Chapter 289: Landslides and Ground Cracks
Urata commanded more than 600 soldiers to rush towards the valley mouth, and along the way, it was obvious that the traces of the large group of people and horses passing by, and these traces showed that the people who had just passed should have carried some bulky things. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Knowing that the Eighth Route Army and those ordinary people had not yet left Qinglong Gorge from the other end, Pu Tian did not conduct reconnaissance and search for the mountains and forests on both sides of the canyon in order to catch up with the Eighth Route as soon as possible, but only used machine guns to conduct a fire reconnaissance.
Liu Tianshu and Shi Qiang stood in a mountain forest on the right side of the canyon avenue, and saw countless devils appear at the mouth of the valley, and the first few devils held crooked machine guns in their hands, and kept sweeping towards both sides, and the sound of gunfire continued to echo in the valley, slowly drifting into the distance.
As for the bullets that hit their positions, because the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade who remained in the mountains and forests were all hiding behind rocks, no one was harmed, and of course no one exposed the target.
Several fighters of Shi Hu's sniper squad raised their guns to aim at the devils on the valley bottom avenue like him, but they did not shoot immediately without the order of the regiment commander.
Seeing hundreds of devils rushing to the bottom of the cliff where the explosives were planted, Liu Tianshu made a gesture towards Shi Qiang, Shi Qiang turned his head and shouted to the demoman next to him, and the two demomen immediately pressed down the detonator in their hands.
Instantly, the valley resounded with the sound of landslides cracking, and the rocks on both sides of the avenue suddenly burst open, and then rushed down like a torrent.
As soon as he walked to Putian under the rocks with his troops, he heard a huge explosion suddenly sounding overhead, and when he hurriedly looked up, he saw that the whole valley was covered by dust and mist, and countless stones were rapidly rolling towards the avenue in the valley from both sides.
His pupils widened and widened, and his whole body suddenly became immobile, and when a rock was placed in infinity in his eyes, his eyes went black, and then he lost consciousness......
Kawasaki's face changed dramatically when he heard a sudden loud explosion in the valley in front of him, and at the same time a yellow dust mist was raised.
As an imperial soldier, he naturally heard that the explosion just now was caused by high explosives, and the Putian brigade that had just entered the valley would not plant explosives at all, so the only possibility was that the Eighth Road planted them in the valley.
To make such a loud noise, it is conceivable that the amount of explosives planted is not half a fraction.
The Urata brigade must be in big trouble.
Unfortunately, the situation is unclear now, and Kawasaki's first reaction was to order the troops to stop advancing, and then send a small team to advance to the valley to figure out the situation first.
The squad that was ordered to enter the Qinglong Gorge, under the leadership of the squad leader, hurriedly ran along the road into the canyon, and after advancing 500 meters and turning a mountain mouth, the scene in front of them made the Japanese soldiers of the entire squad stop in horror.
In front of them, there were three Imperial soldiers covered in mud, standing there like statues, and in front of them, the hundred-meter-long road had disappeared, and among the rocks could occasionally be seen the Imperial soldiers showing half of their bodies, and as for the groans, they were sparse.
The squad leader came back to his senses for a long time, until he was in front of the three soldiers, patted one of the soldiers on the shoulder with his hand, and asked tremblingly, "What happened just now, what about your captain?" ”
The soldier came to his senses when he slapped him on the shoulder, but his eyes were full of fear.
"Report to sir, they ...... They ...... before they could finish speaking, they turned around and ran towards Taniguchi.
There is no need to ask again, the captain of the Japanese army who came to inquire about the situation already knew that the Urada brigade was completely wiped out this time, and the entire team of 600 people was buried alive on the 100-meter-long road of Qinglong Gorge.
Thinking that more than 600 imperial soldiers would disappear like this in the blink of an eye, the Japanese squad leader couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly ran back to report to Captain Kawasaki.
Liu Tianshu waited for the smoke to dissipate, and saw that the section of the road in the entire valley was completely submerged by the collapsed rocks, and even the Japanese troops who walked there were all buried underneath, a trace of happiness flashed in his eyes, and he said to Shi Qiang Let's go, and quickly chased the reconnaissance team to the north.
Kawasaki received a report that except for the three soldiers who had escaped by chance, the rest of the officers and men of the Urada Brigade had been buried by the collapse of the mountain caused by the explosion just now, and he couldn't help but gasp.
If it hadn't been for the fact that Urata had not seen Urata rushing to catch up with the Chinese and let him lead the troops in front, perhaps he would have been buried under the rock, it would have been him Kawasaki himself.
Thinking of this, a chill ran down his back.
He didn't expect his opponent to be so cunning and vicious that he would blow up a mountain to deal with the Imperial Warriors.
Looking at the Qinglong Gorge full of mystery and danger in front of him, Kawasaki couldn't help but hesitate.
There are only more than 700 soldiers in his hands, even if he catches up, I am afraid it will not be of much use, besides, he is really a little afraid of competing with such a difficult opponent.
