Chapter 16: The Devil Goes to the Minefield

The final result of the negotiations between the two sides was that all the 450 mines were sold to the 143rd Division, and one-third of the accounts were settled first, and the rest was left to Gao Quan to write a blank slip in the name of the 143rd Division, which would be paid off in 10 days. Gao Quan didn't plan to pay back this money at all! It's all for the sake of fighting devils, and the mines have been used, so why do you have to pay so much? Besides, the object of the transaction is that Commander Tang, who doesn't rely on his money? He was ready to be an old man from the beginning.

The kind-hearted Director Wang and Director Li didn't expect that they met such a person, so that later the incident became a fuss and could not be closed.

With the mines, the mine arrays were naturally laid, and now they are waiting for the Japanese army to come and test the mines.

On July 21, the 26th year of the Republic of China, Liu Ruming noticed that the Japanese army was trying to cut off the Pingsui Railway, and immediately returned to Zhangjiakou from Beiping. Ten minutes after Liu Ruming's train passed through Shahe Station, the Japanese army rushed to Shahe and forcibly dismantled the railroad tracks for 500 meters, intending to intercept Liu Ruming. On 19 August, the Japanese launched an attack on the line along Zhangjiakou, where the troops of the 143rd Division were stationed.

Liu Ruming led the officers and men of the division to resist bravely, and the war quickly entered a white heat. In Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua, Huailai, as well as Nankou and Juyongguan, China and Japan all fought fiercely, and the flames of war were once again ignited on the land of China in the land of northern Shanxi and inside and outside the Great Wall.

Compared with the bitter battles in other places, the hustle and bustle in front of the positions of the 143rd Division and the 1st Battalion in the suburbs of Xuanhua cannot be described as a battle at all, because there are no two armies fighting each other here, and some are just Japanese invaders, hundreds of Japanese invaders are running forward regardless of the danger of their lives, and then there is a series of explosions. This is the Japanese army testing mines, taking human lives to test mines.

With a wave of his sword, the captain of the devil brigade who commanded the battle, immediately more than two hundred devils rushed towards the defensive position of the squadron on the hillside.

"Boom!"

The first mine sounded, and the devil killed three people on the spot. However, the rigid devils did not wake up from this explosion and still ran forward in groups. A series of explosions rang out.

Captain of the devil brigade, the stubbornness of the young officer came up, in his memory, the squadron had never arranged any minefields, and he didn't understand what the minefields were, and they just planted a few more mines. Shao Zuo didn't believe that his luck would be so bad that he could step on every mine. Running forward for a thousand meters will be able to touch the field fortifications built by the squadron, and when you get there, it will be his world, and the ** people are not his opponents at all! The arrogant Shaozo never believed that a few small mines could stop his full brigade, and he held his command sword high and personally led the remaining Emperor Samurai to charge forward without hesitation!

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The sound of explosions sounded one after another everywhere, which made the devil soldiers, who had always been known for their strict military discipline, panic. Front, back, left and right, there were mines everywhere, and no matter which direction they charged, there was always an explosion following them. As more and more people triggered mines, explosions and smoke at the front of the first battalion's positions became the main theme.

The morale of the skyrocketing is gone, replaced by a dazed and panicked, and even the bravest person can feel the rapid approach of death in this situation. The continuous tragic deaths of their companions and the incessant explosions made the devils completely panic from both visual and auditory aspects. Only the devil of a squadron at the end of the unit stopped his feet in time, the squadron leader and Shao Zuo have always been at odds with each other, he always thought that Shao Zuo, who was from a humble background, was rude, reckless, and didn't know how to use his brains in case of trouble, how could he, who was born in a famous family, be willing to carry out such a stupid order? Battlefield disobedience is a very serious matter in any country, but for this captain, his noble background can guarantee that he will not be punished in any way. This battlefield disobedience also saved the lives of more than 100 Japanese troops under him, and it was the only fully formed unit of this brigade after the war.

The panicked devils in the minefield no longer listen to commands. The supreme commander of the unit, His Excellency Shaozo, did not know which sharpshooter had shot him in the head. The devils who lost their command, after being at a loss for a while, finally collapsed the nerves that had reached the limit! The devils let out an inhuman howl and ran in one direction.

The minefield was washed up by devils, and after the devils of this brigade rushed out of the minefield, there was not even a tenth of the survivors.

The 1st Battalion only relied on the minefields laid in front of its own positions to disintegrate the attack of the devils and crush an entire brigade of Japanese troops. The devil has his own plan for the attack on each position, like Gao Quan's battalion-level unit, the devil can put into a brigade, and he already attaches great importance to him.

After the devil found that he had suffered a big loss in this position, he immediately mobilized two more brigades of troops and launched an attack on Gao Quan's position. The devil learned to be smart this time, and knew that there were mine arrays around Gao Quan's position, so he immediately hit the dense artillery fire and carried out a covering bombardment of the position of the first battalion and its surroundings, and the devil's plane also came up to help. The smoke and dust kicked up by the explosion blocked out the sun's rays.

Gao Quan's position was fortunately repaired and sturdy, so it did not collapse under the artillery fire of the devils, and half of the fortifications were destroyed under the bombardment of the devils. Around the position, the shells of the devils are the focus of care. The two minefields that Gao Quan worked so hard to set up, one killed a brigade of devils, and the other was destroyed under the artillery fire of devils.

After the artillery bombardment, the two brigades of the devils began to attack in turns. The 1st Battalion resisted stubbornly with the help of strong field fortifications.

Gao Quan personally held a heavy machine gun and fired at the devil. The fighters in front of the position dealt a heavy blow to the attacking devils with the same Type 38 rifles in their hands. In the past, the quality of our soldiers was too poor, and they did not have an advantage in the case of a large number of people in the confrontation with the Japanese army, and this situation has been effectively improved in Gao Quan's troops, and this can be seen from the soldiers who have shot at the front line with the devils.

A few mortars from the artillery platoon in the battalion played a big role. The devil charge very quickly, and when a mortar shell goes down, it can always hit a few. The devil's charge was beaten down, and then the next round rushed up, the devil was like a wave, wave after wave, never stopping, at the end of this day, Gao Quan and they repelled the devil's fifteen attacks.

When it was dark, the brigade sent a herald to inform him that the main force of the brigade had withdrawn and Xuanhua had been lost, and Li Jintian informed Gao Quan that the first battalion was looking for an opportunity to retreat in the direction of Zhangjiakou, and the position did not need to be defended.