been dug up and had already died could only be put aside temporarily. When the fighting is over, it is cremated and put into an urn and sent back to China.

Yorizo Tanaka, who had been on the warship until now, was also very unhappy when he learned that more than half of the infantry brigade responsible for attacking the beachhead had suffered casualties. After all, the total number of troops he brought this time was more than 5,000 people.

If you attack a beachhead, you will suffer more than one-tenth of the casualties, so how many more lives will he have to fill in the subsequent attack on Davao City? Even if he is unwilling, Tanaka Laizo doesn't have a good solution.

Knowing that the chariots and infantry attacking Davao were blocked, Tanaka Yoizo was also very depressed and said: "Yaga! Damn, who's directing this battle. Why, is our offensive going so badly? ”

In the face of Tanaka Yorizo's inquiry, the accompanying intelligence officer also said helplessly: "General, according to the intelligence we detected earlier, there is a US infantry battalion and a Chinese escort battalion stationed in Davao City, with a total strength of about 1,000 people.

Judging from the current situation, the person responsible for directing the battle should still be the US military. It's just that from the battle to the present, we haven't found a single corpse of the defenders, and this situation is really worthy of our vigilance! ”

'Yaga! Why do you have so little information about this place? ’

The intelligence officers who were trained also felt very wronged, and in fact, the number of agents sent by the Special High School to Davao was really quite large. But many agents are dispatched to Davao and often disappear shortly before the information is delivered.

In this case, the Japanese army did not know much about the situation in Davao and even the whole of Mindanao. Even some of the local natives they bought didn't send any valuable information.

Even the indigenous tribes who had spent a lot of money to arm themselves in the early high school had no news in the jungle before they could launch an uprising. The Japanese army really knew very little about the situation in the whole of Mindanao.

It was precisely because of the ignorance of Mindanao that the first landing and seizure of the island were carried out, and the Japanese army suffered a dumb loss and was severely damaged by the opponent's coastal defense artillery. Had to rest for half a month and organize a second offensive.

When the Japanese engineer unit began to arrive outside the city to carry out mine clearance and demining, the battalion commander who was staring at the Japanese army's every move outside the city said with a smile: "Let the sniper team start the hunting operation, focusing on the mine-clearing sappers outside the city!" ”

'Yes, Battalion Commander! ’

Snipers lurking in the ruins outside the city kicked off the first engagement of the Battle of Davao. As the snipers fired one shot from the left and one from the right, the sappers who were clearing mines a few hundred meters away also began to fall to the ground with continuous bullets.

As long as they were shot, these Japanese sappers had no chance of surviving. On the other hand, the Japanese soldiers who were on guard in the rear said in a panic: "Baga! Snipers, there are snipers! ”

It can be said that in the nearly two years since he came to Mindanao, Zhao Tiehu has also built a larger arsenal in the mountains than he had earlier in Zaozhuang. Modifying sniper rifles is also one of the main tasks after the start of the arsenal.

Through David's connections, Zhao Tiehu purchased a batch of Mosin-Nagant rifles from the Soviet Union and modified them all. Although the U.S. Army's Springfield rifle can also be converted into a sniper rifle, its effective range is not as good as that of the Soviet Union's Mosin.

At present, including the defense forces in Mindanao, Zhao Tiehu has equipped the troops with sniper rifles, and even provided special ammunition. The aim is to ensure that in wartime, the sniper rifle is captured by the imps, and they have no ammunition available.

The reason is very simple, the South Seas are the territory of Britain, the United States and the Netherlands, and there is no market for Soviet-made weapons here. If you want to replenish Soviet-made rifle cartridges, it is estimated that the little devils can only ship them from the country or buy them from the Soviet Union.

On the other hand, Zhao Tiehu's words, before the war, he not only bought a large number of rifles of this modification, but also stored a batch of bullets. Snipers with enough troops to fight for a while.

Even if the bullets are gone in the future, Zhao Tiehu can also buy a batch of bullets on his behalf through the Eighth Route Army. In Zhao Tiehu's view, whether it is jungle combat or street fighting, the combat effectiveness of snipers is far greater than that of ordinary infantry.

Dozens of snipers were scattered among the rubble outside Davao City, occasionally firing to shift positions. Even if the little devil used the tank to cover and wait for the tank to aim, the sniper would have run away long ago.

And the rifle of the little devil is far from the range of a sniper. Even if you use a grenadier, you won't be able to hit the snipers lurking in the ruins. As a result, the Japanese army's plan to send sappers to clear mines seems to have stalled again.

The successive setbacks undoubtedly made the Japanese troops who were ordered to attack Davao City feel extremely annoyed. But for the officers and soldiers of the defense force defending the city, they are happy to see it, and they continue to deal with the little devils to consume their sharpness and offensive edge!