You know, the artillery fire you brought has been completely destroyed, and without the support of artillery fire, you are really not sure to destroy these damned Chinese.
Soon after, Kawasaki received an order for his troops to carefully cross the gorge and follow the path of the Eighth Route Army's retreat, while telling him that he had then rushed to the Sakai Mixed Brigade and had made a detour from the west and east, respectively.
Damn the eight roads, plus the villagers who helped transport supplies, there are many of them, and the targets are large, and they are not easy to hide at all. As long as he entangles the Eight Routes, he can create conditions for the Sakai Brigade to eliminate this group of Eight Routes.
At the same time, another brigade of the Kawasaki Wing with the artillery fire of the Wing had rushed towards Qinglong Gorge.
After reading the order, Kawasaki just had to carefully command the troops to slowly pass through the Qinglong Gorge.
Liu Tianshu took Shi Qiang and others all the way to hurry, and finally caught up with Hua Xiaohu and Han Fangping, and then joined the large army in front of them.
"Report, brigade headquarters emergency call." As soon as he exchanged information with Political Commissar Liao, the communications staff officer hurriedly ran over with a telegram.
After reading the telegram, Liu Tianshu's brows couldn't help but tighten, and he was silent for a moment and handed it to Political Commissar Liao and Han Fangping, who were looking at him.
"What? The Sakai Mixed Brigade came to us in a detour? Liao Zhifeng cried out in shock.
The Japanese army in Shandong had several mobile field troops, one of which was the Sakai Brigade, but it was only a small attack on the military column, but it attracted the Sakai Brigade.
"Yes, several, the situation is a bit serious now, we need to take care of the next steps." Liu Tianshu nodded, and then a few people walked to the woods on the side, spread out the map, and began to study the next countermeasures.
Although Liu Tianshu asked Shi Qiang to plant the explosives in the canyon, it gave the Putian brigade a devastating blow, and directly eliminated a Japanese brigade in pursuit. A brigade commanded by Kawasaki was also heavily damaged at Dai Po Ridge. Suffice it to say that the brigade commanded by Kawasaki alone is no longer to be feared.
But the problem now is that the Sakai brigade is surrounded, so it's not an ordinary trouble.
The total number of the Sakai Independent Mixed Brigade is about 6,000 people, and its combat effectiveness is very strong, and if it is entangled by the Sakai Independent Mixed Brigade, it will not be possible to break through smoothly with the strength of the Second Regiment and the Third Regiment alone.
After studying the map, Han Fangping looked at Liu Tianshu and said: "Commander Liu, it seems that we stabbed the hornet's nest this time, and the little devil is determined to eat us, otherwise, we will bury the supplies on the spot, and then go back to the base from the north at an accelerated speed." ”
Further north through the central part of the Shandong Peninsula, you can reach the coastal base.
However, as far as Liu Tianshu knows, the strength of the Eighth Route Army in the coastal base area is not very strong, there is only one main regiment, plus local troops, at most less than 3,000 people, and the equipment is relatively backward. If he and his entourage took advantage of the coastal base area and brought the Sakai brigade to the coastal area, they might have caused great losses to the coastal base area.
"We can't continue to go north, the north is the coastal base area, if this gang of devils follows us there, maybe it will bring great losses to the base area. In this way, Political Commissar Liao, let Captain Zhao be called, and we will first try to send away the Changle villagers who helped us transport the supplies, and then find a hidden place to hide the things that cannot be taken away, and try to send the villagers in the Rongshan base area back to the base area safely. For the rest, we'll figure it out. ”
The whole team has a large number of people, and it is already extremely unsafe, Liu Tianshu decided to send these unarmed villagers back safely first, as for the second and third regiments, now there is enough ammunition, plus there are a lot of Japanese army field rations in the captured materials, but he is not worried about the problem of supplies.
Zhao Yaxuan followed a soldier over, and after greeting a few people, she looked at Liu Tianshu and said, "Commander Liu, are you looking for me?" ”
"Captain Zhao, the devil's army is coming towards us, and now that the supplies have been transported here, I want you to try to take the villagers of Changle back safely, do you see any difficulties?" Liu Tianshu looked at her and asked.
The north side of Qinglong Gorge also belongs to the Changle ground, and Captain Zhao's guerrillas have been active in this area, and they are very familiar with the mountains and rivers here.
"Captain Liu, these fellows are all locals, so they don't have to worry about the safety of their home, you can just leave it to me." Zhao Yaxuan replied heartily.
"That's good, in this way, you can ask the fellows who came to help to bring back fifty catties of rice each, as for your guerrillas, you can open up the guns and ammunition, rifles and bullets captured this time, I can only give you two machine guns, and you can bring as many bullets as possible. Then you are responsible for sending these folks back, and pay attention to avoid devils when you go back. Liu Tianshu admonished.
Hearing that Liu Tianshu decided to let the fellows who came to help with the transportation receive fifty catties of rice each, and that his guerrillas could receive two crooked machine guns and a number of rifles, Zhao Yaxuan's eyes lit up, and she happily saluted Liu Tianshu, and then trotted back. (To be continued.) )