A dozen frightened sappers spent ten minutes walking twenty meters forward, and after making sure they hadn't hit a single mine, they could only report the result to the wing commander. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, the words of the squadron leader of the engineer squadron were not too full, but he confirmed that there were no mines on the official road of more than 200 meters where the mines were swept away, and I don't know if there were any in the back. If the wing commander waits, the engineer squadron can continue to move forward to clear mines.

The wing captain obviously didn't have to wait that long, and if he delayed here for a minute now, the farther the Liaodong Army would run. For the co-captain, it was definitely an ordeal to watch the results slip out of his hands. ===Breaking the Sky Comics/CX16/===.

Therefore, as soon as the engineer squadron leader finished his report, the wing commander shook his head and recovered: "I can't wait, I order the troops to continue on the march, we must chase back the delayed time, and we can't let the Liaodong Army rout slip away." ”

Soon, the Wing Captain's hopes were dashed.

Before he could get on his horse, he was following the main force, and the explosion came from the front.

The forward squadron had just walked less than 400 meters and stepped on a mine again, and the troops of nearly two squads fell in a series of explosions on the official road.

The wing commander was just about to get angry, but after seeing the helpless expression on the face of the engineer squadron leader, he immediately understood that the explosion just now had nothing to do with the engineer squadron. Then he could only suppress the anger in his heart and asked.

"Is there any other way to avoid these mines than mine clearance?"

"After walking less than a kilometer, we lost almost 200 people. At this rate of loss, when we catch up with the retreating troops of the Liaodong Army, a wing will not be blown up by mines. ”

The squadron leader frowned and thought for a full minute before answering: "There is a way!" We didn't carry heavy weapons, so we could go around the official road and walk through the farmland next to it. I believe that no matter how many mines the Liaodong Army has, it is impossible to bury them in the farmland next to the official road. ”

The wing commander's eyes lit up, and he immediately decided: "Yo Xi, just do it, go to the farmland, and continue to pursue the Liaodong Army." ”

Every move of the Japanese did not escape the scouts who were staring at them.

"Company Commander Wang, the devil gave up the official road and walked to the farmland next to him. Is there a way for you to continue to bomb devils with mines, those dozen mines just now were so cool that at least two hundred devils were killed and injured! A reconnaissance platoon commander who cooperated with the engineer company reported to the engineer company commander with excitement.

"When the devil walks on the official road, we will plant mines on the official road, and when we go to the farmland, we will plant mines in the farmland. Platoon Commander Zhang, take your people and tell the devils that the farmland under their feet is not safe. ”

Platoon Commander Zhang, who was already eager to try, immediately led people to rush over to the official road.

In less than ten minutes, a series of explosions sounded in the direction of the official road. Through the telescope, the engineer company commander clearly saw that dozens of devils were shrouded in gunpowder smoke from the explosion of the mine.

At this time, before the wing commander could open his mouth to scold, the leader of the engineer squadron next to him took the lead in reporting: "Your Excellency, there must be Liaodong Army scouts around us, otherwise there will be no place where we go, and the Liaodong Army will bury the mines there." ”

As soon as the squadron leader reminded the wing commander, he reacted.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the cunning Liaodong Army. I'm going to have to catch up with them and tear them to pieces. Now that you have seen the Liaodong Army's mine-laying methods, there must be a way to crack it? ”

The engineer squadron leader said with a wry smile: "There is only one way, find a way to detonate the mine!" ”

"Because we don't know where the Liaodong Army buried the mines, detonating the mines with artillery fire is not only unrealistic but also delays time. If we bring a war horse, we can use the war horse to open a road in front and detonate the mine. ”

"But we are pioneers and are not equipped with war horses. So, there is only one last way to quickly detonate mines? ”

"What's the solution?" The co-captain's eyes lit up and he hurriedly asked.

"Use people to detonate, if there are Liaodong Army prisoners, we can let them go ahead and open the way. Now there is none, so we can only send our own people to go ahead and open the way. In order to reduce casualties, one infantry squad was sent at a time and dispersed to the front to open the way. Even if we step on a landmine, the casualties are within our reach! ”

The squadron leader's method is very inhumane, but the wing captain knows that he has no extra time to solve the problem. Otherwise, he could only give up the task of continuing to pursue the rout of the Liaodong Army.

In the end, a devil from an infantry squad returned to the official road with the fear of death and opened the way for the main force of the wing behind him.

"The little devil is ruthless enough to let his people lie in front of him. In this case, let's teach these landmine devils a good lesson, so that they are afraid and dare not come out again. ”

After the devil finally chased forward for a kilometer, the troops stopped again.

After losing five infantry squads in a row, the squadron leader who was walking in front could no longer find anyone willing to go to the front to lie down on mines and send them to death. Even if the squadron leader threatened with military law, and even hacked a subordinate to death with a command knife with his own hands, no one listened to the orders of his subordinates who were full of fear in front.

"Baga, they are all a bunch of cowards, don't they know that it is their honor to be soldiers to die for the empire?" The co-captain who received the news couldn't help but scold.

But no matter which squadron the wing commander assigned the task of opening the way, no one was willing to go to the front to mine it.

In the eyes of ordinary Japanese soldiers, being dealt with by the military justice of the commander, they can still leave a whole corpse.

But once he stepped on the mine tied to the shells of the Liaodong Army in front, the end waiting for him was to be blown into a pile of fragments.

The wing commander, who really couldn't think of any other way, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, could only give up the task of continuing to pursue the Liaodong Army and wait for the arrival of the main force on the spot.

What he didn't expect was that the main force under the personal command of Oyama Iwa was also in trouble.

Dashan Yan, who had followed the main force, had just marched for less than ten minutes, and the team stopped.

Before he could send someone to find out the reason, a staff officer of Nakasa hurriedly ran over.

"Commander-in-chief, the official road in front has been completely destroyed by the Liaodong Army, the infantry can pass, but the artillery and baggage vehicles can't pass."

"Nani?" A trace of bad premonition immediately appeared in Dashanyan's mind, and then subconsciously asked: "Then order the sappers to go to the front to build the road, do you still have to ask for instructions for this kind of thing?" ”

Da Shanyan's dissatisfaction made the staff officer's forehead immediately flow into a cold sweat.

Then he replied with the sharp gaze that Da Shanyan looked at him: "The forward troops report that the official roads in front have been destroyed. If the sappers were to repair it now, we would have walked up to ten kilometers a day. If you want to kill all the way to Liaozhong, it will take at least ten days, or even longer. ”

Da Shanyan's brows immediately furrowed, and then he scolded loudly: "Baga, the Liaodong Army is too cunning, and it uses this method to force us to divide our troops and give up our baggage and artillery units. Otherwise, we won't be able to enter Liaodong quickly. (To be continued.) )